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Looking Back
Just when you think you've seen it all you find out you haven't! During the height of the recent mushroom hunting season, Andy Lavy of near Camden found a yellow sponge morel seen in the photo on the left along Deer Creek. He said the morel was lying down, like it had never been upright with the top folded over. Lavy measured it the best he could and found it to be 16 inches from top to bottom (including the fold over) with a 13 inch circumference, weighing 12 ounces. The meat thickness alone was one and a quarter inches. Lavy's wife, Mary, had to cut the mushroom into thin strips to fry. Lavy said it made two big skillets full and "four of us had all we wanted!" 25 YEARS AGO Robert K. Moore, superintendent of Carroll Consolidated School Corporation, informed the board that the meeting was his last official board meeting after 22 years as a superintendent. Bill Pickart, board president, thanked Moore for the work he had done over the past eight years. "The financial position of the school corporation is a credit to the job you have done," Pickart concluded. 50 YEARS AGO There's more automobiles, tractors, beef cattle, sheep and hogs but less cows in Carroll county than a year ago, according to final figures determined by County Assessor Raymond F. Barber. The report shows an increase of 629 household assessments, 932 automobiles, 114 tractors, 490 beef cattle, 1043 other cattle, 252 sheep, 959 sows, 5195 other hogs, 75 dozens of poultry. There were decreases of 55 farm implement assessments and 301 milk cows. The total increase in farm property valuation is $384,923. 75 YEARS AGO Gerald Clawson, Watson Mc- Cormick, Albert Hill and George Lamb drove to Cincinnati Wednesday and returned Thursday with four new Chevrolet automobiles. Mr. Clawson and brother Jesse Clawson, who will retire as county sheriff January 1, will open their Chevrolet sales business which will be temporary head quarters in the Wason building recently vacated by Arthur Schnepp. 100 YEARS AGO The first day of the big two weeks Opening Sale at the large department store of G.B. Miller & Son last Saturday was certainly one to be remembered. People from all over Carroll county visited the home of this enterprising firm that day and everybody was pleased with the fine large second floor salesroom addition, the elegant stock assortment and the courteous treatment of the accommodating clerks. The ladies were all presented with a nice little souvenir and many of the visitors took advantage of the bargains which are offered during this sale. This store, on account of its liberal advertising and proper business methods has built up a large business in a very short time. G.B. Miller & Son now have as good a department store as there is in Carroll county and one that any city should feel proud of. |
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