Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2012 - 10:37am
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The year was 1933 - but actually 1961. A re-enactment of the John Dillinger bank robbery in Bluffton was portrayed in this scene from the Bluffton cenntennial historic pageant.
The pageant at Founders Hall was presented on two evenings during the week. Leland Gerber took this photo during the dress rehearsal. Rudi Steiner, who had just graduated from Bluffton High School that spring, is in the center collecting the loot. George Burkholder, a 1960 (?) BHS grad is on the right.
Here's the question to ponder. Who is portraying John Dillinger on the left? Yes, he's firing a gun in Founders Hall (blanks).
Rudi says it's Dick Cookson.
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