The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-06
Pandora

cisco, spent SeVeral days the past |
week end with her mother, Mrs.
Virginia Corson Davies. Mrs. Saund-
ers, who is a graduate nurse will go
to Norfolk, Va, for an indefinite
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Corson and
Mrs. Marjorie holland and grand
children of Bluffton called at the c.
C. Corson home Sunday.
Urban Lichty who was at the A.
C. & Y. station at Vaughnsville
several years, is now at the Bluffton
| station.
Sixteen or eighteen from this COM
munity attended the Bluffton College.
Booster banquet and program.
Collections were recently taken in
the Pandora community churches to
help buy the oxygen tent for the
Bluffton community hospital.
Miss Freda Yoder, of Pandora, is
a member of the Bluffton College
Women's Gospel team quartette.
Homer Wenger has bought lot
in the south part of Pandora to move
the old cane press from the Ed
Miller farm.
The Rev. Clayton Steiner family
have moved into the house they rent
ed in the south part of town.
Pandora citizens recently contri-
buted books and magazines to the
Putnam county committee of Civilian
Defense who shipped same with
games to the u. S. servicemen in
hospitals and camps.
Clifford Cox, Pandora superintend-
ent of schools, was named on the
| Easter seal sale committee, of the
Putnam County Society for Crippled
Children. Charles Reese of Pandora
represents the local and county
| oranges on same committee.
Don Amstutz, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joshua Amstutz, east of Pandora,
paratrooper recently received the
Purple Heart Award in duties over
seas.
Miss Geraldine Basinger, who is
training for a nurse at 0. S. u.
Columbus, has enlisted in the U. S.
Cadet Nurse Corps.
Gordon Luginbuhl, son of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Alvin Luginbuhl, east of Pan
dora, is the first Pandora youth to
receive the honor of becoming a
Future Farmer of America, recent
ly at Columbus. James Reese and
Maynard Amstutz were the two local
delegates.
Other boys who attended the F. F.
A. meeting from here that day were:
Howard Diller, Dwight Probst, Rich
ard Esmond, Donald Welty, Gordon
Luginbuhl, Harry Hauenstein, Dono-
van Diller, Hiram Kohl, Jr., Clair
Schumacher and LaVerne Augsbur-
ger.
Miss Inez McAdams and Mrs.
Melvin Long and little son were
guests of Miss Clara Bracy, Sunday.
Harley Van Meter of Rockport
was Sunday guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Van Meter.
The following were Sunday even
| ing supper guests at the Lloyd Van
| Meter home east of town: Mr.. and
| Mrs. Loren Van Meter and daughters
| Ann and Sue of Shawnee, Mrs. Chas.
Wells and son Dickie of Beaverdam,
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Warren of
| Bluffton.
Mrs. Roy Cook Jr. and son Max
are now located at Northport, Long
Island, N. Y.
Miss Loretta Evans, of New York
city and Richard Kramer, were mar
ried at the Scott Kramer home here
recently. Richard who is a first
class motorman's machinist mate was
| visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Kramer a few days.
Children of Pandora Community,
who have taken ten weeks Bible
| school work on Thursday afternoon,
of the following instructors: Mrs.
Gilbert Suter, Mrs. liner Basinger,
Mrs. Stanley Burkhart and Richard
Boehr gave very good program
at the Grace Mennonite church, Sun
! day evening.
The Missionary church will have a
Good Friday program at 11:15 Fri
| day for the six elementary school
grades. The M. Z. church will have
a program at 2:30 p. m. for the six
upper school grades and general
public. The Grace church presents
''The Crucifxion" Friday night at
1880 o'clock.
| The ladies of Pandora Community
will meet at Bluffton Red Cross head
quarters, Wednesday evening, April
26.
The Ladies Chorus of the M. E.