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. By Sandra Diller and Connie Patterson
Bluffton's first post office was started in 1837 with a Daniel Gobel as postmaster. Mr. Gobel received a salary of fifteen dollars a year and mail was distributed at the post office once a month.
Night at the Museum part 2 – Some of history’s most famous men and women stopped in Bluffton briefly last week. They shared some of their career high points – and low points – with an enthusiastic audience of community residents.
There was Louis XIV, Cincinnatus, Shakespeare, Johannes Guttenberg, Rosa Parks, Empress Wu, Mozart, St. Catherine of Siena and many more.
Cory-Rawson High School won the "people's choice award" in this year's ODOT District 1 annual Paint the Plow contest, announced recently.
The C-R award was decided based on social media votes. Cory-Rawson collected 654 votes in the Facebook contest.
ODOT District 1 has held a Paint the Plow contest annually since 2014. It allows high schools and vocational schools within the district’s eight-county region to paint an ODOT snowplow blade with a message of school spirit, Ohio pride, patriotism or safety.
Derek Swartzlander, Bluffton High School senior, is the May BHS student of the month.
He is a member of the BHS band, cross country team, track team, academic team and is in drama club. He attends St. Mary's Catholic Church.
In his spare time he likes to play the guitar and write. For post secondary options he took classes at Bluffton University including Calculus I, Accounting I and II. He also took Introduction to Sociology from the University of Findlay. And, with Jamie Erford, he took College Writing. After graduation he will attend Xavier and major in Accounting.
The village of Bluffton has an opening for a fiscal officer. Mayor Richard Johnson has accepted the resignation of Laura Ewing, fiscal officer, who has accepted a new position.
Her last day will be May 24, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.
Ewing was hired as fiscal officer on Sept. 6, 2017. She replaced Nancy Kindle, who resigned on Aug. 14. Kindle was village fiscal officer from 2006 to 2017.
