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Left: Louise Van Dyke and Harold White were just 21 when they wed in 1937, a marriage that would last 74 years. Right: Harold White was 20 when his younger brother was born, with one more of four sisters to arrive last. The siblings are shown here with their parents.
Almost 100, Harold White credits the Good Lord BY CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY Staff Reporter
was dipped from a can and sold on paper trays, and eggs went for 12 cents a dozen. “How could they deliver kerosene 7 miles for a nickel a gallon?” he still wonders. Of course, the store also sold chewing and smoking tobacco, and had vinegar by the barrel.
When you talk to Harold White about his upcoming 100th birthday, you may get the feeling he wasn't overwhelmed by advances in technology. Still sharp as a tack, the Ohio County resi“When I was 7 years old, Dad had me in dent was too busy earning a living, though he the field with a team by myself,” said White, will admit to some explaining his dad amazement when had broken three man landed on the ribs and couldn't moon. do anything. The “Really, I didn't youngster worked think it would hapa team of three, pen, but it did,” he disking a field recalled. about a half mile White, whose from the house. family will celeHe had worked brate with him Satthe horses some urday, April 9, at “a little off and on the Waters of Risbefore that,” he ing Sun care cenadded. ter, was born April Meanwhile, he'd 10, 1916, in Elkstarted in school at horn, Ky. His folks age 5. There were farmed, and he fed 32 students his the hogs, milked age to teens in a cows and tended one-room school crops, as the only house. son among sisters A few years till he reached 20. later, in 1924, Then his folks had his grandpa got a second son, for a Model T Ford a total of six offCoupe. spring. “I went to town His great uncle with him one day. had a country It was closed in store where, at 4, with glass,” said CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY/THE RECORDER & NEWS White remembers White. The two Now 99-plus, Harold White has lived in Kenkerosene sold for a nickel a gallon, de- tucky, Illinois, and Ohio and Dearborn counties, See HAROLD, livered, flour came Indiana, and was custodian of River View Cemetery, Aurora, for 14 years. Page 2 in 25 lb. bags, lard
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Harpist Darlene Walston performs during the Quiltfest Sunday, April 3, in front of a quilt titled Dresden Plate with a Twist by Harriet Schierenbeck, Wyoming, Ohio.
Twelve Years to Granduation by Zoe Enright won a first place as an art quilt, as well as the NACQJ Award of Merit.
Hundreds view quilts at Quiltfest Staff Report
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Kelsey Romans, daughter of Jamey and Christina Romans, will receive a full ride, fouryear scholarship as the Ohio County Community Foundation 2016 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar.
Kelsey Romans chosen as Lilly Scholar Staff Report
Kelsey will receive full tu- in her graduating class and ition to the Indiana College is a member of the National Kelsey Romans, member or university of her choice Honor Society. Kelsey has participated in of the 2016 graduating class and a $900 yearly stipend of Rising Sun High School, for required books and equipSee LILLY, Page 2 has been named the recipi- ment. Kelsey is ranked fifth ent of a four-year, full-tuition scholarship as the Ohio County Community Foundation 2016 Lilly Endowment TODAY Rain Showers Saturday Partly Cloudy Community Scholar. She is HIGH .....49 LOW.....41 HIGH .....50 LOW.....29 the daughter of Jamey and Friday Mostly Cloudy Sunday Mostly Cloudy Christina Romans. HIGH .....46 LOW.....32 HIGH .....62 LOW.....38
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About 700 folks attended the 2016 Quiltfest at the Rising Sun History Museum this past weekend. The winners included: Best in Show: Maroon & Gold Memories by Diane Livezey, Edgewood, Ky., also winner of the Viewer's Choice. First-place applique: Baltimore Album by Elsie Sprague, Cincinnati, and Old-fashioned Hospitality by Judy Huffman, Hamilton, Ohio, which also won the hand-quilting award. Second-place applique: Bouquets for Katherine by Dee Brown, Milford, Ohio. First-place large pieced quilt: Counterchange Arrowheads by Linda Scholten, Oxford, Ohio, also machine quilting award for Linda Miller. Second-place large pieced quilt: Civil War
Sampler by Gayle Robertson, Moores Hill. Honorable mention: Sturbridge Village Mystery by Judy Stancel, Burlington, Ky. First-place small pieced: A Judy Design … All I Had to Do Was Stay on the Line! By Joanne Rigsbee, Florence, Ky. Second-place small pieced: So Many Squares by Judy Huffman. Honorable mentions: A Tisket A Tasket A Quilt Full of Baskets by Dee Brown, Milford; and Jewel of a Piece by Joanne Rigsbee, Florence, Ky. First-place mixed technique: Sunshine Sampler by Joanne Rigsbee. Secondplace mixed technique: Jerri's Hawaiian Quilt by Jerri Steigerwald, West Chester, Ohio. Honorable mentions: Blooming Flowers by Mary Burke, Hamilton, Ohio; and Cottage Charm by Leisa Shipp, Florence, Ky. First-place novelty: Time
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Passes aka Needs More Cowbell by Martha Bladen, Vevay. Second-place novelty: Crazy About Peacocks by Sandy Broering, Rising Sun. Honorable mention: Migrating Monarchs by Sandy Broering. First-place art quilt: Twelve Years to Graduation by Zoe Enright, Cincinnati, as well as National Association of Certified Quilt Judges Award of Merit. Secondplace art quilt: I'll Fly Away by Martha Bladen. First-place youth: Once in a Blue Moon by Madeline Dykstra, West Chester. Second-place youth: Fence Rail by Chloe Fletcher, Rising Sun. Honorable mention: The Periodic Table by Madeline Dykstra. First-place novice: New Bridal Bouquet #118 by Brenda Hebel, Greendale. Second-place novice: Under
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