The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-04-30
Pandora

community will be a part of the re-
creation program for the summer and
plans are going forward for a county
Pee Wee and Pony League. Seven
teams in the county will make up the
Pee Wee Loop for boys from s to IL
years old and six teams will enter the
Pony League for boys who are 13 and
Ia. The local teams will be sponsor
ed by the city recreational committee
headed by Charles Lemley. Season
play will start about May 26.
Miss Inez McAdams entertained a
group of ladies in her home Tuesday
evening.
Miss Maude Brown died Friday in
the Odd Fellows Home Hospital in
Springfield. Miss Brown, sister of
the late Mrs. Alice Maddux, lived in
the Maddux home until recently when
she became ill and was entered as a
patient at the Springfield Home. Her
funeral was held Sunday in London,
her former home. Burial was in the
London cemetery.
Rev. Warren Powell of the Pando-
ra Methodist Church officiated at the
funeral for Miss Brown at the Lux
ems funeral home in London Sunday
afternoon. He was accompanied by
John Maddux, a brother-in-law of
Miss Brown, also Miss Elizabeth Hill
ty, Mrs. Raymond Bucher and Mrs.
Ella Bridenbach.
Mrs. Russell Welty was hostess for
the regular April meeting of the
Mary-Martha Missionary society of
the Grace Mennonite churcL in her
home Tuesday evening with thirty
two members and guests present. At
the close of the program there was q
surprise shower for Mrs. Dennis Free,
the former Miss Ruby Welty.
Superintendent c. c. Cox in com
pany with several other school men
of the area, recently made business
trip to Columbus.
A mass meeting for Mennonite
churches of this area was held Tues
day evening at the st. John Memo
mite church. The guest speaker was
Rev. C. F. Klassen, who is the dIrec-
| tor of the refugee program of the M.
C. C. in Europe the past % years.
Mr.. Klassen knows Europe and the
suffering of it's millions of refugees
and had a message Of interest for the
large congregation in attendance.
The Pandora High School Alumni
meeting and banquet will be held Sat
urday evening, May 80. The commit
tee has held several meetings and
plans for a good program are well
under way. The following slate OF
officers are in charge: president, Lo'
rain Basinger of Bluffton; vice pres
lident, Mrs. F. D. Rodabaugh, Bluff
ton: secretary treasurer, Martyr
Shoemaker; assistant secretary-treas'
Iurer, Mrs. Laverne Augsburger; pro-
gram chairman, Mrs. Kenneth Mar
shall: decorating chairman, Miss Hell
en- Snyder, Gilboa; nominating chair
man, Harold Zuercher; menu chair
man. Mrs. MARCEL Eek; hospitality
chairman, Charles Lemley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. Gerber OF
!Kendallville, Indiana, visited with
friends and relatives in Pandora last
week. The Gerbers were formerly
residents here.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. N. Laurence Burkhal
ter purchased an acre from the Will
liam and Sarah Hickman property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Dawler ane
Mrs. Zetta Sommer of Troy, were
Friday evening dinner guests at th'
Jim Sommer home. The Dowler'
spent the weekend with friends in De
troit while Mrs. Sommer visited will
her son and family returning to thei'
home in Troy on Sunday.
Mrs. MARCEL Eek of the Eek ant
Whitis Poultry Dressing Co., state
that an unusual amount of poultry i
being prepared for storage for resi-
dents of the community for this tim
of year. Poultry dressing each Fri
day has increased considerably sine
the organization of the new company
Ii The Women's Missionary Society 0
the Grace Mennonite church are plan
ming a service for Sunday evening
May 10th. The event has been chang
ed from the original May 3rd date.