The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-07-25
Seend And Heard At
Corner Stone Laying

dental to the laying of the corner
stone, there was no difficulty in
hearing.
VIM. w. Cooke, government in
spector representing the Public
Buildings Administration in the con-
struction of the building who is an
operative mason as we'll as member
of the order assisted in some of the
technical details of the corner stone
laying.
Bluffton was proud of its high
school band of more than thirty
youngsters directed by Prof. Sidney
Hauenstein. The band, in white uni
forms with scarlet trim, led the
parade in fine form as well as fur
nished instrumental accompaniment
for the community singing on the
program.
How they could sing-that Findlay
Masonic chorus directed by Russell
Barnhill. Bluffton audiences know
good singing and they gave the Han
cock county group big hand. This
male chorus has distinct possibilities
in the a-capella field and probably
at their next appearance here they
will sing without accompaniment.
1t will be carefully preserved
among the mementos of the Bluffton
Masonic order-that trowel which
Deputy Grand Master Charles Will
son of Ada used in the laying of the
cornerstone. Deputy Wilson is
favorite of the Bluffton lodge and
with Grand Master Dillon Crist of
Alliance unable to attend Sunday,
his appointment of the Ada deputy
met with complete approval here.
| The color guard of Bluffton Legion
post and some sixty National Guards
men from Ada under command of
| Capt. McElroy gave a military
touch to the occasion and with the
Knights Templar contingent added
precision to the parade line of
march.
Orchids to the Boy Scouts some of
them directed traffic-some played in
the high school band and others
were doing the dozen and one odd
jobs that need to be done to carry
out successful parade-program. No
matter what the job, there was al
ways a Scout ready and willing
and able to do it. Mighty good
Scouts-those Bluffton youngsters.
An interested spectator Sunday
afternoon was M. M. Murray, ex-
postmaster, who ran postal affairs
around this town for ten years
from 1924 to 1884. Gideon Locher
who served as postmaster before the
Murray regime was unable to be
present on account of illness. He
has been confined to his home on
Cherry street for more than a year.
How many people were there at
tending the affair Sunday afternoon?
Well there's no way to fix an ac-
curate number. Best estimates
place the crowd as between two and
three thousand. 1t is believed that
$500 is conservative and fairly
reasonable figure.
The Masonic order which is seen in
public on comparatively rare occa-
sions was in attendance with nearly
all of its more than 100 members of
the Bluffton lodge in the line of
march. The. ancient Masonic ritual
traditionally based on the building
of King Solomon's temple was well
exemplified by Bluffton lodge officers.
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Visiting Masonic lodges were also
in attendance and marching in the
parade were representatives of Mt
Blanchard, Findlay, Lima and Leip-
sic Blue Lodges.
Visiting postal delegations crowded
around Postmaster Ed Reichenbach
after the ceremony Sunday after
noon and congratulated him on his
new quarters-to-be. Among this
number were Homer Rider of Spen-
cerville, Findlay's postmaster Ault
II. Montooth of Leipsc, Hiram Ba-
singer of Pandora, J. w. Brown OF
Gilboa, c. D. Hindall of Ada, Chas
McCrate and Ernest Gard of Colum-
bus Grove; H. ID. Coate of Cold
water, Helen Mcclure of Rudolph
George Winemiller of Lima and
Kirby White of Harrod and others
They say he never overlooks any
detail-Wm. w. Cooke, building in.
spector who is representing the fed.
eral government in the construction
OF the post office here. Cookies bust.
ness is to check-and double check
all materials and workmanship going