The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-07-13

to golden yellow and dries up what
week ago was excess moisture
missing from the summer picture
are the oldtime threshing dinners
one Of the last surviving landmarks
of pioneer agriculture which had
much in the way of neighborly help
fulness and friendliness that might
well be preserved in these latter
days.
Dry weather the first of the week
nevertheless there's moisture IN the
air-experts say that the amount
of water evaporated from trees and
growing crops is tremendous it
is estimated that on hot day 90
barrels of water will evaporate
from big elm tree like the one in
the Presbyterian churchyard.
Sunday school superintendents-
there are lots of them-but an emer-
titus Sunday school superintendent
that's new one-but there is one
over at Willard, Ohio, say the Cal
Stettlers who were there over the
| weekend. While visiting at the home
of their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Wiebe, the Bluff
ton couple attended banquet at the
Presbyterian church where 84-year-
old r. r. jenkins, head of the Sun
day school there for the past 4O
years was made superintendent
emeritus for life. jenkins, also sec
| retary of the Willard Y. M. c. A,
is said to be the oldest active I. M.
secretary in the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Tripplehorn
and family returned from a months
motor trip through the west relate
an unusual experience in Yuma,
Arizona, when another car with an
i Ohio license drove into the same gas
oline filling station. Striking up a
conversation with their fellow Ohio
ans, the Bluffton travellers were sur
prised to learn their acquaintances
were from Lima. Further conversa-
tion disclosed the son of the Lima
couple was a close friend and Ohio
State university classmate of Charles
eldest son of the Tripplehorns.
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Scientific farming has been added
to the other accomplishments of
Charles Alderman, local grocer and
former president of the town coun-
ell, Early potatoes in his backyard
garden were among the first planted
in this area last spring and when
he dug three hills on the Fourth of
July last week he carted a peck of
choice tubers into the house for
family use.
So casually did it occur, it was
barely noticed when car drew up
at a North Main street restaurant
last Thursday and five men filed
into the kitchen for their dinner. 1t
was only an incident in routine
assignment of two FBI operatives
who had in custody three prisoners
two colored and one white. Dinner
was quiet and uneventful and hav-
ing finished the five returned to their
car and sped OF lover the Dixie
highway toward an undisclosed des-
!, tination.
It's been the Steiner homestead as
J far back as the oldest inhabitant can
remember-the viii Steiner farm in
| the Settlement three miles west of
Bluffton on the Columbus Grove
road. Fact is, the fifth generation
of the family is now living there.
It's been a landmark since the
early days of the Settlement-the
farm cleared about one hundred
years ago by Peter Steiner, who
built the original house where now
! stands modern farm home.
It was handed down to his son
Ben of the second generation and
| following him was Will Steiner of
the third generation, grandson of the
| original settler.
The Will Steiners who occupied
the place for 40 years coming Aug
ust. moved to town last winter and
now on the place lives their son
Wilford Steiner of the fourth gen.
Grafton with his wife and two child
rem Bobby, 13, and Billy, 6, of the
fifth generation.