The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-01-14
Settlement

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girl born to them last Friday. The
daughter has been named Carol Sue.
Miss Fanny Basinger passed away
at the Hancock County home, Sunday
afternoon at the age of 81 years. For
more than 81 years she had been an
invalid. Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the st. John church on Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. John Schneck is still confined ito
her bed; however, she is reported to
be improving.
Abraham Suter has been numbered
among the sick for several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leopold Robins and
family who lived on the farm owned
by Laurence Amstutz, formerly known
as the David Wenger farm, moved to
Detroit, where Mr.. Robins is employ
ed
Albert Schultz who submitted to an
operation at Findlay hospital several
weeks ago is getting along as well as
can be expected.
Oliver Zimmerman has not been able
to be at his post at the Steiner Hatch
cry for some time on account of i'll
ness.
Due to the slippery surface about
many homes during the past week
quite number of people have fallen.
Many have suffered minor injuries
while others resulted in fractures
and severe sprains.
Mary Ellen Gerber returned to New
York on Monday. She is a student
at Nyack Institute in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Amstutz and
sons Roy and Frederick and Mr.. and
Mrs. David Schumacher and son Clair
were Sunday dinner guests in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. N. N. Soldner
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Kohl left We'd
nesday for Columbus to attend the
annual meeting of the American De-
laine Merino Record Association which
is being held the following day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar Augsburger
and family residing near Benton
Ridge are making preparations to
move ito the farm which he rented of
Olin Baumgartner.
The patrons of the General Utilities
Electric Co. were notified recently that
said company has been transferred to
the Hancock Wood Electric Corpora
ton, Inc.
Mrs. Eldon Tscheigg, who was OPP
Grated upon last Monday at the Com
munity hospital at Bluffton was re-
moved to her home on Sunday after
noon where she is convalescing very
nicely. Miss Clara Lora is caring for
her sister and family.
A baby daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Victor Bucher last Tuesday
evening. The baby did not live. Mr..
! Bucher will soon be inducted into the
army
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Basting and
| daughter Fern of Bloomington, ILL.,,
arrived the latter part of last week to
| be in the home of their daughter, Mrs.
| Phares Bixel and family while she is
at the Community hospital at Bluff
ton, where she underwent a gladstone
operation Saturday morning. She is
seemingly well on the way to recov-
cry.
Amos Bracy of Pandora is pa
tient at the Bluffton hospital where
he is critically i'll with heart trouble.
Otis Augsburger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Menno Augsburger, who was
stationed at Camp Swift, Texas, was
| given an honorable discharge from the
/ u. S. Army and returned home Tues
day morning.
First Lieutenant w. E. Diller, a
former practicing physician at Raw
son arrived in Bluffton the latter part
of last week to spend IA day fur
Tough with his wife and daughter of
Rawson and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
IJ.A Diller. DR.. Diller, who has been
stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, left
Rawson, October 8, where he had
practiced since July, 1889.
Billy, youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Vandemark who was operated
on for appendicitis at Lima Memorial
hospital the past week, was removed
to his home three miles east of Col
umbus Grove. Also Mrs. John Ba-
singer Jr. was removed from Lima
Memorial hospital last week to her
home. She underwent an operation
for tumor and is slowly improving.
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