Sep 12, 2023
85 school years ago in Bluffton
Meet your grade school teacher Meet the Bluffton elementary school teachers during the 1938-39 school year. Front from left, Theola...
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Sep 12, 2023
1969: When Bluffton was a Ford and Buick town
Here's Bixel Ford on Cherry Street It’s 1969 on Cherry Street, Bluffton. No, that’s not M&R Plumbing and Heating. That’s Bixel Ford. You...
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Sep 11, 2023
1963 Beaverdam HS senior officers
Bob Boop, Jerry Fett, Jerry Neely, Bud Eckenweiler, Dwain Crawford Beaverdam High School 1963 senior class officers. From left, Bob Boop,...
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Sep 11, 2023
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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Sep 7, 2023
Could be members of an exclusive club
Maybe the all-men's Quaint Klub of Bluffton There are many familiar last names in this photograph of young Bluffton men. It is possible...
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Sep 7, 2023
August, 1947: A sound foreign to Bluffton's ears
The first-ever diesel locomotive passed through town on a test run Sunday’s run of the demonstrator was witnessed by only a handful of...
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Sep 6, 2023
Suddenly it's 1908 and the coffee shop doesn't exist
In its place is Hauenstein's drug store at 101 S. Main St. Let's go inside and take a look around Let’s walk into a familiar Bluffton...
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Sep 6, 2023
It's really this deep!
Bluffton's National Quarry on Jefferson Street is a huge fish tank Can you imagine draining the National Quarry? The result would...
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Sep 5, 2023
75 years ago Bluffton was hot for "ham"
It even had an amateur radio club Seventy-five years ago, Bluffton was an active player in the ham (aka amateur radio) airwaves. It had...
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Sep 3, 2023
Nearly retired farmers of America
Attending Bluffton High School during the 1965-66 school year Members of the Bluffton High School Future Farmers of America during the...
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Sep 3, 2023
Bluffton 6th graders in 1950-51
Theola Steiner taught this class - BHS graduating class of 1957 Here are members of the Bluffton High School graduating class of 1957...
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Sep 2, 2023
Their sport was softball
Triplett team went 16-1 in tough competition Here are members of the Triplett softball team which concluded one of its most successful...
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Sep 1, 2023
Outstanding in their field - love those Stetson hats
Meet the Bluffton HS Future Farmers of America 1936-37 This photo makes us want to go out and purchase a nice Stetson hat. Meet the...
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Sep 1, 2023
Here's where Blufftonites vacationed in 1947
The list with over 50 family vacations is on the front page of the Bluffton News How did you spend your summer vacation? If you lived in...
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Aug 30, 2023
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 29, 2023
Meet 1910 St. John's Reformed confirmation class
With Niswanders, Basingers, Luginbuhls, Matters and Criblezs Members of the 1910 St. John’s Reformed Church (today it is St. John's...
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Aug 28, 2023
There's still time to purchase school supplies
Including books, pencils, paper and slates Despite the fact that the 2023-24 school year is already underway, there’s still a chance to...
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