Historical Bluffton

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Here's the Bluffton College women's basketball team from the 1977-78 season.

Standing from left, Linda Heiman, Jean Chamberlin, Pris Funk, Sherry King (coach), Mary Cypers, Sherry Brielmaier, Sue Cramer.

Front from left, Amy Streb, Lori Gratz, Jan Althaus, Dru Yoder and Cathy Schroer.

Two members of the team were Bluffton High School grads: Lori Gratz and Sue Cramer.

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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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