The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-18
Pandora

The appointment of pastors read
at the close of the annual conference
at Lakeside, Saturday evening, dis
closed that Rev. Warren r. Powell,
pastor of the local Methodist church
the past four years has been appoint
ed to the Ottawa Methodist church,
replacing Rev. Homer d. Ferris who
retired at the close of this confer
ence year. Rev. William Reeves of
the Wesley Methodist church in Mar
ion was transferred to the Pandora
charge and will preach his initial SER
mon next Sunday morning, June 81.
Mrs. George Lehman, Jr., and her
mother, Mrs. Edward Hilty, Mrs. Ma
ry Bixel and Mrs. William Baumgart-
ner were among those from here at
tending funeral of Emanuel LEIGH
ty in Mt. Blanchard, Thursday af-
ternoon.
The Mary Martha Missionary So
ciety of Grace Mennonite church, held
their regular meeting at the church
Tuesday evening with Mrs. Verna
Rouse as the principal speaker.
The All-Ohio Missionary Training
School for Methodist girls is in ses-
sion at Lakeside this week and 209
girls from churches all over the state
are registered for the week. Among
them are Ruth Ann Bracy and Janet
Styer of the local Methodist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurel Bracy accom-
panied their daughter Ruth Ann and
Miss Styer to Lakeside, Sunday.
DR.. Richard Krohn Steiner of Hunt
ington, West Va, was recently elect
ed president of the Board of the
Huntington District Dental Organi-
zation. The board is composed of
six members and the organization
has about 80 members. DR.. Steiner
is the son of Mrs. c. d. Steiner and
the late Mr.. Steiner. He is also a
graduate of Bluffton college and o..
S. u, Columbus and finished his ed
ucation in dentistry at Columbia uni
versity.
Miss Mabel Williams of Vaughns-
Vile is caring for the Misses Eliza
beth and Susan Steiner at their farm
home.
Larry Niswander, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Villas Niswander, formerly of
this place and now residing in Fin
dlay, is making headline news as a
pitcher for the Yankees in the Little
Leagues of Findlay. In the Thurs
day night game Larry work ked three
and one-third innings and did not al
low one hit, while striking out nine
men which might we'll be the first
lap of long trek toward Big League
play.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Ernest and Mr..
and Mrs. AL Weise of Akron, Mrs.
Virgil Overly and daughter Donna
May of Willard, Miss jeanette Fruch-
ey of Columbus Grove and Miss Car
oil Gratz of Lima were Sunday visit
ors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilmer Gratz and son Donald.
The Flower Show held at the school
building was a huge success. Flow
ers of all descriptions were entered
in the contest. Roses seemed to be
at their peak of the season and some
of the arrangements were outstand-
ing. Mrs. Noble of Lima who is the
regional flower show director did the
Judging for the show which attract
ed many visitors.
Laurel Bracy together with Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Love and Mr.. Nickel of
Findlay attended a convention for
Clover Farm Store operators held in
Chicago the fore part of last week.
L. A. Neill, one of the Riley Town
ship trustees, attended convention
for trustees at Toledo from Wednes-
day until Saturday.
Echoes of the Swiss Day gathering
held recently at Bluffton are still be-
ing heard and the happy event will
long be remembered and discussed.
Fridays issue of the Lima News car
ried full page of pictures taken by
Lima News Staff Photographer, R.
X. Waldron. Among the pictures
was a scene where Hiram Kohl,
"vorsitzer" (president) of the organ
ization was talking to Mrs. Lue Leh-
man about the "Nothings" which Hi
ram says are a real Swiss delicacy