Here's a familiar face to Bluffton High School students who took driver's ed in high school, and chemistry in high school during the 1950s and 1960s. It's Wilford Geiger, also a partner in the Geiger and Diller men's store once-upon-a-time on Main Street.
He also lead a pretty mean cheer during homecoming pep sessions.
Paul Diller took this photo of Wilford "don't put the zinc in the sink" Geiger in the early 1950s.
Here's Hiram Kohli in his classic baseball catcher's position. Paul Diller took this photo with the series of Main Street business men. Here's some observations from Charles Hilty about this photo:
Hiram Kohli was an excellent baseball player. He was Ziggy Burcky's catcher in college days and played later on good sand lot teams. I think that A. C. and Hiram used to have a nostalgic game of pitch and catch every spring down on the old college baseball diamond.
Once-time Bluffton businessman Bill Edwards (father of Scott and Roger), shows off on a bone-shaker bicycle. Paul Diller took this photo in the early 1950s. It is part of The Icon's series of Main Street businessmen's photos by Diller from that era.
The photo was taken on Vine Street in front of what is today Jeanne's Kitchen.
Model Railroader, the premier magazine for model railroaders, features a one-time Bluffton landmark in its July issue.
The featured landmark is the former Bluffton Woodcock power plant. The plant once stood on the site of John's Body Shop on Lake Street. The building was razed in the early 1980s.
Here's another in the Paul Diller series of Main Street Bluffton businessmen from the early 1950s. This is Hi Huser, partner in Steiner and Huser men's clothing store.
