The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-10-15
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MI. aiiu Ms Iuy 0hdyuCAIy WGls
recent callers in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cliff Fruchey near Cairo.
Mr.. and Mrs. D.. @. Campbell were
in Columbus, Saturday, to see the
football game between o. S. U. and
Illinois. The game attracted a rec
ord crowd of fans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Barnett and
children spent the week end at their
home in Wooster.
Mrs. A. j. B. Longsdorf, Miss
Mildred Keel and Mrs. Orlo Marshall
attended the October meeting of the
Advance Club of Pandora held in the
home of Mrs. Paul George near Bel
more, Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Irene Rurkholder will be
hostess to the Friendly Neighbors
Club for the October meeting. The
program follows: Song; Business
Meeting; Roll call-When | Joined
the Club; Topics; Grange, Mrs. Sibyl
Reichenbach; Farm Bureau - My
Club, Mrs. Gladys Beemer; Contest
Louella Van Alta.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Marshall and
Miss Madeline Bixe1 Of Fostoria
were in Columbus Saturday for a
visit with Robert Marshall who Is an
inferno at Franklin County Hospital
Mrs. Verna Rouse and Mrs. Leroy
Lemley of Pandora, and Miss
Edythe Cupp were in Lima Monday
evening for the opening session of
the Chautauqua Club which was
combined with dinner at the Ar
gonne hotel. A
Mr.. and Mrs. Stauffer of Paines-
vile, were week end guests Of rela-
tives and friends in this Wcinity.
Mrs. Stauffer is better remembered
here as the former Mrs. Qsa Reams
Robert Yeoman and Miss Rebecca
Marshall of Elkhart, Ind, were week
end guests in the home of the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Marshall.
Mrs. d. C. Campbell, Mrs. Guy
Mayberry and Mrs. Orlo Marshall
were guests at a meeting of the
Presbyterian Missionary society in
Bluffton held in the home of Mrs.
Armin Hauenstein last Thursday
evening.
William Begg and Larry Dunlap
made good showing in the All di-
vision in livestock at the Putnam
county fair the past week. William
won first in the sheep showmanship
contest and second in showmanship
with his All club steer. The Berk-
shire entry of Larry Dunlap was the
All first place winner and was also
judged grand champion market pig.
Mrs. Ruth Price Basinger of Column
bus Grove, former Rockport girl,
also won some frsts in the needle
work department.
Several members of the Farmers
Club from this community heard c.
l.. Blackman, extension dairy spec
ialist at Ohio State University, dis
cuss DAIRY Management" at their
meeting last Thursday evening held
in Christie Chapel church west of
Lima with a dinner at $50. Isaac
Neuenschwander with William Alt
haus as his guest and Lawrence
Begg We're among those in atten-
dance.
We wish to thank Miss Eunice
Trumbo of Council, ID, for the kind
remarks in regard to our reporting
that she gave US in last weeks
News. We do our best to reach as
many as possible and for the benefit
of those who may care to call US, our
new phone number is 454Y.
The Friendly Neighbors' class of
the Presbyterian S. S. will be hosts
to members of the church and their
families at the second Fellowship
Night to be held in the church base
ment Sunday evening with supper 1t
z o'clock. Bring a soup bowl and
other service.
The 1924 Past Matrons' Club of
Dist. 8, o. E. s. held their annual
meeting at the Argonne Hotel in Lii
ma last Thursday. Those attending
We're: Mrs. Lucille Watterson of To-
ledo; Mrs. Pearl Miller and Mrs.
Emma Modds of Columbus; Mrs.
Leila Shank of Lima; Mrs. jeanette
Hapner of Spencerville; and Mrs.
Orlo Marshall of Bluffton.
Members of the family of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hilty, numbering
close to one hundred, held a family
reunion in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ezra Bucher last Sunday. The fam
lily was reared on the farm now own