12-29-2009
( Reply#: 4372 ) |
BobK |
Hessville was 100 years old in 1947.
http://www.hammondindiana.com/history2.htm
Bob
[img]http://home.comcast.net/~rkekeis/Bob1.jpg[/img] |
12-29-2009
( Reply#: 4373 ) |
wvcogs |
Apparently the men grew beards as is or was customary during a centennial year and there was a "grand" parade down Kennedy Avenue along with other activities. There must be pictures out there somewhere.
Ken |
12-29-2009
( Reply#: 4374 ) |
S C Jones |
There is a Chicago Tribune article referenced online:
Aug 3, 1947 - Miss Lydia Hess is the daughter of Joseph Hess, founder of Hessville, Ind., which will celebrate its centennial Friday, Saturday, and next Sunday. Miss Hess, only living child of the pioneer, has been named centennial queen. Hessville now is a part of Hammond.
From Pioneer's Daughter Named Queen - Related web pages
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access] ...
quote:
Originally posted by wvcogs
A friend who graduated from Morton in 1956 mentioned she had a vague memory of a Hessville centennial celebration that occurred maybe in 1947. Do any of you Region folks on the forum have any knowledge of such a centennial celebration or have you heard your parents speak of one?
Thanks.
Ken
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12-30-2009
( Reply#: 4387 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by S C Jones
There is a Chicago Tribune article referenced online:
Aug 3, 1947 - Miss Lydia Hess is the daughter of Joseph Hess, founder of Hessville, Ind., which will celebrate its centennial Friday, Saturday, and next Sunday. Miss Hess, only living child of the pioneer, has been named centennial queen. Hessville now is a part of Hammond.
From Pioneer's Daughter Named Queen - Related web pages
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access] ...
S.C. Thanks for the information. I'll try to access the whole article.
Ken |
12-30-2009
( Reply#: 4391 ) |
S C Jones |
You are most welcome, Ken. If anyone can get that information, I am convinced it is you.
Your connections and contributions have made this site a gift to all of us. Thank You. |
12-30-2009
( Reply#: 4393 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by S C Jones
You are most welcome, Ken. If anyone can get that information, I am convinced it is you.
Your connections and contributions have made this site a gift to all of us. Thank You.
Okay gang. I got three things from the Chicago Tribune: A photo of Miss Lydia Hess -- the only living child of Joseph Hess -- who lived at 6941 Kennedy Avenue; a long article from the August 3, 1947 Tribune giving the details of the upcoming celebration (August 8, 9, and 10, 1947); and an article from the August 9 Tribune saying that more than 5,000 persons watched the parade on Kennedy Avenue from 173rd Street to Cleveland Street. Thanks again S.C. Now I'm trying to get articles and possibly photos from the Hammond Times.
Ken |
12-01-2011
( Reply#: 7523 ) |
wvcogs |
A short time after posting the above comments, I requested and received a few photos from Rich Lytle at the Hammond Public Library of the Hessville centennial parade that was held on August 8, 1947.
These residents are viewing the centennial display in the windows of Vierk's Hessville Furniture.
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-1L.jpg[/img]
This looks like the beginning of the parade. The automobile has just passed the corner of Kennedy Avenue and Martha Street. Notice that the Hill's Agency store is not there yet.
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-3L.jpg[/img]
That's the Morton School band coming in the picture. There are two grocery stores, A & P and Kroger, right next to each other. The last I saw on Google, both of those buildings are still there; the Kroger building now appears to be a Mexican restaurant.
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-4L.jpg[/img]
Here's one more photo, a closer view of the Morton band. Until the fall of 1953, Morton School went only through the tenth grade. The first graduating class was 1954. This band included seventh to tenth graders.
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-2L.jpg[/img]
Ken...
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/TheOldPhotog.jpg[/img] |
12-01-2011
( Reply#: 7525 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
KEN--
These are superb photos, a great document of the past. Check out the summer clothes---men in shirt sleeves, fedoras, Panama hats, overalls, suspenders, etc...and women and girls in light, flower-print dresses. This was a time when a small community could actually pull together a big, impressive event like this...since parades were
great volunteer efforts where people could all pitch in and have a good time socializing. Today, what passes for a parade in Hammond is a bunch of fire engines and police cars with sirens blaring, a car or two with a few schlubs waving at you, and rows of people in shorts and t-shirts plodding along aimlessly. Occasionally, you'll see something that passes for a float, generally a flatbed of some sort with a boom-box blaring. (The Whiting parades, though--- Christmas, Easter, July 4th and Pierogi Fest---are of a much higher quality).
I hate to be cynical, but the deterioration in the size and elborate-ness of Parades is exactly parallel to the changes in the way we relate to our neighbors and communities; most people would rather stay in with their big-screen Tvs and video-games than gather together in the evening to build and decorate a float, while sharing stories, jokes, recipes...etc like they used to. Old-time parades were a great celebration of the American spirit and traditional values.
I'll probably catch hell for posting this, but it's true. On the brighter side, I think it's great that those of us who actually LIVED THROUGH the 40's-50's, etc and had a chance to experience these things first-hand can continue to gather here (regrettably, not in person, as if we were building a float) and keep the memories and "lore" of da' Region alive. [:)]
Incidentally, check out the Rexall Drugs sign on the left side of the 2nd pic.
ALSO---The way a High School BAND presented itself was a big deal in the days of yore. Morton's uniforms were Red WOOL jackets and grey slacks..plus the hats. I marched in a few Morton parades in the late 60's...man, those duds could really heat up if the temp/humidity was high [:0] I remember July 4th, 1969 (right after I graduated); we marched in the Whiting parade in the A.M., then got on buses and headed out to Munster for the 2pm start of their parade. I remember standing in the middle of Ridge Road--no shade---fryin' in those wool uniforms--waiting for the damned thing to get moving, while the bank clock temperature read 92 degrees. [xx(] I'm sure that today's parents would consider this abuse.
KEN-- so if Morton only went up to 10th grade ('til '54), where did kids go for 11th and 12th?
Thanks for posting these.
Larry |
12-02-2011
( Reply#: 7530 ) |
seejay2 |
Great pix Ken!! God, I love pix like those!
Just as a little FYI, the little white building just to the south of what will become Hill's was owned by a guy by the name of Mr. Christianson(e?). I worked there when it was called "Triangle Repair", a little electrical appliance repair place back in '67. Mr. Christianson did not own the business, just the building. He lived in the little house, one more to the south, and set back a little. I only met the man once. He saw that I had a 49 Ford with crappy tires on it and came in the shop trying to sell me a few 'not quite as crappy' tires that he had...Cj |
12-02-2011
( Reply#: 7531 ) |
wvcogs |
LR -- Those are great comments about parades of the past.
Morton had a "completion" ceremony at the end of the tenth grade and the students moved on to HHS, Tech, or maybe Noll.
The Rexall Drugs sign appears to be on Fifield Pharmacy. Later photos show the same sign on Janc Drugs.
Cj -- I almost asked you to comment on the little white building; but then thought you probably would anyway.
Many of you remember John Melton who was the band director at Morton for forty years. Here he is marching with the band in the centennial parade. At the time of the parade, he had been director about eighteen years.
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-5L.jpg[/img]
Ken
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12-02-2011
( Reply#: 7532 ) |
S C Jones |
Thank you, Ken! Seeing the A&P brings back memories. And, is the Rexall sign
Fifields, or is it on the wrong side of the street?
Larry, your statements are right on target! I am thankful we have this spot and Planet Hammond to join with others in reminiscing.
SC
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12-02-2011
( Reply#: 7535 ) |
wvcogs |
SC -- The pictures appear to have been taken from the second floor or maybe even the roof of Vierk's. That would make the Rexall Drugs sign hanging in front of Fifield's.
I was wrong in my earlier statement. Janc Drugs did not later become a Rexall Drugs. It was a Walgreen Agency store.
Ken |
12-02-2011
( Reply#: 7536 ) |
seejay2 |
Alright Mr. Forensics!! Who shot Kennedy????...Cj |
12-02-2011
( Reply#: 7538 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
Alright Mr. Forensics!! Who shot Kennedy????...Cj
Sorry, no CSI here!! But I could probably give a pretty good guess at what type of camera and film were used and what the exposure was.
Ken |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7542 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
OK, ALL YOU HESSVILLE PARADE FANS ~
HERE THEY ARE, THAT DYNAMIC DUO OF FORMER MORTON MARCHING BAND DUDES:
"MR. COOL"-----
[IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af12/HassoBenSoba/KenONeal-1957.jpg[/IMG]
and "MR. DROOL"
[IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af12/HassoBenSoba/MemorialDay690001.jpg[/IMG]
The guy in the first pic will step forward and identify himself, I'm sure. The pathetic-looking guy in the second pic is none other than myself, taken on Memorial Day (May 30), 1969. We had just finished the parade (headed south on Kennedy, ending in Hessville Park); I was tired, sweatin' like a pig, and did NOT want to be photographed.
But you know how women are about men in uniform, so my mother decided
to immortalize the moment as I was sitting on somebody's car along Arizona Ave.
Too bad for everyone involved.
LR |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7543 ) |
wvcogs |
I would never admit to that being me in the "Mr. Cool" picture. However, it is good to see that the school got new uniforms at some point between 1957 and 1969.
(Can you believe the picture was taken more than a half century ago? That sounds longer than saying fifty four years!)
Ken
P.S. Now, as an added feature, let's have a picture of Cj in his band uniform. |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7544 ) |
seejay2 |
I don't have a band picture like that, but if you insist on a 'uniform' pic, then here it is:
"The Cool, The Drool and The Fool"
[IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/seejay2_photos/Afterbasic.jpg[/IMG]
Oh, Ken! I'll get you...Cj
Circa 1968 |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7545 ) |
S C Jones |
Larry, were you wearing boots of some sort--were they part of the uniform in your day?
SC |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7546 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
SC--
No, they were a pair of "hip" dress shoes that I owned back then.
Now that I look closer, it doesn't seem that the uniforms were actually wool; we must have had a "summer-wear" version--probably synthetic wool. Still hotter-than-H in the heat and humidity,
C.J.--you are much too harsh on yourself.
Now all we need is "the Ghoul" in uniform to complete the photo gallery; any volunteers?
LR |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7548 ) |
Little Stevie |
To all you car buffs out there
in Larry's "Hot N Sweaty" picture, what kind of vehicle is he sitting on? All I know is there is a chrome group of three letters next to his left knee. "OHC" is what I believe it to be.
"OverHead Cam" Would that be the correct response?
LS |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7549 ) |
Little Stevie |
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
Alright Mr. Forensics!! Who shot Kennedy????...Cj
CJ I was also wondering when the three shots rang out in one of these photos.
LS |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7551 ) |
Tom J |
I'm pretty sure that's a 1965 Pontiac Le Mans.
I KNOW that's a 1964 Impala parked behind it and I'm pretty sure that's a 1965 Olds across the street. |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7553 ) |
seejay2 |
quote:
Originally posted by Little Stevie
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
Alright Mr. Forensics!! Who shot Kennedy????...Cj
CJ I was also wondering when the three shots rang out in one of these photos.
LS
OK, Little Stevie. The shots are very evident in the preceeding photos, if you know what to look for. Let me explain them to you as best as my CIA training will extend.
Go back up to the first pic. Nothing has happened yet as the people are looking thru the windows and have their backs to the parade.
Second pic: the motorcade is approaching from the south on Kennedy Ave. and it begins to slow down as the KofC guy on horseback is blocking them in. Now notice (this is important and was omitted from the Commission findings) the woman in the lower lefthand corner is shaking the mailbox and alerting, possibly a second shooter, to the approaching motorcade.
Third pic: Shots ring out from the second story window. The twirlers instictively raise their batons to protect themselves.
The "mailbox woman" has fled the scene.
Fourth pic: The man in the white shirt, just to the right of the trombone players, crouches to avoid the line of fire. He is the only one crouching. Could he possibly have known in advance of where the bullets would be coming from?
Final pic: The "Magic Bullet" theory.
A bullet is fired from behind, but air turbulance from the flute players and the crashing cymbals have caused the bullet to stop momentarily in mid-air and veer to the east, narrowly missing Mr Melton. This bullet was later found, in pristine condition, between the emblem and the hat itself on Melton's head...Cj |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7558 ) |
Little Stevie |
CJ Incredible detective work! It all makes sense now!
After re-examining the photos I think I found more evidence of a conspiracy!
In photo 3, Check the color guard! As the first shot rings out and the twirlers raise their batons in defense, the person in the color guard closest to the camera, still shouldering his weapon, turns to his accomplice saying "It's STARTED!"
To which the co-conspirator carrying the United States flag (of all the gall!), is seen replying
" Shuddup! Keep marching & looking forward as though nothing is happening!"
photo 4 the man in the white shirt. Yes he does know something!
Is it that the "band member" in the third row, again closest to the camera, is a communist backed Pro-Castro guerrilla?
Carrying a grenade launcher, cleverly disguised as a tuba or Sousaphone, perhaps?
Notice how that "band member" is the only horn player with his "horn" aimed directly at the man in the white shirt!
LS |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7559 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
The photos, of course, were taken from the 2nd floor window of the
former Hessville Book Depository building.
Where's the Warren Commission when you need 'em?
LR |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7560 ) |
seejay2 |
This is absolutely outstanding!!!
We can conclude that there was a conspiracy possibly involving as many as a dozen different people! Not just one lone nut appartment dweller as 'they' would have us believe for years!
All we have to figure out now is:
Who in the hell was the target? |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7561 ) |
S C Jones |
None of you mention the woman with the white hat at the front of the crowd, who is the only person who seems to be walking with the band--facing the direction the parade
is going rather than watching the parade (you see her head only in two pictures —could she be disembodied AND, she is diagonally in line with the man hunched down on the opposite side of the street. Is he the target and she the perp?
Then, there is the guy in overalls under the Rexall sign who has disappeared into the crowd in the next picture; what was he up to?
SC |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7563 ) |
Little Stevie |
I dunno, but I think I found the intended target.
In the last photo with the flight of the "magic bullet".
I feel the bullet would have traveled a little more to the left had it not been for Mr. Melton stepping into it's path.
I believe this bullet was a new, covert weapon. Programed to seek out anyone considered a "Dufus". It's intended target?
Why, the man standing on the curb on the left side if the photo. . . see him? He appears to be wearing some type of small clown type hat!
Anyone wearing this type of hat, NOT in the parade. . . .definitely should have been "Taken out".[xx(]
LS |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7564 ) |
seejay2 |
Maybe this is why JFK chose not to wear a hat. He knew how the CIA did things, but it went wrong anyway.
|
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7565 ) |
seejay2 |
quote:
Originally posted by S C Jones
None of you mention the woman with the white hat at the front of the crowd, who is the only person who seems to be walking with the band--facing the direction the parade
is going rather than watching the parade (you see her head only in two pictures —could she be disembodied AND, she is diagonally in line with the man hunched down on the opposite side of the street. Is he the target and she the perp?
I believe she is Secret Service. It's her job to watch anyone and anything in front of the parade. That's not really a baton whe is waving around. Logic dictates that a seasoned assassin would take advantage of a 'funnel shot' as the target gets closer. Not some idiot sitting on top of Van Senus waiting until they were two blocks away because he was distracted thumbing thru a Playboy while waiting for the right moment.
Then, there is the guy in overalls under the Rexall sign who has disappeared into the crowd in the next picture; what was he up to?
It could be he is just a civilian and did what you and I would have done the moment the first shot was heard, "Right!! I'm outta here!!"
SC
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12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7566 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
STEVE--
I think you may be on to something here with the young guy in the
crowd with the clown hat; notice how (in the enlargement/last pic) the hat seems to be slightly artificial looking...as if the photo were re-touched and the hat added by hand with pre-photo shop technology? Possibly... but then I discovered something astounding.
See the little kid about 5 people to the right of the clown-hat guy..the little kid being held by his mother in the suspenders? He's obviously related to the clown-hat guy---same shape head, hair color, ears, etc...
WELL........
12 years later, in 1959, my family captured THIS photo at the Hessville Memorial Day parade [:0] That little kid--- probably the brother of the 1947 clown-hat guy, is now c. 16-17 years old, has joined the Morton marching band, and is now sporting a REAL BIG white hat on HIS head; yep, I'd say that's him on the extreme left of the pic (having become a marching-band enthusiast way back in '47 at the Centennial parade).
[IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af12/HassoBenSoba/59MemorialDay0001.jpg[/IMG]
Also, notice that the parade route has been REVERSED and is heading
south in '59, which surely indicates something obscure and nefarious in this developing
conspiracy (photo taken looking NW at the corner of Kennedy and 169th).
I'm not sure what all of this may mean....[?]
LR |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7569 ) |
S C Jones |
This memorial parade, being 12 years later, the baton/majorette had been made aware and duly cautioned to wear nothing that might cause her to be suspected of hiding a weapon as she marched in the parade----however, her boots have raised a few eyebrows, and might explain the way her arms are being held out from her body--the weapon hurts her feet, or she is getting ready to retrieve that weapon from its hiding place.....
|
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7571 ) |
seejay2 |
Oh Man!! Have we learned nothing from Dallas???
I'm certain the clown hat guy had the same undertaking as "umbrella man" (the guy in Dallas who snapped open an umbralla giving the shooters the 'green light).
Clown hat---the event is on;
Big huge obnoxious white hat---stand down and turn the parade around 180 degrees and avoid a scene. |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7573 ) |
seejay2 |
You're right about the kid north of the clown hat guy. He looks cloned into the pic, doesn't he? Looks just like the guy if he removed the hat. |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7585 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by HassoBenSoba
WELL........
12 years later, in 1959, my family captured THIS photo at the Hessville Memorial Day parade [:0] That little kid--- probably the brother of the 1947 clown-hat guy, is now c. 16-17 years old, has joined the Morton marching band, and is now sporting a REAL BIG white hat on HIS head; yep, I'd say that's him on the extreme left of the pic (having become a marching-band enthusiast way back in '47 at the Centennial parade).
LR
WELL...
Twelve years later in 1959, Mr. Cool would have been 17 and in the band. But he isn't the one on the far left sporting the real big white hat.
Ken
LR -- Can you send the picture to me? Thanks. |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7586 ) |
wvcogs |
I'm doing my best to gather information in this case for you experts to analyze. I'll keep searching for evidence and present it when it becomes available.
I cannot imagine why a crowd this size would gather outside on a Saturday night in August 1947.
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-0L.jpg[/img]
Could it be they were watching this group of munchkins on the stage for some reason?
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-9L.jpg[/img]
Ken |
12-04-2011
( Reply#: 7591 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
HEY----
This thing is starting to make sense now.....
In the picture of the big crowd facing the camera:
1.) The guy down front--slightly left of center---with the fedora is
Errol Flynn's half-brother (same father but this guy's mother was Mexican).
2.) The guy about 5 rows back on the left side in the white shirt
with his arms crossed is Dick Clark's older brother (in another 15 years
he would surrender his title as "World's Oldest Teenager" to his famous sibling)....
3.) The guy midway back, right of center with the suspenders and his
eyes closed is songwriter Hoagy Carmichael's catatonic cousin, who always
slept standing up, even in a crowd.
I'm not really sure about any of these, but I'm doin' my best to
help out here.
---------------
ALSO-- in the bottom picture...with ths piano and singer(s) on stage...
note the girl's hats with the decorative white trim; in
the FOURTH picture of the original parade (above), you can see three of
these young ladies in the lower right corner by the trombones.
Keep sleuthin'
LR
(SERIOUSLY---these are great pics; what a mass of humanity! And the
piano onstage with the kids sitting all over, the flags, the lights, etc. That's what
summertime used to be about). |
12-05-2011
( Reply#: 7594 ) |
S C Jones |
My birthday party? And I had just moved to KY in June. Not to return to Da Region for 5 years, so I missed it! |
12-05-2011
( Reply#: 7595 ) |
Roger D |
You got it!![:0] It was a surprise party allright, to everyone there[:D] |
12-05-2011
( Reply#: 7601 ) |
wvcogs |
Let's stir this pot a little more. Here are a couple mug shots and a line up that may provide evidence. It appears some attempted to hide behind a beard growing contest and others stood on stage to entertain the crowd.
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[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-7L.jpg[/img]
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[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-8L.jpg[/img]
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[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-6L.jpg[/img]
That's All Folks.....
Ken
Many thanks to Richard Lytle, Librarian in the Suzanne G. Long Local History Room at the Hammond Public Library, for sending all the above pictures to me a couple years ago. |
12-05-2011
( Reply#: 7602 ) |
seejay2 |
You have to appreciate the magnitude of the sense of community with these people, whoever they are. And I am proud to say that it bounces off every individual who contributes to this forum. I have seen no forum, anywhere, that displays the genuine cohesion that this group has and I suspect that it will never be seen again afterwards, anywhere...Cj |
12-05-2011
( Reply#: 7603 ) |
Tom J |
True, Chris.
The way we all get along and respect one another here at Sheptalk is something not to be found in other message boards. That's sad but true.
Tomster |
12-05-2011
( Reply#: 7608 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
I've only done a couple of other blogs/message boards, so I don't know what generally goes on; doesn't sound
like I'm missing much. But I sure appreciate what goes on here at Sheptalk.
And yes, these 1947 Hessville pics really give a good idea of the sort of community spirit that existed back then. Too bad--
technology is great in so many ways, but it defintely has its drawbacks...such as practically eliminating the need for
people to go out of their homes and communicate with others of the species.
But speaking of technology, here's a few more pics to share: since much of the '47 parade stuff above
centered on Morton's band, here's a photo I came across two weeks ago in the Hammond Library's files--
I found a bunch of small envelopes with b&w pics taken at Morton
in March of'68; must have been a chronicle of how things in the new building were going.
Here's a shot of the Morton band, taken from the balcony in the new
band room. That's director John Melton conducting AND--- the dude in the center with the white shirt, tie,
and glasses playing the alto clarinet is yours truly.
[IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af12/HassoBenSoba/MortonBandMarch68.jpg[/IMG]
And here's the grand old man himself, John Melton--his last portrait from his 40-year tenure as Morton' band director,
taken from the 1969 Yearbook. He then retired. (check the Sheptalk thread "Morton High School Band" for more info, including
my messages with Mr. Melton's daughter Marie, where I describe his generosity towards me in his last-ever concert at Morton).
[IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af12/HassoBenSoba/MeltonJohn0001.jpg[/IMG]
One more: The 1959 Hessville Memorial Day Parade (see color pic above) ended in Hessville Park. Here's brother Mike
in his cub-scout best, with Nancy and me on that day.
[IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af12/HassoBenSoba/HessvillePark0001.jpg[/IMG]
LR
PS--re: Ken's most recent trio of 1947 Hessville pics above--the middle one looks exactly how I'd imagine the
Lucky Charms Leprechaun would look about now, decades after his 1964 debut on the cereal box. |
12-05-2011
( Reply#: 7610 ) |
Little Stevie |
Seriously Folks, in the above "crowd" pic. Why is the boy in the striped shirt (behind Dick Clark's cousin) and the girl behind him, facing in the opposite direction?
Also, the young couple behind the "sleeping man". The boy has a fiendish look on his face.
And his hand is on the girl's abdomen. She is smiling kinda sultry. Could this young man be thinking of sliding his hand. . .hmmm. . .upward? Maybe trying to. . . ahem . . .cop a ??
LS |
12-06-2011
( Reply#: 7624 ) |
seejay2 |
Oh, Stevie, you devil! Where is your mind headed?...Cj |
12-06-2011
( Reply#: 7628 ) |
Jay |
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hessville%20Centennial/Centennial-3L.jpg[/img]
I think I can prove there were at least two assasins. Approximately one inch below the man riding the horse, and a little to the left, you can clearly see a man wearing a white shirt and white wide brim hat. Notice how he's leaning backwards? That's because he has already been shot. Judging from the orientation of his body, the shot must have come from the far right where the gunman, or gunwoman, is probably off-camera.
At the bottom of the picture, there is a woman wearing an all white dress. Notice the dark hat on her back? That's because a second gunman, or gunwoman, has shot it off her head and it is falling to the ground. Since both shots could not occur simultaneously, there had to be two assasins.
Also, since it appears that no one else seems to be reacting to sound of these shots, the gunmen, or gunwomen, must have used a silencer. |
12-06-2011
( Reply#: 7629 ) |
Jay |
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On the left side of the picture is a man wearing a very bright white shirt who has his arms crossed. Notice the man in the striped shirt behind him? Why is his back to the camera? That's because he just fired a shot and is trying to escape.
And what about that woman behind him? She also has her back to the camera. That's because she is the second gunman and trying to escape after also firing a shot. |
12-06-2011
( Reply#: 7633 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
Yeah, right---
And they all ran away and hid on Hessville's grassy knoll, which has long since been leveled.
LR |
12-06-2011
( Reply#: 7635 ) |
Little Stevie |
The man with the wide brimmed hat and white shirt. . . .
WHAT A WEASLY, MOUSEY WIMP!!! Thank god the assassins were snipers/sharpshooters!
Although he's trying to protect himself by holding a BABY
in the line of fire, the marksman got 'em!
Hessville's grassy knoll used to be Lake Michigan's shoreline. . . 12,000 years ago or so.[:0]
LS |
12-06-2011
( Reply#: 7636 ) |
Little Stevie |
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
Oh, Stevie, you devil! Where is your mind headed?...Cj
CJ, it's not about where my mind is headed. . . . but where his hand is headed!
OOOOH LA LA!
LS |
12-07-2011
( Reply#: 7640 ) |
seejay2 |
You win!! |
12-07-2011
( Reply#: 7643 ) |
tom w |
I don't remember if it was Hessville or Hammond, but I know if a guy grew a beard, he belonged to the Brothers of the Brush. Kind of brought everyone together from the bus driver to the mayor. Kind of changed now. Most people don't even know or care to know their next door neighbors. Tom W |
12-07-2011
( Reply#: 7649 ) |
Jay |
quote:
Originally posted by tom w
I don't remember if it was Hessville or Hammond, but I know if a guy grew a beard, he belonged to the Brothers of the Brush. Kind of brought everyone together from the bus driver to the mayor. Kind of changed now. Most people don't even know or care to know their next door neighbors. Tom W
East Chicago also had a Brothers of the Brush club during their Diamond Jubilee (75th anniversary of incorporation) in 1968. If I remember correctly, for those males over 21 who did not grow a beard, they either had to pay a "fine" or were "arrested" and spent an hour or two in a makeshift jail cell. |
12-09-2011
( Reply#: 7665 ) |
duane |
That's right, Jay. Even the police had to grow beards and got a special exemption to do so, as facial hair was prohibited. I remember my dad in uniform with a mustache and goatee! |
