From the authors of the hit series, Uncle Phil’s Diner comes a new interactive dinner theatre that brings on lots of laughs and colorful characters in Family Camp.
Here's a photo by Leland Gerber from the 1961 Bluffton centennial pageant. It portrays a Methodist circuit rider visiting the home of the first Methodist family, the Gatskills, in Shannon.
From left are Evelyn Steiner, Rev. James Kuhn (Bluffton Methodist pastor at the time, playing the role of circuit rider), James Szabo and Barb Eastman.
Diane, for Icon viewers who may not know you, give us some background on your family.
Relatives who live in Bluffton: Our family has lived in Bluffton our whole lives. We grew up in the country about 3 and 1/2 miles from town on Zurflugh Road which is actually named after my great great grandfather, Abraham Zurflugh, who came to America from Canton Bern, Switzerland in 1852.
At our meeting on June 17, we talked about fair IDs. New members and members with their last names starting with A-H need to get their fair ID pictures taken. If you don’t get your fair ID you will have to pay to get into the fair.
English Lutheran Church is offering a new Bible study, "Who Do We Say That Jesus Is? --What Jesus means to us for our lives in the 21st Century."
"In this study we will look at how Jesus has been 'pictured' and understood in the media, in the Creeds of the Church, and in the New Testament writings, trying to discover what Jesus can mean for us living in the 21st century," said Rev. Kevin Mohr, pastor.
Lenola R. Grismore, 101, of Pandora died June 29, 2013 at her residence. She was born near Columbus Grove Jan. 23, 1912, to Peter and Susan Diller Nusbaum. On April 4, 1936, she married Maurice M. Grismore and he preceded her in death on Sept. 5, 1977.
Mrs. Grismore was a homemaker. She was a member of St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, and its Sunday school and Missionary Society. She was a graduate of Columbus Grove High School and attended Bluffton College.
