The Amherst Historical Society Newsletter
The Grindstone
May / June 2008
Coming Events
General Meeting
May 28, 2008
Grange Hall
7:30 p.m.
“Their Quarry
Stories”
Presented by quarry
workers, family &
friends
Opening of Quigley
Museum & Sandstone
Village
May 4 - Sept. 28
Sunday Only
Tours: 2pm & 3 pm
Village Fair
June 1, 2008
2pm - 5pm
Sandstone Village
Old Time Jamboree
July 11, 12, & 13
Amherst Downtown
Parking Lot
Indian Artifact Show
& Sale
August 17, 2008
8am - 3pm
Sandstone Village
Sponsored by the
Sandusky Bay Chapter
of the Ohio
Archaeological Society
Amherst Historical Society Officers
&
Committee Chairpersons
The Board of Trustees is proud to
announce its newly elected officers and
committee chairpersons for 2008
President:
Vice President
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Ron Sauer
Ruth Haff
Bernie Wagner-Doane
Kathy Litkovitz
Committee Chairpersons
Program:
Membership:
Grants:
Facility:
Finance:
Newsletter:
Vivienne Bickley
Donita Abraham
Martha Pallante
Dick Rice
Kathy Litkovitz
Martha Pallante
Quarry Story News
On March 1, 2008 Drs. Martha
Pallante and Donna DeBlasio were
presenters at the Middle Atlantic
Archeological Conference in In
Ocean City, Maryland
A segment of their program,
Applied History in the Community
Setting, focused on the historical
society‟s acquisition of the quarry
collection and Youngstown State
University‟s interaction with the
society‟s members and volunteers
in the proper handling of the quarry
documents and the value of the
documents to our community.
Previous national presentations
have been in Washington State
and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Administrative Assistant: Donna Rumpler
In Appreciation
Membership Renewal Time
On behalf of the Amherst Historical
Society a sincere thank you goes out to
John Dietrich for his 6 years of dedicated
presidency.
You will note on your address
label there is a code that
indicates your membership
status (i.e. SC04 means that
you are a single couple and
the last time you paid dues
was in 2004).
During my term as society president, I
had to resign due to my husband„s illness.
John instantly assumed the duties of
president and for that I am most grateful.
John‟s commitment and diligence has
brought about much growth to our
Sandstone Museum Center.
Ruth Haff
If this code does not contain
an 08 this will be your last
Grindstone. Please be sure to
renew your 2008 membership
in order to continue receiving
our great newsletter.
From the President
By Ron Sauer
This is my first article that I am writing as the president/curator of the
Amherst Historical Society. My first month in office has been anything but easy.
During the last 10 years I‟ve watched Ruth Haff and John Dietrich perform the duties
of president so efficiently that the job seemed to be easy. Boy was I wrong! A day
doesn‟t go by that I don‟t have some important decision to make or have a pile of invoices to review as we strive to develop our Sandstone Museum Center.
Thanks go out to Donna Rumpler and Terry Traster for their help in getting me through my first
month on the job without pulling out my hair and sobbing quietly in a corner somewhere in our office.
Some days my head is spinning around like a windmill in a hurricane. Why anyone would volunteer to be
president of anything is beyond me. Clinton, Obama, McCain, my advice to you is turn around and run as
fast as you can from the job of President. You really don‟t know what you are getting into. Do you want to
end-up like me?
Actually folks, my second month is going much smoother so I think I‟ll stick around for awhile
longer. Maybe someday I‟ll start to really enjoy being president. Check the next Grindstone to see what
happens.
This old photo of the 1916 - 1917
St. Peter‟s Church Confirmation
Class was found in an album at
the Historical Society office.
The reverse of the photo reads
1916 - 1917 Confirmation Class
but no indication of the identify of
these young confirmers.
If you recognize anyone in the
picture, be it a grandparent greatgrandparent, great uncle or aunt,
please call the office at 988-7255.
It would be so beneficial to add
names to these young faces!
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Amherst Cemeteries
Cemeteries are a wealth of historical lore...some fact...some fiction...but always intriguing. Such is so with our
own Amherst cemeteries, the oldest being the Cleveland Street Cemetery, c.1819, located on the south side of
Cleveland Street, about 1/2 mile east of Town Hall. Although the stones have been deeply weathered by rain
and wind, a walk through the grounds is almost as though you are a bystander observing the lives and trials of
our early settlers. A familiar stone belongs to Jacob Shupe, the first white man to come here to settle in 1810
or 1811. Other familiar family names are Josiah Harris and his wife Anna, Eli Wallace, Johann Spiegelberg and
Leonard Foster. There is a memorial tombstone honoring the Jacob Herwig family that was erected by the
villagers following their tragic death. One side of the stone is etched, “Erected in memory of the Herwig Family
drowned in Beaver Creek July 26, 1863. Jacob age 35; Rosina, his wife, age 39.” The other side list the
children. “Elizabeth age 11, Henry A. age 10, Emilie age 8, Jacob P. age 6, John age 4.” As the story is past
on, it was a Sunday and Jacob, his wife and five children were traveling in their horse teamed wagon to church.
A storm was brewing and as they were crossing the plank bridge over Beaver Creek, a sudden bolt of lightening and clap of thunder caused the horses to rear, throwing them into the side of the bridge and ultimately both
horses went over the side, pulling the wagon after them. The bodies of the horses were retrieved but none of
the family was recovered. Beaver Creek at that time carried considerably more water than it does now and the
current carried the family out to the lake where they were lost. The story was remembered by Ed Foster, a life
long resident of Amherst and a student of its history who first heard it from his grandmother who was a long
time friend of the family. So many stories of this kind commemorate our early grave sites.
In 1893 the city acquired Crown Hill Cemetery located on South Amherst Road, south of the railroad, end of
Crown Hill Drive. It too has its share of local historical lore one in particular shrouded in mystery. Amid the
numerous solemn head stones is a large boulder inscribed with a simple faint inscription stating:
Charles Schubert 1860 .
Jeanne, His Wife 1871 - 1903
On the other side are the words: Our Friends Bet and Belle
Over the years several versions of the inscription have involved regarding why there is no year of death for
Charles and who Bet and Belle really were. But the great-niece of Charles, has pieced the puzzle together
through her family history book. According to the 1900 U.S. Census, Charles was born in 1859 and not in
1860 as per his inscription and although he is not listed in the county‟s death record, she had reference of his
death occurring in 1906. She had no details of Bet and Belle, but speculation has it they were the Schubert‟s
family team of horses, and so the mystery continues. As well, contained on the grounds are four unidentified
grave stones belonging to four unnamed passengers killed in the 1916 Amherst train wreck. And found in the
cemetery is an area believed to be a potters field for people unable to afford a grave.
Second oldest Amherst cemetery is St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, c.1880, located on north side of Middle
Ridge, west of Pyle-South Amherst Road. The churchyard was purchased by Father Joseph Romer from the
Mickel family and at that time the cemetery was known as Ormsby‟s Corner. The oldest grave marker is dated
1882 belonging to Katherina Schmidz and it is said that an area west of the Cross and south of north boundary
do not have grave markers due to the number of unnamed dead from a flu epidemic that occurred in the
1930‟s.
So much history in such quiet atmosphere...truly a walk through yesteryear.
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Memories of the First Jamboree
By Vivienne Bickley
Our 35th year of Old-Time Jamborees seems like a good time to reminisce about our very first
one, held Sunday, July 14, 1974.
The Board had met at my house in the winter when Marge Mulder suggested we have a festivity to fill the void
left by “Frontier Week” folding. Even though our organization was less than a year old, we decided to start with
a one day festival to be held from 1:00 to 11:00 p.m. My dad, Louis Rick, suggested the name “Jamboree” because no one else in the area was using that name. I accepted the job of Chairman and tied up my husband‟s
office phone for many hours calling people from my desk at work.
Our six wooden signs were donated by the Nordson Corporation. Willard Mengel painted them white and I
stenciled the wording in red and blue. I also made 20 posters that were placed around town. We put articles in
all the local papers – all of which were free, as were radio station announcements.
Doug Mulder got our beer permit and ordered the beer kegs. No food permit was required back then. We
made sausage and kraut on rye buns, hot dogs (which my husband, Len, insisted on roasting on charcoal in 90
degree weather to improve the flavor of the inexpensive wieners); donated pies and cakes and ice cream. We
had to keep the ice cream at Karl Smith‟s store because we had no dry ice that year. It was the best job of the
day going to the ice cream a gallon at a time, hugging it close to cool off. The pop was a disaster because we
couldn‟t get the tanks cold enough. We paid 41 cents a dozen for buns, 39 cent for a pound of wieners, $1.13 a
pound for sausage and 9 cents a slice for ice cream. We charged 50 cents for a sausage sandwich, 30 cents
for a hot dog, pop 10 cents and 20 cents sizes and ice cream was 20 cents, pie or cake 30 cents. Beer was 40
cents for a 12 oz glass and sold very well; coffee was 10 cents and not popular in that heat.
Gail Kassu was in charge of the craft tables, for which there was no charge for space and $5.00 for a table.
Our decorations were American flags borrowed from the American Legion thru Warren Marshal. The PACE organization ran all the contest and games. PACE president, Dick Stark asked Martha Pallante to be in charge.
The PACE men built a charming ticket booth on wheels, which was used for many years.
Games included pie-eating contests, water balloon toss, tug-of-war, costume competition and more. Helen
Rick (my mom) was our first pick-a-pocket lady. She made the apron with many pockets to hide toys and we
used it for years. Two tickets (at 10 cents each) bought a toy. Sylvester Sipple got 25 antique car owners to
park their cars down the middle of Park Avenue, where merchants had sidewalk sales. Iona and Bob Lauer and
John Franklin were in charge of set-up. Willard Mengle and Wayne (Bud) Nickol were our electricians who got
us out of trouble that day.
Valerie Jenkins Gerstenberger was in charge of entertainment, which included the “Gaslight Singers”. Fred
Stilgenbauer was our Master of Ceremony. The Sandstone Summer Theatre cast of “No, No Nanette” sang
and John Bryants “Golden Crescent Dancers” square danced for just $40 for 2 hours. Cindy Wagner dressed
as an 1890 “dance hall girl” changed the poster announcing each act. Louis Rick taped music of the 1890‟s
used between acts. I approached Peter Galanic, president of the Musician‟s Union months ahead and they provided us with a German Band in the afternoon and a dance band in the evening, FREE! A terrible thunderstorm
at 9:00 p.m. stopped the band from playing even one number. Oh, the blessed relief of getting drenched after a
sweltering day! We cleaned up after the storm, with even us women helping to take down tents. Marge, Doug
and I counted receipts „til the wee-small hours. Despite our low prices, we made almost $1,000 even though we
got rained out of the last two, best beer-selling hours. I finally got to bed at 5:00 a.m. after washing roasters etc
that we used downtown and my daughter‟s baking pans (she sold home-made bread there). But who could
sleep after all that excitement, anyway?
There were two more one-day Jamborees I chaired, then Willard Mengel took over and we went on to two,
then three days of Jamboree.
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Mark This on Your Calendar:
This year for the first time we are adding a November General Meeting. Dr. Charles “Ed” Herdendorf
returns to us with a geologic perspective of the sandstone quarries on Wednesday November 19,
which is the third Wednesday of the month.
The Firelands third graders will attend a special two-day visit to our Sandstone Village on May 8 and
May 9 from 10:00 to 2:00. Please call Viv at 988-4234 to be a docent.
Our Big Spring Event - Village Fair, Sunday June 1, 2008
Your window of opportunity is only from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., so come early so as not to miss any part of
our programs, which is printed below. We need crafters and food vendors and will give them free
space by calling the office at 988-7255. We need your favorite, old or new needlework for out display,
be it knitted, crocheted, quilted, beaded, embroidered, etc. Call Viv at 988-4234 for set-up time at the
Chapel. Call her also if you will help be a docent or helper the day of the Fair.
Schedule of Events - Village Fair, Sunday June 1, 2008 2:00p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
2:15 - 3:30 West Virginia Cutups Bluegrass Band
3:30 - 4:30 Sister Jean the Ragtime Queen & Little Laundry in the Schoolhouse
2:00 - 5:00 Needlework Display in Chapel
See our Blacksmith bend iron - Our Ferrier shoe a horse - Dutch Oven out door cookery by Marsha
DePalma, childrens games - Foods, beverages and crafts
Admission $3.00 for adults
Jefferson 150 Restaurant
Shawn Grieves, chef-owner of the Jefferson 150, is pleased to announce that in
March the Jefferson 150 was awarded a 3 star grade rating from the Cleveland Plain
Dealer restaurant reviewer, Bob Migra. Per the Plain Dealer, ratings are based on a
scale of zero to four stars: one star meaning fair, two stars good, three stars very
good and four stars exceptional. Zero stars indicates not recommended. The Plain
Dealers reviewer made two anonymous visits to the restaurant and each time was
pleasantly impressed with the array of menu selections, service and dining atmosphere. The review titled, “ Tasty Italian-infused surprises at Jefferson 150 in
Amherst” is a plus since it‟s the only 3 star restaurant in Amherst.
Memorial Day Weekend at the Jefferson 150 begins the restaurant‟s music series in the garden on Thursday
through Sunday nights. June 1 marks the Jefferson 150‟s one year anniversary and in celebration of the day
all appetizers will be 50 % off.
Upcoming summer events will feature bi-monthly wine dinner celebrations and a new express luncheon menu.
Hours are: Tuesday through Thursday:11a.m.-8pm. Friday: 11a.m.-9p.m. Saturday: 4p.m - 9p.m.
Sunday: 9a.m.-7p.m. Monday: Closed
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Amherst Historical Society
35th Old Time Jamboree
This year the 35th Old Time Jamboree will be the weekend of July 11th, 12th, and 13th. We
have all new entertainment planned that we hope will bring in a younger crowd which in turn
will be a great benefit to our Society.
On Friday night after the Opening Ceremonies we will possibly be entertained by a group from
“Fit for Life”, an Exercise Center on Leavitt Road here in Amherst. They will be demonstrating
the latest aerobic exercise craze “ZUMBA”. This is exercise dance to the Latin beat. After we
are energized by their performance we are proud to have the “Naked Monkeys” band from 7
to 11 PM. They are very well known in the area and have a tremendous following, which we
coincidently hope will bring record crowds to the Jamboree.
Karhy Litkovitz
Jamboree
Chairperson
Saturday will be jam packed with entertainment for everyone, young and old. This year for the very first time
we will be having a singing contest similar to “ American Idol”. We will be calling it “Amherst Super Star.”
There will be two age categories, 13 to 17 and 18 and over. Our judges will be Simone Gall ( Director of Amherst Community Chorus), Pete Delmonico (DJ for WDLW Kool Kat Oldies) and our very own AHS Celebrity
Extraordinaire, John (Shorty) Dietrich. This contest will be in the afternoon at approximately 1 to 4 PM. Also
during this time we will be having a Clown roam around for the little ones from 1 to 2 PM. We are also bringing back the popular “Rocket -Ship Car” ride that we had last year along with a “Roller Coaster Car” ride. As
you may recall these rides are from the old Euclid Beach Amusement Park that we all enjoyed as kids.
(How long has that been?)
The evening entertainment will be kicked off by the Amherst Community Chorus at 5 PM, followed by Dan
Swift‟s Band and Tim Blake‟s Band will close the evening festivities.
Also this year the Jamboree will be open on Sunday until 7 PM which will allow us to have more entertainment and coincidently please our vendors greatly.
All in all we hope to make this the best Jamboree ever and I‟m sure it will be with the help of all our membership. I look forward to seeing all of you there.
Save Our Caboose!
The Society Needs Your Help!
At the Jamboree‟s Historical Society booth, members will be seeking
donations to restore the exterior of the 1925 Baltimore & Ohio caboose which is permanently
situated, on tracks, on the grounds of the Amherst Sandstone Village. In return for your donation, you will
receive a coveted Save Our Caboose button.
The interior of the caboose has been completely repainted to historical correct colors, the water tank,
pot belly stove, stove pipe and smoke stack, lanterns, hooks and awnings have been installed and the floors
refinished all funded by the Historical Society. At the two entrances, steps have been built for easier accessibility. The intent is to include the caboose in the society‟s One Room School House program curriculum and
village tours which will better acquaint the visitor as to early railway travel as well as the opportunity to view
original photos and newspaper articles regarding the 1916 Amherst Train Wreck and its impact on the village.
The present location of the caboose is within the vicinity of the actual train wreck site.
In order to secure safer accessibility to the inside, it is imperative the exterior of the caboose be
completely renovated at a cost of $7,000.00.
A button can be yours for any donation amount...please stop by our booth and become a part of
railway history.
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day!
Mother’s Day, initiated in1907 by Philadelphia hailed
Ana Jarvis, is observed on the 2nd Sunday of May. Ms.
Jarvis began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s
Day and persuaded her mother’s church in Grafton, West
Virginia to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second anniversary of her own mother’s death, the 2nd Sunday of May.
Father’s Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in June.
The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the
name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in
1909. Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson
Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to
know how special he was to her. It was her father that
made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his
daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora’s
father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the
19th of June 1910.
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the third
Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Roses are the Fathers
Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if
the father is deceased.
In 1913 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May for public observance of Mother's
Day. It is now observed in countries all around the world,
including England, France, Sweden, Denmark, India,
China and Mexico, where the celebration lasts 2 days.
Carnations are the Mother’s Day flower: pink or red to be
worn for a living mother and white if she is deceased.
Children honor their mothers on this day with gifts, visits
and the wearing of carnations.
Mother’s Day Momisms
Dad’s Favorite Sayings
I hope that when you grow up, you have kids “Just Like
You”!
Because I’m your mother, that’s why.
It doesn't matter what you accomplish, I’ll always be
proud of you.
Mother‟s Day Mini Hats
Go ask your mother!
When I was your age….
Be home early.
My father use to tell me...
I use to walk to school in the snow!
That’s not a tear, I have something in my eye.
Happy Father's Day Cake
Whether it’s a centerpiece for your Mother’s Day luncheon or just for Mom’s Day’s at home, these little hats are
fun and easy to make. You can “plant” a tree of bare
branches in a flower pot and “grow” a tree full of hats.
You will need Styrofoam cups, acrylic paint, ribbon
a cookie sheet and/or any other decorative item that tickles your imagination. Pre-heat an oven to 350-degrees.
Place the cups up side
down on the cookie sheet
in the oven for 1 to 1-1/2
minutes. The different
length of time will give you
different results. Decorate
as above OR before baking you can paint or rubberstamp the cup using
acrylic or water base paint.
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Line a 9 x 12 cardboard shirt box
with tissue paper. Bake a cake in a
9 x12 cake pan, remove from the
pan, cool and place on wax paper.
Cover with a larger piece of wax
paper and flip the cake over and
into the box (the cake bottom
should face up). Frost with a pastel
-colored icing.
Cut a collar and two cuffs out of white paper. The collar is
a strip, rolled into a ring and taped, with a small "v" cut
out of the center. The cuffs are rectangles with candy cuff
links. Add a colorful frosting tie below the point where the
collar will be placed. Just before serving, trim away the
waxed paper and add the collar and cuffs.
Source: Marvel Creations
A Pictorial Visit to the Quigley Museum
If you haven‟t visited the Quigley Museum lately; or maybe not at all, you may enjoy this very brief pictorial view of the building and come by to see all its contents
on opening date May 4th. The Quigley house itself is 176 years old having been
built by Joseph Quigley in 1832 of sandstone from his own quarry off Quarry
Road and is located at 710 Milan Avenue across from the Amherst Historical
Society office. Today we‟ll tour the Good Old‟ Days Room and in upcoming
issues the 1930‟s kitchen, the Sports/Toy/Sandstone Room, Amherst Room and Medical Room will be
featured.
Entering the museum by the east door you step into the Good Ole’ Days Room
where displays depicting the lives of early Amherst are on view. Always of interest are the ladies fashions of the day. The white dress in the center was popular
in the summers of the early 1900‟s, not only because it was cooler but also less
expensive because no dyes were required. To the left is an Raccoon coat which
was the rage of the 1920‟s. The school teacher who owned it spent one third of
her entire year‟s salary, about $400.00 to purchase it. Behind the display is a
grouping of hats, fans and evening bags from the early 1900‟s.
Adjacent to the fashions you‟ll find a close replica of an early Amherst barber
shop complete with barber pole. On the wall is a drawing of the original shelf
which held each patron‟s personal shaving mug. Among the names were C.
Ashenbach, E.E. Foster, O.H. Baker and Dr. Wiseman. The cabinet below
holds original shaving brushes, mugs and soap. The maroon felt barber chair
and decorative foot stool is complimented by a spittoon. To chronicle the cost
of the times, a haircut was 25 cents, shave 35 cents and shampoo 50 cents !
Opposite the Barber Shop display is Mary‟s
Beauty Shop just as it was in 1930 when it
was located on Milan Avenue. The
permanent wave machine, a combination of
chemicals and electrical heated clamps
used to achieve the “cold wave” style, is
attached to our „30‟s dressed mannequin. As
well there is the stand up hair dryer used at
the time and a numerous assortment of
painful looking curling irons. Cost for this sometimes disastrous outcome was 75 cents. On the north
wall hangs the Amherst Historical Society Quilt made by the members to show points of historical interest in Amherst as well as the sandstone and farming industries. The showcase below includes fine
jewelry and accessories of the times. The above items are but a few of the remaining bits and pieces
of historical interest contained in the Good Ole‟ Days Room. I hope you will come and visit!
Next Grindstone will feature the Quigley Museum‟s 1930‟s kitchen with its many note worthy artifacts .
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Genealogy Corner No. 19 By Orville Manes
EARLY “ARNDT” DOCTORS OF AMHERST
Dr. Rev Johann Ludwig Arndt, Dr. Anna Katherine (Grau) Arndt,
Arndt Family continued:
Anna Katherine (Grau) Arndt, wife of the late Dr. Rev. Johann Ludwig Arndt, returned to
Cleveland to continue a four year medical course. She had to place some of her children in the care of a family
in Lorain County until she finished her education. When she returned to Amherst upon the completion of her
education Dr. Arndt continued the practice of medicine until July, 1886.
Her third child, Henry Frances Arndt, was placed on a farm at Henrietta, Ohio; a year later
he went to live with a family in in Birmingham, Erie County, Ohio and remained with the
latter until he was twelve, when he returned to Amherst. In 1876 he located in Oberlin to
learn the carpenters‟ trade, and worked at it until the winter of 1878, when he located at
Mayville, New York. On July, 1880 he married at Jamestown, New York, Miss Ella Baker,
of Chautauqua New York. She was the daughter of Stephen and Violetta (Nee) Baker,
natives of Watts Flatts, New York.
Henry F. Arndt
Ella May Arndt
After his marriage Mr. Arndt settled at West Salamanca New York where he became associated with his fatherin-law in the contracting business for some time. Then in 1882, engaging in various construction jobs until 1886
when he joined Cleveland Stone Company, taking charge of the construction work, with headquarters in
Amherst. He was an active Republican, serving two terms as a member of city council. He was chairman of the
lighting committee when the municipal plant was installed. On July 13, 1909, he was appointed commissioner
of Lorain county to fill a vacancy. He was a commissioner when the Amherst Library was opened.
One of the familiar sights in Amherst once or twice a week in the spring of 1915, was
an auto load of children rolling down the street with the rotund form of County
Commissioner Arndt at the wheel. It was a form of recreation with Arndt to pack a
dozen children into his machine and take them out for a joy ride. He laughed with the
little children because he too was young in heart.
Mr. And Mrs. Arndt had five children, as follows: Katherine Mae, Inez Violetta, Leona
Rebecca, a son that died in infancy and Georgianne Henrietta.
Historical Sayings: A Look at the 1500‟s
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by
June. However, they were starting to smell so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the
privilege of the nice clean water, then all the sons and other men, then the women and
finally the children and last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could
actually lose someone in it, hence the saying:
“Don‟t throw the baby out with the bath water.”
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Flag Day
June 14
Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white;
that the Union be thirteen stars, white stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.
June 14, 1777 in Journals of the Continental Congress
It was a Wisconsin teacher in 1885 who is believed to have generated the idea of an annual day to celebrate
our Flag. It initially began as observance of June 14 as “Flag Birthday” or Flag Day”. After decades of various state and local celebrations, in
1916 President Woodrow Wilson officially established Flag Day but it was not until 1949 that President Truman signed an Act of Congress
designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day. Our American flag should be held in the highest of regard.
Some basics on the care and displaying of the American flag:
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The flag is normally flown from sunrise to sunset.
In the morning raise the flag briskly. At sunset,
lower it slowly. Always, raise and lower the flag
ceremoniously.
The flag should not be flown at night without a light.
The flag should not be flown in rain or inclement
weather.
After a tragedy or death, the flag is flown at half staff
for 30 days. It’s called “half staff” on land and “half
mast” on a ship.
Never let your flag touch the ground, never...period.
When flown vertically on a pole, the stars and blue
field, or union, is at the top and at the end of the pole
(away from your house).
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The American flag is always flown at the top of the
pole. Your state flag and other flags fly below it.
Fold your flag when storing. Never stuff it in a drawer
or box.
When your flag is old and worn it is time to retire it. Old
flags should never be thrown in the trash but taken to
your local American Legion for retirement.
On June 14 at 4 p.m. The
American Legion on Oak Point
Road will conduct a special
respectful ceremony to retire all
old flags.