Elders of Maple Crest invites the community to view displays of hobbies and collections from 19 elders from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 11, in the Maple Crest Patio Room.
The show ranges from Oliver Lugibihl’s nuts and jams to Paul Klassen’s water color paintings to Jim Smith’s toy farm equipment to Becky Sprunger’s knitting - plus many other displays.
A celebration of the life of Dr. Howard M. Shelly, M.D., who died May 4, 2019, takes place from 5 to 8 p.m., Sunday, July 14, at The Centre, 601 N. Main St., Bluffton.
The evening’s activities includes signing a guest book. Making an audio recording of your favorite Dr. Shelly story, or bring a written memory. There will be three scheduled sessions of memory sharing and hymn singing.
Guests are invited to bring a pie to share with others.
The Court of Appeals of Ohio Third Appellate District has reversed – rendering null and void – the April, 2018, conviction of Dr. James A. Gideon, M.D., Bluffton rheumatology and internal medicine physician, on three misdemeanor charges in Lima Municipal Court.
The court of appeals issued its judgment on June 24.
Note: Bluffton sixth graders in the 1953-54 school year (graduating class of 1960) created a booklet titled "The Bluffton Story." The following article is part of that booklet, which is now in the history collection at the Bluffton Public Library. This series continues each week on the Icon. "The Bluffton Slaw Cutter Company" By Robert Kimmet and Gerald Tschiegg
One of the small industries of the town that was founded in 1915, by John Fett and Sam Kimmel, is the Bluffton Slaw Cutter Company.
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO), St. John Mennonite Church of Pandora, and The Swiss Community Historical Society (SCHS) have received a bequest from the estate of Arthur E. Gratz of Pandora.
Gratz, 84, died on Octo 22, 2018 at Hilty Memorial Home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Kline Gratz.
Kathleen requests that instead of gifts to her, persons make donations to the Bluffton Community Assistance food pantry at the St. John's United Church of Christ.
Kathleen Mikkelsen will blow out a birthday cake with 102 candles on July 3.
The resident of Mennonite Memorial Home grew up on South Main Street, Bluffton, and graduated in the BHS class of 1935.
Although in 1939 she married and moved from Bluffton, she never left home.
