The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-30
Settlement


Steiner.
Richard Thrapp is in critical
condition in a Fostoria hospital be-
cause of injuries received while
working on a train on the Nickel
Plate railroad, when he was hit by a
passing locomotive.
Delegates were chosen at the Men
MONTE churches last Sunday who are
to attend the Middle District Con-
ference which is to convene at Sum-
merfield, Illinois during the middle
of August.
Announcement was made from the
pulpit at the st. John church on
Sunday morning of the wedding OF
Miss Ruth Geiger and Mr.. Richard
Reilly of Detroit, Mich, which is to
be solemnized at the St. John
church Saturday evening. They are
to reside at Nappanee, Indiana where
Mr.. Reilly has accepted position
| in church.
The young people of the st. John
church had a shower for Ruth Geig-
er on Monday evening at the Hiram
Geiger home.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Diller and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Risser
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Lugibill were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Hofstetter
and family.
The large barn with all of its
contents on the Edwin Niswander
farm north of Bluffton was COM
pletely destroyed by fire last Sunday
afternoon as a result of bolt of
lightning that struck the building.
John Bixler passed away sudden
ly of heart disease Monday morning
in his home south of Pandora at the
age of rs years. Funeral services
are to be conducted from the Eben-
ezer church on Wednesday after
noon where he was member, Rev.
A. C. Schultz is to officiate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer D. Reichen-
bach and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis C. Diller and family, and
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Roethlisberger
and Mr.. and Mrs. Aldine Roethlis-
berger enjoyed a picnic dinner at
Lima last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Boehr and
sons spent Monday at Cedar Point.
Willis Schumacher spent last week
at home.
| Farmers who have produced sweet
corn this season are finding ready
sale for it.
Mrs. William Seyer of near Gilboa
submitted to an operation at the
Community hospital recently and is
getting along as well as can be
| expected.
Francis Reichenbach was home on
a 10 day furlough and his brother
Frederick and Carl Steiner were
over Sunday visitors with their
home folks.
Olin Baumgartner of Girard is
spending some time here in the
vicinity among relatives.
| Abe Bixler, Edwin Suter and son,
Earl have recently put new shingle
roof on the barn on the Omar GratZ
farm.
| Rebekah, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Waldo Hofstetter expects to
enroll as a student at Wheaton
College this fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar Gratz and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Wynkoop and family spent Sunday
evening in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Rinehart and family
in Jenera.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ulrich Amstutz of
Wisner, Nebraska are visiting their
relatives and friends here.
Mrs. Mary Diller of Lima is
staying in the home of her sister
Mrs. d. J. Basinger and family, for
a couple of weeks.
Miss Mary, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Burkholder of near Co.
lumbus Grove was recently married
to young man of Swanton, Ohio.
The coming marriage of Miss
Edna, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Cal
Luginbuhl and Evan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Sommer, was an
nounced from the pulpit of the
Ebenezer Mennonite church Sunday
of which they are both members.
The wedding will take place this
Wednesday evening at the home of
Rev. A. C. Schultz in Bluffton.
| Harlan Lugibill and Francis Mis-
wander visited with their folks over
the week end
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Amstutz and
daughters Marilyn and Annabelle
spent Sunday visiting with friends
from Cleveland. The two parties
met at Castalia and drove to Lake
Erie and visited Catawba Island.