The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-09-10
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er and son John, accompanied by
Silas Diller of Bluffton attended the
State fair in Columbus last Tuesday.
The familiar sight of the yellow
school buses on our roads appears
since Tuesday. In our day the rural
children had to walk to school rain
or shine, and often through deep
snow, but they got there. However
only those who were really interested
in getting an education ever entered
high school.
Robert Barnetts who recently be-
came a member of this community,
went to Wooster Friday night and
returned here the next day with his
wife, the former Mary Marshall, and
their three children, David, Jayne
and James. David and Jayne enroll
ed in the Bluffton schools, Tuesday.
Mrs. Barnett and little son James
will return to Wooster later in the
week. 88 i
The annual Fan Meeting of Lima
Presbyterial will meet in the Ada
Presbyterian church Tuesday of next
week. Members of the local mission
ary society are planning to attend.
Mr.. and s.NJesse Thompson of
Mt. Cory were guests in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Huber, Sunday.
The Profit and Pleasure Club will
resume its meetings Wednesday
afternoon of next week with pro-
gram in the home of Mrs. Phil Row
er in Columbus Grove. Roll call will
be answered with, "Thes teacher /
most respected.'' Mrs. Isaac Neuen-
schwander will speak about the col
leges in Putnam and Allen counties.
"High hools-Vocational Schools"
will be the topic for Mrs. Raymond
| Anderson.
Mrs. Norval Curtiss and daughter
Dorothy of Windsor, Can, who are
on a trip to the east coast, and Mrs.
Hannah Krise of Columbus Grove
were entertained at dinner Sunday
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
LentZ.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Marshall and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Barnett and
family were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gail Early near Blue
Lick.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lysle Cahill and
daughter Lynne returned to their
home in Cleveland, Sunday after
spending the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Orlo Marshall who moved to Bluffton
| last Thursday. They are located at
23O S. Main St.
Dick Wells of Ottawa spent Tues
dav of last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Lentz were
Saturday evening. dinner guests IN
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
| Wood in Lima.
| Mrs. Nelson Wells was numbered
with the sick the first of the week
with asthma and complications.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Marshall spent
Sunday in Detroit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Marshall. Mrs. Marshall
who had surgery on her eye more
than a week ago is not so well at
this time. Mr.. and Mrs. Don Mar
shall of Harrod motored to Detroit,
Monday to spend the day at his
mothers bedside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Marshall were
Sunday dinner guests in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. Michaud of Berne,
Ind.
Neighbors of Mrs, May Foley sur
prised her last Friday by dropping
in at her home and setting up dim
ner party in honor Of her 62nd birth
day. Those present were Mrs. Lena
Price, Mrs. Alice Bodell, Mrs. Oral
Fett. Mrs. Ruth Bartels, Mrs. Wini-
fred Dunlap, Mrs. Marge and Lena
Rockhill, Mrs. Madeline Zites and
| children OF the group.
First meeting of the Farmers club
for the 1953-54 season was in the
Congregational Christian church in
Columbus Grove, Thursday evening.
D. o. Meyer extension specialist
from Ohio State University will be
the speaker.
Plans were discussed for a trip
either to the United States Soil Con-
servation Service research station in
Coshocton or the Ohio Experimental
station in Wooster, Sept. II.
Local people attending were Will
liam Cupp, Clarence, Edgar and
Lawrence Begg, Isaac Neuensch-
wander and Herbert Marshall.
Arthur Neuenschwander assisted
in exhibiting IA head of Angus cattle
for Shadow Isle Farm last week al
the Ohio State Fair and at the Ma
tional Angus Show held ir
conjunction with the state fair.
Shadow Isle Farms of Red Bank
N. ]. carried away three top prizes
Junior and reserve grand champion
female was Blackcap End, first prize
junior yearling, Reserve Junior cham
pion female was another Shadow Isle
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