The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30

/ sN1AAo eSaSAAAiS VAptAiSilSCs Nlt last
three being in Beaverdam. She Is
attending Ohio Northern university
at Ada this summer.
DR.. and Mrs. c. W. Fields of Col.
Grove have had as their guests
recently, DR.. and Mrs. E. d. Bruck-
ner of Oconomowoc, Wis, and DR..
and Mrs. Norman Salrika of Cold
water.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Begg of
Col. Grove are on a western motor
tour through Washington and
| Oregon.
Ruth Newell and Ladonna Ward
of Leipsic are attending the f. U. b.
church camp at Lake st. Marys.
Mrs. Claude Chivington of Leipsic is
a dean at the camp.
Mrs. Paul Ludwig of near Bluffton
reports picking two milk pals of
green string beans from her garden
last Thursday and says her family
is enjoying plenty of new cabbage.
The Christian Service class of
| Gilboa Methodist church met at the
| home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Forney.
The program leaders were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Williams.
| The Y. M. c. A. class of Col.
Grove Congregational church met at
the church on Monday night Hosts
| and hostesses We're Mr.. and Mrs.
| Chas. Mayberry and Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Sneary.
Condition Of Amos Meyer of Col.
Grove, surgical patient in st.
Rita's hospital, Lima, is reported
good.
| Carl Long and Grover Devier at
tended the annual reunion of the
northwestern Ohio Deaf association
held at Riverside park, Findlay, Sun
day afternoon. More than 400 were
| present. Dale Stump, Columbus at
tomey, was speaker for the occasion
and informed the group about funds
for new state school for the deaf,
now being proposed.
Thos. Byers, Sc, who sustained a
pelvic fracture in fall from step
ladder three weeks ago is able to
get about the house on crutches. The
accident occurred when Mr.. Byers
assisted by his wife, aged 90, was
attempting to put up window
screen.
The Gilboa Methodist church choir
will hold picnic Thursday night at
ESQ o'clock at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Hitchcock in Ottawa.
| Relatives in Gilboa have received
word of the death of H. L. Williams,
I80, of Enid, Okla. Mr.. Williams was
a former Gilboa resident and brother
of Walter Williams.
Mrs. Francis Clevenger, Col. Grove
Rt. 8, was elected treasurer of the
state home demonstration council for
the 1949-50 term at a recent state
convention attended by 450 Ohio
homemakers and home demonstration
agents.
Floyd Williams of Gilboa delivered
Palomino stallion "Gold Fox" to i
buyer at Scanateles, n. Y, recently.
The horse took fifth place at a
recent horse show in Eaton, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Doty of Col.
Grove have returned from seven
months stay in Florida. Mr. Doty
| brought back some fish he caught III
the Gulf of Mexico and entertained
relatives and friends with a fish fry
at the home of his daughter Mrs.
Hiram Spallinger. Served to the
guests were black snappers, black
groopers and trigger fish.
A picnic dinner was held at, River
side park, Findlay, recently in honor
of the 18th birthday anniversary of
Chas. Benroth of Col. Grove. Rela-
ttives were present from Fostoria,
Belmore, Lima, Findlay, Col. Grove
and McComb.
First 1t. Clair Basinger and Mrs.
Basinger and daughter Barbara Lynn
of Pandora recently arrived at the
u. S. Army headquarters in the
Philippines. 1t. Basinger has been
assigned as surgeon and endoscopist
for the x-ray section of the goth
station hospital in Central Luzon.
Mrs. Geo. DeGraw and Mrs. Tom
linson and children of Detroit are
spending vacation at their summer
home north of Gilboa. Their mother,
Mrs. Ora Stateler is visiting at the
home of Mrs. Margene Kemmerling
in Memphis, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. J. Hindall Of
Gilboa are vacationing in Michigan.
The Misses Leona and Lenore Mil
Ter and Ellery Nelson of Columbus
visited over the week end in the
home of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Miller of. Col. Grove.
A. G.. White, of Col. Grove, lost
the sight of one eye recently when
he fell with pail of lime in his
melon patch. The other eye is also
seriously affected by the lime. White
lives with his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Packard
on South Main street, Col. Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Hartman of