The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-08
Settlement

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Amstutz and |
daughters expect to move from the |
Amos Thut farm to the Henry Diller
heirs farm March /. Mr.. Amstutz
is driving a milk truck at present,
but intends to sell it again.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Simon of Ada at the
Bluffton Community hospital last
Thursday morning. They named her
Doris Irene. Mrs. Simons is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Am
stutz of Ada, formerly of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Steiner of
Lima, well known in the Settlement,
who have spent the past month in
Sarasota, Florida are returning to
their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Bixel and
family, who have resided several
years on a farm southwest of Column
bus Grove, held public auction of
farm machinery last week and left
for San Antonio, Texas. Mr.. Bixel,
who has been suffering with severe
case of asthma, has been ordered to
the Texas climate for his health. He
is the son of Peter Bixel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Neuensch-
wander and son Donald, of Butler,
Indiana, visited with their daughter,
Mrs. Kenneth Zuercher and daughter
Loral Kae, at the Bluffton hospital
| Sunday. Mrs. Neuenschwander re-
mained here and will care for her
daughter, who was removed from the
hospital to her home in Lima, Mon
day morning.
Mrs. Homer Becker and daughter
Rachel of Middletown, who visited
/ here Saturday and Sunday returned
home with her father, Walter Neu-
enschwander and son Donald on Sun
day evening for couple of weeks.
Some of the young folks from the
Ebenezer church are expecting to at
tend Founders Week at the Moody
Institute in Chicago this week.
Rev. and Mrs. d. J. Unruh left
Sunday noon for Lansdale, Pa, where
Rev. Unruh is to be one of the
| speakers at the tenth anniversary of
the congregation at that church,
which was organized by them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Diller and
family were Sunday visitors in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Bracy
and family. The occasion marked
the birthday anniversaries of Bracy's
daughter and that of the Diller
twins.
The young people of the St. John
congregation held a miscellaneous
shower for Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Ellis at the Henry Reichenbach home
on Monday evening.
| Eli Kohl of Findlay, brother of E.
| d. Kohl, passed away at Findlay
hospital Sunday forenoon at the age
of SO years. Funeral services were
held on Tuesday afternoon.
| Orlin R. Kohl of Wheaton, H.,
came to attend the funeral of his
uncle and also spent some time visit
| ing with his father and other mem
bers of the family. He returned to
his home again on Wednesday.
Mrs. Homer Reichenbach invited
the ladies of her Sunday school for
an all day quilting this Wednesday.
| Amos Lugibill has not been in the
best of health of late.
Word has been received from
Noah Bixel from California that he
is greatly enjoying his stay with his
daughter, Edna and son. Noah ex-
pressed words of sympathy to those
of our community who are expert
encing such cold weather while he
is busy making garden in the land OF
sunshine.
Mrs. Walter Neuenschwander of
Butler, Ind, arrived recently to spend
some time III the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Zuercher of Lima. Mr.
and Mrs. Zuercher are the parents OF
baby girl.
Slippery roads in many places have
made driving quite hazardous. A
good many cars have skidded from
the roads and have been damaged
quite badly.
Leonard Metzger of Roaring
Springs, Pa, now a student at Bluff.
ton college, preached at the evening
services at st. Johns last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hickman
and daughter are soon to occupy
taI1NI. n8ta a.tHe 9GitU
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