The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-04-08
Settlement

Fred Welty who has been in
military service for some months
was honorably discharged and is
now again doing farm work.
Noah Bixel is getting along very
nicely following an operation at Me-
mortal hospital in Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Haas and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Steiner were
hosts to the Sunday school class
taught by Clarence Schneck at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Haas last
Wednesday evening. The class
taught by N. N. Soldner met at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest Bau-
man the same evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Reichenbach and Mr..
and Mrs. Haydn Basinger were as
sistant hostesses.
Boxes of goodies" were packed
by the Women's Missionary society
on Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Memo Schumacher which are to be
sent to the boys of the church who
are in the various camps.
Mrs. Israel Gerber passed away
after a lingering illness at her home
in Pandora Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gottshall
and Mr.. and Mrs. Oswin CARRIER of
Toledo visited relatives here over
Sunday.
Mrs. Elmer Kanagy of Wampum,
Pa, was here for the funeral of
Mrs. Llwellyn Geiger.
William Burkholder is putting in
a large number of drain tile on the
farm of Ed Schultz at present.
Fire destroyed the barn on the
farm owned by Ray Sheidler on
Tuesday evening. The farm is be-
ing operated by his son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Nusbaum. The
explosion of gasoline supply tank
in an adjoining building caused the
fire. No livestock was lost, but over
1000 bushels of corn were burned.
The Advisory Council No. 2 had
their regular monthly meeting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Amstutz
on Monday evening.
Quite a number of the potato
growers of this locality are planting
the usual acreage of the tubers at
this time. @~
Mrs. Charles Stewart moved hei
household goods from the Lewis
Dukes tenant house to Findlay one
day last week.
Haydn Basinger is to have new
Ford tractor to replace the one that
was destroyed by fire at his place
several weeks ago when his barn and
all its contents were destroyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haydn Basinger and
sons Teddy and Donald, Mrs. Willard
Moser and Mrs. Jesse Steiner were
in Toledo last Friday to attend the
funeral of friend Jack Kean who
passed away after a brief illness.
Mack Mccullough has been en-
ployed by the Pandora Milling Co.
| Willard Moser and Ellis Steiner
each consigned four head of their
Shorthorn cattle to the Auglaize
County Shorthorn Cattle Breeders
Association sale which was held al
Wapakoneta, on Tuesday. This sale
marked the 9th of similar sales
held at that place in the past.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Lugibill
and daughter of Bluffton moved or
Monday to farm near Conner.
Leland Gerber, Bluffton's photo
grapher before he was inducted in.
to CPS. camp, spent short fur.
Tough with his parents and his wife
at Berne, Ind. He has been trans.
ferred from the Hagerstown, Md
CPS. camp to Farnhurst, Del.
where he will be an attendant a,
the state hospital.
The approaching marriage of Miss
Pearl Keiffer and William Cupp was
announced from the pulpit of the
Ebenezer church Sunday. The wed
ding took place in Indianapolis, Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Clara Geiser of Bluffton who
is ill with rheumatism was removed
to the home of her daughter Mrs
Kermit Kibele, where she is being
cared for.