The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-05-13

Douglas Basinger who spent ten
days in the Isaac Neuenschwander
home returned Sunday to the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Basinger near Vaughnsville.
The Farmers club heard a talk on
Pasture Management and Grass Sill
age" by A. ID. Pratt of the Ohio Ex-
pertinent StationIin Wooster at their
May meeting held in the Allentown
Methodist church, Thursday evening.
Among those present We're: Edgar
Begg, Ralph Marshall, Isaac Neuen-
schwander, William Cupp and Harold
Marshall.
1t will be of interest to some of our
Pandora readers to learn that Capt.
J. A. Saunders, a$cousin of Mrs. Orlo
Marshall, has moved from Gathers
burg, Nd, to SOFA Bradley Blvd,
Washington IA, D. C. He is now a
retired Navy Captain and is noted
for his work in semanties as was
mentioned in the September issue of
Readers Digest.
Rev. and Mrs. Vernon Springer,
son Wilmer and daughters jeanette
and Shirley and Mrs. D. j. Basinger
of Bluffton, Marvin HSrtzler of Deb
bigh, Va, and Melvin Noran pf&Hess-
ton, Kan, were Monday evening" sup
per guests in the Isaac Nalensch-
wander home. II
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Marshall and
children Melinda and Chris we've Sun
day dinner guests in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Pugh in Beaverdam.
In the afternoon the group called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marshall near
Harrod. MrsE Marshall has been
numbered WITH the sick for several
days.
Miss Edythe Cupp, in company
with Mrs. Verna Rouse of Pandora,
attended a ainner meeting of the
Lima Chautabqua club held in Del
phos, Monday evening.
Mrs. Jacob Foley will be hostess
for the May meeting of the w. S. C.
S. of the Methodist church, Thursday
afternoon of next week.
Mrs. Frank Jaeger will lead the
devotions and the program will be
presented by Mrs. Howard Beery.
Mrs. Clarence Downing will give a
special number. The Mite Box offer
ing will be received at this meeting.
Miss Jean Bogart of Columbus
Grove and her three year old niece,
Linda Augsburger of Bluffton, escap-
ed with minor Injuries, Saturday
afternoon when the car in which they
were travelling ehst on the Columbus
Grove-Bluffton foad skidded off the
wet pavement at the double curve.
Miss Bogart carried the child to the
home of Il saac Neuenschwander
where help was summoned.
Mrs. Ralph Marshall, Mrs. A. M.
Rickert, Mrs. Marvin Zimmerly, Mrs.
VIM. Garmoter and Mrs. Adeline
Graber of the Richland Twp. Home
Demonstration club attended the Dis
trict meeting for Home Demonstra-
tion clubs in Celina last Thursday.
Prentice (Prent) L. Kilgore, 76,
who is we'll known in this community
by older residents, died at his home
in Columbus last Monday, May 2. He
was a retired member of the Child
Welfare Bureau of Ohio and a form
er teacher in the LIMA schools. He
is survived by his wife, Cora, two
daughters Thelma, at home and Mrs.
Margaret Duda Of 4 Arlington, Va;
two sons Noel and Glen of Columbus.
Services were held in Columbus,
Thursday morning and graveside rit-
es at Maple Grove scemetery in Cairo
that afternoon at $50. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Marshall and son Carl and Mr..
and Mrs. Madison Stewart attended
the services in Cairo.
Clarence Begg il rapidly convalesc-
ing at his home n this community
following surgery Rat Memorial Hos
pital in Lima about two weeks ago.
The Rockport Rural Youth group
met in the Fireside> Room at the
Presbyterian church, Sunday for an
evening of christian fellowship.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burkholder