Historical Bluffton

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Here are some familiar Bluffton names...Lehman, Steiner, Hilty, Sprunger, Lugibihl, Gratz, Gerber, Schumacher, Diller...and the list goes on.

It's the Bluffton College women's Hiking Club from the 1924-25 school year. Look closely. You might find a great-grandmother in this photo, that appears to be taken on the Ropp Hall steps.

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This photo was taken on the old gymnasium stage and it's the entire Bluffton High School class of 1955 - only as 7th graders. There's some familiar names and faces in this photo. You'll find the names under the photo.

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It was the 1952-53 school year. Here's the Bluffton High School class of 1956 as freshmen. 

Don't you love the way the boys' jeans are rolled up?

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Here's the Bluffton school board of education during the 1957-58 school year. 

Seated from left: A.B. Murray, Paul Stauffer, Mrs. Corson (clerk).

Standing from left: Harvey Burkholder, Kenneth Lugiinbuhl, Dr. Boyd W. Travis, Maurice Bell and Kimmel Marshall

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These are Baby Boomers. They Bluffton eighth graders are children of the Great Depression. Born in the early 1930s, they were in the eighth grade when this photo was taken in the 1945-46 school year.

They are members of the Bluffton High School graduating class of 1950, so they started their adult lives at the mid-point of the 20th century.

Click on the image to enlarge the photo. You'll recognize several people.

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Here's members of the Bluffton High School class of 1950 as eighth graders. The photos is from the 1945-46 Buccaneer.

This students aren't "Baby Boomers." Instead, they were born in 1932-33-34 era and are children of the Great Depression. As high school graduates in 1950 they saw the 20th century at its mid-point.

Look closely and you'll see some familar faces and names. CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IMAGE.

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