The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-06-04
Pandora

i For their many years of service
with the Pandora Mutual Telephone
Co., John Culp and Miss Inez Nc
Adams were given a dinner in their
honor, Tuesday evening in the COM
| pany's reception rooms. Mr.. Culp
| has just completed 81 years as man
ager of the local telephone company
and Miss McAdams has been employ
ed as an operator for 80 consecutive
years. The dinner which was a very
festive affair was served by the Star
Lunch and favors for the occasion
were miniature telephones filled with
candy and the napkins were engraved
in gold reading "John and Inez-3O
Years. Flowers were received from
Mr.. p. l.. Picot of Mansfield, repre-
sentative of the Automatic Sales
Corporation of Chicago and both the
Sales company and Mr.. Picot sent
congratulatory kilograms which were
read at the dinner. Both honored
guests were presented with a name
engraved billfold, gift from the
company directors and operators.
Present were: the Board of Directors,
c. j. Windau, Mayor Geo. F. Fisher,
Elmer BURY, Wilbert Zuercher, Chas.
Reese and Edison Diller. The COM
pany secretary, Mrs. Elmer BURY;
the operators, Mrs. Enos Sutter, Mrs.
Glenn Basinger, Mrs. Virginia Kempf,
Mrs. Gladys Dorman, Mrs. Wilbert
Gratz and the honored guests, Miss
McAdams and Mr.. and Mrs. Culp al
so Rev Warren Powell who gave the
after-dinner talk.
Members of the family of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe L. Sutter, with
their families held a picnic dinner,
Sunday at the farm home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Hauenstein near Bluffton.
The occasion was in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Basinger who with their
family left Monday for their new
home in Modesto, Calf. The Basing-
ers were accompanied by their moth
er, Mrs. Salome Basinger, also Mrs.
Eunice Cox who had been visiting in
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Steiner.
Word was received here Monday
of the death of Burkhart Lehman at
his home in Berne, Indiana. He had
visited in this community many times
and had many friends and relatives
here, several of whom attended the
funeral services at the Mennonite
church in Berne, Wednesday after
noon.
Miss Elizabeth Steiner was strick-
en- with a heart attack at her farm
home southeast of town, last We'd
nesday and has been confined to her
bed. Her sister, Susan who is in the
home with her is also very poorly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Fisher just hap
pened to call and found Elizabeth
badly in need of care and Mrs. Fish
er remained in the home several days
assisting until further arrangements
could be made.
Mrs. (Dr) Clair Green of Marion,
Ind, and DR.. and Mrs. Forest Yo-
der of Bellevue spent several days
with their sister, Mrs. Susan Boaz
and other relatives. They also at
tended the Swiss day festivities at
Bluffton college, Friday and the high
school alumni dinner here Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. Kohl of Fin
dlay were Saturday night guests at
the farm home of Mrs. Susan Boaz
The Junior Christian Endeavor so,
ciety of the st. John Mennonite
church enjoyed party at the nome
of the group leader, Mrs. Maurice
Grismore, on Saturday afternoon.
The Daily Vacation Bible Schoo
with an enrolment of over $50 pupils
will conclude this Friday. A public
program will be given Sunday eve
ming at the Grace Mennonite church
The pupils and teachers extend an in
vitation to everyone to attend.
Mrs. Magdalene Corson Wilson who
is a nurse at the Veterans Hospital
in Dayton, has been visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Virginia Davis, the past