The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-01-04
In MenaOriana
DR.. P. ID. Bixel
Died January 2, 1888
The Family
Settlement

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Steiner Bros, of Lima, tool and die
manufacturers.
Chris Hilty is digging a cellar
under his house in Pandora.
Mrs. E. E. Miller and her son and
daughter and Mrs. Hiram Kohl and
sons spent Friday in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Schumacher in
Findlay.
Everyone seems to enjoy winter all
the more since a fine blanket of
snow is covering the ground.
Omer Gratz sold team of horses
at the auction in Bucyrus last week.
Since colder weather has come,
many farmers are busy doing their
butchering. Old fashioned winter
weather is holding sway again.
Wade Sherman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Llewellyn Amstutz received his
A. NJ. degree at Ohio State univer-
sity before the holidays. He is again
going back to the university where
he is doing some tutoring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Steiner of
near Orrville, visited in the home of
Mr.. Steiner's brother, Prof. and C.
d. Steiner. They also visited with
E. d. Kohl and Mr.. and Mrs. H. M.
Kohl and family Monday forenoon.
At the annual congregational meet
ing at the st. Johns church on Mon
day, Jan. 1st, the following officers
were elected: Deacon, Memo Augs-
burger; Trustee, Ellis Steiner; Treas
urer, Arthur Schumacher; Secretary,
Hiram Kohl; Chorister, Herbert
Hilty; Assistant, Mrs. d. j. Unruh;
Pianist, Susie Welty; Assistant, Lu-
cile Geiger; Head usher, Myron
Hilty; Correspondents to the Men
MONTE church papers, Mrs. Milford
Haas and John Schneck; Members
of music committee, Henrietta Sch
neck. The pastor, Rev. D. J. Unruh,
has again been retained to serve the
congregation another year.
Schools are again resuming class
work on Tuesday. The community
experienced an exodus of teachers
and students to all parts of the
country the fore part of the week.
A fourteen month old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Tschiegg passed
away one day last week. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tschiegg and family are re-
siding near Orrville, Ohio. The
family has the sympathy of their
many relatives and friends of this
community where they lived until
few years ago.
Several groups of serenaders made
their usual rounds on New Years
night. The younger generation is
lpholding the custom in fine fash
ion. Many of the young people are
having some difficulty, since the
German language does not roll out
as glibly as it might. Nevertheless,
the night of serenading proves to be
quite an efficient method of instruc-
tion and before returning to their
homes in the early morning hours
they feel amply repaid for all efforts
put forth.
The twin sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
Bucher of California, Mo-, spent sew
eral days visiting among their rel
atives in the locality. They are tai
ented musicians and presented sew
eral trombone duets in the Sunday
morning services at the Ebenezer and
st. Johns churches, and were highly
appreciated.
Mr.. Blanchard Amstutz visited
with Miss Lucille Geiger during part
of his vacation. He is student at
the Ft. Wayne Bible Institute.
Mr.. Flythe of North Carolina,
father of Mrs. Oscar Wenger is
spending the winter months in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Wenger
and family.
The Moser Brothers from Switzer-
land who have appeared in Bluffton
and Pandora on several occasions in
the past few years, are scheduled to
present program at Pandora on the
18th of January. They have repre-
sented their native land at the New
York Worlds Fair and are now tour
ing some of the states where the
Swiss communities are found.
Harold Diller has made several
trips to Coshocton, Ohio, where he
gets truck loads of coal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis H. Amstutz
and daughter Anita Louise left
Tuesday for their home at Wisner,
Nebraska after spending the holiday
season at the home of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Luginbuhl and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ephriam Amstutz.
They were accompanied on their re-
turn trip by Mr.. Amstutz's two
sisters, Misses Mabel and Lillian
Amstutz, who will spend some time
in Nebraska.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lora and
daughter Eloise of Bluffton spent
: Tuesday and Wednesday visiting
, with relatives at Berne, and Ft
Wayne, Ind.
/ Miss Bernice Olsen, of Albion