The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-10-23
BLUFFToN LOCALS

Funeral Directors Association
convention. This is the first time
IN many years that the national
meeting has been held in Ohio.
MIR. and Mrs. Noah Zimmer-
man and family of Fremont were
week end guests of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. johnson.
Other Sunday dinner guests in
the johnson home we're: Mr.. and
Mrs. John Johnson and family,
Spencerville; Mrs. Lucille Kolter
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan johnson
and family, Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Slusser of
Ottawa, spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Francis De-
Vier and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Deppler and
her mother, Mrs. Chris Basinger
of Pandora, were Sunday guests
in the home of Mrs. Bertha Blunk
in Kenton. Mrs. Basinger re-
mained for a visit with her sister
who has been i'll for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Alspach and
family and Mrs. Ed Waltermire
were in Columbus Sunday to at
tend the Ice Follies.
Mrs. Gertrude Mckinley, Mrs.
Grace Breakwaithe and Miss
Elsie Carmen, all of Lakeside,
spent from Friday to Monday
with Mrs. Helen Worthington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stratton
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Houts, Tony and Nancy
and Mrs. Ethel Stratton at
supper Sunday evening in honor
of the sixth birthday of their
daughter Barbara.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Huber, Mr..
and Mrs. Q. E. Burkholder and
Mrs. Clara NiSwander were in
Holgate Sunday attending the
dedication of the United Church
of Christ formerly called the
Evangelical and r form e d
church.
Mrs. Ralph Locher and Mrs.
Eph Locher of Cleveland, spent
several days the first of the week
with Mrs. Helen Worthington and
called on old friends in the COM
munity.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Shumaker
and son Jack of Elyria, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Gel
ger and daughters Christine and
Helen.
Ed Henderson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clay Henderson, left for To
ledo where he is enrolled in the
National Meat Cutting school.
Pvt. Eugene Ernest, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Delmer Ernest, route l,
returned to his base at Camp Le-
jeune, N. c., after spending a fur
Tough with his parents. He re-
Gently completed boot camp at
Paris Island, S. c., where he was
one of eight men to win expert
rating with the rife. After train
ing at Camp Lejeune he will be
assigned to the Sixth Fleet and
stationed in the Puerto Rico area.
About Is women from st.
Johns and Emanueps Evangeli-
cal and Reformed churches at
tended the annual women's guild
Indian Lake regional, at New
Bremen st. Paul'S church on Oc-
tober 21.
Twenty four members of the
ST. Johns and EmanuePs Evan
gelical and Reformed church
Youth Fellowship attended the
district youth rally held at First
church at Lima on Sunday after
noon. They enjoyed the fellowship
of Rev. Tai Akogi, a Japanese
exchange professor at Heidelberg
college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shirley Nonna-
maker spent the week end at Cir
cleville, Ohio, visiting relatives
and attending the annual pump
kin show. One pumpkin weighed
1872 pounds.
Mrs. Albert Balmer has re-
turned home after a two-week
sight seeing trip to Florida, in
the company of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick G.. Cribley and daugh-
ter Barbara of Ada. They visited
Silver Springs, Cypress Gardens,
Box Tower, Ft. Myers, Miami
and other points of interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ture johnson and
family of Burton, visited this past
week end with Miss Edna Ram
seyer.
Pfc. Bruce Hauenstein returned
to Ft. Riley, Kansas, on Tuesday
after spending ten days with his
mother, Mrs. Armin Hauenstein.
Mrs. Irene Todd Bitzner of
Painesville, will be with Mrs.
Hauenstein for the next several
weeks.
Miss Kay Clauss, who is taking
part of her training course in
nursing at the Toledo State hospi-
tai, spent the week end at home
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |
Lee Clauss.
Bluffton college received free |
advertising on Jack PARIS mid |
night show Monday. Did you see
it?
Mrs. Harry Bogart's mother, |
Mrs. Beckwith, of CO / u m bu S
Grove, is in the local hospital for
treatment. = y
Monday Mrs. Sidney Hauen-
stein met with the merger COM
mittee of ten, of the Lima and
Toledo PresbyterialS, in the Unit
ed Presbyterian church, Findlay,
in which preliminary plans were
made for the union of the two
groups to take place 1.-THE first of
next year, which will be called
the Maumee Presbytery. There
will be seventy-seven churches in
the group. "-
District No. 2 of the Ohio Fed
GRAFTON of Women'S clubs, meets
in the Methodist church at Ada,
on Saturday, the 25th. The Cen
tury circle and the Travel class
are members of the State Fedora,
ton.
Word received here from Alb
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