The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-12

OT dl 4NCW DIGlllcIi spent the week emu
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Schumacher and family.
Lloyd Basinger attended the funeral
of his mother at Mountain Lake, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Haas, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Augsburger, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Welty, Mr. and Memo Augs-
burger and sons Otis and Emmett, Mrs.
Philip Fayth, Miss Mary Wetly and
Abraham Sommer were Sunday dinner
guests in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse F. Steiner.
Lantz Wynkoop submitted to an op-
Grafton at the Lima Memorial hos
pital, Monday. ss
Lewis WindIee is also at the Lima
hospital where he is to undergo an
operation one day this week.
Announcement was made at the st.
John church, Sunday morning of the
coming marriage of Miss Anita Stein
er, daughter of the missionaries, Mr..
and Mrs. Ezra B. Steiner, to Mr..
Charles Warren, of Pana, Ill. The
wedding is to be held at the St. John
church, Saturday evening at Q o'clock.
1t. Bradford Steiner, brother of Ami
ia who is stationed at an Amphibious
base in California, is expecting to be
present for the occasion.
Mrs. (Dr.) Sewell Pender of Miami,
Fla, who was here visiting in the
home of her parents and brother, Mr..
snd Mrs. Clarence Schneck left for
Belleville, Mich, to spend some time
in the home of her sister, Rev. and
Mrs. Aubrey Henderson and daughter.
Irma Marie.
The young people of the Ebenezer
church entertained those of the ST.
John congregation in the Ezra Bucher
home, Tuesday evening.
Mrs. John Backensto and son Robey
of Joliet, H., are visiting in the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Aldine
Kohl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Hilty and Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Chamberlain and
family visited with friends in Cleve-
land over the week end.
Combining of soy. beans has been
at standstill for some time on ac-
count of cloudy and damp days, how
ever, weather conditions are ideal for
picking corn by machine or by hand.
Jacob Habegger of Berne, Ind, is
spending number of days in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Amstutz
and family.
In many years, has not such ideal
weather prevailing during the Ottawa
fair week as during the last session
of the annual event. Attendance was
large and exhibits in the various de-
partments were very good.
Mrs. John Backensto and son Robey
and Mrs. A. f. Kohl are spending
several days this week in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Gallant and
family in Bucyrus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Schumacher.
son Nelson, Bertha Diller, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Schumacher and family
were Sunday dinner guests in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Diller in
Bluffton.
Pvt. Galen Lugibihl, stationed at
Camp Carson, Colorado Springs, Colo.
is spending a seven day furlough with
his folks at home. On his return is
to report to Camp Barkley, Texas.
Elan Welty and daughter Ruby,
Dennis Diller, Mrs. Marjorie Cook
and sister Janet Donaldson were at
Camp Atterbury, indianapolis, Ind,
Sunday to visit Dale Welty and How
ard Diller. Gordon Lugibihl is also
with the boys.
S/Sgt. Chauncey Schumacher of
Camp Swift, Texas, arrived here to
spent "a furlough with his folks at
home.
Other of this community who at
tended the funeral of Mrs. c. J. Ba-
singer at Mountain Lake, Mimi, last
Sunday, were: Mrs. d. C. Steiner a
sister of the deceased; Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Garmotter, Mrs. Waldo Hoch-
stettler of Lima and Mrs. Russell Kidd
of Columbus Grove. They all reurn-
ed home Tuesday.