The Greentown Grapevine – 2006-01, 13:01

              Celebrdng Our 13th Year?
Volume 13, Issue 1 January 2006
A New Look for the Wall of Honor
In the 1950’ s and 60’ s
photographs 30” x 40” in size
were made of winning
basketball and football teams
and hand colored. Three of
those were made by the former
Adams Studio of Kokomo. One
was made by Jenkins Studio of
Greentown. Those hang in the
hall at EHS.
Later, 16” x 20” photographs
of exceptional teams and
individuals were added. With
more sports being added to the
choices offered at Eastern and
with many successful seasons
in several sports, the number of
portraits has grown to nearly 40
teams and 80 individual athletes
with new pictures added every
year.
Brad Wilson, Athletic
Director, planned a “ new”
display of pictures in a manner
that would make the pictures
uniform, chronological in order,.
more secure, and names easily
readable. There was also an
economy of space as tracks
were installed and uniform
spacing established. The
project has been paid for out of
the Capital Projects Fund.
All individual Dortraits can
now be found in the hall nortt
of the main gym. A decisioi
has not been reached as to whei
a similar framing system will bc
provided for the tean
photographs, but this is a futurc
project.
There are a few of thc
original individual picture!
remaining at the high schoo
Athletic Office. Mr. Wilsoi
has made these available to thc
individual athletes free o
charge. To make arrangement
to pick up a portrait, call him a
628- 5004. -
Childhood Memories of Greentown
by Martha Lou Zirkle
I was raised on a farm 2 ‘/ 2
miles from Greentown. One
of my fondest memories was
coming into town from the
west in the spring after the
trees got their leaves. It was
such a neat sight. They made
an arch that went all the way
down Main Street. It always
seemed to me that the town
‘ trees got their leaves before
the ones in the country.
When I think of the town
businesses I always start with
the Ford Home, which was
located on the east side of
South Meridian Street, where
the Community Health Center
is now. We usually stopped
in there when we came to
town. My two uncles, Hanley
and Cedric Golding, owned . it.
I always would head for their
office and climb up into the
large leather swivel chair.
Sometimes I’d have to fight
off my sister Norma Jean. It
was so much fun to swing
back and forth. Ross Wyrick
was lead salesman. I can still
see Ross with his hat set on his
head a little “ cockeyed” with a
cigarette in his hand.
Petro’s Hardware was
b e t w e e n t h e p r e s e n t
Greentown History Center and
Mast Furniture & Gifts Annex.
That spot is a parking lot for
Hasler- Stout Funeral Home
now. The hardware store was
such an interesting place. It
had a lot of cabinets with a lot
of little drawers which
fascinated me.
In the space now occupied
by Down on Main Street Bill
and Dorothy Condon opened a
restaurant after W WII when
Bill got home from the Navy.
After that it was Smitty’s
Goody Shoppe. Mary France
( Cranor) Mast Pier workec
there and dipped a, lot of icl
cream cones.
The stairway between th
present Down on Main Stree
and King Chef led to th
T e l e p h o n e C o . T h
switchboard was up there. Th
telephone operator woulr
answer, “ Number please” an(
would ring the number yot
asked for. Our ring was :
longs. There would bc
possibly 4 or 5 people on you
line and you would hear eve?
ring.
The Police Office was in thc
City Building, as it is today
but not exactly in the samc
location in the building. Vel
Garrett was Town Marshal
He patrolled the town on foot.
Continued on page .!
by Rebecca Willis
Yeeehaw! Yep, it is that
time of year again! Get ready
to saddle your horses and hang
on for dear life as Eastern
High School’s Drama
Department takes you on a
comical adventure through the
Wild West. “ The Taming of
Judge Roy Bean” by Pat Cook,
is set in western Texas in the
late 1800’ s when the thieves
are thick and the idea of a
good ’ time involves fatal
hangings and pointless
shootouts.
As Zach McQuiston takes
center stage, portraying the
ruthless and revered Judge
Roy Bean, and Rob Smith,
playing the infamous Clem,
deputy to the judge, the once
thriving town of Langtry takes
a turn for the worse. The
judge and his three comical
sidekicks, played by seniors
Andrew Goebel, Kyle
Mundell, and Andrew Maher,
are sure to evoke eruptive
laughter with their outlandish
behavior and rugged looks.
This rough bunch cleared the
town of all questionable
citizens, including politicians,
merchants, and everyone else
who existed until Langtry
became no more than a mere
ghost town.
Appearing seem in gl y
stuck in the time of spittoons,
saloon brawls, and merciless
hangings, Lisa and Butler,
played by Jackie Dobbert and
Jordan Bennett come to town
with ‘ fresh’ ideas of new
beginnings. Lisa is the teacher
in need of students; Butler is a
writer in search of a story, and
both find what they are
looking for in Judge Roy
Bean’ s “ courtroom .” Added
plot twists, ranging from
gunslingers looking to settle
the score with the judge, to
pushy mothers and conniving
matchmakers, ail help stir up
the dust in Langtry.
Other cast members
include: Alicia Welcher, Joelle
Youmans, Chelsie McAnnich,
Ashley Wittman, Kayleigh
Shackelford, Jamie Fansler,
Justin Connelly, Arnoud
Stelder, Austin VanMeter, and
Austin Shields. Show dates are
February 31d and 4‘ h, 2006, at
7pm in the Eastern High
School Performing Arts
Center. Tickets are $ 7.00.
Show up to hoot and holler
while supporting the Eastern
H i g h S c h o o l D r a m a
Department.
Brad Coolbaugh, Andrew Goebel, an& Philip Roberts, work on the set
for “ The Taming of Judge Roy Bean’’- and also are student directors.
Photo by Rachel Jenkins