HOUSTER TIP BITi - Genealogical Society of Marion County, IN

HOUSTER TIP BITi
VOLUME 4 JUNE 2000 ISSUE 2
PUBLISHED BY ELWOOD PIPECREEK GENEALOGY SOCIETY
STAFF: LINDAEApJglELEEliflMMB^BQlMA^^
THESTORY OFFREE ENTERPRISE IS.T_QLD.LN_EARLY.STORY FRQM ELWO
FAKIiY BUTCIJClt SHOP —Shown above i--. the Interior of theDowns Wholesale butcher shop
as it ni.pei.red about 1010. Left torlrtht are Dale Diwns (brother of the (owner). Everett Oetz. Prank
Pete Lou;', it. O. Simmon:.. Wayne New by. Cbckerhum. and Charley Mct-onl
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the United Stales and the op
portunity for every American to
raise himself to a successful bus-::
iness is Lold in one of Elwood
that of •'• f-
Ime owner
arid inanocer of the largest:
wholesale butcher house in In
diana.
Mr Downs, father of the pres
ent city clerk-treasurer of... Elr
wood. Gladys Land, raised hmifrom
a farm boy who
pennies to purchase his 'b
fo the position where he
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Inued to ecalls that Mr.
uiitil more space v .•.- require employed scvct|»jyers.
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he purchased and expanded a in addition to bu^n-f^l*
build'inrj one mile south of El- duly of each to ^ontnet fanners,
wood, where Cooper Canning: Fac- in the/area...making^ dea?s lor,
•lory until it burn; uny; times buyers, who
place aii -o. by horse and bugs..
and Mr. Downs would stay out without report -
hased and remodeled a build- in;; back to the office Tor as ion,
behind what i" now the Elks as a week or 10 da;
,,„•,..,. near the stockyards. Mrs. Maude Coleman, who still
i;„, Who ^nana^s resides in E^od wa^k-
'^'STSKon" business career.
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Born and reared in Rlpdon. Mr. ?°**-- - stockyards, where In 19V7 the,Elwood mair sold
Dowhs-in 1805 at the age-of 1G » were etthcr butchered at the hi: •; etcher buaness to
carted his climb up the lodder to Laughter house or loaded A. F Swindell. Alexandria, svho
his successful butcher bin onto trains, for transportation.
buying his first head of oi caiuc cattle ana raid — ' £ hc lls se(,in|, U°ne-operated the establishment un
it as.0.?6'.,,
selling it, then buying more-.15ns .Many ^^\^l(l ^^ clri ufsno^ after „f)or the-first t.hP. first world
manv as 500 cattle being ^''tm war when the. building was-de-,
continued or. the small scale un hroii'jh the mud streets or EJ-^-^-;,^ hv f|rp
til -p he is -rnmero
i to the stockyards by
I::
a cat--u
,, s'trdyed by fire
hy hundreds of Elwoodites. had
and one or two hinhly
saved:cnouph money ;
cattle dorrs.
email slaughter liouse nor
Elwood':

OFFICIAL REGISTRATION
Of ELWOOD'S GUESTS
al the Notif ication arid Acceptance Ceremonies for
WENDELL L. WILLKIE
Republican Candidatefor Pretident of UnitedStat. August !7th, 1940
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LONG-TIME ELWOOD BUSINESSMAN DIES AT THE AGE OF 97
George Perry Mangas, 97, a long-time Elwood businessman died Tuesday at St.
Vincent Elwood Mercy Hospital. He immigrated to the United States in 1922.
He was born February 14,1903, in Bordonia, Greece, a tiny mountain village. He
was the son ofPerry and Theresa (Economakis) Mangas.
George and his brother, Jack, immigrated to the United States as teenagers and
came to Elwood in the early 1920's.
George and Jack opened the Mangas' Sweet Shoppe at 110 S. Anderson St. which
operated under the Mangas brothers from 1928 until 1948.
The Sweet Shoppe was a hugh success and the family felt there was a market for a
full-scale restaurant. The result was the Mangas Cafeteria that opened at Main and
Anderson streets. The cafeteria was open from 1941 through the 1980's. Every
serviceman was served a free meal at Mangas Cafeteria.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; daughters, Theresa Mangas ofElwood and
Martha Perdikis ofLeawood, Kansas. He has two granddaughters and several nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Pota Economakis and
Stamata Sakelarakos; and brothers, Jack and Louis Mangas.
Funeral services were held at the Jackley-Landrum Funeral Home with the Rev.
Anastaslos Gounaris officiating. Burial was in the Elwood City Cemetery.
We have started the reading ofthe Elwood City Cemetery. We need VOLUNTEERS for
this project. If you can help please call Ranny Simmons or Linda Ead.
The Sunset Memorial Cemetery reading is complete. We are waiting for information on
the history ofthe cemetery. We hope to have this ready to print in book form before the
end ofthis year.

MORE MEMBERS OFTHE ELWOD PIPECREEK GENEALOGY SOCIETY
CONTINUED FROM LAST ISSUE
Mary Beaulieu, 1476 Willow Wood Drive Norfolk, VA. 23509
Melissa Bowyer, 5289 Pine Hill Drive Noblesville, IN. 46060 317-877-9016
Nancy Draper, 3031 E. 1250 N. Alexandria, IN. 46001 724-2993
Mary Duncan, 10015 Royal Oak Rd.#260 Sun City, AZ. 85351-3118
Lois Jones, 1412 South I. Street Elwood, JN. 46036 552-5175
WillmettaG. Leach, 1103 Leininger Dr. Tipton, IN. 46072 675-7681
June AnnOverdorf, 2106 Main Street Elwood, IN. 46036 552-3993
Mary Patterson, 18813 N. State Rd. 13 Elwood, IN. 46036 552-2987
Madeline C. Reeves, P.O. Box5725 Lake HavasuCity,AZ. 86404
Wilma Rominger, 1513 South 25*. Street Elwood, IN. 46036 552-3986
JoAnn Seright, 801 North A. Street Elwood, IN. 46036 552-5711
Hal Waymire, 920 South Anderson Street Elwood, IN. 46036 552-5462
Gene Wise, 903 Clyde Street Box 12 Frankton, IN. 46044 754-7318
THIS BRINGSOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR THE YEAR 2000 TO 33 MEMBERS
Thank youforyourcontinued support ofour society
One ofourmembers, Catherine Crable, passedaway in April. The society donated money
to the Gideons International in her memory. The money donated will P^chase^Bible&
The annual book drive the society has for the Indiana Room at the Elwood Library will
beJuly 13th. Members will beintheIndiana room from 10 A. M. until 2 P.M. to receive
the donations. Some items that areencouraged to donate are: Family Histories, Elwood
historical items, photographs, and school momentoes, books by Elwood or other Indiana
authors, and poets are welcome gifts.
IT IS NOT TO LATE TO DONATE YOURFAMILY GENEALOGY. IF YOU HAVE
NOT DONE SO PLEASE CONSIDER DOING THIS. YOU MAY SEND THEM TO
LINDA EAD—2114 SOUTH J. STREET, ELWOOD, IN. 46036 OREMAIL THEMTO
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"ROUND TOWN"
Most of us remember the article that was on the front page ofthe Elwood Call-
Leader, for many years. Everyday the "Round Town" reporter for the Call-Leader would
go Downtown and record who they seen, and what the people ofElwood was doing. Lets
take a look back 60 years ago and see what was reported.
August 12, 1940 "Round Town" Miss Margaret Dickerson walking North on 16lh street
... Mrs. Frank Greg coming out of Leeson's store ... Miss Jean Groover walking around
the corner at South B and Anderson street... Anthony Tamborane, JackDelaney, and
A. W. Mine driving south on Anderson street... Miss Gretchen Kiefer talking with
friends ...Mrs. Frank Hevron coming out ofthe Elwood Sweet Shoppe ... Joseph Deeley
going into the City Building ... Leo Kurtz talking with friends in Commons' Drug Store
... Frank Dehority leaving his insurance office to walk South on Anderson street... while
walking "ROUND TOWN".
September 12, 1940 "Round Town" Robert Mettlen walking north on Anderson street...
Miss Jean Groover coming out of the Morris Store... Mrs. William King downtown
shopping... Ralph Hess going into Hinshaw's drug store this morning ... Miss Eva
Magers walking around the corner at Main and Anderson streets ... Virgil Smith waiting
for a traffic light to change at Main and Sixteenth streets ...Mr. and Mrs. Charles Starr
parking their car on South A street... Robert Little leaving the Goodrich Silvertown store
... Verne Willetts going into the office ofthe Elwood Water Company ... while walking
"ROUND TOWN"
October 12, 1940 "Round Town" Harold Brunnermer talking with friends downtown this
morning ... Mrs. Martha Welborn walking around the corner of Main and Anderson
streets this morning ... Robert Moody putting up the flag in front ofthe F.W. Woolworth
Company store ... Mrs. Hubert Waymire and son, Hal, downtown shopping .,. Mrs. J.C.
McDaniel coming out of Leeson's store... Misses Mary Margaret and Shirley Johns
walking north on Anderson street... Miss Mary Fogerty going into Hinshaw's drug store
... Mrs. Pat Houser waiting for a traffic light to change at Main and Sixteenth streets ...
Mrs. Henry Lehr going into the Penney Company store this morning ... while walking
"ROUND TOWN".
November 5,1940 "Round Town" Mrs. Sylvester Sigward coming out ofthe Cooper
Millinery store this morning ... Dr. H. C. Hadley waiting for a traffic light to change at
South A and Anderson streets ... Mrs. Everett Moore downtown shopping ... Carl
Doerman and Richard Haynes standing in front of the office of the Indiana General
Service Company talking this morning ... Robert M. Pilkington parking his car in front
ofHinshaw's drug store ... Mrs. Merrill P. Hiatt and daughters, driving west on Main
street ... Weldon Shickley and Robert Kennedy walking north on Anderson street...
Mrs. Earl Guisinger leaving the Perkins-Rhodes Furniture Company to walk south on
Anderson street... while walking "ROUND TOWN".

SWEETHEARTS
OfTender Age Call on Minister
ASK TO BE MARRIED
Bravely mounting the steps, and leading by the hand little five year old Dorothy
Anderson, who seemed a bit bashful, Wayne Arbuckle ofthe same age, rapped on the
door at the home ofthe Rev. Robert Sellers yesterday and announced to Mrs. Sellers who
answered the call that they had come to be married.
With due solemnity, the lady stated that her husband was away from home at the
time, but would return shortly and invited the little ones into the parlor. Here they sat on
the edge oftheir chair, saying nothing until Mr. Sellers arrived. Mrs. Sellers endeavored
to get them to talk, but aside from the first statement that "we want to be married" the
children blushed and maintained a steady silence.
Halfand hour later, the minister entered the house and his wife meeting him at the
door, told him ofthe visitors and their errand. Amused and at the same time touched by
the unusual occurrence, Mr. Sellers entered the parlor and taking a child on each knee,
asked if they were ready for the ceremony to proceed. The boy was eager, the girl
bashful, and they decided to postpone the wedding until a future date, but as they left the
house, they stated that they would come back again.
Mr. Sellers has been in the ministry for many years, and during that time has
known ofmany romances, but the one yesterday was different from any he has ever
known. The children were total strangers to him, but appeared to realize that a minister
was the proper personage to tie the matrimonial knot.
They have been playmates during the few short years of their lives and as
sweethearts, they yesterday decided to start a fireside oftheir own. They live not far form
the Sellers residence, and slipping away from home unbeknown to their parents, they
made their way to their pastor's home. It was their intention, so they said, to surprise their
papas and mammas, and although they did not carry out their original design, there is no
doubt but, that the action did cause some astonishment in the Arbuckle and Anderson
families when it became known. Who can tell but that the romance begun so early in life
may culminate in a second visit to the minister at some future time, and the ceremony
yesterday abandoned, will then be carried out?
Article taken from the Elwood Call Leader, December 8, 1908
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT WAS BURIED IN THIS
CEMETERY?
There once was a little cemetery north of Leisure, Indiana, on the west side of
State Road 13, just north of 1800 north. It is believed the cemetery was called the Beulah
Church cemetery. The tombstones were removed long ago. Do you know anything about
this cemetery?
The Madison County Cemetery Commission, is trying to put together some
records of people buried there. The people buried in this cemetery, lived, worked, and
prayed in this community, they, and their final resting place should neverbe forgotten.
The Madison County Cemetery Commission, will someday soon, erect a sign
along state Road 13, identifying the cemetery, the place where people once gathered,
buried and remembered their loved ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ifyou
know ANYTHING about this long forgotten cemetery, please contact me.
Ranny Simmons, 9164 W. 1050 N. Elwood, Indiana 46036, phone me at 765-552-9624.