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t 'd GRANDFATHER down then cause I'm the spring. While the layers and they put had to be filled with (Continued from Page 4) right here. Those boys cars were not in use water in between the water so this took left in a hurry. they used a cutter or layers. The driers were about 3 hours to One of the boys said if In the winter most bobsled pulled by used f o r apples, generate 150 pounds of x Uncle Martin came in I car owners put them up horses for travel. peaches and pears. steam to move itself. o would lay down beside on blocks to take the Many parties were Sweet corn was about Our father spent this barrel. He was weight off the tires and held in the winter as the last crop in the fall several summers quietly waiting for left them there until there was not much to be dried so the drier operating the big old ra., them and said "well lay the roads were dry in work to be done while was on the old kitchen hissing steam engines tV it was so cold and the stove from July and it was a special FESTIVAL SPONSORS THROW snow was deep. The through September. treat to pull the string En neighbors would walk Many families made to blow the whistle. S in, sometimes pulling their own laundry Sometimes we were FISH FRY TO BENEFIT � their small children on soap. They saved the allowed to stear the v' LEAGUE a sled. They played wood ashes from the slow moving vehicle NEWCARLISLE LITTLE cards and ate popped stoves and put them in- down the road bet- corn or other light to a wooden vat out- weep jobs. The steam ON FRIDAY OF HISTORICAL DAYS foods. Some hosts side and the rain engine moved down served coffee, tea and helped with making the road at 3 M.P.H. hot cocoa. My Great the lye. The liquid that They were used to Grandfather Scipha comes out is lye. And thresh wheat and other always had a lot of during hot weather small grains. Also for cider so they had lots that area became very filling the silos. Follow- zz of parties and they got smelly. The lye was put ing the steam engine to feeling pretty good into animal fat and this came the oil pull trac- at these parties late in turned the fat into tor. They were run on .,, the winter when the soap. diesel fuel, were slow •��, ;: cider got hard. The first heavy farm and very noisy. Each a t Q People preserved equipment that was in steam engine had a most of their fruit by use in our area was whistle and all had a ,.. canning in glass jars. steam powered. This different sound which the area a time However dried 'their opany eration as tnsuming hefire recognized and a whiss families d p fruit in a large pan that had to be started in the tle at 7:00 a.m. meant was made with two fire box and the boiler that they would be threshing that day. Threshing was a job where many of the Pictured here are sign up for work NURSE MANAGERS neighbors came and Mike Smith (L) and rosters. helped on an exchange Jerry Moore (R) two The club has spun off basis. New Carlisle Hill & another fish fry on Fri- Due to company expansion in several Northern Communities,we are seeking When a house had to Dale Men's Service day evening of Registered Nurses interested in management positions. These are career be moved they jacked Club members out to Historical Days to opportunities for professioinals who share a dedication to quality care for it up and placed large do good deeds. They'll benefit the New Carli- geriatric patients. Experience preferred or will train for Directors and wooden wheels, called be busy working all sle Little League, They Assistant Directors of Nursing and Unit Managers. trucks under the struc- during Historical Days would like to lure you Excellent salaries with full range of benefits, includes health and life ture and pulled it with while the festival to the New Carlisle insurance,vacation, flex. days,other paid time off benefits and educational a steam engine or visitors are having fun. Olive Township assistance programs. team of horses. The When caught by our Elementary School horses were hitched to camera they were fry- located south of the PLEASE SEND RESUME OR PHONE a windlass and this in u fish for the Memorial Park Flea wound up the chains or club's annual kick-off Market. Prices are: MILLER'S MERRY MANOR, INC. cable pulling the for Historical Days -- A Adults $4 and Children 104 E. CENTRAL AVE. LA GRANGE, IN 46761 building to t h e sneaky device to get $3. Carryouts available 1-800-SS2-240S windlass. everyone together to from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Before 1920 there were very few autos that were sedans (clos- ed body) and the riders ' were exposed to the weather but eventually MILLERS MERRY MANOR they put on a folding top that could be put back out of the way in FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS WE'VE BEEN BRINGING OUR SPECIAL nice weather, and � could be put back up BRAND OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO CITIES AND TOWNS quickly in case of rain. THROUGHOUT INDIANA. There were curtains for closing the sides which MILLER'S "HOMETOWN" CARE MEANS WE PROVIDE A LIVING, ATMOSPHERE THAT'S kept the rain and snow SURE TO MAKE YOU FEEL AT HOME. AND OUR STAFF OF EXPERIENCED CARING out. It was hard to PROFESSIONALS IS TRAINED TO RESPECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL NEEDS OF keep warm in the winter while going EACH INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT. very far. Some families THE HEART OF ANY HOME IS THE PEOPLE WHO BRING IT had lap robes that helped a little. ALIVE. AND MILLER'S MERRY MANOR IS NO EXCEPTION. In 1933 some autos VISIT US AND SEE FOR YOURSELF, ALL THE REASONS WHY were equipped with ` LIFE IS BETTER AT MILLER'S MERRY MANOR. safety glass. This glass r�Y _ � _ cracked and separated "The Health Care Professionals With The Hometown Touch" and turned yellow. Nearly all rural FOR THE VERY BEST IN CARE CALL: Y families had cows for JEROME OUDING, ADM. milk, butter, cheese, 220 E. DUNN RD. NEW CARLISLE and meat. Most ' farmers milked their cows by hand but some r*S4=7244of those with large See GRANDFATHER (Continued on Page 21)