The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-03-10
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this week.
Mr.. Robert Barnett of Wooster
spent the week end in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Marshall. His
wife and two children who spent the
week in the Marshall home, returned
home with him.
Mrs. Thomas Foulkes spent several
days last week in Memorial Hospital
in Lima for observation. She has
been bedfast with a heart ailment
for several weeks.
Mrs. Luella Van Alta will be
hostess Thursday afternoon of next
week to the w. S. c. S. of the Meth
odist church for the March program
which follows: Worship service, Mrs.
Clarence Downing; Program leader,
Mrs. Ed Dunlap; Special feature,
Mrs. Howard Beery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Cook of Beaver
dam are spending ten day vacation
with Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Van Meter
of Chardon and Mr.. Homer Cook of
East Orwell.
An all day meeting with covered
dish dinner at the noon hour, was
held in the home of Mrs. Lewis Van
Meter last Wednesday with Miss
Edna Ramseyer, home furnishings
director at Ohio State University
demonstrating the use of "Colors In
the Home" for Allen County Home
Demonstration council members.
Later the council members will give
demonstrations in their home town
ships.
Funeral services for Miss Auta
Keller who was found dead in her
Lima home last Monday following
paralytic stroke, We're held in the
Hartman Sons funeral home in Col.
Grove last Wednesday afternoon
with interment in Rockport cemetery.
Miss Keller came to this community
with her parents, from Virginia, in
her early womanhood and resided
here for many years before going to
Lima to live. Besides her sister
Emma of Route 2, Lima, she leaves
a brother John and a sister Mrs.
Luella Van Alta of this community.
Mrs. Herbert Marshall will open
her home to members of the Profit
and Pleasure Club for the March
which will be held Wednes-
day afternoon of next week. Mrs.
Francis Marshall will review "Dis-
covery" by V. Chase and Mrs. Byron
Mcdowell will give "Over the Garden
Fence" by Refs. The assigned topics
will be given for roll call.
The Cook sisters and their hus-
bands which includes: Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Freet, Mr.. and Mrs. Cloyce
Kidd, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Fruchey
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Gratz cele-
brated their wedding anniversaries
with dinner at a Columbus Grove
restaurant Monday evening. 1t was
also the birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Gratz. Although the sisters all chose
March r as their wedding date and
all were married by the same min
lister Rev. j. F. Snodgrass of the
Methodist church all were married
in different years.
Cards have been received announc-
ing the annual meeting of the
Putnam County Livestock Coopera-
tive Association which will be held
at the Columbus Grove School Audi
torium Wednesday evening March 9.
There will be a speaker, entertain
ment and refreshments. A number
Of interested persons from this COM
munity will attend.
The annual meeting of the Midwest
Electric Inc. was held in Memorial
High school in st. Marys, Tuesday
afternoon of last week. Urban Raun
IS the president and J. O. Cupp, a
local man, is Vice president. Election
Of trustees was a highlight of the
meeting. Three were elected which
included j. L. Reidenbach, Dist. 3;
Althaus, Dist. 2 and Urban
Rauh, Dist. 4. Thomas p. Meehan,
of the cooperative, reported
that Midwest has t,100 miles of
electric lines in this area. They ex-
tend 4S miles north and south and
46 miles east and west. 98 percent
Of Ohio's rural homes now get
electric power. 5000 consumers are
served by Midwest. Service has been
greatly improved the past year and
outages were few during the winter.
Many people in this area will be
more interested in the LADY Lucky"
a B-50, and her flight around the
world, when they learn that the blue
prints were drawn in the office of
Delmer Reagan, chief engineer for
the B-50 at Wright Field in Dayton.
He made several trips to the Boeing
Co. in Seattle, Wash, while
It was under construction. Reagan
Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. "Billy'
Reagan of near Beaverdam and SON.
in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Camp
bell.
The Rev. Fl. K1ahr, Exec. Secretary
of the Synod of Ohio, of Columbus
will be guest minister at the Presby-
terian church Sunday morning. A
good attendance is desired