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Fill 'er up at Hardwick's Marathon

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 24, 2014 - 8:21am

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You are looking at Lloyd Hardwick standing beside a 1954 Kaiser Darrin sports car. The photo was taken during one of the early Bluffton car shows. Hardwick's Marathon station was located where the A to Z Meats is today.

The building was modified and no longer has the "drive through" effect to fill your car tank at 30 cents a gallon or less.

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Were any of these guys your bus driver?

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2014 - 1:15pm

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Were any of these guys your school bus driver? Here's the Bluffton school bus drivers from the 1964 BHS yearbook.

From left, Mr. Basinger, Dave Lughibihl, Mr. Zimmerman, Kenneth Krautter, Raymond Powell, Rev. Unruh, Francis Williams and Keith Brauen.

The Icon would appreciate knowing from viewers, who drive which bus number.

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1925 Bluffton College Girls' Glee Club

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 3, 2014 - 1:59pm

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Here is the Bluffton College Girls' Glee Club from the 1925 yearbook. Although not identified in order, the members were:

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Meet the Illinois Club of 1925

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 20, 2014 - 3:41pm

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Bluffton College had an "Illinois Club" in the 1925-26 school year. The qualifications for membership were simple: You had to be from Illinois. This photo is from the college yearbook.

Members, first row, from left: Nafziger, E. Stahly

Second row: Burcky, Springer, O. Augsburger, V. Conrad, Salzman, Eichelberger.

Third row: Stucky, J. Augsburger, M. Leaman, Chase, C. Leaman, Shelly.

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They cheered for the Beavers in '25-26

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 3, 2014 - 3:50pm

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Here's a photograph from the 1926 Bluffton College Ista. Cheering for the Beavers during the 1925-26 school year were, from left, Edna Van der Smissen, Ralph Page (cheermaster) and Lloyd Beechy.

Beechy's home town was Sugarcreek and Page's was Goshen. The hometown of Edna Van der Smissen was not listed.

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On your way home tonight pick up some hamburger at Urich's IGA

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2014 - 9:46am

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Before there was Community Market there was Urich's IGA Market. This advertisement is from the Bluffton High School 1959 yearbook. At that time Urich's was on Main Street in a storefront now occupied by the expanded Citizens National Bank building.

The IGA eventually moved to Vance Street to become Urich's IGA Foodliner. It has had one renovation, which doubled its buildling size and today the business is owned by Community Market.

In this photo are Ramon Lewis (left) and Owen Ziessler. Icon viewer comments are welcome.

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