The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19
BLUFFToN LOCALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Flickinger
of Pontiac, Mich. and his sister.
Mrs. Name Hunt Of Long Beach,
Calf. spent several days last
week with their cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. b. Longsdorf.
The country home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Kohl was the scene
OF a Wenger family dinner Sun
day, honoring Mrs. Kohli's broth
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Weng-
er of Salem, Ore. Others present
included Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Luginbuhl; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Wenger of Lancaster; their son,
Robert and family; Oliver
Schumacher and daughter Linda
of Findlay; Mrs. Mary Miller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Miller and
family and Mrs. Howard Diller
and children, all of Pandora;
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Wenger and
grandchildren, Jane and Barbara
Steiner, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Wenger and son, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Milo Lora, all of Bluffton;
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Kohl and
daughters of Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vyrl Neeper and
daughter, who have been in
Oceanside, Calf. for some time,
moved their household goods
there the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Badert-
scher of San Francisco, Calf.
are visiting relatives in this area.
Ed Cook of Beaverdam is max
ing his home with his daughter,
Mrs. Don Van Meter at the pres
ent time.
Miss Mildred Keel and Mrs.
A. ]. B. Longsdorf attended a
meeting of the Advance club in
Pandora Friday evening. Mem
berS of the Mid-Century club
were guests.
Mrs. Herbert Marshall enter
tained few former Bluffton col
lege friends at a luncheon Sat
urday i1onoring Mrs. Wilmer
Shelley of Frederick, Pa, and
Mrs. Herbert Meyers of Phila-
delphia, who have moved to
Bluffton to make their homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myrl Hull and
daughter Susan of Kenton spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Todd. DR.. and Mrs. Frank Dilley
of Athens and Mrs. J. S. Steiner
were Sunday evening guests in
the Todd home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Linden
were weekend guests of their
daughter and family in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer GratZ and
her brother, Mr. and Mrs. HON.
er Badertscher of San Francisco,
spent last week visiting the
GRATIS son Don and family in
Lancaster, Pa. and other rela-
tiVes in Souderton, Pa.
Mrs. Clayton Harkness, presi-
dent of eighth district, OES, en-
tertained her district officers at
a luncheon in her home last
week. They were Mrs. Pauline
Mccullough, Ottawa; Mrs. Mary
Jane Stwart, Wiltshire; Mrs.
Helen Snyder, Col. Grove; Mrs.
Mabel Ames, Ohio City, who is
also the new deputy grand ma
tron of the district. Mrs. Hark-
ness was assisted by Mrs. Bur
della Marshall and Mrs. Betty
Stratton.
Mrs. Matilda Niswander and
Mrs. Carrie Stettler of Columbus
Grove and Mrs. Francis Sommer
of Pandora were callers in the
home of Mrs. Lydia Lora the
past week.
Don Van Meter received word
that his father, Harley Van Met
er was quite i'll at his home near
Rockport the first of the week.
Mrs. Marion Burkholder, Ft.
Wayne; Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Deppler, Bowling Green; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Deppler, Detroit;
and Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Redd
and family, Jenera, attended
funeral services here Sunday
afternoon for James Deppler and
were supper guests in the Cal
Deppler home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Smith and
UnL dIlu WI y. IOODSIl NIdIlGE anu
son Tim of Lima spent Sunday
evening with Mrs. Lenore Mont
gomery.
Wilford Geiger and Dick Kirk
endall attended a meeting of
Ohio Science Teachers associa-
ton at Ohio State university last
Friday and while in Columbus
toured the Battelle Institute.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Stepleton were Mrs.
Robert Scott and daughter Bar
bara, of Normal, H., Mrs. Chas.
Gerware and daughter Gretchen
and Mrs. j. M. Springer of
Princeville, Illinois.
Basinger ambulance removal:
Mrs. Gail Crow from the home
Of her son, Robert Crow, on
Thurman street, to her home in
Leipsic.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Stratton
left Monday for Clearwater, Fla.
following a weeks visit with the
Roy Rogers family.