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10 THE JOURNAL AND COURIER LAAYETTE IND Tuesday Evening Apil 14 1059 Veedersburg Passing of Community House Alumni Recalls Era in History fell Dance and Planned of the association are: with beautiful at the first of the house Here to Stay Books Date Back To Available Hieroglyphic Scroll To 4 H'ers HIGH POINT OIL CO THIS TOO IS TEXAS EASTERN Sixty One Transmission System old whose sv' Hi PROVEN QUALITY S771VDA7D OV EVERY '59 OLDS! i DYNAMIC HOLIDAY sportsedan less than $199 EASTERN Nylon Covers 139 BILL ANDREWS OLDS INC 15 SOUTH THIRD STREET bedroom with pri on the second floor son of Attica George Bruce Ellsworth (1878) 35 Dr Sylvester Earhart physician and dentist 51 Dr James Alvin Gray This is one of a series of monthly reports on the diversified activities of Texas East ern Transmission Corporation a EXECUTIVE OICES featuring Econ Way Carburetor and exclusive 2 stage automatic chok Oldimobila't '59 Koeket Engine pock all th power ever need But It's th Rocket's naw economy that's making new I Th exclusive 2 stag automatic choke combines with the Econ Way Carburetor's 2 barrel economy to give fuel savings that will warm the thriftiest heart See your dealer for a Rocket ridel Many years later Dr William Simpson Walker about to realize his dream purchased a lot later known as 615 erry on June 5 1889 from William and Clara Carnahan and shortly there after began to lay the plans for building his home which became the Community House It was an ample lot At the rear he built a brick barn where he stabled four I horses and housed a buggy phae ton and carriage and provided on the second floor a room for his AA Group Elects BATTLE The Battle Ground high school uture arm ers of America chapter has elected the following officers: President James Smith vice president red Sterrett secre tary Dale Richardson treasurer Bruce Brown reporter William Henderson Sentinel Martin Lan don TOM AND HUCK? And if parents pay' any attention to that eld fuddy duddy in New York City who thought the public libraries should ban Mark clas sics on Tom Sawyer and Huck inn they teach our youth bad Your sons will learn as much about life by reading of Tom and Huck as they ever will from any two books Bears of Blue is another classic for youth been popular for half a century If you think the younger gen eration reading you ought to visit the reading rooms in either the Lafayette or West Lafayette libraries Some of the greatest struggles in the his tory of wrestling revolve around who is going to get to take home the new book on dinosaurs 3 re tell TRY THE ROCKET EASY ON YOUR POCKET Tony Joe Arrizo teen age son of Mr and Ms Antonio Arrizo suffered a leg fracture in a fall Steven Kruger nine son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Kruger sustained an arm fracture when he from his bicycle Mr and Mrs Joe Harper son Steven of North Carolina ited Mrs May Rowe and family LIBRARY National Library week will be observed by the Veedersburg pub lic library as Library officials said no fines will be assessed for these returning overdue books Clifford Wilkinson custodian at Veedersburg high school is in St Elizabeth hospital Danville He suffered a heart attack at work William Parkerson retired farmer of the Veedersburg area was honored on his 84th birthday with a dinner in his home Guests included Mr and Mrs Dale Par kerson and sons of Wayne Mr and Mrs Leon Wiggins of Crawfordsville Mr and Mrs How ard Holland and and Mr and Mrs of Pine Village Officers elected meeting of the year of the Green and White Cloverettes 4 club are: President Kathy Galloway vice president Alicia McElwes secretary Sallie Nixon treasurer Perry Coffing reporter Jane Dice song leaders Rebecca By ers and Sally Leighty health and safety Nancy Rennison and Crys tal Overpeck and recreation Ka ren Galloway and Cynthia Hutch inson OLD COMMUNITY Here is one of the last photographs taken of the Lafayette Com munity House '615 erry which for years oc cupied the site where the Journal and new addition will be constructed The house was built as a combination residence and office sity extension horticulturist and AmicR associate in 4 work at Purdue said awards! would be distributed among the nine extension districts as follows: Michigan City four Wayne six Lafayette seven New Castle six Indianapolis six Terre Haute four Bedford Madison and Evansville five each The Sears Roebuck foundation sponsor of the trip awards Ivill offer packages of garden seed in each participating county These garden seed packages valued at $5 will cost club members C5 cents) The foundation and erry Morse Seed Co will assume the 1 balance of the cost Boys who win state fair trips will attend classes in vegetable 1 gardening and participate in vege table judging gardening and iden I tification at the state fair Sept I 1 7 The two highest scoring vege table judging boys will receive al transportation and lodging ex pense paid trip to the National I Junior Vegetable Growers conven II tion in Washington ive other Washington NJVGA trips will be awarded to boys and I girls according to their 1959 State air Garden school records and I their own 1959 Garden club record books In addition one adult trip to Washington will be awarded to the county with the largest garden club enrollment If the county winner is a girl the Sears foundation will pay for a State air camp trip Sept 8 9 for the girl and her chaperone By BILL BROOKS Aside from the incontestably un pleasant chore of making book cases for them buying books and reading them are two of my fa vorite hobbies along with golf visiting the city dump and neigh bor watching Books are contrary to con firmed televidiots here to stay They were popular long before a medieval Gutenberg fiddled around with movable type and came up with a new kind of Bi ble The old Romans had paper rolls they called (hence the word library) and the even older Egyptians used the pith of the papyrus plant on which to ink their hieroglyphics STORIES LESSONS Books have always been vered for the stories they the lessons they teach the in formation they impart the pic tures they present One of the most dastardly acts of all time even horrifying in the degenerate age in which it was was the burning of the vast library at Alexandria Egypt more than 1500 years ago by the bigoted Arabic chieftain who hated all propagan da As this is National Library week I feel impelled to urge anyone with enough education to read this: Go buy or rent or bor row a book and read it The age old gag reply is I got a So go out and get another one really be sur prised at all the really readable books lying around I mean the stuffy old many of which are downright dull Red and the by Stendhal for example says my wife) If you want to read a totally new appraisal of Cleopatra try I Harry in Ameri ca a delightful collection of in cisive humor and wisdom i If you demand complete escap 4 pc Curved Sec tional oam Rubber at ifth and erry now occupied by the Haywood company Many doctors established offices on erry street including: Dr James erry (1874) erry 411 erry Dr Thomas Hard man (1875) ourth and erry Dr George Beasley 62 erry (came to Lafayette 1854) Dr Christian Potel 149 erry Dr Edward Powers 116 erry Dr Thompson southwest corner ifth and erry (1896 97) Dr Gray 112 erry Dr Stackhouse 112 erry Dr Dixon southwest corner ifth and erry' Dr Han na (who did not practice) 123 erry (It is apparent that the system of street numbering has since been changed) Since there were no business) blocks east on Main street until after 1856 erry street east of proper had two entrances into Sixth as well as Main developed into a fine residential neighbor hood On erry street one may still find interesting old houses built by these early settlers Thomas Rainey who came to Lafayette in 1850 lived at 622 erry where he died in 1912 David and Mary Ross who came to Lafayette at an early date lived on Main street opposite Sev enth street and later moved to erry street where their son Wil iam died in 1913 and their daugh ter Lydia in 1909 it was these two children who together with their brothers David and George purchased 80 acres of land south of Kossuth street and Compressor Stations Now Serve Our Gas double doors separated the hall on the east from the parlor and a door on the south opened into the library which was accessible both from the suite and the large living room on the east A fireplace was provided in the parlor and this room also had large double doors opening into the living room This room was finished with a beautiful mirrored fireplace faced with Rookwood tile and had an outside doorway on the south opening onto the veranda The house had a large well lighted dining room with a bay window on the west and an ample kitchen with a pantry be tween and plenty of pantry space Here in the kitchen was a stair way leading to the basement and closed back stairway leading to the room on the second floor It had two outside entrances as well one on the west and one on the east All the fireplaces were provided with natural gas and added much to the comfort in this large spacious house The master vate bath was directly over the suite Here again a beautiful fireplace was installed burning natural gas and again faced with Rookwood tile There were six bedrooms in addition to the room and a bathroom on the second floor with ample closet space and cup boards in the long hall Here a closed stairway led to a large attic over all with two cedar lined closets It was indeed a large house It was a modified Victo rian very spacious with ample room for entertaining and dining ism jump into the as was the custom in those days Easter island bit by Thor Heyer BY LO URNITURE MART INC PHONE 25735 or Marathon uel Oil stable and yard a happy arrangement Dr Walker had a large practice and was known to hitch a team of horses to his buggy and drive all over the county day or night Later he was to be the proud own er of the first electric automobile in Lafayette The house was a large one built for him by a Mr ry Although the doctor occupied an office at the northeast corner of ourth and erry with Dr Manson Lairy he was eager to provide a more convenient arrangement and so on the west of the house he had a three room suite built for his office It had a private entrance on the west opening di recting into the waiting room where a simple fireplace graced the room faced Rookwood tile The first floor DON'T MISS THE "OLDSMOBILE MUSIC THEATER" EVERY WEEK ON NBC TVI ana 4 club members and uture armers of America who enter the garden club program this year dahl If you feel like re creating the thrills of aerial combat of the first World war read Red Knight of by loyd Gibbons (about 80 vic tory Von Richtofen) The 30 years old and parts of it are real corn by sophisticated standards but a wow for any male from 10 to 100 I achieve true relaxation by reading about the old Roman em perors by Ivar Lissner is a beaut It tells how emperor Domitian spent hours in his den alone catching flies and impaling them on a sharpened stylus And a ruler named Ela gabalus was so weird he made Nero look like a Boy Scout lead er The razing of the Community House at 615 erry street to make room for a spacious addi tion to the Journal and Courier plant marked an era tn Lafayette irst it saw the passing of an interesting old home built nearly 70 years ago and a type of architecture popular in that 1 day It recalls the popular physician who built it and other prominent plo neers as 'ell a the history of erry 'street It also marks a chapter in the social welfare and educational his tory of the city All these facet are interestingly related in two stories by a local woman who is particularly qualified because she has made a hobby of digging up the tories of old homes in the area and of their occu pants and also because she made her home in the Community House before her marriage Here is the first of two stories By MRS MABEL BAKER can no more discern the past That faced those sturdy pio neers Than from their day they could forecast The unseen changes of the years HOWE WEIGLE And so an old house passes onwith no regrets having fulfilled Sts dream of a beautiful (dwelling for his beloved family from its years of service Jas a home for career women and a local meeting place for many organizations Its spacious rooms provided a recreation center for World war I boys Girl Scout ac tivities the Needlework guild starting work of the YWCA a meeting place for literary and musical clubs sororities business clubs civic and patriotic societies wedding receptions lodge meetings lectures: musical recitals luncheons and many other activities sponsored by or ganizations families and the Com munity House association If walls could talk one Jearn that this old house lived a rather charmed existence for many years as it listened to the gay chatter and happy laughter of a host of men and women but while its years were not so many its tasks were strenuous and it begged for rest and peace and has now joined the throng of dear old houses long since gone where it can hold up its head with pride as people reminisce of the old days erry Busy Street rom Beginning erry street was a busy street from the first settlement of Lafayette Here along the Wabash river extended the old wharf ex tending from Main almost to the foot of erry where Moses Mi chaels ran a ferry boat In the spring of the year the wharf was jailed high with sugar molasses toffee dry goods and iron for the trade in Lafayette and surround ing country The first hotel in Lafayette was opened on May 8 1837 at erry and Second streets known as "The City Richard John son opened the second licensed i tavern in a log house that stood on at Second and erry near the packet landing This was a favorite stopping place lor years for travelers land hunt ers and those seeking good hotel accommodations Jesse Stansbury built a log cab in near ifth and erry almost hidden by hazel and plum trees £nd underbrush It was in 1838 that the town council voted to clear and drain this plot where in the wet season water covered several acres and it was referred to as Lake Stansbury Israel Spencer came to Lafay ette in 1835' and built a small cot tage at the corner of Missouri (6th) and erry and became fnayor of Lafayette in 1837 His Jon David died here in 1917 and another son rank lived at Eighth and Columbia Daniel Shively came to Lafay ette and built a house at Ninth and erry when there were only two clearances between there and the Wild Cat creek One was the Lawrence Stockton house on Main street warehouse jiow) where Stockton had grubbed out two small pastures The other was a couple of plots grubbed out pn Union street At the southwest corner of Sixth and erry known as corner Capt Knight operated "Knight known as a ular and quiet boarding Later years a cracker factory was operated on this corner by the Ruger family St church was organized March 17 1837 and the original Jauilding was erected in 1838 The Star of Hope Mission house stood 3 pc Bedroom Suite Walnut or Oak Large Mirror HOUSTON TEXAS It costs you ever guess to own and drive an Oldsmobile Dynamic 881 The truly wonderful part about owning a Dynamic lowest priced Rocket is that you get a quality ride quality looks and quality workmanship as standard equipment! This traditional Oldsmobile quality is an accepted fact but the big news for many new car shoppers is that the Dynamic 88 is easily within their reach many many dollars less than they'd guessed! And when they see the facts and figures on how their investment holds when they go over to Olds sold! Ask your Oldsmobile dealer for the facts There was never a better time than right now to get out of the ordinary and into an Olds! Let your dealer show you why! A brand new compressor our has boosted the total horsepower of our natural gas transmission system to a sizeable 739000 This tremendous amount of horsepower is enabling us to deliver increasing quantities of gas from the Southwest to our customers some of whom are as far away as the New England states Our delivery capacity is now more than 'two billion cubic feet of gas per day Back in 1947 when there were no compressor sta tions in operation on the system natural gas flowed through the 3182 miles of pipeline under gas field pressure at the rate of some 133 million cubic feet daily Today our compressor spaced every 50 to 75 miles are pushing a lot more gas through a lot 1 more pipe more than 6100 miles of it They speed gas to distributing companies serving millions of homes and thousands of factories in Midwestern Appalachian and Eastern Seaboard states And newest of all Texas Eastern now has a number of which are operated by remote control from other stations on the system About a third of Texas stations have gas driven reciprocating compressors These compressors are large machines that teed on the gas tney pusn Other stations have electric motor powered centrifu gal compressors pioneered by Texas Eastern A newer type of power plant is the high speed gas turbine which drives centrifugal compressor units These new units are so powerful that they can do the work formerly done by a number of smaller ones Each station is under the supervision of a chief operator He is assisted by a mechanic and four operators Each operator is in charge of an eight hour period with one to four oilers assisting him Thus a compressor station can develop into a com munity of from 15 to 20 families Regardless of the type of installation large or small all Texas Eastern compressor stations have one thing in common immaculate Bright and gleaming they usually stand in park like set tings of well trimmed grass and in the background neat modern company cottages add a domestic note to it all At each station continuous operation 24 hours a day 365 days a year is standard practice the spacious two story hall one opening directly from the front with large side window lighted double doors and another opening from the east off the handsome wide veranda on the north and east It was a beautiful vestibule with wide open stairway making a square turn at the top of a dozen steps or more and leading on to the second floor The stair case was of hard pine but the woodwork throughout the house was finished in A beautiful fireplace formed a part of the west wall and again was faced with Rookwood tile from Ohio A convenient door also opened west of Ninth which they devel from the vestibule on the west oped into the residential district into the office Large now known as Highland pane Dr ranklin Crockett lived at the southwest corner of Eighth and erry Walter Grieve was liv ing at 614 erry when he died also Samuel avorite who came to Lafayette in 1829 and who died in 1888 James Reynolds born Oct 21 1826 owned a beautiful brick house at the northwest corner of erry and Eighth when he died in 1901 He was one of the famous Reynolds brothers who came to Lafayette about 1837 and amassed fortunes The only house now standing built by John Reyn olds is the building at Sixth and Columbia occupied by the Eagles lodge William Stuart lived at Tink ler and erry and the interesting Swiss chateau built by William Perrin is still standing at the cor ner of Cason and erry Robert Jacques daughter married Henry Curtis lived at 98 erry The Snyder and Leonard fam ilies also lived on erry street Another old settler one of Lafay most outstanding pioneers was Joseph Smith Hanna who came to Lafayette in 1827 He was! interested in a projected canal to unite the Wabash river system with the Great Lakes and became the first president of the Lafay ette branch of the State bank and later owned the controlling stock of the Commercial bank He lived for many years on Main street a little west of where the Ross building stands now he owned a large lot extending from Main to erry and it was in the old or chard on erry that he built his second home (119 erry) and later duplicated the house for his daughter Henrietta Amelia who married Alexander Wilson next door (115 erry) Wilson was part owner of the Daily Journal from 1859 to 1862 Judge first wife was I Nancy Nelson who died in 1931 leaving one daughter Esther Jane who married William Pot ter In 1832 he married Hester 1 Ann Sumwait and by this mar riage had eight children He died I in 1864 Doctor Buys Lot I or 'Dream' Home OIL AND ASl Exploring and Producing AT URAL A I Processing and Transmitting OIL RRODUCT81 Refining and Transporting VEEDERSBURG The annual dinner dance of the Veedersburg High School Alumni association is scheduled in the high school gymnasium Saturday June 13 The dinner will be served at 6: 30 by the Ladies Aid society of the Sterling Christian church The dance will begin at 9 with music by the Joe Berns or chestra Officers President Harry Merrill vice president David Cade secretary Mrs Martha Beck and treasurer 4 Robert Clawson The 50 year grad uates will be given special recog 2 nition and sifts Reservations must be made by June 9 by Dr William Walker He started work on an(j Mrs Leslie Howard and a the building in 1889 or years it was one of the student at Indiana Central col finest homes the community and also was a hege( js a candidate for vice pres center for social welfare and educational activi ident of the student council A ties (Staff Photo) 1956 graduate of Veedersburg i high school he is a junior at In diana Central fO TO MARK 50TH YEAR xlvV Of OS Mr and Mrs William Branna man or veeaersourg 4 wno are vacationing in lorida will observe their golden wedding Sunday April 19 They will be honored at an in the home of Mr and Mrs Wal ter Willard their son in law and daughter of Kissimmee la orty eight State air camp trip Mr and Mrs Donald rench awards will be available to Indi 1 and children of Paoli were guests of Mr and Mrs Vern rench Mrs Edith Thompson attended an antique show at Springfield BY LO URNITURE MART Inc 2 3rd Phone 2 4254 fifes 4 Jv CjlV wHHw' SO wiL la '3 Wr fl BhvWi Um 1 io 3 fra IBS BiEI 1(1 Ini UHIUaL! 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