Historical Bluffton

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It was 112 school years ago.

Can you name the corner where Stager one-room schoolhouse once stood? If we are not mistaken it stood on the northwest corner of Bixel and Tom Fett Road between Bluffton and Pandora.

Stager was a combined school district for Richland Township number 10 and number 13.  

Here's a school card from the 1902-03 school yer. It also lists all the students and includes a photograph of Clara M. Greding, teacher. 

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The Icon needs lots of help on this photo. It's Theola Steiner's Bluffton sixth grade class in 1950-51.

We see on the bottom row, far left, Paul Jorg with Joe Urich next to him.

In the second row, far left, Ron Hahn.

Third row, from left, Mrs. Theola Steiner, ____,____,____, John Murray____,Ron Geiser, Red Alspach, ____.

Top row: ?

ANY IDs ARE WELCOME. [email protected] or make a comment to this photo directly on the Icon.

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Here's a photograph of Bluffton Order of Eastern Star, Chapter, Number 380, from 1959.

From top, left to right: Mildred Harkness, Donna Henderson, Betty Stratton, Imajean Ewing, Robert Ewing, Bob Stratton, Rhoda Augsburger.

Down the left side: D. Hilty, B. Bowyer, I. Thomas, Bud Augsburger.

Bottom from left,: Mary Jane Cook, Sara Jane Amstutz, B. Buckland, Alice DeVier, Janice McCune.

Up the right column, Georgia Irwin, K. Gratz, Theola Bonnet and D. Montgomery.

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Here's the Bluffton College Student Senate 90 academic years ago. The Senate members in 1924-25 were Elmer Yoder, president; Lorena Birkey, vice president; Edith Steiner, secretary-treasurer, Stanley Lehman and Jesse Augspurger.

 

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Here's the Bluffton High School homecoming court 45 homecomings ago. The school year was 1969-70.

Names of the court members are on the photography.

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Here's a photograph of the 1962 Bluffton High School homecoming court - all seniors. From left, Marcia Travis, attendant; Nancy Luginbuhl, attendant; and Linda Steinman, homecoming queen.

Escorts were Mike Brown, Rick Davies and Tim Warren. 

 

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