The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-07-11
BLUFFTON LOCALS

and family Of Lima were supper
guests in the home of his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. Evan Basinger on the
Fourth Of July.
Mrs. Magdalene Wilson Of Pan
dora, mother of "Tony" Wilson, who
was a former BluFton lad, is a
patient in Bluffton hospital since
July /.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Geiger Of
Honolulu, Hawaii, are spending their
summer vacation among relatives
here. Last week they visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Geiger in their country
home near Bluffton and are spending
this week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Gotschall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bertram Smucker
and family of Vienna, Austria, ar
rived here the first of the week for
a visit with his mother, Mrs. B. d.
Smucker and other relatives. Since
the uprising in Hungary, Bert has
been on the boundary line distribut-
ing food to the refugees. He is
awaiting new assignment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Cunningham of
Cleveland were here for couple of
days last week on business and
calling on old friends. They report
that her mother, Mrs. A. L. Baum
gartner, who had a fall on the stairs
a month or more ago, is getting
along quite well, considering the
seriousness of her injuries.
Millen Geiger will return Satur-
day from a two weeks visit with
his son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Farnsworth and
daughters Ann, Jane and Beth, in
Escondido, Calf.
Mrs. Ralph Haas of Findlay, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Lape and Mrs. Millen
Geiger were entertained at dinner
one evening last week in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Steinman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Grismore of
Houston, Texas, arrived last Mon
day evening and spent the week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Grismore and other Bluffton rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Soash and
sons of St. Clair Shores, Mich,
spent the Fourth and the week end
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Mowery, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Short and daughters
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Mowery, all
of Lima, enjoyed picnic supper at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Short the evening of the Fourth.
Mrs. nj. r. Bixel, Mrs M. c.
Geiger, Mrs. William Garmatter and
Mrs. Orlo Marshall were Sunday
evening supper guests of Mrs. H. W.
Althaus.
Mr.. and Mrs. James West and
children spent last Wednesday night
and Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Romey and family at their
cottage on Lake George, Mich.
The Rev. and Mrs. Dale Dickey
are spending the week in Princeton,
N. j., where they are attending an
Institute at Princeton University.
Rev. Dickey serves as pastor of the
Rockport Presbyterian church.
Miss Fenny Burma, native of
Holland, who arrived in Bluffton the
first week of June and plans to at
tend college here this year, left
Monday for Groveport where she
will care for the three children OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Morse and
tutor the family in French and
German.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Holtkamp left
the first of the week on g trip to
the west coast. New Orleans will
be their first stop for sight seeing,
then on to Covina, Calf, for visit
with their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Golly, then
up the west coast for stop IN
Pendleton, Oregon, to see their son
Bill and family. After trip to
Vancouver they will wend their way
homeward through southern Canada
to Toronto.
Our error-We said last week that
Paul Rhodes would teach in Van
Vert but have been informed that
he has accepted position there
with an insurance agency.
Dudley H. Matter, who has lived
near Chattanooga, Tenn. in recent
years, was a visitor at the home OF
his brother, Myron, on South Nam
street, early this week. Mr.. Matter
operates hardware store at Hixon,
Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Triplett,
Bret and Bruce, returned home tins
week from a six-week tour of the
West. Mr.. Triplett, sales manages
of the Triplett Electrical Instrument
Co. made a number of calls on dis
tributors while combining business
with pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerhard Buhler and
daughter, Ruth, We're visitors ID
Bluffton this week. They are residing
in Freeman, South Dakota, where
Mr.. Buhler is a member OF the
faculty at Freeman Junior college.
Charles Hilty, accompanied by Co
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