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First Mennonite youth choir - 1961

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 10, 2013 - 11:54am

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If you look closely you can identify almost every singer in this photo. It is the youth choir of the First Mennonite Church, with Earl Lehman conducting. The photo was taken in Founders Hall during the 1961 Bluffton centennial pageant. 

The youth in the photo today range from approximately 58 to 63 years old. Leland Gerber took the photo.

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Interurban line south of Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 29, 2013 - 12:34pm

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Here's a glass negative contact print taken close to what was called "Gratz Crossing," south of Bluffton taken sometime in the early 1900s. The rails are the Western Ohio Railway. Note the poles and wires. The line was electric. The brick house on the far right of the photo stands today. Its location is on North Dixie Highway where the road turns east to cross Interstate 75.

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St. John's UCC centennial float

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 18, 2013 - 2:01pm

Bluffton's 1961 centennial parade - CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

Bluffton photographer Leland Gerber took this photo from the rooftop of his photo studio. it is now part of the Citizens National Bank . The only house on the east side of Main that still stands is the brick house on the far left. The other houses are now Chase and the Bluffton Public Library.

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Bluffton College centennial float

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2013 - 9:22am

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Here's Bluffton College's float in the 1961 Bluffton centennial parade. We recognized Bill Steiner in the center. Perhaps Icon viewers can identify the other three persons on the float. (Leland Gerber photo).

 

 

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Hospital centennial float

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 4, 2013 - 8:38am

Here's the Bluffton Community Hospital float during the 1961 Bluffton centennial.  We invite Icon viewers to identify the people on the float.

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238,855 miles from the moon to Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 27, 2013 - 12:23pm

Here's a photo from the 1961 Bluffton Centennial "children's parade." Leland Gerber took the photo. Any idea on who the astronaut behind the shades, beard and football helmet might be? We are trying to figure out how this float entry is propelled. Is it a garden tractor?

Icon viewers thoughts are welcome.

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