The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-10-02
BLUFFTON Locals

Eugene Ballinger Of Harrisburg
Diller ambulance removal 49,
James Yant from his home in
Beaverdam 10 Bluffton hospital
and then to Lima Memorial hos
pital. Mrs. Lamar Basinger from
her home on Washington street
to BlufftOn hospital. Jacob Nus
baum from his home in Orange
township to Bluffton hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sigfrid Badert-
scher Of Zephyr Hills, Fla, Mrs.
Arthur Badertscher of Pandora
were visitors at the Amos Suter
home last Friday.
Sunday dinner guests in he
home OF lirs. Peter Gratz were
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar d. Seyb,
Donnell~on, Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Alstroff, PIainville, III. ;
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Gratz and
daughter, Celina; Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Lawrence and family, Har-
rod; Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Law
renee and daughter and Miss
Shirley Vermillion, Lafayette.
The event was held in honor oil
Mrs. GRATIS brother and family,
Mr.. Seyb, who visited here from
Saturday until Tuesday.
Mrs. Margaret Wittenbeck oi
Cornwall on Hudson, N. Y, spent
several days last week with her
aunt, Miss Rhoda Hilty.
For the next six Wednesday
evenings DR.. Donavan Smucker,
son Of Mrs. B. D. Smucker, is
giving a series of lectures on
THE Predicament of Modern
Man" at the Fourth Presbyteri.
an church, Chicago. This is the
third year DR.. Smucker has spok-
en- to the school of religion in
the Fourth church. The school is
held under the auspices of the
department of education of the
church. DR.. Smucker is director
of inner city churches for the
Church Extension board of the
Presbytery of Chicago.
The first meeting of the fac
ulty club of Bluffton college will
be held Monday night, Oct. 6, ir
Founders hall.
October history: The great Chi.
cago fire occurred the 9th, 1871
Yale college was chartered the
! 9Th, 1701; of course you know
when Columbus discovered a new
continent; Dwight D. Eisenhow.
er was born the 14th, 1890; the
18th, 1871 CORVALLIS surrendered
at Yorktown; Theodore RooSe.
welt was born the 9th, 1858; an
other great college was founded
as long ago as the 28th, 1886; ir
1910 the first drawing for selec.
tive service was made on the
29th; have you your broomstick
handy for the 31st? Only one
state Joined the union in October,
Nevada on the 31st, 1864. United
community campaigns through.
out the nation will be conducted
throughout October up until
Thanksgiving day, November II;
National civil. defense week i:
from the 18th to the 18th; United
Nations week is the 18th to 25th
with the oath called United Ma
tons day; the Goth to 26th i!
National Bible week with th'
theme. 1.-THE Bible - the Wore
of Life" Reformation Sunda!
is the 26th.
Mrs. Kay Howell Harden, o
indianapolis, Ind, is visiting tn
Armin Hauensteins this week
She is a niece of Mrs. Hauer
stein.
Phyllis Diller has returned
the Blue Angel night club in NeH
York City where she made sucI
a hit last winter.
Mrs. E. S. Lape was hostess
to the Women's Bible class of tht
First Mennonite church last Fri
day afternoon. Each member
read a short interesting article
on some religious phase of life
Friends of Mrs. Cora Fisher o
the Mennonite home will be sorry
to learn she is in Lima Memoria
hospital due to an accident which
happened recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armin Hauen
stein visited on Sunday with Mrs
Hauenstein's brother and wife
Rev. and Mrs. Herrick Todd oi
Deshler. Mr.. Todd has been pas,
tor of the Presbyterian church
there, but is transferring to dc
pastoral work in Newark.
DR.. J. S. Schultz was in Elk,
hart, Indiana, Sunday attending
the dedication service of the new
Mennonite theological seminary
there.
Mrs. Jesse Bracy has been
visiting with friends in New York
City.
Mrs. Gordon BixeI recently en-
tertained friends in honor of Mrs.
F. T. Lauriat who leaves next
week for her new home in
Moundsville, West Virginia.
"October's bright blue weather
wouldn't seem so gloomly
brown" AYERS neighbor Wilson,
IF my family hadn't spent so
much long green on our vaca-
ton and thus come home so deep
in the red" From Presbyterian
Life.
Mrs. George Mozer and Miss
Esther Patterson of Ft. Wayne,
Ind, called on friends here Sum
day.
Mrs. M. r. Bixel, Mrs. Orlo
Marshall and her guest, Mrs.
Hugh Magee of Lebanon, spent
Thursday with Mrs. F. c. Marsh
all in Pandora.
Rev. and Mrs. Dale Dickey
and Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Marshall attended a farewell din
ner for Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Wells and family at the Rockport
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