Four lectures and a crochet demonstration are planned on various Bluffton historical topics on Tuesday, June 28, as the Bluffton sesquicentennial celebration heads for mid-week.
1 p.m. - Crochet demonstrations at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center
Town hall events
2 p.m. - Darrell Groman, "Three Joseph DeFords"
3 p.m. - Dennis Morrison, "Bluffton artifacts"
4 p.m. - John Miles, "Native Americans"
7 p.m. - John Carnes of the Allen County Museum, guest speaker
The Internal Revenue Service today (June 27, 2011) announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates for the final six months of 2011. Taxpayers may use the optional standard rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business and other purposes.
The rate will increase to 55.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1, 2011, through Dec. 31, 2011. This is an increase of 4.5 cents from the 51 cent rate in effect for the first six months of 2011, as set forth in Revenue Procedure 2010-51.
Once-time Bluffton businessman Bill Edwards (father of Scott and Roger), shows off on a bone-shaker bicycle. Paul Diller took this photo in the early 1950s. It is part of The Icon's series of Main Street businessmen's photos by Diller from that era.
The photo was taken on Vine Street in front of what is today Jeanne's Kitchen.
Joan Rae Lewis, 64, of Bluffton died at 8:58 p.m., June 26, 2011, at Bluffton Hospital. She was born Aug. 19, 1946 in Bluffton to Richard and Melvena Amstutz Lewis. Her mother survives in Bluffton.
She retired from Riverdale School where she taught physical education and also retired from the Arlington Pharmacy. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Findlay and the Eastern Star.
She graduated from Bluffton High School and Findlay College.
I hope this happens to you some day. It happened to Mark Twain, I think. You know the story about Twain apparently seeing his obituary in the newspaper and then following up with his famous: "the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
