The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-06-08


| We saw a school bus from Elgin,
| Texas, westbound on Main street,
filled with youngsters homeward
bound after seeing sights at the
! capital.
Auditorium of the First Men
MONTE church was too small Sunday
morning as the college commence
ment crowd augmented the regular
congregation gathered to hear Rev.
j. N. Smucker, retiring pastor.
Loud speakers were used to carry
the service to the overflow crowd in
the basement of the church.
Gone-but not forgotten is the
Owens school-one of Richland town.
ships pioneer centers of education
and there was a goodly crowd at
the reunion out at Richland Grange
hall last Sunday Among them was
Mrs. Ida Kibler, who taught term
of school at the Owens back in 1883,
when she was barely out of high
school.
Flying saucers which may or may
not exist have been sighted around
Bluffton-and even pink elephants
have been seen under certain con-
ditions but even if you're cold
sober you may see bear ambling
down the road. One was reported
in Hardin county west of Kenton,
Saturday night, which kept sheriff's
deputies on the jump in a fruitless
search. Reports that brown bear
was missing in Lucas county lent
credence to the story.
Eileen Brauen, former Bluffton
High school student and the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen
who moved from here to McAllen,
Texas, two years ago, has won a
summer student tour to Alaska for
an outstanding activity record in
the McAllen Methodist church, which
has membership of 5000. Most
of her expenses will be paid on
student tour to be made by bus to
Alaska over the Alcan Highway.
During the past year, Eileen was
editor of the McAllen High school
annual, and received handsome en-
graved desk pen set presented by
the school faculty in recognition of
her efforts.
It will be a summer of travel so
far as the Brauen family is con-
cerned, for while Eileen is in
Alaska her father, who arrived here
this week, will be on European
tour. Brauen will leave for Eng
land by airliner next Saturday and
will spend six weeks overseas. He
will visit England, France, Switzer-
land, Italy and Germany. While he
is overseas, Mrs. Brauen will be in
Bluffton on summer visit with
| relatives and friends.
Go west, young man-that's what
| two high school graduates from
Bangor, Pa, are doing. The pair
Fred LaBar and Robert Parry driv-
ing a specially equipped 1929 Model
A Ford pickup stopped here for the
weekend visiting Bob Hover, col
lege student here whose home is in
Bangor, and took in commencement
affairs.
They left Tuesday morning for
Crater Lake, Oregon, which they
expect to reach in week. The boys
left home May 27 with letters of in
PRODUCTION from the mayor, police
chief and other prominent citizens.
They sleep in sleeping bags-under
the stars when the weather is clear
and under tent arrangement at
tached to the rear of he truck when
it rains. They have named their
iaunt the Lapar Continental tour,
Lapar being a composite of their
two names.
The car is well equipped with
camping necessities including a well
stocked larder, Coleman oil stove
for cooking meals at which the two,
former Boy Scouts, are adept. They
expect to return east late in the
summer.