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Could be BHS class of 1919 as second graders

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2016 - 6:49am

This class photo has volumes and volumes of stories.

The Icon believes that it is the Bluffton High School of 1919 as second graders. We state this because that young man on the far right of the second row resembles William Hahn, uncle of the Icon owner. Add to that, the photo was in a chest of Hahn family photos.

That places this photo in the 1908-09 school year. Depending upon when the photo was taken, either Theodore Roosevelt or William Howard Taft was president.

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Historical Bluffton
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Angle parking only

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 16, 2016 - 3:45pm

Don't figure on finding a parking spot on Main Street on Friday. The 49th annual Festival of Wheels is like a magnet to vehicles with chrome, wide whitewalls, V-8s and fins. This is a view from last year's show. Detail about this year are in the story below.

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Sports Warehouse new owner expanding product line

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 16, 2016 - 3:37pm

Need sports apparel?

Sports Warehouse, 111 N. Main St., under new ownership since May, continues to expand its product selection of spirit wear and custom apparel.

According to Natalie Mueller, new owner, “We offer any imprinted material, mostly apparel. This ranges all the way caps, tee-shirts, tank tops, tote bags, hoodies, hats, towels, gym bags and lots of special-event apparel.”

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Business
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Friday: The return of Edsels, Plymouths, Packards, Olds, and maybe a DeSoto or two - it's Bluffton's Festival of Wheels

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 16, 2016 - 3:26pm

Once upon a time gasoline was leaded, 30 cents a gallon, or cheaper.

Really.

Those days are gone, but many of the vehicles hooked on that gas survived. Over 200 of them return to Bluffton on Friday for the 49th Bluffton Festival of Wheels cruise-in, sponsored by the Bluffton Lions.

If luck prevails, you might catch glimpses of some gone-but-not forgotten heavy metal cruisers that once roamed Main Street Bluffton.

These included strange names like: Plymouth, Studebaker, Mercury, Edel, VW Bug, Woody, Oldsmobile, DeSoto and Packard.

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Regional news
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Book ReViews holds Jeff Gundy book signing on Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 16, 2016 - 2:45pm

Jeff Gundy of Bluffton will have a book signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 18, at Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, according to Dr. Christina Walton, store manager.

Gundy, professor of English at Bluffton University, has published seven books of poems and four of prose, most recently Abandoned Homeland (Bottom Dog, 2015), Somewhere Near Defiance (Anhinga, 2014), Songs from an Empty Cage: Poetry, Mystery, Anabaptism, and Peace (Cascadia, 2013), and Spoken Among the Trees (Akron, 2008).

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Events
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Saturday's Spectrum Salon cut-a-thon aids Bluffton Samaritan Women's Group

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 16, 2016 - 2:35pm

PHOTO: Jason Bracy gets a trim from Morgan Mills

Spectrum Salon, 442 N. Main St., Bluffton, holds its first-ever cut-a-thon, and you are invited to participate, according to Mandy Kinn, owner.

From 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, June 18, Spectrum Salon stylists donate their time to cut hair with proceeds going to the Bluffton Good Samaritan Women’s Group.

There are no appointments connected to the cut-a-thon. It’s a first-time, first-served event. In addition to the fund-raiser aspect of Saturday, patrons will get a chance to win some door prizes.

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Iconoclast View
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