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Forgotten Bluffton: The story of the 1933 BHS addition

When opened, it attached to the original Bluffton HS building built in 1911
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2021 - 1:10pm

Depending upon when you attended Bluffton High School, the building on the corner of Main and College is either the “old” section or the “new” section. The dividing line between old and new falls in the mid-1980s.

In the 1980s, a building constructed in 1911 was razed and a new addition was built in its place. That new addition connects to another addition, constructed in 1933.

And, for decades and decades, we’ve never given much thought to what the 1933 addition meant to the community.

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Two Diller families

John and Elizabeth Zimmerly Diller • Peter and Barbara Suter Diller
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 11, 2021 - 6:23am

This is the 13th installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.

• Diller is an Americanized spelling of Thüler

Many Swiss pioneers came to America on the ship Boston in 1824. Including brothers John and Peter, and their widowed mother, Maria Zimmerly Thüler. Their father, Johannes, died in Florimont France on Aug. 7, 1813.

The three of them first settled in Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio.

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What is depression?

It is a mental illness that affects how you think, feel, and behave
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 10, 2021 - 3:27pm

By Amelia Alexander
I have previously mentioned that I am a member of AMHA (Ada Mental Health Alliance).

This club aims to create a positive culture within our school that supports the wellbeing of students. We aim to prevent suicide by supporting people that live with mental illness.

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Icon book review: How about a little romance for Feb. 14th?

A romance is the background to a splendid tutorial on Egyptology, tombs and hieroglyphics
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 12:12pm

Reviewed by Robert McCool
How about a little romance for Feb. 14th?

In #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Jodi Picoult’s latest novel, the book of two ways (Ballentine Books, Isbn 978-1-4328-8334-8), romance is the background to a splendid tutorial on Egyptology, tombs, and hieroglyphics. With four pages of reference materials at the finish you can immerse yourself in a time far past knowing the details of that time are accurate and made simple for us to understand.

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Forgotten Bluffton: Meet a BHS graduate with 4 Super Bowl rings

Neil Schmidt could be Bluffton HS's all-time most outstanding male athlete
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 7, 2021 - 5:04pm

Would you believe that a Bluffton High School graduate earned four Super Bowl rings? That honor goes to Neil Schmidt’s collection, who might well be the best male athlete to graduate from BHS.

The 1940s-era Bluffton High School athletic standout in football and basketball started in both sports at Purdue, was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals and became a scout for the San Francisco 49ers.

He was the only Pirate to be named first team all-Ohio in two sports the same season, in football and basketball.

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Book review: News of the World

This is a novel that I will read again someday when I want to travel throughout 19th century Texas.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 4, 2021 - 1:04pm

Reviewed by Robert McCool
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is a 71-year-old vet of two wars who rides through the state of Texas reading the news of the world to groups of people for a dime apiece.

A newspaper printer who lost his press in the just finished War Between the States, he buys newspapers from both far away and local to Texas and people flock to his readings in order to hear the latest news. Many are illiterate.

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