Yester Year

The Republican has published local news weekly since 1847. We offer this column as a look back at events from our archives and to help connect today’s readers to the people and events in our past.

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Issue of September 24, 1896

Coatesville: The McKinley Club here is going to fit up a drum corps and get ready to attend all speakings.

Clayton: Last Saturday night a McKinley club was organized with a goodly number of members.

Avon: School began Monday with an attendance of seventy-five.

New Winchester: The McKinley club organized here last week with fifty-two members.

A small army of tramps invaded Danville Tuesday morning and hardly a house failed to have a caller, some having four or five.

John Foster, a popular barber connected with Dudley’s shop, and Miss Clara Cloud, of Pecksburg, were married Tuesday.

David Reynolds leads the gardeners of our town in raising mango peppers. He exhibited one on the streets last Saturday measuring thirteen inches in circumference.

A Republican bicycle club is being organized as messengers and escorts during the campaign.

Joseph Clements, brother of ex-sheriff Clements, has been granted a pension at the munificent rate of one dollar per month.

Rumors are afloat that Hinshaw has confessed to the murder of his wife. The story, according to the News, embraces a confession made by Hinshaw to a lawyer who had been a college friend.

The Republican of Union township met Saturday evening in the school chapel for the purpose of perfecting the organization of a McKinley Club. One hundred twenty-five names were recorded as members of the club.

Plainfield: The Friends Yearly Meeting closes today after a profitable session. Sunday, though it was cold, people began to pour in early and by two o’clock at least 10,000 people were on the grounds.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Issue of September 22, 1921

Women in the Friendswood neighborhood meet today to organize a Home Economics Club under the direction of Miss Dix.

The authorities of North Salem have certified to auditor Pattison that there will be no tax levy made by them this year.

The first annual reunion of the Jackson-Whyte families will be held at the home of John C. Taylor on Sunday, Oct. 2.

Amo: Mr. Hickson and Victor Burch shipped a traction car load of hogs to the city one day last week. It was the first load every shipped from here on the interurban line.

Hazelwood: “Skyfire,” a royal northwest mounted police story, featuring Neal Hart, and a comedy, “Razzin’ the Jazz,” will be the attractions at the Cozy theater Saturday night.

Persimmons for sale. Have over 100 trees of grafted varieties. One mile west of Cartersburg. W.F. Little.

There are more changes in Avon. The new Jenkins block is completed. The building is of concrete and about 50 by 100 feet. The store room is fitted up and leased by E.J. Misch, who is putting in a complete stock of general merchandise.

As pretty, as well as pathetic, service was held by the Daughters of Rebecca and the Camp, at Odd Fellow hall, Thursday evening, when their service flag was demobilized. Two soldiers of the world war slowly lowered the flag, which was tenderly caught and folded away by two old comrades of the civil war.

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Walters have taken another little girl into their home, Jeanette Walters, who will enter the fifth grade.

A large, double Oriole plane, direct from the Curtis-Indiana aviation field at Kokomo, bombed Danville with circulars, Tuesday afternoon, advertising the three days’ flying carnival at that city the rest of this week.

Aquilla Dawson is the new agent in charge of the local traction station.

With an attendance one-third larger than last fall, Central Normal College opened its doors, Tuesday. A new feature is a college cafeteria under the control of Mrs. Breeding, where meals may be obtained.

SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Issue of September 26, 1946

Latest pre-registration enrollment figures for Canterbury College brought the total of new students to 205. A total enrollment of approximately 300 students are expected.

“Call the tomatoes or tomahtoes,” says Manager L. E. Burris, “either way, 16,509 hampers came to the loading station here last week.”

From all over the county, they came, they saw, and they enjoyed the carnival and a tidy sum, better than $3,000, has been added to the building fund of the Hendricks County Post of the America Legion.

Many Danville people attended the opening of the Jones and Matthews Mortuary in Brownsburg on September 15. Mr. Matthews is a former Danville resident and Mr. Jones is a Pittsboro resident.

Mrs. Arthur Shartle attended the Poet’s Corner meeting at Indianapolis in the Atheneum in Indianapolis, Saturday afternoon.

Dallas Guthrie, local radio repairman, shot a piney squirrel north of Danville. Local nimrods say that they have never before known of a piney in Hendricks County.

North Salem: Miss Lida Hicks made many garments for the Red Cross. She has been receiving letters from grateful persons living in Russia, Greece and some small islands who received them. She placed her name in some garments, hoping she would hear from the recipients.

Come out and see the new J-3 Cub Plane. Free lessons with each new plane. Gulf gas and oil. Soft Drinks. Steward Field, 1 1/2 mile east of Danville.

FIFTY YEARS AGO Issue of September 23, 1971

The Danville Jaycees will have a fish fry, October 8 & 9, to raise money for the Community Building Fund.

Vernon Gipson, manager of Danners, Inc., Danville store, presented a check for $300 to Danny Pritchett, drum major, and Randy Clayton, assistant, Danville Community High School Band, to help purchase new uniforms. Local business men have contributed $795; concerts netted $490.66 and parent organizations contributions, $2,856.50.

Three schools in Hendricks County are among 20 school corporations named defendants in the Indianapolis desegregation case. Those schools are Plainfield, Avon, and Brownsburg.

Coming Soon - C&R Car Wash (formerly Auto-Teria Car Wash), 425 S. Cross St., Danville - 1 Manual Bay, 1 Automatic Bay, 1 Brush Bay, 7 Brush Unit.

Plainfield Elks will have Golf’s Greatest Show, featuring Paul Hahn, a member of the PGA, Sept. 25.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thurnall, a daughter, Angela Denise, September 13, at the Hendricks County Hospital

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Issue of September 19, 1996

The Danville Park Department has seven Norway spruce trees that can be taken for those who want them, to make room for the new bathhouse, west of Gill pool.

The Hendricks County Council has red-penciled $2,412,058 out of the General Fund of the advertised county budget, which totaled $24,572,727.

Kerry (Cook) Trout of Danville brought home a first place ribbon in the 1996 Hoosier Dollhouse Miniature Show at the Indiana State Fair.

The cardiac rehabilitation department of Hendricks Community Hospital wishes to invited all present and former cardiac rehab clients to their first ever golf scramble on October 13, at the Hendricks County Golf Course.

Hendricks County Senior Services and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles are sponsoring “Coaching the Mature Driver,” a free driving class designed especially for older adults.

TEN YEARS AGO Issue of September 22, 2011

This year’s Corn Maze at Beasley’s Orchard is “Lost in a Book.”

The annual Quaker Day celebration in Plainfield will become a two-day “Quaker Festival.” The event will include carnival rides, booths, entertainment and the 32nd Quaker Day Parade.

Two Hendricks County football teams will play on the Colts’ home turf as part of the Hoosier Classic High School Football competition, Saturday, September 25. The Tri-West Bruins will battle Crawfordsville Athenians and the Danville Warriors will take on the Frankfort Hot Dogs.

Employees at Hendricks Regional Health had a little fun wrapping up their annual United Way fundraiser campaign with a pie throwing event. For $1, per pie, employees could take a turn throwing a cream pie at middle-managers.

Steve Hartsock was recently appointed Safety Officer at Lucas Oil Raceway.