Shizuo Tachibana of Japan will speak about the effects of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.
Shizuo will share stories of hibakusha, survivors of the A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Now a teacher at Ha private preschool based on the Steiner method, Shizuo was the first member of the Hiroshima Mennonite Church.
The Pandora United Methodist Church will host a free community meal on Wednesday, August 26, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora.
The meal is provided by the Mission Committee and the menu is subs/hot dog, cole slaw, assorted chips, sherbet, cookie, and beverage.
In 1865 the village of Bluffton was four years old.
There was no town hall. There were no Main Street retail buildings.
Bluffton University did not exist, nor did Bluffton schools. There were no railroads here.
A small pox epidemic had ravaged the rural Bluffton settlement from 1861 to 1863. The Civil War was ending. The State of Ohio had existed for only 62 years.
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An Owens family, living in what is now the Lincoln Highway south of Bluffton, had recently converted to Catholicism.
The second in a series of monthly concerts on the lawn at Bluffton Presbyterian will take place Saturday, Aug. 15 at 9:30 a.m.
This event will be an old-fashioned sing-along. Remember (before gadgets and earphones) when family and friends would gather around the piano and share the fun of singing old and new favorites? The musicians at Bluffton Presbyterian will be on hand Saturday morning with song sheets to entice the community to participate in some good music and fellowship.
Churches in the Pandora/Gilboa area are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora/Gilboa school district that find themselves in need. The boxes are designed to provide nine meals (three breakfasts, three lunches, and three dinners) for a family of four.
In order to receive a food box, you must call Grace Mennonite Church at 419-384-3038 to register for a box by Saturday, Aug. 15. Boxes will be available for pickup on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 11 a.m. at Grace Mennonite Church, 502 East Main Street, Pandora.
