

Mar 6, 2024
Meet Isaac Newton Good and his twin Abraham
Bluffton News editor Ted Biery had lots to say about them; They may have been the oldest living twins in Ohio No one denies Bluffton has...
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Mar 5, 2024
BHS's 1st state track runner-up trophy
Steve Bruskotter coached the team that included state qualifiers Bruce Matter, Jon Parkins and Jerry Shaw Forty-six track seasons ago the...
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Mar 4, 2024
1930s Bluffton Sportsmen's project
Planting walnut seedlings in rural Bluffton In the early 1930s members of the Bluffton Sportsmen’s Club planted walnut tree seedlings on...
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Mar 3, 2024
What flew over Bluffton in June 1955?
It rattled residents enough to call the State Highway Patrol demanding answers Attention UFO buffs: On June 2, 1955, a low-flying...
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Mar 1, 2024
John Hartzler
8th in our series of famous BHS alumni He's the reason the Bluffton HS mascot is the Pirate Became assistant superintendent of Akron City...
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Mar 1, 2024
A class with 35 6th graders in 1921
Marjorie Day (Basinger) taught this class, which graduated from BHS in 1927 Meet the Bluffton High School class of 1927, perhaps as 6th...
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Feb 28, 2024
It's 1986 - how many band uniforms ago ?
Bluffton HS marching band is the Bluffton sesquicentennial parade - Phillip Wilson, director It's Bluffton 1986 125th anniversary parade...
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Feb 27, 2024
1920s-era Bluffton College relay team
The guy on the right looks familiar - he's Milford Haas, one-time Pandora business owner As winter sports conclude and spring sports are...
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Feb 26, 2024
Unpardonable sins, secret sins & secret societies
1889 Bluffton sermon series in the town hall didn't end well Heaven, hell, the unpardonable sin, secret sins and secret societies...
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Feb 23, 2024
Judge and Mayor Ralph S. Locher
7th in our series of famous Bluffton High School alumni; Ralph Locher rose to the top of Ohio's political world, became Cleveland mayor...
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Feb 22, 2024
Could you teach this class of mixed 1st & 2nd graders?
Meredith Stepleton handled this assignment in 1937-38 Meet a mixed class of first and second graders in Meredith Stepleton’s class during...
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Feb 21, 2024
BHS class of 1949 in first grade
Grace Cox is the teacher of the class during the 1937-38 school year Meet pupils in Grace Cox’s 1937-38 first grade. These students were...
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Feb 20, 2024
Presidential candidate spoke here 101 years ago
William Jennings Bryan's visit was part of the 1922-23 college series; and some thoughts on why Bluffton succeeds in these ventures Few...
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Feb 19, 2024
33 first graders in Mrs. Murray's class
BHS 1969 grads in the 1957-58 school year Members of the Bluffton High School class of 1969 who attended Ruby Murray’s first grade during...
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Feb 18, 2024
1948 fundraiser benefit basketball game
Featuring area all-stars: • Bluffton Sportsmen vs. Buckeye Coaches • Bluffton Dunrik vs. Findlay Zierolfs April 7, 1948 Bluffton News –...
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Feb 16, 2024
Dr. Rosella Biederman Boehm
6th in our series of famous Bluffton High School alumni; Pioneer Bluffton-Jenera physician with original intention of becoming a medical...
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Feb 14, 2024
Meet Bluffton Boys Scouts of 1941
Karl Gable, scoutmaster and Paul Wingate, assistant scoutmaster Meet the Bluffton Boy Scouts of 1941 with Karl Gable scoutmaster and Paul...
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