The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-13
Settlement

Ruth Bixel who had submitted to
an operation for appendicitis several
weeks ago, left for Greenville, ILL.,,
to resume her work as music instruc-
tor at the Greenville college.
Israel CARRIER passed away at the
home of his daughter Mrs. VIM.
Hickman in Pandora, Monday morn
ing at the age of 81 years. He had
been ill for some months. Mr.. and
Mrs. CARRIER moved here from
Missouri % years ago. Funeral
services were held at the Grace
church on Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. Clayton Steiner
and family and Rev. and Mrs. Har-
vey Mitchell and family were supper
guests in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Kohl, Monday.
Mrs. ROLAND Burkhart has recent
ly received word from her brother,
who is a German prisoner in this
country.
Lorena Hochstettler accompanied
Rev. and Mrs. Eli Steiner to Ft.
Wayne, Sunday.
Lieut.. Paul Schey who recently
graduated from the Ellington Field
Flying School, Texas is spending a
furlough with his home folks.
Misses Elaine Welty and Lois
Geiger are suffering from sprained
ankles as result of falls.
Clyde Shawber formerly of this
community and for some years own
er and operator of a grain elevator
at Malinta, o., died in his home on
Monday evening as a result of self
inflicted gun shot wound.
Farmers Institute is to have It's
sessions at Pandora on Thursday.
Much sickness prevails in many
homes of this locality.
Ben Amstutz is planning to hold
another hog sale sometime the fore
part of February.
The Mennonite Mutual Aid Society
held their annual meeting at the
Bluffton high school, Saturday after
noon. Llewellyn Geiger is the newly
elected director and Ray S. Hilty
who served as treasurer for the
organization to succeed A. S. Hilty
whose term was ended by his death.
Mrs. Emmett Burkhart spent the
past week with her mother in Del
phos.
Clarence Jones, is assisting Albert
Garmatter with the carpenter trade.
At present they are working at the
Triplett Electrical Instrument 90.
Excavation for the foundation of a
new two story cement block structure
has been started on the land form
erly owned by Mrs. Corda Oehrli.
Cpl. Erold Diller, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Waldo Diller, southwest of
Cairo has graduated as laboratory
technician from the Medical Depart
ment Enlisted Mems Training school,
Billings General Hospital, Ft.
Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
The promotion of Pfc. MAIDEN A.
Basinger, son of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
van Basinger from the grade of
Private First Glass to Technician
Fifth Grade was announced recently
somewhere in England" by Brig.
Gen. Frederick l.. Anderson, COM
manding general of the Eighth Alr
Force Bomber Command. Naoen
was a farmer before entering the
service.
Harry Suter, south of Pandora,
purchased the Stanley Salter farm
formerly the Arnold farm, south of
West Point, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hilty, visit
ed recently with their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Whelan
Bayman and baby jeanne Mae in
Midland, Texas.
Memo Augsburger, is still bedfas,
suffering with sciatic rheumatism
and is very little improved. Hope he
soon will be on the mend again.
Mrs. Anna Spallinger, who was re.
ported very low the past week with
heart trouble is showing improve
ments. Mrs. Elizabeth King, assist
ed the past week in caring for hel
in the home of Mrs. Walter Haas.
Elmer Baumpartnpr who VIC ca.