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Vintage Views - Issue I - Summer 2005

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian: “History As I See It” (by Beulah Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by William R. Grow) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk: “Promoting Our Downtown Area” (by Rensselaer Mayor, Herb Arihood) p7
  • Jasper County’s Native Son: A Tribute to Charlie Halleck p9

Vintage Views - Issue 2 - Fall/Winter 2005

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian: “An Interview with Rick Kupke” (by Beulah Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by David Nowels) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk: “Street Name Origins” (by Rensselaer Mayor, Herb Arihood) p7
  • Rensselaer’s Silent Star: A Tribute to Augustus Phillips (by Paul Hoover) p9

Vintage Views - Issue 3 - Spring 2006

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian (by Beulah Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Ralph “Ike” Donnelly) p5
  • From The Mayors Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor, Herb Arihood) p7
  • Earle Reynolds and The Reynolds Skaters (by Paul M. Hoover) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 4 - Summer 2006

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian (Township Schools – by Beulah Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Dr. Ernest Raymond Beaver) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • Back Home Again in Indiana (The James F. Hanley Story – by Beulah M. Arnott) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 5 - Fall 2006

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian (My First Automobile – by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Emma Mae Michaels) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • Rensselaer Speedway (by Ted Wilson) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 6 - Winter 2006

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian (Who Was Mary Washburn? – by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Julia (Howland) Healey) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • Remembering A Hero (The Dewey Biggs Story) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 7 - Spring 2007

Content this issue

  • From the Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Philip H. Blue) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • Tom Harmon – “From Boy to Mann to Mich-i-gan” (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 8 - Summer/Fall 2007

Content this issue

  • From the Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Mary Ellen Thompson) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • The Rensselaer Miniature Train Company (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 9 - Winter 2007

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Harry Stackhouse) p5
  • From the Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor, Herb Arihood) p7
  • Eleanor (Stackhouse) Atkinson (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From the Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 10 - Winter 2008

Content this issue

  • From The Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Helen Pennington) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • Paul Gates & The Kings of Rhythm (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 11 - Spring/Summer 2008

Content this issue

  • From the Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Bessie Eger Grant) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • Jack Rodibaugh (by Beulah M. Arnott) p7
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 12 - Fall/Winter 2008

Content this issue

  • From the Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Charles F. Rout) p5
  • From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • Frank Fischer (by Robert G. Lewis) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 13 - Winter 2008

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian – 175 Years of the Methodist Congregation (by Beulah Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer as I Remember (by Catherene Marlin) p5
  • From the Mayor’s Desk – Rensselaer and Edinburgh, Scotland (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • William C. Babcock II/Babcock’s Stone Quarry (by Michael W. Campbell) p9

Vintage Views - Issue 14 - Summer 2009

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Cecil “Pete” Eldridge) p5
  • From the Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • Benjamin J. Gifford (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 15 - Fall/Winter 2009

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian (by Beulah Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Joe Rowen) p5
  • From the Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer mayor herb Arihood) p7
  • William Gehring Farms (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past ) p13
  • Matt Beehler (by Robert G. Lewis) p23

Vintage Views - Issue 16 - Spring 2010

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian (by Beulah Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Lawrence Brenneman) p5
  • From the Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • The Woman Who Loved Percherons But Never Owned One (by Edward P. and Pamela S. Habrowski) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past ) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 17 - Summer 2010

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian (by Beulah Arnott) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Fr. Leonard Kostka C.P.P.S.) p5
  • From the Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • Katherine Drexel – The Poor Rich Girl (by John D. Groppe) p9
  • Vintage Views (Photos From The Past ) p13

Vintage Views - Issue 18 - Fall/Winter 2010

Content this issue

  • Notes from the Society – The Year in Review (by Dori Hancock, President, Jasper County Historical Society) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember (by Helen Alter) p5
  • From the Mayor’s Desk – Rensselaer’s Five Points (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
  • James E. Brenner, Professor of Law (by Michael W. Campbell) p9

Vintage Views - Issue 19 - Summer/Fall/Winter 2011

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian – What Should Rensselaer’s Name Really Be? (by Judy Kanne) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember(by J. Edward Levandowski) p5
  • From the Mayor’s Desk – Neighborhood Grocery Stores (by Rensselaer Mayor, Herb Arihood) p7
  • Lilian Fendig – An English Artist in Indiana (by Robert G. Lewis) p9

Vintage Views - Issue 20 - Spring/Summer 2012

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian – Jasper County’s Link to the Revolutionary War (by Judy Kanne) p3
  • Rensselaer As I Remember – (by Charles N. Stath) p5
  • From the Mayor’s Desk – The Rensselaer Police Department (by Rensselaer Mayor Steve Wood) p7
  • Jasper County Farm Bureau CO-OP (by Janet Wakeland) p9

Vintage Views - Issue 21 - Winter 2012/2013

Content this issue

  • As I Remember – Mike’s Dad (by William F. Campbell) p3
  • From the County Historian – A Walk Through History (by Judy Kanne) p5
  • Main Street Rensselaer – Welcoming our Newest Park (by Carole Beaver) p7
  • The Potawotamies (from the Rensselaer Republican) p9

Vintage Views - Issue 22 - Winter 2013

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian - (by Judy Kanne) p3
  • Phil Wood, Jr. (by Russ Martin) p7
  • Jasper County Courthouse (from the Centennial Book and the Rededication Program) p11
  • The Parks of Rensselaer (by Marsha Gratner) p18
  • The Old Rensselaer Armory (by Ed Davisson) p20

Vintage Views - Issue 23 - Winter 2014

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian - Dean Putt, Gentleman and Poet (by Judy Kanne) p3
  • Hollis G. “Holly” Hayes (as told to Sue Caldwell) p7
  • My School Days (by Bessie Eger Grant, from the Jasper Magazine, May 17, 1976) p14
  • In Memorium (by John Groppe) p18
  • J.A. Grant & Son Motor Freight (by Ed Davisson) p21

Vintage Views - Issue 24 - Summer 2015

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian - Dean Putt, Gentleman and Poet (by Judy Kanne) p3
  • Rensselaer Auto Parts (by Ron Podell, from the Hoosier Heritage, Sept. 25, 1988) p5
  • Monnett School (by Rex Smith, from the Rensselaer Republican, Aug. 1, 1973) p6
  • Wright’s Furniture(by Grant Edward Davisson) p11

Vintage Views - Issue 25 - Summer 2016

Content this issue

  • From the County Historian - The Rensselaer Republican's Gossiper Lefty Clark (by Judy Kanne) p3
  • Kevin Moriarty (by John D. Groppe) p7
  • Reverend Helenor M. Davisson (by Sue Caldwell) p11
  • Ramon Sayler (by Judy Kanne) p15

Vintage Views - Issue 26 - Fall 2017

Content this issue

  • On the Cover: William Holt and Hal Gray as well as the Three High Schools of Rensselaer Central Schools
  • The Parkison House (by Melissa Ahler) p2
  • From the Rensselaer High School Alumni Directory (compiled by the Rensselaer Alumni Association, 1980 Committee) p5
  • William and Hazel Holt (by Jane (Holt) Zebendon) p12

Vintage Views - Issue 27 - Spring 2018

Content this issue

  • The American War Mothers (by Judy Kanne) p3
  • World War I Letters (by Sue Caldwell) p5
  • Lefty Clark Letter (by Lefty Clark) p9
  • World War I Memorial (by John D. Groppe) p10
  • Dorothy Eileen Washburn Studer – Rensselaer As I Remember (by Judy Kanne with Eileen Studer) p12

Vintage Views - Issue 28 - Winter 2018

Content this issue

  • Old Primary School (by Judy Kanne) p3
  • Larry Brooks – Rensselaer As I Remember (by Larry and Joan Brooks as told to Judy Kanney [sic]) p5
  • Rensselaer’s FFA Livestock Judging Team (by Carlee Tressel Alson) p11
  • 9/11 Never Fortget Mobile Exhibit p16
  • The Vietnam Traveling Wall p17

Vintage Views - Issue 29 - Summer 2019

Content this issue

  • Honorable Judge Michael S. Kanne (by Judy Kanne) p2
  • Class of 1904, Barkley Township p7
  • Gone But Not Forgotten (by Beulah M. Arnott) p8
  • The Public Library (from the Jasper Magazine) p13
  • Moberg Leads the Way to Mural City (by Judy Kanne) p15

Vintage Views - Issue 30 - Summer 2020

Content this issue

  • George Tonner (by Judy Kanne) p2
  • Pigs on Parade (by Marsha Gratner) p5
  • Claussen Equipment (by John D. Groppe) p6
  • Rensselaer as I Remember (by Chuck Tilton) p10
  • 1970s Time Capsule (from the Scrapbooks of Marian Kauffman)
  • 95th Jasper County Fair (by Loren Berenda) p18