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Hackler Manufacturing employed nearly a dozen persons here in 1929

Created and sold wood novelty products
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 12, 2016 - 12:21pm

Note: The Icon acquired a manuscript titled “A Brief History of Bluffton’s Industrial Developments.” This publication was prepared by the classes in Marketing and Small Business Administration from Bluffton College, under the director of Dr. Howard Raid. Publication date is May 1959. We’ve updated some current addresses so viewers may identify locations.

Hacker Manufacturing Co.
Founded 1929 by George Hacker

A wood novelty products company, known as Hackler Manufacturing Co., was founded by George Hacker, native of Cleveland, in 1929.

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Entrepreneur's road map to success

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 9, 2016 - 12:12pm

Kathy Keller led a Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs workshop on Dec. 9 on "Entrepreneur's road map to success."

Keller will lead BCE's 2017 Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition, which begins in January. Prize money from $500 to $4,000 will be awarded to winners. For more details go to www.blufftonentrepreneurs.com

Keller, project coordinator, Small Business Development Center, Rhodes State College, Lima, instructs the classes, which cover seven two-hour sessions.

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230-plus new dress inventory coming to Studio Silhouette

Including 50 new wedding gowns and lots more
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 5, 2016 - 5:36pm

A Main Street Bluffton business is ready for the next 50 area weddings.

Rachel Davis, owner of Studio Silhouette, 103 N. Main St., recently add 50 new wedding gowns to her shop’s inventory.

That’s not all.

The wedding gowns are part of over 230 new dresses and other clothing accessories coming to the shop this week, she says. In addition to a dress for the bride, additional inventory includes dresses for flower girls, bridesmaids, mother of the bride, and mother of the groom.

The wedding gowns range from size 8 to 28 with prices from $200 to $1,500.

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Have you ever eaten a Gottshall Pretzel baked in Bluffton?

100 years ago it was a business located here
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 5, 2016 - 3:58pm

Note: The Icon acquired a manuscript titled “A Brief History of Bluffton’s Industrial Developments.” This publication was prepared by the classes in Marketing and Small Business Administration from Bluffton College, under the director of Dr. Howard Raid. Publication date is May 1959. We’ve updated some current addresses so viewers may identify locations.

Gottshall Pretzel Factory
1911-1914
Howard Gottshall, owner

The Gottshall Pretzel Factory was a Bluffton Main Street business from 1911 to 1914.

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Bluffton stories from an earlier era

Gold Leaf Mineral Company was a business here in the 1950s
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 21, 2016 - 10:21am

Note: The Icon acquired a manuscript titled “A Brief History of Bluffton’s Industrial Developments.” This publication was prepared by the classes in Marketing and Small Business Administration from Bluffton College, under the director of Dr. Howard Raid. Publication date is May 1959. We’ve updated some current addresses so viewers may identify locations.

Gold Leaf Mineral Company
Started in Bluffton, 1954;
Owner – Paul Steiner

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Need yarn or Christmas fabric? The Senior Center has lots of it

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 18, 2016 - 4:50pm

The Bluffton Senior Center has received large donations of yarn and Christmas fabric which are now on sale.

The fabric is $2 a yard and the yarn is $2 and under per skein. The Senior Center is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays until Christmas 9 a.m. to noon. The center is closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24-25.

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