The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-10-30

Ut. Smucker IS giving in the
Fourth Presbyterian church in
Chicago. DR.. Smucker and fam
lily will return with her for the
college homecoming Saturday,
November /.
Miss Naomi Brenneman visit
ed her sister in Goshen, Indiana,
this past week end.
Did you know there are seven
teen foreign students registered
at Bluffton college, representing
twelve different countries? Three
are children of missionaries. And
did you know that there are stu
dents here from sixteen states?
The current figures reported
for church membership in the
major faiths in the United
States are: Protestant, $685.
Ut; Roman Catholic, 35,864,477;
Jewish, 5,500,00 Eastern Ortho-
dox, 2,540, ,466; others, 478,978 -
total of 104, 1884, ,678. The year
book prepared by the National
Council of Churches contained the
latest membership statistics of
255 religious bodies in the United
States.
Mrs. Cecilia Bigler Kohl, of
Monroe, Michigan, has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Minnie Big
Ter Kimmel, this past week.
Mrs. John Graber, who spent
the past week with her sister,
Mrs. Hiram Wenger, returned to
her home near Canton, Sunday,
in company with her son Earl
and family who were here for
the day.
Miss Esther Patterson of Fl.
Wayne visited friends here over
the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. MiIlen Geiger
were Saturday night and Sunday
guests of her brother and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Overholt ir
Medina.
Miss Fern Bixel and Miss Dora
Kirchofer were in Toledo Sunday
to spend the day with the latter's
sister, Miss Stella Kirchofer.
Mesdames Robert Ewing, Clay
ton Harkness, Hiram Huser,
James Montgomery, Robert
Stratton, Richard Lewis and
Wilbur Fish left Tuesday to at
tend the annual meeting of the
Grand Chapter of the Order of
Eastern Star which is being held
in Cincinnati this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Suter and
the Misses Kathryn and Odula
Amstutz were Saturday and Sum
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. El-
mer Horts near Dalton.
Mrs. Orlo Marshall attended a
luncheon at the Argonne hotel in
Lima Saturday for members of
the 1924 Past Matrons' club of
Dist. s, o. E. S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Todd re-
turned home Friday after spend
ing the week in Cleveland with
MIR. and Mrs. H. H. Huttenloch-
er and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Wenger
and their guest, Mrs. John Grab
er of Canton were Friday eve
ming dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ezra Basinger.
Mrs. M. r. Bixel and son Paul
OF Blutfton, Miss Madeline Bixel
of FoStoria and Mr.. and Mrs. F.
c. Marshall of Pandora were in
Cincinnati Friday and Saturday.
Paul and Madeline Bixel attend
ed the S. E. Ohio Teachers con-
vention, and all heard the talk
by DR.. Norman Vincent Peale.
Following the meeting they took
a drive into Kentucky and south
ern Indiana, visiting the Brown
county park which is noted for
its beauty in autumn. They re-
turned home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Reichenbach
and Mr.. and Mrs. Shirl Miller
and family of Bluffton were
oAaASIt5 0lOSC "IlO dllGIlUGU a
family dinner in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Moser in Orders
vile, Sunday.
Mr.. Albert Amstutz and daugh-
ter Veldine of Pandora visited
their former neighbors, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Grismore, one day
last week.
Basinger ambulance removal:
Mrs. Bessie Pierce from the L.
M. HIGHWAY residence to the
Bluffton hospital.
Mrs. Gertrude Morrison. Mrs.
Esther Deppler and daughter Di-
anne. Findlay and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Deppler of Columbus,
visited Mrs. Eli Deppler last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Steiner spent
over Sunday with their daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert GosS and
daughter of Columbus.
Peg Faze, BGSU, spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Faze of Lafayette.