The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-10-30
Settlement

acre Smith farm one-half mile west
of Ada recently purchased by Will
mer Niswander of Pandora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Schumacher
and daughter Alice left on Thursday
afternoon for Wheaton, Illinois to
visit with DIR. and Mrs. H. c. Thies-
sen, instructor in Wheaton college
and former pastor of the local Mis-
sionary church. They also visited IN
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Orlin K.
Kohl and family of that city. From
there they went to Peoria to visit IN
the home of their son, Earl and
! family.
Ruth Amstutz of Grover Hill
visited with her home folks over
Sunday.
E. Howard Cadle, we'll known
radio evangelist of Indianapolis,
spoke at the South High auditorium
in Lima, Tuesday evening.
Richard Boehr, student in the
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago,
spent the weekend at the home of
his folks in Pandora.
E. E. Miller is soon to cease oper-
ating the sorghum press for the
season.
Some of the farmers are at pres
ent shredding corn. An unusually
large acreage of corn is standing
this year. Due to the great num-
Der of ears of corn blown from the
stalks several weeks ago many farm
ers are picking much of their crop
by hand rather than resorting to the
mechanical corn pickers.
Bluffton College Beavers defeated
the Ashland college team last Sat-
urday by a score of 26-0. After
the game, Paul Martin, a member of
the local squad, left for Wooster to
spend Sunday with his brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Schneck
and family and John Schneck were
in Wayne County last Saturday to
attend the public sale of Mr.. Sch
neck's brother, David, who is dis
continuing farm work and is making
his home in Kidron a nearby town.
Elam Basinger has built an addi-
tion to his slaughter house in town
and is prepared to do his usual GUS
tom butchering.
Kathleen Amstutz has recently be-
come an employe of the Ruff Store
in Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Z. Miller and
family were visitors in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Miller and
family in Van Vert last Sunday.
Lester Badertscher who completed
the course in the aeronautic school
of Wichita, Kansas is spending
! some time with his folks at home.
Mary Welty of Findlay visited
with her brother, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi
Welty and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Hilty and
family of Mt. Blanchard and Mr..
and Mrs. Amos Hilty and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gideon Geiger of Lima were
Sunday visitors with Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Geiger and family.
Mrs. Samuel D. Diller is number
ed among the sick at present.
Special services are being planned
by the Young peoples group at the
st. John church the latter part of
November.
After the regular rehearsal of the
st. John Ladies Chorus last Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. Hiram
Kohl the group went to serenade
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Schweitzer.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. N. Soldner anc
family visited in Ft. Wayne on Sun
day.
Mrs. Omar Gratz accompanied hel
husband to Pittsburgh the fore part
of the week.
Kenneth (Tater) Basinger had the
misfortune of injuring his foot while
playing football at Ada where he is
a student at at Ohio Northern Univer
sity.
Lantz M. Wynkoop is making al
preparations to leave for Florida il
the near future. He has an equipped
trailer and spends the winter il
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