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Finding Paradise 

In January 1956 the San Antonio Express published 

a small item stating that actor William Holden was 

going into the oil business with “billionaire” Ray Ryan. 

Apparently the fact that Holden was in business with 

Ryan was less important than the story that followed. 

Holden, a guest of Ryan’s in Palm Springs, couldn’t sleep 

because of the cold, got up at 2:30 a.m. and drove twoand-a-half 

hours home, let himself into his house with a 

latchkey and frightened his wife Brenda Marshall in the 

process. 

There’s no way to substantiate that little story (why 

would he need a latchkey for his own home?), but it’s 

likely that Holden and Ryan at least discussed a partnership 

in the oil business. More importantly, the two 

became close friends. It was not the first time they met; 

that happened 17 years before when Ray Ryan was in 

New York and met Holden, who was filming his first big 

picture, Golden Boy. 

The oilman and the movie star traveled to Europe 

together — Switzerland, Italy, and even planned a visit 

to Russia, which was then part of the Soviet Union. 

They couldn’t secure the visas, however, and while still 

in Rome discussed where to go next. When Holden 

suggested Africa, Ryan was all for it. He had heard a lot 

of good things about Africa, mainly from another good 

friend, Clark Gable (who filmed Mocambo in Africa 

with Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner), and he’d enjoyed 

the Tarzan books as a young boy. 

What began as a hunting trip in the mountains of 

Kenya evolved into Ryan’s next business venture, and 

two of his partners were with him on the trip. Along 

with Bill Holden, businessman Carl Hirschmann joined 

them in the safari. They were guided by two professional 

safari hunters and assisted by scouts, drivers, cooks and 

general camp workers. They left Nairobi and traveled 

70 miles into the jungle, viewing the animals in their 

natural habitat: leopards, rhinos, hippos, zebras, giraffes, 

elephants and numerous others. 

The Lion, released in 1962, was filmed at the Mt. 

Kenya Safari Club and starred the club’s president, 

William Holden. 

As Ryan aimed for a shot at a water buffalo, the 

telescopic sight on his rifle loosened and struck him 

on the forehead, creating a deep, bloody gash. First aid 

was administered but he clearly needed additional help, 

perhaps stitches. The party headed off to find the nearest 

doctor and found one 50 miles away in the village of 

INSIDE 

MJ Treasure Hunt Contest. .............................. 5 

Hometown History .................................... 8 

Picturing Our Past .................................... 12 

Mr. Miller. ........................................... 13 

Hometown History Contest. ........................... 14 

Just for Laughs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

Cooking Corner. ..................................... 16 

Brain Games. .................................... 18 &19 

Yesterdays Remembered ............................... 20 

Coupons. ........................................... 23


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Nanyuki. The doctor treated Ryan 

and recommended he get a few days’ 

rest before resuming the safari. The 

party drove a few miles east and 650 

feet up the slope of a mountain near 

Mt. Kenya to the Hotel Mawingo. 

The hotel was 7,000 feet above sea 

level and offered a spectacular view 

of Mt. Kenya, the second highest 

mountain in Africa. 

The accommodations were 

decidely less than what Ryan was 

accustomed to in the U.S. or in 

Europe. When Ryan found out that 

the hotel’s owner, Jack Block, might 

be willing to sell, Ryan, Holden and 

Hirschmann negotiated with Block 

and agreed to pay 52,000 British 

pounds for the hotel; in today’s dollars 

the amount would be $539,100. 

Ryan and his partners chartered 

their new purchase as the Mt. Kenya 

Safari Club. Ryan made plans to 

mind. 

Once the renovations were 

Safari Balls in cities across the coun- 

(later Hayes) were guests at the club. 

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Courier and Press in 1962, writer 

Karen Wessel described a typical visit 

to the club. Most of the members, she 

wrote, arrived at the Nairobi Airport 

and were picked up by a chauffeured 

Rolls-Royce equipped with a bar and 

upholstered in zebra-skin. The limousine 

took them to the small village 

of Nanyuki, 140 miles away, where 

they disembarked on the grounds 

of the club. The old Mawingo hotel 

had been modernized and appointed 

with all the luxuries imaginable 

in each room: telephone, bathroom, 

and fireplace. Picture windows in 

each room overlooked the magnificent 

views of lush gardens below, 

trout-filled streams and Mt. Kenya, 

capped with snow. 

After a day or two to rest up, 

the guests would go big-game hunting, 

packing either guns or cameras, 


or both. Or they could choose to 

lounge by the pool or indulge in the 

many sports events that were offered. 

At day’s end they returned to the 

hotel/lodge where they were treated 

to the sounds of tom-toms. 

“Strapping native dancers of the 

Chuka tribe,” Wessel wrote, “thump 

their drums and shriek their traditional 

victory cries while gyrating in 

white feathers and grass skirts on the 

well-manicured lawn.” 

More than $2 million, all told, 

went toward purchasing and renovating 

the property and adding new 

facilities. Ryan purchased a taxidermy 

firm and two ranches, where he 

added 10,000 head of cattle to stock 

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Wessel. Ryan believed the millions 

spent on the safari club was a welcome 

investment for Kenya, which 

was emerging as a nation. 

“Our optimism concerning 

Kenya’s and our Club’s future is 

based on a very firm and sound 

foundation,” said Ryan. “Kenya, 

long schooled by the democratic 

procedures, is completely ready for 

its tremendous responsibilities as a 

new nation. Its leaders are not being 

dumped unprepared into choppy 

international waters like the Congo 

politicians here. 

“As a result,” Ryan continued, 

“we expect Kenya to be a bright spot 

in Africa, achieving a peaceful and 

tranquil switch from a colonial to 

an independent status. I’d compare 

Kenya’s transition with the orderly 

change in self-government responsibilities 

accomplished by the Britishtrained 

Jamaicans.” 

William Holden also continued 

to invest in Kenya. Later in life, after 

his divorce, he and Stefanie Powers 

became good friends. Largely from 

her influence and love of animals, he 

started an animal preserve in which 

the native animals were protected 

from poachers who were quickly 

thinning out the herds. 

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The Mt. Kenya Safari Club 

ould be a favorite get-away for Ray 

yan in the years to follow. With the 

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olace and beauty from the surroundng 

countryside. He would need the 

peace and tranquility” of Kenya in 

he years ahead, as his gambling as 

ell as acquaintances acquired as 

result of his gambling, combined 

nto a different kind of safari, with 

yan himself as the prey. MJ 

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HOMETOWN HISTORY 

Tri-State History November 1951 to August 1952 

By Harold Morgan 

November 1951: An airplane 

crashed into the Ohio River near 

Tobinsport, Indiana; three men 

were killed and a search was necessary 

to find the exact location. U.S. 

troops, including elements of the 

101st Airborne division, based at 

Camp Breckenridge, took part in 

atomic bomb tests in Yucca Flats, 

Nevada; it was the loudest A-bomb 

blast to date. 27 Henderson night 

clubs were cited for gambling. I2,509 

new homes were built in Evansville 

since WWII ended, 1946 thru 1951. 

Evansville Chrysler shipped its first 

60-foot-long SA-16 Albatross seaplane 

hull to Long Island NY. (274 

SA-16 hulls would be built.) 

December 1951: Welborn 

Hospital opened its new facilities 

in downtown Evansville. Servel 

completed its first set of F-84E 

Thunderjet fighter wings. An Air 

Force C-45F airplane crashed 

north of the Evansville airport near 

Haubstadt, and all three crew members 

were killed. 

International Harvester tooledup 

to make M-1 military rifles, a 

$7 million contract for 1,500 workers. 

150 new Plymouth cars sank on 

an auto river barge near Golconda, 

Illinois. A 17-year-old Princeton 

youth was shot and killed by police 

in Evansville as he ran from the Tri- 

State Ford dealership. The Trocadero 

and Dell night clubs denied charges 

of gambling. 

Servel opened its new F-84E airplane 

wing plant with a small parade. 

11,000 American Soldiers were missing 

in Korea; North Korea said 4,000 

were in POW camps. International 

Steel began making railroad box 

cars. A coal mine disaster near West 

Frankfort, Illinois killed 119 miners; 

24 miners were buried on Christmas 

Day. North Korea said that 50,000 

of its unlisted enemy prisoners were 

dead. 33 local war plants received an 

increase of war jobs. 

January 1952: Evansville’s drug 

dealers were largely selling marijuana, 

as per reports. The “Big-Inch” 

gas line exploded south of Oakland 

City. Evansville’s red light district 

was booming. 

The Princeton mayor and city 

council traded injunctions against 

each other. Evansville schools cost 

$4.6 million to operate in 1951. 

Evansville’s Union Grain elevator 

at Louisiana and Myrtle Streets was 

demolished; it was built in 1881. 

Servel lost $988,700 in fiscal 1951. 

The FBI seized 3,230 slot machines 

in Kentucky. 

This was the one millionth Plymouth auto that was built in Evansville. 

The plant was at Stringtown Road and Maxwell Avenue (four blocks 

east of Garvin Park.) (Rajo Gunshop photo) 

February 1952: Kentucky passed 

a bill banning tavern gambling. The 

New Harmony Bridge collected $2 

million in tolls and paid off $945,000 

of the bridge debt. King George VI 

died in London; the new Queen 

of England, Elizabeth, flew home 

for her Coronation. Three airplanes 

crashed at the Newark NJ airport 

over a two-month period, claiming 

119 lives. The route of Evansville’s 

new West Side Expressway was


chosen. The pilot and three soldiers 

were killed in An airplane crash at 

Cloverport, Kentucky. 

March 1952: Evansville began 

all city purchasing based on the low 

bid price. The first use of a mechanical 

heart was successful for one 

hour. The U.S. Navy fired a guided 

missile four miles downrange. The 

Evansville Museum asked to build 

its new museum within Sunset Park. 

Tornados killed 208 and injured 

1,154 in six south central states. The 

“Big Bang” universe creation theory 

was published by scholars Alpher, 

Bethe and Gamow. 

April 1952: TV channels 3, 

7, 50, 56 and 62 were assigned to 

the Evansville area by the FCC. A 

gang of 15 vandals hit the Mesker 

Amphitheater, breaking 35 plate 

glass windows and more. WGBF was 

building a TV tower near Chandler. 

The first B-52 jet bomber test flight 

was successful. Henderson proposed 

but missed the first ever atomic 

power plant; it was awarded to 

Portsmouth, Ohio. Bosse Field had a 

record crowd of 8,705 that watched 

the Cleveland Indians and NY 

Giants baseball game. Evansville was 

allotted one VHF and three UHF 

TV channels. Evansville employment 

reached 76,900 workers; this 

was near the WWII record of 84,000 

workers. 

England began the first jet 

passenger service with the BOAC 

“Comet” airplane when it flew 

36 passengers from London to 

Johannesburg. A “civic center” for 

Evansville was proposed by the 

“Committee of 100.” The U.S. aircraft 

carrier Hornet struck and sank 

the U.S. destroyer Hobson during 

a Mediterranean storm; 176 sailors 

were lost. University of Kentucky 


basketball players Hirsh, Line, Spivy 

and five more players were charged 

with throwing games for gamblers. 

May 1952: One B-45A fourengine 

jet bomber flew low over 

Evansville and frightened several 

citizens. Servel invented the portable 

refrigerator. The Vanderburgh 

Infirmary (the “Poor Farm”) was 

ordered to agree and begin to comply 

with fire regulations within 10 days. 

The “panty raid” craze was growing 

across American colleges. TV 

Channel 62 and TV 7 both filed 

applications to operate in Evansville. 

(The Harold Morgan family bought 

a TV set; it received three stations, 

two from Louisville and one from 

Nashville.) Russia gave a “shoot to 

kill” order along the Berlin border. 

June 1952: The East Germans 

sealed off the Berlin border. Boy 

Scout Camp Pohoka in Posey 

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County prepared for campers with 

a 29-member staff. Mesker Park 

Amphitheater’s opening night was 

the Wayne King Orchestra on June 

15, 1952; the amphitheater orchestra 

with a 100-voice chorus followed 

the King concert two nights later. 

Evansville had 90 days to 

improve city fire protection or there 

would be higher insurance rates. 

The Evansville area had two storms 

in two days that killed three and 

injured 23 people; Evansville lost its 

city hall clock tower in the storms. 

There were two days of riots in the 

Kentucky State Prison at Eddyville. 

22,000 workers went on strike in the 

Paducah atomic plant construction 

project; workers were angry with the 

labor pool chief; they rocked down 

his tall wood speaking tower with 

him on the high floor. The Evansville 

area had a week of 103- degree days.

July 1952: Vanderburgh deputy sheriff Alvin Rogers 

was hit in his face and chest by a shotgun blast; he did 

survive. Mesker Park Amphitheater had a record crowd 

of 10,000 to hear evangelist Charles Templeton. Two 

boys and three girls, ages seven to 15, were arrested in 

Cannelton after stealing a Newburgh auto. A flying 

saucer, or a fireball, was seen above the Evansville airport 

by the control tower along with a commercial pilot and 

scores of residents. (The Harold Morgan home adjoined 

the airport and we missed the flying saucer — dang!) The 

Mesker Park Amphitheater had too many programs in 

1952 and would cut back to a total of 10 or 11 in 1953. 

Democrats nominated Harry Truman and Alben 

Barkley for their presidential ticket; a strong “states’ 

rights” conflict dominated the convention. The Paducah 

atomic plant would build a $459 million expansion to 

the original design; two Illinois power plants would provide 

the electrical energy; they were the TVA Shawnee 

and EEI Joppa plants. Oakland City lost an entire downtown 

block to a fire. Two were killed and 13 people were 

injured on Highway 41 south on a single day. Servel 

reached 10,009 employment, the highest since WWII. 

August 1952: The Servel F-84G jet airplane wing 

work was the largest such project on earth. Evansville 

Jaycees gave $10,000 to spur action for (Roberts) stadium. 

Servel was awarded additional F-84 Thunderjet 

wing work. 35 paralyzed veterans attended a conference 

in the McCurdy Hotel. Boehne Camp Hospital was 

On Sunday June 30, the Lions of Indiana dedicated 

a marker sign honoring William Perry Woods MD. It is 

located near his grave in the Lutheran Cemetery. As a 

young man he wanted to serve his community. 

Dr. Woods was a founder of the Association of 

Lions Clubs in 1916, later to be named Lions Clubs 

International. Today his Lions clubs total 1.4 million 

members in 205 countries with over 45,000 clubs. 

He was the first international president of The Lions 

Club. He came here from Clarinda, Ohio as a physician 

and surgeon to work at Deaconess Hospital. He was 

honored with an award for 50 years of service to the 

people of Evansville, Indiana and the surrounding areas. 

He served his fellow man until 2 years before his 

death at 88 years. 


This is a set of Evansville-built Air Force hangar 

doors built by International Steel. (from the 

Morgan collection) 

building a six-story building addition. 

Evansville’s general fund budget was $3.4 million, 

double that of 1948 and triple 1943. Chrysler had 2,500 

workers on SA-16 Albatross airplane hulls. 15,000 of 

25,000 Paducah atomic workers held a walkout strike. 

Republican presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower 

visited Evansville. 31,000 people watched an F-89 

Scorpion Air Force jet lose a wing and crash at the 

Detroit airport. (This was not an Evansville product.) 

MJ 

Lions Clubs honor Local Native 

The motto of the Lions clubs is “We Serve”. 

Our city is very honored to have such a man call 

Evansville home. MJ 

Lions Cecelia Schulz and Vern Tincher present the 

marker. 



 

 

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Hodgini School of Dance 

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During the waning years of the 

Depression in a small Idaho community, 

I used to stop by Mr. Miller’s 

roadside stand for farm-fresh produce 

as the season made it available. 

Food and money were still extremely 

scarce, and bartering was used extensively. 

One day Mr. Miller was bagging 

some early potatoes for me. I noticed 

a small boy, delicate of bone and 

feature, ragged but clean, hungrily 

apprising a basket of freshly picked 

green peas. I paid for my potatoes 

but was also drawn to the display 

of fresh peas. I am a pushover for 

creamed peas and new potatoes. 

Pondering the peas, I couldn’t 

help overhearing the conversation 

between Mr. Miller and the raggedy 

boy. “Hello, Barry, how are you 

today?” 

H’lo, Mr. Miller. Fine, thank ya. 

Jus’ admirin’ them peas…sure look 

good!” 

“They are good, Barry. How’s 

your ma?” 

“Fine. Gittin’ stronger all the 

time.” 

“Good. Anything I can help you 

with?” 

“No, sir. Jus’ admirin’ them 

peas.” 

“Would you like to take some 

home?” 

“No, sir. Got nuthin’ to pay for 

‘em with.” 

“Well. What do you have to 

trade me for some of those peas?” 

“All I got’s my prize marble 

here.” 

“Is that right?” Let me see it.” 

“Here ‘tis. She’s a dandy!” 


Mr. Miller 

by Evalyne L. Bryant, MBA 

(Re-printed from The Tri-State Thumper, Newsletter of Mended Hearts) 

“I can see that. Hmmmmm, only 

thing is, this one is blue, and I sort of 

go for red. Do you have a red one like 

this at home?” 

“Not zackly…but almost.” 

“Tell you what. Take this sack of 

peas home. And next trip this way let 

me look at the red marble.” 

“Sure will. Thanks, Mr. Miller.” 

Mrs. Miller, who had been 

standing nearby, came over to help 

me. With a smile, she said, “There 

are two other boys like him in our 

community. All three are in very 

poor circumstances. Jim just loves to 

bargain with them for peas, apples, 

tomatoes, whatever. When they 

come back with their red marbles, 

and they always do, he decides he 

doesn’t like red after all and he sends 

them home with a bag of produce 

for a green marble or an orange one, 

perhaps. 

I left the stand smiling to myself, 

impressed with this man. A short 

time later, I moved to Colorado, 

but I never forgot the story. Several 

years went by, each more rapid than 

the last. Just recently I had occasion 

to visit some old friends in Idaho, 

and while I was there learned that 

Mr. Miller had just died. They were 

having his viewing that evening, and 

knowing my friends wanted to go, I 

agreed to accompany them. 

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we fell into line to meet the relatives. Ahead of us in line 

were three young men. One was in an Army uniform, and 

the other two wore nice haircuts, dark suits and white 

shirts, all very professional looking. They approached 

Mrs. Miller, standing composed by her husband’s casket. 

Each of the young men hugged her, kissed her on the 

cheek, spoke briefly with her and moved on, touching 

Mr. Miller’s hand as they passed.. Her misty blue eyes 

followed them as, one by one, each man stopped briefly. 

Each left the mortuary awkwardly, wiping his eyes. 

Our turn came to meet Mrs. Miller. I told her who I 

was and mentioned the story she had told me about the 

marbles. “Those three young men who just 

left were the boys I told you about,” she said. 

“They just told me how much they 

appreciated the things Jim 

‘traded’ them. Now, at last, Jim could not 

change his mind about color 

or size. They came to 

pay their debt. 

“We’ve never had a great 

deal of wealth,” she 

continued, “but, right now, Jim would consider himself 

the richest man in Idaho.” 

With loving gentleness, she lifted the lifeless fingers 

of her husband. Resting underneath were three exquisitely 

shined red marbles. 

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The company that made this fine buggy 

opened in Evansville in 1902. It was 

very close to the Ohio River, which 

helped with cost effective shipping 

and kept the prices affordable for the 

average family. It produced carriages 

through the 1920s, but then retooled 

to manufacture automobile bodies 

and refrigerators. The Evansville plant 

closed in 1957 and moved to Henderson, 

Kentucky, where it operates 

making truck bodies for transporting 

dry and refrigerated products. What 

was the name of all of the companies 

owned by W.H. McCurdy, which included Gas Engines, Body Manufacturing 

and Color and Varnish and remains the same today? 

Moral: We will not be remembered by our words, but 

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take, but by the moments that take our breath away. MJ 

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The 

Cooking 

Corner 

By Jancey 

Smith 

Smoked Meatloaf 

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Over the years of our marriage, the hubby and I have 

developed many shared interests. We both like football, 

music and plants. Because he likes to eat and I like to 

cook, that has worked well for us, too. He watches the 

food shows with me and keeps an eye out for interesting 

recipes. Just like recently, when he saw the cover of a 

recent food magazine, he knew without a doubt that 

we’d be trying grilled corn on the cob wrapped in bacon. 

He was right! It was an interesting experiment, but it 


didn’t get cooked through and in no way resembled the 

cover picture. Oh well, we’ll keep trying. 

One of my hubby’s favorite TV chefs is a guy who 

cooks from a scientific perspective. He’s all about the 

chemical reactions of the cooking process. The hubby 

is into chemistry, so he thinks this is neat. Of course he 

works all day with chemical reactions — pesticides, fertilizers 

and such, so this is no surprise to me. It was also 

no surprise to me when he declared that we should try 

smoking a meatloaf. 

Why not? 

A few of the ingredients in the recipe we based this 

experiment on were not normal stock in my kitchen, so 

I put chipotle peppers in adobe sauce on the grocery list 

and borrowed some cocoa powder from my mother-inlaw. 

I think the idea was to make what foodies would 

call a mole sauce that gets mixed in the meat for flavor 

and some reserved for topping. This turned out to have 

a really interesting flavor. 

But as far as the smoke goes, not so much. We have 

what I would call a toddler-size smoker. It’s good for 

about 2 hours and then it’s time to reload, so we often 

just finish things off in the oven. However that was not 

the problem. The directions said to wrap well in foil and 

then poke holes in the bottom of the foil for grease to 

drain into a pan below and allow the smoke to get into 

the meat. Well, I took that “wrap well” part to heart and 

used 3 sheets of foil. My little holes in the bottom were 

too little and it didn’t drain much, nor did it really pick 

up any of the smoke. The hubby says, next time, bigger 

holes and less foil. I must agree. 

If you want to try a whole new flavor on meatloaf, 

here’s one for you. 

Recipe of the Month 

Smoked Meatloaf 

Ingredients: 

2/3 cup ketchup 

1/4 cup tomato paste 

2 oz. chipotle peppers in adobe, diced (1/3 can) 

1 tsp. cocoa powder 

3/4 cup BBQ potato chips, ruffled style, crushed 

3 cloves garlic, diced 

4 baby carrots, diced fine 

1 Anaheim chili, deseeded and diced 

1 medium onion, diced 

1 tsp. sage 

1 tsp. kosher salt 

2 lb. ground chuck 

1 lb. ground pork 

3 eggs 

oil for cooking



Preparation: 

In a large bowl, combine ketchup, tomato paste, 

chipotle peppers and cocoa. Reserve 1/3 cup for topping. 

Put potato chips in plastic bag and smash. Combine 

with ketchup mixture. 

Heat oil in a small skillet. Sauté garlic, carrots, chili, 

onion and sage. Sprinkle with salt. Cook about 5 minutes 

until veggies are soft and beginning to brown. Add 

to ketchup and chip bowl, stirring to combine. 

Add ground meats and mix well. Shape into a 

12x4x2-inch loaf. Wrap in heavy duty foil. Set aside for 

1 hour at room temperature while you get the smoker 

ready. 

Put a drip pan on bottom rack of smoker. Heat to 

250 degrees and put 1-2 chunks of wood in smoker tray. 

Flip meatloaf over carefully and poke 12-15 holes in 

bottom and set on smoker over drip pan. Cook 1 hour. 

Turn sides of foil pack down to make a shallow pan 

around the meatloaf and top with remaining glaze. 

Cook another hour. Internal temperature should be 

140 degrees. Removefrom smoker and let cool 30 minutes. 

(If you’re out of smoke and heat and the meatloaf 

doesn’t seem done enough, pop it in a 250-degree oven 

for another 20 minutes or so.) MJ



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the author of 

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It’s A Long, Long Way to…Tennyson! 

When we lived in Boonville and were running the 

bed & breakfast, we often planned to eat out somewhere 

on Friday. The problem with that idea was that there 

weren’t many places to choose from in Boonville at that 

time. 

I remember when the first “El Maguey” was rumored 

to be opening a restaurant at the Buena Vista corner and 

I laughingly stated that no one in Boonville would eat 

there because most of the people who ate out preferred 

hamburgers and French fries. Needless to say, I had that 

all wrong. The night they opened the restaurant was a 

big deal for the area. Since I had spent a few years in San 

Diego and had eaten Mexican food for all those years, we 

wanted to help those poor ‘uninformed owners’ succeed. 

We drove out to the restaurant at nearly 5:00 p.m. and 

imagine cards our surprise 2”x3-1/2 

when we couldn’t even get off the 

highway!! Cars were parked anywhere they could find, 

including along the edges of Highway 62, and the line to 

get in the door was all the way down the outside edges of 

the building. That certainly convinced me that I was no 

judge of the habits of my hometown residents. 

We also discovered that there was a wonderful pizza 

place in Tennyson. Yes, that is right, Tennyson. At that 

time there was another eatery in that small town, and it 

just seemed unreal to think that the pizza place would 

survive. Again, I was soon proven to be the worst judge 

of the eating habits of Warrick County. We traveled 

to Tennyson quite often to visit Carolyn’s Pizza. It was 

a beautiful place nestled in the woods with twinkling 

lights strung in the trees to welcome you. The dining 

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room was huge, with windows all 

around. All the interior was wood paneling with booths 

hand-made by Carolyn’s husband. I just can’t tell you 

what a great experience it was to go there to eat, and let 

me say that the food was absolutely wonderful. 

Times changed, so we sold the B&B and moved to 

Evansville. There were many places for us to discover 

in our new area, and we had not gone to Tennyson in 

ages. One day the news came that Carolyn had become a 

widow and could no longer tend to the business, so she 

closed it. 

Imagine my surprise when I picked up the morning 

newspaper and saw her picture in a full-page article stating 

that she had opened the popular eatery again. Her 

son had informed her that if she would come back to 

work, he would open the restaurant again, and I doubt 

that she hesitated too long to agree to do just that. 

Recently, I announced that I would take my neighbor 

and another friend up there for the best pizza they 

had ever eaten. Naturally they questioned my judgment, 

but both of them were quick to agree to an opportunity 

to go on such a mysterious adventure. Both of them 

were from Kentucky and had never even heard of this 

tiny town located at the end of nowhere! 

We left early on Friday afternoon, and as we drove 

up Hwy 62, I began to give them the ‘high points’ of the 



area. We passed Center Cemetery 

Road and I explained that I had 

lived there most of my life. As we 

came into Boonville, I pointed out 

the Orphan’s Home Hill, explaining 

that when I was young that old house 

was still standing and housing young 

orphans before it was closed and a 

new home built on the sight. I took 

a short detour down 4th Street to 

point out where our B&B had occupied 

the largest part of the block. It 

hurts me to see that the flowers that 

had rimmed the property have now 

become only weeds. 

Traveling on east on 62, we 

passed the restaurant called Double 

D’s, which I consider the best place 

to get a good meal of chicken livers 

or gizzards in the area, stating that 

it was once a bowling alley. And, 

rounding the corner was the sight of 

the original El Maguey mentioned 

above. Then we saw the sight of what 

had been the “County Farm”; a large 

old house that would be the final 

home for people who were unable 

to live alone or couldn’t afford the 

expenses and upkeep of their houses. 

Those old homes later became nursing 

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The Sheriff’s office and jail are 

on the same road, and I admonished 

the girls that since we now live in 

Newburgh, if the sheriff deemed that 

we needed to be incarcerated, that 

building would become their new 

home! When we got to what is commonly 

called “The Five Mile Curve”, 

we saw the business called Put & 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take. One of my passengers asked 

to have that name explained. “It’s 

simple,” I replied, “just PUT your 

money on the counter and TAKE 

your purchase with you.” The next 

curve was the location where the 

tornado had deposited the huge 

old farmhouse in the middle of the 

highway, almost unharmed. (I saw 

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it myself.) It then jumped across the field and wiped 

out a family in a mobile home and then took out the 

Baker’s Chapel church leaving only the “Welcome” sign. 

That corner also was known as Degonia Springs. In the 

twenties, the affluent from Vanderburgh County took 

the traction line to Degonia in order to drink from those 

springs in an effort to solve their medical problems. No 

one ever reported that they were cured, but I heard my 

parents tell of the stories of the area. 

I couldn’t take this trip with you without telling you 

of a group of young boys who frequented this area and 

posted a cardboard sign on a post denoting that the ‘toepath’ 

through those trees was to be called “Easy Street”. 

Imagine their surprise when a generation later the state 

honored their choice in signs and the post now holds a 

genuine street sign stating “Easy Street”. And, it is denoting 

a real street, not just a path. My husband laughs each 

time he sees it, since he was one of the original designated 

sign letterers! 

As we traveled on east on the highway, one of the girls 

asked how soon we would be in Louisville? However, we 

soon came upon the sign that designated that we should 

turn left to be on the road to Tennyson. We travelled 

through farm lands and houses high on the hills with 

barns that appeared to be as big as the Ford Center in 

Evansville. We went through what was once the small 

town of Tennyson but now had only buildings that were 

closed and shuttered. We passed the school and after 

a while passed a sign stating that Folsomville (another 

ghost town) was to our left. After more driving down a 

crooked and narrow road, we came upon the water tower. 


Since I saw no houses or businesses, I wondered how 

important a water tower might be in that area. 

Surprise! Right after you pass the water tower, you 

look into the next valley and there is Carolyn’s Pizzeria. 

It was once a neighborhood grocery store with a porch 

across the front with chairs welcoming you to sit and 

visit. But entering is the big surprise. As I explained in 

the beginning, it is just breathtaking inside. 

We ordered the biggest pizza on the menu, ate at 

the salad bar, drank their homemade tea, and loved the 

scene outside the big windows. However, while we were 

visiting with Carolyn (she remembered me!) and others, 

we saw a horrible storm ensuing, and it was a real ‘toad 

strangler’ of a rain storm. We hurriedly ate what we 

could and carried out a big box to eat later. As we began 

to leave, a kindly neighbor held an umbrella for us to 

enter our car without getting drenched. 

Traveling home was not as much fun as driving to 

the eatery. Those narrow roads through those farm fields 

were up and down through Warrick County terrain, and 

on three different instances, we were forced to traverse 

the low-lying roads that were covered in water. Finally, 

we were delighted to see the sign informing us that we 

were now on Hwy 62 and headed toward Evansville. 

While the girls admitted that they loved the trip 

and that the pizza was better than the well-known pizza 

places here in Evansville, they promised me that they 

would check the weather report before they embarked 

on another trip to Tennyson with me again. 

Although the address is now officially Gentryville, 

if you want to experience a wonderful pizza and a good 

evening drive, take Hwy 62 to the Tennyson turn off and 

meet the woman who told her son that she would work 

there until she died with her apron on! MJ 

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By Glenn A. Deig, Certified Elder Law Attorney 

by the National Elder Law Foundation 

Requirements of making a Will in Indiana 

In order to have a valid written Last Will and 

Testament (“Will”) in Indiana, the “testator” (person 

making the Will) needs to be at least 18 years of age 

(younger if in armed services), of sound mind whose signature 

is witnessed by 2 independent witnesses. 

Other States may have different requirements, but 

Indiana Courts will accept a Will that was validly executed 

under the laws of another State. 

Sound mind, also known as mental capacity is always 

an issue. Many people come in to update their estate planning, 

including executing a new Will, and clearly are competent 

and in control. On the other end of the spectrum, 

people have advanced dementia, insanity, or clearly do not 

have capacity to execute a Will. The clients in the middle 

are the ones that are difficult to gauge at times. 

The client should know their name; who their nextof-kin 

are, general description of their assets and their 

worth, and understand what they are doing as to the estate 

planning process and what happens upon their death. 

Sometimes it is good to refer this determination to 


a medical or other professional such as psychiatrist, neuropsychologist, 

or family doctor to state an opinion of 

mental capacity. 

Also, mental capacity can change even within the 

same day. Many times, we see clients who are clear-minded 

and have capacity in the morning but decline as the day 

progresses. 

Another major concern is “undue influence” by a person 

who can overpower the choices and will of the client. 

A weakened testator, due to mental or physical issues, and 

an unnatural change in the Will or estate plan that favors 

the person who appears to be influencing the terms of the 

Will are red flags. 

An attorney must use his “spidey-sense” to determine 

and identify if undue influence, or coercion is a possibility, 

or if the attorney feels or senses that litigation or conflict 

could arise down the road. 

Another concern I have as an attorney is that so much 

of estate planning can be done outside of the law officesuch 

as life insurance beneficiary designation, payable/ 

transfer on death (POD/TOD), and how accounts are 

titled which are done outside of the oversight of the attorney. 

I meet with the clients separately in my discussions 

before the Will is drafted. The Will is witnessed in a separate 

room to avoid any undue influence or appearance of 

undue influence or coercion. Also, the attorney fee needs 

to be paid by the testator, not the child or beneficiary.

MJ - August 2019

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