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A story about my grandmother who voted in Bluffton 99 years ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 5, 2014 - 10:57pm

By Fred Steiner

Somewhere in a collection of family photos is a 1920 snapshot of my Hahn grandparents, Bertha and Fred, standing in front of their home at 216 W. Elm St., Bluffton.

I know it was 1920 because taped to the window behind them was a Harding for president poster. I never felt the significance of the snapshot until election day 2014. It was then when I recalled a brief notation in my grandmother’s diary. It read: “I went to vote and Margaret and Florence went with me. Margaret is one year old, Nov. 2, 1915.”

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Births reported by Bluffton Hospital

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on November 5, 2014 - 9:18pm

The following births were reported by Bluffton Hospital.

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Regional news
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Ara Woolley was a member of Bluffton Senior Citizens

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on November 5, 2014 - 7:19pm

Ara Ellen Woolley, 95, of Rawson died November 4, 2014 at 5:35 a.m. at Bluffton Hospital.  Ara was born November 17, 1918 in McGuffey to the late Charles and Annie Wilson Patterson.  On June 27, 1937 she married Roy L. Woolley and he preceded her in death on April 5, 2000.

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Obituaries
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Food boxes available for families in P-G school district

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on November 5, 2014 - 7:11pm

The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District.  The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four.  In order to pick up a box, you must register by calling 419-384-3038 by 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15.

Boxes will be available to be picked up at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at Grace Mennonite Church, 502 East Main Street, Pandora.

Please note that this is one week earlier than usual due to the holiday.

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Worship
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Photos of long-time Bluffton photographer Leland Gerber on exhibit at MMH

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 5, 2014 - 6:50pm

A collection of family and individual portraits from the 1950s to 1970s taken by long-time Bluffton photographer, Leland Gerber, is on display in the third floor gallery at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton. 

Gerber owned a photo studio on South Main Street, Bluffton, during the 1950s-70s era. Most class photos of Bluffton elementary students from this era were taken by Gerber.

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People
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Blowing blue bubbles

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 5, 2014 - 6:42pm

Mallory Blackburn has some fun while learning about different letters of the alphabet. She blows blue bubbles as she learns about the letter B. Mallory is a student at Bluffton Child Development Center.

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