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...Bill Coonrod, a farmer from Monticello, Ind., joined some newfound friends outside his trailer and showed what 40 years of mandolin practice could do. Don Brown, a Huntingburg, Ind., plumbing contractor who slept in his car during the festival's first weekend, opened his trunk and pulled out a five-string fiddle that he had spent two years building. "I played until 4 o'clock in the morning," he said wearily. "That's what the fun of these things is. After the main show is over, everybody gets together and shindigs...
...Ohio and Kansas will admit that the biggest, noisiest and best basketball state of them all is Indiana, where every boy seems to be born with a hook shot and a stutter-step dribble. No one in Indiana sees anything odd about the fact that the gym in Huntingburg holds 6,300 persons, although the town's total population is 4,000. Folks from out of town just naturally want to drive in to see the games. Each March, Indiana explodes in the wildest high school tournament in the nation-four frenzied weekends of play that consistently draw more...
...Beacon's story came from the ex-chaplain himself: Dr. Norbett G. Talbott, pastor of the Methodist Church at Huntingburg, Ind. Last spring, Pastor Talbott entered the Naval Training School for Chaplains at Williamsburg, Va. He got along fine until course's end, when he was interviewed by three fellow chaplains of a survey board...
Despite President Roosevelt, there was evidence last week that the U. S. is returning to horse & buggy days. In Huntingburg, Ind., President Herman Heitman of Huntingburg Wagon Works (largest in the U. S.) announced: "The Depression didn't affect us in the least and today we are expanding. Present trends indicate a decided increase in business...
There are only 14 buggy-makers left in the U. S. and only three besides Huntingburg are important. J. G. Smith & Sons of Barnesville, Ga. who claim to be the only buggymen below the Mason & Dixon line, do much business in Tennessee, Georgia and Louisiana. Their business is up 50% this year. Houghton Sulky Co. of Marion, Ohio, specializes in horse-show buggies and racing sulkies, do not make ordinary "top" buggies. Unwilling to reveal figures, Houghton last week confirmed the current boom. Biggest exclusive buggy-maker is Standard Vehicle Co. of Lawrenceburg, Ind. Almost ruined by the recent Ohio...
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