Bluffton centennial pageant scene
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Lynn Carmack, Jim Szabo and Warren Eastman. What did these three men have in common? They were members of the First Methodist Church. In this 1961 centennial photo, they participated in a centennial pageant in Founders Hall. The pageant includes the story of early Bluffton.
The three were part of a scene depicting the Methodist Church movement arriving in Bluffton. Leland Gerber took the photo. (From the collection of Fred Steiner.)
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