The Greentown Grapevine – 2005-04, 12:04

              Celebrating Our 12th Year!
Volume 12, Issue 4 ‘ irpzpr fm die people” April 2005
Exhibits on - Tornado
Greentown
An exhibit about the Palm Sunday
tornado can be seen at the Greentown
GHirseteonryto wCne. nteHro, ur1s 0a3r e ES. atuMradiany aSnt. d,
Sunday 1- 4 p. m. through July 17. For an
appointment during other hours, call the
By Steve Ellis center at 765- 628- 3800 and leave a
Mishawaka, IN unusual. My parents, three brothers, Our high school and elementary was message Or Lisa at 765- 628- 7674 Or
The exhibit includes many photographs
We all have had them, those defining of the destruction and clean- up. Several
moments of our childhood. Palm about nine miles east of Kokonio in Street which ran behind our house at accounts Of Of that are
Sunday 1965 was one of mine. It still taavkaeilna bsleh foorrt lrye ading. tThhee rteo irsn aaldsoo. a viTdheeo
thunders through my memories and Greentown Historical Society continues to
betrays my fears. These are not the be interested in adding more stories of
commonf ears of childhood; no, these tpoernoapdleo’s. Theexp eexrhieibnitc ewsil l bree gina rpdliancge utnhtiel
are the fears that can only be borne j u t y 17.
on the ferocious winds of the past
when the weather turns monstrous,
wild, and unforgiving.
That Sunday was warm, much
warmer than usual for an April day.
The Palm Sunday Tornado of
April 1 1 , 1 965 Remembered
weather that day, nothing seemed
and I lived in the small farming
community of Greentown situated
Howard County. The little town had
barely 1,800 souls and was close
knit. It was not unlike so many other
small towns of north central Indiana.
It was aplace and time when no one
locked their doors and ifyou did do
something wrong you could bet your
parents would hear about it. There
was a single stoplight in the center of
town. The “ downtown” was the hub
of community life. Grocery, hardware
businesses, they were better attended.
a short three blocksfiom Our house.
rfvou stood in the middle of Lincoln
401 E. Walnut, you could see the
massive brick high school building
through a tunnel of mighty oaks and
old graceful homes that lined the
street towards the west. Perhaps my
Greentown was just another Hoosier
Mayberry.
There were only two things of true
fame to come out of that little town.
One was the high school football
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Russiaville
The Russiaville Historical Society will
hold a Remembrance Day, Saturday, April
93 200 P. m. at the f? ussiaville Main Street
Christian Church Fellowship Hall. Prior to
will be open for viewing of Dhotoqraphs.
~ the program, beginning at noon, the
The winds were blustery during our
family’s weekly after- church drive
, through the country. Though a
comment or two were made about the
stores and other businesses with long
community - histories were common.
The number of churches in town not
only outnumbered the local
Eastern Elementary fun Night
Recent Fun Night activi-ties
at Eastern Elemen-tary
were very successful
for both the children and
their parents. Joyce
Hendrix, IT0 president
says that although the
purpose of the night was
to give back to the
community and not to
make money it was so
successful that they did
make a profit. Commit-tee
chairperson Sherri
VanMatre together with
f Joyce Hendrix and many
volunteers worked
e countless hours to make
this a huge success.
Children came with their
Grandparents, Aunts,
A Uncles and Cousins to try
their hand a many
different fun activities.
- . .
team ’ s legendary winning streak in newspaper clippings,- and personal
the early to mid- 60s and the other accounts.
was the glass factory that burned in - Howard County
1903. Aficionados ofpressed glass I The Howard County Historical Society
recognize the glass made at the ‘ hSausnd parvo dtourcneadd oa nw heixchhi bwiti llo nb et hine DPlaalcme
Greentown glass factory as Some Of
the, finest of that time. Up to that
Tuesday - Sunday, from 1- 4 p. m. at the
Seiberling Mansion, until July 1.
Visitors will experience the audio sound
: of the tornado as it hit the Alto Methodist infamous April day there, wasn’t
much to note about that Snlall town. Church, A movie, “ Death Out of Darkness”
continued in page 3 will be shown each day at 1 : 30, 2: 30, and
! 3: 30. The exhibit also includes many
photographs.
Top Artists
These four Eastern students were awarded top honors at the recent school art
show. Jeni Cass was given Best of Show, high school, for her butterfly done in
colored pencil. She states that she worked on it during her entire summer
vacation. Kyle Nagy received Runner- up, high school, for his representation of
a tree which was inspired by the symbol of a band. Maria Cranor won Best of
Show, middle school, for her eagle done in scratchboard. She plans to send it
to her brother, who is in the military. Rachael Lindgren was awarded Runner-up,
middle school, for her pottery representing the popular campfire treat,
S’mores.
Photo by Rachel Jenkins