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"Looking at Carroll" Part II Page 9
Page 9
Fraternal orders in the early days of Carroll were the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Grand Army of the Repuplic, and the Ezre B. Ricketts Post of Good Templars. The last named was the forerunner of the W.C.T.U. to which all over sixteen years, both men and women, were eligible to belong. Later the Ezra B. Rickettts Woman’s Relief Corps was formed, and years later the Woodmen of the World and Royal Neighbors. The last two were benefit organisations and both had insurance. I was a Royal Neighbor and we had a large membership including Mrs. Harry Bounds, wife of Dr.Bounds, Mary Jordan Brandt of Rushville and sister Katie Jordan Porter, widow of Francis Porter of Urbana, Illinois. We still have some members, although this was about 1905 that it was organized.
Travel in the early days was by oxen and horseback because the roads were too poor for any other means of transportation. Later, as the roads were improved, carriages and buggies were used. In winter we had plenty of snow and we used bobsleds and sleighs.
One sleigh I remember particularly was a fine cutter, hand painted and upholstered in red plush. This was my favorite way to travel. We also walked a lot to spelling school, debates and protracted meetings. Then came the bicycles, the real high kind. There were just two in our town, owned by Hugh Saylor and Oliver Ruble.
The coming of the horseless carriage brought a new means of transportation in our town. The first high automobiles, from Sears and Roebuck, sounded like threshing machines and were owned by Dr.H.A.Brown, Dr.Harry Bounds, George Cloyd and Jacob Benson. These were followed by Buicks, white with no top, owned by Frank Sherrick and Harry Brandt. Joe Gundy owned the first Ford, and when we passed another Ford on the pike someone was sure to wave and call out, “Hello, Ford!” Clouds of dust were raised by every passing car and both women and men wore long linen “dusters” to protect their clothing. A favorite song of the time was, “Get Out and Get Under” because a trip almost always meant either engine trouble, a flat tire, or both.
Soon automobiles began to appear everyplace, tearing along at the frightening speed of fifteen or twenty miles an hour. No driving lessons were necessary. After you drove right through the barn or knocked down four or five panels of fence you were considered experienced enough to go any place. If you goy behind a wagon, especially a load of hay, you stayed right there until the farmer turned off or reached his home. He would look over his shoulder and smile at you with real enjoyment.
The automobile brought new kinds of business to town. Joseph Shaeffer and his two sons, Raymond and Fred, were associated in business in a tire shop. The firm sold the business to Joseph Shaeffer and his wife Allie Reigel from Canal Winchester. Ill health caused this business to be sold to Huston and Swope from Amanda. Orwell Noecker was its able manager until his death. He was a good business man, puplic spirited and an active member of the Methodist Church. His widow, Maud, resides in the home on Highland. His children are Francis of Lancaster, with the Hocking Valley Bank, Gertrude of Indianapolis, Indiana and Carl of Walnut Creek, California, near San Francisco.
Travel in the early days was by oxen and horseback because the roads were too poor for any other means of transportation. Later, as the roads were improved, carriages and buggies were used. In winter we had plenty of snow and we used bobsleds and sleighs.
One sleigh I remember particularly was a fine cutter, hand painted and upholstered in red plush. This was my favorite way to travel. We also walked a lot to spelling school, debates and protracted meetings. Then came the bicycles, the real high kind. There were just two in our town, owned by Hugh Saylor and Oliver Ruble.
The coming of the horseless carriage brought a new means of transportation in our town. The first high automobiles, from Sears and Roebuck, sounded like threshing machines and were owned by Dr.H.A.Brown, Dr.Harry Bounds, George Cloyd and Jacob Benson. These were followed by Buicks, white with no top, owned by Frank Sherrick and Harry Brandt. Joe Gundy owned the first Ford, and when we passed another Ford on the pike someone was sure to wave and call out, “Hello, Ford!” Clouds of dust were raised by every passing car and both women and men wore long linen “dusters” to protect their clothing. A favorite song of the time was, “Get Out and Get Under” because a trip almost always meant either engine trouble, a flat tire, or both.
Soon automobiles began to appear everyplace, tearing along at the frightening speed of fifteen or twenty miles an hour. No driving lessons were necessary. After you drove right through the barn or knocked down four or five panels of fence you were considered experienced enough to go any place. If you goy behind a wagon, especially a load of hay, you stayed right there until the farmer turned off or reached his home. He would look over his shoulder and smile at you with real enjoyment.
The automobile brought new kinds of business to town. Joseph Shaeffer and his two sons, Raymond and Fred, were associated in business in a tire shop. The firm sold the business to Joseph Shaeffer and his wife Allie Reigel from Canal Winchester. Ill health caused this business to be sold to Huston and Swope from Amanda. Orwell Noecker was its able manager until his death. He was a good business man, puplic spirited and an active member of the Methodist Church. His widow, Maud, resides in the home on Highland. His children are Francis of Lancaster, with the Hocking Valley Bank, Gertrude of Indianapolis, Indiana and Carl of Walnut Creek, California, near San Francisco.