The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-11-20

Misses Loretta Hilty and Myrna
Aeschbacher of Versailles, Mo-,
who are presently students at
Bluffton college, were dinner
guests Sunday in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. David CARRIER.
Mr.. and Mrs. David c. Diller
and Dennis Diller left Friday eve
ming to take Miss Marian Diller
to Roswell, N. M, for her mar
riage to Airman End Class, Dan
iel Fifer.
Past week callers at the Mel
win Marquart home were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Marquart, Mrs. william
Schifferly, Mrs. Sylvester Dang
Ter OF Rawson, Mr.. Ernest Moss.
Williamstown. Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Elwood and sons were We'd
nesday evening supper guests.
MIR. and Mrs. Melvin Marquart
spent Saturday in Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Rupright
and daughter of Bowling Green,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Marquart and
family, Mr.. Fred Arnold of Beav-
erdam were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Marquart
and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Badert-
scher of Ft. Wayne were Satur-
day afternoon guests in the home
of Mrs. Lydia Lora. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Schifferly of Findlay
spent Saturday in the Lora home.
The Pilgrims celebration in
1871 was the forerunner of North
Americas first national holiday,
Thanksgiving. The group had
been decimated by illness and
hardship, but their crops had
been good, and it appeared that
they would be able to survive
their second winter in the new
world. How very much we of to-
day have for which to give
thanks!
Friends of Mrs. Fred Hahn will
be glad to know that she is i'm
proving after having been seri-
ously i'll with pneumonia for the
past two months.
Last Thursday evening the Ray
Triplett family honored his sew
enty-fifth birthday with a dinner
/ at the Ropp Tripletts, and hav-
ing friends in at Mr.. Triplett's
home later in the evening.
Sunday, the 23rd, the foreign
students association, through
their president, Mr.. Michael Ba-
du, has invited the Bluffton col
lege faculty and friends they have
made since coming to school, for
"get-together" at 3 o'clock in
the Stauffer room at Founders
hall. This they feel will give its
members the opportunity to know
I the faculty, and vice versa"
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Lantz spent
the past week end in Chicago,
he attending a regional confer
ence of teachers of singing, and
she looking for Christmas gift
ideas for their Gift House.
Mrs. Earle Bitter of Paines-
vile returns home this week end
after spending the past month
with her sister, Mrs. Armin
HauenStein.
A number of the members of
the Presbyterian church are
planning to drive to Sidney this
coming Sunday to attend a tea
given at the Dorothy Love Home
for the Aged. A new piano is to
be dedicated, a gift of the Lima
Presbyterial society.
Miss Ruth Porter, sister of
Mrs. Ralph Reichenbach, sang at
the Houston, Texas symphony
concerts, November 3 and 4, un-
der the direction of Leopold
Stokowski. She was contralto SOL
DIST, and also a member of a.
solo quartette. Miss Porter was
chosen after an addition before
Mr.. Stokowski. 1t is her, second
appearance under IBIS direction,
having appeared with the SYM
phony in the 1857 season. 1t was
in three DebuSsy numbers for A
cappella chorus that Miss Porter
was soloist. Miss Porter is a
teacher in the Houston, Texas,
public schools.
Those who attended the college
play, 1.-THE Silver Cord" this past
week saw a splendid perform
ance. Mr.. Dickey, the drama di-
rector, had excellent talent with
which to work. Each of the five
characters was well portrayed.
DR.. and Mrs. Evan Basinger,
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Basinger
and sons Mark and Tommy spent
last Sunday in Old Fort, guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Biddle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marsh
all returned home Tuesday from
trip to Toronto, Ontario, Can
ada, where they attended the
Winter Fair and visited her sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs! Carl Berlet
for several days, They also spent
couple of days with another sis
fer Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sauder