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Page 12A THE BEACON December 2023 The following excerpt is from a book written in 1930 by a lifetime resident of Ripley County, Yorkville, and Manchester. The BEACON is honored to share another chapter of the book each month thanks to Mary Randell’s descendants. Previous chapters are available online starting with the August 2022 print edition at goBEACONnews.com/ print_edition. By Mary M. Greiner Randell Chapter XIV (cont.) For a long time my mother stayed at home and went to church. The last time I went to see her she didn’t feel very well. My sister was taking Author Mary Randell care of her, so on the third day I went home. Before I started I kneeled down by her chair and prayed for her and asked the Lord to take care of her. When I got up from prayer, she told me that she felt she would not live much longer. She said she believed she would have a stroke of paralysis. She put her hand on the back of my head and told me to see her every month while she lived. When I left she walked to the door with me. That was the last time I saw her alive. It was in June, and in August she died with a stroke of paralysis. She lived near Batesville, and I lived near Lawrenceburg. She died at ninety-one years of age. One time we went to my brother’s wedding. It was about five miles from home and it was winter time and very cold. I had Pa put some straw in the spring wagon. I put a feather bed on top of this straw in the spring wagon. I had put their clothes on too, just as though they were to sit on the seat. Two of the children from other families that went to the wedding died, but mine didn’t even get sick. Another time, Pa’s sister’s girl had a wedding. His other sister went with a child two years old and some older ones. It was cold weather and the little child took cold and died. I had told Pa that eight miles was too far to take children on a cold day so he could go if he wanted, but he didn’t want to go alone so we stayed at home and saved the doctor’s bill. One summer we went up to Cincinnati to an exhibition. Grandma and my sister-in-law went too. She had a baby with her and I had one. Grandma had her pocket cut out of her dress. In those days, people didn’t have satchels and it was no trick at all, in a crowded place to get someone’s money. We saw the Chinese eat soup with two sticks, and there were two geese hitched to a sled. Where they pulled the sled it looked like real snow. We saw Indians too, dressed in their costumes, and different people of all nationalities. When Wesley saw the geese he clapped his hands, he wasn’t yet two years old. He drew everyone’s attention around him. A spring wagon load of us went to Cincinnati to a golden wedding. Aunt Mary and Uncle John and two of their daughters and Fred Myers and his wife. Pa and I and Aunt Mary come in from Old Milan and the rest of us went THE STORY OF MY LIFE Life on the Farm to town on this wagon, while Fred’s hired hand took the team back to his house. When we came back he met us in town and we were there all night and the next day until three o’clock. This was at Oakley, when the street cars were hauled by a mule team and it took a good while to get down to the train because some wreckage had to be cleared away. In those days the rocks were hauled (piled) in a long string alongside the road. Uncle John drove the team until he hit one of those rock piles, then Aunt Mary told my husband to drive, then when he went on the rocks, she told me to do it. She said, “I know you can drive a team better than those men.” When we got to my home, Aunt Mary’s folks stayed all night and in place of going to bed, I had to churn and make butter and get my eggs ready for market. I had some butter engaged and to go to Lawrenceburg with it. That was another night I never saw the bed. After I drove Aunt Mary’s team home I had to drive mine into town. But now I don’t drive any more, I ride in automobiles. Here is another story. One time I went to Dayton, Ohio where my Aunt, Mary Corman, lived. I took Wesley and went with my motherin-law. My husband drove us to Lawrenceburg to take the train. My mother-in-law had him help her to carry a bench out as it was so warm in the depot. While they were carrying it out, she fell and hurt her back. She went on with us and when we got there we got a doctor who told her to stay in bed a week. But she stayed only one day, and then she went to the soldier’s home with us. She stood the trip fine too. The first thing we saw when we got to the soldier’s home was brass band playing. I had never heard one before or since that sounded so nice. The next thing we saw was a merry-go-round. My husband’s sister got on a mule; it wasn’t as tall as the horses. There were seats to ride in too. My mother-in-law told me that if I would jump on one of those horses she would pay for my ride. So I leaped on one of the horses with Wesley on my arm. When it stopped I jumped off. She said then that, if I would ride again, and grab a ring from a post on which there were about a dozen of them, she would pay for my ride again. I was afraid to grab for a ring with Wesley on my arm though, he wasn’t yet two years old. Those that did grab a ring on the way around got a ride free, those that didn’t paid ten cents. The next thing we saw was a park, it seemed like it was nearly all forest, and there was a spring of the clearest water coming out of a hill. You could get a drink if you wanted to. There were benches against some of the big trees and plenty of places to rest. It was very hot that day and the next thing we saw was a beautiful lawn with all kinds of flowers and a stone walk through the center. This walk led to a department where the soldiers were making all kinds of beaded pocketbooks and bead baskets and other ornaments. The beads were strung on wire. Then we saw a building with a very large room that had shelves in it and on them was one roasting pan full of meat after another. Of course this was thirty-seven years ago. I don’t suppose they need all that meat now. Most of the old soldiers are dead. The next thing we saw was one bed after another full of sick soldiers. In another building we saw some embalmed mummies from Egypt, standing straight up in their coffins. I suspect this might be called a museum. Then we saw some soldiers breaking rocks to level up the road. Perhaps nowadays they have cement roads like we have in Washington. I asked the boss why these soldiers had to work there in the hot sun while he stood there with an umbrella over his head. He said that they had run away from the home and gotten drunk. Please read the next issue of The BEACON for the continuation of Chapter XIV of The Story of My Life. 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debbystutz.thebeacon@yahoo.com December 2023 THE BEACON Page 1B S BEACON PORTS SCENE By Chris Jack Nobbe Zoller beaconsports @live.com sports@goBEACONnews.com SD Girls Claim First Sectional Title Since 1987 The IHSAA drafted a new state tournament map for the cross-country series during the summer of 2023. It condensed the previous fourweek series with a three-week format. It increased advancement from each level while eliminating By a whole level. It also realigned Maxine many sectionals around the state and had Klump coaches adjusting Community schedules only months Correspondent before the season to accommodate the new format and longer regular season. maxineklump.thebeacon@yahoo.com South Dearborn had hosted the boys’ and girls’ joint sectional for several years but would now travel to Hanover for the new sectional alignment. While coaches in the area have positive and negative views of the new tournament design, Jeremy Baney’s South Dearborn girls’ team was at least happy with the first-year result. South Dearborn won its first girls’ sectional title since 1987 Members and coaches of SD’s IHSAA Sectional title team (front) Reva Geiser and Malia Martin, (back) Guy Soule, Nathaniel Walter, Emma Hughes, Kyleigh Berry, Sylvea Kraemer, Mary Hallgarth, Shelby Rohe, Zoey Heizer, Mgr. Avary Young, and head coach Jeremy Baney. Not pictured is Lakota Vincent. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Baney) with 47 points to runner-up Charlestown’s 60. Sophomore Reva Geiser led the way with a third-place finish in 21:11.4. Junior Shelby Rohe was 7th (10th overall) and senior Mary Hallgarth was 9th (12th overall). Junior Zoey Heizer was 13th (16th overall), and junior Lakota Vincent was 15th (21st overall) to complete the scoring. Sophomores Sylvea Kraemer and Malia Martin helped to limit opponent placings with 17th (25th) and 19th (28th) place finishes, respectively. Their top four runners all were named all-sectional, which is the most in team history. The team also claimed the South Ripley Great Pumpkin Invitational and were runnersup in their own South Dearborn Invitational. Geiser now ranks 7th on the SD all-time list while Rohe is 13th and Hallgarth finishes her career ranked 15th. Three Golfers Place Well at State Finals Three area golfers advanced to the IHSAA State Golf Finals held at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel on September 29 and 30. Batesville advanced junior Addyson Weiler and Sophomore Ava South, while East Central sophomore Rowan Pies advanced for the Trojans. These three have also garnered medalist honors throughout the season. The Batesville golf team was again crowned Ripley County, EIAC, and IHSAA Sectional champions (fourth consecutive) but narrowly missed a return team trip to the state finals when they finished fourth at the IHSAA Regional. They placed just four shots from team advancement. As a freshman, Ava South placed third in the state when she put together rounds of 74 and 78 for the Bulldogs last season. This season, she claimed the EIAC MVP honors by shooting an even-par 70. This past summer South also garnered other hardware when she placed second in the Indiana Junior PGA Championship in June. South advanced from the regional level with a score of 76 and sixth place. South would not disappoint in her return to the state finals with Batesville’s golf team claimed their fourth-consecutive IHSAA Sectional title at Greensburg Country Club. (Photo courtesy of Chris Weiler) consecutive rounds of 73 to shoot a 146 and secure a fourway tie for second in the state this year. She tied with Ashley Kirkland (Castle), Michaela Headlee (Carmel), and Addi Kooi (Westfield). Last year, Weiler also competed in the state finals and finished tied for 44th with a two-round total of 172. This season, she was MVP of the Ripley County Meet by shooting an even-par 35 for the nine-hole match. This year’s tournament would prove considerably better. She started off the tournament by claiming medalist honors at the sectional level by shooting a round of 75. The next week she advanced individually from the regional level with a round of 76. Weiler’s opening round at the state finals was a bit of a struggle with an 82, but she recovered well on the second day to record a 72 and finish at 154. This was 18 shots better than last year and left her finished in 16th place in the state. East Central’s Rowan Pies also put her mark on the season and postseason with spectacular golf. Rowan narrowly missed the state finals last year by only two shots. Pies finished third this past June in the Indiana Junior PGA Championship. The sophomore followed that up with consistent play all season. She advanced individually from the sectional level with a 76 to tie for second with Batesville’s Josie Meyer. At the IHSAA Regional at Franklin, Pies shot a 73, which put her in a four-way tie for first after 18 holes. Those four ladies engaged in a playoff to determine the meet medalist. Although Pies did not win the playoff, her round was tremendous. Pies also shot a tough firstround score of 81 at the state finals, but, like Weiler, followed on the second day with an impressive 72. Her final score of 153 tied Pies for 14th in the state. The second-day state finals rounds of 72 for both Weiler and Pies were even par for the course. These were two of only four total rounds of the state finalists to shoot even par or below. Ashley Kirkland (mentioned earlier) shot a 72 on the second day, and state champion Samantha Brown of Westfield shot a four-under 68 on the first day. Brown would shoot 74 on the second day to finish with a score of 142. Ava Bunker of Columbus North, who won last year’s tournament as a freshman, did not compete in high school golf this season but is competing on the Junior circuit. Downtown Lawrenceburg’s Nov 17-19 Event Center Holiday Shopping Expo Nov 26 Mayor's Reception and Tree Lighting Nov 18-Jan 14 Ice Rink Dec 2 Winter Wonderland Parade & Activities Nov 25 Small Business Saturday & Holiday Open Houses www.DowntownLawrenceburg.com SHOP LOCAL and tell our advertisers you saw them in The BEACON!
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