The Icon spotted this 1951 Ohio plate at the Wheels Fest' in June.
Here are some events that took place that year: The Yankees defeated the Giants in the World Series, the cost of a first-class stamp was 3 cents, the 22nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It limited the number of terms a president may serve.
Yul Brynner made his first appearance as the king in "The King and I." J.D. Salinger wrote "The Catcher in the Rye."
Four members of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Association will receive a life membership in August. Each of the four will turn 90 this month. Those members are James Oberly, Evelyn Lugibihl, Gretchen Lehman and Dorothy Hoffman.
Bluffton Senior Citizens Center's August dinner meeting is at 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 8. The meal is $6.50 and tickets must be reserved by Wednesday, Aug. 3. Schnipke's Inn, Ottawa, will cater the dinner.
The featured entertainment is Jill Bland, singer. Clarence Kooker is the MC and Marilyn Wymer and friends are hostesses.
The landscape of Bluffton University is changing as you read this article. With the groundbreaking earlier this month of a new health and fitness center, work is now underway.
The former Bluffton University softball field below Marbeck Center is now a dirt track for heavy vehicles. Dirt is being brought to the site to lift it above the Riley Creek flood plain.
St. John Mennonite Church annexation project into the Village of Pandora will cost the village (including engineering fees) is estimated to be $145,648.50. That estimate was announced at the recent Pandora council meeting on July 12.
Other action at the meeting follow, through the report of the council minutes:
The Pandora Village Council met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
July 12, 2011, at 7:00 PM at the Municipal Building with Mayor, John Schlumbohm, presiding.
Pandora's Riley Creek Festival is Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13. Events on Friday include a car show, outdoor movie, food and carnival games.
Saturday's events include a parade, breakfast and lunch, chicken barbecue, health fair, performers, punt, pass and kick contest for youth, an auction an activities for children.
For a complete schedule open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
