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Memories
October 2015
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Montgomery Memories is edited by
Karen Bazzani Zach and is designed by Stu
Clampitt.
Montgomery Memories is a publication of
The Paper of Montgomery County.
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
SUZIE ZACH BALDWIN is the Circulation
Manager and Adult Programming Librarian
at the Crawfordsville District Public Library.
She has a Masters of Library Science (IUPUI)
and an English Education Degree from St.Mary-of-the-Woods-College. Married over 20
years to Steve Baldwin, they are the parents
of three children, (AJ, Dane and Reilley Jo).
Suzie enjoys her church family and working
at Rock Point Church in numerous capacities. Loves being with her family, playing and
watching about any kind of ball, exercising,
reading and of course, laughing!
MONA CLOUSE has lived in Montgomery
County most of her life. She and
her husband, Rich, have three
children and five grandchildren.
She retired from Wabash College in 2009. Her passions are
writing, reading, scrapbooking
and her grandchildren.
JERRY TURNER is a creative person. He
likes to draw, take pictures of nature, scenery, and anything to do with
Montgomery County. He writes
poems and short stories and
recently began a new historical
magazine called, Montgomery
County’s History and Folklore
(http://mchistoryandfolklore.weebly.com/).
Born, raised and schooled in Montgomery
County, Jerry has a Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University in History.
JODIE STEELMAN WILSON is the
Head of the Reference and
Local History Department at
Crawfordsville District Public
Library, is a member of the
Society of Indiana Archivists,
is married to Michael and has
two daughters, Annie and Allie. The family
recently moved to Crawfordsville. She is one
of the co-authors of Hidden History of Montgomery County, Indiana.
KAREN BAZZANI ZACH has been a contributor of local historical articles
for 40 years. A native Montgomery Countian, she grew up
in Waveland, married Jim Zach,
and received her grad degree
from IU while working at CDPL
as Children’s Librarian. Karen authored one
of the newer county histories, Crawfordsville:
Athens of Indiana. After teaching English at
Turkey Run HS for 21 years, she retired and
is now enjoying visiting with her two children
(Jay and Suzie), writing, reading, scrapping
and grandkidding!
This is our county . . . Get your memories in print.
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NEW READS
 New Reads @ the Library
By Suzie Zach Baldwin
Fall is here and I imagine so will be the crisp air, apple cider, pumpkin pie and little goblins
lining the street awaiting candy. Autumn is also a wonderful time to begin reading after the chaos which comes with summer and the beginning of the school year. So, let’s talk books!
Hope Harbor is known as the place where hearts heal and love blooms. But, Tracy Campbell
never wanted to leave this ideal spot in Oregon. Her family owned a cranberry farm for the past
three generations and she craved this location. Then, love altered her plans. Unfortunately the
farm begins to flounder and she is left with a wounded heart and a guarded secret so she returns
to Hope Harbor. A visitor from Chicago, who also has daunted secrets, is recruited by Tracy to
assist in a project. Can these two heal each other and bring hope to others … pick up a copy of
Irene Hannon’s book to find out.
If you crave a book full of twisting, gripping events then snatch Remember Mia by Alexandra
Burt. Main character Estelle Paradise wakes up in a hospital after being found near dead at the
bottom of a ravine. Estelle’s memory is fragmented and she fears it is a horrifying event. This
loss in actuality is her seven-month-old daughter was taken from her Brooklyn apartment and she
doesn’t know why or how. This riveting, emotional roller coaster will have you flipping pages
quickly in this psychological thriller.
Another suspense-filled novel is The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. Rich. This mesmerizing
and terrifying book throws psychology student Morgan Prager into a whirlwind of deception, and
shocking revelations on every page. Will Prager discover why her fiancé Bennett was hiding the
truth? Will she be able to rescue what she cares the most about? Will she survive herself?
Another psychological thriller is presented by Caroline Kepnes in You. You starts as an aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into a bookstore. Joe, the employee at the bookstore, decides
Guinevere is perfect for him. Will the unrelenting accidents throw the gorgeous, razor-smart
and sexy Beck into Joe’s arms? Joe is perfect for her, custom made you might think. Or will
Beck realize in time that being in Joe’s arms is the last place she would want to be.
If Remember Mia, You, and The Hand That Feeds You sound too “exciting” try Radiant
Angel by Nelson DeMille. This seventh book in the John Corey character series is packed with
memorable characters, political commentary, gritty atmosphere and action. The Providence Sunday Journal hails this book as the best thriller of the year in which the Diplomatic Surveillance
Group is concerned with a newly resurgent Russia. If it drives you crazy to start a series already
in progress, choose Plum Island (book 1 where John Corey gets his start).
Whether you enjoy romances, thrillers or just a simple mystery the library can help with that!
Grab a book, a blanket and a comfy seat and get lost in a superb story!
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THIS ISSUE OF MONTGOMERY MEMORIES IS DEDICATED TO:
HORNER FAMILY
Horner’s began on the first day of June
1933 in the Depression era and Russell
Horner still made a go of it. Many
dealers were closing but when Russ
Horner got the chance for the Pontiac/
Buick dealership in Crawfordsville, it
was a done deal. In fact, the building
he purchased at 222 E. Market had
been a Buick dealership that had folded.
Russell Horner was born in Monon in
March, 1910 to John Francis and Mary
E. Russell, graduated from Lafayette Jeff
then on to the University of Illinois for
a business degree. His father and uncle
were also in the car business, dad in
Monon with Ford and his uncle a Chevy
dealer which he later sold to DeFouw in
Lafayette.
In 1916 the two Horner brothers decided to leave on the 9 p.m. train out of Lafayette to Detroit, get there in the a.m.,
buy some cars and be back home that
evening. However big surprises were in
store. They went to the Dodge dealers
but they didn’t have any. This was of
course in the day when vehicles were
all made by hand and cars were selling
quickly, thus causing an extremely high
demand. Everyone wanted one, some
for show, some for work. Went to the
Buick dealers in Flint, Michigan but they
couldn’t get the Horners made any until
fall. Since they had already been to all
the car makers, the Buick folks suggested
to the boys to go on down in the valley
that a guy was just getting started making
cars and to check with him. They saw
some man with overalls on who turned
out to be none other than Louis Chevrolet. No cars at that time but he told them
he could get them three cars each by the
next week. Sold and that was the start of
Horner’s business.
While in the Army, Russell Horner’s
employees kept the place going. His
twin sons, John and Jim, joined him
after finishing their schooling and now
the third generation with John’s son,
Sam has Horner’s Corner right behind
the uptown CVS store. More than sure
Sam would love to sell ya’ a car. We’ve
purchased a couple from them and
they’re good people. Russell Horner
was pleased to see his agency pass its
50th year as an active dealer for Pontiac/
Buick. More years have been added
since.
The pluses, or at least it seems to me,
are that Horner’s are honest folks who
keep up with the times. For instance, in
1949, the Horners knew that farm trucks
were valuable items to the people in our
community and they sent out post cards
advertising their GMC trucks. “The ’49
GMC is better looking, better riding,
better built!” The 6-cylinder, valve-inhand engine, “mounted in the strongest
and sturdiest chassis is larger, roomier,
more economical and safer.”
This month’s Montgomery Memories
is dedicated to not only the Horner family who has been solid business owners in
our community, but to all of those great
car dealers in Montgomery County!
We’d love to hear from you.
Have something to share? A poem, a story, a comment on this month’s issue?
Email Karen Zach: [email protected]
subject: Montgomery Memories, and share your thoughts.
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Looking
through
rearview
mirrors
By Jodie Steelman Wilson
Montgomery Memories
Not everyone appreciates the research
potential of antique photographs, but
that claim certainly can’t be made of
Texan Randy Cummings, who sought
out CDPL’s archives to donate a lovely
collection relating to Cummings’ great
grandfather, Crawfordsville car dealer
Forest Cummings. Just over a year ago,
Randy Cummings contacted CDPL by
mail, offering us an absolute treasure:
a photograph of his great-grandfather’s
car business in 1914. (Forest Cummings
is the gentleman in the far right car,
holding a cigarette.) While an amazing
image based solely on the documentation
of the business, its owner, and employees, this photograph also reveals exactly
what buildings stood where Chase Bank
is now located at the corner of S. Washington and E. Pike St. (St. Bernard’s
Catholic Church, St. Charles Academy)
and what once stood in the empty parking lot to the east of these buildings: the
Cummings Auto Company.
Before the donation, although a few
city directory references existed that
proved there once was a business located
at 115 E. Pike Street, there was no way
for us to visualize what the street would
have been like at that time. But in addition to this rare street view, the donation
provided us with additional photographs
of parade floats and early models of
automobiles for sale, as well as the
agreement signed by Forest Cummings
and his brother, Howard, that details the
purchase price of the dealership property
for a sum of $3,895. The purchase of
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the business was made in January, 1911,
from the Estate of Franklin Cummings,
and included six automobiles plus assorted tires, tire casings, tubes, patches,
rubber cement, horn bulbs, horn reeds,
250 gallons of gasoline, even a pair of
rubber boots! Sounds like quite a deal for
the money!
The Cummings dealership sold Ford
Motor Company, Regal Motor Car, and
Premier Motor Manufacturing Company products. The Indianapolis-based
Premier Company produced cars with
air-cooled engines. Goodrich Tires and
Overland Automobiles were also products sold by the firm in later years.
Although the business purchase was
completed in 1911, Forest and his
brother had come from Indianapolis to
Crawfordsville several years earlier to
operate the garage here. The original
Cummings car dealership was located at
115 E. Pike Street, but soon the company grew to the point that it needed a
more spacious location, which it found
at 112-114 East Market Street. Another
photograph in the Cummings family collection shows the brick building on East
Market, with its gravity-fed gas pump
conveniently located at the curb. (Forest
Cummings is the man standing against
the building just to the right of the gas
pump. He is wearing a vest.)
Unfortunately, Forest Cummings
didn’t live much longer to enjoy his
success. An obituary dated November 3,
1916 in the Crawfordsville Daily Journal
records the death of the well-known
dealership owner. At just 33 years of
age, Cummings returned home after an
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all-day county tour with Republican party members. After bathing after a long
day, he sat down to rest from his day’s
activities, and was overtaken by fumes
from a faulty gas water heater. Although
he cried out before losing consciousness, quick action taken by neighbors
and doctors still failed to revive him. A
short newspaper story published the day
after the funeral reported that more than
40 automobiles (in 1916, a huge number) made up the procession to Oak Hill
Cemetery, and the First United Brethren
church was filled to capacity for the fu-
neral, with more people waiting outside,
hoping to pay their respects.
We thank the Cummings family for
their generosity in sharing their family
history with us, and we encourage others
to consider the value their own family
photographs may hold for others. Does
your family collection include photographs of early local businesses? City
leaders? Great early photographs of local
neighborhoods? Or even if they’re just
excellent photographs of Montgomery
County family members of generations
past, we’d love to see them. Please
Montgomery Memories
contact the CDPL Reference & Local
History department at 362-2242 ext. 117.
Thank you for your assistance!
We all have rich and interesting family
histories. Why not get yours published in
an issue of Montgomery Memories?
Email Karen Zach
[email protected]
subject: Family Memories,
And see them in Montgomery Memories
in the months to come!
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 History
Driving with Saylers, Canines, Galloways
By KAREN BAZZANI ZACH
Montgomery Memories
Dark-haired, blue-eyed Harvey Bayard
Sayler (Col. Harve as he was affectionately known) was an extremely versatile
man. An auctioneer for five decades, he
had other talents, as well. Born the 10th
of February in 1877, he was one of eight
children born to William Thomas Sayler
and Malinda Clodfelter. All of these
children were born in Putnam County
near the small town of Morton on the
Sayler farm. William’s father, Jacob
came from Greene County, Tennessee
and Malinda’s father, Solomon Clodfelter
came from Davidson County, North
Carolina. Solomon is my first cousin
(four times removed), so I’ve always
had an interest in the Clodfelter/Bowers
family (Solomon’s parents were John
Peter Clodfelter and Caty Bowers, who
goes back to one of my Revolutionary
soldiers).
Only two daughters were born to the
William Sayler’s and one of those passed
away as a small child. Two of the boys
also died as youngsters but the rest of
the Saylers all lived long lives. Milbert
and Jake were large land owners near the
New Market area where they farmed for
their entire lives. James Charles “Charlie” and Harvey Bayard were auctioneers
for their livelihoods.
However, for a time, Harve was also
a car dealer. At one time he told the
Waveland Independent newspaper that he
was three months’ behind with his Ford
orders. In April of 1915, H.B. Sayler
had an advertisement in the Waveland
Independent stating, “Exclusive agent for
Ford Automobiles in Brown, Scott and
Clark Townships. Runabouts sell for
$40; Touring Cars $90 plus freight. Both
Phones – New Market.” Toward the
end of WWI, in America, a mighty war
effort for the farming communities came
about with the car folks. The dealers
sold Ford tractors at cost, making no
profit at all. Col. Harve was one of those.
Another car man in this family was
Cline Childers Sayler, who was a mechanic at his own garage in New Market.
Cline was a beloved citizen of the town
and quite a gifted fixer-upper. For a
mere $5, he could fix and tune-up any
mower. About any car could be repaired
in his book. When he retired from his
own business, he went to work at Etters
Ford Dealer in New Market, one of the
longest running dealers in Montgomery
County. Cline’s son, Max must have
gotten his father’s mechanical abilities,
as he worked for GE for a long time,
even working on a variety of spacecraft
projects. Besides Etters (on the corner across from the large white church
right downtown) who also sold gas, and
Cline’s business (where Tolin’s welding
shop has been for a long time), there was
also Stevenson’s which was west of the
old bank. Pretty amazing with three gas
stations so close together in that small
town! Cline and his wife, Teresa were
active members of the Baptist Church in
New Market.
Waveland was the same way. Hopefully, you read in last month’s MM about
our three stations in the 1940-60s. Didn’t
tell you about the little war of the auto
dealers, however! Yes, and indeed it was
constant digging and outsmarting each
other as the two men wanted full control
over car sales in our little burg. One of
the men was Oliver Kersey Galloway.
Use the first and middle name initials
and you’ll know this fellow, I bet. O.K.
Galloway was born in Stone Bluff in
Fountain County on the 22nd of September in 1893 the fourth child born to John
and India Ward Galloway. Altogether
there were seven boys and one daughter,
so O.K. grew-up dealing with lots of
people. Could be why he was such an
amazing car salesman. In fact, it was
very much in his family as three of his
brothers were in the car business as well.
Another great family trait shared by
the Galloway brothers was the love and
playing of music. O.K. was a trumpet
player, Albert played trombone and Jack
and Archie (for 40 years) all played in the
Newtown and other bands together and
alone elsewhere. O.K. began working
on machines at age 15, was married at
Photo provided
H.B. Sayler
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age 23 to Mary Louise Gebhart from his
small home town and moved to Waveland
to begin his car career with an Austin
dealership. Quickly, his little car sales
became a major success. Well, except for
that rivalry, that is!
Ben Canine was the other car dealer
and ‘ol Ben was involved in much wheeling and dealing. I’ve read old Waveland
newspapers since I was a tot and I have
loads of copies and comments in Ben’s
“notes” in my Family Tree Maker. Rob
Canine, the Canine guru, was the first
person to hire me to do his genealogy, so
I have a great deal of energy in this family. Ben has lots of notes in the FTM file,
not all of them complimentary, however.
Truly, he was the owner of bad luck!
Once, he was even picked up for writing
bad checks, but on the way to the jail in
Lebanon, he developed appendicitis, and
instead of going to the pokey, he was
given a free appendectomy.
Ben came from a family half the size of
Galloway’s family and Ben, was the only
son of George W. and Mattie Mitchell
Canine. George was a local farmer but
his real fame came in his amazing molasses each year. In 1900, he made 900
gallons and never had any left the next
spring when it was time to make again.
When you think about 40 gallons of
maple sap being required for one gallon
of molasses, my that man worked hard.
Ben was definitely a hard worker, like his
dad. It just wasn’t always channeled in
the right direction.
Ben had all the aspects of a car dealership and mainly did it all himself. During
this season 84 years ago, Ben experienced
an odd happening. He took his wrecker
to Greencastle to check on a wreck. One
of the cars he had sold to Landy Clodfelter of Fincastle and the other wrecked
vehicle to Frank Bridges of Bainbridge.
Landy’s car had been smashed once
before, repaired to A-1 condition by Ben,
then rewrecked by Clodfelter. This,
by the way, was the second time Landy
wrecked the same car. Third time I’m
thinkin’ was the charm but the newspapers never said whether Ben tried again.
In 1889, one of the nicest buildings was
built in the town of Waveland by John C.
and Charles A. Canine. It was known as
“The Brick Livery Barn.” This is where
later in the 1920-30s, Ben C. Canine
had his gas station/car repair business.
In December of 1929, a gasoline torch
exploded and wiped out this building. He
lost all his garage equipment, 10 cars and
15 radios (he was the Chevy dealer and
Crosley Radio salesman for the area).
Ben also had a severely burned arm.
Luckily, there was a group of men in
his office listening to Harry Lauder on
one of his radios. Now, if you’re my
age (the big Social Security number) or
younger, you may never have heard of
Sir Harry Lauder. I never had, but after
researching him a bit, I found he was the
first Scot to sell a million records. He
toured all over the world in the 1920s,
including 22 US total tours, where he had
his own touring train. Except for a few,
Sir Harry wrote his own music, including
I Love A Lassie basically his theme song
and The End of the Road which was a
tribute to his son who had been killed in
WWI. Lauder collected a vast amount
of money for the war efforts. During
WWI, he literally took his piano to the
front in France and entertained the troops.
Although retired for several years, he
entertained WWII troops as well.
So, while listening to Sir Harry, these
men heard the large blast and ran to Ben’s
aide. It was told in the newspaper that
there was a 150’ ball of flames and after
the Waveland pumper was emptied, the
Russellville, then New Ross, pumpers
came to put more water on the building
and homes near there. There was 1,000
gallons of gas in the underground tanks
but the fire never was near that, at least.
Eight used cars belonging to Ben were
also destroyed. This happened in the
afternoon and by 8 that evening, “everyone in the countryside was in town for
the excitement!” It was quickly estimated
Ben lost $5,000-$8,000 and only had
$3,000 of insurance. However, as Ben’s
luck had it, there were also 15 new cars
in a warehouse so the sales business flourished. Another time Ben had four, new
Red-top tires stolen, yet they were found
in Terre Haute awhile afterwards.
The rivalry for the car sales continued with O.K. Galloway constructing a
large show-room to sell his Austin’s. In
1930, however, “In recognition of his
ability as a salesman,” he was offered
the county agency for Willy’s Knight
cars that were sleek, beautiful, and great
running. The Whippet, known for speed
and affordability, and the Austin, known
for comfort but expense are the cars O.K.
sold in Waveland. To obtain the Willy’s
Knight dealership, O.K. had to move to
Crawfordsville, the county seat. That he
did and we know what happened next.
For almost 50 years, O.K. sold Dodge
and Plymouths. As soon as possible, a
large showroom was built on the corner
of Water and Market. His paint and body
shop was one of the best around. His
son, William Donald joined him later in
the business, as well. Besides his music,
family and cars, he also loved his church
(Wabash Avenue Presbyterian).
Quite active in several local organizations, O.K. passed away in March of
1980, after a very successful career in the
car business. Ben had passed a long time
before in May of 1958. Two interesting men, two hard-working car dealers,
whose lives touched for awhile, then went
their separate ways.
Photo provided
Ben Canine
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 Mona’s Message
Etter’s Ford has been a name around
Montgomery County for many years.
Etter Ford has a long history of service
in the Montgomery County community. In January of 1920, L. B. Etter,
along with a partner, purchased the
Ford Dealership in New Market from
H. B. Sayler. Later that year the partner, Noble Reeves, sold his interest in
the dealership to L. B. and the business
was named L. B. Etter and Sons. It
is also interesting to note that during
the early years of the company, L. B.
also owned a grocery store in Alamo
(where my family lived). L. B.’s sons,
L. G. and Roy were actively involved
in the day to day operation of the company while their dad maintained the
grocery. The dealership not only sold
Ford automobiles, they also sold Ford
tractors and farm implements. My
dad, Howard Melvin, taught me how
to drive a small, gray Ford Tractor that
I’m sure he got from the Etter’s car
dealership in New Market.
The Etter’s built a successful business by focusing on the service. Unimaginable in today’s digital environ-
ment, the parts manager during this
time knew the entire parts book and
prices by memory. By 1942 L. B.
retired from the company and L. G.
and Roy took ownership of the business. By this time the next generation
of Etters, John and Bill were active in
the business. In 1965 John and Bill
took the reins of the dealership after
their fathers passing. In 1990, John’s
son Jeff became partners with his
father along with Jeff’s wife, Sandy. The Dealership remained in New
Market until 1994 when Jeff Etter,
The Dealer Principal, purchased a
building at 1401 Darlington Avenue in
Crawfordsville. The new facility gave
the dealership more room for inventory
and a much larger area for service and
repairs. The Dealership has now been
in business more than 80 years and five
generations of Etters with the addition
of Lindsey and Kyler joining the business in 2012. (1)
When I was 17 and getting ready to
graduate, my Mom and Dad decided
it was time for me to have a car. We
had very little money so Dad said
he would see what he could come
up with. New Market’s Etter Ford
was where my dad usually looked for
cars. They sold both new and used
cars and my folks liked Ford cars,
so that is where they always went. I
think my Dad trusted them too. Dad
finally found me a car and brought it
home. It was a 1951 Green Ford. He
may have gotten it there. . . I’m not
sure. . . I just know I loved it! Dad
taught me how to change the oil, put
gas in change a tire if I had to and just
the general maintenance, but my Dad
would take care of everything else
about it. Once in a while if something
happened with it Dad and my brother’s, Joe and Mike would fix what
they could then Dad would haul it over
to New Market to get a look at what
needed to be fixed. Mr. Etter was
always great to get it worked out with
my Dad.
In 1963 there were gas stations
between Crawfordsville and Lafayette
where I went to school and would later
get a job at Purdue. I always drove
home on 231 through Crawfordsville
to 32 and then on to Alamo. At that
time Dad also wanted me to keep a
small can of gasoline in my car so that
if I ever ran out of gas I could get to
one of the filling stations. Sometime
in 1964, during one of those occasions
of coming home, my car started having
a knock. You could barely hear it so
I thought it wasn’t worth mentioning
to Dad. Well, later, I was on my way
down to see my boyfriend (Rich, my
husband now) and that soft little knock
kept getting louder and LOUDER. I
kept driving till I got to his house. By
the time I stopped the car, everyone
was outside wondering what the racket
was. Well, you can imagine my irritation at myself for not knowing what to
do to save my car. Obviously, I never
got to drive it again. I’m sure Mr.
Etter could have put in a new motor
to fix the rod that I had “thrown”, but
that was not to be. I really loved that
little ’51 Green Ford!
1~(This information was gleaned
from the Etter Ford Internet site about
the history of their company.)
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includes al history colle
nely chopped
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lem and he imm bors, Mr. and Mrs.
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take us. My kind and watched Niap
photograp
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tor; Jam
dsville,
Labs an
(1974),
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Harper were so
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came to
(1975),
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cole and Brad
Rich
Crawfor and Floyd Head er, an os(can use Red Kidne
an
Crawfor y department. spital pictur uipment at that ital personnel
bed a bottle and
elbow macaroni
temp
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ed
ds
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3/4 cup uncooked Cannellini beans, drained, rinsed
s old he had a
in a blanket, grab Etter’s Thunderbird
He
“Nation dsville, said to pr, also of
off
Bill
went into
Donald
).
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Hospital here were work e. The nurses
al
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in the back of Hospital. This was not
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Shirl
Scherer College Syste actice the
Co
Ocheltreein May, 1940, ing at Culver
had never been e and
1 can (28 oz) crush sausage, browned and drain
to go to Culver the convulsions would
m.” John
was listed
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further infrary is always
and are
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do when it happ e made me aware that
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garlic; cook 1 minut
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translucent. Add , marjoram, the chicken broth in
I did not want
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beans and the sau2) Place thyme or until macaroni is almost tende
again of helplessne tion that might come
ded up calling the New
1928. It ysicians,”
to share the county’s his a priceless
toes and cans of
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situa
lists lofiled with s licenses from rce is the list
boil 5 to 7 minut to stockpot along with the toma
If there was a ly, I wanted to know
S-W Rescue in in a
hanging
contact with other resea tory you’d like
in the mi
licenses the Circuit Co 1946-1975
3) Add mixture
up with my fami The S-W Rescue was
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sage.
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light becauely served as a supfixtures don’t
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by taking an EMTr the cost of taking
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to prese
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lack of co any others. It
time in crock pot by itself and add at the last 1 1/2 with remaining ingredients if dried
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rve our so much for he 2
sing what need firehouse
those tim se electricity wa plemental
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county’s
lpafter they mpetition, as les tainly wasn’t
do the macaroni soup into bowls. Top each servin
this class if one for 2 years. I signed
son went to the Lance
neat lam es. Margy is luc s a bit iffy in
history.
s
use
she’d tak
each
p. The thr
ky to have
To serve, ladle
on the ambulance
tists; howecame, there were than a decade
mbulance beca
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sket, and
meals for
d all of
with hand
up as soon
o to the hosp
was not ver, Clayton Ch a dozen dennice people that
them. Bruce other as guinea pigs. I passe the first
when
ma
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me
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it
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help
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on
C. Eyler
igent ma
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group to
learned so
class
dental sur ordinary dentist.amberlain Eyler almost 60 years o. His practice
r of the
n
Indiana State tests
wa
him
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s that and s and Keith Hester took this
ed with the S-W
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who was the owne
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that time
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s at 22 our fair city.
get started. At were Nancy Seaman, too. I learned all about takins of just
March 15 klin County, Pe Waynesborand tracedcing the family las
r Dealership in
on
7
door of our
lots of hour
filled an county. Evide e of the earlier home at 410 E. 1 ½ East Main, His early
come to my mind Rice, Barb Dickey
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up to the front t in his own
Sara Jan , 1877, the son ofnnsylvania, on
who then to Switzerland t summer
emergencies and ing to tapes along
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with his
Main. On
city busin
e
the Von
Bill Servies, Tyke I worked primarily
outh Third Stree and me to
Dave tol ing tooth for Ge y, he once
reading and listen
cial schola “Emma” KauffmaAdam and
ols.
coming to went to German
Eu
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and he als ess telephones wae of the earlier
and Max Nich
y. The an ler
this all started
ar to take Lanc
rship, he
the Unite
n. On a
pulled a d me that Gpa’ ne Autry.
o
s
discovered that with these people when
fro
on
in
ha
cestor
was
wa
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spe
d States
d
wi
his
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the
l.
on
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also lived
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able to gra
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start and since
for
School in University of Mary
phia on Sep Allen and lande from Germany
duate
ance would not
C.C. wa at 415 E. Markethome. They
d in Phila
ptember
certainly ve, “I knew this him, but to
s quite the
for
Wagner 1898. His marri land Dental
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1759 wa
came out.
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commun
too
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where it’s sn’t like going
s Conrad
ity
Baltimore k place not lon age to Ida Mae
som
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me
ma
to
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e
eas
we
n,
the
we
ks,
Dr. Walk
y!” Dave
Dr. Eyler
er’s the r’s Auxiliary. At Eagles and VF hold- was spe nt to Pennsylvaniant to Ohio and
a half de , Maryland, July g afterward, in
als
W Falled Eiler
cade, he
y lived at
the time
15, 1898
. The na
that he an smoked cigars in o told me that
Marylan
pra
PA
in
of
.
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me
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.
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death,
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d,
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ler
. Eyler
an
m thhe
hem
vee the
give
city in 19 then ventured wein Hagerstown, chase his 1937 y had asked himlder, and
was divide s had land in W d Eyler in
en we gi
on Janua took a fall New ash Avenue.
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vill
d vi
ds
Buick. He
ords
rd
to
a $300 pri
wfor
wfor
ward
wa
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ry
henn re
ill inn Craw
grandfathe03. C.C. is Marg st to our fair
later som d by the Mason estern PA which
et Mil
tive.. We the
had giv purce.
uctive
into the ho 2nd, 1962, wa Year’s Eve and
prodduct
oree prod
test for our Shee
test
r ghhte
be mor
e
s
ir takkeeir
wayyss to be
heir
came to r and when I ask y McCafferty’s went to get the Well, the McCaff en them
Valley is e were in MarylanDixon line and
stt and the bri
ingg wa
best
ublee the
ndin
ddoouble
passed aw spital. He neve forced to go
ire thhe be
wn. Fiind
mes doub
me
tim
ir own
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we hir
m ti
erty kids
heir
car and ga
or, we
or
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on the
ucor
cann soome
Nuc
t
hem on
hat ca
hat
r came ou
ay on the
ve them
sess tthha
she didn’t awfordsville, Inded her why he
olve
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uses
us
eir posstsol
he
t
d
onus
on
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n
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bon
b
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f
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fo
pin
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r
prob
pr
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her’s fam
and
three
$250.
pot
rough PA
g he’d giv
deal, but
th,
e lyy per
ekly
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oyee
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om to spo
ploy
c , weeek
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tired of be know but mayb iana, she said
ily in
rman
w rk
eryy em
er
foorm
ever
.”
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ughh wo
and severasons, Jack, Clay leaving his wife
forr-pper
hild of ev
y-fo
ppayye
th pa
ith
onss of nott enooug
paying forhis comment wa e them a better
o eveery chi
ason
as
tyy wit
reas
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vi
ivity
am for
tivi
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graam
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the scene ing on the train they just got
yee fo
yee
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ship
s,
mplooye
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buried in l grandchildren ton, George
ff an emplo
off
es,,
rbes
or the
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nifty item the other $50?” “How are you
i toory laiid of
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e pay
Dave for e, I want to thank
of For
verr inn our
ve
those are y liked
neve
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orit
or
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avor
i a fav
n We hav
ioon.
teeth. Gm to CC’s talents, Now, add this is now called Oaasonic Cemetery He was
a ion.
N coor is
as feasib
ucat
uc
s, Nu
educ
ws,
s.
now
ooll ed
oo
ies.
choo
man’s loc sharing a piece of Margy and
anie
h sch
mppan
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n kidd kno
ing
co
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ti
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Margy say
only an intDr. C.C. Eyler, s” of our
become s awarded a Ce
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s,
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our first eresting charactewho was not
There are EMT on S-W rtificate to
spent
ora
need rig
to our de l surgeons, bu r, and one of
so much so many peop Rescue.
ht
ta
ar Crawfor
ty. Lots here in Montgo
help oth of their energy le that expend
dsville! fab addition
of thing
me
ers learn
ry
and time
I
Couns have
was an
and help
to
County
has an amEMT; New M changed since
people in
are to be
ark
dedicati
co
mm
EMT’s. bulance but the et no longer
on
en
re
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of people in always answ ded for their
T’s in M are still
is still 91 in need. The ering the call Certainly, I am
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ry
get the pe1 and those dis number to call to take this tra thankful that
patch
I wa
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ople to yo
so many
u in an emers will
times wi and I have uss able
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local
photographs of
“Image datadentists in our hable database
rs,
docto
searc
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our
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,”
come
base
docWhen it
and other medphotographs and
nurses, dentists, we have some of local Although we continue
als,
ical profession the CDPL local uments. donations relating to
in
to accept
great material ! One of the
ry, many of these
our local histo doctors had been
history collection rch resources
photographs of
most useful reseaof Montgomery
years for
collected for manyUnion Hospiis a compilation entitled “Monter
display at Culv was not recorded
County doctors Men and
tal. Although it occurred, it
gomery Medicine or Before,”
transfer
the
1850
Born
when
of
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this collection
n Bazzani Zach
is evident that ly migrated to
written by Kare compendium
phs final
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This very helpf raphies of every photogra history collection at the
the local
securecontains the biogpractitioner
now
is
it
e
library, wher archives. This
known medical earliest years.
ly stored in our t help when
from the county’s“doctors,”
grea
collection is a
Of these earliestoled in medical
with questions
we are presented rs. Additional
some were scho were trained by
s
other
about local doctodoctors have
ges,
colle
, and others just
photographs of past few years,
apprenticeship tried to meet it
the
been added in very common,
saw a need and could. An exbut they are not
ly of Dr.
the best way they type was Sarah
tely. The fami
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Kenworthy Hiat ng as a midwife
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LMAN WILSON
By JODIE STEE ries
Montgomery Memo
One of my all-time fav historical helps neers determine. They honored him by
Weekly Journal 22 Sept 1916 – “Mary
Mrs. Warren is represented by Ristine &
(all the listings are on my GenWeb page titling it the C.W. Eltzroth Old Settler’s
L. Warren filed suit in circuit court
Ristine.”
ws sour
complete ne
and ***
at: http://indianagenweb.com/inmontRecord for Montgomery County, Indilate Wednesday for a divorce from her
s
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gomery/history/twsp/oldsett.htm) is
ana.His
entry
reads as such:
husband, Harry M. Warren, charging Montgo Although I’ve not specifically reA
!
Eltzroth’s Old Settlers Record. Here’s
Name:
C.W. Eltzroth
failure to provide and cruel treatment.
searched early women principals, from
tgomer y County
Mon
per ofof
Pa
e
Th
an explanation
and
example
what
Residence:
Crawfordsville
The
plaintiff
asks
custody
of
their
infant
what I’ve read of the times in our area,
g
in
ad
re
r
fo
Thanks find:
you’ll
Date of Birth: May 6, 1825
daughter and alimony of $200 a year for this was fairly uncertain – a female in
In 1909, C.W. Eltzroth petitioned the
Born where: Randolph Co, Ohio
the support of the child. She states in the 1911 as a principal. Source: Tipton
Montgomery County Board of ComAge:of85
complaint that they were married in OcDaily Tribune, Wednesday May 24,
M ntg
omery
missioners to begin a registry of Old
Date of oDeath:
May
12,
1913
tober
1911,
and
lived
together
until
Sept
1911, page 2 -- Sharpsville -- John
Coun
ty Mon
tgomer
Settlers. In his own words,”I believe
The following is a complete
listy Cof
18 of this year. For two years past her
Harper and wife, and granddaughter
ounty’s
only lo
ca
owned
independhas failed to make reasonable
that such a book would not only be a
those entered - some of the above infor- llyhusband
Bertha Harper of Ripley county, James
ent new
spaper
source of gratification to these pioneers,
mation is deleted and you will find two
provision for herself
or their child. Mrs. Harper and wife of Tipton and Miss
but of great value to their children and
dashes in the case of deleted informaWarren’s charges: She says the defenGrace Peak, principal of the Waynetown
future generations and would be a valution; otherwise, the information will apdant is a barber and capable of making
schools, also D. M. McCoy and family
able book for reference in the matter of
pear in a listing as such: C.W. Eltzroth,
good wages but that he is lazy and indif- of this place, were all guests of Henry
tracing ancestry and estates and obtainCrawfordsville, May 6, 1825 Randolph
ferent and neglected his work so that he
Harper and wife at a big Sunday dinner.
ing statistics for future use.” The board
Co, Ohio, 85, May 12, 1913. I hope
was repeatedly dismissed by his employSource: Crawfordsville Weekly Jourwholeheartedly approved the petition and you find this registry as interesting as I
ers. She charges that he was extravagant nal 27 November 1875 p 8 -- Harney
ordered the County auditor to purchase a have!!!!!!!!!! Karen Zach
and that he wasted time and money in
& Kyle bought the premium lot of hogs
suitable record book in which to record
***
pool rooms. During the last year she and for this vicinity, so far as heard from
the names of all residents of MontgomSuzanne, one of my awesome contrib- her child have been supported largely
of Isaac Miller. The lot consisted of 50
ery County who have or hereafter attain
utors to the Montgomery GenWeb page, by her father, she alleges. She says her
hogs, raised and fattened by Mr. Miller
the age of 80 years or more with their
sent me this interesting piece. It seemed husband would often abuse her without
and averaged 336 pounds. The price
place of birth and date and age and such
1916 was a productive year for divorces
cause, would swear at her often and one
paid was 7C which netted the nice little
other brief data as said Auditor and pioin our county. Source: Crawfordsville
occasion recently threatened to kill her.
pile of $1,176. Ladoga Mail
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 Autumn Recipes
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bined.
In a separate bowl mix the Flour,
Pumpkin Pie Spice, Baking Powder,
Baking Soda and salt.
Slowly add the dry ingredients to the
wet ingredients. Mix each dry bit you
pour in with the wet ingredients thoroughly, and then add some more dry to
the wet till it is all incorporated.
Drop by Tablespoon full on cookie
sheet.
Bake cookies for 11-14 minutes depending on the size of the Tablespoon
you use. My cookies are done at 12
minutes. I don’t skimp on the size but
they are not huge either.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
8 oz Cream Cheese, softened
6 Tablespoons Butter (Unsalted),
softened
2 ¼ cups Powdered Sugar
PUMPKIN COOKIES
2 ½ Cups Flour (all-purpose
3 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 teaspoon each: Baking Powder &
Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Canned Pumpkin Puree
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg
1 Cup Granulated White Sugar
½ Cup Packed Brown Sugar
8 Tablespoons Butter (1 stick),
softened
Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
With a hand mixer blend the butter
with the sugars.
Add egg, pumpkin puree and vanilla
to the butter mixture till well com-
Mix together cream cheese and butter until nice and smooth.
Slowly add in powdered sugar until
combined.
Add in vanilla extract and mix until
combined.
If you want to add some cinnamon to
this frosting put in ½ tsp.
PUMPKIN BARS
6 eggs
1 1/2 cup oil
3 cups sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3-3 1/2 cups pumpkin – 29 oz. can
pureed pumpkin.
3 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. salt
½ cup chocolate chips (OPTIONAL)
(You can also sprinkle in ½ cup chocolate
chips with the dry ingredients
if you want a bit of choc.)
Mix together eggs, oil, sugar, vanilla, and pumpkin. Fold in dry ingredients and pour into greased cookie sheet
pan. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes
or until a toothpick inserted comes out
clean. Be careful not to overbake.
Frost when cool.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
8 oz. cream cheese, softened (can
use light)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1-2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup milk
Blend together cream cheese and
butter until smooth. Beat in powdered
sugar and vanilla. You don’t want
a stiff frosting for these bars, so less
sugar is probably better.
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 Grandcestors
By KAREN BAZZANI ZACH
Montgomery Memories
Genealogy is not just names, dates,
and places. I’ve played with so many
aspects of this hobby for the 46 years
it’s been a big part of my life and since
our topic for this month’s Montgomery
Memories is Car Dealerships, I want
to reiterate one part of Genealogy that
I can never say enough about. That is,
write your autobiography! (As a side
note -- did you read that, John Horner?)
I’ll be the first to admit I’ve not
completed mine. There are bits and
pieces I have written for examples while
having my Freshmen at Turkey Run
write theirs, and cars was not one I had
delved into, so here’s my example for
this aspect of my autobiography. Since
I don’t teach anymore, you may see
a few more of those occasionally, or
otherwise, I might never get my autobiography done.
Cars are a major part of anyone’s life.
Sure have been a big part of mine! Our
family was unlike most in the 1950s and
60s. We were a two-car family and at
one point, a five-car family, totally unheard of in that time. Of course, living
in the farming community of Montgomery County, Indiana, a lot of the farmers
had a farm truck, then the family car for
outings and church. We had two vehicles, because Dad was a rural mail carrier in the mornings and as soon as he
finished his route, home for lunch, and
out to lay carpet every day. He might
be in Lafayette or Terre Haute to lay
carpet (worked for Machledt’s in Montezuma, several places in Crawfordsville
and on his own accord) so a second car
for us was necessary.
One interesting note on the cars in
our family was that my mom hated to
drive. Dad taught me when I was 14
“in case of emergencies.” The twin
bros worked at Lake Mansfield from the
time they could just drive, which is why
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Dad thought I might need to learn too.
I used to drive the cars out to the dump
on the highway all by myself. The “in
case of emergency,” story I want to tell
you is about when Mom and I had gone
to Crawfordsville to the eye doctor (Doc
Grush, love that guy). Boys were gone,
dad working somewhere and it was just
the two of us. Mom was going down
Pike. A siren and lights stopped mom –
get this, dead center in the street. The
policeman said, “Maa’m, could you pull
over to the curb?” Her answer, “I don’t
think so, I’m too nervous!” Honestly,
I think I saw a bit of a grin forming.
“Okay, then, let me steer and GENTLY
put your foot on the accelerator.” Seriously, this happened! He steered it over
to the side of the road. Seeing how
nervous she was (shaking, perspiring),
he talked to her for quite awhile, calming her down, or at least he thought so.
Didn’t give her a ticket, just a warning
as she was going the wrong way down
a one-way. He left her, telling her to
have a good rest of the day and patted
her on the shoulder. As soon as he got
in his car, she started crying and crying.
I told her, like the good daughter I was,
“Hey, mom, it’s not that big of a deal!”
More crying. Finally, she got out of
the car, came around my side, and told
me to get out and into the driver’s seat.
“Mom, this is NOT a good idea!” I
mean, this was a major difference from
driving four blocks to my grandparents
or just across the highway to the dump.
Oh, goodness. I tried to convince her
she should drive home. Flatly refused!
So, at age fourteen and a half, I drove
us from Crawfordsville to Waveland
while she kept crying. She was so
afraid Dad was going to be mad at her,
but Dad thought it was absolutely hilarious which made Mom mad at him!
Okay, so, I digressed from car sales,
but just had to get that unique tale
in there! Most of our vehicles were
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bought in Clinton at Mike’s Motors
(my dad had worked for him for awhile
when a kid and my grandmother cleaned
their house) or Barker Motors at Attica
(my mom’s 2nd cousin who was Austin
“Buzz” Barker, WWII Purple Heart
recipient and an Indiana State Representative for a decade). My fav car of my
original family was the 383 Red Plymouth Satellite convertible. At that same
time, we had a chocolate colored Dodge
convertible. Think they were both purchased from Buzz.
Usually, I drove the Dodge and my
brother, Garry drove the Plymouth.
Brother Larry had already purchased
his first Plymouth on his own. Once
though Garry just convinced me that the
red car was what I needed. Quickly I
found out why when Policeman Glen
Sillery stopped me “for running a stop
sign.” I didn’t as there was a car coming and I had to stop, but it was a ploy
as he thought he’d caught my brother.
Didn’t want to drive that car anymore
and Dad made Garry pay for the ticket
I got.
We had a couple of those awful station wagons of the 50s and lots of mail
cars which were usually Dodge Darts
or Plymouth Valiants. Dad’s mail route
was 87 miles a day plus the driving to
and from his carpet laying really put the
mails on a car so we usually traded every 15-18 months so his vehicle would
be trustworthy. A couple of times his
car broke down somewhere and at least
once I took the other car to him, but
overall he knew enough about cars plus
he kept them in good condition. Problems solved!
The car Jim had (1963 Chevy Impala, Supersport – white vinyl roof
with brown a brown metallic body – it
was sharp) when we first started going
together I named “Kay” after me,
my first initial, K. From then on, we
always named our cars. Pokey was
Buy. Sell. Rent. Lease.
a plain-jane Plymouth that earned her
name. Dad bought it for me not long
before we were married and we kept it
awhile before trading it in at a Dodge
dealers in Lafayette for the Green Bee,
a 1969 Dodge Super Bee, limited edition. It was beautiful and fun but had
a stick on the floor and when I drove
it in to work at Lafayette, it took me
27 times back & forth to get out of a
parking spot.
We traded the Super Bee for a 1970
blue Plymouth Satellite which we had
several years. Having just had our son
James Zach II (that’s definitely a story
in itself you can read in another part of
this autobiography) we were looking for
something kid-friendly. When we went
around Lafayette to several dealers,
one of the car salesmen was Jay. We
had no nickname for James Zach II and
although we didn’t buy a car from that
Jay, we swiped his name. Jay Zach
was given “his name” after a couple of
weeks of just being the baby.
How I got from being a Plymouth girl
and Jim a Ford boy, I don’t know but
we’ve mainly had Chevies, a Horizon
for ten years. Not a family car, but we
didn’t have much money and could sure
pack the kids, friends, coolers and what
have ya’ in that tiny vehicle. It also got
me back and forth two of the three and a
half years I drove to ISU. Probably my
favorite car was the red Mercury Cougar, though. Can’t remember where we
bought that but think here in town. It
was a dream. Could have lived in that
car, but alas, the kids won out and we
traded it for a van. Most of our trucks
have been bought at Stetlers, Mike Davis car salesman, extraordinaire! But,
our kids’ high school cars, Jim’s trucks
and other stories have to wait as this is
my autobiographical entry for the cars
in my life!! So, get busy on writing
your own autobio and until then, Happy
Grandcestoring!
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 County Connections!
By KAREN BAZZANI ZACH
Montgomery Memories
I had an absolute blast this summer one day interviewing an interesting man, Reed Pitzer who lives
about 10 miles inside Fountain County. Reid’s father,
Slim Pitzer, who was the US champion corn husker.
Read about Slim if you’d like at my Fountain County
GenWeb page : http://indianagenweb.com/infountain/
biographies/p/pitzer-lawrence.htm
One of the pluses of such for Slim was to become
a spokesperson/knowledgeable face for a couple of
companies. Sometimes the National Bean King or
the Corn Producer of America or any such title didn’t
bring good deals. For instance, Slim did a magazine lay-out ad for Union Leader Tobacco and Slim
didn’t use any tobacco at all. Fun and a bit of money
though.
When I recently interviewed Bob and Maxine
Wheeler for my Around The County article, Bob was
telling me about his dad being in the Montgomery
Corn Husking competitions. Connection? Likely
knew or heard of Slim Pitzer. Certainly, if you’ve
detassled corn you know a bit about being in the hot
field, getting corn poisoning, and swatting one big
batch of bugs.
Anyone ever wear Oshkosh coveralls? Well, one of
our county folks was the 1947 National Corn King and
he advertised their overalls. Walter Harpel attended
the International Hay and Grain Show in Chicago
that year and won. In the Oshkosh layout here, “Mr.
Harpel says, I want a Champion in overalls as well as
corn. I have worn Oshkosh B’Gosh Overalls for years
and I call them my Champion.” Too cute!
We had a bit of fun at the restaurant when Reid
Duffy came. We were on deck as having the best
chicken in central Indiana. I remember he was kind of
grouchy and demanding, not the great guy so much on
television but he did like our broasted chicken. So, it
is nifty begin involved in such interesting connections
to others in our community and state!
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