- 5 days ago
- 1 min
64 Christmases ago in downtown Bluffton
The Charles Co. offered clothes for the entire family in 1959 Iconic Christmas ads Part 3 The Charles Co. no longer exists on Bluffton’s...
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- Dec 2
- 1 min
A to Z new 1951 truck fleet
Today this location is M & R Plumbing and Heating It’s 1951 in Bluffton. Two new A to Z trucks posed for this photo in front of Bixel...
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- Nov 27
- 1 min
65 school years ago at Beaverdam HS
Lots of familiar last names including Simon, Herr, White, Arnold, Bowers, Tripplehorn and others Our next performance is by the Beaverdam...
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- Nov 15
- 1 min
When Bluffton had flower shows
Entries covered the entire Founders Hall floor We go through organization cycles, don’t we? Bluffton once had a square dance club, a ham...
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- Sep 13
- 1 min
65 school years ago
School's out for the day at Bluffton High School It’s fall 1958. Here’s a view of West College Avenue taken at the corner of Main and...
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- Sep 11
- 1 min
70 Bluffton school years ago
Here's the school board in 1953 Meet members of the Bluffton school board in 1953. From left. Rev. Vernon Opperman, vice-president;...
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- Aug 30
- 2 min
Bluffton's changing rural scene
Farm auctions from 1939, 1946 and 1959 show how we've changed Here are three examples of farm auctions from the decades of the 1930s,...
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- Aug 28
- 1 min
Taking a 1959 walk up Main Street
When most vehicles drink leaded gas - and gas mileage is not a consideration It’s Bluffton’s Main Street in 1959. Here’s what you see: •...
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- Aug 22
- 1 min
It's Clarence Kooker's first class
BHS class of 1960 as fourth graders in 1951-52 Here is the Bluffton High School class of 1960 as fourth graders in Clarence Kooker's...
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- Aug 22
- 1 min
Meet members of the BHS class of '68
During the 1957-58 school year in Mrs. Klay's second grade Jeannette Klay’s second grade – (BHS class of 1968), 1957-58 school year. Top...
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- Aug 22
- 2 min
Bluffton’s masterpiece of Victorian architecture and higher education
A collection of John Murray photos of that building at the end of Church Street Don’t miss additional photos at the bottom of this story...
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- Aug 22
- 2 min
They graduated from BHS from 1950 to 1959
BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS MEMBERS FROM 1950 T0 1959 Class of 1950 Peter Eugene Hankish, president Virginia Kay Berry, vice-president...
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- Aug 22
- 1 min
Meet the BHS class of 1958
They are sixth graders in Theola Steiner's class Meet members of the Bluffton High School graduating class of 1958 when they were in the...
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- Aug 22
- 1 min
1951 Bluffton twins and triplets
This Bluffton grade school story is believed to be from the Lim News. It is a photograph of each of the twins and triplets in the...
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- Aug 22
- 1 min
Mixed grade of first and second graders
Ruby Murray's pupils during the 1951-52 school year were member of the BHS graduating classes of 1962 and 1963 Ruby Murray taught a mixed...
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- Aug 22
- 1 min
72 school years ago - it can't be!
Meet members of the BHS class of 1962 in Meredith Stepleton's first grade It’s the 1950-51 school year in Bluffton. Meet members of the...
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- Aug 22
- 1 min
Clarence Kooker's fifth graders
Members of the Bluffton HS class of 1965 Meet the Bluffton High School class of 1965 as fifth graders in the classroom of Clarence Kooker...
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- Aug 8
- 3 min
In recognition of International Cat Day
A Bluffton cat story you will never forget – November 1956 mystery animal killed five coon dogs in rural Bluffton In recognition of...
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- Aug 3
- 4 min
Bluffton's 1957 fascination with Sputnik
• Maynard Geiger recorded its "beeps" • Residents watch it pass over the nightime sky • H.W. Berky asks:"Is it worthwhile to sacrifice...
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- Jul 20
- 2 min
Santa's 1950s visit to Bluffton
Note: Dennis Morrison shared the photo with us. Christmas in downtown Bluffton in the early 1950s. Two photographs of Santa Claus...
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