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Jean Ann Miller (Schroeder)

Ruth, I am glad you liked the pictures. I try to be fair to all classmates so I have to go with the pictures I have. Don't forget, I put one of myself on in my underwear. I will post any picture of myself if you send it to me.

No one has made any guesses on the pictures from Shakamak. The girl on the 16' tower is Lu Miller and the one on her dad's shoulder is also Lu. Thanks for the pictures Lu. I may have been behind you in line climbing to the top of the 32 foot tower, or I may have met you in my early years walking down from the 32 when I changed my mind about jumping off of it. Eventually, I did make the jump a few times.

07/24/09 09:17 PM

#1179

Kathy Watson

Ruth, I loved the pictures of you....what a doll!!And Rich has a point....he did post a pix of himself in his tighty whities...and his turned up jeans :)

07/26/09 07:17 AM

#1180

Danny, Wishing you a very Happy 57th Birthday today!!!! Have a great Day :)

07/26/09 10:33 PM

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Kathy Watson

Happy birthday, Danny!

07/29/09 10:08 PM

#1182

Birthday greetings to Danny and Ruth! I'm not late, just helping to extend your celebrations!

As for the picture of Bicknell, wow, look how busy downtown is. Wish it were still that way instead of vacant buildings and buildings torn down. Going by the clothing, my guess would be the picture was taken sometime in the '40's??

How many of you were lucky enough to spend summers camping at Shakamak? Those pictures were taken about 5 years apart, age 5 and 10. Yeah, Rich, it took a lot of courage to just climb the stairs of the tower and look over the edge. I went back down a few times, too, yes, probably passing you on the way! The worst part of jumping was going so deep in the water where it was so cold, like going into a black hole. My tomboy sister Janie talked the guards into letting her jump off the backside railing of the '32 (after hours), making an even higher jump. Now she has her own year round camp at Pine Bluffs complete with diving board, rope swing and homemade water slide.

07/30/09 11:29 AM

#1183

Dan Roark

Thanks to all about birthday. Thanks to Dick for not being any meaner with picture (probably because I haven't sent you any yet)!!

07/30/09 07:04 PM

#1184

Lu, It used to scare me to go deep in the water at Shakamak also. I always thought something was going to grab me and hold me down in that cold water.

07/30/09 08:49 PM

#1185

Jean Ann Miller (Schroeder)

Oh yeah, me too. Like the creature from the Black Lagoon!

08/01/09 01:32 PM

#1186

I think I see Mark Jones, John O. Frazier, Kenny Begeman, ?, Elaine Finke, Dick Finke, Pat Grabbe. Can't figure out why you and Pat are there? Maybe it is not even you guys! Was this at the Christian Church basement?

08/01/09 05:04 PM

#1187

I don't think that is John O. Frasier. I believe it is John Pielemeier. Also, I believe the other girl is Linda Ackman. I must tell you this story...... Do you see the hat that little Dickie Finke is wearing ? Well, this is one of those memories that has stuck with me all my life. (You can ask my wife, as I have told her this story many times) Dickie & Johnny Begeman both had these "captain's hats" (that is what I called them). I wanted one really bad. One day, my mom and I were in the basement of the Gimbel-Bond dept. store in Vincennes. Low and behold, there was a whole table full of these "captain's hats" !! But mom refused to buy me one.......because she said I would never wear it, or some excuse like that. I was devasted.....so much so that, as I said, this has stuck with me ever since. True story ! Dick Are you sure this is kindergarten for class of '68 ? That would have made the year about 1955. I remember the "capatain's hats" as 2nd grade....am I wrong ? Also, did you get your hat at Gimbel's, as I remember ?

08/01/09 06:42 PM

#1188

I am pretty sure that is not me with the hat on. I think you are right about John and Linda. I cannot figure out the boy on the far left. I believe the one with the hat on is Fred Robbins maybe. I will have to ask my sister, Eliane.

08/02/09 12:34 AM

#1189

Dick If that is not you, then that would make more sense about the hats you & John Begeman had.....I'm sure that was second grade (1959-60). Do you remember the "captain's hats" that I am talking about. I recall them very clearly. I wanted one so I could be a cool second grader like Dickie & Johnny !!!!! OK....here is my latest guess on kids in picture: Richard Clinkenbeard, John O. Frazier, Kenny Begeman, Linda Ackman, Elaine Finke, Fred Robbins and Mark Jones. I changed my John Pielemeir guess. He was class of '66, I believe ?

08/02/09 11:16 AM

#1190

Tom, It is John Pielemeir. He was a 68 guy. I am not sure about Richard Clinkenbeard (far left) and Linda Ackman (next to Elaine). Mark Jones is certainly on the far right. And Kenny Begeman is for sure. My sister Elaine is in the ash can.

Tom, I do not remember the hat. Had I known it was that important to you, you could have had my hat. I really can't remember it though. I do remember one thing that devastated me. I believe it was Kixmillers or Strate & Pielemeir's Hardware had a drawing for a small go-cart that had a Indy style body over it. It was red and I wanted it badly. I may be wrong, but I think maybe John Pielemeier won it or drove it around since they had the hardware store. Anyway, I was very sad when I didn't get it. I'll post a picture of my "Spook" go cart that I got a few years later. Johnny Begeman drove it under our white plank fence and got a bloody lip out of it.

08/02/09 04:48 PM

#1191

Dick Pic of you in the "Spook" looks just like A.J. Foyt in victory lane a legendary Terre Haute Action Track back in the 60's ! Next time you talk to John Begeman, ask him about the hats you two had. Maybe Pat will remember the hats. I did not realize John Pielemeier was class of '68. I would have swore he was a little older. Wasn't the Pielemeir in Strate & Pielemeir Hardware John's grandfather ? Maybe that is how he won the go-kart ! Also, the Pielemeier's (lived where Rex Walters lives currently) had a small dirt race track in their backyard in the late 50's(?). I recall going there to watch when I was very young. Not sure if they had go-karts or if they were 1/4 midget cars. My Dad bought one of the cars, minus engine, and it sat next to our garage for a few years. It was a bit bigger than a standard kart. Never did put an engine in it, but was fun for us kids to play on. I run into John around Vincennes once in awhile, I will have to get the details on his go-karting career. As far as the kid on the left in the pic, if not Richard, then only others I can think of are Jeff Miller, Jeff Kixmiller or ???? Owens (Harlan's boy).ie

08/03/09 06:21 PM

#1192

Patrick Grabbe

Dick
It's great to see a picture of the SPOOK, I remember riding around your circle drive at Cub Scouts, or on an overnighter at your house. Tunnels in the hayloft, digging a tunnel in the side of ditch behind the barn, camping out at Uncle Pauls woods, it is all coming back to me.

08/03/09 09:07 PM

#1193

Pat, Those are great memories. Do you remember shooting Paul's hogs in the woods with the pellet gun? We didn't pump it up too much so I don't think they hardly felt it. We fried some good eggs and bacon in the woods. Don't forget the great hamburgers your mom made and then after dinner off to the Colonial Theatre to see "The Longest Day" or "Journey to the Center of the Earth".

08/04/09 07:39 PM

#1194

Hey......you two were not the only ones who slept out in Paul Finke's woods ! Back in summer of '69, some of us guys (Steve Posey, Sam Singleton, Bill Posey, etc..) would campout on Sat. night out in the woods. We showed mercy on the hogs.....instead of shooting them with pellet gun, we threw beer cans at them !! LOL Camped alot that summer. Uncle Paul's...pits behind the Sportsman's Club.....old school bus back behind ball diamond.......Kent "Moon" Harting's grandpa's cabin on the river south of Bicknell (remember Moon ?)

08/04/09 07:43 PM

#1195

Jeff is tossing out some names for the "group photo". The boy on the left is standing down off the step, so would be as tall as John P. next to him and notice his ears: Richard Clinkenbeard. Or, he says maybe it is Allen Horn? Bobby Woolard? maybe the girl on the left is Joan Rothberger? and maybe it's the EUB Church? He's fairly sure the others are John P., Kenny B., Elaine, Fred and Mark.

08/04/09 07:58 PM

#1196

If my fuzzy memory can recall, some of the businesses along that block in the Bicknell photo include (on the right): D&M Drug Store, Stremming's Jewelry, Byrne's Shoe Store, Tresslars (before it moved to the corner bldg. across the street), Dr. Byrne's office, Osborne's Dress Shop, Dunn's Menswear, American National Bank (?). On the left: ...Colonial, Nib's (Wib's?) Tavern, Public Service.... Anyone else recall more? I zoomed in on the photo and it looks like the sign on the bldg. on the left says Powell something, Hardware Store maybe?
I'll cheat and ask Mom.

08/04/09 09:36 PM

#1197

Jeffrey Mark Lynn

Luellen,

Some other businesses in that block at one point in time was: on the right, Horn Sister's Beauty Shop (next to the alley - I think Larry Knight's Insurance Agency was or is there). On the left, there was Mackey's Grocery Store (Meid's dad's), Acme Pest Control (owned at one time by Ted "Booze" Saucerman, Jarmin's Drug Store (I think one of their daughters was married to Beldon Hughes at one time, maybe Kathy ?), Nib's Tavern was owned by Nib DeCoursey (Mike's dad) wasn't it Mike? Your right about a hardware store and also at some time was Public Service of Indiana office (before it moved down to the corner).

WOW, booming community back then. And even more businesses in the block before and after that one.

Forgot you had already mentioned Public Service until I reread my message. And just a little early, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY this weekend.

08/05/09 02:22 PM

#1198

Michael DeCoursey

Lu and Jeff,
Here is what I remember about that one block of Main Street. On the corner you had Tresslar' warehouse, later to become the dime store, the Colonial Theater owned by Paul, Beluah and Mike Love, Mackey's grocery, the Stag Bar owned by my dad, across the alley was Acme Pest Control, Jarmins, PSI, and P&H Hardware. Between PSI and the hardware store was a shoe repair shop owned by a man of the last name of Casey who I believe lived behind Jeff Lynn. Going up the street on the other side you had the First National Bank, Dunn's Mens Wear, Osbornes Dress Shop which earlier had been McMahon's Jewerly Store,Dr. Brynes office and when we were little the next building was a drugstore owned by an elderly couple by the name of Taylor. Across the alley was the dime store, the shoe store, then there was another building which at one time had a childrens store called the Teeter Tot Shop, the jewlery store and on the corner was D&M Corner Drugs. Anybody remember the blocks on each side of this block and the business in each building? I also remenber the number of taverns and churches being an equal number, either 12 or 13 of each.

08/05/09 07:13 PM

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