The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Settlement

reside on the Showber farm are the
parents of a baby boy since last
Sunday.
Miss Marian Basinger had the
misfortune of falling when going
out of the door at their home and
is suffering severe bruises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Diller and
! daughter Mary Magdalene were vis-
itors in the Peter Suter home in
Arlington last Thursday.
The Bible Lectures by DR.. Ellis
last week at the Bluffton college
were very we'll attended and the
messages were all very inspiring.
Rev. Willard Classen of Roaring
Springs, Pa, is conducting series
of services at the st. John church
this week. Many are attending each
evening. His sermons are of "a fine
spiritual nature.
Pandora school is dismissing
classes Thursday, Washington's
birthday. m
| Amos Gerber was seriously i'll last
Friday.
DR.. Sarkiss of Findlay College
spoke at the high school auditorium
on Tuesday night. He is a native
of Armenia and is being very well
received in the many places where he
has filled engagements.
A great many farm sales have
been held during the past few weeks
Chattels in most cases are bringing
fair prices.
Ed Altman, we'll known to the
older generation of our locality, is
spending several weeks visiting rel
atives and friends here. A goot
many years ago the Altman famil!
left this vicinity for the state o.
Washington where they have residet
since.
Willard Cherry has recently pur
chased a farm near Beaverdam an,
is at present moving from the Her
miller farm to their new location.
Eli Amstutz who had been serious
4 ly i'll with pneumonia has almos
completely recovered.
Miss Lizzie Hilty who spent man
years as a missionary in China, ha
received word from her sister
Minnie of her safe arrival in Chin
and was expecting to be at thei
station within a short time.
Last Sunday while on their wa
to Hicksville; Mr.. and Mrs. Lloy
Il Brauen met with serious accider
n when their car slipped off the roa
and struck a tree. Both were re
! lmoved from the demolished car an
were rushed to the hospital b
y others who soon appeared at tn
y scene.
A. E. Campbell assisted Mr.. Smit
y of Alliance, Ohio, buying load {
e horses last week.
Elmer Geiger has been confne
to his home for some time on a,
n count of rheumatism.
IT Mr.. and Mrs. David Graber, {
e Mortuna, No., spent the past wee
q with Mrs. Graber's folks. They al
n making preparations for moving tn
q spring to their farm they purchase
% last fall. The farm was formerl
owned by the Jacob Althaus heil
II which is occupied by Mr.. and Mr.
}. Roy Herr and daughters.
= Mrs. Eph Amstutz who has bee
bedfast with rheumatism the pa.
several weeks is slowly improving
! Amos Gerber, south of the Ebel
:, ezer church was seriously ill tt
= past week with stomach and hea
!. trouble. He is improving.
g Rev. and Mrs. D. j. Unruh, Re
and Mrs. Fast of Roaring Spring
Pa, and Leonard Metzker, studel
Il at Bluffton college were Dime
, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Aug
% burger and family on Tuesday. The
4 We're supper guests in the One
q Gratz home Tuesday evening.
e The Defenseless Mennonite churc
building which is to be moved
Bluffton is now up on jacks and e.
pected to be moved soon. The move
which the church first engaged
reported to have declined to go TIN
1 with the work and another move
!. from near Leipsic now has the col