Note: This update on the Swiss Community Historical Society is reprinted from the society's recent newsletter.
By Phil Kingsley, president of the society
In the wake of the June 2010 Swiss Day the Society's Board has begun exploring some new directions and possibilities, and has reorganized some of its committee structure to support this.
Saturday's fall festival had a real bounce to it. The Bluffton Baptist Church had a kid's activities area on Vine Street. One of the activities was this inflatable bouncing room.
This could be your great-grandfather. Sorry to say, the young man from Bluffton is unidentified. Will Triplett took the portrait around 1900. The more you study the photo, the more things jump out at you. Check out our model's left hand, for example. Is that a pocket watch chain near his right hand?
Bluffton University's annual fall choral concert is set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, in Yoder Recital Hall. Free and open to the public, the concert will showcase three choirs: Camerata Singers and Accent!, each directed by Dr. Mark J. Suderman, and Bel Canto, directed by David Sawatzky. Anna Stembler-Smith will accompany both Accent! and Bel Canto on piano, while Allison Ringold will accompany Camerata Singers.
