Page 20 “Beaver Lake - A Land of Enchantment” by Elmore Barce And Other Publications For Sale - Great Gift Ideas! The Newcomer A publication of the Newton County Beaver Lake, Land of Enchantment, by Elmore Barce Historical Society, Inc. Published four times soft cover: $10.60; hard cover $21.20 a year. Articles for submission are The NewcomerA publication of the NEWTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. Volume IV, The History of Benton County by Elmore Barce - $26.50 encouraged and may be sent to the editor, Indiana’s YOUNGEST County Beth A. Bassett, 1681 East, 1100 South, The Morocco Sesquicentennial Historical Collection - $63.60 In this Issue . Volume 9, Issue One - Winter 2004• $2.25 Ralph - The Story of Bogus Island - $5.30 Brook, Indiana 47922. The Newton County Historical Coloring Book - $5.30 Newton County Author, Dorothy Arbuckle Officers of the Newton by Janet Miller The Morocco Centennial - CD only - $21.60. “Dorothy Fry Arbuckle Past Issues of the society newsletter, “The Newcomer”. This publication regained strength County Historical Society Newton County Author President, Sue Humphrey, Kentland of Lake Village, Indiana, was a beginning in 1999. Collect each year of the quarterly publication for only $10.60. Dorothy Arbuckle remarkable person!” This was Tax included in all above prices. V. President, Michael Haste, Brook Secretary, Becky Lyons, Brook the statement of E. H. Burnett Send your order with check or money order payable to the Newton County Historical in a story he wrote for Society, P.O. Box 303, Kentland, Indiana. Please mark front of envelope “book order”. Treasurer, Kay Babcock, Goodland People, Places & Things Family History Division Petroleum Today, published in The Newton County Historical Society is a non-profit organization, and all proceeds John Ade the winter of 1967. from the sale of publications areused for future publication projects. Jim Robbins, Director, Lake Village Member at Large I met Dorothy through Fanny Collins, Kentland Poet’s Corner our membership in the How to join our membership County Historian, Dorothy Arbuckle’s DAR Kentland Chapter Daughters of Dues - (Check One) Yearly (July 1- June 30) - Both Divisions Donna LaCosse, Morocco Winning Poetry the American Revolution. She Student ($2) ___ Individual ($6) ___ Individual Life ($100) Family ($9) ______ Ex-Officio, Yvonne Kay, Morocco became a member on October ___ Family Life ($175) ___ Institutional ($25)___Contributing ($50.00) Officers of the Family History Division 15, 1958, through her With society membership you may also join the Focus On Families Revolutionary War ancestor, Director, Jim Robbins, Lake Village The Gray Family FAMILY HISTORY DIVISION Janet Miller, Treasurer, Kentland Barnhardt (Barney) Fry. She of Grant Township NEWTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. The Newcomer, Beth Bassett, Brook was a petite lady, a gracious Student ($1) ___ Individual ($3) ___ Individual Life ($50) Family ($5) _____ Send membership dues to: hostess and always wore a Family Life ($75) ___Institutional ($15) ___Contributing ($30) ___ PO Box 303, 224 North Third Street Reader Response smile. Her favorite color was .Name__________________________________________________________________ Kentland, Indiana 47951 More Information About blue. It was always a treat to Dorothy Fry Arbuckle was instrumental in the Address ________________________________________________________________ 219-474-6944 Pfrimmer, C.H. Peck visit in her home at Lake organization and development of the Lake Village City__________________________ ____________State ________Zip______________ e-mail: [email protected] and More Village. Library. Picture reprinted from “The History of Newton After the sudden death of County, 1985”. her husband, Lloyd, in 1960, Landowners of 1904 Mrs. Arbuckle took over their petroleum business, Arbuckle Oil Company. She had some Grant Township bookkeeping experience from helping her husband, but then she became a lady jobber and PRESORT STANDARD distributor. With the help of her husband’s employees, Dean Dawson and “Peanut” Brunton, U.S. POSTAGE PAID NCHS News and Reports she sold heating oil to homeowners at retail and distributed gasoline and motor oil to service PERMIT stations and large farm owners. However, this was not the only remarkable trait of Dorothy The Newcomer NUMBER 35 Arbuckle. A publication of the NEWTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. P.O. BOX 303, Kentland, Indiana 47951 Rensselaer, Indiana A Brush Stirs Up She was an author of two published historical novels for children and numerous articles ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED 47978 Business In Brook for newspapers and magazines. She was a composer of more than 200 musical works, Ethel Hess’s Invention ranging from church pieces to popular choral numbers. She has been a pianist, organist, choir director, teacher, and librarian. She was the winner of the Evelyn Cole Peters DAR National Internet Insights writing award for poetry two different years. In 1979, with "The Story of Hannah Gray” and in 1980, with “Reflections:1782.” She was also awarded Lafayette Journal-Courier's Climbing the Family "George Award" for going the extra mile in service to her community. Tree at Rootsweb Dorothy Fry Arbuckle was born in the small town (population approximately 125) of Eldred, Illinois, and during the years of her growing up lived in a succession of tiny Illinois Two Ades Describe communities--Chapin, Bushnell, Kincaid, and Cabery among them. Her father was a Prairie Scene As traveling accountant who spent three to five years in a town helping local farmers' groups to straighten out their finances, then moved on to the next town. What’s On Our Agenda . Settlement Began Early in life, Dorothy began her writing and musical careers. She sent off her first The Newton County Historical Society meets every fourth Monday of each month, on the same day, the magazine article at the age of nine; it was returned by the editors with a suggestion that she try Family History Division meets at 2:00 at the Resource Center at 224 N. Third Street in Kentland and the Pages Of The Past again some years later. She wrote for high school and college newspapers (Northwestern Society general meetings are held in different locations in the County at 7:00 p.m. Local members are University and the University of Illinois) and sang in school choral groups. Meanwhile she notified of the place and time each month. Don’t Forget - Memberships Make Great Gifts!! helped out at the University libraries and studied journalism. Do You Know? In 1930 the family settled in the town of Schneider, just a few miles north of Lake We’d Like Your Input!! We are looking for suggestions for stories, articles and pictures for our next edition of The Newcomer. We Village. That same year Dorothy earned a teaching certificate and did some substitute know that there are many stories of our past ancestors and their way of life that are just waiting to be told! This newsletter is teaching. But it was not until 1932 that she met the former principal of the Lake Village grade designed to do just that!! If you would like to write an article, submit a photo, contact the editor or a member of our society. school, Lloyd Arbuckle, and the meeting was under religious rather than educational circumstances. Dorothy had been singing with the Schneider Presbyterian Church choir; V Visitisit our our w webeb site site at at www www.rootsw.rootsweb.com/~innewtoneb.com/~innewton Lloyd, recently starting the oil business, had been singing Continued on page 2 Page 16 cost of material, having a die made, Luck Helps Welcome to Newton County A Brush Stirs Up packaging and other angles. The designer claims but a small amount of Indiana GenWeb Business In Brook The second stepping stone was the contact credit for the accomplishment of her dream. Internet Insights with the late Paul Howell, a local machinist Faith and luck played a great part. Chance Climbing Your Family Tree At Rootsweb Project Submitted by Beth Bassett and a genius along many lines; who had remarks, such as “young lady, you really Continued from page 15 Ever wonder where that bathroom brush grown tired of his current work. Mr. Howell have a good idea”, made by Mr. Snyder at a was made? This article written by Vera invented temporary machinery from parts of Ft. Wayne department store supported her The letter will also often include specific list rules and guidelines for Cunningham tells you the story. Pictured the list you are joining. Once subscribed to a list you will receive all a cream separator and other things and a few morale. 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