The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-01-05
Settlement

mediates held a party at the home
of Llewllyn Amstutz the same time.
Miss Martha Hilty, registered nurse
of Cincinnati, is visiting her brothers
and sisters for several days.
A representative of the Gideons and
his wife of Lima, attended the morn
ing services at the st. John church,
Sunday morning. In the afternoon so
Bibles, gift of the Gideons, were ded-
icated and presented to the schools of
Mt. Blanchard, Pandora and Columbus
Grove, at a service in the Pandora
school building. Dinner was served by
the Sophomore class of the school. A.
C. Feigart of Lima was the speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cox are spend
ing the holiday vacation with his moth
er at Elkton, Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Bucher of Lima
visited relatives in the Settlement,
Sunday.
Miss Marian Basinger returned home
from Lima where she nursed for many
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Amstutz of Fos-
toria; Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Bucher and
Marvin Bucher and family of Lima;
Mr.. and Mrs. Lazarus Basinger and
two of his children from Toledo visited
at the home of their sister, Katie and
brothers Monroe and Irwin Basinger,
Christmas day.
Word has been received that Clinton
Clay who has for the past few months
filled the position of SubTechnical
foreman in a CCC camp in Lovelock,
Nevada, has recently been promoted to
a Non-Technical foreman and will be
stationed in Lovelock, Nevada.
Word has been received here from
Orrville, announcing the death of Mrs.
John Burkholder, formerly of the Set
| tlement. Mrs Burkholder's first hus-
band, Noah Geiger, preceded her in
death many years ago. After her last
marriage they moved to Wayne county,
where she was born. Her funeral was
held Monday.
Besides Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Schneck and Mrs. Josephine Moser,
who attended the commencement ex-
ercises at the Moody Bible Institute
i'm Chicago, where Misses Henrietta
Schneck and Barbara Bucher received
their diplomas, are the latter's broth
er, Clayton Bucher and sister Mrs
Myron Hilty, Misses Arvilla Geigel
and Mabel Amstutz, Irwin Basingel
Francis Niswander.
| The Woman's Missionary society o1
the st. John church will meet at the
church, Thursday afternoon. The girls
will have their meeting at the home
of Reno Oberly, Friday evening. The
! girls of Grace church held their meet
ling at the home of Harvey Hilty, Sat
} urday afternoon.
: Mrs. Josephine Moser entertained al
! of her children at Christmas time, ex
cept Miss Esther who is nursing in ;
, hospital at Detroit. The daughter Mrs
Keith Frary and children from Mans
: field remained for weeks visit. 4
. son, Tavern who elisted in the nav,
t last spring and who is stationed in
: camp near Columbus, received a 80
\ day leave.
Sam Hilty, who went to visit hi
@ sister Mrs. Ellen Amstutz on Christ
mas day took sick with pneumonia an
d is since bedfast at her home.
d A family dinner of the David Weng
d er family was held at the home o
5 Hiram Kohl, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Menno Augsburge
and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Augsburge
It were recent visitors with relatives i
f Wayne county.
l. The following officers were electe
e at the annual business meeting at th
/ St. John church Monday afternoon
Deacon, Milford Haas; Trustee, Mon
d roe Geiger; Secretary, Hiram Kohl
n Treasurer, Arthur Schumacher; Chol
II lister, Herbert Hilty; Assistant Chol
lister, Henrietta Schneck; Pianist, Mr.
" Arthur Schumacher; Assistant Pianis
= Susie Welty; Music Committee, Mar
rt Ellen Gerber, Irwin Basinger was cleo
m ed chairman of Ushers; Corresponds
If to Mennonite, Mrs. Josephine Mosel
4 Correspondent to Bundles Bote, job
he Schneck. Rev. ID. ]. Unruh was agai
elected pastor.
Ia Edgar and Vernon, sons of Mr.. ar
Id Mrs. Memo Schumacher left Monds
morning for Florida. The former WI
Is is travelling for the Diller Electr
Fence company of Kokomo, Ind, e.
poets to stop enroute.
Mrs. Edward Schultz and her fathe
c. C. Hilty visited his daughter Eliz
beth in a sanitarium in Detroit, Mo
is day.
y, A large number of the Burkhold
familyies attended the funeral of thi
in sister-in-law, Mrs. John Burkholder
ny Orrville, Monday.
Mrs. Raymond Hilty, who assists
US in the care of her mother in-law, Nh
tn Albert Hilty, returned to her hon
with her husband and children at Dee
W field. Mrs. Floyd Shimp of Bas
of who also nursed her mother, returns