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BLUFFTON
A Good Place to Live
VOLUME LXXII
BODY OF VETERAN
KILLED IN PACIFIC
IS ENROUTE HOME
Flag-Draped Casket of Pfc.
Donald Crawfis Expected
Here This Week
Burial to Be in Gilboa Ceme
tery with Full Military
Honors
One of 3,028 soldier-dead heroes of
World War II comprising the van
guard of those being returned from
overseas to final resting places in
hometown cemeterie.*of this country,
the body of Pfc. Donald Crawfis, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Crawfis, Colum
bus Grove Route 2, is expected to ar
rive in Bluffton the latter part of this
week.
Pfc. Crawfis employed as a mech
anic at the C. F. Niswaader Imple
ment shop here prior to his army
service, was accidentally killed at
Honolulu on Nov. 18, 1942. He was
24 years old at the time of his leath.
•Body of the veteran is enroute to
Columbus in a special train, after ar
riving in San Francisco last Friday
on the Army Transport Honda Knot.
Six funeral cars carrying 321
bodies of Ohio soldiers killed in the
Pacific are expected to arrive in Col
umbus, on Thursday.
Coming from Columbus
The body will be sent by train from
Columbus to Bluffton, where it will
lie in state in the- Diller funeral home.
Funeral arrangements will be com
pleted after arrival of the lody.
Bluffton Legionnaires will be in
charge of the funeral rites, with Rev.
Paul Cramer, post chaplain, conduct
ing the service. Burial will be in the
Harmon cemetery, Gilboa, with the
Legion honor guard participating.
Pall bearers, all World War II vet
ferans, will be Herbert Stewart, James
Burkholder, Marion Lenney, Alfred
Welty, James Moser and James West.
A graduate of Bluffton High school
in the class of 1936, Pfc. Crawfis was
inducted in|o the army on May 27,
1941. He took his basic training at
Camp Calan, San Diego, and was
transferred to Honolulu in 1941. He
was stationed at Pearl Harbor at the
time of the Japanese attack which
provoked opening of the war.
Bom in Putnam county, August 25,
1918, Pfc. Crawfis was the son of
Earl D. and Lydia (Diller) Crawfis,
who survive with two brothers, Har
old J. and Gerald D. Crawfis, both of
Bluffton.
Appliance Service
And Sales Manager
Announcement was made the first
of the week that Kimmel Marshall
is associated with Bixel Motor Sales
as manager of the home appliance
division.
Marshall, who has had many years
of experience in the electrical field,
including a period with the General
Electric products in Toledo, will
have charge of all sales and service,
it was stated by Clayton Bixel, head
of the Bixel organization here.
Silver Wedding
Anniversary Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hilty enter
tained a gathering of 100 relatives
at their home west of Bluffton, Sun
day afternoon on the occasion of
their Silver wedding anniversary.
Following an informal afternoon
refreshments were served. Many
lovely gifts were received by the
couple.
Bluffton Girl Heads
Dental Assistants
Miss Eileen Moser, of Bluffton, is
president-elect of the Northwestern
Dental Assistants association, being
named with other officers at a meet
ing in Lima last Monday.
In
addition, Miss Moser will serve
as chairman for the year’s program.
Installation of officers will be on
November 3. Miss Moser is em
ployed in a dental office in Lima.
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning
Grain (bushel prices) Wheat
$2.88 com $2.35 oats $1.10 soys
$3.12.
Poultry—Heavy hens 22c leghorn
hens 18 heavy rock fryers 80c
heavy red fryers 28c leghorn fryers
26c.
Eggs—Large whites 62c large
browns 61c mediums 50c pullets
42c.
Butterfat 70c.
Sight-Saving Drive
Opens Next Week
Sight-saving stamps will be mailed
to Bluffton residents next W’eek in a
mail campaign sponsored by the
Lions club to raise funds for an
expanded program of community
sight conservation activity.
Proceeds will be used to equip the
Bluffton public schools with eye ex
amination equipment, and to provide
assistance to worthy persons who
need aid for their eyes. All funds
will be used in the local community.
Dr. I. W. Bauman, chairman of
the sight conservation committee, is
directing the program, assisted by
Supt. Ralph Lanham and Principal
Gerhard Buhler, of the public school
system.
ANOTHER NEW
STORM SEWER
TO BE BUILT
Contract Let for 300 Foot Line
at Foot of North Jack
son Street
New Construction Will Relieve
Overloaded Sewers on
Riley Street
Construction of a new storm sew
er from the junction of North
Jackson and Riley streets to Riley
creek will be started within the
next week or 10 days, to relieve
flooded conditions on that section
of Riley street following every heavy
rain.
Fifteen-inch concrete tile will be
used in construction of the new sew
er, a distance of approximately 300
feet from the street to the stream.
Bluffton Woman’s Father Pinned Under
Overturned Tractor Is Rescued By Son
Contract for the work has been
let to Charles E. Kohl and Son, of
Lima, who last week installed a
new sewer on College avenue from
Main street to Riley creek.
Need for the storm sewer at the
junction of Nosth Jackson and Riley
streets is another evidence of the
fact that the town has outgrown its
75-year-old network of drainage
sewers, it was pointed out this week.
Present Sewer Lines Too Small
Much of the water which now'
floods Riley street during heavy
rains comes from as far away as
four blocks up Jackson street, with
present sewers unable to handle the
heavy flow of surface water.
Although there are manholes along
the route, storm sewers soon are
filled, and the water flows over them
down the course of Jackson street
to flood homes at the foot of the
street where it joins Riley.
Previously there has been no di
rect storm sewer outlet from the
street intersection to the creek, and
the new outlet was ordered because
overloaded sewers on Riley street
have been unable to accommodate
the heavy flood of water coming
down Jackson street.
Former Pastor Here
Dies In Cleveland
Rev. Frank Goetsch, 68, of Cleve
land, died in that city Monday, ac
cording to word received here Tues
day morning. He was formerly
pastor of tlje St. John’s and Eman
uel’s Reformed churches here.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at the Church of
the Covenant in Cleveland and burial
was at Mt. Eaton, Ohio.
Surviving are his wife the former
Bertha Schifferly of Bluffton, togeth
er with one son and three daughters.
Teacher III, Gone
On Month's Leave
William Burbick, instructor in
speech at the high school and col
lege here has been granted a month’s
leave of absence because of illness.
Burbick is in Columbus for medical
attention. During his absence his
classes at the high school are being
taught by Miss Ruth Steiner.
Mayor’s Notice
Burning of rubbish or leaves is
i forbidden on Bluffton’s streets sur
I faced with asphaltic concrete or
other hard surface streets in the
town. This practice damages the
surfacing materials and greatly
shortens the life of the pavement.
Please cooperate in our program for
better streets.
127 W. A. Howe, Mayor
George Russman Victim of Ac
cident on Farm Near
Jenera Monday
?ather of Mrs. Leroy Traucht,
South Main, Escapes Ser
ious Injury
George Russman, 63, farmer of
three and one-half miles southwest
of Jenera, escaped with severe
bruises when he was pinned beneath
the steering wheel of a tractor which
overturned while he was operating
it on his farm Monday evening at 6
o’clock.
Following the mishap, Russman
was removed to the Bluffton Com
munity hospital for observation over
night. On Tuesday he went to the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Leroy
Traucht, of South Main street. He
left for his home, Tuesday night.
The accident occurred when Russ
man lost control of the tractor while
hauling a load of soybeans from a
field to his barn. When the vehicle
overturned, he was pinned beneath
the steering wheel. His son, Merritt,
working in the same field, saw the
accident and summoned help to assist
in raising the tractor from his
father’s body.
The elder Russman was brought
to the Bluffton hospital in the car
of Orval Crates, a neighbor. Dr.
F. D. Rodabaugh was the attending
physician.
Former Resident
Is Buried Here
Grover Klay, 63, Bluffton native
who died in Florida was buried in
Maple Grove cemetery following fun
eral services held at Siferd and Son
mortuary in Lima. For many years
he was a resident of the latter place.
He was the eldest son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Klay, pioneer
Bluffton residents.
Former Beaverdam
Girl 14, Missing
Wilberta Paul, 14-year-old daugh
ter of Rev. I. Clifford Paul, former
superintendent of the Beaverdam
schools is reported missing from her
home in Lanark, Ill. 100 miles west
of Chicago. Her father is pastor
of the Church of the Brethren in
Lanark.
Her disappearance started a search
by authorities of eight northern Illi
nois counties. The girl was reported
missing after she went downtown
with her 6-year-old brother Preston
and told the boy to return home.
Dedicate Windows At
Church Homecoming
Dedication of recently installed
cathedral windows will be a feature
of the homecoming at the Bluffton
Church of Christ, Sunday. Services
will open at 9:30 a. m. and a state
speaker will deliver the principal
address of the morning. Rev. Lee
Remaley, a former pastor will speak
in the afternoon. A basket dinner
will be enjoyed at noon and all
present and former members of the
congregation and friends are invited.
Boy Scout News
By Bruce Hauenstein
Members of Troop 56 will visit
the Vic Green Game Rerserve in
Orange township, Saturday after
noon, October 25. The troop will be
in full uniform and leave the church
at 2:00 P. M. and hike to the re
serve where a demonstration in wild
life management will be given by Vic
Green, owner of the reserve.
At the Monday night meeting full
uniform inspection was conducted by
Karl Gable. Following the business
meeting Gable told the scouts pres
ent about new improvements at
Shawnee camp located at Defiance.
Installation of a new road to the
camp site by the county, construc
tion of a new dining hall, building of
a caretakers lodge, planned improve
ments already under contract will
be started in the near future.
Five Bluffton scouts and two scout
ers attended the Ohio State-South
ern California football game at Col
umbus and served as ushers.. Free
admission was gained for their ser
vice in this manner. Attending in
this capacity were John and Don
Trippiehorn, Richard Patterson, Joe
Smucker, David Bixel and the scout
ers Bill Amstutz and Bob Luginbuhl.
Tests passed the past week were
Fire Building by Gene Wells, and
First Class Swimming by Don Bod
ertscher.
THE BLUFFTON NEWS
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BL JFFTON AND VICINITY
BLUFFTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, O(T. 16, 1947
THREE NEW HOMES
ARE BEING BUILT
HERE THIS FALL
Renewed Building Activity in
Bluffton's Residential
Section
interior Finishing Nearing
Completion in Two Other
Houses
A renewed burst of activity in
Bluffton’s residential building pro
gram has seen the start of three ad
ditional new homes within the last
month, with work continuing on two
others started at earlier dates.
Construction of foundations was
under way last week on the residen
tial properties of Harry Mericle,
South Main street, and Don Martz,
who is building in the Sunny Acres
addition near the intersection of
Cherry street with the County Line
road.
Mericle’s home is being built on
the front of his lot adjacent to the
property owned by Miss Ocie An
derson, and in front of the garage
which he has been using as a tem
porary residence.
Martz’s home will be in the first
lot east of the Maynard Geiger
home, in the Sunny Acres addition
opened last spring by Harley Burk
holder.
The third new home is a residen
tial building erected by Fred Swank
on Riley street near the foot of Jack
son street. In this project the first
story framework has been complet
ed.
Two other homes on which exterior
finishing is nearing completion are
those of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Roda
baugh in the King addition on Har
mon road, and a house being built on
W. Elm street by Lloyd Krofft which
will be occupied by Krofft’s son-in
law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Stober of Fett apartments.
The early fall spurt in construc
tion activity has been spurred by
the hope of getting the structures
under roof so interior work car. be
continued after bad weather sets in
during the winter season.
Dorothy Basinger
Weds Avery Keel
In a quiet ceremony in the First
Mennonite parsonage Sunday morn
ing at 8 o’clock, Miss Dorothy Ba
singer, youngest daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Basinger, of
Cherry street, became the bride of
Avery Keel, son of Mrs. Anna Keel,
of Mt. Cory.
Rev. J. N. Smucker officiated at
the double-ring ceremony, with Mrs.
Smucker as the only witness.
For the ceremony, the bride wore
a dark aqua gabardine suit with
brown accessories. Her corsage was
of gardenias.
Mrs. Keel has been employed at
The Triplett Electrical Instrument
Co .for several years. The groom is
a tool and die maker at the Bersted
Manufacturing Co. at Fostoria.
After a honeymoon trip through
the Smoky Mountains, the couple
will make their home in Findlay.
Show Film At
Church Monday
“The Missing Christians” is the
title of a film to be shown at the
Evangelical Mennonite church, South
Jackson street, Monday night at
7:30 o’clock it is announced by the
pastor Rev. Edgar Shady. The film
is presented by Rev. Douglas Hine,
formerly with the “America Back to
God” quartet.
Births
The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Crouse, Ada,
a boy, Leland Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Herr, Bluff
ton, a boy, Richard Jerome, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bowersox,
Hamler, a boy, Gregory Lynn, Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hall, Findlay,
a boy, Thomas Van, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Reichenbach,
Bluffton, a boy, Randy Dale, Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis McCrate,
Columbus Grove, a boy, William Eu
gene Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Jones, Ot
tawa, a bey, Wednesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Agin, Beaver
ton, Mich., a boy, bom at that place
September 24.
Dilated Pupil
The pupil of the human eye when
fully dilated has an area only about
20 times as great as when con
tracted.
Possibilities of reviving an oil
field in the Bluffton area which
flourished here at the turn of the
century will depend largely on the
showing of a test well to be com
pleted on the John Boehr farm north
of town within the coming week.
The well, it is reported, has been
sunk to a depth of 1,000 feet and
drilling operations likely will be
completed by the end of this week.
If indications are favorable, the
well will be shot to determine its
oil producing possibilities and the
results may largely determine the
course of future operations in a
venture financed by Findlay and
Toledo capital.
In anticipation of success of the
test well, the same interests have
leased drilling rights to some 1,500
acres of surrounding farmland. Two
wells at comparatively shallow depth
were drilled by Dr. J. F. Rudy,
Bluffton physician during the 1900
oil boom. Altho the wells were non
producers, the belief has persisted
among oil men that that area has
definite possibilities.
In New Locations
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lombardy
have moved from the Fred Bader
tscher apartments on South Main
street to 804% South McDonel
street, Lima.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Oberly have
moved from near Rawson into the
apartment vacated by the Lom
bardys. Oberly is employed at the
municipal light plant here.
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Gratz and
family have moved from the W. H.
Gratz apartment on South Jackson
street into their Railroad street
property, the residence of the late
Mrs. Florence Sechler.
Possibilities Of Future Oil Development
Will Depend On Showing Of Test Well
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bish are mov
ing from the W H. Gratz cottage
on South Lawn avenue into the
apartment vacated by the Justin
Gratz family.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Herr are oc
cupying one of the Zanna Staater
apartments above the Peter Gratz
store.
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Niswander are
moving this week into the newly
finished H. L. Coon apartment on
South Jackson street.
Last Rites Held
For Jesse Bracy
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon in St. John’s Reformed
church for Jesse Bracy, 54, of South
Lawn avenue, who died unexpectedly
of a heart attack about 4:50 p. m.
Saturday at the home of Mrs. Ada
Miller, Bentley road ,where he was
engaged in carpenter repair work.
Bracy, a well known singer, was
paint shop foreman at The Triplett
Electrical Instrument Co. where he
had been employed nearly 30 years.
He was doing the repair work at the
Miller home on his “day off”, and
apparently had been in good health
up until the time that Mrs. Miller
found him in a state of collapse in
the yard. He was dead before med
ical assistance could be obtained.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Edith Roethlisberger, whom
he married 25 years ago a daugh
ter, Mrs. Betty Oppermann, of New
Knoxville, and a son, Kenneth, Bluff
ton High school senior. Others sur
viving are three sisters, Hannah
Bracy, a missionary in West Africa
Mrs. Mary Detrick, .Phoenix, Ari
zona and Mrs .Ella Welty, Pan
dora, and a brother, Homer Bracy,
of Bluffton.
Rev. V. C. Oppermann, pastor of
the St. John’s Evangelical and Re
formed church, officiated at the fun
eral services. Burial was in the
Maple Grove cemetery.
Bracy also was custodian of St.
John’s church, of which he was a
member.
Rockport Known Man
Dies In Pennsylvania
C. A* Stewart, well known in the
Rockport community died at his
home in Mahoningtown, Pa., the first
of the week of a heart attack, ac
cording to word received here. Ray
Marshall and son Carl of Orange
township, cousins of Mr Stewart,
will attend funeral services Thurs
day afternoon.
Ebenezer Chorus At
Ada Sunday Night
Men’s chorus of the Ebenezer
Mennonite church will present a
program of sacred music at the
Church of Christ, Ada, Sunday night
at 8 o’clock.
New Job for the Magnet
Recommended as an added too'
for the sewing basket is a smal
magnet, to simplify the picking uj
of pins and needles.
REAL ESTATE HERE
SHOWS SHARP RISE
DURING PAST YEAR
Jncreases $73,700 to New High
Mark of $1,879,660, Audi
tor Reports
Town’s Personal Property Val
uation Also Shows In
crease to $480,278
Bluffton’s real estate valuation,
exclusive of public utility properties,
during the last year showed an in
crease of $73,700 to reach a new
high mark of $1,879,660, according
to an announcement last week by
County Auditor Russell L. Hire.
Personal property valuation for
the town also moved upward to a
figure of $480,278, an increase of
$36,448.
Real estate valuation increases
for other towns and townships in
this area included: Beaverdam,
$235,450, an increase of $5,000:
Richland township, $2,055,950, an in-
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Club}, J^odgeA
and SocietieA
Presbyterian Social Club
The Presbyterian Social club w'JI
meet with Mrs. Armin Hauenstejn,
Thursday night at 8 o’clock. Assist
ing hostesses: Mrs. Lee Clauss, Mrs.
Chas. Patterson, Mrs. E. C. Ludwig.
Legion Auxiliary
A district conference of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary will be held at
Sidney, Ohio, October .23, beginning
at 8 a. m. Members of the Bluffton
Auxiliary wishing to attend see Mrs.
J. S. Steiner and arran&rtnejlts will
be made for traqpportatfon.
Farm Women’s Improvement Club
Guest day of the Farm Women’s
Improvement clsb ha.s been postponed
until Octoberj24. ,t will be held at
the Beaverdaln Methodist church at
1:30 p. m., qith the program com
mittee in charge.
Garden Cli’b
The Garden club will meet with
Mrs. Harrj Barnes, Thursday after
noon. The program: Roll call, a
winter tree form I admire Book re
view—Our Native Trees, Mrs. Ger
hard Buhler.
Engagement Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weimer of Find
lay announce the engagement of their
daughter Marjorie to Raymond Gred
ing, son of Mrs. Bertha Greding of
Bluffton and the late L. T. Greding.
No date has been set for the wedding.
Alpha Gamma Club
The Alpha Gamma club will enter
tain at guest night in the Bluffton
collage chapel, Thursday night, Octo
ber a|. Arrangements for a musicale
are i^ charge of hostesses Isabelle
West, Mabel Steiner and Lois Roda
baugh.
Poinsett^ Club $
Mrs. Bijtha Marshall will be host
ess to the\Poinsettia club this Wed
nesday night. The program: Ste
Anne de Bekupre, Mrs. Ruth Corson
Quebec and ^Montreal, Miss Mildred
Keel. n
Travel Class
The Travel dais met at the home
of Mrs. Lelana Diller, Wednesday
afternoon. The pregram Book review
—Christianity wnew you Live, Mrs.
C. A. Biery Religious' Cults, Mrs.
E. N. Bigelow. V
I
and son Carey, Ruith Clum, Mary
Shrider and Edith St^fey of Lalayet
te Mrs. Bernice Mill^j- of near Bluff
ton Mrs. Henry MorWheck of Wap
akoneta.
This will be Mrs. Stager’s last
meeting with the society as the Rev.
C. L. Stager has accepted a call to
Springfield, Ohio, wtyere they will
move in the near future.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Clyde Grant of near
Lafayette.
Pandora Wedding
Arthur Hilty, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Hilty, west xf Bluffton and
Miss Jo Ann Basinger, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerpld Basinger of
Pandora will be married Sunday
afternoon, October K6 at 3 o’clock in
the Grace Mennonite church, Pan
dora.
The bride-elect was graduated
from Pandora high school last spring
at which time she was chosen May
queen. She will be attended by her
sister, Miss Betty Basinger. Robert
Lee will be best man.
Hospital Auxiliary
Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary will
meet Monday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock in the nurses’ home. Import
ant business.
November Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lugibihl
of North Lawn avenue announce the
approaching marriage of their daugh
ter Dorothy Jean to Roger E. Musser,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Musser of
BLUFFTON
A Good Place to Trade
NUMBER 26
MATURE CORN TO
BE SCARCE MOCK
OF CROP IS SOFT
Marketable Corn Will Be High
Soft Com Will Go to
Livestock
Corn Should Be Left on Stalk
After Frost, Says State
Expert
Soft corn will comprise the bulk of
a bumper crop in the Bluffton area
this fall, and the killing frost of late
September will give district farmers
thousands of bushels of inferior grade
grain unfit for marketing.
Despite the fact that the yield gen
erally will be greater than usual,
good marketable corn will be short
locally, and immature ears on stalks
killed by frost for the most part can
be used only as livestock feed.
Due to the vagaries of unseasonable
planting weather last spring, soft
corn is in various stages of maturity,
and there will be no fixed price in
that category because there is no
standard by which to judge its qual
ity of maturity. Fully ripened corn,
on the other hand, will command an
unusually high price because of its
scarcity.
Some degree of optimism, however,
is represented in reports released this
week by Ohio State Extension Agron
omist J. F. Beard showing that in
som# cases unripened corn has in
creased in dry weight as muph as 30
per cent after corn leaves have b?en
killed by frost.
Don’t Cut Corn too Soon
The state report emphasizes that
•since kernel development continues
after photosynthesis has been stopped
by freezing weather, better quality
grain may be obtained by leaving
corn stand on the stalk in the field
for further development. If the land
is not needed for other purposes the
corn should be left standing, Beard
said.
If grain is the objective, rather
than ensilage,, corn in the soft, dough
stage (which means ears are only
about 75 per cent developed) will in
crease an additional Id to 15 per cent
if they are permitted to remain un
cut on the green sta’ki. This means
an actual net yield loss of about 15
per cent instead of 20 to 30 per cent,
state authorities pointed out.
Cutting arid shocking does not com
pletely stop kernel development, ac
cording to the report, but it will be
stopped sooner than if the corn is un
cut.
Hypnotist At Legion
Party Next Monday
Laibe the Hypnotist, will be fea
tured on the program at an Ameri
can Legion party for veterans of
World Wars I and II Monday night
at 8 o’clock in the Bluffton Legion
hall.
Non-Legion veterans are urged to
attend, and members of the organi
zation are asked to bring a veteran
guest. Refreshments will be served.
Lima. The wedding will take place
Sunday afternoon, November 9 at
St. John’s Reformed church.
Honor Bride-elect
y dinner and theatre party were
given in Findlay, Thursday evening
honoring Miss Dorothy Basinger,
wfose marriage to Avery Keel took
place Sunday. The party included
Florence Bassett, Helen Gerdeman,
Gaynell Basinger, Dorothy Kohl, Mae
Huber, Irene Moening and the honor
ed guest.
Miscellaneous Shower
The Misses Pat Sidenstricker and
Wilma Neuenachwander entertained
Thursday evening at the latter’s
home in Pandora at a miscellaneous
shower in honor of Mrs. Eugene H.
Augsbuiger, a recent bride.
The evening was spent playing
cootie with prizes won by Miss
Wilma Lehman and Mrs. Alta David
son.
Invited guests were: Misses Joyce
Young, Lucille Steiner, Gail Basinger,
Roma Welty, Mary Jane Beach,
Kathryn Frehse, Henrietta Schu
macher, Martha Fruchey, Wilma Leh
man, Vera Burkholder and Dorothy
Kohl.
Mesdames Rose Rausch, Alta
Davidson, Janet Matter, Ruth Augs
hurger, Minnie Steiner, Margaret
Kimmel, Pauline Augsburger, Mar
garet Burkholder, Treva Shafer,
Rachel Boutwell, Mary Bucher, Opal
Zehner, Mary Joliff, Helen Warner,
Ola Conrad, Helen Mayberry and
Marguerite McCafferty.
Eastern Star
Bluffton Eastern Star chapter will
meet next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock.
Entertains Missionary Society
Mrs. Eugene Staley of Orange
[township entertained the Women’s
i Missionary society of Trinity Luther
an church near Lafayette at an all
day meeting last Thursday.
Present were Mrs. C. L. Stager and
Mrs. David Florida of Ada Mrs.
Pearl Grant, Mrs. Kathleen Grant