106 school years ago in Bluffton
Bluffton third graders in 1911.
First row, from left, Fairy (Berry) Musselman, Elmond Althaus, Howard Augsburger, Florence Johns, Beatrice (Steth) Conaway.
Second row, from left, Helen Basinger, Geraldine Bigler, Harold Kempf, Mae McGeorge, Ruth Murray,
Third row, from left, Lester Hahn, Robert Swick, Bernice (Althaus) Carder, Frances Geiger, Opal Betzner, Carl Lewis.
Fourth row, from left, Robert Cook, Herbert Thutt, Harold Althaus, unidentified, Rhoda (Stratton) Augsburger.
Back row, from left, unidentified, Gladys (Zerbach) Christensen, Homer Luginbuhl, Lilly Riser, Treva Benroth, Opal (Frach) Bish.
Standing at right center is C.A. Arganbright, superintendent, and Eunich Temple, teacher.
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