The Greentown Grapevine – 1996-06, 03:06

              Volume 3, Isgue 6 " u paper for the people" June 1996
Museum
Introduces New
Souvenir Item
Collectors of Greentown
souvenirs can get the first of a
series this year during the
Glass Festival. Stemware in
Capri blue handpainted with the
words " GreentownGlass Festival
1996" is available at the Glass
Museum, 112 N. Meridian, for
$ 15.00. A few pieces of stemware
in chocolate, marked " Greentown
Glass Museum 1996" are still
available. Flippers ( miniature
replicasof the dolphin dish) are
available in Capri blue and
chocolate, with a few flippers
remaining in clear, clear
carnival, and cobalt blue.
Stemware of previous years,
which is of a different design, is
on sale for $ 1.00 each.
Museum hours are 10 a. m. -
noon and 1 - 4 p. m.' Tuesday
through Friday and 1 - 4 p. m.
Saturday and Sunday.
Converse I
Sometime during the month of
J u n e , Rice Mechanical
Fabricating, Inc., will be moving
into buildings in Converse
recently occupied by Markee
Products. Rice has been turning
out various metal products for a
variety of clients at 613 E.
Payton St. in Greentown since
1991. At that time the business
was owned by Jeff Rice and Jim
Hiatt. Since then Gary Miller has
come on board a partner.
The need for more space drove
the business to seek other
facilities. H k t t says they
Rice Mechanical Moving to
considered adding1 on to the
Greentown building, 4mt when
weighing the expense against
the prospect of leasing the
existing buildings in Converse,
the decision was made to move.
Now employing 23 people, the
company often works seven
days a week " around the clock"
to meet deadlines. They expect
to put on additional employees
after moving to Converse.
Another expected change is a
change in name, possibly to
Prime Products.
The building at 613 E. Payton
is for sale at this time.
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Rick Morris and Statia Langford ( standing) and Annette Minor,
Karen Reed, and Ci, ndy Kemp ( seated) were m eof the membersof
First Baptist Church of Greentown who dressed in clothes of
yesteryear on Sunday, May 26. It was part of the observance of
Old- Fashioned Days as part of the annual church picnic.
Photo by R. Jenkins
Bonnie Bonebrake, volunteer at the Greentown Glass Museum, is
; t s l l j ~ gn emberspf the Bluff Creek Golden Group about Greentown
Glass. The museum was a stop on a bus tour the group from
Greenwood, Indiana, was taking on May 15. Susan Barlow of the
Howard County Visitors Commission, who accompanied the tour,
estimates that an average of one tour per week visits the museum
during the spring- autumn season with about forty people in each
tour. Photo by R. Jenkins
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Glass
Festival to
Usher in
Summer
After an uncommonly wet
spring, Greentown Glass
Festival Chairman Sharon
Oldaker and all others involved
with this year's festival are
hoping we are due for some
" perfect festival weather. " The
Glass Festival will be June 6,7,
and 8 on Meridian Street both
north and south of the
stoplight.
A new carnival will feature
bracelet days Thursday June 6
from 5: OO to la00 and Saturday
June 8 from noon to 5: OO. For
$ 8.00 each day, fun seekers can
ride as many times as they want.
Plenty of food choices and
crafts will be available as usual
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including the hog roast at the
fire station on North Meridian
( next to the railroad tracks). A
variety of entertainment
including talent shows will be
held on a stage on North
Meridian south of the RR tracks.
The High School Auxiliary Gym
will be the site of the Princess
and Queen Pageants on
Thursday evening and the Cutie
King & Queen Contest on
Saturday morning, The pa? ade
will begin at 200 Saturday
afternoon.
The Historic Tour will start at
three different times from Key
Bank parking lot. The tour is by
shuttle bus.
Some b u s i n e s s e s are
capitalizing on the opportunity
provided by the additional
activity downtown. Andy Marsh
of Edward Jones will be having
a drawing for a piece of
Greentown Glass. The Pizza
Place will be serving pizza in
front of their store.
Those seeking to admire and
purchase antiques need to be
aware that this year the antique
show will be in the Eastern
Elementary school, not at the
High School as usual. The
Antique Show will be Friday 1- 7
p. m., Saturday 11- 6 p. m. and
Sunday 12- 4 p. m.
See page 3 for a schedule of
events.