The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-17
Settlement


Clair Habegger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Habegger who enlisted in
the navy is now in training at Great
Lakes, Ill.
Word has been received here that
Mrs. Allen Larson formerly Miss
Margie Welty) and son are making
their home with her sister, Mrs.
Frank Kiser formerly Miss Viola
Marie Welty) and daughter in
Phoenix, Arizona. Their husbands
have enlisted in the navy. Mr..
Larson is a chief petty officer sta
toned at Norfolk, Va, and Mr..
Kiser is an instructor and supervisor
in the naval first class seamen's
school in San Diego, Calf. Mrs.
Larson and Mrs. Kiser will be re-
membered as daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Welty north of Bluffton.
/ Doris Gene Garmatter, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Garmatter will
leave Sunday for Bloomington, ILL.,,
to take up nurses training in the
Mennonite hospital at that place.
Dale, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Grismore has enrolled as freshman
at Bowling Green university.
Mrs. Ezra Bucher, near Columbus
Grove, is afflicted with rheumatism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Basinger,
Mrs. d. j. Basinger and Miss Amelia
Basinger, of Long Island, N. Y, are
leaving Thursday morning to visit
with Eugene Basinger, in camp in
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Franklin Basinger had her
tonsils removed at the Community
hospital at Bluffton, and was remov-
ed to her home at Beaverdam the
first of the week.
Mrs. Francis Niswander accom-
panied her husband Francis Mis-
wander to camp Hulen, Ca, where
she will make her home for some
time.
The Living Links class of the
Ebenezer church will meet with Mrs.
Hiram Neuenschwander for their
monthly meeting.
Miss Rebecca, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Waldo Hofstetter, and
David, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Tosh of Bluffton, and Ralph Balmer,
left Saturday for Wheaton, H.,
where they entered their Freshman
year at Wheaton college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Badertscher
and daughter Doris, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Badertscher visited in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Laverne
Badertscher and family at Orville.
Chauncey Schumacher of Purdue
University, Lafayette, Ind, spent
Sunday with his home folks.
Rev. Walter Schultz, missionary
from Africa showed three films of
motion pictures taken from New
York harbor to England and thence
to Sierra Leone, Africa, where Rev
| and Mrs. Schultz are engaged in mis-
sionary work.
William Welty, Jr., is assisting
Raymond Moser with farm work.
Mrs. Lydia Erwine of Santa
Barbara, California is spending
several weeks among her relatives
here.
A number of this locality attend
ed the Mexican Fiesta which was
held last Sunday at North Balti-
more.
Paul Schey of Detroit spent
several days this week with his par
ents.
J. H. Loganbill, treasurer at
Bluffton college has been bedfas,
for several weeks.
| Classes are starting at Blufftor
college on Thursday. The usual
number of students are enrolled.
Ella Reichenbach is numbered
among the sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Verdi Bixel left for
their home in Los Angeles, Calf
the frs. of the week after spending
a week with Mr.. Bixel's father and
other relatives.
Mrs. Raymond Miller and sons of
Smithville, Ohio, spent several days
visiting home folks here.
We are informed that Mr.. and
| Mrs. Waldo Bixel and family who
have resided at Eugene, Oregon, for
some years, have moved to Portland.
Musical students of Mrs. liner
Basinger presented very good pro-
gram at the Missionary church last
Friday evening and those of Miss
Ruth Bixel presented a program
that was greatly appreciated at the