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i iVIETRID SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE 41 w it �4 r:. y i r n. !I Dan Schumaker andune Photo/Wi n e nie ARB Watson, We AFA tSOn A LI'b L both � JON involved olved in eff orts to establish stand ; histori cal cal �r s...n.. .n the h downtown n SOCI� in Isi�.lc do.r,.taw,r business district. ty the New Carlisle are s dl"„c.. a, Town weighs new historical societyByMARGARET FOSMOEThe oafs and I Tribune staff Writer g a possible name for the a society. group will be discussed at an organization "We're not trying to panic anyone. New NEW CARLISLE meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Miller's Mer- Carlisle now is going into the 20th century, e I/N Tek steel mill is rising east of ry Manor, 220 Dunn Road. The public is invit- and it's not as quiet as it used to be,"said town,bringing the possibility of change ed to attend to this quiet little community. Any organization formed would include ru- the group effo'rt• resident who is involved in With a keen awareness of New Carlisle's ral Olive and Hudson townships,not just New "People have taken the town for granted. historic past and an eye to preserving that Carlisle itself, said Schumaker. People heritage,area residents are considering start- "As far as small towns in St. Joseph County, Patrick Timmins,a rural ould start takingpride i it," said s e dent involved in ing a historical society. New Carlisle is one of the nicest ones. Most of the group. The town in the early 1970s;launched a his- its buildings and small neighborhoods are "We're more or less trying to save the his- torical society,which eventually ceased oper- very much intact,"said Karen Kiemnec,di- torical character of the town,"said Bernice ating,said Dan Schumaker,a commercial pi- rector of the northern regional office of His- Tuttle,a member of the former historical so- lot and a resident near New Carlisle. He is tonic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, ciety who is involved in the new effort. acting as spokesman for an informal group of Kiemnec will speak at the organization Tuttle,a senior citizen, lives in a restored area residents interested in forming a new meeting and present a 1985 Indiana Historical historic home on West Michigan Street, historical organization. Sites and Structures Inventory, "We want to alert people to the fact that helped write, which she Many so the people interested in forming things could change some day, and if we don't New Carlisle rated veryhi the new society are younger, in their si and pay attention,it could change for the worse," "Practically the whole town would outjd>survey. �—and not necessarily longtime residents, said Schumaker. "Small towns have a hard ble for the National Register of Historic said Tuttle. time surviving. Why not protect this small Places as one large historic distric said A g� many are more or less newcomers. jewel we have while we can?" g �" They just don't want to see New Carlisle Kiemnec. change,"she said. The group doesn't plan to form a legislative Only one other town in northern Indiana— The group is interested in seeking the body that would regulate changes owners Ligonier,in Noble County—has qualified to rights to republish"Our Little Town,"a histo- could make to their historic buildings,said be placed as an entire town on the National ry of New Carlisle published in the 1950s,said Schumaker. The main interest is focusing at- Register,she said. tention on New Carlisle's impressive collec "It can only help the community and add to Schumaker. d we might like to write a new history tion of historic structures, he said. community pride,"said Kiemnec of plans for of our own,"he said. I I