Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive

Charlestown Courier from Charlestown, Indiana • Page 2

Location:
Charlestown, Indiana
Issue Date:
Page:
2
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

'AflT! T7T0 nrcTSD.w. ait.il in due time, much corr.mo-di5ccvcry" a out of the bag" Caued almost as tmn as had the year earlier. CLIFF AND ROY COMBINE TO WRITE INTERESTING COLUMN 1 Were I in Louisville. I'd consult the files of the newspapers foe Yovf lu'crJoo. flectvr "Alt TIME HIT PARADE" Swn.

1i3O-2 0O WKYW ef that period and no doubt have several chuckles reading of Char-town's "first citizens" be ins quoted. Orman writes me that he is a lover of flowers, and frcm a sponded the doctor, as ho gave the patient a quarter-spoonful of quinine in the rw. I might add that Dt BradVy was graduated from medcal col-lege in IZ. Was born in WjI. near Maysville.

Ky. At long lint I've made gox! the threat to do partial justice to Ro Orman'a Interest tn th.s column. Am contemplating a trip to Charlctown coming Decor ati'-n Day. Understand that quite a number of former resident return for the occaon. So 1 hope se you.

Roy. rhoUld my plan mature. Will gather an armload of those ornaments (of your dr. sign) my lawn. Thank your letters and clippings.

So my old friend, E. O. ettler streaks all the way to Cab fornia to get his picture on Page One. and incidentally a g'wi feed He's one guy that enjoy hfe full up The world wide Hstey and people arc interesting. AImj gld to ee likness of Hr r- Hughes in the pwture.

A feint resemblance to the Harry I knew back in 104-12 in the old home town. Editor Hester of The Courier has it all over Horace Greeley "Go West. Young Mar." fame I've rever seen a picture of Greeley flanked by a gang of Hiert I often wondered why Y. une editor went West. I kn-u why Paul did.

It's nice to see pictures of thi type and I trust that The Courier will carry other group pictures at intervals. Watch For These Features B7 Cliff Knowles RRI. Ashland, Ohio At ir.terva's 13 months Rv Orrr.ar. of Memphis sent me clippings from. Louisville Courkr-J.

urrral (Sunday edition). Roy has written me three inter-'. ejtirs letter? year and a half. I'll the Utters first. I hid Oir the "buried rr.or h-ax." Three rr four years uz.o I pave space in the coTurr.n to this which ccired in Will the "hih at writ-, 1: 2n years earlier a BrO 3 hd c-jr.

rcr bed Oti-C The wc trail-id. One kilird csnp-'d. one captured in The l-t was recvered. t. have been inrd by the near rr.

uth nkee Creek 1 rhhrs were cornered' whn-h empties tr.to 14 Creek several m.i!es from, scene of the' nr-r that a Mr. fa-TAr near Turkcr school. ir.st;jated the hrax i-f the finding buried nvrcy in the schI h-uso" -cished. Ir.t tho he his two snr.s. Wilb-ir and Marn.

and Hud and Noe. a ranir.ie 15 rears of ace. The c'zier Mitchell ward t- have with a neighbor. Net West, who was ways di.sstns f-r the the train robbers were said to hive buried in the vicinity. One d-rk nisht tVe fir bys stepped in fr-irt of Ca! Ganote's yelled rt the fam-r, and d'.

U'i: vire asked how f'-r to ti Tucker house, ('( pVt and if two' beech tre3 etood near the build- ins. Next morning while cutting wheat Net West noticed a fence raii leading into the open win-dew ef the woodshed, which stood near the wheat f.e'.d. Net harvest wheat was Will Noe. who had placed the rail acamst the budding. West investigated, taking N-o ng.

The investigators found an empty fruit jar on the rt floor, which apparently had been recovered from a recently dug hole. Net West thought of the Juried money. Cal Ganote had similar ideas, especially was he inclined became of the f-ur visitors the night before wh had stopped at his hoti5e but kept themsclvis the darkness. The news spread like wildfire that the 1 ne survivor of the train rubbers had recovered the buried lot. That he had four confederates' wdh him.

according t-" Ga-nrte. JeffensoRvillc and Louisville newspapers carr ed stories of the mystery of the buried treasure and its rect very by the nocturnal visitors. Livery stable owners in Char-lestown d-d a thrivirg business hauling Ix-al and city popple out to the Tucker school. The fruit jar had been in Jeff and particles rf gold found by tbe experts It was an ordinary jar. ard the boys had taken it along with them that night.

Excitement continued unabated far ready a month. The boys wt re frightened at the furore" scared to tell the truth to the reporters and others. Gradually the excitemert cooled off. The mystery remained a mystery for several months however. The pcrpretrators let "the eat When You Modernize Your Kitchen.

more or lcs hobby, he is rv raising plants for" market. He mentions irmo chrysanthemums. 50 bleeding hearts. 50 primroses, seeds of painted dasse. tarnations, asters, columbine, delphiniums, sea bio.

cis and Jted Russian lilhes, lie buys many of hts plant from a Mer.ur (Ohio) nursery. I know the firm. well. Rry. Mammoth layout, beaut.

ful. "Not t-v far fr'xn James A. Garfield home at time be was elected president in Making rrnamer.ts fir lawn also occupies some of Orman's time. Says he saws out various kinds of wooden figures or ornaments Indian and canoe, man sawmg wood, flying ducks, man milking cow. trellises, windmills, chicken, rabbits, etc.

No doubt Roy has premises looking attractive flowers, plants, ornaments. Reminds me of a story: Driving through the countryside the city preacher stopped to call on a former member of hi church. "Nice place you and thr Lord have out here in the country." remarked th? minister, aftet looking the premies over. Ycs it loks pretty NOW." responed the owner, "but you should have seen the place two years ago when the Lord had it alone." Orman mentions manv. manv names in his letters, and tells some interesting incidents about some of these fV.ks.

Names familiar to older Memphis and Char-1 Thtr o'C meny oyt of ploerieg Kitben Co9fml. bv he simple Kovd be foewed to th hovifwlt ih pfeo'ett oe-coe. od oc ih noil 'ep 1 Ittvde cov'e e-p tpocct the sik, fooQt od 2. rioce the sV so thot it it cecei 10 ih od cf''QC'o. 3.

Itvde fe-M cee, bendt reM9co'o pceeblr, cn bende he o5t, fc lop of CffC'0. 4. S'ce loed sd e5ipeM iK foce "-cc tKey oe wed Na. wfK iKve fow rtnVl in rn.rd. ov I i(b ed -te5 a vp r'o'e.

Svh ii enpitot gnvet'ent Cwf b(e. so yov e9 l.s5otg' let 36 rerih lo rcy loe yen ejY Ow Horn end tfinoetDpoHmff r(t belp you -h So! fo yowf luhen od on ei'e'e cf tne cott cb' oo'o. Tfecn Ke yov bv'ld "'h is beU tK b-eU lod Moloney U--ie cd cb'0i c-fk 'oland-Maloiiey LumbcrfcyS Company Owen Township Mr. Guy Tucker and her daughter Mrs. Jewel Shaw and children from Jeffcrsnvillc were the dinner guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Everett Boyer. Friday. Mrs. Ruth Baird a Sunday dinner guest of Mrs.

Brook of Charles town. 913 I. MAIN iT. 338 BAXTIK AVt. PAEN7 urn? AM OIF Timely For Easter A Top Notch Special Purchase of n3 u) Top of the Season II 1 i kM 1 iiMn resiacnis.

Included in the list of names are: Ross Smith and Cal McKil-! hp. (former teachers at Tucker school), Nellie Dcnnv (nef Pen-, dgraft). at Fresno. Cal, Robert Terry of Rupert Idaho. Edgar Hostettler.

Roscoc Young. Herb Lewis. Paul Baxter. Doc MeKow- sky (ghost storv). Fisher.

Dan Hosca and Clinton Van Pelt Roy asks if I recall the big freeze the winter the roads and fields and streets were a galre of ice for three or four da vs. I remember the winter of lS'M-OS had a siege of icy weather. A gang of Charlcstown boys skated one Saturday to the Landing (three miles, and down to Louisville on the re-covered Ohio Rrvcr. Well. Roy.

this about covers all that's of mutual interest (in your letters) to readers of this column. In a-nswer to yur query "did jou ec Barbara Fntchie when in Fredericks. I got there a trifle late. Orman. as you well knowbut I saw plenty of redheads and blondes.

Maybe Barbara would be a blonde (blearh-cdi were she waving Old Glory today at the rebel ho-de. Regarding the clippings from the Cotirter-Joumal. thev are mteresting-ent-tled "Kenturki-ana All Over I heard several of th-e stone, yean bck and read a few of them in speeches and boks. Henry Wattrrsn and Champ Cark were given to mentioning stones tVir l.terary ef. 'fts.

Clark wrote one of the rn'it in'ercstmg autobiographic I eve? red In "ComrVmuM: of Life" Wattervn tells stone that art indeed homespun. Indiana folk seem to cor.trsbute freey to this feature of the Of course, the average Hoosjer is versatile. Probably adpt to living in heaven without being inconvenienced. Of course it be like living in Indiana to the Hooker. I'll repeat a story told me ye ir ago by my mother-in-law that flavors cf old.

rough and ready davs in Kentucky. Her father was a doctor. Rode horseback to call on the SJek. One his patients was miserably ill Had the agne. or chills.

Dr. Bradley, am I going to die?" quivered the fever-ndden man. "No. you'll not die. but damn-it-to hell, you'll never get well." re- That Dull But Valuable Piece Of 1 Metal YOUR CAR COMPLETE PAIIIT JOB Using The Best of Paints and Materials in Our Air Cleaned Paint Booth 36 HOURS DELIVERY Visit Our Shop and Look Over Our Facilities All For One Low Prico Comparable Price On Independent Makes of Cars, We're grt a lit! Here ere r.oi or.lj fop feshfrn toppers, rs fo 34-lneh, end top-qyaliiy, but they're ci a pnee cetualhj cut much as 315 betnr this v.r.rVrt Here they are the toppers selling ererytrhete else 120 00 fo 00 el llelrusn's for "TTX end -VsSa 7- Toiler of a top.

y-u cf the season Screes'. Open Every Fridiy Night lil 0 oonty Doiors EzJQjyand j) i IX" i Regularly $30 to $45 5 lClh and Spring Jcffersonvill Better Toppers Only cl llelmcn's el The Specid Price! ye rt Latest neivs in young men's shoes iv TRIPLE 4 i I If ft I i A I i i 1 Here's real news afoot-Pcdwin's Triple Decker. Three layers of soft, foamy long-wearing cmh-n-crepe make up the sole and heel. Available in several popular colors. teueles! Stripes! r.n Cteels! Svedes! 0crd.nrs And the Nfw Toppers While Tnn! In cZ the pcslel thzict.

tn Whir cr-l in Xcm! II li MARKET STREET KEXT DOOR TO THE CRAJfO TTfEATRE sNV Avy.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

About Charlestown Courier Archive

Pages Available:
15,619
Years Available:
1941-1964