The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Pandora

Miss Minnie Hilty, who recently
returned home from China, will be
the guest speaker at the Ebenezer
church Tuesday evening, April 8,
at the Missionary meeting of the five
Mennonite churches of this vicinity.
Churches participating are Bluffton,
Lima, Ebenezer, Grace and st. John.
Staff Sergeant Edwin Rice, of
Bluffton, formerly of Pandora, spent
Thursday afternoon with the Aaron
Hilty family. Edwin engaged in
battles in Africa, Sicily and Italy,
was wounded twice and received the
award of the Purple Heart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Hilty at
tended the wedding and reception of
Miss Ethelyn Oyer and SISgt. Edwin
Rice at the Bluffton college chapel
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ed Cupp, Mrs. Sidney Stein
er, Mrs. Clyde Housley, Mrs. Glenn
Schumacher, Miss Mabel Steiner and
Supt. C. c. Cox are the Red Cross
solicitors for Pandora.
Pandora high school senior class
composed of twenty-six students, will
leave for sightseeing trip to Chi
cago Sunday, May Is. They will be
chaperoned by Mrs. Evelyn Hilty
Grow and Earl Lehman, director of
music, and will return home We'd
nesday, May 10.
Homer Wenger recently bought
the property of Scott Cramer.
Miss Margaret Hilty was home
from Findlay over the week end.
Mrs. Nellie Bloomingdale, florist
of Findlay, called at the c. d. Stein
er home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Richard Frantz and two
children left here last Thursday for
Florida. Mr.. Frantz is at present
located at Camp Blanding, near
Stark, Florida. The largest city
near the camp is Jacksonville. Mrs.
Frantz and children are planning to
remain in Florida for awhile.
Henry Dunbar and family of near
Lafayette, called on friends here last
Friday, The Dunbars formerly lived
in the tenant house on the Aaron
Hilty farm.
Chester Mcbride is employed in
Lima at the present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Hilty enter
tanned the following at Sunday dim
ner Mr.. and Mrs. Names Gerber,
Mary Ellen Gerber, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lennis Augsburger, Arthur Bader-
fischer, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Krohn
and son Lynn.
The Roy Agner family have
moved into the property they pur-
chased of Mrs. Sarah Basinger in
the south part of town some time
ago.
Prof. Oliver Davidson of Cleveland
is home on Easter vacation this
week.
Red Cross solicitors for Riley
township are Glen Cherry, o. t. Nc
Dowell, Ellis Steiner, William Carr,
E. ]. Nussbaum, H. r. Schultz, N. N.
Soldner, Fred Grismore, Mrs. Louise
Walker, Mrs. Mary E. Reichenbach,
Willard Moser and Monroe Geiger
Pfc. Clark Sutter is home from
the Pacific area on furlough.
Cpl. Francis Schumacher, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Schumacher, was
recently wounded in action in the
European theater of war. Francis
has been in service nearly two years.
Mrs. George Basinger entertained
her Sunday school class of Columbus
Grove Presbyterian church at pot
luck supper Thursday evening. Mrs.
Mildred Ball gave a talk during the
evening.
Cpl. Charles Lemley was trans
ferred from Cochran Field, Mason,
Georgia, to Seattle, Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleland Amstutz are
the parents of a little girl Joyce
Eileen.
Haydn Steiner will farm the form
er Sam King farm, owned by his
mother, as well as the family home
farm northeast of Pandora.
Don Edie and family, who were
living in the Melvin Hilty property,
moved to Bluffton recently.
Louis Riser sold 240 head of
cattle last week.
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