Joe Urich could speak every known Bluffton dialect
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When they get around to listing the 50 most interesting people who ever lived in Bluffton Joe Urich will be on the list.
He’ll be on the list of the 25 most interesting people who lived in Bluffton. There’s a phrase that best describes Joe’s relationship to Bluffton. Joe was a-man-about-town.
Whenever there was a fire, flood, parade or bank robbery, there is always a crowd of people who stand around afterward. Joe was always in that crowd.
Joe could speak every known Bluffton dialect. He could speak the Low Bluffton dialect, spoken in a restaurant formerly known as Ingalls’... (this essay continues)
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• Roots by Strattons
• The Food Store
• The Black Lab
• Bluffton Senior Citizens Center
• The Dough Hook
• Polished
• In Ada at The Inn at ONU
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