The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-10-09
BLUFFTON Locals

Major Joseph Spinelli of Bal
timore, Md, was sent to Korea
in July. His wife, the former
Mary McGinnis, daughter of Del
McGinnis of Bluffton, and fam
lily are living in Baltimore.
Word has been received that
Ronald Hahn, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Hahn, and Sandra
AmstutZ, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Amstutz, we're mar
ried the first week in September
in Angola, Indiana.
Mrs. Everett Huber, Ada, and
Mrs. L. L. Huber of State Col
lege, Pa, were guests in the
home of Mrs. H. w. Althaus
Monday. DR.. and Mrs. L. L. Hu-
Der will soon be moving to Ada
where DR.. Huber has joined the
faculty of Ohio Northern univer-
sity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl NJ. Lands
of Wooster and daughter, Mrs.
William Boggs, of Orville were
Sunday dinner guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. B.
Longsdorf on South Lawn ave-
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin J..
Schwary of Smithville were viSi-
tors at the Longsdorf home Mon
day afternoon. Mr.. Schwary was
a schoolmate of Mr.. LongSdorf
and is a retired supervisor of
mails on the Pennsylvania rail-
road. The couple returned recent
ly from a European trip.
Gene Werner, former electri-
clan at the Woodcock Electric
generating station, has accepted
a position as boiler room fore
man with the Buckeye Sugars,
Inc, Ottawa, Ohio.
DR.. E. H. Fledderjohn of New
Knoxville was a Sunday guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Derringer.
DR.. H. w. Eby of st. Marys,
Ohio, spent Tuesday and We'd
nesday visiting friends in Bluff
ton and Pandora.
Mrs. Martha Baumgartner Ha-
begger of Berne, Indiana, has
been visiting this past week with
her daughter and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Purvis. Mr.. Purvis
has joined the college faculty
this year.
Some twenty women of the
Presbyterian church attended the
fall PreSbyterial meeting of Lima
Tuesday. This is the last official
meeting of Lima Presbytery as
sthere is to be a new alignment
made in the state and Lima
and Toledo PresbyterieS will
merge and form what is to be
called Maumee Presbytery. The
change is to take place the first
of 1859.
Mrs. Mary Frick Shelley, OF
tawa, elementary supervisor of
the Putnam county schools was
in Bluffton last week conferring
with Miss Ada Lapp of the col
lege concerning plans for her
students to do some experiment
tai work in remedial studies in
that county's schools.
The first program of the Col
lege Faculty club was held Mon
day night and given by two new
men on the college faculty, Mr..
Arden Slotter speaking on Sci
ence education, and Mr.. Darwin
Luginbuhl on Art education. The
hosts for the evening were DR..
and Mrs. Richard Weaver and
Mr.. and Mrs. Benno Toews.
Mrs. Sam Locher returned last
Saturday from ten days visit
with her daughter and family,
the Darrell Yoders of Hunting
ton, Long Island.
Mrs. Carrie Stratton of Column
bus Grove spent the week end in
the country home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Hochstettler. Mrs.
Lydia Lora joined them for Sun
day dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Hark-
ness, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert STRAIT
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Mat
ter and Mr.. and Mrs. John Gil
bert left today for Columbus
where the men of the party will
attend the annual meeting of the
Grand Lodge, F. and A. M. of
the state of Ohio. A four hour
parade will be one of the attrac-
tons on Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Geiger of
Illinois spent the week end with
his brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Millen Geiger. During their
stay here a family reunion was