Ligonier High School - Lance Yearbook (Ligonier, IN)

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W' J 'Q xyxqli-,Q-sv' 2 LIGONIER POST OFFICE l W W1 The Post Offlce was established in Ligonier in 1848 and was a continuation of Mx the Good Hope Offlce, the flrst one granted ln the county. Mr. Hostetter was the M Rf tlrst Postmaster that I can find any record of. Mr. H. M. Goodspeed served for twenty years after the close of the Civil War. He was succeeded by Messrs. E. McDaniel, J. D. Casey, J. H. Huffman, J. L. Dunning, Henry Jeannerette, George D. ' Gaby, and William Milner, who is our present Postmaster. 1 In 1910 the ojllce was advanced from third to second class. Two years later city delivery was established and in 1913 the parcel post feature was installed. In the last twenty-flve years the amount of receipts have greatly increased. In 1902 the gross receipts from postal sales was less than six thousand dollars, but in 1926 the net receipts were over twenty-two thousand, seven hundred dollars. A I The Sons of Temperance organized a lodge in 1849 with nearly all the princi- pal citizens joining it. Harvey W. Wood came from a distance, in a. violation of the state law, and began retailing liquor from his wagon on the streets. The Sons of Temperance seized his liquor ilegallyl and concealed it, but about this time the Supreme Court decided that the law prohibiting the sale of liquor on the street was unconstitutional: but the Sons, refusing to give up the spirits , suit was begun against them by the owner, for damage. The owner was successful, and the Sons, in some way, turned over their hall to satisfy the judgment, but retained the liquor. What was to be done with the whiskey, rum, etc., became the absorbing question. At this time there belonged to the lodge about one hundred of the most prominent citizens in the village and surrounding country. After considerable discussion it was decided that the liquor lwhlch in some incomprehensible manner had greatly de- creased ln quantity, though several kegs were yet leftj should be put up at auction and sold to the highest bidder, no one but the Sons being permitted to bid, It was a laughable scene long to be remembered. There were the very men who had so bltterly denounced the cause of intemperance but the day before, trying to outbld each other in order to get the liquor, which by the way, was of -the best quality. The Grand Mogul of the lodge immediately arose with the spirit of the occasion, and amid great excitement, bid off the best keg of rum and in dignity departed, lugging it home on his shoulder. On went the sale and on went the remaining few kegs, to the bitter disappointment of the great majority of the Sons. It is needless U to add that the lodge immediately became defunct. U Today, Ligonier has a number of very worth while lodges, all of which work . for the betterment of the community. There are the Elks, the Masons, the Eastern S Star, the Odd Fellows, the Eagles, the Rebeccas, and the Woman's Relief Corps. S s These are active not only socially but in local charity. : : Besides these, Ligonier has two active b'oostlng clubs, the Chamber of Com- S : merce and the Lions Club. The former is made up of about forty prominent men : an of Ligonier who are either in a business or a profession. Memberships may be ac- U S quired by making an application which is voted on by the body. The Chamber of : S ' Commerce boosts anything that is for the best interest of the community. Although : E it has no power in itself it often makes recommendations to the City Council or S 3 some other body which has authority to act. The Lions Club, whiclrfhas about E E thirty memb'ers, is comparatively new, having been in existence only a year and a E I half. Members are received into the Lions Club at the invitation of that body. : , Only one person from each business or profession is permitted to become a mem- ' : : ber except by special consent of the tlrst of that profession given membership. E U S S -1 5 S ... :'. ll f xr ll I 3 u.. 5 Page 15

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5 THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL OF LIGONIER First Row:-I. E. Kelsey, B. W. Cowley, Joel Yeager, Isaac Todd, W. K. Mitchell, and Daniel Green Second Row:-G. S. Woodruff, E. E. Reed, John Weir, Greely Zimmerman, and M. A. Hutchinson Third Row:-l-I. R. Cornell, Sol Mier, W. L. Jackson, and Mose Gilbert CITY GOVERNMENT Until thirty-five years ago, Ligonier was governed by a Board of Trustees of five members, which managed everything. The other town officers were a Clerk and a Treasurer. On February 15, 1872, the Council plan of City Government was adopted in Ligonier. At an election held on that day three hundred and fourteen voted for city government, only seventy-two against it. The first ofliceris of Ligonier were Mr. John Weir, Mayorg Mr. Edwin Reed, Clerkg Mr. Greely Zimmerman, Treasurer, Mr. Isaac Todd, Marshallg Mr. Melville Hutchinson and Mr. George S. Woodruff, Councilmen at large, Mr. Mc- Dowell, Councilman of the First Ward: Mr. Henry R. Cornell, Councilman of the Second Ward, and Mr. Will L. Jackson, Councilman of the Third Ward. At that time all these men were elected by the people. In 1925, Mr. L. R. Calbeck was elected Mayor of Ligonier, Mr. J. C. Kimmell, City Clerkg Miss Elva Foote, City Treasurerg Mr. Walter Robinson and Mr. William Bender, Councilmen at Large: Mr. Henry Vance, Councilman of the First Ward, Mr. J. B. Schutt, Councilman of the Second Wardg and Mr. Ralph Strait, Councilman of the Third Ward. The-se comprise the City Council of Ligonier. Four officers appointed by the Mayor are City Attorney, Mr. Chester Vanderfordg City Marshall, Mr. Lawrence Wolf, Night Watchman, Mr. Harley Bowen, and Street Commissioner, Mr. Ed Banta. The Street Cleaner, Roy Banta, and the Garbage Man, Ambrose Goudy are oflicers on contract. Page 14 ' f MAYOR L. E. CALBECK

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