Ron Geiser provide The Icon with another view of the Bluffton old car parade from 1960. This view is from what is today Tu Pueblo looking south on Main Street. Notice the many changes to downtown.
How many Model-T Ford-era vehicles can you count. This is an aerial view of the 1961 Bluffton parade of antique vehicles. The parade took place during the centennial celebration. Leland Gerber took the photo and it appears that he took it while standing on the roof of his photo studio on South Main Street.
There are several other sites to observe in this 1961 Main Street photo. Look closely where the historical mural is today, for starters.
Next check out the sign in front of what is today Common Grounds Coffeehouse.
If you were in Bluffton in 1961 then you had an opportunity to pay money for a raffle to win this car. Gene Benroth, the driving force behind the centennial and the car raffle, is in the driver's seat. The car was eventually won by Merl Watkins.
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Here's a photo from the 1961 Bluffton cenntennial. It is taken inside the Black county school, (still standing today). In 1961 it was at the corner of State Route 69 and State Route 103. Today 69 is 235.
The photo shows a "mock" class in session. The teacher is Mrs. Annie Pifer, who was once a teacher at the school.
