The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-23
Settlement


leave the latter part of this week for
Cheyenne, Wyoming to visit their
son, Otis, who is in Military service
there.
Word has been received here of
the birth of a baby boy born to Mr..
and Mrs. j. Edwin Orr in Chicago
on July IA. The boy has been
named Alan Bertram. Mr.. and Mrs.
Orr and daughter, Astrid will be
remembered by their many friends
in this community since the special
services which he conducted at the
St. John church last winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Welty and
family were Sunday visitors in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Reno Oberly
and family.
The members of the Theophilus
Lora family enjoyed pot luck din
ner at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Basinger and family last
Sunday. The occasion marked the
80th birthday of their grandmother.
Vinton Bucher who has been in
military service at Camp Lee, Va,
for some time has returned home
for an indefinite stay He had been
a patient in the hospital for some
weeks.
Wheat threshing and combining
have made fine progress as ideal
weather has prevailed during the
greater part of the season. Wheat
yields have been lower than in pre-
vious years. The oats crop promises
to be quite heavy this season. Many
farmers anticipate some difficulty in
harvesting their crop either with the
binder or the combine because much
of the grain was laid low by heavy
rains accompanied by strong winds
several weeks ago
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Steiner and
family visited in the home of DR..
and Mrs. Lloyd Steiner and family
in Ann Arbor, Mich, on Sunday.
Their mother, Mrs. T. r. Steiner is
at present at home with DR.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Steiner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Gerber and
family of East Liverpool are visit
| ing with home folks here at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Steiner and
| family of Pioneer, Ohio were visitors
| in the Names Gerber home last Sun
| day.
| Mrs. Jacob Habegger of Berne was
| a visitor in the Ben Amstutz home.
Harold Reichenbach is driving an
Iegg truck for Wilmer Neiswander.
James Reichenbach is assisting
with farm work at the Sam Rickly
home.
The infant born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Basinger recently passed
away when only few days old.
John Gerber drilled a we'll for
Hiram r. Schutz last week.
Mrs. Harry Howell is at present
not as well as she had been in the
past weeks.
Mary Ellen Boehr is staying with
her brother, John at Roaring Spring
Pa, for several weeks.
The daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Hiram Schumacher of Bogota, N. J..
are visiting among their relatives il
this vicinity.
Francis Niswander who is sta.
toned at Camp Grant in Illinois
spent Sunday with home folks.
| Kenneth, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Milford Green expects to attend
Bliss Business College in Columbus
some time next month.
Mrs. Sylvia Stone of st. Louis
Mrs. Ida Minor, of Washington, d
c., spent several days with THEN
mother, Mrs, Nancy Basinger anc
other relatives.
Miriam Schaublin of Bluffton is
spending the week with Mr.. ane
| Mrs. Louis Wynkoop and family.
| Mrs. Richard Staley and family Of
| Ada, spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar Gratz and fam.
! lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Lora ane
daughter Beverly of Kentucky, spent
Saturday at the home of his father
Charles Lora and family.
| Miss Bernice Olson, of Okla, ar.
rived here Saturday evening to visit
her relatives. Miss Olson's mother
was formerly Miss Sarah Bucher, OF
this place.
| Margie, youngest daughter of Mr.