1824 1924 HENDRICKS COUNTY " CENTENNIAL Sponsored by The Wa-pe-ke-way Chapter ~ Daughters of the American Revolution OFFICERS Regent MRS. THOMAS R. BARKER Vice-Regent MRS. JULIAN D. HOGATE Secretary MRS. PORTER q. SMITH Treasurer MRS. EMORY' ME~RITT Registrar MRS. EDGAR M. BLESSING Chaplain MRS. ALVA G. PRENTICE 2 HENDRICKS COUNTY CENTENNIAL APRIL 1, 1824-MA Y 23, 1924 3 MEMBERS Miss Eunice Barker Mrs. A. S. Miles, Mdss Sadie Cook Plainfield. Mrs. Zimri E. Dougan Mrs. Paul K. Thiery, Mrs. Maggie Darnell Winslow, Ind. Mrs. J. L. Daugherty Mrs. Thomas R. Harney, The Pageant of Mrs. Porter G. Smith' Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Joseph W. Ferree Mrs. C. V. Edmondson, Mrs. J. Harold Grlmrs Clayton. Mrs. C. C. Higgins Mrs. W. H. Mohr, HENDRICKS COUNTY Mrs. F. M. Harrison George School, Pa. Mrs. Robert Hufford Mrs. W. H. White, Mrs. Russell D. Warner Amo. Mrs. Edward Weesner Miss Pauline White, BY Mrs. Scott L. McCurdy Amo. Mrs. Herbert C. Sears Mrs. Ruth Owen Stark, ,Mrs. Floyd Lineinger Amo, MRS. JULIAN D. HOGATE Mrs. Rust.ell Cook Mrs. P. Y. Timmons, Miss Olevia McCoun EvaIllSville. Miss Helen McCalment Mrs. Morris J. Hadley, Mrs. Amos Harvey Amo. ' ASSISTED BY Mrs. Walter G. Hadley Miss Bernice Hadley, Mrs. Jewell Stevenson Amo, Mrs. F. A. Draper Mrs. W. H. Sanders, THE EPISODE DIRECTORS Miss Ellice Prentice LaCrosse, Wis. Papers Pendiug-c-Miss Ruth Adams, Mrs. E. M. Stuart, DanviIle; MRS. HERBERT C. SEARS Miss Adeline Barnett, Indianapolis; Mrs. Frank Beadle, Mrs. JOl!leph MRS. ALLEN J. WILSON L. Edmonson, Clayton. MRS. GEORGE W. BRILL MRS. WALTER G. HADLEY All of whom have birthrights in Hendricks County. "A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered by remote descendants." , " APRIL 1, 1824-MA Y 23, 1924 5 4 HENDRICKS COUNTY CENTENNIAL THE PAGEANT DIRECTION General Chairman of Pageant MRS. JULIAN D. HOGATE Yice-Chairman MRS. PORTER G. SMITH GeiLeral Chairman of Episodes MRS. THOMAS R. BARKER Vice-Chairman MRS. RUSSELL D. WARNER Music Master PROF. C. E. GREEN Band Director .: CLEO HUNT Pianist MRS. J. HAROLD GRIMES TOWNSHIP PUBLICITY COMMITTEE THE PIONEER GRANDMOTHER BROWN-Mis,s Hazel Webb, Mis·s Mabel Nash. CENTER-Mrs. Edgar Thompson, Mrs. Aaron Ensminger. "Their home was a crude log cabin CLAY-Mrs. Charles Gambold, Mrs. Chauncey Knight. With many a crack and patch, EEL RIVER-Mrs. O. H. Wisehant, Mrs. Edgar Duckworth. A iOft and a poplar puncheon floor, FRANKLIN-Mrs. George Lineberry, Mrs. Virgil Whitaker. An earth ern hearth and a clapboard door, GUILFORD-Mrs. W. A. Rushton, Mrs. Frank Hanna. L~BiERTY-Mrs. Frank Beadle, Mrs. Alva Edmonson. With a string and a white oak latch. LINCOLN-Mrs. John Thornburgh, Jr., Mrs. Ezra Henson. IMiARION---'.Mrs. Harry Hadley, Mrs. Fred Trotter. ;. Th~children who worked in the clearing MtDbLE-Mrs. Thomas Cowley, Mrs. May Davis. As busy as bees all day UNION-Mrs .. Roscoe Leak, Miss Lela Snyder. Piling and burning the chips and brush WASHINGTON-c,M.rs. Glenn McClain, Mrs, William Merritt. ·.:But'i'ifter the supper of milk and mush Through this "PlifiIicityCommittee" other township committees were II, . l~~4~;time for study and play. .formed. {,. ..:.. : .' "1 'g~i:ri~of 'puss in the corner' ...-..-. , ~. In the shell bark hickory light iXToWNSHIP FLOAT COMMITTEE ._~~.'~:/.....~..i. Then they huddled down in the chimney nook General Chairman-SUPT. GEORGE H. REITZEL With the one old [slate and the spelling book BROWN-Daniel Shepard LIBERTY~James Wright And learned to read and to write." CENTER--.,Mlrs. Russell D. Warner LINCOLN-Earl Merritt CLAY-Harold warson MARION-Charies Kurtz EEL RIVER-Grant Sellars MIDDLE-G. W. Henning FRANKLIN-Harvey McClellan uj~IllN-Jonathan Lowe GUILFORD-Claire Sellars WASHINGTON-Walter G. Hadley HORSE.BACK RIDERS BROWN-Miss Elda Coffman LIBERTY-Miss Helen Short CENTER-Miss Margaret Scear.ce LINCOLN-Miss Gladys Duncan CLAY-Mis.s Virginia Vannice MARION-Miss Lois Ryner EEL RIVER-Miss Josephine Clay MIDDLE-jMiss Vivian Slagle FRANKLIN-Miss Helen Johnson UNION-Mrs. Everett Young GUILFORD-Miss Blanche BowmanWASHINGTON-Miss Jane Hadley •• , .>.1' APRIL 1, 1824-MA Y 23, 1924 7 6 HENDRICKS COUNTY CENTENNIAL MIDDLE- TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES Refreshments MRS. W. H. TERRELL Relic ROY FISHER BROWN- Pioneer Evening MRS. NORA WALTERS Refreshments ., MRS. WM. HAAG Invitations ..............•......... MRS. WINBURN DILLON Relic C. O. MARKER UNION- Pioneer Evening MRS. HULDA SHEPARD Refreshments ...............•.......•.. MRS. BERT THARP Invitations C. F. PENNINGTON Relic ..............••...................• JONATHAN LOWE CENTER- Pioneer Evening MRS. RUSSELL SHAHAN Refreshments MRS. ROEjERT HUFFORD Invitations MISS VANGIE KENNEDY Relic MRS. MINNIE BRIDGES WASHINGTON- Pioneer Evening MRS. CHARLES SMITH Refreshments ............•....... MRS. FRANK McCALMENT Invitations FRED SOPER Relic _ MRS. WM. MERRITT CLAY- Pioneer Evening CHARLES LARSH Refreshments MISS HAZEL HADLEY Invitations ......................•...... MRS. M[LES TUDOR Relic MRS. ELMER HODSON II Pioneer Evening ;MRS. MABEL DAVIDSON LOCAL COMMITTEES Invitations MRS. J. G. SHARP EEL RIVER- RECEPTION- Refreshments MISS RUTH RADFORD Judge Zimri E. Dougan Judge George W. Brill Relic , MRS. NELL SHARP Judge James L. Clark Pioneer Evening MRS. HELEN JONES FINANCE- Invitations MISS MATTIE CAMPBELL Mrs. Joseph \V. Ferree Mrs. Emory Merritt Miss Eunice Barker FRANKLIN- Charles Z. Cook Refreshments MRS. HARVEY McCLELLAN REFRESHMENTS- Relic MRS. C. E .. JOHNSON Mrs. Robert Hufford Mrs. Will Thompson Mrs. Brewer Hadley Pioneer Evening MRS'. CLAUDE BOYD Mrs. C. C. Bosstick Mrs. W. C. Parker Invitations MRS. ELMER HALL Mrs: E. W. Shirley Mrs. Ida Doughty GUILFORD- Mrs. Scott L. McCurdy Mrs. Raleigh McCoun Refreshments MRS. B. C. VESTAL Mrs. Jennie K. Hadley Mrs. John Moore. Relic MRS. OTIS KIRTLEY Mrs. Edward Weesner Pioneer Evening ORLA ;IOHNSON RELICS- Mrs. Eva Thompson Invitations MISS EMMA HISS Mrs. Minnie Bridges Mrs. Charles Edwards Mtrs. George Easley LIBERTY- Mrs. Arthur Hadley Refreshments MRS. ARTHUR EDMONSON Miss Ida House Mrs. William Newman Relic MRS. WALTER COBLE Miss Ethf I Peyton Mrs. Maggie Darnell Pioneer Evening MISS' AMY WEST Mrs. Lillian Harvey Invitations MRS. W. G. PECK CENTENNIAL CAKE- LINCOLN- Mrs. Edgar Newman Mrs. Charles Z. Cook Refreshments , MRS. EZRA HENSON Mrs. Johri'Taylor . Mrs. Frank Guthrie Relic MRS. W. l!' EVANS Mrs. Arthur Blair Pioneer Evening MRS. C. L. HUNT " PIONEER EVENiN~ Invitations .......•................. MRS. CHA8. McDANIEL Mrs. Charles Smith Mrs. Carey Gaston Miss Daisy Howell MARION- Refreshments : MRS. CHAS. KURTZ PARADE- Jewell Stevenson Relic MRS. AMOS SHELTON John Taylor Arthur Hadley Pioneer Evening ,MIlSS BESSIE HARDWICK George H. Reitzel Mrs. Edgar M. Blessing Invitations : MR5. FRED HAYS Charles McClelland 8 HENDRICKS COUNTY CENTENNIAL APRIL 1, 1824-MA Y 23, 1924 9 DECORATIONS- Brewer Hadley W. T. Brill C. C. Bosstick Joe Hes'S Merle Vogel Miss Jessie Thompson Guy Kelleher IMirs.Thomas R. Barker OLD-TIME PLAY PARTY- James V. Cook James L. McCoun James Beck Chas. McClelland Walter G. Hadley HOME-COMING- Albert Kennedy Miss Sadie Cook Miss Lizzie Anderson PARK ARRANGEMENTS- I W. T. Pierson Frank Roberts FOREWORD Harry Curtis GRAND MARSHALS- Pioneer life should be commemorated because it was an age of Chat les Clark Sam Holtinguworth ! Robert Hufford John Reeder heroism filled with sacrifice by men, women and children-and this Archie Figg pageant will seek to develop the history as made by the pioneers of GUEST REGISTRAR- Hendricks County dating from the Indian occupation to the present 1.1 Thad S. Adams Mrs. Edgar M. Blessing time, grouping these activities' in four different episodes-discovery, Frank Guthrie development, education and achievement-pictured by citizens of the THE PRESS- W. A. King, Chairman. ,Editors of the county ass.stants, county, many' of them descendants of tlIe pioneer characters, who will I~ COSTUMES- portray as nearly as possible the actual historical incidents of the Mrs. F. IVL Harrison MIl's.Otis Woods times. The pageant ground is the "Community Park" which with its I Mrs. O. M. Piersol Mrs. Pearl Darby beautiful shrubbery and "White Lick" stream coursing through the MI'S. Frank Roberts Mrs. Harlan 'Hadley Mrs. Otis Merritt Mrs. G. N. Wickwire east end of the park makes an effective setting for the reproduction Mrs. Edgar Pennington Mrs. Lillian McCoun of pioneer history. Mrs. E. G. Randolph Mrs. M. L. Hess We wish to acknowledge our indebtedness to Mrs. Kate Milner SCENIC- Miss Edith Peyton Miss Jeanette Wilson Rabb for the helpful suggestions in technique of pageantry and to the Miss Opal Bosstick Miss Mary Edwards author of the "Indiana" Pageant for the idea of the wilderness scene. Miss Eula Lawson Miss Ruth Hadley E~ C. H. ASSIST ANTS- Joseph Ferree, Jr. Herbert Sears, Jr. John T'aylor, Jr. Kevin Smith APRIL 1, 1824-MA Y 23, 1924 11 10 HENDRICKS COUNTY CENTENNIAL INDIANA: "Welcome, Progress, yea thrlrice welcome-now dost THE GLORIFICATION OF' HENDRICKS COUNTY thou wish to ask a favor of me?" Joyous music fills the air to welcome the Centennial Spirit so d e here to seek the name PROGRESS: "Yes, I am unhappy an cam. 1 ng aeo," queenly in bearing and gorgeously robed in pure white. She appears et in the wllderness so 0 e v- thou didst promise me when we m in an aesthetic dance on the green, afterwards mounting her throne. th done since we met? Music changes suggesting gurgling water and in the distance is seen INDIANA: "What good deeds has t ou bobbing up and down along the hillsides the Spirit of White Lick and . t f ests into fertile fields PROGRESS: "I have changed the gran or homes to be built her retinue of water sprites dressed in pale blue with white over-dress of gr-am,. frutit and flowers '" I have caused many elaborately trimmed. They give an interpretive dance and retreat to and in them live many good people.