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Post by richard on Dec 3, 2006 20:21:58 GMT -5
I gleaned some information from today’s Looking Back column that I’ve never heard before. It is from today in 1956.
Joseph H. Staley, believed to have been the first manufacture of auto parts in Columbus died in a Florida hospital. Among the products his Continental Auto Parts Co. developed was a creeper used by mechanics to work under cars.
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Post by richard on Dec 4, 2006 14:15:49 GMT -5
Note: It appears that this list was a paid advertisement and not all Businesses of this type may be in the copied list! Animal Hospitals listings in the 1953 Columbus City Directory 01. Tucker’s Small Animal Hospital 2437 Chestnut Street Animal Hospitals listings in the 1957 Columbus City Directory 01. Columbus Veterinary Clinic 2303 Cherry Street Animal Hospitals listings in the 1959 Columbus City Directory 01. Columbus Veterinary Clinic 1996 National Road Veterinarians listings in the 1953 Columbus City Directory 01. Little, Paul 2303 Cherry Street 02. Tucker, Errol A. 2437 Chestnut Street Veterinarians listings in the 1957 Columbus City Directory 01. Tucker, Errol A. 2437 Chestnut Street Veterinarians listings in the 1959 Columbus City Directory 01. Tucker, Errol A. 2437 Chestnut Street
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Post by BobLane on Dec 7, 2006 19:12:03 GMT -5
Copied from Bob Lane’s memories Does anyone remember the building of the 3rd street bridge before the 2nd street bridge was demolished? I remember the dedication of the Third Street Bridge. When, in 1950 or 51? There was quite a crowd on hand and the mayor or governor was to cut the ribbon. I was on the sidewall watching and the wind was just hard enough to keep the ribbon out of their reach from the truck bed or platform they were standing on. I reached it from where I was and pulled it over until they could get a hold of it. Somehow I was omitted from the chronicles about the bridge dedication. Oh well, so goes life.
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Post by richard on Dec 10, 2006 23:05:55 GMT -5
When I was in the army I was stationed in Chicago at the Meat and Dairy Hygiene School when the Chicago Auto Show was on in January 1954. I saw all of the new 1954 auto's plus several cars of the future with these Dodge's and the Chrysler Thunderbolt and Buick had a sharp car there they called the Wildcat. These cars would be beautiful today. The year before Cadillac had brought out the new Eldorado and Buick the Skylark and Oldsmobile the Fiesta. Beautiful cars. Seems like all of the future planning went out the window and people seemed to want the smaller cars like today with all of them looking alike. Just thought you might like to see some of car designs we had 52 years ago. Charlie Photo Courtesy of Charles Snyder
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Post by richard on Dec 11, 2006 10:04:50 GMT -5
This information is from The Looking Back Column in today’s Columbus newspaper from 1956.
From Columbus Comment:
Will E. Marsh, ex-(Columbus) newspaperman and author of the book ‘I Discover Columbus’ writes that the last copy of his book has been sold. And who do you think got it?
Rosebud Blustein. Rose is better known (in Columbus) as Joan Blondell, the actress. Her father, the late Edward Blondell, was born in Columbus as Levi Blustein, the son of a junk dealer and changed his name for the stage.
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Post by richard on Dec 12, 2006 13:34:32 GMT -5
This information is from The Looking Back Column in today’s Columbus newspaper from 1956.
Hopefully our grand kids will be able to read these facts years from now.
From Columbus Comment: The price of a haircut in Columbus went up from $1.00 to $1.25 today. As a result Columbus is one of the last cities of its size in central Indiana to boost the price of a haircut above the $1 level..
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Post by richard on Dec 13, 2006 12:12:17 GMT -5
Automobile Dealers - Used Cars listings in the 1953 Columbus City Directory 01. Central Motor Sales 2114 Central Avenue 02. Columbus Motors Inc. 2211 State Street 03. Davis Auto Sales 2169 State Street 04. Noll Motors Inc. Fourteenth & California Streets 05. Schaefer, Ed L. 218 Jackson Street Automobile Dealers - Used Cars listings in the 1957 Columbus City Directory 01. Beatty, Harry E. 2318 Union Street 02. Burton & Robertson South Side West Eight Street 03. Central Motor Sales 2114 Central Avenue 04. Columbus Auto Sales 2222 State Street 05. Davis Auto Sales 2161 State Street 06. Everroad Used Cars 302 Jackson Street 07. Fry Chevrolet Sales & Service Twenty Fifth and Cottage Streets 08. Houk Motor Sales 1021 Twenty Fifty Street 09. Lutz Auto Sales 117 Third Street 10. Minor Auto Sales 900 Third Street 11. Noll Motors Inc. Fourteenth & California Streets 12. Phillips Car Market 622 Third Street 13. Reeves Auto Sales 632 Third Street 14. Schiller Motors Inc. 218 Jackson Street 15. Schmidt Used Cars 437 Second Street 16. Smith Auto Sales 321 Twelfth Street 17. Stott, Bill Auto Sales Inc. 2741 Central Avenue Automobile Dealers - Used Cars listings in the 1959Columbus City Directory 01. Beatty, Harry E. 2318 Union Street 02. Burton & Robertson South Side West Eight Street 03. Central Motor Sales 2114 Central Avenue 04. City Motor Sales 634 Third Street 05. D & D Auto Sales 2004 Twenty Fifth Street 06. Davis Auto Sales 2161 State Street 07. Dunfee, Bill Chevrolet Inc. Second and Jackson Streets 08. Everroad & Son 2810 Twenty Fifth Street 09. Houk Motor Sales 1021 Twenty Fifty Street 10. Livings Used Cars 437 Third Street 11. Lutz Auto Sales 117 Third Street 12. Minor Auto Sales 900 Third Street 13. Noll Motors Inc. Fourteenth & California Streets 14. Phillips Car Market 622 Third Street 15. Smith Auto Sales 321 Twelfth Street 16. Sutter, Frederick M. Inc. 419 Second Street 17. Todd Auto Sales Third at Jackson Streets 18. Wilson Oldsmobile - Cadillac 216 Jackson Street
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Post by richard on Dec 16, 2006 14:46:07 GMT -5
Auto Courts and Motels listings in the 1953 Columbus City Directory 1. Columbus Motel National Road Northwest Corner at Beam Road 2. Manley Motel 3125 National Road 3. Pine Lodge Motel 3333 Seventeenth Street 4. Wehmeier Trailer Park North End Fairview Drive Motels and Auto Courts listings in the 1957 Columbus City Directory 1. Columbus Motel National Road Northwest Corner at Beam Road 2. Kaler Motel 3125 National Road 3. Pine Lodge Motel 3333 Seventeenth Street Motels and Auto Courts listings in the 1959 Columbus City Directory 1. Columbus Motel 2340 Beam Road 2. Kaler Motel 3125 National Road 3. Pine Lodge Motel 3333 Seventeenth Street
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Post by richard on Dec 17, 2006 9:27:31 GMT -5
Broadcasting Stations listings in the 1953 Columbus City Directory 1. WCSI Radio Broadcasting Station WCSI Building 427 Third Street Broadcasting Stations listings in the 1957 Columbus City Directory 1. WCSI Radio Broadcasting Station WCSI Building Carr Hill Road Radio Broadcasting Companies and Stations listings in the 1959 Columbus City Directory 1. WCSI Radio Broadcasting Station Carr Hill Road
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Post by richard on Dec 29, 2006 16:41:37 GMT -5
Nineteen-fifty-four Columbus High School South Central Conference Cross Country Champions.Top Row L to R: Herb Sharp Middle Row L to R: Bill Brooks, David Garrison ‘with eye patch, Buddy Lutz. Bottom Row L to R: Gail Selby, David Mihay, First name unknown Brooks. Photo Courtesy of David Mihay
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Post by richard on Jan 3, 2007 21:43:40 GMT -5
This information is from The Looking Back Column in today’s Columbus newspaper from 1957.
From Columbus Comment: “the downtown retail district must continue to improve if Columbus is to hold its position as the leader in southeastern Indiana. There is a good chance that the city during 1957 will see the greatest expansion of its neighborhood shopping centers yet. The center on twenty-fifth Street with the new Kroger supermarket as the central unit is expected to boom. There is every reason to believe Columbus will continue to grow and it is up to the downtown area to keep pace. Attractive shops, up to the minute merchandise, good service and increased parking facilities are keys to the march of progress.”
End of today’s article.
This is the second time we’ve had confirmation that the twenty-fifth Street Shopping Center was opened in nineteen fifty-six. You will find more about this Shopping Center in the Shopping Plaza’s within ‘The growth of Strip Malls in Columbus’ Board, and the ‘25th Street Shopping Center’ Categories.
Notice the above 1957 article includes much of what is being said today! “The downtown retail district must continue to improve if Columbus is to hold its position as the leader in southeastern Indiana.” “There is every reason to believe Columbus will continue to grow and it is up to the downtown area to keep pace. Attractive shops, up to the minute merchandise, good service and increased parking facilities are keys to the march of progress.” “Attractive shops, up to the minute merchandise, good service and increased parking facilities are keys to the march of progress.” I suspect that much of the same is being said about your city.
Note the comment about increased parking facilities in the 1957 article! Today’s paper announced that Columbus is going to build an eight and one half million-dollar parking garage downtown. However, the bond request could be as much as nine and one half million! It will have 400 to 450 spaces on four levels and include six thousand square feet of retail space.
Notice the 1957 term ‘Supermarket’. Today they use ‘Superstore’! How many blocks do we walk to get into the box stores of today?
‘Good Service’ is in the 1957 article! Where do we get ‘service’ today? The box stores today install 95 check out lanes, then have one or two open! Why do they use display space for check lanes that’s ‘never’ used? How much time did we spend waiting to check out this past shopping season?
‘If’ you can find someone to ask a question about a product, do you feel you’ve learned any new information?
What’s your take? Let’s leave some information that can be read fifty years from now.
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Post by RER on Jan 7, 2007 18:32:09 GMT -5
" If your hair is Graying, Balding Or you're Just Plain Older...Then You Will Remember These " Vehicle Fender Skirts _________________________________________ Vehicle Curb Feelers ______________ Vehicle Steering Knobs_________________________________ Vehicle Continental ___________________________ (also called suicide knobs) Note: Many of these were around in the 1940s and 1950s. Bob
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Post by richard on Jan 13, 2007 12:28:45 GMT -5
This information is from The Looking Back Column in today’s Columbus newspaper. It’s from fifty years ago, in 1957.
Syndicate Theaters in Columbus appointed David Hilycord Jr. as manager succeeding Tom Thompson. Mr. Thompson announced he will open a camera and hobby shop in the FM and O shopping center at Twenty-Fifth Street and Central Avenue.
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Post by richard on Jan 15, 2007 11:18:40 GMT -5
1/15/2007 6:30:00 AM
Real electronic revolution came home in trunk of car
By Bud Herron - Publisher of The Republic.
WHEN Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his new iPhone last week, a cry of "revolutionary" arose from techies coast to coast.
I suppose, in a culture with the attention span of a humming bird on crack, the new do-it-all phone seems "revolutionary." (It is a word that we even used to announce the new Hardee Monster Burger, which I assume may revolutionize our need for coronary bypass surgery.)
While I am sure the iPhone is quite "evolutionary" and wonderful, it certainly is not revolutionary to anyone with a life perspective that stretches back further than 1990. Some of us have seen "revolutionary," and it didn't come in colors to coordinate with our jogging suits.
One of the earliest revolutionary devices I can remember came down Seminary Street in Hope one sultry August day in 1950. It was in a brown box about the size of a casket and was sticking out of the trunk of my dad's aging Plymouth.
Neighborhood event
It was revolutionary enough that the whole neighborhood came out to see it, and little children ran cheering along side the car as it passed the sawmill and headed toward our driveway.
Inside the box was a 10-inch Arvin television, perched atop a mahogany cabinet. It was the second television in the history of mankind to arrive in the town of Hope. And there it was, in the living room of our little two-bedroom house at the corner of Seminary and Union.
Dad was a production worker on the "television line" at Arvin Industries and had been helping assemble the "revolutionary" devices since 1948 - more than a year before Indiana even had a television station.
We all knew Dad would have to have one, even though his hourly wage could not support such a purchase. He was a "techno-junkie" half a century before the word was coined.
The day the TV arrived was among the two or three most exciting moments of my life (just slightly behind my wedding night and the day I won a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the philharmonic raffle).
Anticipation
Neighbors filled our living room, and those unable to find a place to stand pressed their noses to the screen door and windows. Dad, assisted by my Uncle Louie, began the installation process about 10 a.m.
About 7 p.m., Dad made the final trip down the ladder from the roof, where he had installed an antenna pointed toward Indianapolis. (In my memory, it was just slightly shorter than the Hope water tower.)
He attached the antenna wire to the back of the television and turned the power knob. The little screen hummed and slowly began to brighten. My sisters and I - sprawled out on the couch from the exhaustion of the just-completed nine-hour drama - sat straight up in anxious anticipation.
"What kind of an exotic show will appear, all the way from distant, mysterious Indianapolis?" we wondered.
In a few seconds, wavy lines were dancing back and forth as Dad twisted a row of knobs one way and then the other in a desperate attempt to create a picture. Suddenly we could see something, although we weren't sure what it was because the image was flipping rapidly, top to bottom.
Finally the flipping stopped and there on the tiny screen was a flapping American flag. A voice said, "We are now ending our broadcast day. Ladies and gentlemen, our national anthem."
"Everybody on your feet," Dad shouted.
The whole bone-weary family arose at his instruction. We stood with our hands over our hearts and sang as "The Star Spangled Banner" blared from the television.
You want revolutionary? That's revolutionary. Eat your heart out, Steve Jobs.
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Post by RER on Jan 15, 2007 15:44:47 GMT -5
" We Remember Well The First Television Set In 1950 "After reading Bud Herron's article today, I emailed my brother and he responded and so I began to brainstorm my memories with his about our first television experience in Columbus. Here, is about what we both recall in 1950 after we moved into our new home on 15th Street: The very first television was a black & white Capehart Model. Our Dad bought it at a store just off of 6th Street and Washington. The test pattern when you turned it on was an Indian Chief pattern. We believe that one station was from Indianapolis and another from Bloomington Indiana. We had some rabbit ears as an antenna, but had to erect a tall metal tubular type antenna on the roof. There were very few families with televisions in the early 1950s, but Dad was eager and Mom too to have a television. Cost in the 1950s was very high considering the value of money then. I think they were over $250 and up as reflected in the below commercial. We would all gather in our living room on special nights and events to watch what was programmed. The family and sometimes many friends would gather to watch live wrestling with wrestlers named Gorgeous George, Little Beaver and many more. Of course you could tell even then that the wrestler's faked a lot of stuff, but became more practiced and realistic. On Saturday nights we watched Ted Mack Amateur Hour which was derived from a radio show in the 1940s. Many future stars were cast on his one hour shows. Several years later the Ed Sullivan Show came on Saturday nights around 8:00 PM. We would usually have popcorn (stove popped) and sodas for treats, sometimes cool aid. A few years later Mom started making homemade pizza for our snacks. We watched shows like Howdy Doody and Uncle Bob. Also Cecil The Seasick Sea Serpent and his Beanie Boy. Westerns like the Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy movies. There was also Flash Gordon in the early movies and Sky King on Saturdays. The Nelson Family was also popular and later son Ricky Nelson singing as the family grew older before us on the sets. During the 1950s TV trays became vogue. Also, the TV dinners were popular. We, would stay glued all day long on weekends eating on trays and popping corn. It brought kids indoors to be with parents more during the special events. Around midnight the station would sign off with the national anthem and a test pattern would come on and then a loud fuzzy sound, and then it was over. Television in those days were vacuum tubes instead of transistors and circuit boards. When a tube burned out it was over until you had a television service man come and repair it. Here is a sample 1950 Capehart Television advertisement: Closure: Now Bud Herron you were right on, when you said "that was Revolutionary."Bob
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Post by Rhonda on Jan 15, 2007 19:39:08 GMT -5
As an interesting side note: Orinoco Furniture Company made cabinets for Capehart in their last few years in business. They made radio cabinets...to my knowledge.
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Post by RER on Jan 15, 2007 22:54:49 GMT -5
What year did the Columbus furniture company sale take place ? I read it sold out in the 1940s. What year did it close totally ?
Note: A Post Office that is only 35 years old is nothing compared to a 1910 Post Office that is really old. The 1910 Post Office is almost 100 years old and the 35 year old is absolutely young and not attractive. The Commons is out of date compared to the nice old history of the real Columbus of the past. I was born and raised in Columbus and if I still lived there things would be reported and told different than I have read on this board in some respects.
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Post by Ricky_Berkey on Jan 15, 2007 23:33:53 GMT -5
Well, I personally think the 1970 Post Office building and The Commons are both attractive and significant as architecture. I don't think it's "better" than any older buildings but I think it's historically representative of the 1970's downtown development that was going on all over the country. Towns and cities everywhere were trying bold ideas to keep their downtown retail from fleeing to the shopping center and malls. It hurts me though to see all the pictures of what was torn down to make way for these modern structures. It distresses me that there is little organized opposition when historical buildings are being torn down. There was barely a whimper of protest over the decision to tear down Central School. It will soon be gone. That old 1910 building by the second street bridge will soon be gone. Even though many dismiss it as an eyesore...I've always kind of admired it as I drove into downtown. Note: A Post Office that is only 35 years old is nothing compared to a 1910 Post Office that is really old. The 1910 Post Office is almost 100 years old and the 35 year old is absolutely young and not attractive. The Commons is out of date compared to the nice old history of the real Columbus of the past. I was born and raised in Columbus and if I still lived there things would be reported and told different than I have read on this board in some respects. Bob
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Post by RER on Jan 16, 2007 0:11:40 GMT -5
" Just My Opinion Of The Present "
As a many years distanced former resident of Columbus and born and raised there, I have a different perspective of my home of the past. Many old buildings were torn down to build a Commons Mall building that isn't that attractive, and has no history connected to it. Progress at times is a regression of time. Conversely, Charleston South Carolina is a prime example of good preservation of history and buildings. A few years ago I wrote an article in the Columbus Republic Paper about the old Central High School and why the city should not destroy it, but who am I ? The history slowly gets destroyed because of supposed progress, but if you and anyone were born , raised and attended the school, the thoughts are different.
Oh, I know most of the folks that went to the Old Central High School are either gone now or so old they don't remember much. My grandmother, two uncles and many friends taught at that school and my older brother and I went there; so the memories are different than many of today.
The Commons Mall is nice but not truly a Columbus Historical Site to many and not that attractive. Sure, famous people put it together, but look at the historical buildings that were torn down to put a mostly glass walled building in. I have never been impressed by the building nor the contents. I would have much rather preserved what they destroyed than what was created.
I appreciate that many never looked at what was torn up and was not aware of the history. Most younger folks look at the now, and guess of the past, when history is changed somewhat.
Anyway, I like true history not a concoction of maybe it was this way or that, but factual.
Comment: The Republic Newspaper Article I wrote I re-posted in the years 1990s at this web site.
Bob
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Post by RER on Jan 17, 2007 18:55:26 GMT -5
" Compton Dairy Purity Milk Company Serving Columbus Indiana Among Other Towns " Comment: This was the cardboard top that was fitted into the top of the glass milk bottle. As you can see Compton served Columbus, Franklin, Shelbyville and Edinburg Indiana. Notice the 3 digit phone number. This may be before 1950s. I think it may be 1940s with 3 digits. Many phone numbers in the 1950s were 4 digits. Bob
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