I lived in Muncie (Shedtown) in the 1930's and I don't recall any bank
robberies. Gerald Chapman was one of the "bad guys" of that era. Anyone ever
heard of him? By the way, theNRA and the depression was in full bloom. My
mother had a grocery store at Hoyt and 15th. The World's Fair, diagonally
across the street from our grocery store was a favorite watering hole. One
of our neighbor families, the Eppards, made "ball books" for income.
Remember "ball books"? They were gambling games. I remember "Guess
What's"
Toueys swimming pool, the Grande Theater and the Saturday Western serials.
We sang "Happy Days are here again" and had a little fun on stage before the
movie started. I left there in 1938, but a big part of my heart still lies
in good old "Shedtown". Some of the local kids would "watch your car"
for
.25 cents for the patrons of the World's Fair. They were happy days. I went
to Lincoln Grade School where Mr Bussey was my favorite teacher. Then on to
Wilson Jr. High where Mrs. Miller taught me English and we had printing and
electricity. Oh, I remember still.- Andy Gilland - Midland, TX
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Campbell" <soup_n_babe(a)hotmail.com>
To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] rr tracks on madison st
hi all
i was told years ago, that in the gangster years of the 1930ths that no
banks were robbed because they couldnt get away from muncie because all
major roads had a RR crossing them, at some point . comments??
bill n lois from N.Y.
>From: "lou831" <lou831(a)comcast.net>
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>Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] rr tracks on madison st
>Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:22:13 -0400
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>Thanks to Roger, an expert on railroads. Any rr questions? He's the guy
>to contact. Thanks for responding, Roger.
>Louise
>
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>Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:39 PM
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>>That was the Ft. Wayne line of the Nickel Plate Road (N.Y.C.&St.L.). A
>>new roundabout route along the river replaced the street running. Today
>>that line is a very heavily traveled portion of the Cincinnati to Detroit
>>line of NS (Norfolk-Sourthern).
>>Roger Esker
>>
>>On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:17:49 +0000 "William Campbell"
>><soup_n_babe(a)hotmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>hi all
>>>
>>>do you remember the rail road that was on madison st from the under
>>>pass
>>>north to wysor st then east to join the other tracks at the river??
>>>
>>>bill n lois from N.Y.
>>>
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