Serving Carroll County, Indiana since 1974
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Looking Back
Carroll County Church Ministries will have its new Released Time Religious Education classroom on display next week at the Carroll County 4-H Fair. The converted 33-passenger bus will be parked across the road from Carroll Elementary School and be used as the religious education classroom for third and fourth graders. Efforts to develop affordable, quality housing for Carroll County residents with disabilities recently received a boost when the ARC of Carroll County and CDC Resources learned that the project had been awarded $66,000 in grant funds. The grant was from the Federal Housing Loan Bank through an application with Lafayette Bank and Trust. 25 YEARS AGO A public hearing was held last Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Highways in the basement of the Deer Creek United Presbyterian Church on preliminary design plans for a new bridge and roadway on St. Rd. 29 around the Sycamores. The new roadway and proposed bridge will be constructed to the east of the present roadway bypassing the Sycamore trees lining St. Rd. 29. The proposed construction project will affect the pond owned by Tom Modiset. Although the construction on the Jr.-Sr. high school building is progressing very slowly, school will not be delayed. Targeted structures have not met their proposed deadlines due to striking construction workers and poor management by the architect. The superintendent also noted that no date has been set for food service since the cafeteria and kitchen will not be in operation by the first day of school. 50 YEARS AGO During Monday's mid-day rain storm, the Journal's front door burst open and in bounced two young boys, soaking wet and shaking off water drops like drenched puppies. In no uncertain terms, they asked that we grab our camera and rush out into the storm to take their pictures standing in the rain. We showed a natural reluctance to comply. The boys gave up hard. Three different times we were entreated, giving in to the point of writing down their names and those of their girlfriends. With the appearance of the sun, in the late afternoon, the boys paid us a last visit. Now, they were dry and nattily dressed and extremely nervous. "No publicity!" they begged. No doubt their mamas had interfered with their plans and we had the feeling that if we had taken a picture we could have sold them the negative for their whole week's allowance. 75 YEARS AGO An order restoring the 2- cent local rate on first class postage on July 1 was signed today by Postmaster General Farley. The reduction from the present 3-cent rate is being made under a recently enacted law, and Farley hopes the volume of business will be increased to a point where work will be provided for thousands of employees who otherwise might be furloughed without pay. On July 1, postage on letters and other first-class matter, except postal cards and private mailing or post cards, mailed for local delivery at post offices having city, village or rural letter carriers service, will be at the rate of 2 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. The rate on letters mailed to other cities or villages remains at 1 cent. 100 YEARS AGO Bringhurst fire continued from last week- The fire spread to the hardware store of W.B. Hinkle, a two-story frame building and it was soon a mass of blackened ruins, the building and the entire stock being lost, it being impossible to save any of the goods. Mr. Hinkle estimates his loss at $500 with $2,200 insurance in the Hardware Mutual. The building was owned by Dr. Tidrick, who had his office adjoining the store. The office and its contents were lost in the fire, the doctor being unable to save any of his books, instruments or furniture. The two buildings were worth $1,500. More next week. |
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