A couple years ago, Cody Ridenour and Chad Stearns decided they needed a change.
Ridenour, a 2008 Bluffton University graduate in music education, was admittedly burnt out from teaching. And Stearns, also a Bluffton music education alumnus, in 2000, had been living “out of a suitcase,” he says, as a pianist and conductor with touring musicals, including “Oklahoma!” and “Hairspray.”
Retired Bluffton businessman, E. Wayne Amstutz, 90, of Bluffton died at 12:18 a.m. Oct. 26, 2012 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
Wayne and his twin brother, Dwaine, were born in Bluffton to Benjamin and Naomi Amstutz on Aug. 30, 1922. When he was 4 years old his mother died. In 1931 his father married Elma Diller. Wayne grew up on the family farm in Putnam County. On Feb. 16, 1947 he married Louise Wilch and she survives.
Bluffton Public Library’s second Holiday Gift Silent Auction begins Nov. 2 during an after-hours preview and will continue until Nov. 21. The library will be filled with more than 70 gift packages, with something for all interests, budgets and age levels.
Soybeans are still in some fields, and now corn is starting to be taken off. Here's a field on the Putnam-Allen County Line between Pandora and Bluffton.
Ada was once known for its clay tile company. Here's a post card showing the company. The wording, difficult to read states: 'ADA CLAY CO., ADA, O. DRAIN TILE SIZES 3 1/2 INCHES TO 24 INCHES.
The flip side reveals this was a Christmas and new year's greeting from the company. This particular card was mailed to a customer in Dola on Dec. 23, 1919.
Post card from the collection of Leland Crouse, Ada.
