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

Rev. and Mrs. Emerson SI0LueT-
back and family of Altoona, Pa, are
visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Burkholder
and other relatives and friends.
Buildings on the N. p. Steiner
farm all have been painted white
recently. The work was done by
Jacob Hochstettler of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Moser and
daughter of Dayton are spending the
week visiting at the home of Mrs.
Moser's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cal
Luginbihl and Mr.. Moser's brother,
Ezra Moser and family. Mr.. Moser
has been employed at Patterson field,
the large army air base near Dayton
for the past ten years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Schmunk and
daughter Mary Margaret of Toronto,
Canada, came to spend several days
with relatives.
On Sunday the members of the
E. d. Kohl family gathered at the
home of Mrs. Susie Boaz and family
for dinner. Others of the family who
came from a distance for the happy
occasion were Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
]. Kohl and daughter, Mary Ellen,
of Chatham, Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs.
Orlin r. Kohl daughter Dorothy
Ann and son Bobby of Wheaton, ILL.,;
| and DR.. and Mrs. F. f. Yoder, dau-
ghter Alice Jean and son Robert OF
Bellevue, Ohio. Two members, Al
dine and Elizabeth were not present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Bracy and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus New
man of Washington, ID. c., were
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis Diller and family on Tues
day.
Announcement was made from the
st. John pulpit last Sunday of the
marriage of Miss Esther Moser and
Mr.. Lowell Doty of Lima. The event
is to take place on Saturday, August
10. We extend our best wishes.
The Schumacher family reunion is
to be held Sunday, August 11th'
Few, if any family reunions have SC
large an attendance as this one
Rev. Armin C. Steiner is its presi'
dent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Nusbaum and
daughter Juanita of Bearne, Ind.
were Sunday visitors in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Schneck and
family.
| Mrs. Verna Patterson of Idaho
arrived in Bluffton several days age
to be at the bedside of her mother
Mrs. Christine Kohl who has beer
critically i'll for some time.
The program presented at the
Ebenezer church on Sunday night BY
Mr.. Fish of Columbus, Ohio, was
very largely attended.
The school board of the Pandora
school has had to hire a few new
teachers for the next school yeal
due to resignation of some who hat
previously taught. James Miller O.
Bluffton who was athletic coach th'
past year resigned to accept ;
similar position at Mechanicsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Wenger ant
family are staying at the home o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Geiger while the
Geiger family is spending some tins
in Michigan.
Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Unruh are ex
pecting to return to their home the
latter part of this week. Miss Mar!
Haas brought an inspiring message
last Sunday morning in the absence
of the pastor, Rev. Unruh. Miss
Haas expects to leave for her field
of labor in Africa again some tim,
this fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Schumachel
of Bogota, New Jersey, arrived il
this vicinity last Tuesday where the.
are to spend some time with theil
relatives and friends.
| Oliver Steiner has recently re
turned from Chicago where he ha
taken further work in the musica
line during the summers vacation.
The Allen-Putnam county lin'
road is to undergo extensive repairs
on the last several miles north ant
west of Bluffton. All who trave
this road have seen the need of thi
work for some years.
| Noah Hochstettler has had a vel
drilled at their home last week.
Miss Doris Diller, nurse from
Johns Hopkins hospital of Baltimore
| Nd, is spending several weeks witt
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John A
Diller.