katie
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Post by katie on Nov 18, 2008 13:22:15 GMT -5
Yes,I remember when Smiley can to Columbus. We have a picture of my Brother sitting on his lap. Katie
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jdhinkle
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Post by jdhinkle on Nov 22, 2008 16:16:30 GMT -5
I REMEMBER SMILEY BURNETT
HE WAS WITH HOPALONG CASSIDY AND HAD A HORSE WITH A CIRCLE AROUND ONE EYE
HE WAS ONE OF THE MANY WESTERN CHARACTERS DURING THE EARLY RIO THEATER DAYS
PAT BUTRUM, JINGLES, PAT BRADY, GABBY HAYES
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Post by guest on Nov 22, 2008 16:55:11 GMT -5
Hi, I looked up this in famous cowboy names. western movie stars. Smiley burnette played frog millhouse in movies 1935 - 1944. 1940 smilely burnette show horse ring eyed nellie (black eyed nellie) born lester alvin burnette. Born 1911 passed 1967. don't know the name of the dog as of now
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RER
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Post by RER on Jan 7, 2010 18:24:54 GMT -5
Two Columbus Businesses During The 1940sColumbus, IndianaComment: I was attending the first and second grade at Lincoln School on the corner of 2nd and Franklin Street when these two envelopes were generated and mailed. I had young brown hair then, and now what remains is gray. Smile! Sources: George and I worked together to obtain these historical 1940s envelopes.
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jabaker
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Post by jabaker on Jun 18, 2010 11:37:10 GMT -5
Nancs! Way way late responding to this but hope you see it eventually. In regard to the mink farm, I know there was at least one mink farm and it was located on the outskirts of Elizabethtown. Our first grade teacher took us there on a field trip in 1960 or 1961. All 20 or so of us little ones walked there, about a mile from the school. I also wanted to comment on someone's story about the Weekly Reader and getting a spanking by her teacher for whisling. She mentioned that her teacher's name was Miss Linke and I think I knew her. My parents moved to Indiana from Illinois a few weeks after I was born, which would have been early 1954. They first moved to Clifford and rented a place from a family named Linke. They had a "maiden" daughter named Violet who taught school. When I was a teenager my mother would still visit the family. The couple had passed away but she kept in touch with the daughter (violet). I have a question in general for anyone. I was always curious about the living quarters over the stores on Washington Street (or any of the businesses in general) Did anyone have friends or family that lived above a business? I would love a description of how these "apartments" looked inside and how did you get to them. I don't remember seeing many doors on the street that could have led to stairs, but maybe I just never noticed. Were some of these living quarters accessed from the alley or the rear?
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nancs
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Post by nancs on Jun 18, 2010 13:57:49 GMT -5
Love hearing from you-----------jabaker---------and yes, yes, to Miss Linke (Violet), as I am 99% certain that she spent part of her teaching career at Garfield-------perhaps taking Joan Robinson's place in 2nd grade, when she/Joan married Norm Edwards.........I have to add---------the girl that related being spanked for whistling, a friend of mine, her brother in my class, which would confirm that Miss Linke was at Garfield, at least in the mid-40s. Think we are likely on the same page about the mink farm. A couple of other folks have also remembered that. It just always troubled me, the horsey person, that the mink were fed horse meat, and their 'dinners' highly visible 'on the hoof.' As to living quarters above the Washington St. buildings. I do know that 425 Washington/J. W. O'Bryan's jewelry store, was 'orginally' the home of the Wolfe family, and Michael Wolfe lived on the premises until he passed in the 40s, BUT on the ground floor, behind the jewelry store proper. (Check the J. W. O'Bryan thread on the boards for those stories, and I'm sorry but my posted photos have 'vanished' and I need to rescan them.) In my day-----------the staircase to the second floor was within the building, as would be in a house. In the 40s, for sure that area/second floor was used for storage for inventory-----like china and Roseville pottery. I know there were stairways along Washington St. that you used to get to doctor and lawyer offices on the second floor. I think now that there are several loft type apartments in that area, and perhaps, at one point think one was on the home tour sponsored by the Historical Society. Love, love, love your contributions. Nanc
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Post by garyelocke on Jun 23, 2010 18:38:32 GMT -5
Nancs-you're right as usual. Violet Linke (or MISS Linke as I knew her) was at Garfield into the fifties if not longer.I attended Garfield first three grades from '53 thru '55& she was the principal at that time. Always liked her and she seemed fond of me though I do remember being "counseled" by her on coupla' occasions.Remember Miss Yeager as my third grade teacher, but can't recall the others. We lived on Iowa Street a few blocks from Garfield & I walked to & from school often at lunch time as well. (Who would let their first-grader do that these days-different times).Great memories of friends and playing in the neighborhood & of Garfield. By the way...thanks to you,David,RER,Babs and all the other regular postors for all your efforts on this site. It's a real treasure.
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nancs
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Post by nancs on Jun 24, 2010 15:29:57 GMT -5
Nancs-you're right as usual. Violet Linke (or MISS Linke as I knew her) was at Garfield into the fifties if not longer.I attended Garfield first three grades from '53 thru '55& she was the principal at that time. Always liked her and she seemed fond of me though I do remember being "counseled" by her on coupla' occasions.Remember Miss Yeager as my third grade teacher, but can't recall the others. We lived on Iowa Street a few blocks from Garfield & I walked to & from school often at lunch time as well. (Who would let their first-grader do that these days-different times).Great memories of friends and playing in the neighborhood & of Garfield. By the way...thanks to you,David,RER,Babs and all the other regular postors for all your efforts on this site. It's a real treasure. garyelock------with the mention of Miss Yeager--------I have to admit I giggled------------think I had her as a 4th or 5th grade teacher--------and I 'thought she was old' in the 40s. In reality, likely she was the only teacher that I ever had that I totally disliked-----------yet, as a teacher myself, I so loved teaching 4th graders. Go figure!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for 'pulling up that memory' for me. Nanc
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rose
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Post by rose on Jul 25, 2010 10:40:30 GMT -5
I want to let you know that a new book,
FOLK HEROES, HEROINES AND HOMETOWN HERITAGE – From Columbus, Indiana’s City Hall Murals and Beyond
is available. It begins with some hometown boyhood memories of a guy who likes to reminisce about the early 1900s and tells the stories of eight folk icons from diverse backgrounds and how they represent our area’s personality – its outstanding community-mindedness, and it’s about our area’s ethnic/racial heritage and becoming a community-minded place, and it’s about the value of aging in leaving one’s own legacy as the folk heroes have done.
A question comes up: was raising kids really that different in the good old days? Other surprises include the number of ethnic identities who lived here before 1950 (would you believe 27?).
After I wrote the manuscript I was looking for someone knowledgeable about local history to review it for completeness and accuracy, so people kept telling me to ask former mayor Bob Stewart. One day when I was introduced to him by a mutual friend, he said he would read it and after he did he made the following comments:
“This book is one of the most interesting and factual representations we’ve had of this community …. It is a wonderful and beautiful work. There are a lot of things I learned from it that I didn’t know and I appreciate that fact …. I really enjoyed it.” The book can be found at Yellow Brick Road (2211 State St.), Picture This (next to JCPenney), The Primitive Peddlar (Eastbrook Plaza), Viewpoint Books, Visitors Center, Merle Norman (Fair Oaks Mall), and BCHS.
Now that the general public is reading the book I’m hearing more anecdotes about the folk heroes, and I’d like to hear more from anyone out there, even just a line or two.
I hope you will enjoy the book and let me know if you have any new info from personal experience about anything in the book.
Rose
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RER
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Post by RER on Nov 16, 2010 12:46:00 GMT -5
A Brief Look Back To 1941 & 1942 In Our NationSome Indiana Pictures (scroll down after clicking) Some might remember and some where just born. The Golden Gate Bridge was just completed. Reeves Pulley of Columbus provided giant pulleys to help erect the bridge during construction. Go here and enjoy the review: www.openmyeyeslord.net/ALookBackInHistory.htm
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Post by RER on Feb 10, 2011 15:07:05 GMT -5
Don't We Wish This Price Sign Was Today Instead Of 1940s or 1950s? Comment: This is not Columbus Indiana, but someplace in Indiana.
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theresa
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Post by theresa on Oct 24, 2011 18:36:11 GMT -5
Below is another ad that appeared in December of 1947. I worked for Barb Stansberry for years at LaMode 607, 607 Washington St. We were cleaning the porch one day, her daughter( Lisa Voelz) and i noticed the paint peeling over the front door. The fine foods sign is still there under the paint, the paint is peeling bad but the sign under seems to be fine...i bet the ladies would let you take it back to the origanal restraunt sign if someone asked...they are history buffs
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 3, 2012 6:37:19 GMT -5
Hello Everyone! I apologize for being away for so long! I've had off and on again computer problems, and I believe I FINALLY got things worked out (it was a bad video card all this time). I lost the ability to access my email account for quite a while. I still can't use Microsoft Outlook, and wouldn't you just know it: Microsoft Enterprise 2007, which I purchased in 2007, is no longer supported by Microsoft, and for some strange reason, I can't delete and reload the program from my disc! Extremely frustrating! Anyway...it feels good to be back! (Richard, I need to call you! I'll explain when I call)... The BIG NEWS last night on the evening news was the release of the 1940 Census information. I spent quite a bit of time trying to get onto the site, but with all the traffic, it was impossible. I finally got on about 2 this morning and have been absorbed by all the information that is provided. It's an incredible look back at our history, and I"m sure that many of you here will be excited to check it out! First, here is a map of Columbus for that 1940 Census. I wanted to keep this map as large as possible for those of you who may want to download and save it. Here's the link: [/IMG][/URL] Uploaded with ImageShack.usIt's amazing to view this map and see how Columbus has changed since that 1940 Census. And, here is the link to the 1940 Census web page: 1940census.archives.gov/More to follow!
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 3, 2012 7:12:31 GMT -5
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 3, 2012 7:21:11 GMT -5
Regarding the 1940 Census, I haven't quite figured out the search criteria. You cannot search by name. You can search by street, if you happen to know what street the person you're looking for lived on.
In my case, I don't know! I think my dad moved to Columbus in 1939. I don't think my Grandma had moved to Columbus as of 1940.
So, I'm having to go through each page individually, which leads to a lot of surnames that I recognize.
It's quite amazing to see how Columbus looked in 1940...predominantly white...and a lot of rental properties. It's a hoot looking at property values for those who own property, and how much renters paid for rent.
Richard, I think I found your dad and mom. This is so interesting!
EDIT: Figured it out!
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Post by Ricky_Berkey on Apr 4, 2012 13:36:20 GMT -5
It's good to see you back on here David! Congrats on your website surviving 10 years. Hello Everyone! I apologize for being away for so long! I've had off and on again computer problems, and I believe I FINALLY got things worked out (it was a bad video card all this time).
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 4, 2012 19:27:44 GMT -5
Thanks Ricky! It would not have been possible without the help of the Bartholomew County Public Library, first and foremost. If they had not stepped in after my appendix ruptured, I can only imagine the website would have faded away quietly. I have to admit: after spending so much time on it, I burned myself out. I just needed a break. God willing and health permitting, I'm ready to begin anew.
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Post by ajspicer on Jan 17, 2013 14:26:24 GMT -5
I Love ready all this stuff about Columbus , I know my grandparent lived there and my father was born there in 1923 now i just to figure it all out.... Thank you all so much for sharing your memorys they are great... Grand father was Harry Piercefield wife margaret Henderson Piercefield.
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