The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-23

North Carolina is spending furlough
at his home here.
Pvt. Richard Wenger of Camp
Chaffee, Ark, was home the past
week on furlough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rayon Boutwell, and
family were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Harry Amstutz of Versailles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Garner of Toledo
were week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cliff West of South Lawn avenue.
ACQUISITION hearing aids and bat
teries for all makes. Mrs. w. HI.
Gratz, 110 S. Lawn Ave-, Bluffton. If
Rev. James Maher of Toledo. form
erly of st. Mary's Catholic church,
visited former parishioners here Mon
day.
Mrs. Russell Leiber and sons and
Mrs. A. E. Sanders visited over the
week end with relatives in Bowling
Green.
The Friendly Couples Class of
Emmanuel's Reformed church will
hold bake sale Saturday, April l
at the c. F. Niswander implement
store.
Started chicks two weeks old at
special reduced prices; choice of sew
eral breeds. Jorg Hatchery, Cherry
street, Bluffton. If
Tvs Glenn Dorman of Camp Beale.
Calf, and Miss Velma Spangler of
Deshler were Wednesday evening sup
per guests at the Russell Leiber home.
Earl Mohler of Birmingham, Ala
bama, who was in Lima because of
the death of his brother, Harry Moh-
ler of that city, visited Bluffton rela-
tives, Saturday.
Kenneth Oberly of the air corps
returned Thursday to Kingman, Ari-
zona, where he is stationed after
spending a week with his father Mil
lard Oberly.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Bogart of
Newport, KY, spent the week end
with his sister, Mrs. Ella McHenry
of North Main street and other rel
atives and friends.
Mrs. Sam Welty and family enter
tanned the following guests, Sunday:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Livingston. Bob
Biuemke, Morris Huffman and Agnes
Ward all of Rosseville, Ind.
Mrs. Sadie Stearns and daughters
Misses Erma and Mamie Stearns of
Upper Sandusky visited Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Stearns and
family of Spring street.
Basinger ambulance removals: Mrs.
Elmer Anderson from Bluffton hos
pital to her home in Orange township:
Christ Santschi from Bluffton hospital
to his home on East Kibler street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rupp of
Elmira, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Slagel
and daughter Janeth and Miss Mar
tha Losch of Wauseon spent Sunday
with Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Rupp.
Mrs. Ralph Locher and little dau-
ghter Virginia Lynn of Shaker
Heights, Cleveland, are visiting the
formers jarents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.
Worthington of South Main street
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Marquart and
family entertained for supper Sunday:
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Rupright and
Mrs. Earl Rupright of Eagle town.
ship. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Marquart,
Jr., and daughters were evening call
ers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orden Smucker and
little son of Columbus spent the
week end visiting their parents, Mrs.
B. d. Smucker and Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Klay. Mr.. Smucker, a form
er instructor in Bluffton high school
is teaching in the University high
school in Columbus.
D. H. Motter of Englewood, Tenn,
and 1t. and Mrs. w. S. Motter of
San Luis Obispo, Calf, and the
latter's mother, Mrs. C. N. Bagley
of Columbus spent several days the
past week with their mother, Mrs.
S. S. Motter and brother, Myron
Motter and family.
Miss Barbara Jean Triplett, student
in Eastman School of Music, Rochest-
er, N Y, and Sgt. Morris Tnplett
and Corp. Ropp Triplett of Wright
Field, Dayton, spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. L.
Triplett of Campus Drive.
Second Lieut.. Joel Kimmel who re-
Gently completed a course in the army
air training school at Yale university
and received his commission spent
the past week with his mother, Mrs L.
d. Kimmel of South Main street. He
has been assigned to duty at Foster
Field, Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Marquart and
family entertained Thursday evening
for supper: Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Long, Sr., and daughter Lois and Pfc.
and Mrs. Melvin Long, Jr., and son
Garry Kent of Pandora. Pfc. Long is
home on two weeks furlough from
Ft. Jackson, Michigan.
Lieut.. and Mrs. James Griffith who
have been stationed at an army air
base in Redding, Calf. have been
transferred to another air base located
at Oroville, Calf, it was learned here.
Both are from Bluffton, Mrs. Griffith
being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Getflas of South Main arnef