The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-01-03
BLUFFTON LOCALS

her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul DilIer
Mr.. and Mrs. d. T. Mills anc
daughter Millecent of Marion spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Gratz and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Short anc
daughters of Lima were Sunday din.
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Short.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Barrett of Gin.
cinnati spent several days the past
week in the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Armin Hauenstein. During their stay
a family dinner was held in the
Hauenstein home which was attended
by Edgar Hauenstein, Mrs. Sidney
Hauenstein, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Hauenstein of Ann Arbor, Mr.. and
Mrs. Barrett, the host and hostess
and their son Bruce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Wenger re-
turned home Sunday evening from a
two weeks visit with their son Har-
old and wife in Houston, Texas and
another son Don and family in Nc
Allen, Texas.
Mrs. Sidney Hauenstein attended
services at the Presbyterian church
in Rockport, Sunday, where she in
stalled the 1857 officers of the Wom-
ems Organization. She was dinner
guest in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson Wells.
Miss Naomi Brenneman, Professor
of English at Bluffton College was
in Washington, d. c., during the
holidays for national meeting.
The Past Matrons and Past Pa
irons of Bluffton Chapter o. E. S.,
their husbands and wives enjoyed a
covered dish supper and gift ex-
change in the country home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Marshall, New Years
night.
Miss Sue Montgomery spent the
week end in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Weitz in Celina.
Mr.. and Mrs, Dennis Brauen who
left here a number of years ago for
McAllen, Texas, entertained a group
of Ohio people and other friends in
their home the evening of December
26. Present were: Mrs. A. C. Ram
seyer of Smithsville; Miss Edna
Ramseyer and Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Wenger of Bluffton; Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Wenger and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Steiner and daugh-
ter Susan of McAllen and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Miller and family of
Mission, Texas; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Engleman of Great Bend, Kans.; Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Duitscher of Col
lege Station, Texas and Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Duitscher of Clarion Iowa.
The evening was spent with movies
from Newfoundland and Ohio. Re-
frcshments were served at the close
of the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Balmer were
in Columbus Thursday on a buying
trip for their store. Balmers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwain Murray of
Ashland were visitors over the holi-
days at the Leland Diller home.
Mrs. Alice Dye and daughter, Fran
ces, of Cincinnati were visitors over
New Years Day at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Milton Edwards. Mrs. Dye
is an aunt of Mrs. Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Riser, Doris
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Riser were
Christmas day supper guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Marc Basinger and son at
Conner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gail Rakosky and
family of Kenton spent the week end
and New Years with her mother,
Mrs. Harry Barnes.
Guests for over the holidays in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Bader-
tscher and son Robert were Mr.. and
Mrs. A. E. Keller and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Glen Franklin and family,
of Dayton; Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Bad
ertscher, Jr. and family; Wayne and
Margaret Shider of Happy, Texas;
Purley Cole and Ida Bresslar of
Findlay; Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Acker-
man and family of Ada and Lena
Preto of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Regehr and
family of Delano, Calf. left for their
home Sunday after spending their
Christmas vacation with Mrs. Reg
ehr's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis
Steiner and family.
The Henry Habegger family had
get-together at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Flick of Orange Township
Sunday evening. Present were Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Schafer and Dehra
of Findlay; Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Schaf-
er and Ann of Ada; Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Sapp and Mary Esther of Lima;
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hector of Nc
Comb; Mr.. and Mrs. Merl Habegger