The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-14

ing Wednesday.
Miss Margaret Hilty was home
from Findlyay over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Phillips have
gone to Oneco, Fla, near Bradenton
for the winter. They built their own
college in that village several years
ago.
Mrs. Tavern Badertscher and child
rem and her sister, Mrs. Roy Cook
and little son were at Orrville several
days last week. Both Mrs. Cook and
Mrs. Badertscher, whose husbands are
in the service are staying with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Coral Donald
son.
Mrs. Henry Butler, a former Ger
man refugee spoke at the Grace Men
MONTE church, Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Basinger
drove to Ft. Wayne, Ind, early Mon
day morning accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Bixler. The Bixlers join
ed a couple from Elkton, Mich, at
Ft. Wayne and accompanied them to
California, where Mr.. and Mrs. Bixler
will spent the winter with their son
Gilbert and family at Hollywood.
Albert Schultz, Francis Lehman,
Howard and Richard Welty, Richard
Frantz and Clyde Moser enjoyed a
hunting trip in southern Ohio last
week.
The Grace Mennonite Ladies Mis-
sionary society had a Christmas pro-
gram at their meeting Thursday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. M. I. Trostle entertained the
Advance club Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. R. A. Krohn returned home
from Detroit, Mich, the fore part of
the week.
Word was received here last week of
the death of Lieut.. Howard Jerome
Decker, pilot of a P-49 fighter plane
in France, November 81. Howard is
the son of Mrs. Halle Day Decker, of
Findlay, who is spending the winter
in Bradenton, Fla. Howard's brother,
Sgt. Charles Decker, who recently re-
turned from the Aleutian Islands, is
taking glider training in Texas. Both
boys were well known here being the
grandsons of Mr.. and Mrs, Charles
Day of Findlay.
A farm sale was held at the DR..
Harvey Basinger farm east of Pan
dora, Friday afternoon. DR.. Basing-
er lives in Mountain Lake, Mimi, and
the farm was managed by his brother
Lloyd.
Lawrence Hilty, who is home on
furlough from a c. P. S. until will go
from here to Ypsilanti, Mich, to work
in hospital unit.
Memorial services honoring the
memory of the life of Pfc. Melvin
Hilty, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
vim Hilty will be held at the Grace
Mennonite church Sunday afternoon,
December 18th at three o'clock. Pfc.
Hilty left for England, May 1st and
in July joined General Patton's third
army in France. A letter received
from him by his parents was dated
November z, telling his parents the
army was close to Metz. His death
followed two days later, November g.
Rev. and Mrs. w. F. Cummings of
the NJ. E. church, entertained the
Methodist ministers and wives of Put
nam county, Monday night of last
week. A covered dish supper was
served
The Missionary church will have
their Christmas program Wednesday
evening, December 20.
The p. I. A. are having a Christmas
program Wednesday evening. Re-
freshments will be Served during the
evening, also a tree will be trimmed
for the boys and girls in prison camps.
The vesper service to have been
held at the M. E. church, Sunday af-
tenoon, has been changed to Saturday
night, December %.
Mrs. Ruth Davis, daughter of Mrs.
Davy Diller of Carey, visited her
aunts, Misses Mary and Harriet Davy,
several days last week.
Mrs. M. |. Trostle entertained the
w. S. C. S. at her home, Thursday
night of this week.
George Mohr of Toledo, Mrs. Clara
Mohr of Findlay and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Biery ate Sunday dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Miller.
Paul George, who has undulent few
er, hasn't been as well as usual lately.
Clyde Waltz, who lived three miles
south west of Pandora, passed away
early Friday morning from complica-
tions. Funeral services were held at
the Columbus Grove Presbyterian
church, Sunday afternoon, with burial
in Bluffton cemetery. Mr.. Waltz was
former school man, and was a form
er superintendent of schools at Xenia
and Mansfield.
Evan Waltz and family attended the
Clyde Waltz funeral. They will re-
main with his mother until Friday
Evan. VINO is in the Navy, is taking
training in Chicago for Radio tech.