This photos contains some Bluffton viewers' great and possibly great-great-"relatives."
Nearly 10 decades ago, these youngsters performed as the Sunbeam Band under the sponsorship of the Bluffton Lutheran Church.
Although members of the band were drawn from all denominations, the Lutherans sponsored the band because leader Turley Rupright was a member of that congregation.
Sunbeam Band members were:
Front from left, W.A. “Hap” Stratton and Harold Beals.
We know this is the Bluffton High School class of 1976. We also know Esther Emmert is the teacher when this class was in the elementary. We welcome class members to send us identification of the students.
Here are two photos, circa 1912, with Agnes Amstutz standing and Hallie Thut (seated). The second photo is Hazel Boothby (left) and Agnes Amstutz (right). Agnes graduated from Bluffton High School in 1913 and Hallie Thut Althaus graduated from BHS in 1912.
These two photos were provided to the Icon by Alan Eaton.
Here's a Bluffton elementary class photo of Esther Emmert's class. We don't know the grade level or the graduating year of the class, or even the member names.
Vera Basinger is the teacher in the elementary class photo taken by Leland Gerber. The Icon iinvites viewers to provide identifications of the students and the class year. Send to: [email protected]
