The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-07
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Of Miss Helen Soldner and Miss Ruth
Soldner, registered nurses at Bluff
ton hospital was made at party at
the home of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Soldner, Tuesday
night. -
The affair Tuesday night was the
quarterly social event of the hospital
nursing staff to which was invited q
number of intimate friends. Both
nurses are graduates of Bethel hos
pital at Newton, Kansas and joined
the hospital staff here last summer.
Miss Helen Soldner is engaged to
Wayne Topham of Peabody, Kansas.
No date has been announced for the
wedding.
Miss Ruth Soldner, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. 7. H. Soldner of Berne,
Ind, is the bride-elect of Elwyn
Hartzler of Mulberry, Florida, a for
mer Bluffton college student. Their
wedding will take place March 2
after which they will be engaged in
relief work in Porto Rico under the
direction of the Mennonite Central
committee.
Present Tuesday night when an
nouncement of the engagements
was made were:
Misses Ramona Reid, Dorothy Am
stutz, Alice Lewis, Rebecca Hofstet-
ter, Elizabeth Zimmerly, Clara Lora,
Hilda Bixel, Lillian Reichenbach, ia
nice Hoffman, Marie Kennel, Sylvia
Biederman, Doris Garmatter, Clorin-
da Luginbuhl, Florence Grieser, Five
ma Criblez, Hulda Schifferly, Sophia
Augsburger, Ruth and Helen Sold
ner.
Mrs. Stella Huber, Mrs. Ella Dill
man, Mrs. Betty Zookson, Mrs. Jane
Crawford, Mrs. Anna Marie Gallant,
Mrs. Ellen johnson.
Liberty Chapel Society
The Ladies Aid and Missionary
society of Liberty Chapel will meet
with Mrs. Jesse Anderson, Thursday
afternoon, Feb. IA.
Poinsettia Club
Meeting of the Poinsettia club to
have been held at the home of Mrs.
Guy Corson this Wednesday night
has been cancelled.
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Travel Class
Mrs. Charles Moore of Ada will be
the speaker at the Travel class guest
night to be held at the home of Mrs.
c. A. Biery this Wednesday even
ing. Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein will DC
assistant hostess.
First Mennonite Missionary
Miss Martha Burkhalter of Berne,
Ind, will address a meeting of the
Women's Missionary society of the
First Mennonite church, Thursday
night at 8:15 o'clock. Miss Burk-
halter, missionary to India. now home
on furlough expects to leave soon to
resume her work in the foreign field.
A reception following the meeting
will be held in her honor.
Richland Community Circle
The Richland Community circle
will, meet Thursday afternoon, Feb.
IA at o'clock with Mrs. Fanny
Gratz.
The following program has been
arranged:
Song; Devotionals; Roll call, prom
inent men; Topics; Glimpses of Abe
Lincoln's Boyhood, This Can be
America, Lincoln's farm days; music,
Neva Follas; poem, The Fruit of
Industry; contest; benediction.
Delta Kappa Gamma
Allen county chapter of Delta
Kappa Gamma, national society for
women teachers held it's annual guest
luncheon at the Barr hotel, Lima,
Saturday.
Bluffton members attending were
Mildred Keel, Theola Steiner, Mrs.
Russell Lantz, Mrs. A. J. B. Longs
dorf, M'Della Moon and Edna
Ramseyer.
Guests of Bluffton teachers were
DR.. and Mrs. L. L. Ramseyer, DR..
and Mrs. ]. S. Schultz, Supt. and
Mrs. Ralph Lanham, A. J. B. Longs
dorf, Russell Lantz all of Bluffton
and James Blissell of Akron.
Friendship Circle
Friendship circle of the First Men
MONTE church will meet with Miss
Vidella Herr, Monday night at 1880
o'clock. Miss Catherine Gratz, re-
turned missionary from Africa will be
the guest speaker.
Jitsu Tau Club
Mrs. Edwin Badertscher will enter
tain the Jitsu Tau club this Wednes-
day night.