Just when you think you know everything there is to know about Bluffton, a photograph like this shows up.
Can you identify what's going on here?
This is a photograph of the "floating" pool that once served swimmers in Bluffton. It was constructed on the east bank of the Buckeye and then was moved to the quarry where it floated and allowed swimming.
Older Icon viewers with splinters in their behinds may be able to put a date on this photo. It's probably the mid-1940s.
We're all going fishing for Tom Augsburger this year. The Bluffton Sportmen's Club honored Augsburger as the number one tagged trout for the 2012 trout derby set for Sunday, May 6, at Buckeye park.
"Ole Augie" honors Augsburger, who has served as the club president for over 22 years. Tom is part of the first "father-son" team to share the number one trout honor. Tom's father, Ralph, was recognized by the club when it named the number one trout in his honor in 1983.
By Mary Pannabecker Steiner
Some individuals walk into our lives quietly and unobtrusively, yet leave such an indelible impression that we feel their presence long after they are gone.
Helen James Minck was one of those individuals. When Helen died on Christmas Eve, I felt saddened that I'd never get to hear more of her stories, to hear her laugh. Yet her face and voice are so clear, so present.
The Bluffton Public Library Teen Advisory Group (TAG) will celebrate Library Lovers Month with a youth book sale from Feb. 13-17. More than 1,000 "slightly or very loved" children's and teen books will be available by donation during regular library hours.
Methel I. Benroth, 91, of Bluffton died at 11:12 am Jan. 15, 2012, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born March 26, 1920 near Gomer to Oscar M. and Jessie M. Caskie Renner. On March 26, 1941, she married Merlin Benroth and he preceded her in death on May 30, 1987.
Mrs. Benroth owned Methel's Beauty Shop and M & M Beauty Shop. She has also worked at Evans Clothing Store and A-Z Meats. She was a member of the Bluffton Presbyterian Church and Past Worthy Matron of the former Bluffton Order of the Eastern Star. She was a graduate of Gomer High School.
