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25th Safe Night Halloween at State Fairgrounds

October 20, 2021

For the 25th year the Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center, along with several community partners, are coming together to host Safe Night Halloween from 5-7 p.m., Sunday, October 31 on the northside of the Fairgrounds at Celebration Park (outdoors,…

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October 20, 2021
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The Paper of Montgomery County

Velma Marie Dittmer

October 19, 2021

July 24, 1923-Sept. 28, 2021 Velma Marie Dittmer, 98, passed away Sept. 28, 2021. Mrs. Dittmer was born July 23, 1923 to the late Andrew and Alice Salisbury in Peoria, Ill.   Mrs. Dittmer was a member of the Sunshine Group, which sang…

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Terry L. Wall

October 19, 2021

Aug. 4, 1944 – Sept. 29, 2021 Terry L. Wall, 77, Crawfordsville, passed away Sept. 29, 2021 at home. Mr. Wall was born on Aug. 4, 1944 in Gardena, Calif. to Louis Cacia and Grace Haagbloom Cacia.  He had been…

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The Paper of Montgomery County

Anna Meece

October 19, 2021

Oct. 15, 1957 – Oct. 2, 2021 Anna Marie Meece, rural Crawfordsville, passed away peacefully the morning of Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 at home with family by her side. She was 63. Born Oct. 15, 1957 in Elwood, Ind., she…

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The Paper of Montgomery County

Donnie Ray Hutson

October 19, 2021

Aug. 4, 1960 – Sept. 20, 2021 Donnie Ray Hutson, 61, Veedersburg, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, doing what he loved, setting up his deer stand.  He was born in Clinton, Ind. on Aug. 4, 1960 to the…

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The Paper of Montgomery County

Butch says moms are ‘natural worriers’

October 19, 2021

Did your mother stay up late and wait for you to come home when you spent a night out with friends? Yes, that’s what I thought . . . you see, moms are “worriers.” Your mom may have worked all…

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The Paper of Montgomery County

No “Lone Ranger” lunch box for Butch!!!

October 19, 2021

My school started a hot lunch program just after WWII, and when I entered first grade in the fall of 1954, the school kitchen was located in a small room in the basement. A lunch cost 25 cents, and milk,…

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The Paper of Montgomery County

Meet the Darlington Cooks – or at least some of ’em anyway

October 19, 2021

Although this fellow was born in Montgomery County, it wasn’t ours (Maryland) but he sure fell in love with our area and stayed here almost his whole life.  Born April 27, 1808, by four years old the family of George…

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The Paper of Montgomery County

Indiana’s Father of Churches was loved by his church flocks

October 19, 2021

Well, this was different – I began researching a fellow I thought was interesting (George W. Cook) but while checking him out, I happened upon today’s subject, William T. (family trees on Ancestry say Thomas but I never found any…

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