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Historical Bluffton

On your way home tonight pick up some hamburger at Urich's IGA

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Before there was Community Market there was Urich's IGA Market. This advertisement is from the Bluffton High School 1959 yearbook. At that time Urich's was on Main Street in a storefront now occupied by the expanded Citizens National Bank building.

The IGA eventually moved to Vance Street to become Urich's IGA Foodliner. It has had one renovation, which doubled its buildling size and today the business is owned by Community Market.

In this photo are Ramon Lewis (left) and Owen Ziessler. Icon viewer comments are welcome.

Bluffton High School Varsity B in 1959

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Here's members of the Bluffton High School Varsity B in the 1958-59 school year.

Front from left, Ronald Habegger, Larry Mumma, Ramon Lewis, Owen Ziessler, Rudi Steiner, Michael Diller.

Second row from left, Donald Zimmerman, James Jordan, James Lubinbuhl, Gordon Mathewson, Edward Niswander.

Third row from left, Jerry Hilty, Larry Smucker, David Little, Dale Schiffke, Dennis Smith.

Bluffton High School Varsity B 1967

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From the 1967 Bluffton High School yearbook, here is a photo of the Varsity B.

Front from left, Gerald Moser, Steve Sutter, Bob Yant, Steve Stratton, Bob Holt, Ken Amstutz, Dave Burkholder, Steve Yant, Dick Mast, Ron Benroth.

Second row from left, Rex Reichenbach, Jim Steiner, Mark Spalllinger, Max Eastman, Henry Burkholder, Ron Suter, John Herron, Don Cochran.

When the old gym was the only gym

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Here's a photo from the 1966 Bluffton High School yearbook. It was taken from above the entrance way to the old gym - yes, once upon a time there was only one gym.

We'll attempt an idenficiation. (Icon viewers are alway smarter than we are in these ID projects. We welcome viewer corrections.)

Bottom from left, Pat Benroth, Steph McCune, Terry Strahm, Becky Lehman and Carol Steiner.

Next row, James Augsburger, Jim Hilty, Sue Marshall, John Pannabecker, John Skelly and Ron Niswander.

Once upon a time Stoney's was Smith's Barbershop

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One of Bluffton's many barbers, here's Dick Smith cutting BHS student James Swank. This is an advertisement in the 1959 Bluffton High School yearbook. Today this is Stoney's Barbershop, below Bluffton Karate Center.

We really like the cash register. 

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(Thanks for the correction, Sam. Ray Johnson was my barber. I never went to Smitties.)

Main Street Bluffton 47 years ago

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This was Main Street Bluffton in 1966. The photo is from the 1967 Bluffton High School yearbook. 

The photo was taken in front of what today is Chase, looking north. The most noticable change is on the west side of Main where Citizens National Bank is today. 

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