The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-12-30

mas week end.
| Basinger ambulance removals: r.
M. Bushong from New Stark to his
home in Fostoria.
| Mrs. Joe Grouse of Ada visited
over the week end with her mother,
Mrs. Noah Augsburger.
| Mrs. Frank Houston spent the
week end at the home of Miss
Kathryn Price at Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Hilty and son
Jerry Lynn and Mr.. and Mrs. C. F..
Stratton spent Sunday in Berne, Ind.
Harold Woods of Detroit spent the
Christmas week end with his mother.
Mrs. Bertha Woods of West College
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Diller of
Lima spent Christmas day with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Diller
and family.
Harley Burkholder of Philadelphia
arrived on Monday to visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gid Burkhold-
er of Railroad street.
James Herman of the navy was
home to spend Christmas with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Herr
man of North Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Gallant and
family of Bucyrus spent Christmas
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z.
Kohl of West College avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Fett, daughter
Harriet and Gerald Augsburger of
Dayton spent Christmas with Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Augsburger.
Mrs. Joe Grouse of Ada and Mrs.
Noah Augsburger were Christmas
dinner guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger and
sons.
Mrs. Esther Herr of South Main
street has returned from a months
visit with her husband, Sgt. Freder-
ick Herr who was stationed at Ft.
Lewis, Wash.
Mrs. Ethel Magee and Miss May
Steinman, instructors in the Cleveland
schools are spending the holidays with
their mother, Mrs. Eli Hartman of
Jefferson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Scothorn and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter SEQ
thorn and family of Findlay spent
Christmas at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Scothorn in Orange town
ship.
Miss Sylvia Thut of Oak Harbor
spent Christmas and Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
Thut and family of South Main
street.
| Ralph Short in naval training at
the Illinois Institute of Technology,
Chicago, is spending a ten days hoi-
day leave with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Short of South Main
street.
Karl Schultz, office assistant at
Ypsilanti State hospital, Ypsilanti,
Mich, spent the Christmas week end
at the home of his parents, DR.. and
Mrs. j. S. Schultz of South Lawn
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. willis Amstutz and
daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. Phares
Bixel and children were Tuesday
evening dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Milo Lora and sons, seven miles
west of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Thomas left
the first of the week for Philadelphia
where both will enroll in the
Hahnemann Medical college. Mrs.
Thomas is the former Mary Alice
Howe, daughter of Mayor and Mrs.
w. A. Howe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Nonnamaker
and family have moved from the
| Rogers farm north of Bluffton to the
property of the late 0. A. Ludwig
of South Jackson street which they
recently purchased. Mr.. Nonnamaker
has been i'll for the past month with
pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger of
North Lawn avenue received a cable
gram of holiday greetings on Christ
mas eve from their son Richard. The
message gave no clue as to his loca-
tion but stated that he was well.
This is the first word received by his
parents since early in December.
Pfc. Ralph Diller of Camp Carson,
Colo, spent an eight day furlough
at his home in Lima. He, with Mrs.
Diller and Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Dick
erson of Hammond, Ind, were guests
over Christmas holidays at the home
of their parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Stauffer. Pfc. Diller returned to
Camp Carson, Tuesday.
The ID. J. Herr family on South
Main street almost missed having a
seventeen pound turkey for their
Christmas dinner when the bird
succeeded in getting away just as
Herr was about to chop its head off.
The gobbler ran down the street with
Herr in hot pursuit and was captur
ed with considerable difficulty.
The Stratton family had their get
together and Christmas gift ex-
change Friday night at the home of
/ Mr.. and Mrs Donivan Stratton and