The "In's & Out's" Of Becoming A Registered Member

[David Sechrest]

Welcome to the Historic Columbus Indiana Message Board!

Here you will find info for becoming a registered member of this board.

We welcome your participation in this ongoing project of permanently recording Columbus Indiana history. We are most interested in your remembrances of what life was like in the Columbus Indiana you grew up in.

With that said, here are the FAQ's of becoming a Registered Member:

1. To become a Registered Member, simply click on the Register button at the top of the web page.

2. Next, you will have to create a USERNAME. This username will be used for logging into this forum.

3. Create a password. This is the password you will use to login to your account. All passwords must be a minimum of 6 characters long. We recommend passwords which contain both numbers and letters. NEVER, EVER EVER GIVE YOUR PASSWORD OUT TO ANYONE!! PERIOD!

4. Re-enter your password.

5. Enter a VALID email address. An activation email will be sent to this address. You must use the activation key in this email to enable your account. PLEASE NOTE: If you are an AOL user, you will not receive your activation email. AOL views these emails as SPAM and blocks it from being sent to you. IF you are an AOL user, most likely you will need to create an email account at Google or Hotmail, or a place similar. To circumvent this problem, if you are an AOL user, I can handle this problem for you. Just send me an email, letting me know what username you would like to use. I will create it, and a password that I will give to you. Once you receive the password from me, you can change it, and I highly recommend that you do!

6. Check whether you want to hide your email from others so they can't view it.

7. Birthday. This is kind of a sticky subject, as some of you won't want to reveal your true birthday. Proboard's policy is that you enter your birthday. What birthdate you enter is totally up to you.

8. Click the Show Age button, to show your age or not.

9. Security Check. Please enter the letters and numbers displayed in the box. All letters are capitals.

10. Read the TOS agreements. At the bottom, choose I Agree and click the Create Account button.

11. An email will be sent to you at the address you provided. If you don't see it, check your Junk or Spam folder.

12. Click on the link provided in the email and enter the Activation Key.

That's it. You should now be a member.

Any questions? Please ask!

[Woody Peck]

That's right - I've got AOL. Not sure I want to know the secret hand shake - I just have question:

I just purchased a "PIKE" ( a logging tool) embossed with "Storde Handles, Columbus, Indiana". It has a date OR part number of 1938 embossed in it. The wooden handle is 6 foot.

Was Storde Handles in Columbus? When? Is 1938 a good date?

The local Saginaw Logging Expert indicates "It's a real Pike".

[Woody Peck]

CBCLBA2That's right - I've got AOL. Not sure I want to know the secret hand shake - I just have question:

I just purchased a "PIKE" ( a logging tool) embossed with "Storde Handles, Columbus, Indiana". It has a date OR part number of 1938 embossed in it. The wooden handle is 6 foot.

Was Storde Handles in Columbus? When? Is 1938 a good date?

The local Saginaw Logging Expert indicates "It's a real Pike".

[e-mail]

[richard]

Woody said:

CBCLBA2That's right - I've got AOL. Not sure I want to know the secret hand shake - I just have question:

I just purchased a "PIKE" ( a logging tool) embossed with "Storde Handles, Columbus, Indiana". It has a date OR part number of 1938 embossed in it. The wooden handle is 6 foot.

Was Storde Handles in Columbus? When? Is 1938 a good date?

The local Saginaw Logging Expert indicates "It's a real Pike".

[e-mail]

Hello Woody,

I don’t think it takes a secret hand shake. The board does want to confirm your e-mail address. It sends a message back to the new member to confirm that the address is correct. For some reason, AOL seems to know what it members want coming to them. It seems to stop all of the needed e-mails that’s returned for conformation of the address. I think we know of one other ISP that does that.

As I see it, the two main reasons to join are to reserve your name and to have the ability to edit your post.

I subscribe to a Computer Newsletter and the editor of the newsletter, tells everyone up front that AOL will block the newsletter!

I was at the Bartholomew County Historical Society. I looked for ‘Storde Handles’ in the older Columbus City Directories at the society. I was raised in Columbus, and knew Columbus had a factory that was commonly called ‘The Handle Factory’!

The 1927-28 City Directory lists Columbus Handles & Tool Corporation at 14th on the northwest corner of the Big Four. The Big Four was a railroad company that later became part of the New York Central System.

The 1934-35 directory listed that location as the American Fork & Hoe Company with home offices in Cleveland, Ohio. That listing remained until 1950. In 1950, the business at that location was True Temper Corporation.

Your term “PIKE” intrigued me as I have a little background in a Volunteer Fire Department. In the fire service a Pike Pole does have a 6-foot handle. It has a three or a four-inch blunt point on the metal end and a small three or a four-inch hook below the point. It was used to punch through the ceiling or wall that had lathing under plaster. The hook was then twisted 90 degrees and the hook used to pull the lath down from the ceiling or wall.

I did a search of logging tools and found pictures at the link that’s below.

www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php?cPath=36_307_468