The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-01-06

Ray Staater has returned to Chi
cago after spending the holidays witt
his sister, Miss Zanna Staater o1
South Main street.
Allen Oliver Groman and Paul Gro
man of iTffin spent Sunday Afternoon
with Margaret and Morris Groman OF
South Jackson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburgel
and sons spent New Years day the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Tom
linson and son of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Schnegg Of
Plymouth, Mich, visited with Mr.. ano
Mrs. Jacob Schnegg and daughter
Helen over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cox and family
of Ashtabula spent New Years day
and the week end with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Stettler.
Mrs. j. M. Springer and children OF
Peoria, ILL.,, are visiting at the home
CT her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam H
Stepleton of North Lawn avenue.
Corp. Morris Triplett and Miss Ruth
Daugherty of Wright Field, Dayton
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. r. L. Triplett of Campus
Drive.
Mrs. John Carts of Orange town.
ship suffered a broken right arm as
the result of a fall when she slip.
ped on the ice at her home, Monday
morning.
Pfc. Loren Steiner will return to his
army assignment at Denver, Colo, or
Thursday after a furlough to visit his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Steiner
north of town.
Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Rupp enter.
tanned number of parishioners from
the Defenseless Mennonite church at
their home on Mound street, New
Years evening.
Mrs. j. S. Steiner spent the holidays
at the homes of her daughters, Mrs
Frank Dilly of Athens and family ano
Mrs. Donivan Baumgartner and fam
lily of Cleveland.
Paul Smith who rented the Mrs
Elmer Weaver farm west of Beaver
dam will move on a farm near Find
lay this month which he has rented
for the coming year.
Pvt. Carol Tscheigg, in training al
the Citadel, Charleston, South Caro-
lima, is home ON furlough visiting hi:
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Tscheige
of North Jackson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Sutermeister
of Corpus Christi, Texas, visited
friends here the past week. Suter-
meister, former Bluffton dry clean.
er, is in the army band at Corpu:
Christi.
Cpl. Glen Biederman, Mrs. Cliff
Biederman, Maxine Biederman, Mrs
Laurence Hipp and son Marcus were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Swan Stone
hill and family and Mrs. Cords
Ryan, Sunday.
Capt. Jos. D. Spinelli of CamI
Rucker, Ala, visited at the home Of
Delbert McGinnis and family of Gar
au street the past week. His wife
1t. Mary (McGinnis) Spinelli, A. N
c., is stationed in Italy.
Mrs. Ella McHenry and daughters
Mrs. Everett Schmidt of Bluffton anc
Mrs. Blanche Roberts of Columbu:
Grove spent New Years day in Mans
field at the home of the formers dau
ghter, Mrs. Ed Arnold and family.
Mrs. L. E. Sumney has returned tt
her home in Ft. Wayne after spend
ing three weeks assisting in the care
of her brother, E. nj. Hostettler wht
is improving at his home on East
Kibler street after serious heart i'll
ness.
Mrs. Clayton Harkness, Miss Twylai
Carnicom, Miss Zelma and Merl In
gals spent the week end at Great
Lakes Naval Training station visiting
three Bluffton men in training: Clay
ton Harkness, Albert ingalls, and By
ron Fritchie.
In honor of their son James, wht
is leaving for military service, Mr.
and Mrs. Swan Stonehill and family
entertained the following Monda.
evening: Herbert Conrad, Jane.
Steiner, Herbert Devier and Dale
Tripplehorn.
Mrs. Harriette Luginbuhl, who re-
Gently resigned her position as in
structor in Bluffton high school, has
accepted a position as instructor il
the high school at Red Bank, N. j.
near Ft. Monmouth where her hus.
band, Sgt. Kenneth Luginbuhl is sta
toned.
Pvt. George Duffman who has beer
here after taking treatment at Ken
nedy General Hospital, Memphis
Tenn, has left for Camp Shelby, Miss
where he will be stationed. Pvt
Duffman returned last fall to thil
country after service in the South
west Pacific area.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Crawfis of nea
Beaverdam entertained at dinner
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Bixel ant
Otto Widely of Pandora, Mr.. and Mrs
Levi Mellinger and Mrs. Alma Bike
and son Bobby of Bluffton. After
noon and evening callers were Rev
and Mrs. Stanley Rupp, Miss Saral
Amstutz, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Craw
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