The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-07-21

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Silas Diller and Mrs. w. o. Geiger
visited their brother Paul Diller at
Piqua, Sunday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Everett visited
Sunday with Mrs. Lydia Badertscher
and Milton Badertscher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Gratz living
west of Bluffton left Wednesday for
a two months trip to California and
other western states.
Those wishing to help address
cards for the Black school reunion
will meet at the home of Miss Fern
Koch next Tuesday afternoon.
Judith Ann, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayton Harkness Of East kib-
Ter street underwent a tonsillectomy
at Lima Memorial hospital, Tuesday
Mrs. Henry Tripplehorn of Detroit
is spending several weeks with Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Kern and Mrs. Caro-
line Matter and other relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Schaaf and
daughter Sally of Manchester, Mich,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Schnegg of East College ave.
Miss Sarah Amstutz, Mrs. Harvey
Which and daughter Gene were dinner
guests of Mrs. Joel Amstutz and
Kathryn Amstutz of Pandora, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bloom of Gar
retsville, Ohio, are visiting friends in
Bluffton and vicinity The Bloom
family formerly lived in Orange
township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Lora of
Bowling Green were week end guests
of Mrs. Lydia Lora and Miss Clara
Lora. Mrs. Lora is spending the
week here.
Mr. and Mrs. Marden Basinger and
daughters and Mrs. ?. D. Geiger are
spending several days visiting Mrs.
| Geiger's son Leslie Geiger and family
of Cleveland.
Ice cream social at st. Johns
Reformed church lawn, Saturday,
July 80 at $3.50 p. m. Homemade
ice cream, cake, pie, chicken sand
wiches, cold drinks. Come early.
Mrs. A. B. Castanien of Toledo and
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Moore and daugh-
ter Deborah of Chicago are spending
several weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Stearns of Spring street.
Mrs. S. F. Nonnamaker of Spring
street returned Saturday after a two
weeks visit with her son in law and
daughter, Rev. and Mrs. Richard
Mumma and family of Newburgh,
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Andrew Stauffer of Chicago and
son Royce Stauffer of California
spent several days here visiting at
the home Of Mrs. Corda Oehrli of
Poplar street and also in Orange
township.
| Miss Dora Kirchhofer, Mrs. Laura
Gratz and Miss Meredith Ann Schu-
macher motored to Canton, Thursday
to visit the latter's grandmother. En-
route home Meredith Ann stopped oil
for a longer visit wit hother rela-
tives near Dalton.
| Mrs. Irwin Long of Garau street
is spending the week in Canton the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kohl
meier and Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Miller. The Kohlmeiers will cele-
brate their 50th wedding annivers.
ary, Friday. 5.
Supper guests Saturday evening
at the home of Mrs. Lydia Lora and
Miss Clara Lora were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Allan Cooper and daughter
Barbara Ann and son Bobby OF
Sacramento, Calf; Miss Viola Bad,
ertscher of Ft. Wayne.
Ice cream social at Richlanc
grange south of Bluffton, Thursday
wnight. Suppera p. m.
David kliewer of Boston, former
Bluffton resident, spent Sunday visit,
ing here and was a dinner guest al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Alt
haus and family. He stopped here en-.
route to Oregon where he will visit
his parents, Rev. and Mrs. p. A
| kliewer. Rev. Kliewer was formerly
pastor of the Ebenezer Mennonite
church west of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph S. Lanhan
and family will move the middle OF
next week from the Leland Sechle,
property on South Jackson street tc
Ashtabula. Mr.. Lanham, former
superintendent of the Bluffton schools
resigned his position here to become
head of the schools. of Ashtabula
Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Gable enter.
tanned as their weekend guests: Mr.
and Mrs. George Gable, Upton
Okla; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gable
and daughter Mary Louise Of
Wichita, Kansas; Albert Myers, Mt
Cory; Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Bach
Toledo; Mr.. and Mrs. Lonzo Meyer.
and children, Findlay; Mr.. and Mrs
Karl Gable and family and Mrs
Ray Campbell and daughter Raelene
Ice cream social sponsored by tht
Band Mothers on Presbyterian
church lawn, Saturday night, July ?;
starting at $50 p. m. Chicken sand