The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-09-16

their return home from trip to the
Toledo Zoo.
The first meeting of the new club
year for the BilCentennial club will
be held at the home of Mrs. Adrian
Eek, Tuesday evening, Sept. 21. The
theme of the program will be The
by Mr.. and Mrs. Martin.
Mrs. Grover Davidson was admit
ed to Bluffton Hospital "wednesday of
last week for treatment. Mrs. Reu-
ben Schumacher was returned to her
home from Memorial hospital in
Lima. William Schumacher who is a
patient at Bluffton hospital still re-
mains critical and just recently he
submitted to surgery for the third
time. Mrs. Gertrude Fridley has suf-
ficently recovered to be in her own
apartment home in the Bracy Block.
Mrs. Leah Bracy continues to inn
prove slowly in her home on North
Jefferson ST. Philemon Huser has re-
covered enough from his long illness
to permit him to drive his car some.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Frank of Hart
vile called at the Milford Haas home
Monday enroute home from North
Manchester, Indiana where they had
accompanied their son who entered
North Manchester college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Schumacher
have purchased the Hager property
on Monroe Street. The Schumachers
have lived in an apartment over the
Federated store for, twenty years and
will do some remodeling before NOV
ing into their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Reichenbach
recently purchased one of the newly
built homes in the Jim Sommer
Court. Superintendent Dick and fam
lily are presently occupying the house
and will move into the new house
that Sommer is building on a lot pur-
chased from Mr.. and Mrs. Duff
Payne.
The first meeting of the year for
the Women's Society of Christian
Service was held Thursday evening
at the Methodist church with the new
president Mrs. John Styer in charge.
The program presented by the vice
president, Mrs. Calvin Meinke includ-
ed report of the Summer Girls
School of Missions at Lakeside by
Janet Styer and Ruth Ann Bracy.
Mrs. Rev. Reeves talked on Early
Missionaries and Mrs. Lue Lehman
conducted the annual pledge service.
Mrs. Warren Powell of Ottawa who
is the county chairman of WSCS
presented an outline of the years
activities for Putnam county. Host
esses were Mrs. Aaron Hilty, Mrs.
James Sommer and Mrs. L. Bracy.
Pandora Methodist church recently
received a belated 50th Anniversary
greeting from DR.. Norman Vincent
Peale, who was travelling in Europe
when the event took place. DR.. Peale
is pastor of Marble Collegiate church
in New York City and can be heard
regularly on both radio and tele-
vision. He is the son of DIR. c. C..
Peale who was a former District
Superintendent of Findlay District
when Pandora church was included
in that District and on many occa-
sions the elder Dr. Peale was accom-
panied to Pandora church by his son
Norman Vincent who has become
famous for his lecturing and the
many books he has written. He also
has regular column in the Findlay
Republican-Courier.
Miss Mary Ellen Gerber was the
guest speaker Sunday night at Trim
ity E. U. B. church in Findlay. Miss
Gerber, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Names Gerber, recently returned to
her home here for furlough from
her duties as missionary teacher in
a native Bible school in Africa where
she has spent two terms for a total
of seven years, and now she will
spend a years furlough with her
parents before returning to her reg
ular teaching appointment in Africa.
The Women's Missionary Society
of the Grace Mennonite church have
elected the following officers to serve
the Society: President, Mrs. Ruth
Steiner; Vice President, Mrs. Nettie
Hilty, Columbus Grove; Chorister,
Mrs. Lavina Geigsr; Assistant Choir
ister, Mrs. Viola Sommer; pianist,
Mrs. Corinna GeiTer; assistant, Mrs.
Della Amstutz: Program committee,
Mrs. Jeanette Lehman; sewing CON-,
Mrs. Lilly Schumacher; aid conn.,,
Mrs. Florence Piefman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Marshall en-
tertained in their home for Sunday
dinner, Mrs. M. r. Bixel and son Paul
of Rluffton and Miss Madeline Bixel
of Fostoria who spent the week end
in her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleland Amstutz and
children and Mr.. Albert Amstutz and
daughter Veldine spent Sunday in the
Walter Neuenschwander home in
Angola, Indiana.