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By
Jeanie
(Hurley)
Smith
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remember being involved LOGAN – in has grown so very much and pulling Milan plastic tubs out from
an actual census, that is. we have many, many new under places, stretching, lifting
and torturing
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feeling and the people I think I become Susanpossessed
of took a census of down-
White who have come are still like when I’m trying Cottingham to find
By
my body.
senior in high school, we sort Myrtle
town Bright. I remember we the people have always been, something. I just can’t stop
only found a little over 100 Community ready to step in to help one until I find it. Community I would even
people. We may have counted
Correspondent
another and do whatever go to bed and
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then think of
a few cats and dogs. We did needs to be done.
somewhere I hadn’t looked,
go from door myrtlewhite.thebeacon@yahoo.com
to door to get About a month ago, a big scottingham@frontier.com
and not do a thing but get up
a count. It was quite interesting.
fat envelope came in the and start looking again…but
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hat's
worth it. Probably it
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no longer there – replaced Happening out a form In from the Census will end up not copying so
by businesses. Progress they AURORA Bureau, called “The American
Community Survey.” It Daddy was so particular
you MOORES can read it. HILL
call it these days. I can still
remember almost every fam-
is huge and, needless to say, about how he By
By
did things. I’m
I still haven’t completed it all more like my Linda
Fred
Mother in that
Ickenroth
because Schmitsthere are so many trait, haphazard and scatterbrained.
He Community was in charge of
questions that are difficult to
answer Community without research. I’ve Miller Township. Correspondent I’m not sure
called
Correspondent
every number I can if he had the whole township
or just part of it because
find, including somewhere in
Chicago, and they informed MHnews.beacon@gmail.com
fschmits405@centurylink.net
there was only one sheet. I
me that it had to be filled out, have no idea what road he
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that it was just like filling out Wwas on because I still know
our income tax (which I also the names of hat's
hat's
the people who
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MANCHESTER
another person who received only names GREENDALE
of people living
one of these so if you read on this road is my Daddy,
this and you have one, please Mother, my sister By Doris and
By
let me know. Some of the myself. Also my Shirley
Christina
Grandmother,
Mom Nowlin,
questions I’m just not comfortable
with.
with us then. Community
Seitz
Poth
was living
Community And as if all that hasn’t I found the paperwork Correspondent
been
Correspondent
enough headache, today from the 1930 census quite
I received a letter saying in a interesting because the majority
of the folks listed were
few days, we would receive seitz.shirley@yahoo.com
acpothmanchester@yahoo.com
a 2010 Census form in the farmers and hardly any of the
mail. I do believe they are out Wwomen worked. The names
to get me! Hopefully, I will on the copy are hat's so small that
eventually get all of this stuff I have to have Happening a magnify-Iing
glass to RISING even read SUN them.
figured out. I better do something
before someone shows Delza Kuntz was a laborer on
up at my door. Our lives are
By
so interesting.
Tracy
After I received the American
Community Census, I got
(Aylor)
Russell
to thinking that somewhere
(Submitted by Thelma Stutz)
in this house I had a copy of
Old Friends and Community Bright Beginnings’
monthly luncheon
the census that my Daddy
Correspondent
is
had taken in 1930. The
Jan.
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5 at Dearborn Hills United
problem is, I only have about
fifty plastic tubs with such
important paperwork hidden
in them. I mean they are
everywhere – under beds, in
cupboards, in the basement,
you name it. I have labels on
them but you can’t possibly
bridge construction and his
son, Elmer who was 17, was
a water boy, and Bill Rupp
worked in the gravel yard.
Other than that, everyone
was a farmer.
The census has been a part
of life since Bible days. Luke
Chapter 2 tells about Mary
and Joseph going to Bethlehem
for the census. Verse
1 says “and it came to pass,
in those days that a decree
went out to Caesar Augustus
that all the world should be
registered.” Verse 2: This
census first took place when
Quirinias was governing
Syria.
Everyone had to go to their
own city to be registered.
(At least we don’t have to do
that – even though I wouldn’t
have to go anywhere but Jesse
would have to go back to
Kentucky.)
So Joseph took Mary to
Bethlehem to be registered,
Mary was pregnant with Jesus.
When they got there, no
room was found in the Inn so
they stayed in a barn with all
the cattle and other animals.
It was there Jesus was born
and laid in a manger filled
with straw. I guess that leaves
me nothing to complain
about. Can you imagine being
ready to have a baby, riding a
donkey all the way from Galilee
to Bethlehem and then
giving birth in a barn? Because
of the census Jesus was
born in Bethlehem, God’s
only Son!! What a blessing
that census brought us!!!
God Bless.
Old Friends luncheon set for Jan. 5
Methodist Church at 11:30.
Due to the retirement of caterers
Betty and Patsy Grubbs, we
will welcome “The Brichlers”
of Dover. The menu is fried
chicken, mashed potatoes,
gravy, green beans, slaw, fried
biscuits with apple butter, and
dessert. Reservation and $9 by
Sunday, Jan. 1, by contacting
Lois Gellert 812-487-2026 or
Thelma Stutz 812-637-5569.
We look forward to Ben and
Gerri Price’s beautiful songs, dulcimers,
and of course their jokes.
We thank Randy Lyness,
vocalist at DHUMC, for singing
at the November luncheon.
His beautiful voice is always
enjoyed and appreciated.
Thanks to Linda Lyness for the
meaningful devotions and to
Betty and Patsy Grubbs for the
good food.
We express our thanks and
best wishes to Betty and Patsy
in their well-deserved retirement.
They provided our luncheons
with delicious meals for
several years. They were always
so kind, willing, and thoughtful
and will be greatly missed.
Their retirement doesn’t mean
they will not continue helping
the community. Our thanks
and best wishes for a Happy
and Blessed Retirement.
Next luncheon is Feb. 2.
Sunman-Dearborn FCCLA members attend leadership rally
East Central HS Members: Rylie Seaver, Ashley Newhouse, Jacob Eberhart, Rachel Rosskopf, John Lake, Danielle
Gutapfel, Emily Taylor, Katelynn Osman, Jocelyn Hylton, Meredith Struewing, Erin Wilhelm, Jayden Love,
Hayley Midlam, Shelby Lake
Sunman Dearborn MS Members: Jill Wilhelm, Adler Schinamon, Kyla Burkhardt, Hayley Lewis, Emma Ravenna,
Maycey Lewis, Josie Volpenhein, Avery Daniels, Kailyn Lobenstein, Maddie Zurweller and Ms. Tammy Corbin
Recently, several members
of the East Central High
School and Sunman Dearborn
Middle School FCCLA traveled
to Purdue University in
West Lafayette, to meet almost
400 FCCLA members from
across the state for the 2016
Indiana FCCLA Fall Leadership
Rally. Members met in
the morning to listen to an
engaging keynote speaker, Dr.
Spanke from Ball State University
who spoke about “What
It Means to Be a Leader.” The
students really enjoyed his
informative and motivating
presentation.
National FCCLA President,
Rylie Seaver and National Vice
President of Development ,
Shelby Lake, both EC students,
shared their experiences of attending
the National Executive
Council meeting in September
and then gave a report about
the upcoming events on the
national level of FCCLA.
State Officer, Gracie Renfro,
from West Vigo High School
shared her experience about
FCCLA’s Japanese Exchange
Program, where she spent 6
weeks this past summer in an
all-expense paid trip to explore
the Japanese Culture and Future
Homemakers of Japan.
After the morning sessions,
members broke into groups
and toured Purdue’s beautiful
campus. The students enjoyed
visiting all parts of the large
campus. After the tours,
members had a pizza buffet
for lunch and then broke out
into youth sessions. The youth
sessions were taught by the
Indiana FCCLA State Officers.
Each session contained a lot of
information and fun! Members
were able to learn about STAR
(Students Taking Action with
Recognition) events and state
projects, how to implement the
FCCLA National Programs in
their chapters and districts, and
the traveling opportunities with
FCCLA.
Mrs. Brenda Osman and
Miss Ashley McConnell, teachers
of Family and Consumer
Science, advise the East Central
FCCLA chapter. Ms. Tammy
Corbin, teacher of Family and
Consumer Sciences, advises
the Sunman Dearborn Middle
School FCCLA chapter.
Family, Career, and Community
Leaders of America is
a national student organization
that helps young men and
women become leaders that
address important personal,
family, work and societal issues
through Family and Consumer
Sciences education.
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