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Post by nancs on May 18, 2007 21:12:52 GMT -5
Hi, George, and I sort of wondered that same thing, but see nothing really going on, on Washington St., and don't think that is where 'parade participants' had their 'staging area.' Good thought, tho'. Any parade would have to have been prior to when they set up the booths along the streets. Right??? Anybody else? ?? Am fairly certain that the team of ponies are NOT Westy (Clarence) Westermeir's as he didn't do that til much later, and don't think that he had 'spotted ponies,' and I just can't think of whose they might be. Margie, Sharon, any input? ? Ah, a puzzlement. Thanks for the input, George. Nanc
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Post by RER on May 19, 2007 18:00:00 GMT -5
Hi Nancs and I like the 1940s picture. Could be the folks are waiting for a popular Rio movie to let out. Maybe Flossie is selling nickel hamburgers (joke part). You said this: Now for the life of me I can't find any ponies in this picture. I have enlarged it and studied it for 5 times and can't find one horse.
The vehicles are not in any organized parking pattern. A police car is noted which could be something happened across the street at the Rio or it was a natural exit for the car because the police station is near (not shown). Also, interesting that someone took a elevated picture of the crowd. The picture is still a puzzle to me but as George said the weather appears to be fall with coats, and women's head gear.
Thanks for the photo it is a mystery for sure.
Bob
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Post by nancs on May 19, 2007 18:22:56 GMT -5
Hmmm, started first to just email Bob with how to find 'the ponies,' but then decided I would 'locate Waldo's ponies' for everyone------- on that 1940s photo, go back and look again for the ponies. Start at that bottom right corner, find the boy with his arm on another kid's shoulder that has a bike, then just above that--------the rear end of a spotted pony, with harness, you can see that 'tail piece of leather.' Follow 'that pony' toward the top left corner, just a short ways, and wella, another spotted pony. Nanc
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Post by RER on May 19, 2007 20:47:40 GMT -5
Nanc I think I am confused on Flossie. In this thread we talked about Willie at that location on 5th street and Flossie Stott on 4th Street. We determined that Willie was across from Rio and Flossie Stott (later Stine) was on 4th Street. So, with the recent picture you posted it must be that Flossie Stott (Bill Stott's Mother) owned at some point the 5th Street (Willie) place as well as the 4th Street place. The picture you placed on the board says Stott. I am sure that Flossie Stott (later Stine) opened a place on 4th as we determined before in this thread. Interesting information if you go back and read what we discussed before. Two Flossies, but one Flossie had places on two streets which were 5th and 4th Street during Flossie Stott's lifetime.
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Post by RER on May 20, 2007 8:09:26 GMT -5
Ref: Nancs picture again
My brother thinks the picture might have been taken in the 1930s, with the age of the cars in the scene. Also, if it is a 1930s picture then groups of people may have been trying to find jobs to support their families. Further, he seems to think Willie Food Store, and Flossie Stott came later because Flossie might have been raising her children at that time. If it is a 1930s picture the town and nation would have been in tough times struggling from the "Great Depression."
P.S. Maybe I see the two ponies now.
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Post by nancs on May 20, 2007 8:20:50 GMT -5
Hi, and one, bear with me, am having trouble getting photos into my posts. Trying smaller verisions this go round. Bob, I believe this photo Stott's/ponies/etc to be in the late 40s, after 1947 actually, as there is the one photo of the Nash car raffle on the boards and the car is sitting on that NE corner of 5th/Washington, and the 'jewelry store/Carmel Corn' building had not yet been built. Second, going east on 5th is a Chevy, at first I thought it might have been our '47 Chevy, but had no sun visor, actually think that car is a '46, looking at the grill. Other cars were indeed older. Nanc
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Post by RER on May 20, 2007 8:35:17 GMT -5
Thanks Nanc,
It is interesting to study the photo and what you said makes sense. Some older cars in the picture make for many memories of the past. Some look like my father's earlier vehicles. The Stott sign based on what you are saying would place Flossie Stott in that time period, before Willie Food Store.
Bob
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Post by mfaure on May 21, 2007 23:37:10 GMT -5
hi nanc was just looking at the horse's behinds (ha) I am pretty sure one of them was Dixie and I think the other was Dolly, Bob Wagner's horse. Daddy and Bob used to ride together as a pair at times. I might have been riding Tony. It certainly looks like a parade left over or something like that as the cars lined up in back of the people look as if they were stopped by the crowd for some reason.
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Post by Babs on May 23, 2007 12:42:18 GMT -5
I've used a magnifying glass and for the life of me I can't see any ponies. :-(
RE: why all the people are lined up and notice the cars behind them. I sort of think they were waiting for a parade or something like that, perhaps a circus was coming thru town?
Someone mentioned the head scarfs on the women and I laughed because my mom and my grandmother either wore a head scarf when it was cold out or else when they went to town they wore hats. Especially if we went to Indy to shop they both always wore hats. Remember when all the ladies and young girls wore hats to church? Now hardly anyone wears a hat to church.
I will keep looking but I sure don't see any ponies. :-(
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Post by RER on May 28, 2007 17:58:10 GMT -5
Today Being Memorial Day I Thought Some World War II Posters Would Be Appropriate To Pay Tribute To All Whom Have Served, Paid The Ultimate Sacrifice and To Those That Are Still Serving Our Military Nationwide & Worldwide. "The Lord Has Blessed Those Whom Have Given The Ultimate Sacrifice And May He Continue to Bless Our Troops and America The Great" God Bless America. Land that I love Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America My home sweet home. God Bless America, Land that I love Stand beside her, And guide her, Through the night With the light from above, From the mountains, To the prairies, To the ocean, White with foam, God bless America, My home sweet home. God bless America, My home sweet home.__________________________________________________________________________ Note: These patriotic posters were published by the U.S. Office of War Information, during World War II. They are not copyrighted, so you feel free to download them and use them. Bob
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Post by Babs on Jun 28, 2007 11:45:57 GMT -5
Okay here goes on a topic that I have been debating over and over in my mind for some time. I suppose it belongs here in the 40's as that would've been the time frame. I hope someone else will be able to shed some light on this topic because for the life of me no one else I know has ever heard a sinlge thing about it. So here goes........
During WWII, at some point there came a knock on our front door. Being of a tender age I do not recall the details or what was said but eventually we had "renters". Does anyone know if there was an organization of sorts that canvassed to see if locals had room for military families? Anyhow, sometime during the war we had two different renters that I remember. Both were military officers but I'm not sure if they were stationed at Camp Atterbury or Atterbury AFB just outside Columbus. Think the first renter we had was a Major Everett and his wife Marge Inger and I think they might've been from Michigan. I believe Marge was pregnant but at the time I just thought she was a little "pudgy". They were such a nice couple and she taught me how to knit. I now think she was making baby things for their new arrival but I was never told this. I remember I knitted this really long piece of whatever and then eventually pulled it apart and re-knitted again. Anyhow this was my first introduction to the craft of knitting. The second couple who lived with us was a Captain Bob and his wife Jane; I've forgotten their last name but can still see their faces in my head. He was blonde and very good looking and she was dark and quite beautiful. Somewhere in my picture albums I must have a picture of this couple or else I wouldn't remember how they looked so easily as I would've only been about 8 or 9 years old at the time. The war ended the year I was 10 so this all happened prior to my 10th birthday.
None of our other neighbors had "boarders"; I've asked my dad and until I brought up the subject he had not even remembered that these two couples lived with us (at different times of course). It is possible that since my dad worked out at Camp Atterbury, teaching the recruits who could not read or write, that our name got into someone's hands and that is why they came to ask us if we would allow these men to have their wives with them for a short time. I don't believe either couple was ever there more than a few weeks or a couple of months at the longest. It just seems odd to me, that in looking back, no one else in our neighborhood or any of our relatives had military move into their homes. I think it is also possible that these couples were the ones who planted the Victory garden we had in our back yard, as my dad believes he did not have his first garden till much later in life. I remember taking a salt shaker from the kitchen, walking down the walk...the garden was on either side of the walk...and sitting down, reaching for a tomato, wiping off the dirt and proceeding to "enjoy" the tomatoes right there. (My favorite way still to eat a tomato but now I wash it and eat it at the kitchen sink. :-)
Okay does anyone else have a memory like this? Do you know anyone who had "renters" that were from the base? My dad says we did not take an add out in the paper and never went out of our way to seek them, so we had to be searched out for some reason. It wasn't like we actually had an extra bedroom to spare, we didn't, but the room they rented did have an adjoining bathroom and my brother and I slept on twin beds in the dining room. I assume they cooked in our kitchen though I do not remember that but I do remember Marge sitting down and teaching me how to knit in the living room so they pretty much had the "run of the whole house" I believe.
Its just a puzzle to me and since no one else I've ever spoken with experienced this, I'd love to hear from others who maybe had similar experiences. I will one day look for pictures to see if I can find the one I can see of Bob and Jane and maybe its best I don't remember their last name, although I think it was a fairly easy one, because another thing I recall is after they moved on, we got some mail for them that needed to be forwarded. I can still see the expression on my mother's face when she discovered that Bob and Jane had been practicing "nudists", as one piece of their mail was from a "nudist colony" in California I believe. ;-)
Life is strange isn't it?
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Post by richard on Jun 28, 2007 12:25:52 GMT -5
Fifth and Washington Streets. Photo Courtesy of Charles Snyder.
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Post by RER on Jul 11, 2007 9:35:55 GMT -5
Annual Income $500 Or More & Uncle Sam Year 1944This government poster was during the World War II time periodComment: If a person made only $500 per year in 1944 then that person's hourly wage would have been approximately .24 cents per hour. There are 2080 hours to a normal yearly work schedule. Consider 40 hours per week times 52 weeks equals 2080 work hours. Paying taxes on that amount didn't leave much for the families. [/b] Food For Thought: Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words "The" and "IRS" together it spells "Theirs."Bob
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Post by richard on Aug 10, 2007 20:36:37 GMT -5
The following information appeared in The Republic, local newspaper, in Harry McCawley’s column on August 3, 2007.
This story appeared two days after the I35W bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The following dates are included in his story.
The footings of the truss style Second Street Bridge, which was built in 1884, was found to be dangerously undermined and Indiana State officials closed the bridge on September 15, 1949.
The order came down at 4:00 p.m., and no buses or trucks were allowed to cross after that time. Cars were allowed to enter or exit the city until 7:00 a.m., the next morning.
Most traffic began using the Covered Bridge over the Driftwood River on the Lowell Road and it had a 5-ton limit. Within days, that bridge was closed to trucks and buses also and those driving cars were told they were crossing at their own risk.
The State of Indiana had committed to build the Third Street bridge in 1949, but had failed to get into the state’s list of upcoming projects.
Governor Henry Schricker visited his son, who lived in Columbus at the time, and within a week of that visit, the state announced that the money for the new bridge had been appropriated.
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Post by nancs on Aug 24, 2007 7:39:24 GMT -5
Someone posted about what we "did" to our bikes to make them special. In searching through photos, ran across this one-----and if you look carefully, you will note a series of "birds" mounted on the handlebars, and as I recall, they had real feather tails of different colors. Seems like we purchased these at a hardware store, for a nominal amount. Looks like I could afford to have four of these feathered "riders" on board. ;D Nanc Buried deep within the message board, back in the 1940s thread, there was some discussion about what we 'did' to our bikes. Guess my family didn't quite manage 'The Beverly Hillbillies look' as my bike wasn't tied on top!!! However, a decoration was 'saved and transported,' and recently found. I believe that this item was attached onto the back fender with the reflector. Nanc
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Post by RER on Sept 14, 2007 8:02:59 GMT -5
" Serv-Ice Plant & Coal Company Built In 1924 " (re-posted memories of 1940s) Built By C. D. Cook & Plant Produced 35 Tons Per DayComment: Sold Coal and Ice for many years and was located on corner of Lafayette and 3rd Street. During the 1940s as a 1st & 2nd Grader I walked by here on the way home from Lincoln School ( 2nd & Franklin) and would get Ice chips to suck on. The workers were alway very nice to the kids. Notice the streets are dirt, the overhanging street light and vintage car.
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Post by RER on Oct 19, 2007 8:29:55 GMT -5
Hoosier Kitchen The 1940sTrade Name Was The "White Beauty" Since 1898Many Bartholomew County Residents Had The HoosierOh, I remember my grandmother's and mother's Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet very well in the early 1940s. We lived at 502 Union across from Cummins main office (now a parking lot) and we had this Hoosier and it looked just like this one. The cabinet was painted white and the pull out preparation surface was baked on enamel on steel. More details are written below the picture. Many families throughout Columbus and the county had this kitchen wonder. Our Ice Box Was Placed Left of the HoosierSummary of Features:The company said this about the Hoosier: "You can sit down at work with this Hoosier and save miles of steps. It combines Three Big Cupboards, a Large Pantry, Special Bins and Compartments, and dozens of Labor-Saving Features, around a roomy metal table that slides out 16 inches." The Hoosier was manufactured by the Hoosier Manufacturing Company in New Castle Indiana. The company was founded in 1898. Hoosier built more than two million cabinets by 1920. Today, they are sold in many antique stores nationwide. So, how many readers out there remember this cabinet and all the food preparations your family concocted, with its help?[/i][/color]
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Post by RER on Oct 19, 2007 9:42:00 GMT -5
Kitchen Ice Boxes Before RefrigeratorsThey Were Used Throughout Columbus & The County Columbus IndianaWell, next to our Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet was an Ice Box before 1938 and into the early 1940s. The door handles were made of solid brass, so they could be polished to a brightness. A brief overview and history is below the picture. Ice Block Placed In Top Memories of Usage:Remember the days of the iceman and the ice box?Because the ice box began as a wooden box, specifics of when it was invented or by whom are very hard to find. Your parents or grandparents may recall the hey day of the ice box something like this: The iceman delivered ice for the first ice boxes; the predecessor of the modern day refrigerator. Ice was purchased by the pound or block for the ice box from a frozen water salesman not unlike a milk man. As a kid on 5th & Union Street I remember well the ice man delivering blocks of ice for our box. The box looked just like this one. Of course the ice melted in the first crude ice boxes, so the iceman was in great demand. The tin-lined area that held the ice had a rubber tube that was attached to the bottom at a drain hole to relay the water to a pan under the ice box. There was always a puddle of water on the floor to remind us that it needed emptied. Today, as we know they are sold nationwide in antique stores.
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Post by RER on Nov 2, 2007 21:35:10 GMT -5
You "Gotta" Love This 2nd Old School Bus Picking Up CHS Students 1943It appears to be raining in colder weather on 7th Street meaning Pearl Street was at the rear of the buses [/color] Comments: Just think, most kids had no cars. The following items were not invented or available yet: Cell Phones, Televisions, Fast Food Places, Computers. They had these items: Slide Rules, Books, Home Radios, Friendships and probably better communications verbally among themselves. Perhaps they looked forward to weekends at CHS sports events, popcorn and a coke at the Rio, Mode or Crump Theaters, if they could muster up enough money. I would venture to say most had a bicycle for transportation or walked many miles to the events if they couldn't catch a vehicle ride. I suspect most kids took a brown bag to school for lunch and stored it in their lockers until break time.
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