Updated 3 January 2003       URL is http://our.tentativetimes.net/city/index.html
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Index for Nostalgia e-zine NOSTALGIA and SMALL TOWNS
New:Historic Apron Show at the Creative Arts Council	New: Wells County Creative Arts Council's Lamp Decorating Contest, 2002 and their chair decorating contest, 2001
1-1-2003 Bluffton Polar Bear Dip! Plunging into the New Year at the old Psi Ote ice-covered pond!		An Ellenberger Auction!
Divine Luncheon of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	New Harmony, Indiana, a must-visit town	Flushed With Pride  Our new sewage plant open house and spectacular Christmas lights display.
The annual James Dean car show	Wells County Creative Arts Council's Chair Decorating Contest, 2001	WOW!! Indiana's Historic Radio Museum including the novelty radios and accessories there
Ed Lepold's Pearls and Gold Dust kustom Merc and Ginny and Alfred Gregory's Mercillac, The Crisco Kid or Praise the Lowered	Humane Society woes, Friends of the Shelter triumph!	Toast & Jam coffeehouse At The Dash-In Cafe
Gene Stratton-Porter's Limberlost Swamp and Geneva, Indiana	Fairmount, Indiana	City/County basketball fund-raiser game
In two parts: About Bluffton, Indiana and how we all taught each other how to use the Internet	Suzanne Miller's Remarkable Salad	Fine Dining at the RittenHouse but do try to avoid my (mostly old) Bluffton Notices
Bill Weinhardt's many Ham Radio columns and the Wells County Amateur Radio Club and our 1999 Ham Radio Field Day	The Dutch Mill Fire with Bud Deihl's photos Our Bummies1950s drive-in	Arnold's Drive-In A poem by Phil Ziegler on the great 1950s.
Bluffton High School Alumni	Southern Wells Alumni	Lancaster Central and Norwell alumni
Melinda Gerber obituary	Herman Zepps	The Bohemian Bean coffeeshop-cafe, in Bluffton
Murray Indiana; it's da bomb!	Updates on Lydia Murray	Boys and Girls Club Winchester Gun Show by Dale Krinn
Druelinger family reunion	Life in a small German city	Ancient local news that still draws email. Needs updating.

Comments on Nostalgia pages

The city pages and the nostalgia pages have joined forces in Nostalgia, an e-magazine here. After all, living in small towns is nostalgic, for we have the life that all the city folk fondly remember. You can learn a great deal about Bluffton or see drive-in restaurants and car shows. Visit an auction or see a huge Winchester gun collection. Take side trips to James Dean's Fairmount Indiana, Gene Stratton-Porter's Geneva Indiana or the Indiana Historical Radio Museum. Enjoy.
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After you read all my pages, visit the Official Bluffton Indiana website.
For more small town atmosphere, visit Fairmount Indiana, boyhood home of James Dean, or find out about Gene Stratton-Porter and her Limberlost Swamp, in Adams County. Also see the new pages on the Indiana Historic Radio Museum in Ligonier, Indiana.

Arnold's 50s Drive-In Restaurant in Decatur, Indiana rocks and rolls! Arnold's Drive-In raised $1,800 for Lydia Murray's liver transplant! This is a darling restaurant with perky people, inside and outside dining and a most unusual neon sign. There is a new 70-seat 1960s room in the back of the restaurant now.

Wow, this is unique. A never-to-be-repeated benefit, a show of the most complete Winchester collection ever, along with Dale Krinn's Civil War and Native American memorabilia. Did you know they used to use a buffalo bladder for a canteen? Worked very well. Live and learn, at Our Tentative Times journey through Dale Krinn's Gun Show.

This e-zine is created, written and (mostly)  photographed by Sandra Weinhardt, email editor@tentativetimes.net