Kathleen Mikkelsen of Mennonite Memorial Home provided this classic photo to The Icon. It shows Ralph Diller, operator of Brilliant Bronze gasoline station, a product of Johnson Oil Co. The photo was taken between 1938-40.
The station was located on the site of today's Bluffton Dari Freeze at the corner of South Main and Bentley.
There are several items to examiine in this photo. The price of gas is 10 cents, 5 cents for tax, totalling 15 cents (per gallon?). Notice the "contains lead" labels.
William P. "Bill" King, 74, died at 2:02 p.m. July 31, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born on April 26, 1937, in Lafayette, to Ben P. and Susan E. Baber King, who preceded him in death. On June 17, 1956, he married Jo Ann Nichols, who survives in Bluffton.
Elvira Tatarkov of Bluffton, student of Anna Stembler-Smith, will perform a piano recital at 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 6, in Yoder Recital Hall, Bluffton University.
She will be performing music by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Faure. The recital is free and open to public.
Some years ago when a certain college changed its name to a university, Mr. C apparently laid this one on two Ph. D. neighbors in the vicinity of Campus Drive-Campus View. He informed them that the former college-now-university had requested that the post office change the names of the two drives to something like "University Drive" and "University View."
After all, the university officially named the path leading to College Hall "University Drive." So, why not change Campus Drive and Campus View?
