The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-12
BLUFFToN Locals


children of Cridersville were Fri
day supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Derringer. Mr.. Morri-
son is a cousin Of Mrs. Grant
and Mrs. Derringer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Derringer
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Rock, New Washington.
Diller ambulance removals
James A. Whitacre from Route
70, three miles south Of Beaver
dam, to the Bluffton hospital and
then to Blanchard Valley hos
pital, Findlay; Miss Naomi West
from her home on South Main
street to Bluffton hospital; Mrs.
Kenneth Ackerman from her
home in Lafayette to the Lima
Memorial hospital.
Burdette Augsburger, a stu
dent in the Columbus school of
art, spent the past week vaca-
toning at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. f. Augs-
burger.
Honoring the February birth
days in the Augsburger families,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Augsburger
entertained at 6 o'clock dinner
last Wednesday evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Augsburger and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Doniyan
K. Augsburger and sons and Bur
dette Augsburger of Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Huser, Mr..
and Mrs. F. j. Harmon, MIR. and
Mrs. Wilbur Hoadley of Findlay
and Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Hyne
OF Toledo were guests at a six o.
clock dinner Sunday evening in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. E.
Augsburger.
BaSinger ambulance removals: /:
Mrs. Rosa Stoodt from the home
OF her daughter near Lafayette
to the Bluffton hospital; Mrs.
Godfrey Bigler from the Bluffton
hospital to the Kollmeier Rest
Home in Findlay; Mrs. Albert
Reichenbach from her home on
North Main street to the Bluffton
hospital.
Memo Augsburger is recuper-
ating from a broken right arm
suffered in a recent fall from a
step ladder while working at the
Jorg hatchery.
Sunday afternoon in the peri
style of the Toledo museum of
art Mr.. Russell Lantz was guest
conductor at the Toledo high
school choral festival, in which
five of the high schools partici-
pated. There were $50 in the Sc
lected chorus and 80 in the or
chestra. Mr.. Myron Gerber,
Bluffton college graduate, is
choral director in Scott high
school. ...
Sunday Mrs. F. T. Lauriat, the
Misses Margaret Groman, Kar-
en- and Susan Hauenstein attend
ed the concert of the mems glee
club, Capitol university, Column
bus. On Tuesday evening, in
Meese hall of the university, Mr..
Thorne Lauriat gave his senior
recital in voice and clarinet.
Among those who heard the re-
cital were Mrs. F. T. Lauriat,
the Misses Margaret Groman,
Saundra Berry and Karen Hau-
enstein.
Did you know that at the time
of President Lincoln's first in
augural there was q plot to as
sasSinate him? So, along the av-
enue which the new president
would pass riflemen were lined,
soldiers stationed on the roofs,
and cannon placed on both sides
of the Inauguration stand.
Lincoln was one of nineteen of
our presidents wearing military
uniform. Mr.. Lincoln was a cap
tain in the Black Hawk war.
With reason Lincoln was called
"the rail-splitter," for when he
was just q he earned money by
splitting 5000 rails.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Linden
spent the week end in Defiance
with their son and family, the
Roger LindenS.
Mrs. Russell Lantz is now in
Chicago attending the annual gift
show which is so large it is held
in two of the downtown hotels
and also the Merchandise mart.
Word has come that DR.. Noah
Z. Byers, of Decatur, Georgia
is quite i'll of a heart ailment
in one of the Atlanta hospitals.
Mrs. Martha Habegger of
Berne, Indiana has been visiting
her daughter and family, the
John Purveses.
Miss Carol BloSSer, assistant in
the college treasurer's office,
spent the week end in Toledo
with friends.
Mrs. Albert Gratz visited in
Lima this past week with her
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