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MARCH-APRIL 2013
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Celery Farms of Goshen
friday, APRIL 5, 2013
First Friday - Sustainability Expo
5K Run / 2K Walk
Museum open 5-9PM
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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
Goshen Historical Society Program
“Celery Farms of Goshen”
East Goshen Mennonite Church 7PM
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Annual Meeting and
Historian of the Year Award
6PM “Bread and Chocolate”
at the Old Bag Factory
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Friday/Saturday, May 3-4, 2013
First Friday - I love Goshen
Bicycle Criterium and Bike Fest
Museum open 5-9PM Friday
also 10AM to 1PM Saturday
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Friday, June 7, 2013
First Friday
Sweet Summer Kick-off
Museum open 5-9 PM
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Wednesday, June 16, 2013
Day Bus trip to Wabash, IN
call Kay Garber to sign up
574-642-4516
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 7 PM
William (Bill) VanderMaas will conduct a program on Goshen’s early Dutch
community and development of the celery farm industry by the Dutch. The
east Goshen area was well suited to the production of celery because of the
type of soil.
If your family history is part of this community we
would appreciate pictures and other information
that would be of interest at this program.
Recipes having to do with celery
preparation would also be
appreciated. Celery snacks will be
served.
No reservation is required
and guests are welcome. East
Goshen Mennonite Church in
the Fellowship Room,
17861 SR 4, Goshen.
Annual Meeting &
Historian of the Year Award
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 6 PM
Bread & Chocolate at The Old Bag Factory
Enjoy the view from the third floor of the Old Bag Factory and a lovely
supper buffet at Bread and Chocolate. We will again surprise the Historian of
the Year and listen to some interesting information about the world famous
brass musical instrument industry in Elkhart. At one time Elkhart was home
to 60 instrument manufacturers, but now that number has dwindled to three.
It is interesting to note that in 1888, Conn built the first saxophone in
the US, which is the same year that our museum, the old Adams Store,
was built. Bill Landow, of Second Song Musical Instruments, located
in the Old Bag Factory, along with an old-timer in the industry, will
present the program.
Cost for dinner and program is $20 per
person. For Reservation call Ursula Mars
533-0735 or email: [email protected] by
April 18th.
Menu includes: Classic Lasagna,
Chicken broccoli with rice, Mandarin
Orange Salad, Green Beans Almondine,
Beverage, and Dessert Assortment.
Our Forgotten Heros
Nurses: Goshen Women of the Civil War
by Dale Garber
The total number of volunteers and nurses. Another of Morton’s agents
concluded, “From what I have
drafted men furnished by Elkhart
already seen I think the sick need
County during the Civil War was
better attention.”
2,984. The number of volunteer
The Indiana governor’s
women nurses we will never know
determination to care for his
for sure.
state’s soldiers outside the national
As hope for a quick resolution to
the war disappeared and as Governor bureaucracies of the army and the
United States Sanitary Commission
Oliver P. Morton’s role in helping
became apparent and resulted in
Indiana soldiers became more
the creation of a separate Indiana
sharply defined, numerous reports
Sanitary Commission in March
from Morton’s agents, who were
1862. In January 1863, Morton and
on inspection tours in 1862, not
his sanitary commission began to
only provided bitter indictments of
hospital conditions and medical care, appeal to women to work as nurses
in military hospital and on hospital
but also indicated an underlying
ships sent south to care for Indiana
disposition toward more women
soldiers. More than any other agency,
the Indiana Sanitary Commission
encouraged women take on the risks
and adventures of war.
The call was heard in Goshen and
Jefferson township areas. Among
the ones we can name are: Misses
Margaret Stauffer, Harriet McCord,
Margaret M. Miller, Hannah S. Powell,
Arsinoe Martin and Martha Hudson.
There were others that stayed in
Goshen to raise money and supplies
for these women. The government
would not pay for their service
because they did not go to college to
be a nurse or a doctor.
To be continued in the next newsletter.
Looking Back 100 Years – Tuesday, March 25 1913
GOSHEN
MUSEUM
HOURS
Saturdays
9:30 to 1:00
First Fridays
5:00 to 9:00
by Dale Garber
Violent Wind Sweeps Ruin Among Factories
Friday morning Goshen felt the
effect of a violent storm resembling
a cyclone. The third story of a
Goshen Novelty & Brush building
was blown off, the plant of Hawks
Furniture Co. partially unroofed, the
fire alamr and street lighting systems
thrown into confusion and much
other damage done. The total loss
will be very heavy.
The heaviest damage recorded here
in years as the result of wind starting
about 7 AM and continuing for two
hours. A storm that approached
a small sized cyclone swept over
Goshen. It was accompanied by
rain that later turned to snow. It
is impossible to estimate the total
loss in Goshen but it is in the
neighborhood of $50,000.
To be continued in the next newsletter.
NOW AVAILABLE
“We’re In The Movies”
A 1940's film made in Goshen on DVD!
Pre-orders only: $15.00 each
Call the museum at 574-975-0033
or contact online at [email protected]
Story of a Donated Picture (Part 1)
by Wanda Hoffman, Accession Desk
How is this framed print related to Goshen? It is
a print of a landscape etching done in fine detail.
Specifically, it depicts a house with a thatched roof
in the foreground, a pond on the right and in the
background another building that looks like a barn
with a peaked-roof silo and several other house/
cottages like a small village. The signature in
the lower right margin is difficult to decipher but
seems to “E.C. Rost” and in the upper left margin
is printed “Fishel, Adler and Schwartz Co.” Internet searches using these clues were most enlightening. An AskART article noted that the heyday
for wood etchings and later copper engravings
was between 1885-1905. These works of art were
meant to be enjoyed by ordinary folk. Well, then, it
isn’t so hard to believe it might have been used as
a household decoration in Goshen.
Further research revealed there are two kinds of
Rost etchings, originals and proofs. A Rost family historian reported that Rost sued his New York
agents, Fishel, Adler and Schwartz Co., in 1894 for selling his artist’s proofs as originals. Apparently the company had
an office boy forge Rost’s name on rejected images and then sold them as originals. Rost prevailed at the trial but was
never compensated. So what kind of Rost print is in the Goshen Museum? Further research will reveal who donated
the print to the museum and other interesting facts about E.C. Rost. Is there a Goshen connection to this picture?
Caring for Your Family Treasures: Natural Treasures
by Jane S. Long and Richard W. Long – contributed by Earlene Nofziger
For all of recorded history, travelers
have been bringing home from afar
objects of beauty, scientific interest or
simple curiosity. Many of these curios
are organic at base - shells, horn,
teeth, antlers, hair, feathers, skins,
wooden masks, basketry, animals and
even mummies. Some objects remain
as they are found and others are
stuffed, carved, painted or otherwise
decorated. Many of these things are
treasured in the fullest sense of the
term for families lucky enough to
inherit them. Environmental hazards
threaten most things organic. The
greatest are sunlight, humidity, insect
and rodent infestation.
Dues
Due!
Here is a checklist for caring FOR your NATURAL ITEMS:
3Keep organic objects out of direct sunlight and in stable moderate relative humidity.
3Inspect frequently for evidence of insect infestations; never apply insecticides.
3Secure objects on display with interior and exterior supports; never nail or tack
objects to a wall or hang them by their straps or handles.
3Lift organic material from below the center of gravity, never by straps, edges or handles.
3Use acid-free boxes and acid-free paper or polyethylene foam for packing and storing.
3Don’t use newspaper, newsprint, wood, or other acidic materials as packing materials.
3If the objects are not too dry or fragile, vacuum baskets, fur, mats and wooden objects
on low suction with the brush attachment wrapped with a piece of cheesecloth.
3Never apply water or cleaning agents.
3Never apply waxes, oils, leather dressings or other coatings to any object made of
organic materials
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there is a date or the word “Life”.
Our yearly membership expires 12/31 of each year. Current members will
see “Life” or “12/31/20011” or later. If you see a date some years earlier
than this, you may consider this to be the last newsletter you will receive.
124 South Main Street
Goshen, IN 46526-3702
MARCH-APRIL 2013 NEWSLETTER
Board Members / Officers
Bob Baltosser
534-1084
Janet Buccicone
361-7373
Dale Garber (curator)642-4516
John Hertzler (office mgr)533-0657
Check mailing label for membership expiration date.
Wanda Hoffman
533-6180
Jan Johnson (secretary)533-6414
Marcy Kisseberth (tres.) 533-7771
Betty Kummeth
533-4605
Ursula Mars (vice pres.)533-0735
Janet Joesten
642-3278
Earlene Nofziger (pres.)533-1053
Dave Troup
533-6216
Marion Troyer
533-2201
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