1 50 111 https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/18e123b66152ead60e37ac502185655b.pdf 299857d1b0070367207cc963605c6931 PDF Text Text : [°" ‘DO. YOU REMEMBER when the. Summitville Civil: Defense Unit was: one-of the most active in the-area? The-CD assisted: in many: community events, such as parking at school functions, tratfic control ‘on. special days of activity.and many others. The above picture,’ taken’ about 1950, includes. many well-known: businessmen and individuals in the town and township. Though not allare identified; among:those in the photo are Guy: Hamilton: Wayne: McMahan, Bus: Banther, Sherman. Vinson, .Cletis: Bair; John Bear, Don Gossett; Arthur: Gossett, -Verlin. Farmer,. Virgil Dickerson, Lester: Campbell; Cletis: Thurston, Herman’ Bruning: Ray Merrill, Lee’ Williams, Merle Baldwin and Eugene:DuPouy. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3521 Title A name given to the resource Do You Remember: Summitville Civil Defense Unit Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/12/2022 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Summitville History Description An account of the resource Summitville newspaper article regarding Summitville Civil Defense Unit with a photo of the CD from 1950s. Notes: In the photo not all are named, but among those are: Guy Hamilton, Wayne McMahan, Bus Banther, Sherman Vinson, Cletis Bair, John Bear, Don Gossett, Arthur Gossett, Verlin Farmer, Virgil Dickerson, Lester Campbell, Cletis Thurston, Herman Bruning, Ray Merrill, Lee Williams, Merle Baldwin, and Eugene DePouy. Donated by Joyce Baldwin Boice 10/11/22 in the Summitville High School Class of 1957 Notebook/binder.Donated by Joyce Boice 10/11/22 in the Summitville High School Class of 1957 Notebook/binder. https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/bb1496f418b1c346cf2de780aab3a18a.pdf 1ad2835d84632e5bdfabb3bd9f306d71 PDF Text Text Elwood Public Library, One Hundred Years of Service 1898 — 1998 Centennial Celebration, Saturday, October 17, 1998 Compiled by Loretta Dodd �HISTORY OF THE ELWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY 1898 — 1998 The Elwood Public Library had its beginnings in October, 1898, in a committee whose members were: Dr. H. M. Brown, Mrs. D. G, Evans, Mrs. A. D. Moffett, Rev. L. C. Howe and Rev. George Chandler. They were appointed by Mr. J. T. Alexander of Greensburg, Indiana to select a book list for a small, private, subscription library, owned by the International Library Association. That library was maintained by Mr. Alexander in a building located at the northwest comer of South B and Anderson streets, then known as the Fitzwilliams Building. During their meeting, in room no. 1, a committee member, Mrs. Alonzo D. Moffett, suggested the possibility of establishing a free, public library. It was decided to have the present librarian, Mrs. Eva Gilmore, send postal cards to twenty persons, inviting them to meet with the committee in the library room to decide the feasibility of this plan. The persons who responded ~ George Haynes, W. S. James, A. H. McKenzie, H. F. Willkie and Mrs. H. F. Willkie - agreed to meet and discuss this idea. (Left) Mrs. Hester Alverson Moffett. (Above) The Fitzwilliams building located at South B and Anderson Streets. Ata time when buggies and hitching posts for horses were planted up and down Main and Anderson Streets, they agreed to meet November 26, 1898 in the tiny library room. It was at that meeting the decision was made to solicit subscriptions at $10 a share, toward a fund of ~- $1,000, for a new library. Of particular interest to historians, Mrs. Hester Alverson Moffett and her husband, Alonzo Moffett operated the former weekly Free Press, the Daily Labor Record and the Elwood Daily Record from 1893 to 1919 when the newspaper was sold to D. W. Callahan. Mrs. Moffett is given credit for the founding of the Elwood Public Library. Through her editorials she stressed the need for public rather than private facilities. She helped found the Women’s Press Club in 1913. After her husband died she moved to California and continued her work with libraries in San Diego and Los Angeles. She died in Laguna Beach on August 27, 1935. She was nominated by Jan Connors, editor of the Elwood Publishing Company, and was inducted, posthumously, into the Indiana Journalism Hall Of Fame on April 15, 1989. �To Elevate and Refine Our Cosmopolitan Population The Elwood Daily Record published this editorial on December 12, 1898: “A PUBLIC LIBRARY: The effort on the part of a few of our citizens to open the way for the establishment of a public library is note worthy. They, themselves, have books in their homes for their own and their children’s benefit, but they remember that there are hundreds of young men and women in the city who have no means of culture and entertainment. It is for them that they take valuable time from business to devote to the work of opening a free library and reading room. Those to whom the committee appeals for subscriptions should consider the gain to the elevating resources of the city, which such a place of resort would afford, before they refuse to contribute to it. Debasing deficiencies abound all over the city. Places of questionable repute are open at all hours and offer a comfortable corner in which the youth who is seeking assignment may while away his idle hours. A free library and reading room provided with standard books and correct literature under the contro! of the city would furnish a place where young men who live in boarding houses and have no planned associations might pass an idle hour without risk to his person. Other cities smalier than Elwood and less able to bear the expence, have libraries in successful operation. Elwood is in the lead in a business way and it is time we began to come up with our sister cities in public enterprises situated to elevate and refine our cosmopolitan population.” Among the many subscribers and contributors were most of the leading professional and business men of Elwood, a number of lodges and trades unions, Sunday School classes and the children of the public schools. Some of the earlier responses were from: George Haynes, W. S. James, Glass Workers Union #50, H. F. Willkie, Mrs. Henriette Willkie, D. G. Evans, W. T. Wiley, A. H. McKenzie, Mary E. Cox, Elks Lodge #368, K of P Lodge #166, S. F. Downs, Henry Jordan, Class No. 16 of the Methodist Sunday School represented by William Curtis, Richard Jones, Mrs. Hannah A. Leeds, Mrs. P. T. O’Brien, Dr. C. M. Suttner, Kidwell & Good, D. L. Ringo, Dr. Tobias, Trades Council represented by A. F. Burnett, H. Lanner, McKinley Lodge represented by W. H. Evans, Carpenters Union represented by A. O. Briggs, Typographical Union represented by D. W. Underwood, T. F. Fitzgibbons, Dr. H. M. Brown, Allen B. Wilson, Dr. J. H. Millikan, Mrs. Mary Banfield, Dr. F. L Saylor, Mrs. Anna Saylor, W. H. Jones, Tourist Club, D. S. Green, E. E. Green, James Hefferman, Frank Simmons, James Davis, Will Hupp, T. W. Miles, Ira Kidwell, J. D. Mason, W. G. Curtis, A. D Moffett, F. M. Harbit, C. C, Henze, H. D. Seymour, David Kessler, Luther “Douge, Women’s Club, G. V. Newcomer, James L. Peed, Jacob Loomis, C. M. Greenlee, J. A. Hunter, Mrs. John Rodefer, Phillip Hamm, T. F. Hammack, H. P. Nivison, W. H. Smith, Jr., Stoneman & Co., Charles Cox, Clerk's Union and No. 16 Public Schools. By January 10, 1899, sufficient funds having been obtained to insure fulfillment of the plan, a mass meeting was held in the Odd Fellows Hall and a temporary organization was chosen ’ with F, N. Simmons as chairman and Mrs. Henriette Willkie as secretary. H. F. Willkie, a lawyer, was authorized to draft articles of incorporation and secure a charter. When the charter was - obtained, a permanent board of fifteen directors was elected for one year on January 25, 1899, ~ in the Odd Fellows Hail. They, in turn, on February 14, 1899, elected the following officers: A. H. McKenzie, president; W. H. Evans, vice-president; Mrs. Henriette Willkie, secretary and W. S. James, treasurer. : ; They all immediately began the work of establishing the library. The Alexander library of 515 books plus the purchase of 635 new books was the foundation of the new library. On March 21, 1899 Mrs. Eva Gilmore was elected temporary librarian. The first rule made was: “Resolved that...all residents of Elwood and all members of the association be entitled to receive books on proper identification of a resident householder known to the librarian”. Mrs. F. L. (Anna) Saylor and Mrs, P. T. O'Brien began cataloguing and preparing the books for circulation. On May 3, 1899, with 1,150 books and 12 magazines, the library was opened to the public in a small room �of the O’Brien building at 1414 Main Street. The building also housed the French Steam & Dye Works, The library was turned over to the city in June 1899, and was supported by taxes levied by the city council. The first library report for the eight months of the year 1899 was given by T. F. Fitzgibbons, chairman of the library committee, and was published in the local newspaper. There were 956 readers, a book stock of 1,267 and circulation was at 10,315. The most popular fiction authors were: Mrs. Wister, Caroline Hentz, Rose N. Carey, E. P. Roe and George Sheldon. The most popular juvenile books were the Elsie, Henty, Alcott and Pansy books. They subscribed to 10 magazines, 3 daily and 3 weekly newspapers. By spring of the year 1900, Elwood’s population had grown, tremendously, from a mere 400 in 1883 to just under 16,000. A new room was opened for the library in the newly built city hall. By fall that same year, the move was completed. Miss Nevius B. Farout, Librarian The board of directors, wanting to have a trained librarian, hired Miss Nellie Fatout, a graduate of DePauw University and the New York Library School. In August, 1901, she was ’” appointed to succeed Mrs. Gilmore. Under her direction, the library began fulfilling the expectations of its founders and became an educational factor in the community. As patronage continued to increase, demands increased in proportion and they quickly outgrew their allotted ' space, Wise heads began to cast about for relief. Mr. Carnegie Answers Plea For Help On August 27, 1901, Miss Fatout assisted Mrs. Frank L. Saylor, secretary of the library association, in composing a letter to Mr. Andrew Carnegie, asking for his help in establishing a building fund. This fetter reads as follows: Elwood, Ind. Aug. 27, 1901 Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Skibo Castle, Scotland �“My Dear Sir, In behalf of the Board of Directors of the Elwood Library Association, I beg to present to you some facts concerning our library, its past history and its present condition in order to solicit your interest in our behaif, if you déem us worthy of such, after you have heard our situation. In January 1899, some public-spirited citizens called three mass meetings for the purpase of establishing a public library. These meetings resulted in a general canvas for subscriptions and money. When we had $1200 we fitted up an old store room, bought some eight or nine hundred volumes, classified and catalogued them and on May 1, ‘99 opened our library to the public. On account of local prejudice to an out of town fibrarian, we were compelled to hire a librarian who had never been inside of a library. Every step we took was with difficulty. Finally, the city council came to our rescue, levied a tax of four mills on the dollar, and gave us the use of a small room in the new city building. By means of entertainments, private donations of books and money, we have at present 2700 valumes on our shelves. Through persistent effort we have secured the services of a trained librarian. Public interest is coming so rapidly that in a few months our quarters will be wholly inadequate and as we have no wealthy citizens who can furnish us a building, we are writing to ask if your generosity can help us to secure one. As you doubtless know, Elwood has a population of almost 13,000 made up chiefly of workmen in the various glass factories and American Tin Plate mills. Hundreds of these men are here in boarding houses, away from home and family and to these especially, this library with its reading room is a great benefit. After six o'clock all stores are..,..” The Jetter ends there as, unfortunately, the last page is missing. The response from Mr. Carnegie is from his first letter, dated Oct. 4, ‘01: Mrs. Frank L. Saylor, Elwood, Ind. Skibo Castle, Ardgay, N. B. “Madam, . Yours of the 27" Aug. recd. Mr. Carnegie will provide twenty five thousand dollars for a free public library building for Elwood, if the town will furnish a suitable site and pledge itself to support the library at cost of not fess than twenty five hundred dollars a year. Respectfully, Jas. Bertram, P. Secy” Local historians may wish to know that, later, in a June, 1918 issue of the Elwood CallLeader, an article reported that Mrs. Anna Saylor. (Mrs. Frank L. Saylor), became a candidate for office in the general assembly of the California legislature, for the 41* district at Berkeley, California. The city council agreed to the annual pledge of $2500 in support and found a fine building site just down the street from the city hall at East Church and Wayne streets. The streets are now known to us as North A and 16" streets. According to the warranty deed, dated . Aprit 17, 1902, the council paid $3,000 for Lot #7 in Block #1 of the original town plat of Quincy, now city of Elwood, from the heirs of William H. Smith. The first important donation to the library was $1,000 given by the American Tin plate Company on 1901. In 1903, an endowment fund of $500 by Mrs. Hannah B. Leeds created the support of the Men’s Room in the library. Mr. Warner M. Leeds donated $25 annually, in memory of his mother, for the purchase of reference books. A gift of $100 by G. G. Reed was made in 1905. Construction on the new library began in 1903, the same year the natural gas supply was depleted and Elwood’s gas boom ended. In July 1903, Mrs. Saylor was instructed to make an appeal to Mr. Carnegie for an extra $5,000 to complete the building and furnishings. In August, �she reported Mr. Carnegie had agreed to the extra money provided that the city council would increase the annual tax levy to $3,000. The council approved, making the total cost of $30,000 for the city’s fine, new library. . A Marvel of Beauty On June i, 1904, the new building was dedicated and a grand opening ceremony held. The library board consisted of: C. W. Bennett, president, Mrs. John Rodefer, Mrs. Frank Saylor, 3. A. Hunter, Mrs. Alonzo Moffett and John H. Elliott. Nellie B. Fatout was librarian and Clare Lynch, her assistant. The newspaper headlines read “A Marvel of Beauty”. “The building ts an impressive example of the Camegie libraries in its Neo-classical Revival design. The main floor has two brick fireplaces with oak mantles and brick chimneys visible to the ceilings. Mosaic tiling decorates the *, flooring in front of both. Large iron bookcases are located behind the octagonal oak circulation desk. This area is framed by two wooden arches. There are six oak columns topped with fonic capitals. The vaulted ceiling has omamental plaster comice work, completing each area. The center ceiling directly behind the circulation desk contains a deep rectangular opening with the decorative plaster cornice moulding and a skylight. Dozens of beautiful chandeliers are found all over the building. The furniture is all rich and massive, solic! oak. To the right of the circulation desk is the main reading room with accommodations for a hundred people. To the left is the children’s reading room, of the same size, with juvenile books arranged in stacks around the wall. The west side of the building houses administrative offices and staff work rooms. The cataloguing room fs connected to the unpacking room below by a book Jift. In the west side of the basement is an auditorium that will seat almost three hundred people comfortably. A reading and smoking room for men is prepared where the daily papers will be on file. Games of chess and checkers will be available. In the northeast comer is a model club room with an Unusual decorative iron fireplace and will doubtless be rented by the various literary clubs of the city for meetings.” �Dedication and Reception Attended by Hundreds Dedication ceremonies were held in the Methodist Church at 7:30, After an invocation by Rev. Neal, Mr. C. M. Greenlee, on behalf of the building committee, turned the library over to Mayor Smith, who, in tum, resigned control of it to the library board, represented by C. W. Bennett, who accepted the trust. Then followed the address by Dr. W. L. Bryan, president of Indiana University, speaking on faith in education. In closing, the benediction was given by Rev. Howe. At 9:30 followed the public reception at the library building. It continued for an hour and a half during which time hundreds of visitors expressed their appreciation of the excellent work done by those who had the library in charge. At times, for half dozen years or longer, the way seemed so dark and uninviting that ultimate success seemed impossible. But the loyal men and women who had the real interests of the institution at heart never faltered and, in the midst of adversity, brought victory to their side by persistent effort. It was their ‘gladsome’ hour. In 1906, the Library of Congress referred the people of Boston, Massachusetts, to the plans of the Elwood Public Library, since it was “nearly ideal”. That same year the Indiana Library School students visited the library to see the grand building and to have the Elwood methods explained. Also in 1906, two members of the Frankfort library board came in order to study the building. The year 1909 saw Library privileges extended to all residents of Pipecreek township and a smail branch was opened in Friend‘s Store in Frankton in July that same year, In 1910, Miss Mary Baker, librarian, instituted the first ‘traveling libraries’ to the township schools and the Frankton branch was moved to a new location. A station was established at Dundee and a typewriter was purchased for the main library. When Miss Henriette Scranton became the librarian in October, 1912, she addressed six different adult groups in the interests of the library. The number of volumes grew to over 5,000 in 1913, But by 1915, the statistics for the library were: 12,519 volumes, 97.magazines and 10 newspapers. A total circulation of 47,157 - books for Elwood and the township, which included the branches at Dundes, Frankton and the ” township schools. The Willkie family, prominent Elwood citizens, was involved with the development of the library from the beginning. Wendell L. Willkie’s parents, Mr. And Mrs. Herman Willkie, were both lawyers. They were on the first board of trustees and Wendell’s mother was the first permanent secretary of the board in 1899. In 1917, Wendell himself was on the board. He married the librarian, a Miss Edith Wilk and his brother, Robert, married an assistant librarian. During World War I, with Miss McMullen as librarian, books and money was collected for the war work. The Red Cross’ surgical dressing class was given permission to use a basement room three night a week and the French relief class was allowed to install motors for sewing machines in March, 1918. The library reorganized and conformed to state laws in 1920 that said the library board shall consist of nine members ~ two appointed by the Mayor, two by the school board, three by the Circuit Judge and two by the Township Trustee. 1923 brought real expansion under then librarian Miss Bertram French. She put the Frankton branch on a firm basis by renting a two room building on Church Street, across from �the Post Office, for its 500 volumes and securing Miss Vivian Witmer as librarian there, under her management. A businessman, Mr. Pyle, of the Urmston Grain Company, saw to the building repairs and new furnishings. All would be ready in December. Miss French made a survey of the schools and established four new stations in town. A small jibrary wes opened at Martz’ Grocery Store at 9" and Main Streets in February 1924, to accommodate children and adult patrons in the west part of Elwood. The second station, opened to reach patrons in the southern part of the city, was at the Lehr Grocery on South J street. Small branches were also opened in four rural schools: Red Corer, Brannock, Cale and South Elwood. They contained about 35 volumes each and were changed every six weeks, Her work with children was outstanding. She not only arranged for a story hour at the library, but also had story hour at the playgrounds in the summer. She instructed the children of grades 3 to 6 in the care of books and began a summer Vacation Reading Contest in the summer of 1925. Her book fund was inadequate her second year, so two sororities in town gave $103.25 for additional books. Miss Bertram French Miss French held the first library district meeting ever held in Elwood on April 2, 1925. New Lights, New Interior, Re-Opening The changes in the interior by repainting the dingy walls and all new electric fighting fixtures installed by Neal and Reveal proved most attractive to patrons. The Draper Company, of Spiceland, supplied new window shades. The re-opening on September 25, 1923 was colorful with potted plants and autumn flowers lavishly used in the rooms. Miss French and her assistants, Miss Bessie Rose and Miss Lois Henze extended a cordial welcome to all callers. A continuous musical program, under the direction of Mrs. Henry Naumann, was given and the following young ladies served punch to the visitors: Mary Burdwell Davis, Jane Harting, Helen Dunlap, Venita Kelly, Margaret Zahn and Ruby McKee. The library board joined in the welcome. Its members at the time were: Sheridan Clyde, president; Mrs. W. Z. King, Mrs. 0. A. Armfield, R. T. Boston, Dr. H. M. Brown, J. A. Nuding, F. P. Behymer, Miss Mary Cox and Miss Margaret Dickerson. In 1926, shortly after the death of their mother, Mrs. Georgia Chapin, of East Main Street in this city, a curio collection was donated by the Chapin brothers, former residents. Collected by their father, it contained samples of ore from many countries, rock formations, sea shells, Indian relics and numerous other articles, including some very old newspaper copies. February 1926, brought an exhibit of 35 paintings by Leota Williams Loop, a former Elwood resident. One of her paintings is on display in the new library building today. Prominent �display space has been assigned to paintings by T. C. Steele, noted Indiana artist. His “Autumn Sunset” was purchased January 4, 1927 out of the Leeds endowment fund at a cost of $300. That same year, an exhibit of paintings by well-known Brown County artists was held the last week of February. Many district meetings of the library association were held in the Carnegie building over the years, as well as cultural events. A four act play entitled “Litte Women” from the story by Louisa May Alcott, was presented by the library staff at the High School auditorium, during the week of November 13, 1927. By 1927, the circulation had increased to 64,589 with 48% being juvenile material. The stock was numbered at 12,462 volumes, 2,919 of which were juvenile books, Also maintained were 76 magazines and 8 newspapers. 25" Anniversary Observed A dayiong schedule of events took place beginning at 2:30 on Sunday afternoon, June 9, 1929, for the library's 25" anniversary. There was piano music, singing quartets, violins, pageant contests, library history presentations and speeches. The principal address was by Mr. Louis Bailey, state librarian, considered one of the finest orators in Indiana. At the time of the 25 year observance, the circulation report was at 82,773. The number _ of volumes had grown to 14,905. Miss Lucille Genevieve Snow, of Logansport, assumed her duties as new library director on September 3, 1929. That year, some furniture was repainted and a new floor covering provided. “The Millyard” painting, by J. Otis Adams, 1895, was approved for purchase at a cost of $150 in February, 1930 and paid for by the Leeds fund. This fine work hangs in the south hallway of the new building. On November 15, 1930, Mr. Pierre Haynes donated 75 books from his own librery, in memory of his father, one of the first trustees. In 1930, the library board members were: Sheridan Clyde, president; Howard Horn, Dr. H. M. Brown, Margaret Dickerson, Mrs. W. Z. King, Mrs. O. A. Armfield, Edgar Dickey, Miss Mary Cox and Waldo Canaday. In 1931 the Elwood Historical Society was given the use of a small room in the basement for keeping objects of historical interest. An Elwood Call-Leader article of April 30, 1949 reads: “In observance of the 50" - anniversary of the Elwood Public Library the trustees and staff will hold an open house Tuesday night, May 3, 1949. A program consisting of a book review by Mrs. Overton Sacksteder, Jr., will be given. Refreshments will also be served. Although open for the program, no book exchanges will take place during the evening hours”. Various improvements and changes occurred in the Carmegie butlding over the years. In the 1950's, the north entrance was altered and the door replaced. The basement was renovated, new lighting was installed and the children’s reading room was moved downstairs. The only: major alterations to the building have been the replacement of the front doors and the front steps, circa 1966. The cement steps were replaced with granite and, instead of ascending in front, the steps rise to the entrance from both the north and south. �Tt was in April 1968, the Elwood Kiwanis Club planted several trees in front of the library to enhance the appearance of the entrance. The sweet gum Maple trees were purchased at Foland’s Nursery by the club’s agriculture and conservation committee whose members were: Walter Allen, Robert Carter, C. Forrest, Leo Jarrett and Weldon Shickley. The year 1975 saw the main floor carpeted and the furniture rearranged. The skylight in the ceiling’s center on the main floor was boarded up. That same year, a new furnace was added at a cost of $18,000. On June 16, 1975 a flagpole was installed on the lawn. Congressman Phillip Sharp, an Elwood native, presented a flag in memory of his mother, Florence Sharp, a former member of the library board. This flag was flown over the nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C. Esther Hunt, library director and Michael Kennedy, president of the library board, accepted this gift for the library. In honor of the library's 75” anniversary, an open house was held on Sunday afternoon, July 1, 1979. Then Elwood mayor, Lynn G. Chase, proclaimed that day “Elwood Public Library Day” to encourage the citizens to celebrate seventy-five years of progress in the current building and to participate in its programs. 1985 brought the opening of a new library in Summitville. The North Madison County Public Library System was now serving five townships with the Elwood, Frankton and Summitville branches. Early in 1993, disputes began on the possibility of constructing new facilities at Elwood, Frankton and Summitville. Wiring problems and lack of space were the main arguments for a new Elwood library. Built to house 20,000 volumes in 1903, the Camegie building had become obsolete with the 1994 circulation report expected to surpass 100,000 and the current stock over 40,000 books. That figure did not include audio/visual tapes and equipment, periodicals or Newspapers. More space was needed for new equipment, such as copiers, fax machines, computer terminals, microfilm reader-printers and other new technological fixtures and services. On October 10, 1994, the library board received plans for a new Elwood library to be _ built at a cost of $2.3 million. This figure was scaled down from the $3.5 million plan to construct new libraries at each of the branches. The next year, in October, 1995, after overcoming many obstacles, holding several debates and public hearings, permission was given to build. Architect Joel Blum, of InterDesign Group of Indianapolis, announced the acceptance of a $2,118,000 bid from M. D. Rowe -_ Construction Company and construction was to begin immediately. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on November 1, 1995 on the present site at 1600 Main Street, across from Elwood City Hall and the Carnegie Library building. Although the Frankton branch was not to have a new library constructed, they moved into a new building in January 1996, at 111 Sigler Street in downtown Frankton. The newly expanded and renovated Ralph £. Hazelbaker Library at Summitville was rededicated in August , 1997. While the new Elwood building was being completed in 1996, an announcement was made for the sale of commemorative ‘memorial’ bricks. These bricks, with individual engravings, would placed in a patio plaza area located outside the building on the east side. Also, citizens were invited to bring items and/or memories to share. These would be enclosed in a time capsule and sealed in a wall in the building. �On Sunday, January 12, 1997, the new Elwood Public Library opened with a formal dedication and open house. In spite of bitterly cold temperatures outside, over 300 persons attended the standing-room only opening ceremony. Library Director, Kathi Wittkamper, spoke during the ceremony and introduced the staff. Ms. Sue Grubbs, harpist, provided music as individuals enjoyed browsing throughout the new building. It featured large, round wooden pillars with matching tables and furnishings. Burgundy, hunter green and navy blue highlighted the décor. The Library Board members who, at that time, saw thelr efforts at last realized were: Linda Sizelove, president; Beverly Austin, Jerry Kaiser, Pamela Bohlander, Barbara Abernathy, Brenda Carey and Sharon Pace. The state of the art building showed public access computer terminals for locating books, . computer work stations, a children’s room and young adult section. Space was also provided for a Story Time room, an Indiana Room with Elwood and Indiana history and genealogy material, a large selection of audio/visual tapes and a community meeting room. Ail were new features. ". By the end of the second full Month in operation, March 1997, Kathi Wittkamper, the present library director, stated approximately 10,000 persons had visited the new facility. For the year 1997, the patron count totaled 94,484! A new permanent sign on the south lawn was unveiled in February 1998. At the present ” time, October 1998, the new facility has been open for twenty-two months, From 300 to 500 persons are using the library each day. New technology, such as Internet access and other computer programs, have been installed. Growth continues with impressive statistics, as well a patron use and new registrations. The current circulation report is approximately 103,000, and the number of volumes total 42,000. Let us give tribute to those persons who had the foresight one hundred years ago to begin a public fibrary and fought against fiformidable odds. Their efforts made this Centennial Celebration possible today! 10 �NORTH MADISON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM - BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mrs. Pamela Bohlander, President 8246 W 1300 N Elwood, Indiana 46036 552-7160 County Commissioners, May 6, 2001 Mr. Jerry Kaiser, Treasurer 950 North 12° Street Elwood, Indiana 46036 552-7291 County Council, March 7, 2002 Mrs. Brenda Carey, Ass’t. Treasurer 17399 N iSO E Summitville, Indiana 46070 536-2854 County Council, March 31, 2000 Mrs. Linda Sizelove 9188 W 1050 N Elwood, Indiana 46036 552-9491 Elwood School Corp., May 31, 2002 Mrs, Sharan Pace 7058 N 900 W Elwood, Indiana 46036 552-0108 "_ County Commissioners, February 28, 2002 Mr. David Hoffman 9884 W 1050 N Elwood, Indiana 46036 552-9932 Elwood School Corp., May 31, 2001 __ Mr. Kevin Sipe - 3512 W St. Rd. 128 Frankton, Indiana 46044 754-8868 Frankton-Lapel & Madison Grant School Corp., July 9, 2002 iu � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-24 Title A name given to the resource Elwood Public Library Centennial Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Compiled by Loretta Dodd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/17/1998 Description An account of the resource Elwood Public Library celebrates 100 years of Service - 1898 to 1998. A short history of the library is provided. https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/749f3cd74460a1653832163894bf21e4.pdf e7951a62062c17c4fef0d4fd85af3b8a PDF Text Text The Megaphone Elwood, Indiana Elwood High School(s) Volume 1, No.1 November 15, 2000 Welcome . . . . . . to the First Edition of our electronic Megaphone! As the months unfold, this newest version of the Megaphone will become a monthly feature of our Panther Den Online. We welcome contributions from anyone interested in providing submissions for publication online. Feel free to forward your work to mcrim1361@att.net. Regards, Marvin Crim, WLWHS Class of '57 Contents Page 1 . . . The Original Panther Den -- Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd Your Hometown Today -- Sharon (Benedict) Hurst Page 2 . . . An Old, Really OLD Photo -- "I Am" (?) She Had a Cold -- Julie (Stout) Duffitt Page 3 . . . Denite Gatherings ARE The Best Medicine -- Lois O. Lane Held by the Night -- Sharon (Woods) Schwartz Page 4 . . . Did You Ever Wonder? Do You Know? -- Lois O. Lane Meet the Moderator -- Genie (Forst) Boyer �The Original Panther Den by Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd Hi, Denmates, I came across the following article on microfilm from the Elwood Call-Leader, dated Feb. 4, 1947, about how the Panther Den came into being: "At approximately 7 o'clock Saturday night, Feb. 3, 1945, the doors of the Panther Den were opened to the students of the Wendell L. Willkie High School for the first time. Today, two years later, this thing that had been the dream of many of the students, teachers and citizens of Elwood has really become a reality. Two years ago, the question was raised, 'Will it be permanent?' And through the hard work of the students and their teachers, it has become a permanent part of the school. The whole idea of a youth recreation center is one several years old here in Elwood. Many years ago, during the depression, a Recreation Committee, composed of teachers and townspeople, established a recreation room in the City Building. This was really the start of a growing movement which has helped to make the Panther Den possible. At the beginning of the school year in 1944, the idea of having a recreation center was brought up at the Student Council. All of the students in high school favored the idea. The Student Council and the senior class of 1945 took the responsibility of organizing this recreation center - which was later to be called the Panther Den. They collected money from different businessmen in town and sold membership cards to the students. They decided on the old gym as the place to have the Den. The greatest change was observed by those who saw it last as a drab gymnasium. For today it is one of the brightest, modern places in Elwood. Most of the work was done by the students and the teachers. What used to be the boys' shower room was made into a lounge room. It has nice furniture and up-to-date magazines to be read. Along the sides of the Panther Den are booths. There is a music room and a concession stand. The students have also obtained a 'juke box.' There are two pool tables, four ping-pong tables, cards and games of all kinds. The Den is open to the students every Tuesday and Saturday nights from 7 until 11 o'clock. The present officers of the Panther Den are George Acres, president and Marjorie Waymire, financial secretary. Miss Mary Allen is the sponsor. The students and the officers have arranged to have a band once a month so that the students can have 'live music' for dancing. It would be impossible to name any one person responsible for the Panther Den. It only shows what can be done by a group of determined and cooperative people in a democratic society." So . . . look what the Panther Den is today, 55 years later . . . electronic communication for fun and reminiscences for Panthers across the entire United States. Amazing! Love to all, Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd, '56 in Elwood �Your Hometown Today by Sharon (Benedict) Hurst Hello, Denites, A quick update on your hometown, Elwood, Indiana . . . Anderson Street should be open from Main to the RR track this week. The globes for the lights are here. The posts are not, but should be fairly soon. There are benches, flower pots and trash containers here. The "brick" along the sidewalks and in the cross walks looks great. All will be very surprised when they see this. Our Main Street Committee has put a display in one of the empty windows on Main Street and it looks good. There are two businesses that are interested in doing windows uptown too. There are also two (2) persons who are wanting to open new businesses uptown. The restaurant on the corner of So. A St. and Anderson St. (where Tam's Drug Store used to be) is coming along well and will be well appreciated by all. Economic Development is a priority subject right now. There are many things coming together and it looks very promising for our old hometown. Of course, the sesquicentennial in 2002 is another big workshop for our townspeople. We are planning to have a celebration similar to the one in 1952 and have called out the troops (figuratively speaking). We have the paper work for a new program called the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP) signed and ready to go. This will assist women who are not eligible for Medicaid and who do not have insurance or are under insured to obtain diagnostic testing. We also are developing a Resource Center through St Vincent Mercy Hospital which is located at 1525 So. A Street next to the License Bureau. There will be all types of information available in Spanish and English. Online computers, TV/VCR's and reading materials will be there for community access. This has all come together in the past year and the Community Relations Department at the hospital is working with the Robin's Rest to bring awareness, education and assistance to the people in our community through these and other programs which will be available. This is a very exciting time to be here in Elwood and to see the progress that is happening. This is just a sampling of what has been accomplished the last 6 or 7 months with only a small percentage of our community actively involved. If all of our community were to become involved, it would be difficult to think about what this town could become. We would be limited only by what we had not yet dreamed about. Until next time, your roving community reporter, Sharon (Benedict) Hurst, '53 Now in Elwood, IN To Page 2 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Notes: Marvin Crim, Panther Den, Megaphone, Loretta Jarvis, Elwood, Indiana, Sharon Benedict Hurst https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/31c0d71811332c4267ee0238603e23ef.pdf fb70de799358c73743f9edca38f36e1d PDF Text Text TeaaeeoeneoWhiLadson,City,SalineOSTTIEwiGaeyynnctl 'Bern,in}ChesegPePalrketnCpoinettayodWaren|Milo-/Com!HoptaGinJeAgreonmeojErBarnikdtgleenA|,La‘rAedlsanta>BWralkolniyhrand=eARosia~"SIAYChalmashlyeALochiohGiltsEpelpari3 oS9ieGaotrsneCoIunNGtOyaUQMAT®eCTapOCiELtfalet2SaedtcaitsieonnafesGwe“(RynfnekeldaRoseoroKdi|enGidas8TeituIs,BeneaAflo“NeocestPryxi,HuaaaaSkaa[UtaeaSniedntgeestMsonafee‘acotfiy’onipRioedtsTe‘aslmiver!Seieasna i or 8] | AQ eps er a eatin SI Orda on ital SR uel ; INDIANA s TO: LT PAT |O yORee f mus WPonervo Blu = 7 M aLAKE Feneldw of = pSiEYOPocMkFf.leGrotMe_NfWnayc\—nedlhoOsbE(P=AYy � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3578 Title A name given to the resource Hammond's Map of Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/01/1904 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Hammond's 8x11 Map of Indiana Copyright 1904 Notes: Indiana Railroad Lines https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/3ece2746521b9b512de303316cd8181f.pdf ee8a4220374ee50bfe77981a6f5ca75c PDF Text Text Pennsylvania Railroad’s *The UNION* Westbound Consist from Cincinnati to Chicago on Monday, January 27, 1947 Sometime in the mid-70s, I found a 1970 publication listing Passenger Train Consists of the 1940s. I skimmed through it, but had little interest in B&O, NYC, Santa Fe or Union Pacific consists and I started to put it back down. One lasting moment changed everything. I started from the back and started quickly flipping the pages until I skipped right by a PRR listing. I went back and couldn’t believe what I’d found. It was the consist of PRR’s *The UNION* passenger train for the westbound section from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Chicago. That train had to pass through Elwood. And that’s only the beginning. Passenger Train Consists of the 1940s Paperback – January 1, 1970 by Robert J. Wayner (Editor) / The library has a copy. It was Monday, January 27, 1947 . . . when the Pennsylvania Railroad’s *The UNION* passenger train stopped in ELWOOD on its way westbound/northbound from Cincinnati to Chicago. The consist for *The UNION* that day was: PRR 5377 PRR 6264 PRR 4393 PRR 3207 COURIER PRR 9862 PRR 4395 PRR 4467 LUCRETIA MOTT 4-6-2 K4 Steam Locomotive Baggage-Express Car Coach Coach Parlor-Café Lounge Car Coach Coach Dining Car Parlor Car (28 seats, 1 D.R.) Marvin Crim – WLWHS 1957 And NOW . . . the rest of the story . . . from the Kokomo Tribune / Elwood Call-Leader Walton, IN Train Wreck, Jan 1947 Submitted by Stu Beitler https://www.gendisasters.com/indiana/14891/walton-in-train-wreck-jan-1947?page=0,0 4 DEAD 36 HURT IN WALTON TRAIN WRECK. 36 PERSONS HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES TO 19 LISTED AS SERIOUS; RAIL OFFICIALS AND POLICE SAY ROLL OF WIRE ON TRACKS CAUSED CRASH; FBI STARTS INVESTIGATION. Walton, Ind., Jan. 28. -- Four persons, two of them from Kokomo, were killed, and almost a score injured when the Pennsylvania railroad's "Union" passenger train, bound north from Cincinnati to Chicago, struck a bale of fencing wire and piled up here Monday night about 6 o'clock. �Conflicting reports were that from 16 to 20 persons were injured and as many as 36 hospitalized, some for only minor scratches and bruises. The engineer, N. J. LAMARTIME, 61, of Richmond, was one of the most seriously injured. He suffered a cut over the eye and a sprained back, with possible internal injuries. Caught in the wreckage of the engine cab, he heroically directed the work of rescuers in cutting pipes to free him. He was taken to the St. Joseph hospital in Logansport, but it was believed his condition was not critical. Four cars of the eight-car train were thrown crossways of the rails, two others were derailed, and the engine was turned completely around and hurled over on its side. It was the worst railroad accident in the Kokomo area in 40 years or more. Railroad men estimated that the train was traveling about 80 miles an hour. Engineer LAMARTINE said he didn't know what caused the wreck but that he felt a sudden bump as the train reached the southeast outskirts of Walton. This, it is believed, was the roll of wire fence which had fallen on the rails from a storage pile alongside the track, or had been placed there. LAMARTINE said he threw on the air brakes immediately and the engine turned over soon afterward. It appeared that the bale of wire had been caught by the engine and carried down the track to a switch. The roll of wire, about two feet wide and containing some pipe, weighted about 400 pounds. The train pushed it a short distance down the track and then the wire jammed into the switch. There was one story that thieves might have been in the act of stealing the bale of wire and that it fell off their truck as the train approached. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Indiana state police opened an investigation of this report today. State Police Lieut. John R. Fisher and A. F. McIntyre, Pennsylvania superintendent, said the roll of wire was found jammed into the switch. Fisher said, "This couldn't have been an accident. It was either sabotage or larceny. Someone either placed the wire on the track or it caught there while they were trying to steal it." With the brakes slammed on, the fast-moving train screeched through the full length of town and when it reached the northwest edge of town the engine leaped the track. The big locomotive was torn loose from the train, reversed its direction and toppled over on its side before coming to a stop. The other cars careened wildly, one of them crashing into the Farmers Grain elevator alongside the track. The baggage car and three passenger coaches piled up in the wake of the locomotive. Great sections of the track were ripped up, and the cab was torn off and smashed. The baggage car, which was first in line behind the engine, was ripped into shreds and was a shambles. Part of it hung grotesquely in the air and baggage tumbled out of it and onto the tops of the other cars. The next car, in which the three passengers were killed, was crushed at the rear end, the victims all having been sitting in that part of the coach. The three other coaches ploughed into each other, two of them hurtling diagonally across the track in a jackknife shape. One car was jammed with terrific force under the baggage coach and under a part of the engine tender. Another coach crashed into the Farmers elevator, smashing into two carloads of grain that were standing on a side track and tearing a great hole in the elevator wall. The 80-foot elevator was moved six inches on its foundation. The grain -- 1,500 bushels of corn and 4,000 bushels of oats -- tumbled out in a big spill. D. E. Fitzer, elevator manager, said most of the grain could be saved. Some of the coaches were shorn from their wheels, and the scene was one of havoc. MISS KINGERY and PISCHKE, who had been friends for some years, were crushed in the wreckage and ground in cinders of the road bed. �PERKINSON, who also was in the first coach behind the baggage car, was buried in the wreckage and it was several hours after the wreck before his body was removed. Rescue workers used acetylene torches to get the body out of the tangled steel and debris. The third and fourth cars, which were day coaches, crisscrossed the rails, but no one was seriously hurt in either of them. The fifth and sixth cars were derailed, but remained upright on the right-ofway. The seventh car was the diner and it and the last car, a chair coach, remained on the track. Residents in this town of 800 persons rushed to the track and then hurriedly summoned ambulances from Kokomo, Logansport and Peru. Three of the injured were brought to the St. Joseph hospital in Kokomo. There was little panic at the scene. The injured waited patiently for medical attention, and passengers who were unhurt filed out of the coaches in orderly fashion. Walton residents and passengers on the train said there was a heavy thud as the coaches piled into each other. Eyewitnesses told of sparks flying from the engine as the brakes were applied. The train, which formerly left Kokomo at 5:19 p.m. had been changed to a new time schedule, and pulled out of Kokomo at 5:45 on time. MISS KINGERY and PISCHKE were going to Logansport where PISCHKE operated a night club known as the Logan club and where MISS KINGERY was said to have been in charge of the hat check room. MISS KINGERY'S body was removed to the Wolf mortuary in Walton and PISCHKE'S body was taken to the Case-Miller funeral home in Logansport. MISS KINGERY was reported survived by her mother, Mrs. Mabel Kingery of Greentown, and two half-sisters, Dorothy Scherer of Kokomo and Mrs. Russell Dean of Indianapolis. PISCHKE'S survivors were reported to be his widow, who lives in South Bend, and a son in Washington, D.C. MISS KINGERY and PISCHKE had met at the Hotel Frances and then had gone to the Pennsylvania railroad station to take the train. PISCHKE, it was said, had decided to make the trip by rail instead of by automobile because of the fact that his car was in a garage undergoing repairs. The Casualties. The Dead: MISS KATHRYN MARIE KINGERY, 25, 210 West Taylor Street, Kokomo. WALTER PISCHKE, 45, 611 West Defenbaugh Street, Kokomo. C. A. WISLER, 700 1/2 Main Street, Richmond, Ind., fireman. H. G. PERKINSON, 2029 Madison Avenue, Anderson, Ind. The Injured: Injured at Cass County Hospital, Logansport, Ind. HAROLD McDANIEL, Liberty, Ind. MRS. J. R. KING, Silver Lake, Ind. DONALD C. ROWE, Longansport. ALLEN TERHUNE, 65, Richmond, conductor. THOMAS HACKMAN, 24, Cincinnati, student at Notre Dame, injuries "probably serious." MRS. WILLIAM KNEPPER, Logansport. MRS. W. O. HILL, Chicago. MR. and MRS. A. C. MILLER, Chicago. Injured at St. Joseph's Hospital, Logansport. N. J. LAMARTINE, Richmond, Ind., engineer. GEORGE CAULKINS, Richmond, Ind., brakeman. �Sgt. KENNETH SHANNON, Anderson, Ind. WILLIAM LORCH, 31, Xenia, O. MRS. DORIS COLENS, 48, Richmond. Pvt. RUSSELL SHOWALTER, Fort Sheridan, Ill. MRS. DOROTHY COENS, Richmond, Ind., a nurse. CELESTYNE WEBSTER, nurse, Cook County Hospital, Chicago. MRS. DAISY SCOTT, Chicago. WILLIAM LARCH, Dallas City, Ill. Injured treated and released from St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo: MRS. MERLE COULSON, 25, Logansport, Ind. Pvt. ANDRE C. KERINUK, 19, Newport, Ky. WILLIS DISHNER, 27, Brookville, Ohio. Injured at Miami County Hospital, Peru, Ind.: EDITH CECILIA SWEAT, Logansport. Others who were injured slightly but released after treatment included: PERRY HOLLOWAY, Chicago, cook on train. GERHARD DRAP, Connersville, Ind. J. R. WILSON, Loveland, O. H. G. DOUGHERTY, Hamilton, O. W. W. HODGE, Louisville, Ky. MARY ALBERS, Nautika, Calif. CLARENCE and MINNETA ALDRED, Yakima, Wash. MRS. O. C. ATWOOD, Anderson, Ind. MRS. MARK BROWN, Wilmette, Ill. MRS. PEARL WILLIAMS, New Castle, Ind. MRS. E. R. BROOKS, Dayton, O. D. V. SMITH, Chicago. R. D. WILLHITE, Anderson, Ind. MR. and MRS. J. I. DIXON, Chicago. Kokomo Tribune Indiana 1947-01-28 A) Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society: Jan. 27, 1947 Passenger train derailed at Walton, Ind., by wire coil placed on track by two boys; 6 killed; 20 injured. (NYT) MY NOTE: Number of deaths should read 4, not 6 http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1947.pdf B) And confirmed by the FBI / Kokomo Tribune . . . two young boys . . . and 4 deaths The two boys were identified as Lysle Graves, 10, and Jack Sprinkles, 11. There were photos of both boys. Kokomo Tribune 31 January 1947 �Additional Notes: Thursday, 13 March 1947 – pg 14 - Elwood Call-Leader --------------------------------------------------- Youth Wreckers Are Sent Away Logansport, Ind. – (UP) – Society has collected its debt from two young boys accused of causing a fatal train wreck, but the public may never know what happened to them. ... Observers speculated that the boys may have been sent to a private or state home or institution to remain until they reach the age of 21. ---------------------------------------------My Notes: *Two of the four, believed to have died from being thrown to the roadbed in the accident, were actually scalded to death from steam leaking from the steam locomotive that had overturned. *The boys were identified in this Call-Leader account as 11-year-old Lysle Graves and 10-year-old Jack Sprinkle of Walton. Their ages were reported to be from 10 to 12 years old and were often reversed by the newspapers. *The line from Cincinnati to Chicago has always been considered an eastbound/westbound line by the railroad companies. Although often noted locally northbound and southbound, until abandoned in 1976, the railroads classified it as an eastbound/westbound route. *It’s been confirmed; at the time of the Walton wreck, Lysle Graves was 11 and Jack Sprinkle was 10. *Elwood Call-Leader / Tuesday, January 28, 1947 TRAIN WRECK KILLS 4 – NO ACCIDENT Former Elwood Man Dies In Walton Crash FBI Believes Wreck Sabotage Or Larceny “Among those dead in the train crash at Walton last night was a former Elwood man, C. A. Whisler, now of Richmond.” . . . “The former Elwood man was the fireman on the ill-fated train.” *Elwood Call-Leader / Tuesday, January 28, 1947 Tom Rood Is Relief Operator At Walton Tom Rood, 18 years old, of [1606] South D Street, was called last night to the scene of the Walton train wreck, where he was to work as a relief operator. He will be in charge of the office in Walton during the emergency. �*Elwood Call-Leader / Thursday, January 30, 1947 <Front page photo from the train wreck> Where A Former Elwood Man Died in Indiana Train Wreck [PHOTO] TWO WALTON YOUTHS, ages 11 and 12 years, have admitted putting the 175-pound bale of fence wire on the Pennsylvania railroad track which caused the train wreck that took the lies of four. In the wreck, C. A. Whisler, fireman on the ill-fated train, met his death. Mr. Whisler, who made his home in Richmond at the time of his death, was formerly of Elwood. Mr. Whisler’s body lies in the above pictured wreckage of the train. Column to the right of the photo: Youths Admit Placing Wire Bale On Track “Just Wanted To See What Would Happen” *Additional news account and continued on Page 6 Marvin Crim – WLWHS 1957 Jamie Scott – Director / North Madison County Public Library System PRRs The Union Wreck - 27 January 1947 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jamie Scott Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-430 Title A name given to the resource Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Elwood, Madison County, Indiana Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/01/1892 Description An account of the resource Sanborn-Perris Map Co.,Limited Notes: Population 4500 https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/227210df4acd178e60e6b61616175464.pdf 4fd763d51e15a0a77373a089bc4e8842 PDF Text Text September 16, 1987 SHS Class Of ’57 Hol THE NEWS-SUN Page 1 ceunion The 1957 class of Summitville High School celebrated the 30th anniversary of their graduation with a reunion Saturday evening, Aug. 15 in Anderson. Nelaon ‘‘Dick’’ Dickerson acted as Master of Ceremonies. Each class member gave an update on their last five yeara. The remaining evening was spent reminiscing. it was decided to have the next reunion in five years with Larry Waller as chairman. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Phil Vetor, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Waller, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Beckley, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brummet, Nancy Keefer, Jayne Gossett, all of Summit- ville. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Dicker- son, Markleville; Mrs. Sue Israel, Marion; Warren Beeson, Mrs. Doris Waymire, a former teacher, Fairmount, Marty Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Noblesville; Marion; Bill Joyce Boice, Thurston, Carmel; Mr. and Mrs. Donny SUMMITVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Ciass of 1957 — front row (|-. Warren Beeson, Nancy (Pattison) Keefer, Jayce (Baldwin) Baice, Vernon, Lebanon; Mr, and Mrs. r) Doris Waymire, teacher; Sue (Winger) Isreal, Phil Vetor, Jim Cecila (Dunham) Hurt, LaVenda (Schultz) Brummet, Bill Leachman, Mr. and Mrs, Dean Lizar, Mr. and Mrs, Jack Morgan, Marion; Mrs. Cecila Hurt, Edmonton, and Danny Vernon, Back row: Clyde Denny, Anderson. Ky., and Col. Bill Leachman, Warner Robins, Ga. were Janice (Ralston) Boelke;::-Miami,.::.Plasyc Larry: picnic was enjoyed Leachman, Valley, Az.; Margaret (Tomlin- Denny, son) Beckley, Mr. and Mrs. Danny Vernon and Nancy Keefer. Stanley, Anderson, Dorothy (Willis) and Steinsberger, Dean Lizar and Jack Morgan. Larry Waller, at Beulah Park, Alexandria, on Sunday. Those attending were: = Mr. and Mrs..Dean Lizar, Mr. Curry, Chesterfield; Pat (Barnhart) Ferguson and Darlene (Little) Wilson, Marion; Joyce (Woalley) Gurtner, Prescott Nelson Dickerson, Kokomo. A> Those classmates sending regrets Beckley, Clyde ‘‘Butch’’ Denny, Joyce Thurston, Jayne Gossett and* Mrs:: Jack Morgan, Barbara Bill Miller, Warren Beeson, Marty Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mr. and Mrs. Jim ce ere WU WE � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3526 Title A name given to the resource SHS Class of '57 Holds Reunion 1987 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/16/1987 Description An account of the resource Summitville High School Class of 1957 Holds Reunion. Article appears in The News-Sun newspaper Notes: Donated by Joyce Baldwin Boice. Located in Summitville High School Class of 1957 Notebook/binder. https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/2040beaf37fc80e7dc0d477b0135b8d8.pdf 054b79163956608b48508ec15983cad3 PDF Text Text SUMMITVILLE HIGH SCHOOL class of 1957 Dorothy Willis Steinsberger. held their 45th reunion Saturday, Aug. 17 in Leachman, Warren Beeson, Nancy Pattison Muncie. Class members attending were front row (I-r): Joyce Baldwin Boice, LaVenda Schultz Brummet, Joyce Thurston, Sue Winger Israel, | Back row: Bill Keeier, Larry Waller, Clyde “Butch” Denny an Jack Morgan. . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3530 Title A name given to the resource SHS Class of 1957 has 45th Reunion Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/18/2022 Description An account of the resource Newspaper ad for Summitville High School Class of 1957 reunion published July 10, 2002 in The News-Sun. Notes of where to send radio ad. Newspaper article about Reunion meeting on August 17, 2002. Notes: In Photo: Front row (l-r): Joyce Baldwin Boice, LaVenda Schultz Brummet, Joyce Thurston, Sue Winger Isreal, Dorothy Willis Steinsberger. Back row (l-R): Bill Leachman, Warren Beeson, Nancy Pattison Keefer, Larry Waller, Clyde "Butch" Denny, and Jack Morgan. Donated by Joyce Baldwin Boice. Located in Summitville High School Class of 1957 Notebook/binder. https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/b425e302321c625ea157609087fbc057.pdf 649352c089dcb1ba8a1ec30d416dbd0f PDF Text Text duly 11, 2012 THE NEWS-SUN.- Page 9 SHS Class Of 1957 Has 55th Reunion The Summitville High School Class of 1957 held their 55th reunion Sunday evening, June 24 at deceased). The group voted the Summitville Fire Department. - | are to have their next reunion in five The class graduated 33, and 14 members attended (11 members SHS CLASS OF 1957 - front row ((-r): Marga- ret Tomlinson Stanley, LaVenda Schultz Brummet, Joyce Baldwin Boice, Bradley Yeagy, and Sue Winger Israel. Back: Larry Waller, Jim years in Summitville. Beckley; Nancy: Pattison Keefer, Warren Beeson, Dean Lizar, Phil Vetor, €lyde: Denny, Jim Matney, and Bill Leachman. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3532 Title A name given to the resource SHS Class of 1957 has 55th Reunion Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/11/2012 Description An account of the resource Summitville High School has 55th reunion at the Summitville Fire department, newspaper article; 2012. Notes: Front row (l-r): Margaret Tomlinson Stanley, LaVenda Schultz Brummet, Joyce Baldwin Boice, Bradley Yeagy, and Sue Winger Isreal. Back: Larry Waller, Jim Beckley, Nancy Pattison Keefer, Warren Beeson, Dean Lizar, Phil Vetor, Clyde Denny, Jim Matney, and Bill Leachman. Donated by Joyce Baldwin Boice. Located in Summitville High School Class of 1957 Notebook/binder. https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/fe37a97648cbc06ed5b2db6c5c94518c.pdf 6a026543601251274c9966c4fcee5d83 PDF Text Text as 60th Reunion The Summitville High School Class of 1957 held their 60th re- union July 15 at the Summitville Fire Department. it was catered by the ladies auxiflary. The class had 33 graduates. Fourteen members attended. SUMMITVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1957 front row - (I-r): Nancy Pattison Keefer, LaVenda Schultz Brummet, Sue Winger Israel; Joyce Baldwin Boice, Joyce Wooley Gurtner, (Thirteen ceased.) members are de- The group voted to have their next reunion in three years. and Margo Little Patton. Back: Bill Leachman, Warren Beeson, Nelson Dickerson, Jim Beckley, Larry Wailer, Phit Vetor, Jim Matney, and Clyde Denny. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3523 Title A name given to the resource SHS Class of 1957 has 60th Runion Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/12/2022 Description An account of the resource 2017; Summitville High School Class of 1957 has 60th class reunion; newspaper article. Notes: In the picture: front row (left-right): Nancy Pattison Keefer, LaVenda Schultz Brummet, Sue Winger Isreal, Joyce Baldwin Boice, Joyce Wooley Gurtner, Margo Little Patton. back row (left to right): Bill Leachman, Warren Beeson, Nelson Dickerson, Jim Beckley, Larry Waller, Phil Vetor, Jim Matney, Clyde Denny. Donated by Joyce Baldwin Boice. Located in Summitville High School Class of 1957 Folder/binder. https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/f8f801e202dc8feffb1890b1dda1d75d.pdf ce9f814c7e27d09ca0dd50cfd48f03d5 PDF Text Text August 8, 2007 SHS CLASS OF 1957 - back row (I-r): Larry © . THE NEWS-SUN “Page 7 Vernon, Clyde Denny; Cecelia Dunham Hurt, Wailer, Nelson Dickerson, Dean Lizar;. Bill and Phil Vetor. Front:-Joyce.Thurston, Sue Leachman, Warren Beeson, and Jim Matney. Winger ‘Israel, Joyce: Woolley: Gurtner,; Joyce Middle: Margo Little Patton, Joe: Thurston, Baldwin Boice, Margaret Tomlinson Stanley, and Nancy Pattison Keefer, Jim Beckley, Dan LaVenda Schultz Brummet. SHS Class Of 1957 Holds 50th Reunion Summitville High School Class church. The class graduated 33°“ pared and served an evening meal of 1957 held their 50th class re- | ‘classmates and 20 attended the re-__for the graduates. The group voted. union Saturday evening, July 28.... union - What a great turnout! to have:another: reunion: in:2010 at the. Summitville Christian '- | The CWF of the church pre-.... in Summitville: � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3531 Title A name given to the resource SHS Class of 1957 Holds 50th Reunion Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/08/2007 Description An account of the resource Newspaper article about the Summitville Class of 1957 holding their 50th reunion. Notes: In picture, BACK ROW(L-R): Larry Waller, Nelson Dickerson, Dean Lizar, Bill Leachman, Warren Beeson, and Jim Matney. MIDDLE ROW: Margo Little Patton, Joe Thurston, Nancy Pattison Keefer, Jim Beckley, Dan Vernon, Clyde Denny, Cecelia Dunham Hurt, and Phil Vetor. FRONT ROW: Joyce Thurston, Sue Winger Isreal, Joyce Wolley Gurtner, Joyce Baldwing Boice, Margaret Tomlinson Stanley, and LaVenda Schultz Brummet. Donated by Joyce Boice. Located in the Summitville High School Class of 1957 Notebook/binder. https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/690bf710ae60acea5f99d6197d0161aa.pdf 327254448b07535c7f08cc98a201d830 PDF Text Text Page 2 The Megaphone December 2000 Government Prunes Do you remember that the federal government supplied the school lunch program with "surplus" food that it gleaned from its price support programs? To keep the price of products up, the government bought, creating an artificial demand, and then sent the products -- butter, milk, meat, etc. -- to school lunch. I remember that the school received a shipment of canned prunes (big cans.) Initially, Mrs. Carter served the prunes four or five on a plate. At my age, eating prunes can be a very moving experience -- but not so delectable to high school, junior high school and elementary students eating in the cafeteria in the Panther Den. The prunes all came back in the garbage. Knowing she had to get rid of the prunes (or face federal imprisonment?) Mrs. Carter then tried stewed prunes (listed on the menu board) to use them up and meet the requirement of fruit servings. The stewed prunes all came back in the garbage. She then tried Prune Whip (so said the menu board) which was a delectable, sweet concoction of whipped cream (surplus milk) and minced bits of prunes. It all came back in the garbage. Mrs. Carter then developed Prune Cake. This was pretty good -- sweet, moist, with the consistency of brownies, very chewy. Listed on the menu board was, merely, cake (smart woman.) The kids ate it and loved it, until someone (perhaps the Devil made me do it) told someone that it was PRUNE cake -- and it all came back in the garbage when the high school students ate. I never did know what happened to all of those prunes until years later when I was first elected to the Legislature and ran into a number of politicians who must have eaten them! Confession is good for the soul, particularly if it is long-winded. Dick Dellinger '54 �Hold the presses! I've always wanted to say that! ;) Be Happy Panthers It is a goal worthy of every human. Happiness is an important part of our Den. The pleasure of recalling shared memories, the joy of reuniting with old classmates along with the thrill of discovering new friends. Across all boundaries of age, skill, and social class, we have the same cherished home! ELWOOD! Following are a few valid points for your consideration. In "Light Your Fire" tapes by Ellen Kreidman, Ph. D., excerpts taken from, "Fifty-one Ways To Make Yourself Happy" . . . #1. Think about the things you are grateful for. [Meg #1] #2. Music is very important and can help you change the mood you're in immediately. [Meg #2] #3. Next time you have guests, pay attention to how you treat them. Would you insult them or put them down? NO, you'd tell them how wonderful they are and how much you valued them. So, for the next minute, tell yourself how wonderful you are. Have this conversation out loud. Give yourself a reminder about how valuable you are and what a terrific person you are. No weaknesses allowed here, only your strengths. See if you can come up with at least five. If you put yourself down today, slap your mouth and replace the negative message with a positive one. [Me #3] #4. Look around at the friends you have. [Me #1] So, let's continue the fun! Lois O. Lane to Page 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3665 Title A name given to the resource The Megaphone - Government Prunes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dick Dellinger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/01/2000 Description An account of the resource When the federal government school lunch program supplied the school cafeteria with large cans of prunes, Mrs. Carter did her best to get the children to eat them. Four excerpts from Fifty-one Ways to Make Yourself Happy. Notes: Dick Dellinger, Megaphone, Class of 1954, prunes, Mrs. Carter, Be Happy Panthers, Lois O. Lane https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/bb502a18184c65186726f70f3696cfc0.pdf e18b8e49a22524f5a0090df1a54372bc PDF Text Text The Megaphone Volume 7, No. 2 Published Wednesday, February 1, 2006 We Are The Vital Element by Craig Toensing I’m told that The Megaphone has readers that didn’t go to high school in Elwood, Indiana, so I write this in part for them. A few years ago, one Marvin Crim had a dream. At times some have said a nightmare. He may have had collaborators but I’m not privy to that information. Marv graduated from Wendell L. Willkie High School back when the world was young. It was even younger when I did the same. The school is now mundanely called Elwood Community High School. I see some democrat hands in there somewhere. Marv’s dream was to use his computer/inter-net facileness to set up a website where individuals with an interest in Elwood could communicate with each other and share all sorts of things. Thus was born the PANTHER DEN. Messages are transmitted daily either individually or in digest or batched format. There are picture albums, event calendars and a database of members among other goodies. In its lifetime, the site has gone through a few metamorphoses. Thankfully jokes no longer appear for instance. The DEN needed to have a host organization for a web based club, and that is currently an UK outfit named Wanadoo. We currently have about 350 people who have been accepted as members. There are nine or ten on average new messages posted every day. Marv has incorporated two features on the site that existed when we were in school. One is “The Megaphone,” which was the student’s literary publication. That hits the Den site monthly. The other is a bit of whimsy that appeared in the school paper as a gossip column entitled “The Hall Clock” and it appears on the site weekly. There are often entries in “The Hall Clock” that only its author understands. There have also been entries that have offended folks that take themselves way too seriously. For me, going to the site had become a ritual, like checking in on an old friend or reading the news, albeit of a familiar tone. My routine was broken a couple weeks ago when the messages stopped coming. For two or three days I missed my Elwood fix. After that it was just gone �and the other things in my life occupied my consciousness. This might be because I had e-mailed Marv and he told me Wanadoo had a problem and they were working on it. It could have been something else, however, and that is the amorphous nature of the site. It exists only because of the energy we give it by posting and by reading and the husbandry of Marv and his Monitors. Sounds like a 60’s vocal group. The Den site is fragile. We members belong to a rather exclusive club and it is incumbent as a result of that membership that we keep the site going. Even if one is only a reader, that is a part of the keeping it going. I would be among the first to admit that there are some things posted that I don’t care one whit about. That calls to mind one of my Dad’s aphorisms about the old Indian chief who said “I’m glad all men don’t think alike because if they did, everyone would want my squaw.” There is room on the site for most all of our musings. The recent down time emphasizes the key roll each of us plays in the life of the site, and the important roll it plays in our lives. We are the vital element -- be it ever thus. Keep readin’ and keep writin’. I paraphrase a classmate now living in Arizona by saying, “When it’s gone, it isn’t there anymore.” Craig Toensing '55 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jamie Scott Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3668 Title A name given to the resource The Megaphone - We Are the Vital Element Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Craig Toensing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/01/2006 Description An account of the resource Mr. Toensing discusses the creation of the Panther Den, the addition of the Megaphone, and the importance of it's members. Notes: Panther Den, Craig Toensing, Megaphone, Elwood, Indiana, https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/e73d5d9550f23ca235910f67c27a94e8.pdf 55048f7ab7237b51e49de3e0d55bd5db PDF Text Text The Panther Den How It Started by Marvin Crim, WLWHS 1957 "It was a dark and stormy night." I've always admired Snoopy's creative genius. I feel that same spark (I'm tryin' to think but nothin's happening) as I try to put this to words. Many have asked and few know how the Panther Den Online started . . . sooooo, here we go. A home page? Why not? So many Internet providers allow free space for each subscriber to post their personal web page(s) online as part of their membership privileges. But a home page? Consisting of what? And putting a page online couldn't be easy . . . !!? During the fall of 1998, I thought about the possibility of a "Panther Den" or something like it . . . already existing on the Internet. I felt I was experiencing the Internet as a latecomer . . . and that among other things . . . someone . . . somewhere . . . somehow . . . had developed a web site similar to a "Classmates" web site . . . just for Elwood, Indiana. I spent quite some time searching for such a web site and could find nothing. The choice was obvious for me. Why not use the "Panther Den" as a theme . . . and build an interest in letting other Internet users who grew up in and around Elwood . . . and anyone with an interest in Elwood . . . in using the "Panther Den" as a common channel for staying in touch and letting others know about what we were doing. We . . . ??? I hadn't put a single page online yet. I had grown fond of Netscape Communicator and soon discovered Netscape Composer. It allows you to simply input your own text . . . insert images, sound files . . . and set the page attributes . . . without having to learn to write "html" tags. In the early months of 1999, I set about putting some ideas together along with a few files I'd found online. It wasn't long until I �had my "Panther Den" web page . . . ready to publish to the worldwide web? How on earth does anyone do that? This was looking to be more trouble than it must be worth. But a little searching found that AT&T, my Internet provider, offered a shortcut to publish their member's home pages to the Internet . . . and after a few miscues . . . I found I could access . . . from the Internet . . . my very own . . . one page . . . home page, the "Panther Den." The home page of today's "Panther Den" . . . http://www.elwood.org/pantherden (no longer valid) . . . closely resembles that very first page I posted online in April of 1999. I knew Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd '56 worked at the Elwood Public Library and stopped her one day to mention my idea and what I had posted to the web. I gave her the address for my home page, mentioning that I used the Panther Den as a theme and maybe she'd find it interesting. I wanted her to take a look at it and let me know what she thought. On my next visit to the library, she had yet to take a look at it and I sensed a reluctance to give it serious consideration. Oh, well . . . maybe I could tinker with it over the next few weeks or so . . . and find someone . . . anyone . . . who might at least give it a look. Well, something happened. I don't remember the exact details . . . but Loretta let me know . . . she had finally taken a look at that home page of mine . . . and you won't believe what she admitted to doing . . . I think she was in the Indiana Room at the library . . . and when she saw the suggestion to "Please stand . . . click here . . . and join in!" . . . well, she did exactly that. I think she'll tell you today that once she heard Elwood's Fight Song, she was hooked. We soon added several who were in touch with Loretta along with some that I contacted inviting them to take a look at our "Panther Den." I found a couple of html tags I could use to enhance the web pages, added another couple of pages now and then . . . and opened a mail list that started with about with about 16 people. It wasn't long until I heard from Teresa (Dickey) Hollowell '78 who had secured the domain for the Elwood web site. We discussed the possibility of the Panther Den placing its home page on the www.elwood.org web site to give it worldwide web access. It's worked extremely well for both of us and we're in the process of eventually moving the entire Panther Den to the Elwood site. Teresa's involvement helped us turn the corner. The Panther Den is a work in progress. Each of the pages was an idea simply published to the Internet and thus shared so easily with anyone who has access to a computer. There will soon be the need for new names and faces to step up and assist with the upkeep of this web site. The Hall Clock is a weekly column. The Megaphone is a monthly newsletter published online. And the mail list needs constant attention. �But now . . . anyone wanting a means of contacting and staying in touch with old classmates and friends, teachers, new acquaintances . . . and their old home town of Elwood, Indiana . . . can do that . . . the same way most of us always did . . . by gathering at the Panther Den. It has indeed . . . been my pleasure . . . !!! Transport me . . . in the twinkling of an eye . . . to the Lynx page. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jamie Scott Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-428 Title A name given to the resource The Panther Den - How it Started Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/06/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Panther Den - Marvin Crim Description An account of the resource Panther Den, Marvin Crim, Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd, Teresa (Dickey) Hollowell https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/dabb672b014a3ef4fa3a44361e5daddc.pdf 058313c886e679a3fd860a8213410fd6 PDF Text Text The Panther Den On-Line by Genie Forst Boyer July 3, 2001 Elwood, Indiana: A small town in the center of Indiana known as the birthplace of Wendell L. Willkie, Presidential Candidate in 1940 and author of One World. Also known as the home of Red Gold Tomato Products, the fastest growing tomato products in the United States. Home of Dunn Rite Pool products, J Lewis Small class rings, St. Clair Glass, and the Elwood Glass Festival. But perhaps Elwood’s most well-known citizen is one who is not famous. One who will never be noticed in the annals of History. And one who will go to his grave unmarked by the majority of people. Yet, he has probably had more effect on graduates of Elwood High School than any of the above mentioned items. This man, Marvin Crim, Wendell L. Willkie High School graduate of 1957 is remarkable beyond the bounds of the ordinary. He has done something no one else has done anywhere. He has created a web site which links its members together in a remarkable group. This group is called The Panther Den. It is named for the gathering place of high school students in old Wendell L. Willkie High School. In the old Panther Den students would gather each noon after lunch, on Wednesday evenings, after ball games, and on other special occasions to dance, listen to music, play pool, gossip and just in general hang out. On the modern day Panther Dan, almost 500 people with links to Elwood High School are joined by their computers. Through the homepages created by Crim and through email, these persons correspond on a daily basis trading stories of their home town, their childhood, school days, memories of friends and also share their modern lives. While most members are graduates of Wendell L. Willkie High School (Elwood Community High School since the 1970’s), some are spouses, children, or parents of graduates. There are also members who attended school in Elwood, but did not graduate for one reason or another. Ages of the group run from its oldest member Robert Benedict, 92, to students currently in high school. Members can be found in almost all the 50 states and it boasts one member from China. As stated on it’s web site The Panther Den’s purpose is “To provide a communication link for everyone interested in Elwood High School, Wendell L. Willkie High School, and �Elwood Community High School along with all the grand people, buildings, and events associated with them.” The Panther Den Web site includes along with its opening pages a photo gallery of many members which have been submitted over the years. There is a Notes Page where members can listen to music that Crim has put there for enjoyment. There is a “Without Them” section which is dedicated to people that have been important to members of the Den. It includes teachers, graduates, and citizens of Elwood who have made a difference in this world. Another feature of the Den site is “The Megaphone”, an on-line newspaper which is named for the high school newspaper. Members of the group submit stories on a monthly basis to Crim who organizes and “publishes” their efforts. A final feature of the Web site is “The Hall Clock”. The Megaphone that members remember had regular gossip column called the Hall Clock. This updated version written by Crim is full of comments and roastings of various members that Crim has gleaned from email and conversations of the past week. Crim who is affectionately called “Doc” (Dr. Frankenstein) by the members of the group is assisted in his efforts by his “Mod Squad” a group of 12 moderators who help in running the group’s day-to-day activities. He has his loyal assistant “Igor”, Loretta Jarvis Dodd for a sounding board, and “Sys” Teresa Dickey Hollowell to help him with the technical side of the site. Our very special moderator Sharon Benedict Hurst, aka Angel # 2, keeps us aware of Breast Cancer research and runs the local Breast Cancer Awareness Group. The “Birthday Goirls”, Lynn Davies Funk and Genie Forst Boyer, who keep track of members’ birthdays and anniversaries and send e-cards to commemorate these events. “Mama Duck” Vicki Hull Wardwell is responsible for the Prayer Panthers which accepts prayer requests from members in need of help and also who recently coordinated a Silent Auction at the group’s Annual meeting Denstock II with proceeds going to a high school scholarship. At the group’s email site, pantherden@yahoogroups.com, one finds the email letters that have been sent by members through the years. There are also files which contain photos, recipes, and various other informational tidbits that members have contributed. Membership is limited to those with links to the school city of Elwood and must be approved. The group meets several times a year for parties and get-togethers. They celebrated Christmas and New Years as well as having a Birthday party on April 1 to commemorate �the group’s 2nd anniversary. A skating party was held at the local skating rink which is about to be closed and torn down. Many members remember skating there while growing up and wanted one last chance to skate before it was gone. The group participated in both the Elwood Glass Festival and Homecoming Parades last year and is planning to do so again this year. But the big celebration held each year is Denstock. This year was Denstock II. It is a huge celebration held in Callaway Park in Elwood on June 23. Both years there have been well over 200 members and guests in attendance. Denstock includes many activities. There is music from the ‘50’s and 60’s being played over speakers; a program in which gifts---both gag and serious---are given to members. This year’s gifts included one for Bob Benedict the oldest in attendance and Jack Gootee who traveled the farthest having come from China. Members held a pitch-in lunch. There was a silent auction managed by Vicki Wardwell with assistance from members Catherine “Toots” Pethoud. Members donated all sorts of items for auction. Some were homemade. Others were high school or Elwood souvenirs. The proceeds from the auction were donated to the high school to be given to a graduating senior as a scholarship in memory of a “passing Panther” i.e. a member who has died within the last year. The auction raised $1000 for this cause. There was also a quilt made by Wardwell which was given as a door prize to Rick Rogers, Class of ’67. Denstock III will be held in Callaway Park again on June 15, 2002. In addition to the Denstock II held in Elwood, there was also a Southwest Den Meet held in February in Phoenix, AZ, and a meet held in Knoxville, TN this spring. Plans are in place to repeat these meets and to perhaps have meets in other locals such as central Florida next year. Members of the Panther Den think Marvin Crim has created a site that is unique among web sites. They have not heard of anyplace else that has such a site. Crim will be remembered by many for his creation of this remarkable web site and for the many lives he has brought together in such a unique and unusual way. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jamie Scott Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-429 Title A name given to the resource The Panther Den On-Line Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Genie Frost Boyer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/03/2001 Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Genie Frost Boyer, Elwood Indiana, Wendell L. Willkie High School, Elwood Community High School, The Hall Clock, Denstock https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/9d09dbc6b1403dba9ff62527f66fce43.pdf d405c1dd808f62bc4962d62a76306f88 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Quincy's First Rail Line The Corporate Genealogy and Timeline for the First Rail Line into Quincy Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Co. (No. 2) Updated: October 17, 2013 Revised: August 20, 2021 The Pan Handle Freight House (left); and the Passenger Station (center) built in 1894 �The Corporate Genealogy and Timeline 1857 -- Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Co. (No. 2) 1860 -- Cincinnati & Chicago Air Line Railroad Co. 1865 -- Chicago & Great Eastern Railway Co. (No. 4) 1868 -- Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central Railway Co. 1869 -- Pennsylvania RR, lease Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central 1884 -- Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad Co. (of Indiana) 1884 -- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Company 1890 -- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. 1917 -- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co. 1921 -- Pennsylvania Railroad, lease PCC&StL (for 999 years) 1957 -- PCC&StL ownership transfer to: *Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad 1968 -- Penn Central – February 1, 1968 1976 -- CONRAIL abandoned the line on April 1, 1976 – END OF THE LINE *Well, almost. The date seemed appropriate . . . the Penn Central crew the day before inadvertently left cars on the siding across from the depot. CONRAIL had to come to ELWOOD for one (1) day to retrieve those cars. I know. There was an eyewitness. Verification It was a dark and stormy night. The very next day, March 6, 1857, The Democratic Standard (an Anderson newspaper), started a series of reports about the first rail line that was to pass through Quincy. The town wouldn't change its name to Elwood for another dozen years or so. Statements and recollections regarding dates and names surrounding the building of the first rail line through Quincy that are contrary to accounts on record have been repeated endlessly to this day. Newspapers, books and current websites perpetuate accounts in conflict with available records. The first leg of this journey consists of transcribed articles from The Democratic Standard describing the events as they unfolded. �The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana March 6, 1857 Railroads in Anderson There is now every prospect for an early completion of the Cincinnati & Chicago Rail Road, under the management of J. W. Wright & Co., every thing seems to prosper. Men are busy at all points between here and Kokomo grading and laying track. There is now on hand a large amount of iron, ties, etc., which will be immediately put down. There is no doubt but that this road will be in good running order by the 1st of May to Logansport. The I. P. & C. R. R1 is also doing a fine business. Why is it that Anderson having these advantages cannot go ahead and be one of the best towns in this part of Indiana? It depends upon the citizens to say it shall and it will. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana March 20, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous We understand that the track laying of the Cincinnati & Chicago R. R., will be completed to Frankton this week. We are informed, however, that there will be no regular passenger train run further than Anderson, until the road is completed to Kokomo, which will be sometime in June next. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana April 3, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous On last week the C. & C. R. R. track was finished to Frankton to which point goods are now conveyed by Mr. Frank Olmstead’s train, and a more obliging conductor and engineer is hard to find. Mr. Wilson, the gentleman having charge of the track laying of this road is entitled to much credit for the workmanlike manner in which he has performed his duties. �The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana April 10, 1857 Cincinnati & Chicago Rail Road This road is now finished some 12 miles beyond Anderson North West. The grading is all done to Kokomo, which is 36 miles from this place, and but 24 miles of iron yet to lay. We may hope it will soon be completed, which will be a direct route from Logansport and the Wabash Valley, to Cincinnati, via., Anderson. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana June 12, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous We enjoyed very much a ride out to Quincy on last Saturday, on Mr. Frank Olmstead’s gravel train. Frank is indeed a clever and industrious young gentleman and is filling his post to great advantage to the company. May his run through life be as pleasant as it has been on the road from here to Quincy. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana June 26, 1857 Opening of the Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad to Logansport The 4th of July will be celebrated at Logansport, where a dinner will be prepared and a speech will be delivered by Hon. D. D. Pratt, of Logansport. As the Cin. & Chicago R. R. will be completed, its opening will be celebrated at that time by an Excursion Train from Cincinnati to Logansport on the 3rd of July, leaving Cincinnati at 5:30 A. M. Leaving Richmond 8:30 A. M. and return on the evening of the 4th. Fare on this train half the usual rates. The citizens of Logansport have invited the State officers and the municipal authorities of Cincinnati, Hamilton, Dayton, Richmond, Newcastle, and Andersontown, and the lessees have invited their railroad friends to be with them at that time. Free passes over the road, and entertainment will be furnished to all such invited quests at Logansport. Ample provisions are being made by the citizens of Logansport to accommodate all persons visiting their town on that occasion. Half fare tickets to Logansport and return will be sold at all regular stations where tickets are now sold, good from date until the 10th of July. �The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana July 3, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous The excursion train from Cincinnati to Logansport will arrive at Anderson at 11 o’clock today and the passengers will be treated to a free dinner in Stillwell’s Warehouse. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana July 10, 1857 The C. & C. Rail Road The iron is laid on this road north as far as Logansport. The opening of the road was celebrated at Logansport on the fourth of July. Quite a large number of persons were present at Logansport, from Cincinnati, Hamilton, Eaton and other places. Everything passed off harmoniously, and as far as we are advised, to the satisfaction of all present. It being the Anniversary of American Independence, that memorable day of American Independence was celebrated in connection with the opening of the road. Hon. G. N. Fitch, U. S. Senator for Indiana, was the orator of the day. He delivered a patriotic discourse. The exercises consisted of reading the Declaration of Independence, vocal and instrumental music, toasts, speeches, etc. No accident happened to the trains or passengers worthy of notice. Passengers can now leave Logansport in the morning and arrive at Cincinnati in the evening. Summary Work on this stretch of railroad started well before 1857. But several corporate decisions prevented it from being completed to Logansport until 1857. The rails were not in place until after the first of the year in 1857. The July 4 trip by train to Quincy in celebration of the opening of this line was in 1857. Any speculation that the line might have been in service any time prior to 1857 is inconsistent with corporate records and accounts of the day. The name of the corporate entity responsible for the building of the first line through Quincy was the Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Company (No. 2). The railroad so often credited with building the line, the Cincinnati & Chicago Air Line Railroad Company, did not become a corporate entity until the year 1860. It could not have been the railroad involved in 1856 and 1857. �1 The IP&C RR was the Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railroad that ran from through Tipton, Indiana. It later became part of the LE&W (Lake Erie & Western) and eventually the Nickel Plate Road. But the devil is in the details . . . and here they are . . . starting in 1848. The New Castle and Richmond Railroad was chartered February 16, 1848, in Indiana to build a line from New Castle east via Hagerstown and Washington to Richmond. The company was authorized on January 24, 1851, to extend northwest beyond New Castle to Lafayette. On February 26, 1853, it was renamed the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway to better reflect its expanded role. The original line opened between New Castle and Richmond in December 1853, and it was operated jointly with the Richmond and Miami Railroad and Eaton and Hamilton Railroad, which continued the line southwest to Hamilton, Ohio. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, connecting Hamilton to Cincinnati, joined the operations on February 1, 1854. The Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway was incorporated in Indiana on January 25, 1853, to build from New Castle southeast via Cambridge to the Ohio state line; the Cincinnati, New Castle and Michigan Railroad was incorporated April 11 of the same year to build northwest from New Castle towards St. Joseph, Michigan. The two companies merged May 1, 1854, to form the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (No. 1). Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (No. 2) – August/October 1854 On October 10, 1854 the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway was merged into the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (No. 2). The unfinished line between Richmond and Logansport was leased to John W. Wright and Company on October 16, 1856. That company began operating it on December 1, and the joint operation towards Cincinnati ended. The full line between Richmond and Logansport opened on July 4, 1857. That line was sold at foreclosure on April 28, 1860 and reorganized July 10 as the Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Railroad. Grading had been done from Wabash southeast to the Ohio state line; portions were later sold to the Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad and Connersville and New Castle Junction Railroad. On September 25, 1857 the Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad was chartered in Indiana to build a line from Logansport northwest to Valparaiso. That line opened in 1861, connecting at Valparaiso with the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway to Chicago. The Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line opened a bridge over the Wabash River at Logansport on September 25, 1861, connecting it to the Chicago and Cincinnati. Joint operation between Richmond and Chicago began July 1, 1862 and ended January 29, 1865. �The Galena and Illinois River Railroad was chartered in Illinois on February 18, 1857 to build from Galena through Chicago to the Indiana state line towards Lansing, Michigan. The Chicago and Great Eastern Railway was incorporated in Indiana on June 19, 1863 to build from Logansport northwest to the Illinois state line towards Chicago. The charter of the G&IR was assigned to the C&GE on September 11, 1863, and the C&GE absorbed the G&IR on October 30. The line from Chicago (12th Street) south and southeast to the Chicago and Cincinnati at La Crosse, Indiana opened March 6, 1865, and the old line northwest from La Crosse to Valparaiso was abandoned. On May 15, 1865 the Chicago & Great Eastern Railway absorbed the Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Railroad and Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad. The Marion and Mississinewa Valley Railroad was incorporated in Indiana on May 11, 1852 to build from Union City northwest to Marion. On May 14, 1853 the Marion and Logansport Railroad was incorporated to continue northwest from Marion to Logansport. The M&L conveyed its property to the M&MV on November 28, 1854. The Union and Logansport Railroad was incorporated January 5, 1863, and bought the unfinished M&MW on January 9. In the meantime, the Logansport and Pacific Railroad was incorporated in 1853 to build from Logansport west to the Illinois state line. After several reorganizations, the Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railroad opened to the Illinois state line near Effner in 1859. The Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railroad continued as part of a line to the U.S. West, bypassing Chicago. On September 11, 1867 the Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway, Union and Logansport Railroad and Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railway merged to form the Columbus and Indiana Central Railway. The main line, formerly being built by the Union and Logansport, opened from Union City to Marion in October 1867. On February 12, 1868 the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway was formed as a merger of the Columbus and Indiana Central Railway and Chicago and Great Eastern Railway. The rest of the new main line, from Marion northwest to Anoka, on the old main line east of Logansport, was completed March 15, 1868, making the old route via New Castle and Richmond into a branch. The CC&IC now had main lines from Columbus, Ohio to Chicago and Indianapolis, Indiana, with branches from near Logansport, Indiana southeast to Richmond, Indiana (on the Indianapolis line) and west to Effner, Indiana. The Erie Railway offered in late 1868 to lease the CC&IC, but the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway made a better offer on January 22, 1869, leasing it on February 1. On December 1, 1869 (retroactive from February 23, 1870) the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway leased the Little Miami Railroad. This included the Columbus and Xenia Railroad, Dayton and Western Railroad and Dayton, Xenia and Belpre Railroad, as well as the Richmond and Miami Railway's branch west to Richmond, Indiana. With that lease, the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired access to Cincinnati. �With the 1870 completion of the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad and Terre Haute and Indianapolis Rail Road, the PRR now had a route to East St. Louis via the PC&StL to Indianapolis. The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway went bankrupt and was sold at foreclosure on January 10, 1883. The Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad was incorporated in Indiana on March 14 and Illinois on March 15, and the former CC&IC was conveyed to the two companies on March 17. Operation by the PC&StL continued until April 1, 1883. On April 1, 1884, the two companies merged to form one Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad. That company was merged with the PC&StL, Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad and Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad on September 30, 1890 to form the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway. In 1891 the PCC&StL acquired stock ownership of the Little Miami Railroad. On December 21, 1916 (taking effect January 1, 1917), the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway merged with the Vandalia Railroad, Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad, Anderson Belt Railway and Chicago, Indiana and Eastern Railway, forming the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. The PCC&StL was leased by the PRR on January 1, 1921, and merged into the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad on April 2, 1956. Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Railroad Chicago & Great Eastern Railway Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PRR Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Penn Central CONRAIL (line abandoned in 1976) References: The Democratic Standard – Anderson, Indiana 1857 Anderson Public Library – Indiana Room Corporate Genealogy Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway - The Panhandle http://www.div11-mcr-nmra.info/PRRhist/pcc_stl.htm Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 I_Quincy’s_First_Rail_Line.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-424 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Quincy's First Rail Line Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/958ff5a7f0db9cd2eeec3efc81c362c3.pdf 5d37afc260a95fa48eb72825b5871fae PDF Text Text The Elwood Chronicles The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood Passenger Trains TRACK 3 Richmond – Logansport (PRR/PC) Added: October 24, 2013 CINCINNATI NIGHT EXPRESS/CHICAGO NIGHT EXPRESS Est. 3/22/1914 from CHICAGO MIDNIGHT SPECIAL and MIDNIGHT EXPRESS; #9-12; overnight train Cincinnati-Logansport-Chicago; renumbered #236-237 5/28/1916; #236 renamed THE SOUTHLAND 7/1/1917; restored as #236 11/25/1917; renumbered #202 (12/1918-2/10/24); renumbered #200 and renamed CINCINNATI MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (2/10/24-4/24/27) (#236 assigned to SOUTHLAND 5/22/19-2/10/24); old name and number #236-237 restored 12/2/1928; name dropped 4/27/1951; last trip 6/28/1952; reduced to RichmondLogansport local. (NOTE: SOUTHLAND runs as separate train, winter-only in 191819) THE SOUTHLAND Est. 11/21/1915 by renaming THE SOUTH ATLANTIC LIMITED and extending it to Chicago; PRR #16-17; through train Chicago-Fort Wayne-Ridgeville-RichmondCincinnati-Atlanta-Jacksonville via L&N-CofG-ACL; renumbered PRR #206-207/L&N #32-33 5/28/1916; renumbered #236-207 7/1/1917; renumbered #206-207 11/25/1917 - prob. separate train only in winter; renumbered #307-336 (7/1/17-7/ /18); (last trip for war 6/22/1918; revived ___); renumbered #201-236 12/14/1922; revived as year-round train, Cincinnati-Atlanta 4/30/1922 (?); through cars to St. Petersburg added 12/16/1922; through cars to Miami added 12/1/1923; through sleepers to Tampa via Ft. Wayne and Detroit-Ft. Wayne-St. Petersburg added 12/2/1928; renumbered #200-201 11/1/1928; called THE NEW SOUTHLAND 12/11/1935-11/6/1938; west coast section combined with DIXIE FLYER south of Albany, Ga., 12/12/1946; shifted from route via Fort Wayne to via Logansport and Ridgeville 9/26/1948; shifted to direct route between Logansport and Richmond 4/30/1950; east coast cars combined with DIXIE FLYER south of Atlanta 7/15/1952; renumbered #74-75 4/29/1956; discontinued 11/29/1957 including last ChicagoFlorida sleepers; PRR portion of train renamed THE BUCKEYE 12/1/1957. �INDIANA ARROW Est. 9/27/1936 by naming #319-320; Chicago-Louisville and #219-220 Logansport-Richmond; last trip 4/24/1937; replaced by unnamed local #319-320. THE UNION Est. 4/2/1933; #207-208; day train Chicago-Cincinnati via Fort Wayne and Ridgeville; rerouted to direct line via Logansport and Richmond 4/27/1937; renumbered #71-72 4/29/1956; last trip Logansport-Columbus connection #80-81 10/27/1956; name dropped eff. 10/25/1959; Chicago-Dayton coach discontinued 7/29/1959; #72 discontinued Chicago-Crown Point and Richmond-Cincinnati 10/25/1959; #72 discontinued Crown Point-Richmond 7/6/1960; #71 renumbered #65 4/28/1968; last trip #65 4/30/1971. The UNION on the left THE RED BIRD Est. 12/12/1952 by renaming CHICAGO/CINCINNATI DAYLIGHT EXPRESS; #215-216; Chicago-Cincinnati via Logansport; renumbered #70-73 4/29/1956; name dropped and #73 discontinued Chicago-Crown Point and RichmondCincinnati, last trip 10/24/1959; #73 discontinued Crown Point-Richmond 7/6/1960; #70 retained as unnamed local; renumbered #66 4/28/1968; discontinued 4/30/1971. THE BUCKEYE Est. 12/1/1957 by renaming PRR section of the former SOUTHLAND; #74-75; Cincinnati-Chicago via Richmond and Logansport; renumbered #67-68 and name dropped 4/28/1968; last trip 2/19/1969; connecting train #86-87 between Richmond and Columbus last trip 2/4/1969. �The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood Passenger Trains TRACK 4 Muncie – Frankfort (LE&W/NKP) Updated: October 24, 2013 What's in a Name? Probably the least heralded Nickel Plate long-distance trains were the Cleveland - St. Louis Nos. 9/10. Inaugurated February 19, 1928, the trains went unnamed until October 28, 1956, when they became the Blue Arrow (westbound) and the Blue Dart (eastbound). The only Nickel Plate passenger trains to operate over all three predecessor railroads, Nos. 9/10 ran on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis, the Lake Erie & Western, and the Clover Leaf. Consequently, Nos. 9/10 were the last scheduled Nickel Plate passenger trains to operate on the Clover Leaf and the Lake Erie & Western. NKP #9 "Blue Arrow" last arrival in STL and #10 "Blue Dart" last departure STL on 3-14-59. *Over on the St. Louis - Cleveland route, the unnamed trains 9/10 received names beginning October 28, 1956; westbound was named the BLUE ARROW and its eastbound counterpart was named the BLUE DART. The westbound BLUE ARROW made its final run March 13, 1959, and the following day, the eastbound BLUE DART made its final run. 3/21/1959 Trains 9/10 discontinued in Indiana 10/17/1959. Last runs in Ohio for Trains 9/10 known as the Blue Arrow and Blue Dart. *Blue Arrow: (Cleveland - St. Louis) – Blue Dart: (St. Louis - Cleveland) VII_Elwood_Passenger_Trains.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-2426 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood Passenger Trains Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/24/2013 Description An account of the resource Elwood Passenger Trains Track 4 Muncie - Frankfort (LE&W/NKP) Notes: Elwood, Passenger, Trains, Marvin Crim, Muncie, Frankfort, LE&W/NKP, Nickel Plate https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/39018d375581e83fc3bf1e081a7d1d40.pdf 6f1399d247dcb23ca00e9abf3d94adcd PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood's Electric Rail Lines Streetcars, Trolleys and Interurbans Updated – 31 August 2021 Nov 6, 1893 -- Oct. 15, 1931 Elwood Electric Street Railway . . . 1893 – 1899 (sold to Union Traction Co. of Indiana #1) Union Traction Company #1 . . . 1897 - 1899 Union Traction Co. of Indiana #2 . . . 6/28/1899 to 5/13/1912 (consolidated) 1897 June 27, 1899 Elwood & Alexandria Electric Railway Company . . . 1898 - 1901 Indiana Union Traction Company . . . 6/9/1903 to 5/13/1912 . . . merged into . . . Union Traction Co. of Indiana #3 . . . 5/13/1912 to 7/2/1930 (sold to the Indiana Railroad) Indiana Railroad . . . 1930 – 1941 Elwood passenger service discontinued Monday, June 15, 1931 Elwood freight service discontinued on Thursday, October 15, 1931 �Elwood Electric Street Railway November 6, 1893 Elwood & Alexandria Electric Rail Co formed May 4, 1898 Elwood & Alexandria Railway opened to Elwood June 26, 1899 UTC Alexandria-Elwood line starts construction to Tipton April 1902 UTC Elwood to Tipton line test run December 31, 1902 UTC Elwood-Tipton line opened between the two cities January 1, 1903 UTC Alexandria-Tipton line begins service February 10, 1903 Elwood Electric Street Railway (1893-1899) The use of electricity to power public transportation was not new to Madison County citizens in 1897, but it took on a whole new meaning that year — one that would last for over four decades. The Elwood Electric Street Railway was chartered on October 19, 1892, at a cost of $100,000. Rails were laid on Main Street, South Anderson Street, North 9th and North 16th Streets and as far as North J Street. The brick car barns were located on what is now known as South 31st Street near the railroad right-of-way. The first local streetcars, however, didn't appear in Elwood until service began on November 6, 1893. By 1897, the company was operating five passenger cars on six miles of tracks in the city. The railway became part of the larger Union Traction Co. of Indiana on June 27, 1899. Elwood & Alexandria Electric Rail Company (1899 – 1901) The Elwood & Alexandria Railway Co. was formed May 4, 1898, as an independent company with a bankroll of $225,000. Members of the Board of Directors were: Dee Allen, Battle Creek, Michigan; Loren N. Downs, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Sherman B. Harting Rensselaer, Indiana; and Cassius M. Greenen of Elwood, Indiana. Two interurbans were employed between Elwood and Alexandria on nine miles of mostly straight tracks. Service began on June 26, 1899, with two passenger cars running over nine miles of tracks between Alexandria and Elwood. The Elwood & Alexandria Railway Co. was acquired by the Union Traction Company of Indiana on September 21, 1901. �On the afternoon of Sept. 3, 1897, five men met and organized the Union Traction Co. of Indiana. From that simple beginning on the second floor of the Durbin-McCullough Block building in Anderson, Indiana, came a transportation system network that would change the face of intercity travel for years. The UTC was growing, and soon consolidations took place. On June 27, 1899, the Union Traction Co. of Indiana, the successor to the Union Traction Co. was formed. It included the former UTC and the Citizens Street Railway Co. of Muncie, the Elwood Electric Street Railway, and the Muncie, Anderson and Indianapolis Street Railroad Co. The Union Traction Company had constructed an interurban line which first run to Alexandria January 18, 1898, and began to connect many sizeable cities and towns throughout Central Indiana. The independent Elwood & Alexandria Railway started operation June 26, 1899, and brought a convenient method of delivering vegetables to local markets. Union Traction (UTC) was the largest interurban system in Indiana with 410 miles (660 km) of interurban trackage and 44 miles (71 km) of streetcar lines in Anderson, Elwood, Marion and Muncie. UTC was created in 1897 to operate an initial line between Anderson and Alexandria. UTC purchased or leased several neighboring interurban lines in short order: the Elwood and Alexandria was bought in 1903. Construction on the extension to Tipton started April 2, 1902. The service was ready to be extended but an unexpected quandary occurred. A few hundred yards into Tipton County the new extension gradually elevated some 35 to 40 feet and crossed the Lake Erie & Western Railroad on a trestle constructed with dirt and concrete. Although the Panhandle Railroad offered no resistance to the crossing in downtown Elwood, the Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company demanded that the Union Traction Company provide a watchman even though the trains never physically connected. Their defense was an Indiana Statute stating that: if it becomes necessary for the track of one railroad company to cross the track of another railroad company, the company owning the road last constructed at such crossing shall unless otherwise agreed to between such companies, be at the exclusive expense of constructing such crossing in a manner to be convenient and safe for both companies. �This set off events in December 1902 that necessitated intense proceedings combined with a franchising dispute with the Union Traction Company, the city of Elwood and the railway. The Elwood & Alexandria Railway Company sold out to the Union Traction Company. One car made a test run December 31, 1902 and service between Elwood and Tipton was opened the next day. Service between Alexandria and Tipton was then opened on February 10, 1903. The company had another comparable experience later that year. Another new section was to be completed from Anderson to Frankton and then proceed to Elwood. A bit of grading was done but the line was never a major priority and the line was never completed. "Red" Maley, motorman, and Clarence Powell, conductor, were two regulars who helped the Elwood line operate almost 24 hours a day. The Indiana Railroad (1930 - 1941) The Indiana Railroad (IR) was the last of the typical Midwestern United States interurban lines. It was formed in 1930-31 by combining the operations of the five major interurban systems in central Indiana into one entity. Although the IR faced bankruptcy in 1933, the system was virtually held intact for four years. The IR operated about 600 miles (970 km) of interurban lines throughout Indiana during this period. During the late 1930s, the routes were abandoned one by one until a 1941 wreck with fatalities south of Indianapolis put an abrupt end to the last operation of interurbans in Indiana. Elwood 1893 -1899 - Elwood Electric Street Railway 1899 -1930 - Union Traction Co. of Indiana 1924 – City streetcars discontinued August 1 1930 - 1941- Indiana Railroad Private bus co. in 1952 - Elwood Transit �The End The Elwood Call Leader Elwood, Indiana, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1931 TRACTION TO END SERVICE Freight Transportation to End Thursday (Oct. 15, 1931) CITY RECEIVES PROPERTY Freight service on the Tipton-Elwood-Alexandria division of the Indiana Railroad System will be discontinued Thursday and will mark the passing of traction service in this city. The Indiana Railroad System, which purchased the Indiana Railroad Company a months ago filed a petition with the Public Service Commission to discontinue service on the local division Revenue Not Sufficient The company alleged in its petition that neither the freight nor passenger service brought sufficient revenue for the operation of cars on the local division. The Commission granted the company permission to discontinue its passenger service of June 15, last, but instructed that freight service be maintained until October 15 because of the work on State Road No. 28. Paving of the state highway has been completed and the Indiana Railroad System is said to be ready for the discontinuing of the service. Bus Service Inaugurated Since the passenger service was discontinued, a bus service has been opened between Indianapolis and Elwood by the B. and B Transit Lines, of Elwood. With the Indiana Railroad System discontinuing its freight service on Thursday, the rails will become the property of the city as will the station and its site at Main and Sixteenth Streets. * City to Repair Street The city will probably use an asphalt preparation in making repairs to Main Street. No definite announcement has been made relative to the disposal of the station and its site, but rumors have it that the property may be purchased by the school city, which is in urgent need of a gymnasium. *Elwood’s Public Library now occupies the same address at Main and 16th Street. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 V_Elwood’s_Electric_Rail_Lines.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Elwood's Electric Railways Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-426 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood's Electric Rail Lines Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/05/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/7be09260bc7a54716e463c9709120586.pdf f152343e90d5ce7b894c910beaa47011 PDF Text Text The ELWOOD Chronicles The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana NKP 587 in 1947 Elwood’s Rail History & NKP 587 June 23, 2022 Revised: August 30, 2022 These older women always play hard to get. The one in mind sat in Broad Ripple Park in Indianapolis from 1955 to 1983 and now resides in Kentucky. I knew about the steam engine in Broad Ripple Park. It was NKP #587 and it had been there since 1955. But then . . . the city of Indianapolis wanted to build a new public library and needed the land. The engine was leased to the Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville and that’s when I discovered I knew very little about that locomotive or Elwood’s rail history. The steam engine had been built in 1918 for the LE&W (Lake Erie & Western) and was numbered 5541. Over its lifetime, it undoubtedly ran through Elwood as LE&W #5541 and as NKP #587. The LE&W had been acquired around 1900 by the LS&MS (Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway), later, a component of the giant New York Central System. It’s not common knowledge, but Elwood’s rail history includes 14 years of the LS&MS Ry and some 8 years of the New York Central. When the Indiana Transportation Museum acquired the locomotive in the mid ‘80s, repairs were needed and volunteers performed much of that work. The locomotive was placed inside a vacant plant on the east side of Indianapolis and the following photo was taken while I worked inside the firebox. �In addition to excursions over much of Indiana, #587 was often used on the Fair Train from Fishers to the Indiana State Fairgrounds and back on round trips to Indiana state fairs. In 1991, NKP #587 ran excursions from Frankfort to Muncie and then returned each day on June 29 and June 30. Video from 29 June 1991 is posted on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Rxt5OUQEk – as well as video of #587 on the turntable at Frankfort’s roundhouse. Unfortunately, issues surfaced between the Noblesville Museum and the city of Noblesville. Rather than chance the demise of NKP #587, a museum in Kentucky agreed to hold the locomotive until such time as the Indiana Transportation Museum, now located in Logansport, can manage the time and expenses of an aging, but graceful older lady. It’s not likely in my lifetime, these older ladies play hard to get. But once upon a time, we knew each other quite well. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 IX_Elwood_Rail_History_and_Nickel_Plate_587 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3670 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood's Rail History & NKP 587 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/30/2022 Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/b95257c712174895ff44f69651bae27d.pdf c4fc292f7c4455a92c4c37b58a626cd5 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood’s Second Rail Line La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR Updated: 01 August 2010 Revised: 01 May 2022 1876 – La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR Muncie & State Line Ry La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie RR Lake Erie & Western* *LE&W – The New York Central years – 1900-1922 NYC&StL RR (Nickel Plate Road) Norfolk & Western Norfolk Southern The La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington (Illinois) Rail Road was organized on July 13, 1869. Its initial charter was to build the final 37 miles of a rail line from Illinois to Lafayette, Indiana. Less than two years later, it was chartered to build an 84.6-mile extension from Lafayette to Muncie. �Work started in June of 1871 and by late 1872, the entire grade had been completed, bridges were in place and ties were on the ground. But the arrival of rails was delayed by cash shortages and legal complications. It was May 28, 1874, before the railroad authorized completion of the line. By mid-October of 1875, 35 miles of track had been completed between Tipton and Muncie and a month later another 25 miles of track was added from Tipton to Frankfort. The railroad ran a sixcar stockholders' special from Muncie to Lafayette on February 1, 1876, and on February 10, 1876, daily trains were scheduled between Muncie and Tipton and between Tipton and Alexandria (see timetable No. 1 below). �On February 24, 1876, the schedules were extended to Frankfort. The entire 201 mile mainline from Muncie to Bloomington, Illinois, was opened on July 1, 1876. Eventually, the LM&B put on a through daily express train in each direction and the 201 miles were often covered in 7 1/2 hours. On April 3, 1879, the La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR was sold under foreclosure. It emerged as the Muncie & State Line Railroad. On April 30, 1879, the property was consolidated into a new company known as the La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie Railway. Finally, on December 11, 1879, the Lake Erie & Western, established August 4, 1879, formally absorbed the La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie Ry. The LE&W extended 718 miles from Sandusky, Ohio to Peoria, Illinois. LE&W – THE NEW YORK CENTRAL YEARS The last line to become part of the Lake Erie & Western was the Lafayette, Muncie & Bloomington. This line built from Lafayette, with the line toward Bloomington, Illinois, completed in 1872, and the line to Muncie completed in 1876. This company would change its name to Lake Erie & Western Railway, the first of three companies with the exact same name. It was this company that completed the line from Muncie to Celina, Ohio, in 1879. Around 1877, Cornelius Vanderbilt and his New York Central and Hudson River Railroad gained a majority of stock of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern quickly realized the value of the LE&W as a competitor and purchased the road in 1900. The LS&MS held controlling interest in the LE&W until On December 22, 1914, when the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad merged with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to form a new New York Central Railroad. The NYC operated the LE&W as part of their Big Four Lines although it did not merge it into the NYC System. After operating it as a separate entity for two decades, the New York Central sold the Lake Erie and Western to the Nickel Plate Road in 1922. The LE&W was merged into the Nickel Plate Road and became the Lake Erie and Western District. It then became part of the Norfolk & Western in 1964 and Norfolk Southern in 1982. NS currently operates the line through Elwood. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 II_Elwood’s_Second_Rail_Line.docx Revised: 01 May 2022 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-421 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood’s Second Rail Line Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/e8f3b4d44fa9562afd7937443626d312.pdf a7294d50ac041c82f3a8f6d7a6d3608d PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood’s Third Rail Line EA&L RR Revised: 17 March 2013 Elwood, Anderson & Lapelle Railroad ELWOOD, ANDERSON & LAPEL RAILROAD 1898 -- 1929 Elwood actually had a third railroad. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company opened in Elwood in 1892 and was said to have been the country's largest tin plate producer. It also owned and operated the Elwood, Anderson & Lapel Railroad, the EA&L RR, although some maps of the day indicated the rail line as the EA&L Ry. The railroad of The Elwood, Anderson and Lapelle Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad operating as a switching road in the town of Elwood, Ind. The carrier owns 1.412 miles of main line. The carrier also owns yard and side tracks totaling 3.434 miles. Its road thus embraces 4.846 miles of all tracks owned. In Appendix 1 will be found a general description of the property of the carrier. Corporate history — The carrier was incorporated under the general laws of the State of Indiana, with principal office at Pittsburgh, Pa. Its organization was perfected September 29, 1897. Control of the carrier is vested in the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company through ownership of its entire outstanding capital stock. APPENDIX 2 �DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY On May 17, 1898, the carrier acquired by purchase from the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company approximately 1.296 miles of track connected with the railroad of that company. These tracks were located on land owned by the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company at Elwood, which land was, on May 17, 1898, leased to the carrier. During the period from November, 1898, to November, 1904, the carrier constructed 0.258 mile of track to effect a connection with The Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, and during the same period constructed 3.292 miles of yard tracks and sidings to serve industries located on its line of railroad. The switching line was chartered on January 12, 1898, to connect the tin plate mill located on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (The Pan Handle, a Pennsylvania Railroad component) with the Lake Erie & Western (subsequently the Nickel Plate Road, Norfolk & Western and Norfolk Southern) in Elwood. Although the actual line was extremely short, it extended north from So. L Street between 25th and 27th Streets and operated over several miles of track in Elwood. The Elwood, Anderson & Lapel RR was to have eventually run from Elwood to Anderson and then west to Lapel. Maps from 1901 do show it as proposed though track was never extended beyond Elwood. Rather than travel through Frankton, however, the EA&L Ry was to veer almost due east and around a settlement known as Quick City and then turn south again to parallel the PCC&StL tracks to Florida (Station) and Anderson. The proposed tracks were never intended to go through Frankton but around it. From 1901: Elwood, Anderson & Lapelle R. R. ELWOOD ANDERSON & LAPEL. -- This company proposes to complete its road from Elwood to Lapel, Ind., about 26 miles, this coming summer. Three miles of the track are already laid and in use by the American Tin Plate Company as sidings for freight cars. The line has been surveyed to Anderson, 15 miles from Lapel. D. B. Edwards, general agent, Elwood, Ind. �The following maps are from 1901 . . . EA&L Map 1 – Elwood �EA&L Map 2 – Elwood to Frankton EA&L Map 3 – Frankton to Anderson �As an aside, Quick City was established for residents who worked for a glass factory. This factory was owned by a man named Quick, thus the name of the city. These factories came to the area to take advantage of the natural gas boom and cities erupted. Once the gas ran out, companies left, as did the Quick company, taking with them the workers and the houses in Quick City. Nothing remains of Quick City and the site is nothing more than farm land these days. So, the EA&L RR was to remain an industrial track located primarily in Elwood to service the tin mill, glass plants, canning factories and for exchanging cars between the PRR and NKP. --------The plant of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. at Elwood, Ind., is all enclosed by a fence, all of the tracks within which were formerly owned and operated by the P. C. C. & St. L. R. R., by which all the plant switching was performed. In 1897 the industry purchased the tracks for $50,000, incorporated the E. A. & L. R. R., with a capital stock of $50,000, and transferred the tracks to the railroad company in exchange for its capital stock. There are 4.51 miles of track, all within the plant enclosure, except the track extending about 7,000 feet from the north end to connection with the N. Y. C. lines, through the actual track connection is only 300 feet from the plant. All of the right of way within the enclosure, and most of that without, is leased to the industry, the lease providing that the E. A. & L. R. R. shall have the exclusive railroad right of entrance into and upon the grounds of the plant. The tracks of the P. R. R. extend along the property line of plant. The equipment of the E. A. & L. Ry. Consists of 2 locomotives, 1 flat car and 2 coal cars. The principal service performed is interchange switching; it does only a small part of the intermill switching. Inbound shipments of raw material must be placed promptly when actually required to meet the needs of the industrial service, and the E. A. & L. Ry. adjusts its switching service to meet the demands of the plant. It charges $2 per car on inbound and $4 on outbound business, which are absorbed by the trunk lines. The charge for intermill switching is $2. On interchange the trunk lines charge demurrage against the industry. In 1911 the road handled 14,785 cars, from which it derived $20,201; $5,530 from the industry and $14,671 from the trunk lines. �The following entry provides a little information about one of the EA&L Railroad's employees: William Bateman Leeds (September 19, 1861 – June 23, 1908) was born in Richmond, Indiana in 1861. 1904: After hearing Wall Street rumors of dissension among the Directors, Mr. Leeds resigned from his position as President of the Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in 1903, his resignation becoming effective January 1, 1904. While President, his reported annual salary was $32,000. After his resignation, he continued to play an active role in business and was made a Director in several other companies, including the American Tin Plate Company, the American Audit Company, the Ellwood, Anderson and Lapelle Railroad, the Nassau Gas, Heat and Power Company, the United States Mortgage and Trust Company, and the Windsor Trust Company. The E. A. & L was highlighted in an August 2, 1905, article in the Elwood Daily Press: SHORTEST RAILROADS TROUBLES COMPLAINT MADE THE TIN PLATE ROADS CHARGES ARE EXCESSIVE Commissioners Will Hear Complaint at the City Building August 8. For several days it has been known to the railroads and others interested that the state railroad commission would meet in the auditorium in the city building in the city of Elwood on August 8, to inquire into certain complaints that had been made in regard to switching charges, and excessive coal rates. Who made the complaint could not be learned, everyone seemingly interested, denying all knowledge of the affair. It became known today, however, that the complaint is made against the Elwood, Anderson & Lapel railway, but who preferred the charge is a mystery. None of the coal dealers seem to know anything about the matter and as there is no others who could be interested the facts will not come out until the commission meets. �The Elwood, Anderson & Lapel line is one of the shortest railroads in the state, if not in the country, being less than one mile in length, yet it has its network of side tracks and its equipment, consisting of the necessary rolling stock, being one engine, flat cars, gondolas, and box cars sufficient to carry on the business. The only railroad stock that usually belongs to railway equipment that it does not carry is coaches. As it runs no passenger trains this part of the usual railway equipment is unnecessary. The road has its own officers, telegraph lines, telephone service, the same as roads of a hundred miles in length and does more business according to its length and equipment, than any road in the state. Its work consists largely in switching cars between the tin plate works and the Panhandle and the L.E. & W. railroads, and it makes it especial rates for this work. It is presumed that some shippers have concluded that these charges were excessive, hence the complaint. It remains to be seen the complaint. Whatever there is in an interchange between two roads there is always an extra charge for switching, the cars from one road to the other, otherwise the railroads would find themselves swamped and from one to three crews kept transferring cars from one line to the other for which the various companies would receive no compensation whatever, and in order to cover the cost of handling this excess business an interchange rate has been adopted. This rate runs from 50 cents to $2, according to the work required to place the cars, etc. In the case of the E. A. & L., the cars have to be hauled at least three-fourths of a mile before the necessary switching is done and it is quite probable that the commissioners will find that the rate charged by this short line is not excessive under existing conditions. In 1918, there was an office listed for the EA&L in the Tin Plate Yards (phone *Main 87*) and another at S. J. and 25th Street (phone *Main 276*). Shortly before being abandoned, it was known to have 2 locomotives and 6 freight cars of its own. The freight cars were not employed in commercial service. �The *Lapel* in the corporate name was spelled *Lapelle* and *La Pelle* in some early records and was apparently a misspelling of the town of *Lapel.* Some records are hard to find because in some instances, Elwood is also misspelled as *Ellwood.* The Nickel Plate Road eventually purchased the EA&L but abandoned it in 1929. It is known that portions of the rails from the connecting tracks to the tin mills lasted into 2002. *But here's a stunning exclusive -- this Nevada Consolidated Copper Company locomotive #600 was a 1902 Schenectady 0-6-0 steam locomotive originally built new as U. S. Steel's Indiana subsidiary Elwood, Anderson and Lapel Railroad's No. 3!!! In a sense, Elwood had its own steam locomotive! c1930-1931 12 July 1936 �11 July 1939 The locomotive as delivered to the EA&L Ry was believed to have included a wooden cab. The EA&L RR sold No. 3 to the N. C. C. Co. in October of 1916! A rebuild around 1930 included a new steel cab and the only photos available are after the rebuild and the new steel cab. *The EA&L RR was wholly in the city of Elwood, had no depots, no train dispatcher, ran no excursions, issued no passes, sold no tickets or mileage, owned but three engines and one car – that a work car, and handled nothing less than car lots. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-422 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood’s Third Rail Line EA&L RR Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/656b65ef93bb47b307653c911d61dc47.pdf 0bdb799372a805f2f38487947173e186 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana The ELWOOD Car The Interurban car of the Union Traction Company and the Indiana Railroad named for the city of Elwood, Indiana Updated: October 17, 2013 The Interurban Car Named “ELWOOD” �Notes Relative to the “ELWOOD” Car I. Source: CERA Bulletin 62 – November 1945 A. Page 14, 1st paragraph: Originally all Union Traction interurban cars were painted a dark green but a deep red was chosen as the new color in 1921 and repainting began with 403 and 405 which were promptly assigned, for a while, 403 to the Muncie Meteor and the 405 to the Hoosierland. B. Page 4, first column, first paragraph under: CITY STREET CAR LINES: Union Traction operated local systems in Muncie, Anderson, Marion and Elwood. In 1921, Birney type single truck safety cars replaced the old equipment in the three larger cities. The Elwood system was abandoned in 1924. C. Page 16, last paragraph, last three sentences: With affairs in this state the property was sold to Midland United on July 2, 1930, and became Indiana Railroad, to be beset with a whole new chain of circumstances leading to gradual demise. So passed Union Traction into history. The super-interurban, as far as Central Indiana was concerned, didn’t quite make the grade. II. Source: CERA Bulletin 63 – December 1945; Roster of Cars A. Page 5, Car Number 443 – Remarks: NAME “ELWOOD.” PURCH. 1927 FROM Gr. Rap., HOL & CHGO Ry. - $860, BECAME IR TOOL CAR. B. Page 7, Car Number 1150 – Remarks: WRECK TRAILER -- ANDERSON III. Source: CERA Bulletin 17 – INDIANA RAILROAD SYSTEM A. Page 14, Roster of Equipment – (1) NUMBERS 1150 - Wreck Motor - Built 1934 – By Jewett – Was U-443 – Note PP, N *See B. B. Page 15 (inside back cover): 1. Note N – Equipment thus marked with control at each end of car 2. Note PP – Altho not used in revenue service this car retains name “ELWOOD.” See also Note H. 3. Note H – Cars 442, 445, also 443 (1150) and 444 (710) acquired from Michigan R. R., Grand Rapids Holland & Chicago division, where they were 112, 115, 113, and 114, respectively. *Note M – Car 710 built from salvage of car 444 UTCo. See note H. IV. Source: The Indiana Railroad – by Herron Rail Services; The Singing Wire – Vol 2 V. Source: CERA Bulletin 91 – September 1950; Revised Third Printing, August 1975 INDIANA RAILROAD SYSTEM A. Page 22 – NOTES TO INTERURBAN PASSENGER CARS: See note page 23 regarding cars 442-445 . . . �Elwood had an interurban car named for the city. It was built by Jewett in 1913 for the Grand Rapids Holland & Chicago Ry. as car 21. In 1916 it was leased to Michigan Ry. and renumbered to car 113. When that company broke up in 1924, it reverted to the GRH&C as 113. In 1927 it was sold to Union Traction and became car 443 and given the name "ELWOOD." When taken into the Indiana RR in 1930, it retained its name and number until 1934 when it was converted to Indiana Railroad's tool car 1150. One note indicates it retained the name "ELWOOD." B. Page 23 – Note: 443 was converted 1934 to wreck motor #1150 C. Page 23A – NOTES TO FREIGHT AND WORK CARS: (See note page 23B) 1150 was originally passenger car; see note to cars #442-445 for further data. Converted 1934 to wreck motor, retaining name ELWOOD. Source: Electric Railroads of Indiana by Jerry Marlette, Second Edition 1980 Page 101 – Indiana Railroad System A. July 2, 1930 D. August 1, 1930 E. Tipton – Alexandria, 20 miles G. Abandonments: Alexandria-Tipton, Muncie, October 31, 1931 (Alexandria-Tipton passenger service discontinued June 30, 1931); H. At the peak of its short but active life, the Indiana Railroad System was the largest interurban railroad system in the world. Orange becomes standard paint scheme about 1936. The Interurban Car Named “ELWOOD” by Marvin Crim History often becomes sparse and fragmented. It’s especially true regarding the interurban car once named for Elwood, Indiana. Although the storyline is not total and complete, most of it can be pieced back together. The city of Elwood was served by six different electric transportation systems over the course of the streetcar and interurban era. Those years ran from the street cars in 1893 until early in 1932 when all freight interurbans ceased operations along what had been an Alexandria to Tipton route. In 1927, the Union Traction of Indiana Company purchased four cars from the Grand Rapids, Holland & Chicago Ry. for $860 each. The cars had been built in 1913 as cars #20-23. In 1916 they were leased to the Michigan Ry. where they became cars #112-115. When that company broke up in 1924, the cars were returned to the GRH&C Ry retaining the new numbers. The cars were later sold to the Union Traction Company of Indiana in 1927 where they took on the numbers 442-445. It would follow that the ELWOOD car would have been car 21, then car 113, UTC and IR car 443, and later IR 1150. But published notes from 1940 differ from a revised third printing in 1975 regarding the numbering from the 112-115 series to the 442-445 series. The sequence in which the cars were numbered from one series to the other is unclear without additional evidence. �These cars were added to the several already carrying names in addition to numbers until the mid-1930’s. Car 443 was given the name “ELWOOD.” Car 442 was named EATON; car 445 was named DALEVILLE; and car 444 was salvaged for some reason in 1932 with no record of a name ever being assigned to it. The original paint scheme for the Union Traction Company of Indiana featured a dark green body and a red roof. Letters and numerals were gold-leaf. In 1921 the scheme was changed to deep red bodies and green roofs. Since the ELWOOD car was not purchased by the UTC of I until 1927, it likely carried only the deep red scheme. As a matter of fact, all photos of the ELWOOD car in Indiana Railroad livery would indicate it may have retained the deep red UTC of I colors until it was withdrawn from service in 1941. *Photos exist showing ELWOOD still on the side of IR 1150. And only as luck would have it, video of the ELWOOD car exists. See Herron Rail Services – The Indiana Railroad – The Singing Wire – Vol 2 Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 VI_The_ELWOOD_Car.doc � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Traction of Indiana / Indiana Railroad Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-427 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - The ELWOOD Car Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/05/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Interurban, Union Traction Company https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/21e6dc03205603ec1c1b16e1b43a2aff.pdf 9b3c6c862ebe59fb3c1c30ce70d80ebb PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana The Extra Board Gate A Travel The railroad track is miles away, And the day is loud with voices speaking, Yet there isn't a train goes by all day But I hear its whistle shrieking. All night there isn't a train goes by, Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming, But I see its cinders red on the sky, And hear its engine steaming. My heart is warm with friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing; Yet there isn't a train I'd rather take, No matter where it's going. Edna St. Vincent Millay Track 1 It was Tuesday, November 8, 1910. There was an accident near 22nd Street in Elwood between an interurban passing through town and Elwood city street car #15. The interurban made a sudden stop and the street car ran into the back of the interurban. Both the conductor and motorman were injured. The conductor was George Haynes . . . and the motorman?!! . . . Sam Aurelius!!! �Track 2 It was Wednesday, June 16, 1948. Several hundred people lined both sides of the Nickel Plate and Pennsylvania railroads to get a glimpse of GM's Train of Tomorrow. The train traveled to Elwood westbound from Muncie over the Nickel Plate tracks and inched just west of So. Anderson Street. It backed eastward into the siding and the interchange with the Pennsylvania Railroad to head north-westward to Kokomo later in the day. The announced arrival time in Elwood had been 10 a.m., but the train didn't leave Muncie until that hour. It rolled into Elwood closer to 11 a.m. Although the public was not invited to tour the train, the Elwood Call Leader was admitted for a tour of the train as it switched from one track to the other. Track 3 The New York Times WRECKED BY SWITCH ENGINE Two Coaches of Pan Handle Passenger Train Demolished -- 25 Persons Injured Wednesday, July 9, 1901 COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 8. -- Pan Handle passenger train No. 19, known as the New York Express, due here at 1:45 P. M., was “sideswiped” by a switch engine just outside the Union Station here this afternoon. Twenty-five people were injured. Seven of the injured were so badly hurt that they were unable to proceed on their way west with the train. They were J. W. Chapin of Indianapolis, Ind., side crushed; Helen Chavouc, Marion, Ohio, badly bruised about the head; Cora Jennings, Orrville, Ohio, right arm sprained; Mrs. Flyn, Elwood, Ind., head bruised; Mrs. James Coan, Elwood, Ind., probably fatality (sic) injured; Leon Coan, Elwood, Ind., head badly bruised and bad scalp wound; Samuel C. Fulsen, badly bruised and cut by broken glass. The passenger train was approaching the station at rapid speed when the switch engine, with a cut of cars, dashed out from a siding, striking the third coach of the passenger train. The car and the one immediately following were demolished. Both trains were stopped at once and aid was summoned. The injured were removed to the Union Station, where they were made as comfortable as possible. As soon as the wreckage could be dumped from the track, new cars were substituted and the train proceeded on its way west. Track 4 On Monday, July 11, 1938, there was a collision between a freight train and an engine making a switching movement on an industrial track on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Elwood, Ind., which resulted in the death of one trespasser and the injury of two trespassers. Track 5 On Friday, November 16, 1894, an explosion rocked the Elwood Interurban Power Plant and knocked the street cars out of service. �Track 6 The Indiana Railroad terminated the Tipton-Alexandria line passenger service at midnight on June 30, 1931. Regular freight service continued through Saturday, October 31, 1931 (Halloween), when the last interurban car left Elwood. But freight service did continue on the line through Elwood to Tipton. It's a matter of record that the Western Gravel Company, just west and a little south of Orestes, continued using the portion of the Alexandria to Tipton interurban line westward for connections at Tipton at least until March 2, 1932. The company continued operations beyond that date and obtained the former Indiana Railroad shops in Elwood. Their equipment was known to have been at the Indiana Railroad shops in Anderson as late as 1936. But their entire rail and equipment facilities were sold to an area salvage dealer for $5,000 after it ceased operations, but not until 1953!!! Track 7 Elwood Beet Field Workers Victims of Crash East of Elwood Sunday Afternoon It was Sunday, September 30, 1923 . . . and shortly before 2 p.m., an eastbound traction car hit a Ford automobile at the Range Line Road crossing three miles east of the city. Five people riding in the automobile were killed instantly and two were seriously injured. Track 8 One October day in 1958, the Nickel Plate Railroad had its share of problems. Among other things, Elwood had a fire downtown and fire hoses were laying across NKP's tracks. When Train #63 came through town, it cut the fire hoses. When the engineer saw the fire hoses across the tracks, he applied the brakes in emergency and the train lost a coupler. The police claimed they notified the agent at the depot and the agent claimed that they did not. It's now only speculation whether someone may have contacted the PRR Block Station and not the NKP station agent. Track 9 March 31, 1976, will go down as the last day trains traveled the line from Anderson to Elwood. When Conrail took over on April 1, 1976, it had planned to abandon most of that line. Only a connection to the canning factory on 22nd Street was to remain and it would be accessed by way of the former NKP east/west line. But when morning broke in Anderson on April 1 of 1976, it was discovered rail cars had been left in Elwood near the freight station on the last day of Penn Central... and although March 31 will go down in history as the last day for traffic on the old PRR line, Conrail assigned a crew and a train was dispatched from Anderson to pick up the cars still in Elwood. April Fool’s Day in 1976... it seems most appropriate!!? A_The_Extra_Board_Gate_A.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-2427 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - The Extra Board Gate A Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05/18/2022 Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/c38af0e310620e06c0fd541f94acaa05.pdf b13419313d313efa4e136c75693cde58 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana The West Elwood Flyover (Viaduct) Built to carry the interurban rail line over the LE&W tracks in West Elwood. Replaced a grade crossing at Seeley’s Crossing west of Elwood. Track was laid from Hobbs in both directions. *Indiana was second only to Ohio in miles of interurban track. �The Elwood-Alexandria electrified traction line was built by the Elwood & Alexandria Railway Company ($225,000) which was incorporated May 4, 1898. The following year, the Union Traction company of Indiana sought franchises and right-of-ways for a continuation of the line to Tipton. Although it was April of 1902 before construction started, the line was ready for operation that fall. The opening was delayed several weeks because of a dispute with the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, which paralleled the electric line, over Seeley Crossing three miles west of Elwood. The steam road demanded that the traction company provide a watchman; the long negotiations caused the Union Traction Company some difficulty in securing an extension of the time limit clause in their Elwood franchise. Finally, an agreement was reached between the two companies and on the evening of Wednesday, December 31, 1902, a car made the trip from Elwood to Tipton. Service between Elwood-Tipton opened the next day, Thursday, January 1, 1903. 31 December 1902 Wednesday FIRST CAR TO TIPTON WILL LEAVE ELWOOD OVER INTERURBAN TONIGHT Regular Service Will Be Established and Cars Run All Day Tomorrow The new line of the Union Traction company between Elwood and Tipton will be opened for public use tonight. The first car will leave Elwood for Tipton soon after 6 o’clock, and a regular service maintained until midnight. On Thursday morning, two cars will be put into service, make the run in forty minutes and leaving each end of the line every forty-five minutes. Within the next few days, a complete schedule will be ready for announcement. The Record realizes that this bit of news will come as lightning from a clear sky to most people, and there are those who may be inclined not to give it credence. It is absolutely reliable, however, and it will take a mighty important and altogether unforeseen happening to prevent it. It come about this way. The franchise which the company holds for the completion of its line between Elwood and Tipton, expires on the Tipton end tonight, after having been extended until the city council there had about lost patience at the delay. �The only thing standing in the way of the operation of the line was the placing of the crossing over the Lake Erie tracks in the east part of Tipton. That matter was satisfactorily arranged with the railway people, and this morning shortly before 8 o’clock, a special car loaded with trackmen went to Tipton to put in the crossing and word received from there this afternoon is to the effect that it will be in place and ready for us by 6 o’clock this evening, barring accident. An interesting announcement in connection with this story is the fact that the Traction company is springing a slight increase in fare on the new line, and for the present the fare between Elwood and Tipton will be fifteen cents. The fare from Hobbs to either Elwood or Tipton will be a dime. Cars will run between Elwood and Tipton until further notice, it being necessary to change here to the regular cars going on to Alexandria and Anderson, but through cars will be put on within a few weeks. There will doubtless be a big crowd up town tonight to witness the departure of the first car for the western end of the line, a thing which has been delayed about six months beyond what was expected when the line was started. However, it’s better late than never, and here’s congratulations to the company, and the people along the line. 1 January 1903 Thursday LINE IS OPENED AND CARS ARE NOW RUNNING TO TIPTON First Car for the Western End of the Route Left Elwood at 8 Last Night After six long months of patient waiting, the people of Elwood and Tipton are now able to go back and forth on electric cars. As was announced in the local papers yesterday, the first car out of Elwood for Tipton on the new line left the station here at 8 o’clock last night, making the run to Tipton in forty minutes. It returned to Elwood shortly after 1, and west back to Tipton for the night. This morning at 5 o’clock, a regular service between the two cities was established, and since 9 o’clock this morning, cars have been starting from each end of the line every fortyfive minutes, accommodating a large number of people. There is little room for doubting that the branch will prove a profitable done form a financial standpoint. �On Tuesday, February 10, 1903, the Union Traction company of Indiana, who had purchased the Elwood-Alexandria line, inaugurated through service between Alexandria and Tipton. The line furnished a convenient link between the Anderson and Peru divisions of the Union Traction company. In later years, the viaduct was painted bright orange. I doubt they even bothered to paint UNION TRACTION on it. But the West Elwood Flyover, a viaduct only a short distance west of County Line Road, served its purpose. It’s all but been forgotten over time. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 Reference: Elwood Call Leader IV_The_West_Elwood_Flyover.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-423 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana -The West Elwood Flyover (Viaduct) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/4b01e1261eb9f5fcf98712a5de1eb7c0.pdf 91c54eb23d69f196d9ca2710a5d7e0f7 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana GM’s Train of Tomorrow GM Train of Tomorrow’s trip through Elwood, Indiana Wednesday, June 16, 1948 Updated: January 22, 2022 Revised: May 10, 2022 This is not a comprehensive summary about the train or the national tour. It deals only insomuch as it pertains to its trip through Elwood, Indiana. GM’s Train of Tomorrow did not make a tour stop in Elwood, but it did pass through town on its way from Muncie to Kokomo. Tour Stops Before and After Passing Through Elwood Anderson, IN June 7-13, 1948 Displayed at 5th & St. John St. Muncie, IN June 14-15, 1948 Nickel Plate yards Kokomo, IN June 17, 1948 Exhibit at Pennsylvania Station �*The promotional photo, caption and article are from the front page of the Elwood Call-Leader June 16, 1948 AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAIN that is packed full of mechanical marvels, new-as-tomorrow interior decoration and many post-war features for the comfort and safety of passengers, now is making a national tour, under sponsorship of General Motors, its designer. Powered by a GM Electro-motive Diesel locomotive, the cars – Day coach, Diner, Sleeper and Observation Lounge – are of an entirely new design that permits an Astra Dome atop each (see above) for unrivalled view of landscape, and a depressed car floor beneath, resulting in four floor levels in ever car, with ramps or steps connection them. Wednesday, June 16, 1948 – Elwood Call-Leader – Page 1 Several Hundred See “Train of Tomorrow” Here Several hundred Elwoodites this morning got a good look – exterior view – of what America’s railroad trains will be like “tomorrow.” Long before the now-famous General Motors “Train of Tomorrow” arrived here over the Nickel Plate and switched to the Pennsylvania tracks at South 18th street, the tracks of both railroads were lined with curious people mostly children. The announced arrival time of the train was 10 o’clock Elwood time, but it did not leave Muncie until that hour and did not reach Elwood until 11 o’clock, but the crowds stayed on in anticipation of seeing the long string of palaces on wheels. As the train slowly made its way over the Pennsylvania tracks for Kokomo both sides of the right-of-way from the station north-westward through the city were lined with spectators as word spread that the train had reached the city and was starting for Kokomo. Although the public was not admitted to the train which had not been scheduled to stop here, those who kept the morning vigil until it arrived were awarded by getting a fairly good look into the interior through the coach windows due to the necessity of a couple of stops during the switching operations from one railroad to another. �Passengers today included General Motors officials and a number of Kokomo businessmen who boarded the train at Muncie this morning. During the brief pause here the Call-Leader was admitted for a tour of the train as it switched from one track to the other. GM’s train is designed to insure the ultimate in smooth riding for passengers. Its interior design is unlike anything on the nation’s rails today. Dome seats in all cars give passengers an opportunity to view the scenery from all directions. Even the dining car has a dome section where the meals are served inside the dome. The schedule for tour stops left Wednesday, June 16, 1948, as a travel day from Muncie to Kokomo by way of Elwood. BUT THERE WAS NO RIGHT TURN IN ELWOOD. The train traveled west on Nickel Plate tracks to Elwood, but there was no righthand interchange with the Pennsylvania Railroad. The train had to pull completely west of So. Anderson Street and then back through the siding south of the NKP main, around the grain elevator and onto the Pennsylvania tracks. Once completely on PRR tracks, it could then proceed west/north to Kokomo. Sadly, only the Observation car, Moon Glow, still exists. It’s in Ogden, UT, and in dire need of restoration. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 VIII_GMs_Train_of_Tomorrow.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-2425 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana GM's Train of Tomorrow Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05/10/2022 Description An account of the resource GM's Train of Tomorrow's Trip through Elwood, Indiana Wednesday, June 16, 1948 Notes: Marvin Crim, Train of Tomorrow, GM, Elwood, Indiana, Tour Stops https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/2ca01ac30c11a7b08d66f7b224087400.pdf 8d11e36fa4c90dc11e9e2cf424ebcd53 PDF Text Text Bass Lake April 2, 1944 Darling, After Lord and I went to camp we found a ride to Bass Lake, with another truck. We never did hear what happened to the truck we come to Fresno with. I got into camp about 9:00 pm and the place was deserted, our truck took some of the boys to a tavern about 5 mi up the Lake, Bergman was with them so I see him until this morning. He has not said a word to me yet so I don’t guess he will. I worked on the radio from 12:00 mid-night to 7:00 this morning. I ate breakfast- hot-cakes and eggs, milk - and then went to bed and slept until 11:30. We had steak for dinner and it was good. It’s very warm up hear to day the sun even burns you a little. I sure wish I could be with you today but I guess I can’t. I’m going to sleep some more as soon as I finish writing this letter. Did you and Pat go to a show? I will see you next week honey. I love you very much Yours forever E. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3431 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters April 2, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/02/1944 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letter Earl Waymire wrote to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/e38ecddb64c74bdc2e7d85123107fc2a.pdf 970a8246d6eb5b95648af949efc14bbb PDF Text Text April 4, 1945 Burma My Dearest Mary, I received a package (my birthday box) and two letters from you, and a letter from Bob. I’m very well satisfied with my mail today, darling. Your letters were written March 16 and 21st, Bob’s the 18th. Thanks honey, for the wonderful pictures, they are perfect! I wasn’t looking for them this soon - what a surprise! I like your new hat darling, makes you look very well dressed. It sure makes me home-sick to look at these pictures; I only hope that I can be home with Diana and you before long. I don’t see how this war can last much longer. The news sounds very good today. We had a swell supper tonight, steak, fried potatoes, green beans, spinach, apple-cobbler, and coffee or ice water. I had a steak almost as large as my mess-kit, and I ate every bit of it. We get much better food than we did when I first came over-seas. Thanks for my birthday package darling, everything you sent was something that I wanted. I opened the coffee just to see what good coffee smells like, the aroma was wonderful! I put my pipe and tobacco in the pouch just before writing you this letter; I’m smoking it now. I’ll let you know when we can have something to eat, I know the coffee will be very good. We took some more pictures today, I don’t know how soon we can get them printed but I will send them as soon as I can. The weather is still very hot; too hot for comfort during the day. It lightninged last night but didn’t rain any. Glad to hear you are having some spring weather. I don’t think you will have very many more cold days now. I hope Riley turns up OK, it may take him a long time to get back though. The country is very rough over here, and there are not many ways to travel. I think you look wonderful in the pictures, darling. I miss you so very very much, Mary. I love you with all my heart. Yours forever, Earl �pth dieerek 4, 1945 ��aprly, 1945 ��April 4, 1945 My Dearest Wife, I hope you like this bracelet, I tried for a long time before I could find anything that I thought you would like. I will send you something else when I find what I’m looking for. I will send Diana’s pin a little later. I love you very much, Mary. Your husband, Earl Thanks again for the birthday package. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3520 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters April 4, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/04/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/c3840b8f22d67b79fa46cbf14d7352e3.pdf 71c87cae02566eeddd94ffcca7187cde PDF Text Text Sat. Dec. 23, 1944 Burma Mary Darling, I failed to write you a letter last night. A show was playing at our camp; it didn’t finish until 11:00. The show was pretty good. It was all local talent & some of the singers’ were negros. There is a show tonight but I wont get to see it because I’m on duty. For some reason- we are going to have some more basic training, starting tomorrow. I sometimes wonder which is more important, winning the war or basic training! I have received no mail for the last two days. Several packages arrived but none were for me. I sure hope our mail service gets better after xmas. Every-one seems to be having the same trouble with this mail. I am looking forward to having a good meal xmas. When I think about the good food we used to have every xmas; it makes me hungry- just to think about it! Our food has been fair, e-rations two or three times a week; although we did have some good steak one day this week. Honey, I don’t have much writing paper so I might write you a few v-mails until I can buy some more paper. I don’t like to use them because the writing space is so small. Everyone is off xmas day. I don’t know what I will do, I suppose eat and sleep. I’m going to church xmas eve. I miss you very much darling. Your husband, Earl Merry Xmas & Happy New Year I love you, Mary. ��� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3432 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters December 23, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/23/1944 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/13cdf72d749e64090ad577215c3ed0a6.pdf 583292573acab4a86f8a18d51436733e PDF Text Text Sat. Dec. 30, 1944 Burma Dearest mary, No mail to-day. I have been transferred from H & S to A. Co. I didn’t get a chance to write to you for a few days. I like it O.K. here, am working with Jaffre and Johnson. Be sure to address my letters to Co A., if you don’t I wont get them for several days. I talked to Lambourn for a while to-day, he showed me a picture of his wife and son they are getting along O.K. How is Diana? I hope she don’t get any more colds. Take care of yourself darling. I love you very much. Your husband, Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3433 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters December 30, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/30/1944 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/f68aa43a79ffef8fdd9be2a1c6ead349.pdf 9e4ca15a9ecf3eae6b3c232f6d4489f9 PDF Text Text Sun. Dec. 31, 1944 Burma Dearest Mary, I got some mail today, one v-mail and one letter from you. They are postmarked 15 & 16 Dec. I also received sept. issue of Readers Digest and a paper from the church. The weather has been pretty warm to-day, the sun has been shining all day, it was a little foggy this morning but it didn’t last very long. I hope it don’t get too cold back home. You mentioned in your letter that the temp. was very near zero. Darling, take care of yourself and don’t get any cold. Does Diana dislike cold weather as bad as you do? I have been trying to light my cigarette lighter for a long time now- with no success. I just looked for the flint and don’t seem to have any. Honey, I wish you would get me some if you can, they are so small that you can put them in one of your letters. Thanks for letting me know you received the $50 money order, I can tear up the stub now. Yes, we get rations once every month, the last time we got 3 or 4 bars of candy. I don’t care much for candy so usually give it away. I love you, Mary. Your husband Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3434 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters December 31, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/31/1944 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/a5d9178f9973d94196d3234f5ef00599.pdf eb8433989b377a3dd066d03d86e2894c PDF Text Text Thurs. Feb. 1, 1945 Burma To My Darling Wife, I was surprised to get some mail today, usually I get mail every three or four days. I got a v-mail from you, a letter from Bob, and one from Neil. Today was hotter than usual, I don’t know the exact temperature but I would say around 90 degrees - I think it was more than that out in the sun. Sounds like winter is beginning to break back home, you said that the snow was melting. Bob said that the roads have been bad to drive on almost all winter. Today was pay-day; I have been playing some poker this month, so I’m sending you a money order for $90. Let me know when you get it, honey. You can do whatever you want with the money. Do you ever run short of money? I don’t know why I haven’t ask you this before - guess I just forgot. I can’t tell you how I know where Riley Fesler is stationed, honey. I have not heard from him for a very long time. I wrote to him over a month ago. I went to the Special Service Show last night. They had some recordings, a accordion player, and two magicians. It was not very good, but I enjoyed the music anyway. There is a movie tonight but I won’t be able to go because I’m on duty. Lily Ponds and husband are over here, I hope I get to see them. Won’t be long until our wedding anniversary. I only hope I can be home before our next one. There is no use telling you how I feel, darling. This war can’t last forever, so when I do come home we will our family more than ever. This will reach you a little late but, Happy wedding anniversary darling, I’m thinking of you. I love you, Mary. Yours forever, Earl ���� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3467 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 1, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/01/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/f278d0f18a274c25229aacd49303581f.pdf 82d181b6c90445163b856868dcf938d1 PDF Text Text Feb. 10, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, I just finished eating supper - we had Vienna sausage and cheese, green beans, beets, hot chocolate, and pears for dessert. Vienna sausages’ are good cooked with cheese, they split them and put the cheese on the inside. We are going to have lunch tonight we have some fresh eggs, spam, and postum. The eggs sure taste good, I hope we can get some more of them soon. It is raining out now, but it don’t look like its going to last very long. How cold is it back home? I’m listening to some Glen Miller recordings on the radio. I read in the news that they have given-up all hopes of finding him, he has been missing since Dec. I wonder if his band will stay together? No mail came in today, hope I have better luck tomorrow. I love you, darling. Yours forever, Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3475 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 10,1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/10/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/10ff12cf367a083089c1e09615c24941.pdf 4347d967f3292486bd37e77fcbb1e763 PDF Text Text Feb. 11, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, I hit the jack-pot today - got eight letters and a package. Four letters & a Valentine from Diana & you, a letter from Bob, a Xmas box from Minnie; also the Outdoor Indiana. Thanks for sending me the flints darling, I have nine now so that should last me for a long time. Bob sent me a package of flints in his letter. Minnie sent me some candy, pecans, soap, pop-corn, stationary, cards, and a book of jokes. I will write to her tomorrow, thanking her for the package. Your letters were dated Jan 18, 20, 22, & 23; the Valentines Jan. 22. I’m sorry that I couldn’t send you and Diana Valentines. I think Diana looks and acts a lot like my Mother too. Mrs Day was right when she mentioned Mother as being a “busy-body,” she worked practily all the time. The supper you had at Minnie’s sounded very good; I think anything she cooks is good. How are Jane and John getting along? Do you hear from her often? I often wondered what John’s rating was, I don’t think you ever mentioned it before. I wish our old Detachment hadn’t broken up, we might have gotten a better rating by now. About that card that you sent in your letter. I don’t know if Dr. Hesse’s formula would help me much or not. Ha! I’d much rather see you about that subject. Maybe I should as your opinion as to the subject. You can’t feel any worse that I do! I hope this war stops soon, I can’t write the way I feel. Any way, I got a big kick out of the card. Don’t seem like this is the third wedding anniversary I have spent in the army. I only hope that I will be home before the next one. Several of your questions are pretty hard to answer, about all I can say is yes to most of them. If you can remember what you asked, you should know the answers. Honey, the 1877 Engrs is a Br, and belongs to a regiment. I don’t know whether you will understand this or not but it’s the best way I can explain it. If you can find some book about the army, read it, it will explain this better than I can. The duck we cooked a few weeks ago was pretty good. We fried it in canned butter. The only food that we have cooked lately was the eggs that I told you about. I hope the chocolate syrup gets here O.K. Thanks for sending everything, darling. This stationary is about used up so you can expect another kind soon. I’m going to use what you sent me for Xmas next. I love you all that’s possible, darling. Yours forever, Earl ��tha, ids Gurrme. m a Lt dire Beda got iy Atha, te UAtin free Lithr prow iia Midnwin, otis th Bok, 0 Outten the lie nek Liudione. bases hd we fee in Finns, Fhe sie con a ; pent * tarda, 4 jt Sa onk he 3 eh 20, pnding, ol, 22023; eh t A Aue ths dott © hunt yous 22. Stitt wd gebiode Wenn On bicchi n, d aye od w seco HaeMes jaa Dhvther two. peeks Phar eit on Wary rar L ~h wetind wathe os ch Ses anrtdld prectity ott td doe Lt Aad at Line Wy dh �ot Jad them. on Hy LentiRi Meena. Kobe pam alld, ayer & �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3476 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 11, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/11/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/53ac86b8beb708f16223f6ecd8c197f4.pdf 5cbb4b350a87c64eabbef0e99a1510f9 PDF Text Text Feb. 12, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, I was just looking at the Valentines; that you and Diana sent me. You are quite the artist! Diana must like the crayons, from the looks of the pictures. Today has been pretty warm, and not much wind blowing. I went swimming this afternoon, the water was a little warmer than usual. I wrote to Minnie today thanking her for the Christmas package. I didn’t know that she was sending me one. I think this one makes the ninth or tenth one I’ve received. Here’s a joke I just read: A newly created father received the glad tidings in a telegram: “Hazel gave birth to a little girl this morning; both doing well.” On the message was a sticker reading: “When you want a boy, call Western Union.” Thought you might like it. Yes, Jan. 21 was the day I left for Ft. Ben. That’s one date I won’t forget darling. I was on K. P. that day Russ and Wanita brought you down. Didn’t we take some pictures that day? I long for the day I’ll be going back there, only this time to get my discharge. How is Russ and Wanita getting along? You haven’t said anything about them lately so I suppose everything is O. K. No mail came in today. It will be two or three day’s yet before we get any. Its about 8:30 so I will stop for tonight. I love you more each day, darling. Yours forever, Earl P.S Here’s a half rupee, I will send you some more different coins soon as I get some. ���� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3477 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 12, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/12/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/ea63726ceaacbf5fd5b36c24f07ca37e.pdf 6d85e6461d4c942aed41770b8a156239 PDF Text Text Feb. 13, 1945 Burma My Dearest Mary, I got some more mail today, letter from you, paper from K. C. Radio School, my first issue of Times magazine, and a Xmas package . Your letter was dated Jan. 26. I don’t know who sent me the package, there was no return address on it. It had Spam, Kraft cheese, baked beans, canned ham, tea bags, foot powder, and a can of chili sauce. It must have been from someone on a farm because it was wrapped in a sack that hog feed supplement comes in. Do you know who sent it? If you know please tell me so I can thank them. We are going to get our months rations tonight. I don’t know what we will get yet. I will tell you in tomorrow’s letter. I love you more each day Your husband, Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3478 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 13, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/13/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/fed750d1857a88f7642b4afc9e94e137.pdf 5157799e71ac111286ede68feaf1f1ca PDF Text Text Feb. 14, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, I just came from the movie. “To Have or Have Not.” H. Bogart played in it, and he played his part very good. This was the best show that I’ve seen for a long time. We got our rations today. Candy, peanuts, one case of beer, cookies, cigars, cigarettes 1 ½ carton, ten packs of gum, three cans of fruit-juice, and a carton of matches. This cost twenty rupees, that’s not too bad! No mail came in today. I’ve been getting a lot of mail the last few days, I hope it keeps coming. It’s almost my bed time, so I will stop. I love you very much, Mary. Your husband, Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3479 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 14, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/14/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/3deff4dddb62de64c9845224ec61ab14.pdf a55d13c365db7848811a4cbd72227df1 PDF Text Text Feb. 15, 1945 Burma My Dearest Mary, I got five letters today! I’ve been getting my share of mail the last few days. Two letters from you (Jan 27 & 29), a birthday card from Mary Moore, letter from Mrs. Herbert Wise, and one from Bob Silvey - also Feb 5th issue of Times Magazine. Bob Silvey told me he saw Char. Duckworth - he is an engineer on a P. T. boat. The next time I write him I’m going to ask him for Ducks’ address. You mentioned going to Henri’s and doing some shopping in Anderson. What did you buy? Please take care of yourself; if you are going to donate a pint of you blood. I hope you get along OK, darling. Honey, be sure and have you teeth fixed soon as you feel good enough. I don’t think I’d have let you done it if I had been home, but since I’m a long ways from home I cant help myself. I laughed when you told me you were reading a book about dice and cards. Yes, I think you can learn quite a lot from that book, just don’t forget any of it, then when I come home you can try your luck. Pay special attention to any part that deals with “strip-poker,” I think you know what I mean! I don’t know where you can get a map of Burma, you might look in some of the National Geographic Magazines, Ray takes it so ask him the next time you see him. Yes, I see a lot of natives, I don’t know how many different tribes there are. There are so many different tribes, casts, and religions. I can tell the difference between a few of them, others I can’t. Yes, I have a mosquito net and use it every night. They are not so bad now but will be later in the summer. Thanks for the flints, honey. I love you all that’s possible. Your husband, Earl ��� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3480 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 15, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/15/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/c933fc7a5d85ebc071909e3c62c49c83.pdf 872f5502acac3bf95967ab203c040cb9 PDF Text Text Feb. 16, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, No mail came in today. I just finished writing a letter to Bob Silvey. He asked about Diana and you. He didn’t tell me what he was doing; just said that it took a strong back so he must be working pretty hard. He is in the Philippines. I’m glad to hear that you have gained some weight; you could stand a few more lbs. I don’t know how much I weigh; there are no scales around here. Soon as I get weighted I will let you know. I looked at my gas mask, and it has W. S. on the can so it must have been made at Ward Stilsons. I don’t know how long the war will last over here, it may be sooner than we think - I hope! I love you, Mary. Your husband, Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3481 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 16, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/16/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/6969cdb31fab682cb3a13e5caa44e2ad.pdf 3220688c00151df30f79751818379b99 PDF Text Text Feb 17, 1945 Burma My Dearest Wife, I just finished eating supper; we had chili, cheese sandwiches; and hot chocolate. The chili was pretty good; it had a little too much pepper in it so I suppose I will be drinking a lot of water tonight. I just drank a can of beer so that will quench my thirst for a while. I was off duty this afternoon so I read a book, them played some horse shoe. I like to read once in a while, but can’t always find a book that interests me. We have several Perry Mason mysteries but I soon get tired of them. I read a wester, “Destry Rides Again,” written by Max Brand. I think I’ll read Ernie Pyles’, “Here Is Your War” next. Have you been reading many books lately? I know you used to like to read, I just wondered if you still do. By the way - How do you like the book on dice and poker? I went to a movie last night - “Hollywood Canteen.” It had a lot of good actors, and most of them were from Warner Bros. The last three shows we have had have been pretty good. How is the weather back home? You should be having a few warm days pretty soon. I don’t suppose that will make you mad! Ha! I suppose by now you have given a pint of your blood to the Blood Bank. Please take care of yourself, honey. I love you Mary, more and more each day. Yours forever, Earl P.S. No mail came in today. �thy 9s �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3482 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 17, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/17/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/4806b633c1a7df9ff0d05d6fef853cec.pdf 1ac686140f9a9b1902674535233527af PDF Text Text Feb. 18, 1945 Burma My Dearest Wife, I got some mail today - two V-mails from you and a little book from Hodgeman’s Sporting-goods Co. I don’t know who had the book sent to me, did you? It’s very interesting and tells all about how to fish and hunt. Your letters were written Jan 29 & 30. I hope that you get some mail soon darling. I know how it is to go six days without getting any mail. Soon as I get a chance I’m going to send my wrist-watch home. It has been broken for a long time and if I keep it I might lose it. Sometimes we get watches in our rations, this month there were five but I wasn’t lucky enough to get one. They cost 55 rupees. According to your letters the weather is pretty cold back home. I wish I could send some of this sunshine back to you. It won’t be very long until you should be having some warm weather. Please take care of yourself and Diana, and don’t get any colds. Honey, the cookies Alice sent me were packed very well, they were not very stale, the lard that was in them was a little strong but that didn’t hurt them much. We ate all of them in two days so you can see they were not too bad. I must stop for now honey. I love you very much darling Your husband, Earl �DA, 14,1948 his pota. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3483 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 18, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/18/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/c9f279a68ebdb2144e0f067b049a5591.pdf bfeeb791378b0f8da57e21f164c1fe1b PDF Text Text Feb. 19, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, I received four letters from you today, there were V-mails, and the one with stationary and stamps. They were dates Jan 31, Feb 1, 2, & 3. Thanks for sending the stamps and stationary, I’m using it tonight. I just finished eating supper, we had Vienna-sausage & cheese, boiled cabbage, green beans, pineapple, and hot chocolate. I haven’t missed a day writing to you in a long time honey, the letters I wrote between Jan 10 and 14 may have been lost somewhere. Maybe they are just delayed some place. The fire at the Lumber Co. must have been pretty bad. I don’t think John Frank will mist $5,000 very much; do you? Some things may be pretty hard to replace, though. I’ll sure be glad when the chocolate syrup gets here, I like it much better than coffee. We usually heat some water and have something hot to drink just before going to bed. One of the boys in my tent got a box of candy today, I ate two pieces - I don’t care much for candy. I should have enough flints when I get the ones you just sent me, probably enough to outlast my lighter. Tell Pat Bean thanks for me honey. I have never heard from Morris, maybe its because I haven’t wrote to him. Ha! I just notices in you Jan 1st letter that you received the letters you were asking about, that’s my error for not reading your letter more closely. I like the Yardley powder swell darling, I think it the best I ever used. My face it so tanned that powder shows up very easy. I can’t think of anything I need right now honey, I will let you know soon as I want something. I love you more than ever, Mary. Your husband, Earl ��Bis in ys Ps pattter �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3484 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 19, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/19/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/7c2563c564dd196f83be7764ea28c831.pdf 703d1d4f590f7c8438d99d3af82f888f PDF Text Text Feb. 2, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, Today is a gloomy day, it has been cloudy all morning and has rained a little. Its getting lighter now so the sun will probably come out any minute. I just finished eating dinner, we had beef, green beans, potatoes, bread & jam, and pineapple for desert. I went to the show last night, it was about football. “Switch of Minnesota.” He was All-American in 42 & 43. The show was not very good, there was no story and no good actors. I would like to see a good musical. The mail hasn’t came in yet so I can’t report on that. I got some mail the last two days, & I hope I get some today. Have you been getting any mail? I sent you the “Roundup” the other day, hope you enjoy reading it. I love you, darling. Your husband, Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3468 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 2, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/02/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/6499734b05bb5f8736bfe793f63ac9f4.pdf 94cc81c41e0a77ba909adcbe3d20ffd8 PDF Text Text Feb. 20, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, No mail came in today. I got four letters yesterday so I suppose it will be three or four days before I get any more. I think our mail situation is a little better than it was; don’t you? I’m going to send my wrist-watch home soon as I can find a box to pack it in. It has stopped raining. I need a watch pretty bad but can’t find any around here. If you think my watch is worth fixing you can have it fixed and send it back to me. I think the best place to send it would be to the Hamilton Watch Co, you can do whatever you want to with it. Is you watch still running? I’m glad to hear that your cold is better. The weather should be much warmer in a few weeks, and I know that won’t make you mad. I had a little cold last week but it’s OK now. Did Diana have many colds this winter? I don’t know whether the locket Dad gave Diana was mine or not, you can ask him, he should know. I’m listening to some good recording by Glen Miller and the Andrew sisters, they are sure good. The Andrews’ were in the show I saw the other night - Hollywood Courtier. I just opened a can of my beer and it sprayed all over me, I think it’s because they are warm. I don’t know how cold beer would taste, I’m so used to drinking it warm, I probably couldn’t tell the difference. Ha! I still have six cans left. I didn’t go to the show tonight, some of the boys saw it last night and said that it was not very good; I don’t suppose I missed very much. Hope I get some mail tomorrow. I love you, Mary Yours forever, Earl ��TEA TTT Chuva Laren Mar, Ne Kieik eaeis aK Ledey. Yat heb es ie Dre bo chal, wig wes SP Sie 1G y we pros pae Sit ae) Elbe ae a eZ ede wheaie, aaa al sarticbrectih (ules eg. 9B ge? deed ve ‘oho Sn 2 weed aera but Sb cont ae: fink RY tle: ake my attend eink week 34. La UY ed x oe Bane Soke fy ah Ue W td &, oh spon Ch het plu eth SC went G sano th Anutlten whit name axes gored Ub, Uk “yor ede =) San wr be heen hat ene Cot dite, wb Jute wt wrth operat ow a fous om tly, an and woh Wee URAL cheat cond syed. bed ew Ch at Gal Sate hob �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3485 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 20, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/20/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/a80976f4444f326a2238b5be7ffae658.pdf 3098c4ed1285119e1eb2ca5ad6876845 PDF Text Text Feb. 21, 1945 Dearest Mary, I got one letter from you today; it had some more stationary and stamps in it. Thanks honey. Your letter was written Feb 3. Lambourn sent me a sports magazine but I had one just like it, so I won’t have anything to read for a while. I’m writing this before supper today, because I’m going to the show tonight. I don’t know what’s playing but I will tell you in tomorrow’s letter. We had a good dinner today; beef-steak, corn, beans, pudding, and lime-aide. How does Diana like her new snowsuit? Looks like Clifford Gooding is trying to stay out of the army, I don’t know what other reason for him moving to a farm, do you? It may be more quiet with them gone. Hope you can take some good pictures not that you have some film. All my love, Mary Your husband, Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3486 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 21, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/21/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/7b74f9d7a024ba16022fd8c4db035678.pdf f16302063ca9978dd87f54d0dca15f98 PDF Text Text Feb. 22, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, No mails today; hope I have better luck tomorrow. It’s only been two days since I got some so I don’t look for any for a few days. Are you getting much mail? I’m going to write to Dad tonight or tomorrow, I’ve not wrote to him this week. I should be getting a letter from Irsy pretty soon, he said that he was going on furlough so maybe that’s the reason I have not heard from him. He is sure a lucky guy to get to stay in the States this long. Won’t be long until my birthday; next Sun, I hope my package gets here by then. I sure hope that I can be home by this time next year. The war news sounds good. Now that they have a base within bombing range of Tokyo. One of the boys in my tent got some film the other day, so I may have some pictures to send you pretty soon. One of the boys in our company is from Alexandria, Ind, I talked to him the other day and he said that he knew Vi and her brothers& sisters. I can’t think of him name, but soon as I find out I’m going to ask Vi if she knows him. I went to the show last night - “Sunday Dinner for a Soldier.” Ann Baxter and John Hodiac were the actors. Tell Diana, hello. I love you with all my heart, darling. Your husband, Earl �Khoa, 1996 Chr rana, Becat Woe, AK Gener, He RS 8 UUE' et haan poe base oe SI dat pm phi tll abe Ot We ey - sneak nosy eh Tees et afin weil abt - ple he Gad eocectinanintte Shedd L “t F By tea h t e dee be getting ty teen, ok oq ow porlnng hn ek O U ak ae a re Rew bin 7h a te oe yy Wat vet lag A be yt be reese a aes u Le oy gee th wha A esx. tlw fe Alan SF rneal ky thy Shige tL Le way ayes gna soy sil achat Rly —tem @ bene nitelin rom bing mpegs foe �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3487 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 22, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/22/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/58d1001c0b46fe7d3dc059ffd9e37cf6.pdf 195d769c7e1b329b3f7f741119dafacf PDF Text Text Feb. 23, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, No mail came in today. I hope we get some tomorrow. I’m going to the movie tonight. I don’t know what the name of it is, I’ll tell you about it in tomorrow’s letter. The weather is pretty warm today. The nights are beginning to get warmer so I suppose it won’t be very long until we will really have some hot weather. I didn’t eat much dinner today, we had salmon and I don’t like it very well. I’m going to answer Mrs. Wise’s letter tomorrow, soon as I answer it I will be caught up on my letter writing. I wrote Dad last night. I will stop for now, honey. I love you, Mary. Your husband, Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3488 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 23, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/23/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/bbca77e6de8fdbe64df4c0196d8cb85d.pdf e6f6394882fdd64b75a7255ac1cbe065 PDF Text Text Feb. 24, 1945 My Dearest Mary, I got quite a lot of mail today, three letters from you (also the flints), a birthday card from Bob & Vi, and a letter from Bob. Your letters were postmarked Feb 6, 7, & 8, I didn’t notice when the box of flints were mailed. Thanks for the flints and stationary, honey. I don’t think I will run out of flints for a long time, do you! We took some pictures today. I don’t know when we will get them printed. They should be good, the sun was very bright when we took them. I’ll send them to you soon as I can, darling. Yes, I have seen things like the clipping you sent me, I imagine that was very interesting to you. Thanks for sending it. I’m glad you received the money-order, I thought it should be there by this time. I’m sure glad that we are able to save a little money, it will come in handy after the war is over. What makes you think we wont be able to save any money after I come home? I didn’t know I was such a spend-thrift! Ha! When and if I spend it it will be for a good cause. No, the bronze star doesn’t carry any increase in pay, although it does count some points toward a discharge. I don’t know just how much it is. I have received the ribbon but not the star. Too bad about Diana getting sick, I didn’t think and orange would make any-one sick. Anyway I’m glad that she is well again. Hope you don’t get any-more colds, darling. My cold is gone and I feel as good as ever. I love you with all my heart, honey Your husband forever, Earl �Ebi, nie abies aol tL dag af flict tay eh thd poe ch Pe ol Katee, tong S tek like J Bean St oe gat ed F a Wa a thy hkl be geet, eptng tL tlie uschin ase Rete liSO as ee a ge Se tee a inact sor, oh *, Bid Meal ce sa a D pet 32 GK th tae Ee yaa re Sh sows: �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3489 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 24, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/24/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/963402ccef2a04f437929ca75a4a494b.pdf e6d40eebcaa74254b266e160759c5517 PDF Text Text Feb. 25, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, This doesn’t seem very much like my birthday, time has sure passed fast. I’m sorry my package didn’t get here in time; it may be a month before it arrives. I will enjoy getting it even if it is a little late. No mail came in today. I don’t look for any until the 27th, that’s the way it usually arrives. You have sure had a lot of snow this winter. The ground must have been covered about all winter. Bob said this was the worst winter in years. He sent me Russ Harpers new address. He is guarding war-prisoners down in Miss. I don’t know why he hasn’t wrote to me, I wrote to him over a month ago. I started using the new stationary you sent me the other day. It’s pretty hard to write on because of the creases. I’m not a very good writer but I think you can read it anyway. I was going to church this morning but I forgot about it being Sun. I never know the day of the week any more. They are building a Red Cross here. It will be several weeks before it’s finished, they just started about a week ago. I’ll be glad when they get it finished; there is no place to go around here. About the only enjoyment we have is the movie and a stage show once in a while. Take care of yourself darling. I love you all that’s possible, Mary. Your husband, Earl P.S. Here is some Chinese money; I thought you might like to see it. This is worth just a few cents in American-money! ��oatuEyhiid ~iatanAe Shag ines �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3490 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 25, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/25/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written by Earl Waymire to his wife Mary during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/235823b74b32a3d3a25241d77f3f509b.pdf 2c46595fe296f831de756a5cec677c63 PDF Text Text Feb. 26, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, I didn’t look for any mail today, but this is one time I got surprised. I got two letters and a sports magazine from you and a letter from Russ Harper. Your letters were dated Feb 9 and 12th. I’m sure glad to hear that Diana is well again. Do you think her tonsils are the trouble? I think she should have them taken out if it is. I’ll bet you are glad the weather is warmer; the snow should be melted off soon if it stays warm. Thanks for sending the stationary and news clippings. Mrs. Wise sent me Jims and Howard’s addresses; she also sent my address to them. I’m going to write to Jim soon, he and I used to fish and hunt a lot together. I think the plan that Congressman Fulton has would be a good idea too. That would be the best morale builder I could ask for. I’m glad to hear that Vinnie received my letter; I’ll try and write her more often. I think I will go to the movie tonight; the name of it is Brazil. I hope the pictures we took are good; I will send them to you soon as we can get them printed. God only knows when that will be! It’s almost time to go to the show so I will stop. All my love to you, Mary, Yours forever, Earl �Hh ae eae sy ok oe Lod eh tertihn AE AP pancreas ad bebe Se L Ja apenas tlt h l for eet ae 73 4 a ond A (eo RS eee a c gd oa4 2 oddid wt artnet 24 Hh ar |n ot = 3 be ch $+ i pu n hauls Gt ��� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3491 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 26, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/26/1945 Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/caa0c011518a13e7d9d3c1dfecaa3c16.pdf 96e1884bcec642b6bbb9a6b8d3518993 PDF Text Text Feb. 27, 1945 Burma Dearest Mary, I just finished eating supper - we had Vienna sausages and cheese, sweet-potatoes, green beans, beets, pineapple, and hot chocolate. I hope we have some more steak pretty soon; we have been getting it almost every week the last month. I wrote a letter to Russ Harper today. He is in Moss. Guarding war-prisoners. He told me that he saw you when he was home on furlough. He never mentions Wanita in his letters, I was just wondering about that! I went to the movie last night and it wasn’t worth my time. Brazil was the name of it, I think I told you that in last night’s letter, though. About one out of ten of our movies are worth seeing. No mail came in today. I love you, Mary Your husband, Earl �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource circ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3492 Title A name given to the resource Waymire Letters February 27, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Earl D Waymire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/27/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Waymire Letters Description An account of the resource Letters written to Mary from her husband Earl Waymire during World War II. Notes: Waymire, Earl, Earl D, Mary, World War II, 1944, 1945, letters, United States Army, U. S. Army