The Greentown Grapevine – 2000-09, 07:09

              The Greentown
Volume 7, Issue 9 66ap aper for the people" September 2000
Greentown Getting Pumped Up About
Pump Fest
" Only known Pump Fest in the World"
PUMP FEST
Sept. 16
9: OO a. m. - 7: OO p. m.
The whole family will find something
of interest at d e Greentown Pump Fest,
September 16, 2000. Children can
pump water, play corncob darts, run a
paddle race, grind corn, and have their
face painted. Mom and Dad will enjoy
the pie baking contest and auction, the
display of pump jacks, the crafts and
flea market, and the Glass Museum. All
can enter a cake walk, see the show of
pump- related art, see ( and maybe play)
a pump organ, and enter the duck derby.
Entertainment will include " pumping
iron'.' by Eastern's football team, an
illusionist, bluegrass music and
marimba music. All the while there is
food, including a church dinner.
Activities begin at 9: OO a. m.
downtown Greentown, and culminate at
7: OO p. m. with the unveiling of a mural
on the side of the American Legion
building. This mural will'become a
landmark in Greentown, and those
present can boast that they were among
the first to see it.
Eric Altman ( facing camera) and Jason O'Haver ( back) to camera) square off for
a paddle race at last year's Pump Fest. The object of the game is to be the first
to reach the finish line without spilling the water from a cup balanced on a canoe
paddle. Photo by Michelle Bulin
Pump . Pest Schedule
11: 30
12: oo
l: oo
2: oo
3: OO
3: 30
4: OO
5: OO
7: OO
" Pumping Iron"
Eastern Football team
Variety Show
Pie Auction
Shawn Thacker
Illusionist
" Cleanvater Crossing"
Bluegrass
" The Serfs"
" Clearwater Crossing"
" Bliss Gypsys" .
m& ba, mbira and hosho
Unveiling of Mural - American
Legion building
PLUS
Duck Derby
Crafts, flea market, food
Children's games
Cake walk
Church Dinner
Pump Organ
Silly String Area
Face Painting
Fiber Spinning
Pump Art Show
Yard Sales
Legion to
Unveil Mural
The Greentown Pump Fest was
inspired by memories of the Town
Pump, which once stood on the
northwest comer of the intersection of
Main and Meridian Streets. It provided
a cool drink on a warm day, an object of
play for children, and a meeting place.
That pump is no longer there.
Pump Fest Chairman, Rachel Jenkins,
says, " Pumps represent days when we
were all tied to the land, aa time of
supplying many of our own needs, a
time of makmg our own recreation, and
a time of neighborliness."
Pumps also exhibit their own form of
artistry. A study of many pumps will
reveal a great variety of shapes, usually
with graceful curves and offen with
embellishments created by the designer
who went beyond the basic necessity of
form. We find them today, sometimes
in their original location, sometimes in a
spot chosen for aesthetics only. They
are often honored by being surrounded
by flowers and other forms of
decoration.
" Let's Meet at the Pump"
In the event of rain, the fest will be at
the fairgrounds.
Glass House to
Members of Lowell E. Symons Under New Ownership
American Legion Post # 3 17 will unveil The Glass House Restaurant, comer
a mural on the south side of their of Main & d Meridian in Greentown,
building at 222 N. Meridian St., will reopen under new ownership and
Greentown. The xremony will take new management. Rochelle and Michael
place at 7: OO p. m. on Saturday, Cam, Kokomo, have purchased the
September 16, at the close of the Pump building. Rochelle reports that it will be
Fest' commander Brad F1ook sae rCviansgu a lo mFa m6: ilOyO Da. imni. n gto r9e: sOtOau rpa. mnt.,
that 50- year members Tuesday - Thursday and 6: OO to 1O: OO
The mural was Painted On aluminum on Friday and Saturday. Sunday hours
by Jon Russell, hssell fisk4 will be 9: OO to 4: OO. The restaurant will
Kokomo. It is twenty- eight feet wide by be closed on Monday.
sixteen feet high. It features a waving She invites the public to watch for the
American flag, a POW flag, Legion doors to open about the end of
emblems, and the name of the post. in and try them
ne public is invited to the m a o n y . out. Thq. Wiu welcome suggestions and
part.
and to
comments.
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