Bluffton 1942 Boy Scout troop
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Here's the Bluffton's Boy Scout Troop 56, taken in 1942.
Front from left, Malcolm Basinger, Gene Patterson, Ron Diller, Ted Kohli and Bob Ramseyer.
Second row from left, Paul Wingate, assistant scoutmaster, Bob Oberly, John Schmidt, Otto Klassen, Bill Amstutz, Karl Gable, scoutmaster.
Top row from left, Dean Niswander, Charles Triplehorn, Bob Fisher, Morris Kohli, Gordon Bixel, Don Augsburger and Bob Stratton. Absent when photo was taken was Bill Mericle.
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