Hello,  I LOVE YOUR SITE!  I was born and always have lived in Columbus and I love to remember "The Old Days."  Thanks for the 1970 yearbook pages--I saw people I used to know and haven't seen for many years.  Do you have any more yearbooks or school pictures? 

 I graduated CHS '65.  I grew up at 610 Second St. (2nd & Lafayette) and went to the old Lincoln School which is an office building now (2nd & Franklin).   Under the parking area of this building is a swimming pool where I spent summer afternoons in the 50's.

 I have subscribed to your page for updates and will be glad to see more. I think the man who may have sold you the radio at Carpenter's may have been Leonard Yoder Thanks--CP

I enjoyed your web site more than you ever guessed anybody besides a relative would enjoy it.  I read every word and can't wait for you to add to it.

I just had to write to tell you that most likely I sold you that ticket at the Crump to The Time Machine back in '63. I worked there from March until the middle of July 1963.  That's why I say that most likely I sold you that ticket. I remember all the noisy children coming to the movies. Back then I sat in the glass booth right out there on Third Street and watched the world go by as I worked.  It was great fun.

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You might already know this but the house at 10th and Pearl where you say you delivered papers and there was a fish pond out back is where the lady lived that wrote the garden column in the newspaper.  At least that is what I was told.  She always kept up the house so nice.  It was white with green trim.

What I know about the house at 7th and Lafayette, the Essex House, is that it has at least 2 sleeping rooms rented out at this time.  I'm not sure who owns it.

Can't wait to see your State Street School page.--CJ

Thank you for your very nice web site.  It sure did bring back a lot of memories for me.  I was born and raised in Columbus, Indiana.  I was born in August of 1947.  I lived on Wilson Street, a couple of blocks north of Shortys Restaurant.  My dad worked at Cummins and walked back and forth to work.  My mom didn't drive at the time and we walked "downtown" all of the time to pays bills and shop.  My brother and cousins and I spent a lot of Saturdays at the Crump Theater.  I attended Garfield school until the sixth grade and then I attended Jefferson school for sixth grade.  I attended Central Junior High for three years then attended Columbus "North" High School.  Things sure have changed a lot in Columbus over the years.  I remember "old" downtown Columbus because that is where I spent a lot of time.  I remember that we we used to have a fall festival.  I think it was called Pioneer Days.  My sister was elected Miss Pioneer Days one year.  She was elected by penny votes.  I remember giving her some pennies to help her get elected.  I was probably five years old.  She is twelve or thirteen years older than me.  I remember a triangular shaped building that was located on the corner where I think Home Federal is now located.  I was always fascinated by that building.  I can't remember what business was located there but I remember the building.  Those sure was the good old days.  I miss them.  I sometimes wish that malls had never been invented.  I miss shopping downtown.  I remember the reflecting pool at the big Christian Church.  I remember stopping at the "dime" store and begging my mom to buy candy and I always had to go downstairs and visit the toy department.  My mom bought my school shoes at Schiff's Shoes.  I also remember bathing in the big old washtub too.  We didn't have hot water and we used to have to heat the water on the stove.  I used to help my mom hang clothes on the line.  We had a problem because we did not live very far from the foundry and we would get soot on our clothes.  We also got soot on our cars and just about anything else that was outside.  My mom did a lot of canning.  She previously worked at the canning factory which was located on 10th and Michigan Street or in that vicinity.  There was a field located between 10th and 11th streets and my friends and I would go there to play ball or fly kites.  I had to walk or ride my bike back and forth to school.  I remember when there was no Hawcreek Boulevard.  I remember that there was a Putt-Putt where Hill's used to be.  All five of my children were born in the old Bartholomew County Hospital.  I remember the old jail that used to be located behind the Court House.  I remember the houses in Death Valley.  I had a friend that lived in a house on a street by Haw Creek close to Pleasant Street.  I think the street was called Kerr.  It was just a tar paper house.  I spent the night there once and the snow blew into the cracks of the house.  It made me thankful that my parents had a solid house. I was married in November of 2001 and moved to Seymour, Indiana.  My new husband is employed there.  I miss Columbus.  This is the first time in 54 years that I have lived out of Columbus.  I feel like a fish out of water.  It is always nice when I come back.  Thanks again for the very nice web site and for refreshing a lot of memories.--NSRN