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THE PAPER
November 23, 2011
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Christian Letters from Santa to benefit Historic Woman’s Clubhouse Heritage stone-type structures During that era, the by Danielle Smith in Wabash and more Clubhouse had to be than 500 residential reserved a year in Church to For the 2011 holiday and business build- advance because it season, the Woman’s ings in the communi- was always booked. C l u b h o u s e ty,” Stouffer said. “At offer free “Most sororities Association will facil- the back staircase you met here and you had the delivery of can tell it was built wedding receptions Thanksgiving itate personalized letters for children because and everything here from Santa to chil- the stairs are wide because the dinner dren. Proceeds from and the rise is very Honeywell Center DSmith @thepaperofwabash.com
Christian Heritage Church, 2776 River Rd., Wabash, is preparing a free Thanksgiving dinner for anyone would like to join and give thanks. Dinner will be served from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Carryout, as well as delivery, will be available, so if you are unable to attend call 260-5697710. Leave a message and give your address and how many dinners are needed.
The staff at The Paper wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
this fundraiser will be used to further restore the Historic Woman’s Clubhouse, 770 W. Hill St., Wabash. The form to receive a letter can be found on page 12 of this edition issue of The Paper. Forms to receive the letters are sent to the Woman’s Clubhouse “We have retired teachers from MSD and Wabash City Schools who are ‘helping with the organization of the letters,” said Ellen Stouffer, a five-year member of the Woman’s C l u b h o u s e Association. Each individual child will receive their customized letter from Santa the week before Christmas. The Historic Woman’s Clubhouse was built in 1889 as an orphanage. “Joseph Hipskind was the designer and builder. He also built the library and other
small so little legs could go up.” The orphanage housed 47 children at its opening, and continued housing children until White’s Residential, then called White’s Institute, opened. “It was very hard, financially, for the orphanage,” said Carol McDonald, president of the Woman’s Clubhouse Association. “They had a farm out here and they had their own chickens and cows for milk.” After the orphanage closed, the building became the first city hospital in Wabash. It became The Woman’s Clubhouse in 1930 when the association was incorporated by the women of Wabash. McDonald has been a member of the Woman’s Clubhouse Association since 1952. Her wedding reception was held at the Clubhouse.
wasn’t available,” McDonald recalls. The Woman’s Clubhouse is owned by the City of Wabash and maintained by the association. Five years ago, it was in jeopardy of being closed due to its deteriorating condition. At that time, the association and the City partnered to help save the historic landmark. Stouffer and her husband, Bill, became involved at that point. “We say they saved the building, more or less. They became interested because of their love for history and when they came on board is when things started changing,” McDonald said. “Ellen has been the force behind all of this. She has gotten grants and things and she has done a lot of work to help with this.” “The board of the Woman’s Clubhouse really decided that they were going to
MRS. CLAUSE, Carol McDonald, president of the Woman’s Clubhouse Association, is preparing personalized letters to send to children as a fundraiser for the Historic Woman’s Clubhouse. If you would like your child to receive a personalized letter, send in the form found on page 12 of this issue of The Paper. (photo by Danielle Smith) make a concerted effort to see if they could raise enough money to make it a viable building again,” Stouffer said. She went on to say that this spurred a major growth in membership to nearly 700 individuals. This surge in membership helped to pay bills and complete the first project: a new heating and cooling system. “You couldn’t afford to heat the building. It had this horrible boiler that took 45 minutes to get to tempera-
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Due to an unusual turn of events, the dining room was restored twice. The room above the dining room was formerly used as an operating room, so it’s floor consists of a 12-inch slab of cement, which keeps the building from shifting. After two earthquakes shook the building, the immovable state of the walls caused them to crack. “Last winter, Steve Lake, who was also the major restorer of the Auburn Cord (continued on page 4)
Metro North first-graders share turkey recipes
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Vol. 34, No. 36
ture before it would even start to heat the building,” Stouffer recalled. Once the new heating and cooling systems were installed, people began working on the interior of the building, room by room. “It was very dowdy and brown and so several ladies and gentlemen started to restore things. We’ve been able to work in all of the rooms downstairs; the upstairs still needs restoration,” Stouffer said.
MRS. VANLANDINGHAM’S FIRST-GRADE CLASS shared their version of Thanksgiving turkey recipes. Pictured are: front row, (from left) Claire Thompson, Jayden Janner, James Griffey, John Clark, Addie France; middle row, Asia Miller, Jacob Myers, Alana Amburgey, Dylan Ross, Tristan Barlow; back row, Luke Tacker, Coy Pefley, Jaxton Peas, Ella Haupert, Trysten Hackworth and Alyssa Greene. (photo provided)
M r s . Va n l a n d i n g h a m ’ s first-grade class at Metro North Elementary recently shared their own recipes for Thanksgiving turkeys. Tristan Barlow I go to Grandma’s house to get a turkey. She has a turkey in her chicken house but he doesn’t know when we’re gonna get him. We all get in a circle around him and I’m the one that will catch him. Kill the turkey with a big fork. Put the turkey in a bucket of hot water to get the fur off. Use your fingers to get it all off. Cut the skin off and get the meat out. Go inside the house to cook it. Put salt and sugar
on the turkey and put it in a pot. Then you put it in the oven. Cook the turkey for 11 minutes at 12 degrees. Put a fork in the turkey when you think it is done. If stuff sticks to the fork when you take it out of the turkey, it ain’t done. When the turkey is done, take it out of the oven, put it on a plate. Have Grandma cut the turkey with a sharp knife and eat it! I like to have ketchup to dip my turkey in. John Clark Go into the woods and look for a turkey. They blend in with the trees so it will be hard to find one. You might find one in a beaver’s home. When you find one, try to (continued on page 8)