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Swiss Historical Society's winter homestead event reset for Jan. 11

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 5, 2014 - 4:13pm

The Swiss Community Historical Society will reschedule “Christmas at the Homestead” on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 1 to 7 p.m. 

The holiday open house event was cancelled in December due to weather. The public is invited to tour the decorated house while snacking on homemade treats and listening to songs of the season. 

Guests can watch bread being baked in the fireplace oven, hand dip a candle, play a game of checkers, shop in the gift shop and chat with staff about the history of the house and typical life in the 1840s.

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Bluffton-Pandora's oldest tradition continues this evening

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 31, 2013 - 2:56pm

Join Bluffton-Pandora's oldest tradition at 5 p.m. on New Year's Eve. New year's carolers will sing David Rothen's carols in German at Mennonite Memorial Home. Following caroling at MMH the singers will go to Maple Crest. This is a program of the Swiss Community Historical Society and the public is invited to participate.

By Fred Steiner
To best understand our community, it's helpful to appreciate the musical gene of those who carry a Bluffton birthmark.

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Here's Dec. 16 Bluffton elementary Christmas concert program

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 16, 2013 - 10:40am

Bluffton Elementary Christmas Concert
(This concert was originally scheduled for Dec. 9 but was changed to Dec. 16 due to school being cancelled on Dec. 9)
 

Monday, December 16, 2013  1:30 p.m. 
High School Gymnasium 

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Relay has flat screen TV raffle underway

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 12, 2013 - 11:40am

Bluffton Area Relay for Life is raffling off a 32-inch Element flat screen TV. The drawing is Thursday, Dec. 19. Tickets are $3 each or two for $5 with all proceeds go to Bluffton Relay for Life.

Tickets available at Polished, Chase, and Village Cut & Curl or you may call Lynda Best 419-296-2790.

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Open house at Bridenbaugh one-room school on Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 10, 2013 - 9:16pm

The restored 1889 Bridenbaugh Schoolhouse, located at Roads 6 and M6 north of Pandora, will be open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 1 - 5 p.m., according to Dale Bridenbaugh.

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Western Ohio Lincoln Highway Assn. meets Dec. 17

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 9, 2013 - 9:37pm

 

The Gomer Congregational Church will host this month’s Lincoln Highway Association Western Ohio Chapter meeting. 

The meeting is at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the church, 7350 Gomer Road, Gomer, one block south of the Lincoln Highway.

After attendees order dinner individually from Uncle Al's menu, there will be a presentation about Admiral Byrd's Snow Cruiser that crashed through a bridge in Gomer in 1939.  After the presentation, members will visit the Gomer Welsh Community Museum.  The public is invited.

 

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