The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-04-18

SOCIETIES
and CLUBS


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Jitsu Tau Club
The Jitsu Tau club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Herman Schmidt,
Thursday night.
Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet next Tuesday night at the
Legion hall at 8 o'clock.
Poinsettia Club
Miss Edith Augsburger will enter
tain the Poinsettia club at her home
Thursday night.
The following program has been
arranged:
"A Brief Account of Penal Cor
rection", Mrs. Arthur Amstutz;
Twenty Months in Alcatraz", Mrs.
Edgar Conaway; Lets Abolish the
County Jail", Mrs. w. H. Gratz.
BlufftOn Garden Club
The Bluffton Garden club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Levi
Gable, Friday afternoon. Mrs. w.
NJ, Niswander will be assistant hos
tess. t4s.e...,.
Numbers on the program are:
Roll call, name a wild flower;
Woodland Adventures, Miss Moon;
Music, in charge of hostesses.
Attend Missionary Luncheon
A number of women from the
Bluffton Church of Christ who at
tended a missionary luncheon at
Ada, Tuesday, included: Miss Eta
Beals, Mrs. Arthur Amstutz, Mrs.
Harold Carr, Mrs. Paul Clark and
Mrs. Eli Deppler.
Social Club Officers
Officers of the Presbyterian Social
club elected for the coming year
are: Pres, Mrs. C. A. Triplett;
vice pres, Mrs. J. o. Blome; sec.-
treas, Mrs. C.. A. Biery.
Members of committees are:
Program-Mrs. Edgar Hauenstein,
Mrs. George Sigg, Mrs. Harry
Barnes.
Ways and Means-Mrs. J. A.
Warren, Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein,
Mrs. R. L. Triplett, Mrs. Armin
Hauenstein, Mrs. Paul Faze.
Flower-Mrs. Robert Benroth,
Mrs. Wayne Galloway, Mrs. Fred
Gettles.
Redecorating-Mrs. r. l.. Triplett,
Mrs. w. E. Diller, Mrs. Lloyd Van
Meter, Mrs. C. A. Biery, Mrs. E.
w. Basinger.
Complimented with Shower
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Crawfs were
complimented with a miscellaneous
shower at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Crawfis, west of Bluffton,
Friday night.
Guests were: Mrs. Mary Ann
Zimmerman, son Junior and daugh-
ter Bernice, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Zimmerman and daughter Sherry
Jan, Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn thinner
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis thinner
man, Mr.. and Mrs. David Zimmer-
man and son Kurt, Mrs. Alma Bixel
and son Bobby, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Bixel, Mrs. Harold Marshall,
Miss Alma Niswander, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. A. Hochstettler and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Eldon Reichenbach, Mr..
and Mrs. Milton Reichenbach and
daughter Claudia Ann, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Diller, David Reichenbach,
Miss Phyllis Niswander, Miss Edna
Mae Welty, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Crawfis, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Crawfs,
sons Gerald and Donald.
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Camp Fire Girls
There was an attendance of thir-
teen at the monthly meeting of the
Camp Fire girls held at the Grade
building last Wednesday afternoon.
The club is making preparations to
have flower garden at the rear of
the Gratz dry goods store on Church
street this summer.
Award TO Future Homemakers
The award of merit for outstand-
ing club work during the year was
presented to the Bluffton Future
Homemakers, a high school girls
organization, at the annual state
convention held in Columbus Friday
and Saturday.
The Bluffton club was one of
twelve in Ohio earning the high
award.
Among the $50 club members at
| tending the convention were Dorothy
Long, president of the local club,
Marcene Garmatter regional dele
gate and Treva Harris all of Bluff
ton.
Outstanding speakers for the
event were DR.. Frank Slutz of Day.
ton an authority ON vocational