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"Looking at Carroll" Part II Page 8

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My early memories of Carroll include a shop on Market Street which was built over the sidewalk like a covered bridge, the way they were built in Germany. Joe Plogerman lived here with his mother, who had been a widow for many years. He was a fine cabinet maker and also made wagons. Later he became Carrolls’s mayor.

Next door lived Richard Holmes with his wife, her mother, Mrs.Miller and sister, Miss Elizabeth Miller. The two sisters were the leading dressmakers and milliners of the town.

Next door, at the corner of Market and Lock Streets, was a two-strory, two-family apartment with an outside stairway and a grocery store in front. The store was owned and operated by Dennis Danahy, the father of Mrs.Farrell. The Danahy home burned in 1892 and Mrs. Charles Stroth now resides in a home built in this location.

Wesley Holmes was my ideal of a Christian gentleman. He was always public spirited and loved to help our church or community. He was one of  the main promoters of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Banking Company in December, 1906. For more tha fifty years this important financial institution of Carroll has enjoyed the confidence and patronage of the whole county. Mr. Holmes, its first president, was removed by death on April 8, 1910. Charles E. Kistler was cashier at the time. Lebeous T. Martin was the bank’s second president, Edward Alspaugh third, William (Billy) Coffman, a farmer near Greencastle, fourth, Charles E. Kistler the fifth and present president. John Kistler is cashier, Alice Schmidt assistant, Alice Benson bookkeeper and Judson C. Kistler is the attorney.

Charley Oberle, son of Fred, started Carroll’s first ice cream parlor in his home, now the residence of Lester Blackstone in Brooklyn ( the popular name for Oberle Avenue). After several summers during which the business grew, he rented a building where the Clyde Blackstone store now stands. It was very small at that time, but later he enlarged it and turned it into a department store with an opera house roof garden. Here open air concerts would be given each Saturday night which were very popular. Mr George Swyers was leader of the orchestra, Mr. Jess Kindler the cornet soloist and his wife Emma (Aldred) the pianist. These were the parents of Miss Alice Kindler, of whom all Carroll residents have reason to be proud. She is a talented musician, charming and well educated, has been a concert pianist and has music studios at home and in Lancaster.

In winter the opera house was used as a dance hall and for holding farmers’ institutes, lecturers, graduation exercises and other entertainments. Charley Oberle had plenty of clerks in his store and also had an order and delivery service. This was before the days of telephones, and his brother Jim would come to the house and take orders for ice, milk and groceries to be delivered on the following day. Charley’s son, Carl, now lives in Lancaster, also his widow Etta. Three daughters have passed on, Maud, Carrie and Dorris. Later Charley became interested in silent movies, and sold his store and moved to Logan where he operated a picture show. After his retirement he moved to Columbus where he died.

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