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HOOSIER HOOPS IN DIXIE HOMEMAKERS' RICH LIVES ORPHAN TRAINS TO INDIANA THE WIT OF KIN HUBBARD F_521 _I48_V0L5_N04 INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF TRUSTEES James J. Barnes, Crawfordsville MISSION STATEMENT Dianne J. Cartmel, Seymour William E. Ervin, Hartford City Ralph D. Gray, Indianapolis H. Roll McLaughlin, Carmel Ronald Morris, Greenwood N A SATURDAY NIGHT IN DECEMBER 1830 A GROUP OF THE MOST Mary M. Mullin, Brookville Kathleen Stiso Mullins, South Bend DISTINGUISHED FIGURES IN INDIANA'S EARLY HISTORY—INCLUDING Alan T. Nolan, Indianapolis, Chairman Larry K. Pitts, Indianapolis JOHN FARNHAM, CALVIN FLETCHER, WILLIAM CONNER, JOHN TIPTON, William G. Prime, Madison O Evaline H. Rhodehamel, Indianapolis, Vice President AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY—MET AT THE Richard S. Simons, Marion. President John Martin Smith, Auburn MARION COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN INDIANAPOLIS TO FORM WHAT BECAME Theodore L. Steele, Indianapolis P. R. Sweeney, Vincennes THE INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY THAT GROUP COMPOSED THE ORGANIZATION'S Stanley Warren, Indianapolis, Treasurer Herman B Wells, Bloomington CONSTITUTION AND DECLARED: ADMINISTRATION Peter T. Harstad, Executive Director Raymond L. Shoemaker, Assistant Executive The objects of the Society shall be the collection of all Director and Business Manager Annabelle J. Jackson, Controller materials calculated to shed light on the natural, civil and Susan P. Brown, Director Human Resources Carolyn S. Smith, Membership Secretary political history of Indiana, the promotion of useful knowledge DIVISION DIRECTORS and the friendly and profitable intercourse of such citizens of Bruce L.Johnson, Library Thomas K. Krasean, Community Relations the state as are disposed to promote the aforesaid objects. Thomas A. Mason, Publications Robert M. Taylor, Jr., Education TRACKS OF INDIANA AND MIDWESTERN HISTORY Thomas A. Mason, Executive Editor J. Kent Calder, Managing Editor Megan L. McKee, Editor Kathleen M. Breen, Editorial Assistant George R. Hanlin, Editorial Assistant ODAY, WITH MORE THAN 9,000 MEMBERS IN AND BEYOND INDIANA, CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ray E. Boomhower Douglas E. Clanin Paula J. Corpuz T Ruth Dorrel THE SOCIETY BUILDS ON THIS FOUNDATION. AS THE NEXT CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY APPROACHES, IT REAFFIRMS ITS ORIGINAL "OBJECTS" WITHIN THE Stephen J. Fletcher, Curator Visual Collections Kim Charles Ferrill, Photographer BROADER CONTEXTS OF REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND WORLD HISTORY AND Susan L. S. Sutton, Coordinator FOCUSES THEM AS FOLLOWS: EDITORIAL BOARD Richard J. M. Blackett, Indiana University, Bloomington To promote public awareness and appreciation of Indiana Edward E. Breen, Marion Chronicle-Tribune Andrew R. L. Cayton, Miami University history, the Indiana Historical Society collects, preserves, David E. Dawson, Indianapolis Robert L. Gildea, Indianapolis interprets, and disseminates documentary and visual Ralph D. 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[AIPRINTEOWITHI I^ISOYINKI TRACEOF INDIANA AND MIDWESTERN HISTORY VOLUME 5 NUMBESR 4 DEPARTMENTS FEATURES Designed to record the history of the Indiana Extension Homemak- ers Association, an IEHA oral 2 4 history project initiated in 1980 Letters Everett Case Conquers Dixie: quickly broke the boundaries of Hoosier Basketball in North Carolina organizational history. As the 3 JIM L. SUMNER voices of the women were heard, Editors' Page the project took on a new dimen- 18 sion: documenting women as 14 homemakers. The narrators fondly Memories of Hoosier Homemakers Destination Indiana recalled club activities (such as a ELEANOR ARNOLD craft lesson on aluminum tray 47 etching, above), while also giving 30 testimony to the hardships and Focus West to Indiana on the Orphan Trains pleasures of domestic life. This MARILYN IRVIN HOLT issue samples some of these homemaking stories. 38 A "Dapper Dan with the Soul of an Imp": Front Cover: Artifacts from the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Kin Hubbard, Creator of Abe Martin KIM CHARLES FLRRIL1. PHOTO RAY BOOMHOWER "SING, MARGARET, SING!" ere is an Indi- gram at Tuskegee, Hana sequel to and went to Italy— the David McCul- I think he flew P-40s lough article "Fight- —and, as I said, was ing Chance: Harry the first black Ace in Truman's Midwestern the war. I regret to say Whistle-stop Cam- that he is now deceased. paign" in the summer I enjoyed the article 1993 issue of Traces. very much and think A day or two after that these people who the 1948 election, the were involved certainly Columbus paper had deserve a lot of credit. a small item telling that Truman would TED ENGLEHART be coming through Indianapolis Indiana on his return to Washington from Missouri and that the President's train just received the would make a stop at I summer edition of North Vernon the fol- Traces. When I saw on lowing evening. I had cover that Truman's never seen a Presi- Whistle-stop Campaign dent before so I got a of 1948 was featured, fellow worker at Cum- my interest was aroused. mins to go with me Upon turning to lead and we drove to North Frank McHale, John E. Hurt, and Harry S. Truman. picture, I had no trou- Vernon for the event. McHale served as Democratic national committeeman from 1937 to 1952. ble identifying two There was a good subjects other than sized crowd on hand when we arrived celebrations in North Vernon without the President, Frank M. McHale and at the train station. The train arrived success and believe that this event is a myself. Next page referred to Kouts to and stopped and soon afterward forgotten incident of Indiana history. Logansport—I remember that trip too. Truman came out onto the observa- On the October 12 Richmond trip, I tion car platform and said a few words. JOHN W. ROWELL have pictures with the President taken He was a sharp looking fellow in a Columbus in his work office. Then the final pic- freshly pressed, light-colored suit. He ture relating to Chicago Tribune. That next called Mrs. Truman out to wave picture was taken many times on the to the crowd and then Margaret came President's trip back to Washington. out and some guys in the crowd yelled, enjoyed very much your article in I rode across Southern Indiana on the "Sing, Margaret, sing!" (This was dur- the last issue of Traces on the subject President's car that night from Vin- ing the period when Margaret Truman of the black aviators at Freeman Field. cennes to North Vernon. was taking some well-publicized music I think that it would be interesting I was privileged to board the train lessons). Then the train pulled out for you to know that the first black Ace and join the President each time the and the crowd dispersed. was a Hoosier. His name was Charles train crossed Indiana. I do not recall seeing any reports of Hall and he was in the class of 1938 Enjoyed McCullough's Truman. Am this event in local or Indianapolis graduating from Brazil High School. looking forward to WORDSTRUCK. papers of the time. In recent years I Charlie was a good friend ^of mine have looked for some mention in and was a very fine athlete and real JOHN E. HURT reports of the annual "Railroad Days" gentleman. He went through the pro- Martinsville 4 TRACES HOOSIER HYSTERIA: A WINNING CASE s the movie Blue Chips was Case's Anderson High School team being filmed this summer during the 1932-33 season, and at Frankfort High then he proceeded to supply me School's Case Arena, with oral history interviews of a cou- many Hoosiers appre- ple of Case's former players: Roy L. ciated the connection between the Boicourt and Harold A. "Whitey" film's plot and the arena's name- Snow, both of Anderson. sake: Everett Norris Case. In the Although Case had run-ins with film Nick Nolte stars as college bas- the regulating authorities in his ketball coach Pete Bell, whose ethics efforts to produce winning teams are severely tested as he searches for on the high school and college level, talented recruits who can save his his methods were the result of his program and satisfy the hunger for employers' expectations. When he victory that surrounds him. Bell ven- was forced to give up his post in tures into Chicago housing projects, 0 Anderson in March 1933 because rural Indiana, and Louisiana back- —t | of the IHSAA's suspension, he waters to find his blue chippers, % reflected as follows in his formal let- knowing that in the whirlpool of ; ter of resignation: "My only instruc- big time college athletics the best ^ tion upon coming to Anderson as a recruiters win the most games.