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First BHS women to become physicians, take two

Posted by Staff on February 18, 2024 - 6:00am

CORRECTION Missing link at story's end has been added.

By Fred Steiner, Icon founder
www.BlufftonForever.com

Dr. Rosella Louise Biederman Boehm, M.D.
Born: March 12, 1897, Died: Nov. 8, 1955
Bluffton High School class of 1914
Bluffton College class of 1919

Declaring Dr. Mary Alice Howe Thomas as the first female Bluffton High School graduate to become a physician proves that nothing is ever certain.

Last week we stated that Dr. Thomas, BHS 1940, holds this title. Soon after this story was posted, we discovered two earlier female physicians who lived in the Bluffton School district. They are: 

Rosella L. Biederman Boehm, (1897-1955), 1914 Bluffton High School graduate, who became a physician in 1925. 

Ida Eby, (1881-1960), who attended the Diller county school, part of the Bluffton system in Richland Township, who became a physician in 1919. We will focus on Ida in a later feature, as we continue to collect details about her medical career.

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Historical Bluffton
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Winter instrumental concert with theme of hope and joy

Posted by Staff on February 18, 2024 - 6:00am

Bluffton University’s Winter Instrumental Concert will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25 in Yoder Recital Hall.

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Bluffton University
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Pirate boys basketball corrals AE, clinches 2nd in NWC

Posted by Staff on February 17, 2024 - 6:23am

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team convincingly defeated visiting backyard rival Allen East 69-47 in a Northwest Conference battle for second place Friday night, February 16.

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Sports
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“Journey of an Afrofuturist” featured at English Festival Forum

Posted by Staff on February 17, 2024 - 6:00am

Maurice Broaddus, a writer, community organizer and teacher, will share, “Journey of an Afrofuturist,” during Bluffton’s English Festival Forum at 11 a.m. on Feb. 27 in Yoder Recital Hall.

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Bluffton University
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Feb. 21 Lenten service at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran

Posted by Staff on February 17, 2024 - 6:00am

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church's Wednesday evening Lenten service will be at 7:00 p.m. on February 21. Pastor Bob Krueger from Immanuel Lutheran Church, Findlay, will be the guest pastor.

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Worship
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PHOTO Garret Bogart signs with Defiance College as quarterback

Posted by Paula Scott on February 17, 2024 - 6:00am

On February 15, Bluffton High School quarterback Garret Bogart signed a letter of intent to play Quarterback at Defiance College. Bogart led the Pirates to a 12-2 record in Fall 2023. He is now Bluffton's all time record holder for pass completion percentage at 68.8% of his passes.

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