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Jackson County Life, Monday, May 2. 2011 rae 7 A The Tribune, Jackson County, Ind, Events Absentee mother back in the picture Reminiscence leads to story of t9p hats and a handshake Jackson County History Synncateo Column ANNIFS MAILBOX ZIm Worn FtllowtMf Thursday-Friday Public Rummigt Silt Zlon Women's Fellowship LWML ol Zion Lutheran Church, 1501 Galser Drive, Seymour, will hold I public rummaga tale in the fellowship hall Thursday and Friday. The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m.

to 3 p.m. Friday. A half-price sale will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Friday and a $3 per bag sale from noon to 3 p.m. FridayO Croflwravin iipiM Saturday Brukttst Breakfait will be served at First Baptist Church in Crothers-ville on Saturday during the Community Yard Sales.

The menu will include scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage gravy and biscuits and sausage links. Breakfast will be served from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Carry-out orders are available and the cost is a freewill donation. Factories can call orders ahead tor pickup to (812) 793-251 2.

BulM Saturday PintlW BrMkljst Schneck Medical Center Guild will be host for an Apple-bee's Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10 a m. Saturday at the Seymour Applebee's. Ticket price is $5 and Includes all-you-can-eat pancakes and beverage. Call Kim Varnell at 522-0439 for ticket purchase information.

JCCT Friday-Saturday 'Midsumnw Night's Dream" Jackson County Community Theatre will present "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Royal Off-the-Square Theatre in Brownstown. Tickets are available at Family Drug hi Brownstown and Bevers Family Pharmacy in Seymour. IrewtKtNm Fiini lor Aril May 14 RtmemMr Mafflj "I Remember Mama," the 1948 film starring Irene Dunn, George Stevens and Barbara Bel Geddes, will be presented by Brownstown Fund for the Arts at 7 p.m. May 14 at the Royal Off-the-Square theater in Brownstown.

Tickets are free and are available at Family Drug and Ewing Uniques. Ctmii but I seldom get to check because of work, family and household obliga- tirtna I'm in a niiunjlnrv l)UUiJ III a tfUMKMUB as to whether to confront them, and if so, how? Texas Dear Texas: A confrontation implies belligerence. It's OK to tell your siblings, nicely, that you feel hurt when you are excluded from family events and would like to be notified when someone is in town. But you should also do your part by making a greater effort to stay in touch, either via Facebook, e-mail or phone. Dear Annie: Love your column.

The letter from "Love My In-Laws. But" gave me a big laugh. Obviously that "gracious hostess" is not Italian. In my family, a snack is usually a seven-course meal, and we always urge our guests to eat, eat, eat! We prepare enough for an army. My children are all adults, but I still make huge Sunrtav tinners fnr lrirfa grandkids, spouses, sig nificant others, tne more the merrier.

She is welcome to bring her in-laws to my house, and if there are any leftovers, she can have them. Italian Mama Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailboxO comcast.net. or write to: Annie's Mailbox, co Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Ste.

700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. about the "Twice is Nice" Consignment Sale that took place April 16 at Girls Inc. The new officers for 2011-2013 were announced. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Southern Indiana Center of the Arts. Dear Annie: When I married my husband, I suddenly became a full-time stepmother to his three young children, all under age 5. Their mother would pop up when it was convenient for her. She rarely called on their birthdays and often lefr them waiting for sched uled visits. 1 raised those children, and they called me "Mommy." Now, after 10 years, the mother has returned and plans to stick around.

This woman is irresponsible, immature and impossible to reason with. There have been many problems, including drug use around the kids. They are afraid to upset her for fear she will abandon them again. I understand their worries. She has threatened on more than one occasion to walk out on them if they tell their father about her drug use.

She leaves them alone for hours or brings them around people the kids do not feelcbmfortable with. She tells the kids that my husband kept her from seeing them all those years, which is patently untrue. He has gone out of his way to make sure they have some sort of relationship. I truly try my best to stay out of the middle even though I don't feel she behaves in the best interests of the children. She says I'm "just the stepmom" and should keep my mouth shut.

Are my opinions irrelevant? She has violated every court order as if she is above the law. She also has no problem involving the kids in this mess and seems to have won them over by playing the victim. How should I deal with this Gamma Phi CGamma Phi chapter of Tri Kappa met April 5 at the Community Foundation Building for a business meeting and election of officers. The business meeting was called to order by problem that won't go away? Irrelevant Mommy Dear Mommy: Those children desperately want their mother's love and will eventually realize that it comes with strings attached. Until then, let your husband handle all problems so you don't become the target of her manipulations.

Keep a record of any damaging behavior, missed visits, drug use, which your husband should report to his attorney. If the children have not had counseling, please consider it. And give them extra doses of affection, attention and stability. They need you to be their rock. Dear Annie: I have three sisters.

I'm the "odd man out" because I neither smoke nor drink to excess as they do. Several times, they have made plans to do something as a family and not invited me. Recently, when my sister from out of state visited, I wasnt told. I feel left out and unwanted. Since my parents divorced 10 years ago, we've drifted apart.

I am the only one who maintains contact with my father (a difficult man), and I suspect they believe I "spy" for him. I do not, although sometimes he tells me information about them that I didnt know. We all are on Facebook, Sorority President Sarah Sterling. Reports by officers were given. Project committee updates were given.

Chris O'Brian, Adopt A Spot chair, announced that they would meet April 9. Mindy Roeder, spring project chair, announced information The following story, part of the scries of stories marking April as Jackson County, Indiana, History Month, appeared in the March 1, 1919, Seymour Daily Republican as an informal interview with John A. Goodale, a widower and city councilman in his early 70s. George Greene, who served as town marshal in 1864, was elected the first mayor of Seymour in 1865. followed by Thomas Whitson in 1868 during the years when vigilantes acted to quell the terror that the law did not.

Steven Storey served as marshal from mid-1865 to mid-1866 when George Sla-gle became the, second elected marshal. Fourecks of headlines topped jhestory repeated here: John A. Goodale, who has an abundance of firsthand information about the early history of Seymour, dropped into The Republi-can office Friday to talk about the fine spirit that was shown at the Chamber of Commerce banquet the previous night. During the conversation, a remark was made about his speech at the banquet in which he referred to the early days of the town and before he was aware, he was in a reminiscent mood and related some incidents which will be of interest, especially to the older people of the city. Part of Mr.

Goodale's conversation was directed along the line of politics and he recalled the early city campaigns. Mr. Goodale is serving his fifth term as a member of the city council and has had direct experience of local politics. He served two terms as councilman from the fifth ward, one from the third ward, and is representing the first ward on his second term. Political contests in the early days of Seymour were full of "pep" and "ginger," according to the facts related by the councilman.

During the first few elections that were held in Seymour, he recalled, there were no party lines or factions and anyone who desired to enter the political arena as an office seeker was privileged to do so. It was then that candidates would announce for office "at the earnest solicitation of my friends," and the result of the contest depended upon the success of the candidate to get his "friends" to the polls. Despite the simplicity in which tickets were filled in those days, there were not as many candidates for city offices as at present Mayor (George) Greene was the first town execu tive in Seymour and Steve Storey was the first guardian of the law. Following the second town elec- Jut C5 This if em, provided by the Jackson County History Center, is the final article of a series marking Aprils as Jackson County History Month. tion, Thomas Whitson, grandfather of Mr.

Goodale, was elected mayor, and John E. Harrison was the people's choice for town marshal. It so happened, Mr. Goodale said, that Whitson and Harrison were enemies and had not spoken to each other for years. The friends of both were quick to realize that the affairs of the town could not run smoothly so long as the two leading officials were not on speaking terms.

Efforts to influence the two men to "bury the hatchet with the handle down" failed and it was decided that drastic action would have to be taken. There was a spirit of town pride and the citizens did not want to have two men in office who would not converse with each oth- er. Several plans for bringing about the desired state of tranquility and harmony between the two officials were discussed and one was decided upon. Accordingly, two high top hats were purchased, and a dray operated by Henry JerreU was rented. These were factors in the plan.

The two officials were loaded on the dray after they donned their new high hats and were driven over the town. At various places where groups of citizens had collected the two men were asked to shake hands. The scheme worked and from that time on official business was not interfered with by lack of speech between the two. When all this took place, Seymour was known as a "hog wallow" of "goose pond" and Rockford was the big trading center for the community. But the people were determined that Seymour should grow and with a vision of a big town before them set out to win their goal.

The "hog wallows" soon disappeared and residences went up, More stores came and the town grew. "Seymour has always prospered," said Mr. Goodale. "The advancement is quite evident to anyone like me who has lived here all his life and has had opportunity to see the progress we have made. Advancement and progress is a part of old Seymour.

You cant prevent us from going ahead." DO Hi, ij pi Store Hours: Monday-Thursday Friday 9-7 Saturday 9-5 Jtwtlry Fundraiser TRIBUNE CLASSIFIEDS Main S22-4871 Toll 800-8212 Hie (Board of (Directors of the Schneck Medical Center Guild will be host for a Reg Company Jewelry Fundraiser from 8 30 a m. to 4 p.m. May 18 in the hospital visitor lobby by the gift shop. Have a notice? Fax community information to the newsroom at 522-3371 or e-mail news to Community Editor Joanne Persinger at jpereingerCtribtown.com. News also may be mailed to Events, The Tribune, P.O.

Box 447. Seymour, IN 47274. Community foundation of Jackson County cordially invites you to attend the annual (Report to tfie Community presentation of grants to arcay rtt(WlQmEEZER BUNDLES AVAILABLE NOW! T-Bones Ribeyes Filets Ground Beef Pork Pork Burgers Beef Darlage Custom Meats 5974 Co Rd 410 522-1635 including non profit organizations. Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:45 Jacfaon County teaming Center 323 (Dupont (Drive, Seymour, IN RS1P 812-523-4483 or I Of! A infocfjacfaoncounty.org Special guest specifier: THIS DISPLAY GAQfi'ET f1 ir I 5, 2011 i -i uwjouuza (President, Cummins foundation COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Jackson County Tofthtr, wtBnMktmwrm.it i 1.