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Memories
Unique professions
February 2017
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
SUZIE ZACH BALDWIN is the Circulation Manager and Adult Programming Librarian at
the Crawfordsville District Public Library. She has a Masters of Library Science (IUPUI)
and an English Education Degree from St.-Mary-of-the-Woods-College. Married over 20
years to Steve Baldwin, they are the parents of three children, (AJ, Dane and Reilley).
Suzie enjoys her church family and working at Rock Point Church in numerous capacities.
Loves being with her family, playing and watching about any kind of ball, exercising, reading and of course, laughing!
RON KEEDY was born February 6, 1946 in Crawfordsville, IN. He grew up in
Crawfordsville, Deer’s Mill and his beloved Waveland, Indiana, graduating with the WHS
class of 1964. Ron served with the 101st Airborne in Phan Thiet, South Vietnam. He retired
in 2013 after a 50-year career in the motion picture industry as a motion picture projectionist
and theatre owner in central Indiana. In 1977, he premiered the original STAR WARS for
the state of Indiana, and was one of only ten theatres in the USA to run the film for more
than a year. Conservatively, he has run well over a million miles of film. The plan for retirement was to move back to the Deer’s Mill/Waveland area; and here he is, “trying to break
into the writing gig, having a great time gardening and working to give back to the community.” Literally, he is having a ball doing it!
MARY K. VIRGIN SMITH is our new Recipe writer. Raised in Montgomery County, she was
a 10-year-member of 4-H and took cooking every year. She loves to share her cooking with
everyone she can. Married to Don Smith, Mary K. has four children, Kylene, Kyle, Kaleb
and Konnor, who just graduated from CHS, leaving them Empty Nesters. She also has five
grandchildren. Mary K. is extremely active in her church, and she loves doing crafts. She
can be seen walking or riding her new yellow bike.
JERRY TURNER is a writer and a photographer. He is married to Marena Turner. His
main interest is in Montgomery County history. He writes, edits and publishes the Montgomery County History and Folklore Magazine (www.facebook.com/MCHistoryandFolklore) and is working on a local history book. Born, raised and schooled in Montgomery
County, Jerry has a Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University in History. He
is a member of the Indiana Covered Bridge Society, the Society for the Preservation of
Old Mills, and the Montgomery County Historical Society.
KAREN BAZZANI ZACH has been a contributor of local historical articles for 40
years. A native Montgomery Countian, she grew up in Waveland, married Jim Zach,
and received her grad degree from IU while working at CDPL as Children’s Librarian. Karen authored one of the newer county histories, Crawfordsville: Athens of
Indiana. After teaching English at Turkey Run HS for 21 years, she retired and is
now enjoying visiting with her two children (Jay and Suzie), writing, reading, scrapping and grandkidding!
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 This Month’s Feature
By KAREN BAZZANI ZACH
Montgomery Memories
For our feature this month, I have
a man who was born,
raised and lived his
whole life in our county. For decades, even
after his profession was
not of a norm, he had
the Crawfordsville Shoe Shop in the 100
block of East Pike. Nope, he didn’t
sell shoes; he shoed horses, as I’m sure
the picture gave you a hint. Although a
small man, at 5’6” and about 150 pounds,
he was a strong one. His eyes were a
greyish-blue and sweat sat in his brown
hair as he bettered the horses’ hooves.
As many horse shoers did, Cloyce Phillip
Michael served as a blacksmith and did
other metal work, but his specialty was
shoeing race horses, and believe it or not,
there were many in our area. He was
strict in his work and care of his tools.
Cloyce was born near Alamo four days
before Valentine’s Day in 1885, the son
of James and Naomi Harwood Michael,
being the next to youngest with one brother and three sisters.
James Michael was a grocer in Alamo
Cloyce Michael
and had a huckster wagon that he drove
out and about, selling things from the
store. This was in the Yountsville-Alamo area. He also farmed with a team of
horses, and perhaps that’s when and how
his son, fell in love with this animal.
Naomi Harwood Michael passed away
at a young age, not yet 60. Her most
prominent characteristic was kindness in
sickness and in health. She would drop
any of her own time to run and help a
neighbor, friend or church member.
From her obituary, “A devoted companion and kind and loving mother, she
expressed that she was willing to go and
had no fear.”
Cloyce married Nora Plunkett June
25, 1907 in Danville, Illinois, and was a
blacksmith in a harness shop at that time.
For the first while, he had a partner,
John Hatter (who is possibly the man in
the picture with him; however, this man
looks younger or at least the same age
as Cloyce, and John Hatter was 20 years
older), but soon was on his own at their
119 E. Pike Street location. Hatter died
in 1918, so it is likely at this time when
Cloyce had the shop alone, as Hatter was
listed as his partner in the 1917 city direc-
tory of Crawfordsville.
About 1950 or shortly after,
he retired from the business
after nearly 50 years, but he
wasn’t at all idle. At first he
was a stock boy and general
worker for Nichols’ Grocery
but shortly thereafter he and
Nora opened a restaurant some
of you may remember, the
Triple XXX . They had lived
most of their married lives at
808 East College, but moved
to the home right next to the
restaurant. However, it burned.
Cover photo provided
Their grandson, Melvin Michael was there and slept right Special thanks to Cloyce’s grandson, Melvin for
our cover photo this month.
through it. His memories of
the house having a cement track
(1st house past the curve there). Melvin
where they raced little cars around it were and his brother loved caddying at the golf
fun to hear.
course.
Next, Cloyce and Nora opened another
Bern, Switzerland is from where the
restaurant on 231 North in the area of the Michael clan of Cloyce’s originated or,
Williamsburg Nursing Home. Luckily
at least from about 1650. Other names
not when they owned it, but after they
involved in his lineage were: Leber;
sold it, that building, too, burned down.
Thankbonder; Grum; Coons; Gray; GarUpon Cloyce’s death, she opened up a
lock; Whitman; George; Stover; Jansen;
small restaurant (by the Country Club en- and one of the common names of Monttrance), where she served Sunday dinners gomery County, Stonebraker.
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NEW READS @ THE LIBRARY
BY SUZIE ZACH BALDWIN
Montgomery Memories
Well, as of now
this Indiana Winter
has been less than
frightful. I guess this
is nothing to complain
about but I sure don’t
want snow in April
or May! When I head to the track to
watch my daughter throw discus and
shot put I would be thrilled if it could
be a nice 75. Yes, I don’t want much
… just perfect weather! Hence, if the
torrential rain or snow flakes do come,
I have some book suggestions to occupy your time. The theme this month
is on unique professions so I will overview some of the non-fiction titles the
library offers (hard to find any fiction
displaying distinctive jobs).
DK has published Careers: The
Graphic Guide to Finding the Perfect
Job for you (331.7 Car). This title
includes 15 sections of careers and
even begins with 1. Thinking about
your career 2. Understanding Yourself
3. Taking Action and the best part
4. Getting the job. Actuary is even
included – I didn’t know what that was
until three years ago when my oldest
considered studying this. Three jobs
in the Science and Research section I
found intriguing were: Geoscientist,
Biotechnologist and Materials Scientist
(not that I would have chosen these
career paths), nor did I know there is a
Telecom Engineer career path (found
in the Engineering and Manufacturing
section). The Transportation section
even includes a Ship’s Captain. DK
also includes a wonderful index for locating the career you might find interesting in a simple and quick manner.
Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron,
and Kelly Tieger penned Do What
You Are: Discover the Perfect Career
for you through the Secrets of Personality Type. Do What You Are has
already helped over a million people
find truly satisfying work. The book
leads you step-by-step through the process of determining and verifying your
Personality Type, providing real-life
case studies of people who share your
Type and intruding you to the key
ingredients your work must have for it
to be genuinely fulfilling.
The next title 101 Weird ways to
make Money (331.702 Gil) by Steve
Gillman includes Cricket Farming,
Repossessing Cars, being a Traveling
Brewer, Craps Dealer, Rodeo Clown,
Geese Police, Golf Ball Recoverer, Tree Surgeon, Worm Grunting,
Crime Scene Cleaner, and the most
disgusting Maggot Farmer. Each job
has other information included about
getting started in a career and resources available to assist (I’m sure there
is more up-to-date information – this
book has a 2011 copyright – but a
great place to begin researching odd
employment opportunities).
If you aren’t necessarily looking for employment
but would be interested in
reading about some from
the past pick up a copy of
A Long Hard Journey: The
Story of the Pullman Porter
(331.8811 McK) by Patricia
and Fredrick McKissack.
These men rode the rails and
were
known as the Ambassadors of Hospitality and embodied the service trademark
on which the Pullman Car
Company built its empire.
A. Philip Randolph helped
his fellow men by forming
the first legitimate black
union to win major concessions from a corporate giant.
Porters offered “miles of
smiles” but this only masked
the years of abuse they
suffered at the hands of the
tyrannical management.
Hopefully this article
finds you in good health, in
good weather and in a good
book. Whether you are
interested in occupations,
vocations, jobs or just a good
mystery – stop by CDPL and
locate a lovely literary novel,
CD book or even a DVD.
We would be happy to help
you!
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 Mary K. in the Kitchen
By MARY K. VIRGIN SMITH
Montgomery Memories
I hope everyone had a very
special Valentine’s Day and
remembered
their loved
ones! It’s still
not too late to make a special
dessert! I think of February as
Valentine’s Day and the color
Red! Here is the special dessert that you will enjoy! It’s the
almond extract that gives it its
special flavor. This can be a
dessert or a coffee cake. This
recipe is from the Gold Medal
Century of Success Cookbook.
The best Gold Medal recipes of
100 years. After winning the
esteemed Gold Medal award
at the Millers’ International
Exhibition in 1880, held in
Cincinnati Ohio, Washburn
Crosby began selling “Gold
Medal” Flour.
FRUIT SWIRL CAKE
1 ½ cup sugar
½ cup margarine or butter,
softened
½ cup shortening
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
4 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 can (21 oz. cherry pie filling)
Glaze (beat 1 cup powdered
sugar and 1 to 2 tablespoons
milk until smooth and or desired
consistency)
Heat oven to 350 degrees,
grease a jelly roll pan 15
1/2x101/2x1 inch. Beat sugar,
margarine, shortening, baking
powder, vanilla, almond extract and eggs in large mixing bowl on low speed, until
blended. Beat on high 3 minutes and stir in flour. Spread
2/3 of the batter in jelly roll
pan. Spread cherry pie filling
over batter. Drop remaining
batter by table spoonful’s onto
pie filling.
Bake unto light brown,
about 45 minutes. Drizzle with
glaze while warm. Cool and
cut cake in squares.
This can be frozen.
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 Ain’t Life Funny Thataway
FOCUS THE PICTURE YOU BLIND IDIOT!
By RON KEEDY
Montgomery Memories
Ever at a movie
theatre when the picture
goes out of focus or the
sound goes bonkers?
Everyone turns around
and looks at those tiny
windows at the back of
the auditorium and shouts, “Focus the
picture you blind idiot!” Well, I’m the
blind idiot behind those tiny windows.
Now you can tell people you know a
bona fide professional motion picture
projectionist.
I have heard that you don’t choose
your profession, your profession
chooses you. My profession as a projectionist chose me back in 1956 as a
fourth grader at Mt. Zion grade school
in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
One afternoon, our teacher, Mrs.
Bernice C. Haines wheeled in the
schools brand new RCA Kalart Victor
16mm projector and parked it—as fate
would have it—in the aisle next to my
desk. Mrs. Haines took off the cover,
saw all the switches and sprockets and
gears, (Oh my!) threw her hands in the
air and went wailing down the hallway
looking for our principal, Mr. Luther
B. Mann.
I stared at those switches and
sprockets and gears and thought, this
little film goes around this sprocket,
past this gear, around this little wheel
onto a take-up reel. This might work.
A classmate turned out the lights, I
flipped the start switch, the screen lit
up and I’ve been running movies ever
since. This was my first stint as an
Audio/Visual nerd.
I was raised in the Strand
Theatre in Crawfordsville,
Indiana. Every Saturday matinee all through the 50s found
me and the gang at the Strand
swallowing up every newsreel,
cartoon and Sci-Fi “B” movie
Andy Browning booked.
How it was all done? Well,
I just had to know. Around
thirteen I discovered that you
could get to the projection booth
by going up the stairway of the
Strand apartments. The booth
door was always open because
of the heat and I showed up
to sit in the door and watch so
many times, that head projectionist, Deak Tilney, invited me
inside. I became his “cub” and
he was my first real teacher and
mentor. His generosity to an
eager, starry eyed 13-year-old
Photo provided
has lasted me a lifetime.
The U.S. Army drafted me Ron Keedy threading an old reel of film to “FOCUS THE PICTURE YOU BLIND IDIOT.”
their first glimpse in many-a-day of
performance of STAR WARS. We
in 1967 and sent me to Vietnam.
beach blanket bunnies, Annette Funioffered help and an ambulance. Her
When not on a mission we had a lot of
cello or maybe Raquel Welch! Eagerly
response? “Hell, no, I ain’t leaving!
down time in the rear areas. Boring
opening the film cans I hauled out
I stood in line 5 hours to see this film
down time. I went through special
the first reel of---THE SOUND OF
and I ain’t goin’ anywhere!”
services and got our company a 16mm
With each feature length film
projector. Déjà! It was the same mod- MUSIC. I immediately put on my bulel Mrs. Haines shrieked at in the fourth let-proof vest. The Chaplain explained being about 2 ½ miles long times 50+
that he had standards to maintain but
years I think, conservatively, I have
grade! Ordering film went through the
(with a wink) said he would try to do
projected over a million miles of film.
Chaplain’s office. We ordered, filled
better next week. I was let off the
So, thank you, fourth grade teacher
sandbags for seats and built a plywood
hook because we were so desperate for Bernice C. Haines of Mt. Zion Grade
screen. No one at our firebase could
entertainment even Julie Andrews as
School in Crawfordsville. Thank you
show movies but us so we were a big
a nun was looking pretty good! (And
for throwing up your hands and shriekhit with everyone in the area.
don’t forget Liesl, 16 going on 17!)
ing down the hall. You set me on a
The Chaplain finally arrived with
There are a thousand other stories
life-long path of which I have enjoyed
the film as the sun began to set. Here
every moment! AIN’T LIFE FUNNY
were over a hundred healthy red-blood- I love to tell, like the young pregnant
lady who went into labor during a
THATAWAY!
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 Poetry Corner
The Bee Keeper
By Jerry Turner
A buzz … or is it a hum?
Yesssss, ‘twas a buzz,
a honeybee loitering about,
under the hot summer sun,
seeking a sweet treat,
to nourish its insatiable appetite.
Returning home to the white boxes,
stacked in the meadow yonder,
where its buzz joins others,
making a loud constant hum ..
or is it a buzz,
ignoring the white monster,
who is disturbing the hive.
‘Twas harvest day,
for the beekeeper,
In his white pants and long sleeved
shirt,
a cap and netting covering his
head,
resembling a monster .. or alien,
and he surely was one to the bees.
The screens pulled,
a natures bounty embedded,
sweet honey to be harvested,
pure in its honeycomb.
And yet … off in the distance,
the buzz is still heard,
of a single honeybee,
looking, searching,
fulfilling his place in nature,
just one tiny piece,
in the life of a summer day,
in Montgomery County.
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 County Connections
By Chuck Clore
Guest contributor
Montgomery Memories? Yes, I have a few. As a young
lad I remember riding shotgun in my dad’s 1948 Chevy
pickup sitting at Shady Lane and 136. While we waited
for traffic to clear he would say, “Cannon to right of
me…Cannon to the left…Cannon behind…Volley and
Thunder!” as he popped the clutch and spit gravel all the
way back to Fremont. I had no idea he was paraphrasing
Lord Tennyson and the Charge of the Light Brigade. It
was his way of charging into the adventures of the day.
Don’t let the dusty old pickup fool you. He was a wellread very intelligent man whose ability to read people
served him well. You see Pappy (Austin Clore) was a
Picker and I am the Son of a Picker. Way before American Pickers hit the television screen we hit the back roads
of Montgomery and the surrounding counties searching
out neat stuff and rusty treasures. I remember the meter of
the auctioneer as we pulled into the estate sale of a farm
past Yountsville somewhere around highways 32 and 25.
The auctioneer was a small man with a big deep voice,
deep enough he could have sung bass for a gospel quartet.
I got the feeling he knew Pappy well. By high noon the
bees were buzzing around the blackberry bushes and the
pickup was loaded with rusty gold. We headed on down
the road to Granny’s (Delta Smith’s) house within the
shadow of Willis at Alamo. After a White Mill Lemon
Lime soda at Pickets Grocery it was back to C-ville.
Eventually we hit the auction barn on north Washington
then over a couple blocks to McDaniels Freightline on
Green Street where Mom (Georgia Cole Clore) was about
to get off work as a cashier. I remember the orange and
green logo on the side of the building. Aus and Jo were
rich with friends and life adventures.
CHS and Beyond…Attended Tuttle Grade School thru
2nd Grade in 1955. East Union 3rd thru 6th, 7th & 8th
were actually at the High School building. I was in the
first 9th grade class to attend the new Tuttle Middle
School. CHS 10th, 11th & 12th
Class of 1965. My buddies in high school
(Tom Jordan and Don Carter) were big into
science, Me? Not so much. But we all three got
into photography thanks to CHS teacher Mr.
Perry Achor. We all had our own darkrooms.
They both built their own telescopes and shot
the moon and stars. I scaled the wall and shot
the Lew Wallace Study through the leave and
branches. The shot won a ribbon in the photo
competition. Don’s photos of the moon later
gave him free access to the Purdue Observatory.
Tom is Professor and Chair of the Department
of Physics and Astronomy at Ball State University. My seventh grade art teach, Mrs Kirkpatrick, modeled for the class as we attempted to
draw pencil sketching of her. Mine turned out
a little distorted. As she reviewed my sketch
she graciously smiled and said, “The way you
exaggerated my features you should consider
caricature drawing.” Little did both of us know
how prophetic that statement would be.
Senior Year 1965—First day Tom and I
stepped out of his 1939 Ford pick up onto campus sporting brand new yellow pegged corduroys, pinstriped shirts and enough Brylcream to
make Kookie from 77 Sunset Strip and his comb
Photo provided
envious. I made a little extra money my junior The Crawfordsville High School class of ‘65 montage by Clore.
and senior year by decorating senior corduroys
Glore! Where are you today?
with club names and cartoons. When did that tradition
Working at RR Donnelly & Sons and saving tuition
start? When did it end? I think that qualifies as my first
money for a year, 1966 I am off to Minneapolis and
freelance art work.
North Central Bible College where I met Judy my wife.
The next great influence for me and dozens of Palletiers Graduating in 1970 with a degree in Bible and Pastoral
was the hiring in 1964 of a young and enthusiastic art
Studies I became Youth Pastor in St. Paul, Minnesota.
teacher named James Glore (that is with a “G” not a “C”) Judy and I had twin daughters in the twin cities. It took
He single handedly saved the senior year for several art
students. I got a scholarship to attend the of 1965 Summer
See County Connections, Page 12
Art Workshop at Ball State University. Thank you, Mr.
At Nucor, we hire the best and the brightest for our Sheet Mill in Crawfordsville. Then we give them the
freedom to spot problems and solve them on their own. Finding ways to be more productive. We then reward
productivity with pay-for-performance, weekly performance bonuses that can sometimes double their takehome pay. We provide a scholarship program for every child of every employee for every year of their posthigh school education. We have never in our history laid off an employee for reasons of not enough work.
And as any self-respecting kid knows, Nucor is a favorite of Fortune® and Forbes,
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 Grandcestors: Karen’s father, Fred Bazzani
By KAREN BAZZANI ZACH
Montgomery Memories
Lots of farmers. I had lots of
farmers, but my ancestors also had
several interesting occupations and
jobs. In fact, I recently discovered
my Gpa’ Carl Smith was a waiter in a
café in Rockville right before he went
to the war. Pap as we called him had
an 8th grade education, but was quite
brilliant and did multiple jobs, including surveying, carpentry, overseeing
the carpenters’ shop at the Putnamville
prison, farming, janitoring and about
anything he could pick up to feed his
family, including working as a front
door guard in one of the Washington
DC buildings.
My other grandfather, Nono (Tony
Bazzani) was a coal miner pretty much
all of his life, so that one is easy. His
son, my dad, Fred Bazzani had two
permanent occupations, mail carrier and carpet layer. He also was an
amazing carpenter, having built us a
tree house that was simply huge, up
on four telephone poles, with carpet,
even. He also dug and built us an
inground pool, play ground equipment,
built on to the house, dug a basement
under it and on and on. Seriously, he
was amazing at whatever job he chose
to tackle.
Don’t want to forget my grandmothers as both knew how to add to
the family budget. My Nona (Carolina
Berti Bazzani) worked in a bakery, but
believe me not for her baking abilities. She was an interpreter, worked
with the customers. In Universal
(Clinton area), there were about a
dozen nationalities and languages and
she knew probably seven or eight, so
perfect cashier. Later, she retired from
working about 35 years in the Clinton
Garment Company. Amazing cook
and seamstress, but leave the baking to
someone else. My other grandmother,
I mentioned in another article, had
the small Byron, Indiana switchboard
in her home and did that for a half
dozen years or more, but later on, sold
stationary. For many years, I had what
she gave me for one of my birthdays
with Karen Bazzani written across
the top but it’s long gone. Memory is
still there, though. As far as I know,
none of my gal ancestors after that did
anything but take care of the home and
kids, a major job.
Some of the great, great… grandfathers were common farm laborers;
farm owners; saw mill workers; one
owned grape arbors. A postmaster;
coopers; professional soldiers; ministers; sheriffs; millwrights; a draper
(sold cloths); teachers; mariners; blacksmiths; shoemaker; inn keepers; physician; the first recorded troubadour;
barons; dukes; kings and that’s about
all I know. Perhaps that’s why I’m so
versatile? So, check out what occupations your ancestors have had, and until
then, happy grandcestoring!
Photo provided
Karen’s father Fred Bazzani sorting mail as one of his professions.
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 Museum Scene
By KAREN BAZZANI ZACH
Montgomery Memories
CARNEGIE MUSEUM
The Schools and Schooling in Montgomery County exhibit is opening on March
2nd. Much is displayed already but still could use more – photos, uniforms, sweaters, jackets, senior cords, yearbooks, items from clubs, teams. 362-4618 Wed-Sat
10-5.
Part 1: Math Pi Day - Saturday March 11, 2017 - 2-4 p.m . - admission free
Part 2: Physics Pi Day - Saturday March 18, 2017 - 2-4 p.m.admission free
And, on Pi Day there will be some real PIE :)
March 25th - APril 8, 2017 - Dorp-in activities, Wed-Sat 10 a.m. - 5:00
p.m.
Schools & Schooling in Montgomery COunty - Special Opening Reception
Thursday March 2nd from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE MUSEUM
March 11 - Exhibit Opening – (10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m). March 16th Hoosier
Authors Movie (Sister Carrie 6:30 - 8:15 p.m). March 30th – Hoosier Authors Book
Club – A Girl of the Timberlost (7:00 to 8:00 p.m.). April 1 Civil War Trust Park
Day (9:00a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
LINDEN DEPOT MUSEUM
Will not be reopened until April 7th for their 2017 Season.
THREE GENERATIONS AT
HUNT & SON FUNERAL HOME,
THE PRE-ARRANGEMENT SPECIALISTS,
HAVE BEEN MAKING SPECIAL
REMEMBRANCES FOR FAMILIES
IN THIS AREA FOR OVER 100 YEARS.
107 N Grant Ave., Crawfordsville • 362-0440
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history collection rch resources
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years for
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display at Culv was not recorded
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gomery Medicine or Before,”
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library, wher archives. This
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ly stored in our t help when
from the county’s“doctors,”
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Of these earliestoled in medical
with questions
we are presented rs. Additional
some were scho were trained by
s
other
about local doctodoctors have
ges,
colle
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photographs of past few years,
apprenticeship tried to meet it
the
been added in very common,
saw a need and could. An exbut they are not
ly of Dr.
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lead. However, Marshall and Sutter were
our eventual mayors and one of his finest
and
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mainly M
ignored,
projects was working on the courthouse.
ONA the sawmill failed and
Marshall,
sadly,
worked
out
his
days
as
a
Fred C. Bandel in 1878 was working at
February Odds/Ends
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ty
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Co
tgomer y sour gardener.
r of Mon
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Pa
that trade. He was instrumental in begine
When
B.
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r
Thanks fo
William T. Kelsey was born in Montning and building up our local insurance
Marsh was married to
agency, The Supreme Tribe of Ben Hur. In
local gal, Anna M. Willson gomery County near the Darlington area
and served
as
a
telegraph
operator
(and
fact, at his death, one of the articles in the
on November 8, 1860 at
of Mo
ntgothe
for
LCCo&u SW Railroad)
Weekly Argus, noted that Bandel’s wife
mery
the First United Methodist ticket agent
nty Mon
tgomer
would be getting his full $2,000 life insurChurch in Crawfordsville, living on Main Street in Crawfordsville
y Count
y’s only
locally
owned
in the 1878 city directory. By 1880, he
ance
total.
independ His funeral brought closures
he was from Attica, although he had been
ent new
spaper
was married to Fannie Huffman and by
of stores, dignitaries
from several state
born in New York. Being an oculist in
1900, they had six children. Also, they had fraternal officers and was said to be one of
1880 (Montgomery County) was pretty
moved to Logansport and were running
the largest ever in Crawfordsville. Born in
impressive. Yet, Dr. Henry B. Marsh was
Germany, Bandel was seven when he came
something different in every census he was a lunch room in a hotel. Fannie was the
housekeeper there and daughters, Edna and with his family to our shores. He grew-up
in. Besides working on folks’ eyes, early
Georgia were waitresses. Only son, Harley in Springfield, Illinois. A devout Christian,
in life, he was a banker, later a plant manwas clerking railroad freight, so the diner
his last utterance was, “I am trusting in
ufacturer; and when he moved to Florida,
could easily have been at a depot. NothHim!” Passing away at the mere age of 45
he was the postmaster of the small town
ing else is known about William except
from peritonitis, he left a wife and seven
of Okahumpka for several years. Quite a
that by 1903, they had moved to Colorado
children. His lengthy obituary in the above
versatile man, don’t you think?
Springs, Colorado and the next census,
paper listed many virtues, including honor,
Born in Italy in March of 1861, Frank
Tillman Albright
1910, showed his wife as a widow.
bravery, patience, perseverance and general
Marr arrived in 1870, assumedly with his
John McMahon in the same city
esteem.
parents, but none can be found. At just
(John Ruby); a musical instrument dealer;
directory hailed as a hostler, a stable man
In 1878, Ben Cline was a porter but
18, in the 1880 census, he cannot speak
an owner of a bowling alley saloon (in
who grooms and cares for horses. Usually not in a hotel, or at the train station, but
English but knows the whispers of flow1861, even); a baggage master; a ditcher;
hostlers worked at hotels in their stables
for Gregg & Sons, which was oddly, a
ers, as he is listed as a Gardener. About a
wood workers; tinker, tinner, baker, fancy
and John boarded at the Sherman House,
hardware store. Just about as odd, but
year and a half later, he was naturalized.
grocer; gunsmith; pump maker; and Hugh
but he worked for a livery and feed sales
possibly making a bit more sense, was
Although he was married three times, he
Newell, a chairmaker for close to 40 years
business, Walter and Thompson. John
Harry Coleman as a waiter for Johnson
finally fathered a child at age 45, Frank
in Crawfordsville.
& VanCleave which was a combination
born 21 November 1906 in Crawfordsville. would have been about 40 at the time and
Speaking of bakers, Tilman E. Alwas an immigrant from Ireland.
grocery and bakery.
At that point, he trimmed carriages.
bright (see photo) was one of the best-ever
One of my all-time favorite early
A Wallace Zouave, lawyer, pork pack- but after working a lengthy apprenticeship
Ever heard of James Wilson Marshall?
Montgomery Countians was Isaac F. Wade, er, merchant, brick mason, and the mayor
Nope? Thought so! However, he should
and owning his own business for a dozen
a jack of several trades and a master of
of Crawfordsville, John William Ramsay
stand with the Wallace, Lane, Manson
years, when he married, he immediately
two. For 46 years, he was a stone cutter,
was born in our hometown, June 2, 1839.
families in our county. Born in Hunterquit. A skilled cake and pastry maker, his
specializing in tombstones in our counWhen he was elected mayor, in 1874, the
don County, New Jersey, Marshall lived
best item was his bread. He employed four
ty. He taught his son, Harrison the same.
city was $20,000 in debt, quite a sum for
in Crawfordsville as well as Illinois, but
and made approximately 3,000 loaves per
went to California for his health, purchased However, for several years, his first choice that time. At the end of his term the debt
day about the turn of the 20th century. By
was entirely liquidated. Another mayor,
some land and cattle but was launched into was a newspaper editor and he tried his
far the best baker in town at the time, he
ways with that. Newspapering isn’t such
John Speed, active in the local and state
the Mexican War. When he returned to
used three wagons each day to deliver his
a unique or unusual profession; however,
abolitionist group and a conductor on the
find his livestock had been stolen, he built
breads which was a unique distributing
his viewpoint on the subject is very similar underground railroad, was a marble cutter.
a sawmill and worked with John Sutter.
idea at the time. “His success to such snap
to Tim Timmons’ that we’re also here to re- In the same time period, Isaac Wade’s son,
The next January, while overseeing the
and ability is the tribute of the people!”
digging of a mill race, Marshall discovered cord the history of the community. Isaac F. Harrison H was a marble engraver, while
There are several jobs extinct. One
Wade was especially noted for this and is
Frank Collins was another competitor.
a nugget of gold. Ready for this? That
said to have been the recorder of Wabash!
Other nifty, odd, interesting early
discovery began the California gold rush,
A stone cutter was also found in one of workers were a bowling saloon owner
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several from our community following his
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February 2017
Montgomery Memories
a few years but in 1975 I was on a plane
from Minneapolis to Springfield, Missouri where I would become the graphic
artist designing The Youth Alive! and
The Youth Leader magazines for National
Youth Department of the Assemblies of
God. I had finally found my true calling.
THE REST OF THE STORY
It took a village, Crawfords Village
I owe much to the nurturing of my family and my church family at Crawfordsville
First Assembly of God the one on the
point of Wabash and Main Street, Pastor
Rev. Bob and Mrs Covington (I think
her first name was Sophie but we always
addressed them as Brother and Sister Covington out of respect.) Mom took seriously
ill after an aneurysm burst leaving her disabled. It took all my siblings, a village of
teachers and an entire church to bring me
through my larval years of development in
the early 1960’s. As I approach my 70th
birthday I am happy to say I have reached
the maturity of a man half my age.
That beautiful young Minneapolis lady,
Judy, and I have been married for 47
years. The twins? April has a degree in
Electronic Arts. Carrie has a Bachelor of
Fine Arts. They both possess excellent
writing skills and make their Poppa proud.
Photo provided
A young Chuck Clore at a Ball State University Summer Art Workshop when he would have been living in Montgomery Co.
FIVE THINGS YOU OUGHT TO
KNOW:
1. Be it publishing, graphic design,
cartooning or event promotions the real
reward is sharing work with the crazy
talented individuals it takes to accomplish
those communications.
2. I have lived a blessed life among
many spiritual giants without getting
 Odds and Ends
of my fathers is, and that’s a bowling pin
setter. He did that when he was a freshman
and sophomore at the Clinton bowling
alley. Know I saw that profession in a
couple of old Crawfordsville city directories, but couldn’t find ‘em when I went
researching. Here in C’ville, William K.
Martin had an amazing ice-cutting business, following his father in the same trade
with the Martin Ice Company lasting for
decades.
Rat catching is one job I’d not want.
How about you? However, one man in
Crawfordsville whomped 270 one day to
be dubbed Champion executioner. I don’t
even want to think about that, but do imagine the people of C’ville greatly appreciated the diseases buried with them.
Montgomery County had one impressive brew-meister Born in Nassau,
Germany June 9, 1827, Henry Lorenz
had one of the earliest large businesses.
According to the 1860 census, he probably
had a tasting area as well at this time, with
Morton Hauouser age 20 serving as the
tender. He also had another young brewer,
Chris Schuerer working for him. The
brewery was at the top of the triangular
property where Lafayette Avenue, Market and Grant come together. This at the
time (1850s) was the most western part of
the city. The beer was brewed for a solid
24 hours, then run into hogsheads under
Market Street. From there, the beer was
drawn into 4-8 gallon kegs, then delivered
to retailers. Lorenz was a well-loved man,
serving on the city council. Henry died a
fairly young death in his mid-40s and his
wife had passed two years previously, leaving his five children orphans.
In 1917, when Forrest Jolley registered for the draft, he was listed as a
telegraph operator, working for Western
Union at Crawfordsville. He was the son
of Walter and Jennie Pevler Jolley, born
November 24, 1895. After registering, in
June of 1917, he signed up in late April of
the next year and finished-up on the 25th
of January the next year, 1919.
One of my very favorite songs through
my young and teen years (and I sang it to
my kids sometimes) was the “Old Lamp
squished and have occasionally even facilitated their ministries.
3. I really appreciate the many people
God has sent my way to guide me through
the difficult transitions of life and enjoy
paying that forward as often as I can.
4. I cannot resist the temptation to interject humor into an overly serious situation
like this.
5. As far as anybody can prove, I have
never shown up naked at a Sunday School
picnic.
Lighter (of long, long ago)”. A whole lot
better than rat catching!! My grandmother,
mother and aunt were all telephone operators. Ma’am had a small switchboard in
their home when my mother was about 7.
This was in the small town of Byron, not
far from Waveland. My mother’s sister,
Joyce, was a very sickly child and for
about 15 months cried and cried and my
grandmother needed rest so she taught my
mom how to do the board. Mom worked
as one clear through school, but sadly, little
Joyce passed away.
Speaking of women working in our
early times, most were teachers, milliners
(tailor, basically), did nursing work, but
mainly housewives. Of course, the families were much larger (five was a small
family) in that day, so keeping a home,
cooking and cleaning was quite a choir.
Some new and unique professions
are tatoo artists. We have a few around
but seems like the fore-runner was Mark
Griest. He’s pretty amazing. Scaggs and
Grinos are fab at silk screening. Of course,
we had artists long ago (Schlemmer,
Coutant) but we have some super ones
who live or are from our area (Jackson;
Klinker and many more) now. Hopefully,
my granddaughter, Reilley Baldwin will
rank in that famous Montgomery County
artist category some day. Hoping someone understands this little bleep about
an odd ? profession that I found in the
Crawfordsville Sunday Star (probably
other than The Paper of Montgomery
County my fav of the 80 newspapers
we’ve had in our area) on July 10, 1898 –
“S.M. Vancleave has sold his interest in the
“crayon enlarging business” to his brothers
WH and BH Vancleave and will go on the
road. The business has grown up to be a
great success here. Anyone have an idea
what that might be? Oh, before going to
press, from this site, I found the following:
https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/187_pans.
html “ Crayon enlargements were popular
wall decorations in the late 1800s.” Allin-all, knowing about jobs people choose,
is a big part of creating a person, making
them “live” and I do truly love to research
information about lives!
Note from Karen Z: Chuck’s a lot of fun. I
greatly appreciate his enthusiasm for the Montgomery Memories and writing this story for us.
And ….. DO check-out his facebook page (he’s
a friend of mine on Facebook if you can’t find
him) and his internet page: https://society6.com/
chuckcloreconcepts?promo=3KVKXJM33YVZ