Just when you thought you were out of playing cards, the Bluffton Senior Center cuts you a new deck.
As a sesquicentennial fund raiser, the Center this week released a set of playing cards with historic photos of Bluffton on the faces.
Tonya Meyer, Center director, said, "There are 52 different photos of Bluffton on the faces of the cards. The photos show Bluffton through the years with pictures of churches, downtown buildings, annual events and once-in-a lifetime celebrations.
"Some photos will bring back memories to older Blufftonites, but may surprise younger generations."
A deck of cards available while supplies last at the Senior Center. Card decks sell for $10 each.
The project has been one year in the making. Following is a list of the cards, photos on the cards and card sponsors.
Spades
2 - 1914 street scene
3 - Bluffton College science hall
4 - Bluffton College from science hall
5 - Miss Ocie Anderson, school librarian
6 - Ebenezer Mennonite Church
7 - 1959 Main Street scene
8 - First Mennonite and First Methodist
Sponsored by Anna Ruth Reichenbach
9 - 1909 College Avenue tennis courts
10 - Main Street with interurban
Jack - 1992 arts and crafts show
Queen - Bluffton antique car show
King - Bluffton Presbyterian Church with fountain
Ace - Bluffton elementary school bell
Sponsored by John Murray
Diamonds
2 - 1950 view of Bluffton elementary
Sponsored by John Murray
3 - Memorial Day at Maple Grove
4 - Murray home on Elm Street
Sponsored by John Murray
5 - 2007 flood scene
Sponsored by Geniece King
6 - 1909 Bluffton sanitorium
7 - Reams nativity scene
8 - 1910 Main Street scene
9 - Lutheran Church with parsonage
10 - Citizens National Bank, circa 1920
Sponsored by Mona Reichenbach
Jack - 1909 Water works
Queen - 1908 Church Street scene
Sponsored by Clarence and Mary Ann Kooker
King - St. Mary's Catholic Church
Sponsored by Basil and Rosemary Meyer
Ace - Town hall
Sponsored by John Murray
Clubs
2 - 1940s scene of Bluffton post office
3 - 1961 centennial parade
4 - 1911 Bluffton High School
Sponsored by Tonya Meyer
5 - Steiner and Huser store front
Sponsored by Sara Jane Amstutz
6 - Bluffton Sportmen's Club squirrel houses
7 - Hankish Confectionary
Sponsored by Jim and Ruth Badertscher
8 - 1978 Bluffton Senior Citizen Center
Sponsored by Alice Rader
9 - 1900 oil drillers
10 - O.C. Hursey & Sons sign
Sponsored by Dorothy Hursey
Jack - 1918 end of World War I parade
Queen - Bluffton elementary school
Sponsored by Sara Jane Amstutz
King - 700 Series Berkshire steam locomotive
Sponsored by Ralph Rammel
Ace - Koontz Sinclair station
Sponsored by Joe Koontz family
Hearts
2 - St. John's United Church of Christ
Sponsored by Geniece King
3 - 1969 The Swinging Bridge
Sponsored by Mary Koontz
4 - Bluffton College sign
Sponsored by Sara Jane Amstutz
5 - Big Rock in the Riley
6 - 1945 Sommer's Groceries and Meats
Sponsored by Dean and Darlyn Sommers
7 - Mitchell Pharmacy - turn of the century
8 - Bluffton Sportmen's Club fishing derby
9 - Joseph Murray - Bluffton's first undertaker
Sponsored by John Murray
10 - College Hall
Jack - 1919 Bluffton High School graduating class
Queen - Wilson Hawk's draw wagon
Sponsored by Sara Jane Amstutz
King - Koontz Sinclair truck
Sponsored by the Koontz family
Ace - Bluffton's Woodcock power plant
Sponsored by Mary Koontz
Two Jokers with Bluffton Senior Citizens logo
