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Vera Basinger's elementary class

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2018 - 11:35am

Vera Basinger is the teacher in the elementary class photo taken by Leland Gerber. The Icon iinvites viewers to provide identifications of the students and the class year.  Send to: [email protected]

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The teacher is Jill Zimmerly - who are the class members?

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 20, 2018 - 9:56am

The teacher is Jill Zimmerly. That's all we know about this Leland Gerber elementary class photo, except for a couple familiar faces that we're trying to put names with.  Anyone with more names for this class are encouraged to contact the Icon at: [email protected].

And, thanks to Jim Diller and his sister in California, we've added some names to the photo posted last week. Click here for that update.

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Bluffton HS home economics class demonstration

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 6, 2018 - 1:33pm

The Icon posted this photo taken by Leland Gerber. Jim Diller provided some background on this photo:

The class is in the Bluffton High School Home Economics class. I believe the teacher is Peg (Gagliardi) Diller, my sister, who taught there in the mid-1950s. 

Fourth from the left in front row is Louella Steiner my aunt, next to her is Verna Diller – my mom, next to Verna is Edna Ramseyer.  Behind Louella is a Mrs. Grismore, who I think Allen Grismore’s wife and grandmother to Ken Bucher.

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Was Miss Hilty your elementary teacher?

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 30, 2018 - 1:35pm

Miss Minerva Hilty taught many Icon viewers in Bluffton elementary school. Here's a photo of one of her last classes. Leland Gerber took the photo. There are several familiar faces in this photo.

If you can identify students, please send information to: [email protected]

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This would have made national news today

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2018 - 11:41am

These two photos are among the most frightening old photos ever posted on the Icon - for that matter, ever photographed near Bluffton.

Here's what we know about these photos. They show three burning oil tanks that were struck by lightning somewhere near Bluffton. Each tank contained 35,000 barrels of oil.

The photos are in post card format taken by Sidney Hauenstein.

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Believe it or not - an early Bluffton swimming pool

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 16, 2018 - 3:21pm

Just when you think you know everything there is to know about Bluffton, a photograph like this shows up.

Ask your grandparents to explain this.  If they can’t help, keep reading.

It’s a photograph of the "floating" pool that served swimmers in Bluffton as early as the mid-to-late 1920s (based upon the style of swim suit in the photo) to the early 1950s.

It was constructed on the east bank of the Buckeye and then was moved to the quarry where it floated to allow swimming.

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