The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-13

sidney HauensTein points out InaI
the Presbyterian church which was
organized here on June 6, 1849, was
identified in 1850 as South Bethel in
the minutes of the General Assembly,
governing body of the denomination.
However, from 1852 until 1873 the
church was designated as "The Pres
byterian Church of Shannon" after
which its name was changed to "The
Presbyterian Church of Bluffton."
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And Oscar Wenger, collector of an
tiquaria says that Pandora was or
iginally Columbia City before it was
Pendleton. An old deed to real estate,
still in the Wenger family, drawn up
in 1910 when Kalida was the Putnam
county seat refers to tract of land
the location of which is given as Co
lumbia City.
Gorgeous-that's the word that
fits the three orchids sent from Ha-
waii to the clerks at Lape's store
one each for Miss Vidella Herr, Mrs.
Halle Althaus and Mrs. Robert Lew
is. They were sent by the boss-Ed,
who with his wife are visiting at the
home of their son Naval 1t. Comman-
der Wade Lape and family who live
in the mountains at Barber's Point,
near Honolulu. The three blooms
were sent via airnail from Hilo, Ha-
waii and reached Bluffton bright and
early Monday morning in perfect
condition. The flowers with deep yell
low centers gradually blend into
| delicate purple shade at the outer
petals. The Lapes who made the
trans-Paeific trip by plane say that
temperatures in Hawaii range from
! GA to 50 degrees-wonder what they
viii think when they learn that only
a week ago we were batting snow
drifted roads in Bluffton.
If you think Bluffton motorists are
superstitious, go down to the Bixel
Motor sales on Cherry street where
| Clayton is handing out the new auto
tags. Believe it or not some of the
boys are actually asking for numbers
| that end with the traditionally un-
lucky 13. Since the serial numbers
start at 81, there can't be just a
plain 13--but Clayton says they're
trying to get the nearest thing to it
such as 113 or 213, etc. Also in de-
mand is the number Til which some
motorists say brings luck.
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Congratulations to DR.. Helen
Barnes, a member of the class of 18-
81, the first to be graduated from
Bluffton high school, who celebrated
her 84th birthday anniversary at her
home in Findlay last Saturday. DIR.
Barnes as international secretary of
the Y. w. C. has travelled widely
and her work in the fields of religion,
world peace and world brotherhood
| have made her a national and inter-
national figure. Her father was one
of the early Methodist ministers in
Bluffton.
When the fire department makes 8
run to a fire-that's nothing unusua
but when the fire comes part wa,
to meet the firemen-there's some
thing different. And that's what
happened last Saturday Afternoon
when a freight car on the "Y" al
the intersection of the Nickel Plat,
and A. G.. & Y railroads at the
eastern edge Of the corporation linn
its caught fire from a pool of burn
ing refuse oil near the tracks.
An alarm was turned in and tn,
fire department responded but tht
burning car was too far away to b'
reached with their hose lines from
the nearest fire hydrant. A Nicke
Plate locomotive, however, solved th'
problem by shunting the car onto /
nearby siding within range of tht
departments fire-fghting apparatus
The blaze was quickly extinguished
Damage to the car was estimated
at $500. The contents consisting o.
bags of lima beans sustained moth
ing more than possible smoke dam
age.