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Howard Raid - Bluffton centennial chairman

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 21, 2012 - 8:26am

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Howard Raid poses for a photograph during the Bluffton centennial of August 1961. Raid was the chairman of the centennial. Silas Diller was the vice chairman. The centennial headquarters were in the C.F. Niswander and Son building on Main Street. Citizens National Bank later expanded into that area. Leland Gerber took this photo.

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BHS class of 1968 as fourth graders

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 14, 2012 - 4:32pm

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Members of the Bluffton High School class of 1968 as fourth graders in Robert Ewing's class. The photo was taken during the 1958-59 school year.
From row from left, Mary Herr, Aleta Neidermeier, Candy Swank, Jane Diller, Barbara Basinger, Tim King, Rick Ewing, John Maag and Alan Amstutz.
Second row from left, John Simcox, Linda Augsburger, Mary Jane Baker, Yvonne Agner, John Lehman, Connie Drummelsmith, Todd Gratz, Judy Westrick, James Henry.

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Bluffton's Goldenaires in 1961

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 6, 2012 - 9:37am

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In 1961, Bluffton celebrated its centennial. A program in Founders Hall during the celebration included a pageant, which included reenactments of several Bluffton historical events.
The Goldenaires, a singing group, sang several songs. Members of the group, from left, Fred Amstutz, Jean Triplett, Earl Lehman, Jeanne Szabo, Dean Niswander, Joanne Niswander and Dick Boehr.
This is from a collection of centennial pageant photographs taken by Leland Gerber.

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Bluffton musical mystery photo

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 28, 2012 - 2:39pm

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Here's a mystery photo. The location is not the mystery. The photo was taken in Founders Hall.
The photo is obviously of some kind of musical performance
The photo appears to be taken in the afternoon. Check out the light coming from the upper windows. It's not the Messiah because people aren't dressed for winter.
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Late 1940s Presbyterian auction

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 24, 2012 - 8:49am

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Your grandfather or great-grandfather might be in this photo. It shows an auction in the late 1940s put on by members of the Bluffton Presbyterian Church. The man circled in the upper left corner is Ned Schultz.
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Not Bluffton, it another small college town

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 16, 2012 - 2:03pm

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No, this is not Bluffton. But it is a small northwestern Ohio town in 1902 or earlier. It's a scene from Ada and a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train. The scene shows new students being greeted for the first of the term at Ohio Northern Unversity.

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