Rockfield Sesquicentennial is Saturday

Timmons Store John Greenleaf Timmons, right, is pictured in front of the original Timmons Store in Rockfield. A young man with the last name of Knight is shown at left. The store is part of Rockfield's history, which will be celebrated Saturday at the town's Sesquicentennial. Photo provided

Rockfield will celebrate its 150year history on Sept. 23 at the Rock Creek Township Community Center, just off State Road 25.

Everyone is invited, and bringing lawn chairs is suggested.

Activities will begin at 10 a.m. with opening ceremonies and the raising of the flags.

Vendors and demonstration booths also will open at 10 a.m.

There will be musical entertainment and buggy and Model T Ford rides throughout the day.

Children's games and contests will begin at 1 p.m. and continue until 3.

Lunch will be available in the Community Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a homemade chicken and dumpling supper (free will donation) from 4 to 7 p.m.

Proceeds from the day will go to the Rockfield Community Club.

The Sesquicentennial will conclude with a program at 7 p.m., beginning with the release of 150 balloons. They will have messages inside, denoting the Rockfield Sesquicentennial.

For the program, Bob Deel will tell about the Rockfield softball team that was organized after World War II, and Marjorie Been will relate the history of Rockfield.

The town was founded in 1856, after the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway went through the area. It was the hometown of Harry Bohannon, the first person sacrificed from Carroll County in

World War I. The old Rockfield School burned to the ground long after children ran through its hallways, but the site once again became a gathering place when the Community Center was built there.

Once a bustling town, Rockfield is now a quiet little burg with 300 residents. They have a lot of community pride and intend to make a big splash on Saturday.