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Post by Rhonda on Mar 29, 2009 14:40:03 GMT -5
Yes. This is the Irwin family home on 5th Street. I visited the home a couple years ago and took photos of this exact dining room suite. They should be posted elsewhere on this message board/site. Charlie Snyder has identified the folks in the photo as follows: This is the dining room in the Irwin house on 5th st that we visited and you looked at the dining room table. People are as follows: Little girls are Irwin Miller's daughters and lady is Zenia his wife. Lady on end is his mother Nettie Sweeney Miller and then Clementine her daughter and sister of Irwin and Elsie Sweeney. The guy I think is Robert Tangeman who was Clementine's husband.
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Post by Rhonda on Mar 23, 2009 8:11:04 GMT -5
I would dearly love to see the photos in the book that you mention since the Crump family is one branch of my family tree.
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Post by Rhonda on Mar 19, 2009 8:45:24 GMT -5
I wonder what happened to that wonderful fountain with sculpture that is pictured in front of the Power House.
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Post by Rhonda on Mar 18, 2009 17:32:41 GMT -5
I'm confused by the description of the old Power House photo. If I'm reading correctly, it says that "this building was torn down in the past year or so". This wonderful old building is still standing, and continues to be the Senior Center. There are also plans for re-use of the building when the seniors finally get their new building built.
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Post by Rhonda on Dec 8, 2008 12:45:26 GMT -5
Not sure where to post this, but since it involves my great grandfather, I'll put it here.
Went to the Historical Society Christmas open house Saturday. While there, my husband and I stopped in the society's library. Mind you, I've been there before, but usually looking for something specific. While looking at books on the shelves, I pulled one down that simply said "Ledger". Upon further inspection, a notation inside stated that this particular ledger was bought for use by the coroner. I believe it was dated 1911. After looking through the first few pages, and seeing the pattern of how things were entered, I decided to look for family members. Only knowing a couple dates off the top of my head, I thumbed through to find 1935. There it was..........the coroner's report for the death of my great grandfather. Lucky? You bet. Entries into this specific ledger ended just two pages later!
Here is the entry...page 174:
Mch 30 Wm H. Lincoln In case of the death of Wm. Lincoln, my verdict is Wm. Lincoln came to his death as a result of a shot in the head with a 38 caliber revolver in his own hands with suicidal intent.
A further notation on the left hand side of the page: 13.00. My guess is this is the charge to perform the autopsy?
The reason I was excited to find this is......At several of my Orinoco programs, I have been approached afterwards by people telling me that my great grandfather hung himself. One man told me that his father actually "cut him down". I KNEW this wasn't so because of all the newspaper accounts, but now I know for certain......and have the papers to prove it.
Sorry if this seems gruesome, but if it was your family, you'd want to find out all the facts as I did. Remember: His business was going under as a result of the Great Depression.
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Post by Rhonda on Oct 23, 2008 5:03:08 GMT -5
Norman,
Some of the last products made at Orinoco were radio cabinets. I have actual designer's drawings of some of the cabinets. I also know that they made cabinets for Capehart radios in their last days.
Other information I've been told is that some of the cabinets were taken to my great grandfather's home for trial......to see how the sound quality was going to be.
I'd love to see the info that you have located and learn more. Any newly uncovered information is always a great find to add to my family history. Please contact me by leaving a personal message if you'd like.
Rhonda
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Post by Rhonda on Oct 10, 2008 7:47:28 GMT -5
Couldn't decide where to put this, so I'll stick it here, since the home I'll be "working" in is the Lincoln (Wetherald) home. Hope to see some of you at the historic homes tour this weekend! I'll be a docent/historian at the Lincoln home all day...both days. Some great homes on the tour this year. Weather is going to be great. Come walk through some homes that haven't been open to the public in many, many years!
Saturday, October 11th, from 10 to 5 Sunday, October 12th, from noon to 5
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Post by Rhonda on Sept 25, 2008 11:55:50 GMT -5
Would the school system let us use the Central Middle School gyms? They have two gyms side-by-side. Perhaps if this event is held during the summer when school isn't in regular session, they would let us use the space? Just a thought. The big Rhodes hanger up at the airport might be another location. Anybody got any contacts there?
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Post by Rhonda on Sept 12, 2008 8:22:46 GMT -5
Still time to sign up for PIE classes! The "pie line" phone number is 812-374-5280. You can also just walk in to the Ivy Tech Training Institute, south of the main campus on the west side of Central Avenue. Turn on Whitley Drive, then north on Vickers Drive to get to the back of the building. This is where you can register for sessions..........and also where I will be doing my presentation of the history of Orinoco, and Lincoln Chair Company. NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, 10:00 a.m.! Hope to see some of you there!
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Post by Rhonda on Aug 21, 2008 8:26:47 GMT -5
A little added information from my tour guide training...and quoting from the National Landmarks nomination document:
"...Saarinen’s wife Loja, who assisted him in the design of the large tapestry in the sanctuary (“The Sermon on the Mount”), and directed its weaving in her studio at Cranbrook."
"Above the choir hangs a large tapestry, “The Sermon on the Mount”, designed by Eliel and Loja Saarinen and woven in Loja’s workshop at Cranbrook Academy of Art."
At the time it was installed in First Christian, it was the largest tapestry that had been produced in the U.S.
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Post by Rhonda on Aug 16, 2008 18:13:47 GMT -5
If any of you are familiar with Partners in Education (PIE) classes here in Columbus, you might know that a new session of classes is due to start soon. I will be doing a "class" on the history of the Orinoco Furniture Company, and Lincoln Chair Company. I believe my class is scheduled for Tuesday, September 16th, at 10:00 a.m. It will be held in the Ivy Tech Professional Training building on the west side of Central Avenue up near the airport. If there is an overflow crowd, I will do the same presentation again at 1:00 the same day. If you'd like more information, just let me know!
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Post by Rhonda on Aug 14, 2008 9:50:27 GMT -5
Nancy, That quote is the last thing visitors see on the screen, after watching a 14 minute video, before we tour guides take them out on the tour of the city. I think it is such a neat quote, and always like to comment on it just before introducing myself to them as their volunteer tour guide.
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Post by Rhonda on Jul 22, 2008 9:19:50 GMT -5
I wondered the same thing....especially since the Monday morning paper specifically stated that a warning had been issued. We heard no sirens up here in Breakaway Trails, and there is a siren located within a block from our home.
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Post by Rhonda on Jul 20, 2008 8:52:41 GMT -5
After reading this morning's paper, I hope there is some coordination going on between this project, and now one that The Republic is planning to publish. Does anyone at the paper know about your photo CD and flip-book? They are planning to publish a book of photos and stories.......the way it sounds.
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Post by Rhonda on Jul 19, 2008 9:17:22 GMT -5
Yes. I didn't think I had very many, but just went through them again. Most of mine are early on in the flooding, and some are taken the next morning after the waters receded. How soon do you need/want them?
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Post by Rhonda on Jul 18, 2008 18:12:59 GMT -5
Would like Gail DeMoss to contact me. The current owner of the Flatrock home would like to be connected.
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Post by Rhonda on Jun 21, 2008 13:42:47 GMT -5
By all means, get a dehumidifier for the basement. Even though we were fortunate to not get water in either of our basements, we put a dehumidifier in the basement of the home we have for sale. You would not believe the amount of water it is taking out of the air down there! The sump pump kept the water out of the basement, but it was still SO damp from all the water in the ground around and under the basement concrete, we just felt we needed to get the dehumidifier. K-mart has some....as well as Wal-Mart now.
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Post by Rhonda on Jun 13, 2008 6:36:40 GMT -5
I know the current owners of 309 Flatrock. From what I've been told, the house got water into the sunken living room, but water did not get into the rest of the main living space. Clean-up has begun, and only time will tell what structural damage there may be. Of course, furnace, water heater, etc., was all in the basement area, but no living space was in the basement. The owner was actually out in the yard when he noticed water coming in under the fence and into the pool. Within minutes, water was pushing down the hill to the lagoon like a waterfall.
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Post by Rhonda on May 30, 2008 15:50:46 GMT -5
Here is another interesting article from the Columbus paper, April 21, 1915.
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Post by Rhonda on May 30, 2008 15:46:48 GMT -5
I, too, have been looking through microfilm at the local library. Here is a fun article that was in the Columbus Evening Republic on September 16th, 1890.
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