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HISTORY of

CARROLL COUNTY OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION

BY DORA T. MAYHILL

It was said that James Hervey Stewart, prominent Delphi at­torney, started the idea of organizing the Old Settlers Association. So that in the spring of 1855 we find in the Delphi Weekly Times and Dollar Journal the announcement that, "All ci~i:ern; of ca·:roll Cm.mty V?ho set­tled here prior to 1831 are requested to meet at the• court h ouse in Delphi at 10 a.m. on the. 9th day of June, for the purpose of r,pending a social day in reviewing the scenes of the olden time; and also with a view of forming a society to perpetuate the early history of the county."

The announcement was si7ned bv fo'.!rteen of the old pioneers, Abner Robinson, W. B. Givin, A. W. Gillam, James Alldridge, Daniel Baum, Sr., Thomas Stirlin, William McCain, John R. Ballard, James Odel.l C. M. D. Wilson, G. C. Saunderson, H . M. Graham, Jo.>eph K uns and Enoch Stansel. .

At this first meeting thirty-one men signed to become members of the Old Settlers Association. These will be given on anobher page. James Odell was named presiding officer pro tern and Abner Robinson was elected president for a year and shortly after he was elected presi­dent for life. James Hervey Stewart was elected permanent secretary and served for many years. In 1882 John C. Odell was elected secretary and served for 40 years.

At the first meeting a committee was appointed to collect facts which were used by J ames Hervey Stewart in his book "Recollections of Carroll County Indiana", published in 1872. At the second meeting in August, 1855, two more men signed as members.

The Milroy woods east of Delphi became the re~ular meeting place for many years, and the second Saturday in August the permanent date. By 1877 the Old Settler's meetings were being held in Lenon's woods west of Delphi along the old Pittsb11rg road. In 1901 they were held on the court house square and about 1920 after the shelter house was built at the Delphi City Park they were held there excepting for a few times.

In 1880 the oldest of the settlers and members had died and the younger generation was more interested in the new Racing Association which had just been organized here and in baseball, then they were in perpetuating the old history. . Therefore in 188{) we find in the Delphi newspaper, "Need money for Old Settlers. Business men are asked to meet at the court house to discuss the sitt·ation." The editor went on to say, "Everything in the county has gone a-glimmering - the County Fair -July 4th is a dead date - now it appears that the\ Old Settlers is about to i;.ass out of the picture."

But in the next week's paper we find an animated advertisement: ''Old Settlers - Listen to the Buckwh eat Notes - Young Settlers, see you1· Sarah and get ready to come - Grand free balloon ascension from the public square. There will be a band tournament witn ~ prizes offered. Exercises a.t Lenon's Grove with two speakers and short speeches by old settlers."

Then again in 1898 we find in the local newspaper, "Active mem­bers ol the Old Settlers Association have concluded to abandon the annual meetings because of financial difflculties." Business men took it up and an auxiliary to the Old Settlers Association was formed to finance the affair. Again there would be a balloon ascension. The editor thought it would have been a calamity 1had it been discontinued

By 1947 the programs had changed from the reminiscences of ola

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times to moaern affairs with ta'.) dan~ing and ia11 mnsi::, someti!7les even politlclll speeches, and the crowds diminishe_d. In. 1947 Geor~e Ob~ar was president and t he Old Settlers spirit was revived wit1:1 a progi.a~ p1esent:ed by officials of the Monon ·Railroad who were boost mg th e ia1lroad for a comeback.

In 1948 when Ben Jackson wa3 president he concei.ved the id<.a of having a centennial Pro:;ram, since t hat year t he D3lph1 C1tizen-T.1mes and Bradshaw Body works were celebratm'j th e11· hundredth_ anmver­saries. Then t-00, the State Historical Societv had been collectmg names of persons who owned Centennial farms in the county and it was found there were more than 50 in Carroll Co:·ntJ. Mr. Jackson at th e Old Settlers meet ing organized these centenial businesses, including th e Ker ­lin Elevator and Delphi Journal more than rn1 yea~s old _and th~ .centen­nial farm owners into a Century Club and gave Centennial certificates to each. F'rom that year the Centennial progra:ns have been contmued and the Interest has revived.

A large number of celebrities have appeared at the Old ~ettlers meetings over the years. In 1833 James W1utcomb Riley was m the audience and was called to the platform and read a lengthy poem. The Hon. David Turpie, who taught sch ool in Carroll County and had lived for a time with his parents in Madison township spoke; Sanford Cox of L·afayette who wrote, "Scenes Along the Wabash", spoke in 1871. ~hen there was the Hon. Frederick Landis of Lo:;ansport; Gen. Robert H. Milroy of Rensselaer and Prof. W. 0 . Lynch of Indiana University.

When baseball started in 1867 the people went wild over the game, so baseball games became a part of the program for Old Settlers meetings. In 1838 a game was played between the Delphians and the Valleys, with a victory for the former. "It was witnessed by hundreds of delighted ad­mirers."

John Lathrope's Silver Cornet Band was feat1·red at many of the meetings and the Old Settlers Choir is mentioned at times. At the close df some of the meetings it was said that the roun5 people adjourned to the Milroy barn for a dance.

One of the meetings remembered by many was that of 1866. Joel Dewey who was called the village promoter, and "for some years put pep into the Old Settlers meetings", was famo:•s for a certain type of soup he called Burgout. He conceived the idea in that year of taking a large ket­tle to the banks of the little creek, called McCain's Run just east of the Milroy J:lome and over a bonfire cookin; a kettlefPl of Burgout for th e crowd. In the brook was also a barrell of b·:ttermilk cooling, and J oel also made a large quantity of a certain brew of tea.

Each year they came, the old pioneers and their descendants, from far and near - at first afoot, on horseback, in carts and wagons, over t he worst of wood, or corduroy roa'.is; over the Delphi-Frankfort Plank road that had just been built; the Michigan road and P it tsburg road which ihad been planked. After 1856, some could come by tr ain over th e Toledo, Wabash and St. Louis railroad; or after 1879, by the Narrow Gauge from Rensselaer; and in the 1880's from north and south over the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Airline. In 1881 rrravel roads were star ted ; 1904 t he Interurban was built through Delphi. As the roads improved appearing at the meetings were carria;es an d bug<?ies and bi­cycles. In later years nothing but auto1r.obiles were to be seen.

James Hervey Stewart who wrote the book "Recollections of Car­roll County" which contains most of the reminiscences of the Old Settlers before 1870, published in the Delphi Journal in 1861 and 1832 a· prospectus of 1his book and said th e book would sell for $1.00 and solicited subscribers in advance. So little interest was sho--7n in the book that it was not published until 1872.

One Interesting story in connection with th is book was that when George Julien, prominent Delphi attorney, was a young man attending law 1j:hool, while home for the summer vacation he wanted to earn some money. Stewart told him to take some of his books out to the county fair grounds during the fair and sell them. Julien hired a spring \rn] on, filled

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it With books, rented a booth at the fair grounds, and believe it or not, did not sell a single book.

In a list of books submitted by a second ha!ld book store at In­d:anapolis recently, one of the books on the list was the J ames Hervey Stewa1-t took and the price listed was $15.IJO.

FIRST OLD SE":l"T:!:.,TI:RS MEMBERS

Descendants of the men who si"'lled as members o! the Canoll county Old Settlers Association at the first two meetings h eld In 185_5. These decendants consist of the two oldest generations of those who still live in Carroll or adjoining co:m~i~s. or who visit here often or will be in Delphi for Old Settlers.

DANIEL BAUM -Theodore Baum, David Baum, Edith Bawn lVliiler. George Baum, Billy Joe Ba um, Maril~ n .Ba;.m Lyon, Georganna

Baum Jones, Betty Bai::m Little. Charles Baum. Robert Baum, Sr., Robert Baum, Jr. Ea1 I Newell, Kenneth N~well, Doro:hy Newell Mills, June Newell

Million. Mae Newell Scott, Ernest Scott. Lee B. Shaeffer, Carl Shaeffer. Elva Randle. Abram Martin.

DANIJ:L McCAIN -Pearl Allen. Grace McCain Garrigan , Georgia Carrigan, Loraine Gingrich,

Hilda Grace. Hazel Coble, Mary Coble, Ruth Coble Crawn. Magdalena Coble Clifford. Albert McDonald. Ivy J ackson Neff, Herman Neff, Ro:;er Neff. Faye B:.:·ckley Wise, Mildred Wise Wilson, Charles Wi~e. Genevive

Wise Plank, Louise Wise Garrison. F loren ce Coble, Charle3 Groninger, Adeline Groninger Wallar. Margaret Groninger Stewart. Catherine Wilson Sear, Esther Wjlson Barber, Ruth Wilson Huf­

ford, Bet ty Wilson Bridwell, Donald Wilson , Harry Wilson. Marjorie Wilson Larber, Ro';:;ert Wilson.

WILLIAM McCAIN -Curtis McCain. Loren McCain Grantham, Mary Kathryn Johnson, Richard G:an-

tham. · Minnie McCain: Ba"m, Robert Baum, Sr .. Robert Baum, Jr. Pauline McCain Wilkinson Wilson, Richard Wilkinson. Charles McCain. Luther McCain, Catherine McCain, Tom McCain, Robert McCain. William McCain, Rosella Gushwa.

JOSN R. BALLARD -Mrs. Frank Brewer, George Brewer, Ruth Brewer Howell, Marie

Brewer. · Tt'!:i. G'lstave!. Mary Gc;:;tanl B··a:!sba''.', Thelma G ..:s tavel Bossard

. l<'rn.nces Gustave! Nelson . .. Aila Crowell. WTLLIAM McCORD - ' ..

Nellie Haughey; Roy Trobaugh. .~ate we.i!.. .. .

· ~: ~~·;- .• 1Stella Givler, Don Chapman.···· Jes~El A.i>hba, Nancy Ashba.

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Agnes McCouch, Dorothy McCouch Buck, D ennii; McCouch, Lu­cille McCouch .

Mabel Cole. Meredith Carney Dial.

THOMAS STIRLIN -Mrs. R. w. swain, Chicago ; Mrs. W. A. Mcclean , Oh ica ; o; Mrs Cora Conn, Memphis, Tenn.

JAMES ODELL -Charles O dell, Josephine Odell.

J OHN M. GILLAM -Addie Julien, Meredith Julien Stephenson.

ALLEN WILEY GILLAM -Arthur Brown, Orvill~ Brown, Elmer Brown.

I SAAC WILSON -Herbert Wilson, Frank Smith, Ronald Wilson.

ADAM PORTER -Mrs. Virgil Myers, Helen Myers Wason. Mrs. Harry Gardner, Floyd Gardner, I•oy Gardner, Charles Gardner

JAMES McDOWELL -G eorge McDowell, Clara McDowell Simm, Danna Lucas. John McDowell, Josephine McDowell Brown. Kathryn McDowell,

H elen McDowell Va,.lghan, Arthur McDowell. Woodrow McDowell, Dewey McDowell.

AARON GREGG -Hiram Kerlin. Mahlon Kerlin, William Kerlin, Oharles Kerlin.

Ka thleen Kerlin Curry, J02 N WESLEY GILLAM -

Lorel Heimbach, Isabel Blickenstaff. Lena Gillam Eikenberry, Harry Burnes, Orpha Myers Garrison,

Bethel Myers Bingaman, Kathleen Bingaman Baum. 1SAAC JACKSON -

Reid Jackson, Lo1ene Jackson Cohee, Mrs . Ma~·tin Ridder. I vy Jackson Neff, Herman Neff, Ro;;er Neff. Martha Matthews Knitter. H arold Matthews.

ISAAC R OBBINS -Carrie Robbins Million, Arth1•r Robbins, Mabel Robbins Page. Ruth Robbins Fouts. Mrs. Lote Haslet, Roscoe Robbins.

GEORGE ROYSTER -Ruth Royster Mount, Mary Jane Garver, John Mount, Robert

Mount. Ralph Royster, Emma Jean Folt'1:, Ruth Ellen Yunker, Virginia

Bowers. Paul Royster, Robert Royster, Mary LouiSe Alexander, Barbara

Sexton. Robert Royster.

SAMUEL D. GRESHAM -W. B. Gresham, Mrs. Kate Gresham Kerlin, Dudley K . Gresham.

TO ARTHUR McDOWELL PRESIDENT OLD SETTLER<:; ASSOCIATION

General Chairman Carron County Old Settlers, Inc. We wish to express our appreciation for your leade1·~

:ship, tolerance and tireless effort in making our Centennial a real success. We do thank you Arthur .

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and all assistaDts.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear F riends :

No successful endeavor is ever complet ed without had work. This can truly be said of t he Centennial of the Carroll County Old Settlers Association.

Since early Novemt er, committees have t een hard l:',t work planning each phase of the Centenni'.11, sta:-t ing with the J une 4th opening and ending on August 13. Each ( et ail has r eceived t he personal att ention of a vast num j er of com­mittees. The whole endeavor was pl1nneJ for a summer of fun and we truly want you to enjoy your selves.

P robably none of us will be ar ound in 2055 when the bicentennial of t he Association r olls ar ound, just 2s none are alive today who attended the firs t meeting. But if the same lo:ve of our county abides at that t ime 2.s is evident t oday, it must come from our generation r:assing on to the next g ;:;n­eration those t hings which have maC:e us st ong. This c;;rn only be ct.one if we instill in our selves znd our fa milies a deep and abiding love for t he soil which was passe J on to us by our for ebearers. If we have accomplishe'..'! only a sm·1ll m2c.sure of this in presenting th e Centennial of the Old Settlers Asso­cia tion, then we will have truly been successful.

It has been an honor and a privilege fo1· me to s~rve as President of the Association during t he Centennial year . I deeply appreciate .all the assis t ance which t he committees and public have afforded me and I hope you a·1.~ yo:irs have a wonderful t ime.

Sincerely,

ARTHUR M. McDOWELL

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AUGUST 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13, 1955 - 8:30 P.M.

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---·---Synopsis of Scenes -PROLOGUE-

.A fanfare of trumpets hearlds the arrival of our Carroll County Old Settlers' Celebration Queen, "Miss Centennial", preceded by Her Royal Companion "Miss Columbia" and "The Centennial Princesses'', The Personified ,;Forty-Eight States", "The United Nations Queens', and the other members of The Royal Entourage . . . Down through ''The Avenue of Living Flags" comes "Her Majesty and Her Court" as the "Military Cadets", the "United States Jackies" and the Patriotic Ensembles pay homage to their Queen . . .

EPISODE ONE - '.l'HE CARROLL COUNTY STORY EPISODE TWO - "THE LAND OP THE RED' MEN"

FOR many centuries before the arrival of the White Men, the Pottawa tomie Indian tribe roamed the prairie lands along the Wabash and

Tippecanoe Rivers . . . The Potawatomies had acquired this territory 1rom the Wabash Indians and here they mingled peacefully with their neighbors, the Miamis . . . We see a typical village of these Red Men, as :fancy pictures it, with the braves exerting their skill at hunting while the sauaws en~age in grinding maize and weaving ... After greeting the White traders, the beautiful ceremony of the peace-pipe is presented, after which the assembly watches as an Indian Princess offers a tribute to t:Jhe Sun G<>d in the form of a tribal dance . . . Later the Red Men are seen in their sad trek to the West after their forced removal from the land of their birth on the epochal journey known as "The Trail of Tears".

EPISODE THREE - EARLY AMERICANA

I NDIANA became a State in 1816. Eight years after, on December 21, 1824. the first land of what was lat.er to hecome Carroll County was

p•irc based at the Land Office in Crawfordsville by Henry Robinson at a. price of a dollar and twenty cents the acre. On December 31, 1824, Mr. Robinson, his sons Abner and Coleman, accompanied by a Mr. Stark and his son, arrived at Deer Creek from the Wea plains. Several days later Mr. Robinson's wife. Sarah, joined them. By January, 1826, a log mill had . been erected and there were twenty-eie-ht men available for the "raising" . . . Other settlers including Daniel Baum and his family came on the scene, coming down the Ohio River and up the Wabash to Deer Creek.. Other newcomers were Benjamin Angel, James Odell, John Ball~rd, Adam Porter, Samuel Milroy, William McCord, Isaac Jackson,

Aaron Gregg, Daniel and William McCain, Johnathan Gillam and sons and many others. The first physician was Doctor John M Ewing :William Wilson d~nated land for the county seat and Delphl was plotted m 1828. It was frrst called Carrollton, but the early settlers objected to ~he na~e. Samuel Milroy, a stud~nt of the classics, suggested the name Delphi , adapted from the Grecian oracle of the same title and the

townspeople accepted it . . . Court was held at the home of Da~iel Baum ilor. about a year, then later at the old log schoolhouse at Monroe and Uruon Streets. fu. 1830 a small frame building was erected on Courthouse Sq~are . The first settlers are seen in a rousing "Square Dance" of the period.

EPISODE FOUR - EARLY CHURCHES

THE first Church organized in the County was the Methodist denom­

ination and located at the Deer Creek settlement in 1826 . . . The Presbyterian Church was founded in 1828; the Baptist Church in 1829 and the Episcopalian Clhurich in 1845, while the Catholic Church was estab­lished in 1855. The Christian Church dates to 1865; the Lutheran Church to .1846; the Pilgrim Holiness Church was formed about 30 years ago, while the Bretihren Church was organized about fifty years ago ... We see an early Church scene ... Following an old custom Henry Robinson's Sabbath began at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon,' after which hour he sold no merchandise, no matter how great the need of his customers.

EPISODE FIVE - "READIN', 'RITIN' AND 'RITHMETIC"

THE fi.rst school in the c.ounty was established in a cabin built by Henry

Robmson. Sarah Robmson was the teacher She was the first white woman t~ aITive in ~he area. Most. of the ear_ly. schools were of the "sub­s~ription variety, with terms runnmg from sucty to ninety days . .. The frrst P;nyate school ~n Carroll County was opened in Delphi in 1858 and the origmal gra~uatmg class received its diplomas in 1872. The Delphi high school section was remodeled in 1916 and the grade section in 1936 . . . W7 show a typi~al school scene in tlhe early log cabin days, followed by a tribute to the fme public schools and St. Joseph's parochial school of today.

EPISODE SIX - "THE ERIB CANAL"

AFI'ER many years of debate, the Erie Canal was finally completed through Carroll County in 1840 . . . Many of the canal-builders were of

Iri!h extraction and often, on. the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, tlhose known as the "Corkomans" and their bitter opponents the "Far­downs", would renew their ancient animosity and em;age in' a free-for­all wit.h clubs, sho".els, picks or whatever bludgeons proved to be handy . .. The first packet is seen to arnve and, to duly celebrate the occasion. Mam'selle Fleurette entertains by singing "Listen To The Mocking Bird.''

EPISODE SEVEN - "THE CHAPTER IN BLACK" THEN came the rumblings of the beginning of the Civil War . . . Carroll

County responde~ b:v forming a Company of "The Boys In Blue" . . . The ladies of Delphi presented the soldiers with a fla~ as they departed for battle . . . Abraham Lincoln, the emancipator delivers his historic address to a sorrowing populace. '

EPISODE EIGHT - THE COMING OF THE RAILROAD

DESPITE outspoken opposition by the canal stockholders. plans for a railroad were instiga ted as early as 1851 by those dissatisfied with the

slower method of transport by water . .. The first railroad through the County was the Logansport, Crawsfordsville and Southwestern Railway, later to become the Vandalia Line. The Lake Erie, Wabash and St. LouiS Railroad was completed to Delphi in June of 18'i6 ... We are present on that momentous occasion and the festivity terminates with a lilting "Vir­ginia Reel".

EPISODE NINE - "BIKES. BUSTJ,E8 AND MUSTACHES"

THE Spanish-America War had come to its victorious end and, at the

turn of the Century, we join a happy thron'!" of "Gay Nineti•es" pick­nickers in the County, replete with "leg o• mutton·• sleeves, "wasp" waists, derh'' hats. parasols and the onaint dress of the period as tandem bicycles a·nd "high wheelers" go whio;zing bv. all to be 011tshone by t.he sndden ap-

peara nce of the "new-fangled cont raption'' known as a "horseless car­riage" . . . Aft er the medicine man introduces his Can Can dancers, '"direct from Paris, France", tlhe program for the day concludes with a f everish baseball game between th e famous "Delphi Comers" and a con­n iving nine from Logansport.

EPISODE TEN - W ORLD WAR ONE

WE pause to pay solemn tr ibute to those "Buddies" of Carroll County . - the "Doughboys" who left our midst never to return during the

~.irst ~;eat War to "end all Wars" and who now rest in foreign soil . .. As Taps sounds, we recall the heroes, too, "Who lie in Fjanders Field.'

EPISODE ELEVEN - "T HE ROARING TWENTIES"

THEN came the era of " jazz", flag-pole sitters, "flappers" and ukelele

strummers . . . We reca ll the a ge when Mother wore her first short skirts and Father appeared in h is "plus-fours" as we all join in to dance the famous "Charleston".

EPISODE TWELVE - THE SECOND WAR

WHEN War again reared its ugly head after the depression days, Car­roll County again sent its sons and daug\ll.ters into the second great

globa l conflict ... We bow our heads as we salute the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Air Force as represen ted by the young people of the County in the memorable "Iwo Jima Flag-Raising".

EPISODE THffiTEEN - "OLD SETTLER HALL OF FAME"

STILL living in Carroll County and in nearby sect ions are man y of t he direct descendants of th e early set tlers who arrived in Carroll County

before the yiear 1831 ... Scions of those who originally signed as members of the Old Settlers Association in 1855 •.. These descendants here appear to impersonate their forefatlhers as Abner Robinson, first president of t he Association and serving for life, represented by his great-nieces; the pio­neers A. W. Gillam, William McCain, John H. Ballard, William McCord, John M. Gillam, Aaron Gregg, Isaac Jackson, Isaac Robinson, Daniel Baum, Daniel McCain, James Odell, Thomas Sterlin, Adam Porter, J ames McDowell and Samuel Milroy . . . All returning to commemorate t his one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Association.

EPISODE FOURTEEN - "THE PARADE OF TRANSPORTATION"

TODAY it is Amer ica on Parade ... In retrospect, we review the methods

of tr ansportation througih the Century ... The India ns on foot, the P ioneers in their covered wagons, the Old-Fash ioned Folks in their buck­boards and ca rts, the "Gay Nineties" belles and dandies in their surreys and t he first "gas-buggies" on to the modern powerful cars, the diesel­powered railroad engines and the present-day equipmen t on the farms and in the cities.

THE F INAL EPISODE - "THE WHEEL OF PROGRESS"

WE br ing back all of the People of tlhe Past . . . The. Indians, Pioneers, Statesmen, Dignitaries, Old Fashion ed Folks, Soldiers and Armed

Force Personnel, Gay Nineties Revellers - a ll of the Characters in the Carroll County Story - each to form a grea t human "Spokie" in a vast h nman wheel . . . "Miss Centennial", "Miss Columbia", and the "Cen ten­n ial Princesses" will form a fit ting "Hub", while the Dancers, P ages, Heralds, Flag-Bearers and the other pa triot ic Ensembles constitut e the swelling "Rim" ... Then we will r evolve this gigan tic "Wheel of Life", summariZing once again the Dra matic Action that has gone before . . . We salute Carroll County Old Settlers' Second Century!

CAST OF CHARACTERS THE CARROLL COUNTY CENTENNIAL QUEENS

"Miss Centennial" ···-··················································· "Miss Columbia" ....................................................... .

The Centennial Princesses

The Narrators Stanley Cornelius Linda Rule

Mary Pastor Judge William B. Smith

THE CENTENNIAL CHORUS Mary Helen Mears, Edythe Dickinson, Wanda Klepinger, Jean Gros, Mar­garet McCain, Margaret Limp, Beulah James, Edna Schroeder, Mary stokes, Irleen Bowen, Mabel MCCain, Mrs. Dan Brown , G~en Man~us, Lois Brown, Agnes Smith, Hope McCain, Helen Roth, Naomi Theoph1le, Anita Youngberg Leona McCain, Carl McCain, Richard McCam, Robert L. Smith, Robert MoCain, Kenneth P yle, Frank McCain, Bill McCa1~, Frank Rodkey, Roy Clauser, Grover Kite, Harold Dick, _Ed Casassa, Reid McCain, Delmar Bailey, Don Hathaway, Bob Hall, Orville Hath~way.

Director .................................................................... Mrs. Harold Dick Pianists ................................................ Edith Farr, Lavonne Million

PROLOGUE

COLOR GUARDS - American Legion of Flora and Camden. TRUMPETERS - Nancy Rainbolt, Pamella Woods, Nancy Rule, Louise

Gros Mary Lou Parks, Sandra Jones. CADETS' - Patty Thomson, Sandra Felix, Bonnie Connelly, Sharyl Beale,

Marsha Alberts, Nancy Jackson, Diana Trapp, Diana Herr, Judy Sim­ons, Susan Kent.

SAILORE'ITES - Sara Vaughn, Sharon Politz, Martha Rainbolt, Sherry Wagoner, Marcia Mason, Carolyn Kite, Diana Myers, Mary Kay Sieber, Nancy Lucas, Sherell Ratcliff, Ba rbara Cope, Jolene Sines, Doreannc Campbell, Betty Harris.

"THE STATES" - Kathleen Hawn, Kathy Lit tle, Betty Anderson, Joan Henderson, Elaine Cunningham, Joyce Sollars, Jo Sue Wallace, Eliza­beth Goff, Donna Walter, Jean "Ann Draper, Dottie Lamb, Donnabelle Plank.

BOY SCOUTS - Bob Myers, Charles Boone, Bill Myers, Bob Delaney. Terry Lamb, Jerry Lee Trapp, Mike Delaney, John Sanderson, Walter Popejoy, Pat Delaney, James Radaba~h, Billy High, Jerry Goyer, Charles Anderson, Jon Robbins.

GIRL SCOUTS - Roberta Connelly, Sue Cope, Janice Matthews, Marlene Medley, Janice Buchanan, Virginia Smith, Patricia Stull, Roxana Wray, Marcia Hunt, Clydelle Myers, Donna Hodges.

HORESMEN - Bob Pearson, Billy Joe Pearson, J esse Zook, Dennis Zook, Al Coglhill.

NATIONS QUEENS - Florence Penn, Blanche Balser, Helen Anderson, Fay B. Wise.

PAGES - Tommy Wood, Stephan Wood. EPISODE ONE - "CARROLL COUNTY STORY"

Four Pioneers <Characters as in Episode Three) EPISODE TWO - "LAND OF THE RED MEN"

INDIAN CHIEFS - John Gerard, Jim Goff. INDIAN SQUAWS - Donna Simmons, Helen Flora, Aubrey Clawson,

Helen Wolfe, Maxine Humbarger, Helen Honan, Myrtle Zook, Clara Fisher.

INDIAN BRAVES - Wayne Hathaway, Pa.ul Laprad, Fred Lamb, Bob Delaney, Robert Randolph, Bill Vaughan, David Hoshaw, Joe Maxwell, Jerry Johnson, Joe B ill Gc,o;.: Bill Delaney_ . . . .

INDIAN BOYS - Mike Clawson, Bill Clawson, Dickie Sunmons, Tomm)

Flora. · Patt INDlAN UIRLS - Diane Wood, MarilYn Porter, Jamee Rule, Y

~~~~~- P1:incess Dance .......................................................... Patty Myers 1 Sara Jane Johnson Flute So o ...................................................................... ,

EPISODE THREE - "EARLY AMERICANA' .

~~~ae~ :~~l:~~ .::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. i~~~t H~:1i~~ PIONEER MEN AND LADIES - Mr. and Mrs. Roger Neff, Mr. and Mrs.

Harold Brewer, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Groninger, Mr. and Mr~. Lowell ward, Mr. and Mrs. John McCormick, Patsy Pullen, Eileen Zmn, ~oan McCain, Kate Weil, Mary Sheets, Lee Cree. Kenneth Yeakley, M1lt~n Bowman, Ralph Hanna, Dean Cripe, Lloyd Mikesell, Jo'.1n Shu~theis.

PIONEER BOYS AND GIRLS - Charletta Neff, Katherine Ottmger, Karen Ottinger, John Neft

:~iie~i~~c-~::.~-~~--~; ..... --.--:::.--.--:.::_:_:::_::_::_:::.-::.-.--.~-:::.:::_-::.-·::_-·: .. ~ .. -.... ~_-_-_--·j!~~~:~;~~!~ EPISODE FOUR - "REMEMBER T HE SABBATH"

=~~:~i:ii~::::::::::::: :::::.-.-.:::::::::::::::::_..::_. _ _.::::::::.::::::::_._._._.:::::·:.~i::~p:Pe~~~ EPISODE FIVE - "READIN', 'RITIN• AND 'RITHMETIC".

school Teacher ................... ................................................. Lynn Hawkms SCHOOL GIRLS - Sherell Ratcliff, Roberta Popejoy, Jane Walker, Su-

san Walker, Charletta Neff, Jane Thomson. . SCHOOL BOYS - Walter Popejoy, John Flora, Tommy PopeJOY, John

Neff, John Trent. High School Graduate ................................................................ Bill Gros Basketball Player ................................................................ Jerry Garrison Oheer Leader ............................................................................ Joyce Sollars Tennis Player .......................................................................... Nancy Echler

EPISODE SIX - "THE ERIE CANAL" Irish Boatmen ........................ Russell Reiland, Bill Orr, John H anna Mr. Buford ................................................................................ Merlin Mullin Chambermaids ............................ Virginia Peterson, Carolyn Peterson Loafer .......................................................................................... Paul Snipes

~~;ft~~t::r --~~'.~~~ .. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: i~~e1 :~~ Act1•ess ................................................................................ Mildred Shepard Fleurette ......................... ........... .......................................... Barbara Schock

Vocal Solo - "Listen To The Mocking Bird" - Lucille Brown OLD FASHIONED MEN AND LADIES - Nancy Snipes, Amy Snipes, Ruth

Snyder, Hazel Mullin, Marilou Snyder, Helen Campbell, Nora Wagoner, Mack Snyder.

OLD FASffiONED GffiLS AND BOYS - Diane Mullin, Barbara Mullin, Gene Snipes, Lee Snipes, David Peterson.

EPISODE SEVEN - "CHAPTER IN BLACK" Abraham Lincoln ................................................................ Harold Ringer Girl .......................................................................................... Barbara Mullin War Widow .............................................................................. Mabel Mullin Wounded Soldier ................ ...................................................... Clyde Spear Union Officer .................................................................... Maurice Clifford

UNION SOLDIERS - Stephen Peterson, Bill Mullin, Wayne Mullin, Jack Johns, Henry Rozhon, Jerry Johnson, Joe Bill Cook.

OLD FASHIONED FOLKS. Drummer ........................................................................................ Fred Lamb

EPISODE EIGHT - "COMING OF THE RAILROAD" Lady Passenger .................................................................... Nora Wagoner Helpful Harry ................................. ............................................. Paul Snipes

OLD F LSHIONED FOLKS.

EPISODE NINE - "BIKES, BUSTLES AND MUSTACHES"

Mayor ···································-···-··-·--·······················-··········· John McCormick

~~:~~;:~_::::::::::::::::·::: : :::::::::_:::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::~~~:~ ~~~~;~:l; Elmer ··--·····-···············-----·························································--· Ralph Hanna Minnie ........................................................................................ Hope Coomey Medicine Man --·-····-·-····························-··················-·······-············· Jesse Wise Tandem Bike Lady and Gent .................... Sibyl Boone, Jerry Boone Big Bike Man ·---··-···-···-·······-·-·····-······································ Bob Fitzgerald Honeymoon Couple ............................ Lucille Quinn, Wayne Clawson

THE BATHING BEAUTIES - Margaret Maxwell, Karlene Ward, Mary Mc'.":ormick, Marilyn Wood, Martha Henderson, Veda Wilcox.

CAN-CAN GIRLS - Patty Myers, Sandra Jones, Pamela Woods, Nancy Rule, Mary Lou Parks, Louise Gros.

BASEBALL TEAM - Dick Clifford, Leonard Downing, Clyde Spear, Henry Rozhon , Maurice Clifford, Bob Cunningham, Bob Gordon, Jack Johns, J erry Garrison.

GAY NINETIES MEN AND LADIES - Hazelle Kirkpat rick, Fay Ebrite, Rit a Wingard, Kathy Little, Elizabeth Goff, Betty Jo Draper. Helen Vaughan, Mary Clifford, Kathleen Hawn , Mary Ford, Martha Schooler! J .,ne Keith, Polly Grantham, Kenneth Newell, Lowell Ward, Dean Cripe, Joe Henderson, Delmar Bailey , Don Hatha way, Jim Trent.

GAY NINETIES CHILDREN - Susan McCormick, Dian e Ward, Mike Wilcox, Tommy Quinn.

QUARTETTE - "The Good Old Summertime" - Johnny Kirkendall, R onny Hodson, Dan Ridky, J . T . Johnson, Jr.

EPISODE TEN - "WORLD WAR ONE"

Soldier ····················-··-····--·---···-·······-············································ Royce Kurtz Sa ilor ···-··-·········-··-········---····-·······-·--···········-······························· J ohn Hoshaw Mother ........................................................................................ Mabel Mullin Nurse .................................................................. .................... Betty McKinley

VOCAL CHORUS - Carroll County Home Demonstration Chorus alter­nates with Burlingt on an d Cutler Music Clubs. Soloist ........................................................................ Mrs. Daniel M. B rown Accompanists ................................ Mrs. Edith F arr, Mrs. Mark Carter Cornet .......................................................................................... Ed Wagoner

EPISODE ELEVEN - "THE ROARING TWENTIES"

CHARLESTON DANCERS - Ann Sullivan, Barba ra Schock, Carol Under­hill, Lois Young, Fred McCain, Tom Brooks, Jim Cope, B ob Hodges.

EPISODE TWELVE - "THE SECOND WORLD WAR"

MARINES - Maurice Clifford, Bill Penn, Ca r l Spea r, John Hosaw, James Shaffer

SAILORETTES - as in Prologue.

EPISODE THIRTEEN - " OLD SETTLER S HALL OF FAME"

Descendants of Early Carroll County Settlers

EPISODE FOURTEEN - "PARADE OF TRANSPORTATION" FIRE BATON ROUTINE - John Kirkenda ll. BATON ROUTINE - Students of John Kirkendall.

FINAL EPISODE

ENTIRE CAST - "Carroll County Holiday".

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ESSERMAN D-X

Phone 202

FIRESTO,N"E 11 GOODYEAR

Car - Truck - Tractor Tires

'Flora, Indiana

BRIM GRAVEL c 0. READY MIX CONCRETE

SAND AND GRAVEL

Flora Phone 368 Monticello Phone 745

"SER VE IT WITH HO LS UM"

BAKED BY DIETZEN

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Sunshine Farms Dairy Products

"MOO"

HAYWOOD PUBLISHING COMP ANY

Phone 2-4085 Fifth and Ferry Lafayette, Indiana

CAMDEN STATE BANK 1 8 7 0 Camden, Indiana 1 9 5 5

OLDEST BANK IN CARROLL COUNTY

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• Small Enough to Know You Personally • Large Enough to ~erve Yo:i Efficiently

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Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent Coupon Booths for Your Convenience

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MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

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"Make Our Bank Your Bank"

Compliments of

Phone Deer Creek 4240

Compliments of

114 E. Main Street Delphi, Indiana

MIDWAY CAFE Mary Robertson, Manager

106 E. Main Street Delphi,' Indiana

: F a m: o u s F o r 5 0 c L u, n c h :--

SLIM'S GARAGE .. PITTSBURG WE FIX ANYTHING _ WHAT HAVE U?

EASTER'S TAVERN

Bob Walter, Prop.

Delphi Indiana

OUR 61st OLD SETTLERS

Delphi Indiana

Compliments of

LODDE'S JEWELRY 1884-1955

Lafayette Indiana

Myers Hardware Company Camden Indiana

WESTINGHOUSE APPLIANCES

DEVOE PAINTS

Phone 12

In 1859

Four Years After

the

First Carroll County

Old Settl e rs P ic n ic

The

BRADSHAW INSURANCE AGENCY was established

For ninety-six years we h".ve provi·~e' o•Jr assure·1s with scund inEun- nce protection jn t :h3 Ho.est of Old Line Capital Stock Insurance Companies.

With PRIDE In The PAST

And FAITH In The

FUTURE

A. and P. SALUTES DELPHI

ON ITS lOOth ANNIVERSARY

A. • P. Has Been in Delphi 31 Yrs.

CONGRATULATIONS

DELPHI AND CARROLL COUNTY ~ .~

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CARROLL CLEANERS

PALAIS ROYAL LAFAYETTE'S SMARTEST WOMEN'S SHOP

Compliments of JULIUS CLOTHING - -, ....

:y' oorhees Lumber

Company _

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THE FIRST NAME

and

THE LAST WORD -

IN MEN'S and BOYS WEAR

Logansport, Indiana

STORE Flora, Indiana

5:hoes-Clothin3-Furnishings

Rocldield, Indiana

CONGRATULATIONS

TO

CARROLL COUNTY

ON ITS lOOT:If BIRTHDAY

SERVING

CA'R1ROLL COUNTY

FOR MORE THAN 62 YEARS

Compliments of

CRANE STATION ELEVATOR Hiram G. Kerlin, Manager

'R. R. 6 Lafayette, Indiana

Compliments of

HOLLAND FURN ACE CO. 0. E. Hershberger - Branch Manager

Phone 3887 Logansport, Indiana

HOOSIER FISH & PROVISION CO.

Distributors of - Snow Crop Frozen Foods

16 North 2nd Street Lafayette, Indiana

Compliments of

LAFAYETTE STOCKYARDS CO. 1905 1955

CATTLE - CALVES - HOGS - SHEEP

Markets Broadcast Daily Over W.A.S.K.

Lafayette Stockyards Lafayette, Indiana

Diamonds Buy With Confidence Watches

114 E. Main Street Delphi, Indiana

Silverware Jewelry

D 0 N A. G A R R I S 0 N Grain, Feed, Fertilizer & Produce

Transport and Brokerage

Phone 130 Flora, Indiana

Compliments of

CLAWSON'S REGAL STORE GROCERIES - MEATS

FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Flora

Custom

Bank Fixtures

Kitchen Cabinets

Indiana

Fom1ica

Sylvania T.V.

Hotpoint Appliances

Z I N N M A N U F ACT U R I N G I N C. Phone 377 Flora, Indiana

K I E S L I N G B R 0 S ., I N C . VEGETABLE GROWERS

Phone 3529

Rural Route 1 Logansport, Indiana

For Hospitality· Serve Coca-Cola

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I O lfU O UNDI• .td/ IHO lltf o • '"' COC& C O t.t1 co.-•a NY : •

"First with the Finest

Since 1896 "

Hall's I. G. A. Foodliner

Robert Hall, Owner artd Manager'

U S E E I T H E R N AM E - : - T HE Y M EA N TH E S AM E

Stephen A. Young Corp. Flora

VALVE MAAKOF"

DISTINCTION

Indiana