Maturity Journal 5.18

Maturity Journal
Gardens and Mill Terrace housing
projects were scheduled to be demolished
because of flood water damage.
A 3.5-inch rain forced the Evansville
airport to close its flight services,
and Highway 57 was closed as well.
Rumors said that Hitler was hiding
in Japan; others said he was in
Manchuria, China.
September 1945, week four: The
last P-47 was flown from Evansville
to Kansas; it departed at 1:37 PM
on September 26, 1945; it was
Evansville’s 6,670th P-47. Republic
Aviation closed operation on the
same day. 30 P-47s at various stages
of completion were given to regional
schools and colleges, with the guns
and radios removed from the gifted
airplanes.
Republic Aviation gave about
$40,000 worth of tools to the
University of Kentucky and Purdue
University along with seven area high
schools, which included Mechanics
Arts in Evansville. (Evansville could
have had a free P-47, but the city was
simply war-weary and declined.
Several sets of P-47 wings were
given away. Emperor Hirohito visited
with General MacArthur; he
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rode in his car to the MacArthur
office. Evansville adopted the St.
Louis, Missouri smoke abatement
ordinance. Mechanic Arts school
was given a set of F4U Corsair wings
from the Briggs Indiana plant on
Columbia Street.
October 1945, week one: Nine
aviation transport firms asked for
flight routes through Evansville. The
Carver Community Center opened
at Lincoln and Morton Avenues. It
was revealed that the (very lethal)
VT Proximity Fuse had been developed
in Evansville with Faultless
Caster as the lead developer. (The
proximity fuse was described as the
most lethal military artillery device
during WWII.)
The 38th Cyclone Division
arrived at the Camp Atterbury
Separation Center near Columbus,
Indiana for discharge. Mechanic
Arts School received its P-47 airplane
body, but the carrier truck
would not fit thru the doors; the
truck returned to reload the P-47
onto a narrower truck. Evansville
Container and Inland Container
merged the two businesses into one
container business.
October 1945, week two: The
P-47 that was given to Evansville
College was taken to the former
Modification Center building at the
Evansville airport. (No later action
with that P-47 airplane was found
in the Courier or Press.) A bus-auto
crash killed a family of eight near
Dixon, Kentucky. 10 Evansvillebuilt
LSTs were lost during WWII;
they were numbers 158, 167, 179,
493, 496, 499, 531, 563, 577 and
808.
America declared that it would
not share A-bomb secrets with any
nation. Kentucky Dam was dedicated
with President Truman as the
Alzheimer’s Support
The Memory Café is a monthly
social group providing a safe, comfortable
environment where people
with memory loss and their care
partners can enjoy time together
and remain socially engaged with
others traveling the same journey.
Registration required. Donations
welcomed. Designed for people
with memory loss and their caregivers,
please no professionals.
This program is offered in partnership
with SWIRCA.
The Memory Café takes place the
second Wednesday of every month.
For location information and to
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May 9. 2-3:30 p.m., Evansville
Living with Alzheimer’s: For
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In the late stage of Alzheimer’s
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Registration required; please call (1-800)
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$5 donation suggested. Designed
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professionals. May 31, 10 a.m.-12
p.m., Alzheimer’s Association, 701
N. Weinbach Ave, Suite 510
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