The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-06-07
Pandora

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American service men and women
overseas are coming back home to
America, if they are lucky enough
to have the So points, required for
the release of an enlisted man, and
"A points for WAC. Army officers
having more than 85 points however
are not so lucky. The Army stipu-
lates that should these men be need
ed in the services further, they will
still be kept in the Army for fur
ther duty. This especially applies
to doctors and dentists.
Sunday and Monday were very
cool days.
Correll Donaldson has added a
very large oval shaped open yard
lounging porch, made by himself, to
the rear of his house. He also
built number of pieces of lovely
porch furniture for same. The
Donaldson home also contains a
number of beautiful hand made
pieces of furniture made by Mr..
Donaldson. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Donaldson are interested in this line
of work and their yard is being
made beautiful with flowers and
shrubs of all kinds. In fact their
yard is one of the show places of
Pandora. Their place adjoins the
Pandora Park on State road IL.
DR.. w. c. Hickey, of Defiance
district superintendent of Methodist
churches, preached the morning SER
mon at the local Methodist church
here Sunday. The church will have
minister from Ayersville preach
here next Sunday.
The spring Putnam county youth
rally was held at the Trinity Metho-
dist church at Ottawa Sunday after
noon and evening, with a covered
dish supper at 6 o'clock.
The Kempf family have been at
their cottage at Avondale near Rus
sells Point the past week.
Graves of veterans Of the Civil
War, Spanish American, World War
| and Ii, and, of the Revolutionary
War, were decorated by Boy Scouts
and American Legion members Mem
orial Day. Riley township has lost
seven of its young men in the
present war.
Miss Arvilla .Geiger, who has been
attending Bible school at Omaha,
Neb., is at home on vacation.
Robert and Betty Steiner, who
have been living at their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Steiners
and attending Pandora school left
for Oakland, Calf, to join their
parents Mr.. and Mrs. William
Steiner, who moved to California
several months ago.
Misses Irene Sutter and Rosemary
Mcdowell entertained at dinner at
the Sutter home, in honor of Louis
D. Risser Jr., who will soon enter
the Army.
Misses Ellen Riser and Jean Dill
Ter entertained at an indoor picnic
supper for Louis d. Riser and
Bob" and Bette Steiner at the
Louis Risser farm home, Thursday
evening, twenty were present.
Mervin Hilty, former Riley town
ship boy and son of Mr.. and Mrs
Ed Hilty, northeast of Pandora, re-
Gently resigned as superintendent OF
Ottawa schools and will move with
his family to Quakertown, Pa,
where he has accepted an executive
position with the Quakertown Con-
struction Co.
Mrs. Maurice Durkee and three
sons of Grafton, visited at the Geo
Basinger home west of Pandora over
the week end.
Mrs. William Basinger, who has
been visiting her daughters at Co.
lumbus, London and Grafton, return
ed home last Friday.
Miss Naomi Beery, superintendent
of Childrens hospital in Elyria
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
John Beery for several weeks.
Mrs. Glen Swartz and son Billy
of near Columbus, were guests at
the George Basinger home, Friday
until Sunday.
Pandora Village Council ordered
that this week be observed as clean
up week.
Rev. and Mrs. Harold Burkholder
of Quakertown, Pa, visited relatives
here and then went to Newton, Kan.
to attend the Mennonite Conference