Excerpts from the April GHS '70 Newsletter
Addendum from Mark Fogt
Garrett State Bank President and CEO
to Garrett’s Centenary Era
The February newsletter noted Garrett’s Centenary Era, wherein three major civic buildings,were built within a 10-year span beginning one century
ago: City Hall, the public Library, and the old High School.
Upon posting that GHS ’70 Newsletter excerpt to Garrett Alumni News (which I do now
and then), Mark Fogt, GHS ’72 and
current Garrett State Bank President
and CEO, responded to add:
Just read your most recent blog regarding buildings that are all
around 100 years old, and you can add to that list the Sacred Heart Hospital that is now about 110 years old; and the main
addition (The northern part of the building on the Grotto side) would be about
100 years old. The Old Lime Stone Garrett State Bank building will be 100 years old in
2015.
There was an amazing amount of growth and
investment in the community at the turn of the century era, going from wild and
rough to more civilized and refined. It
had to be exciting.
Thanks to Mark and the Garrett State Bank, which is very generous in its support of very
many civic projects, including the annual Garrett
Heritage Days 5k and the very surprising and high-caliber Garrett Museum of Art pictured here (in
the old bank building).
Beyond its financial support, the Bank’s
employees serve on many advisory boards and such, much to Garrett’s benefit, so thanks to them as well.
Planning for the Garrett Summer Sixties
Music Fest continues. You can download three different 8.5 x 11 posters for
display in coffee shops, bars, hair salons, gyms, work places, etc. For more
information and/or to download a poster(s), go to www.GarrettSummerSixtiesMusicFest.blogspot.com.
Don’t be bashful about posting these, we
are hoping to attract people from as far as Toledo, so put one up (or a couple), and email others, wherever you
live!
My favorite changes with the mood –
sometimes the one based on the Train/Radio/Guitar graphic above, and other times the poster
based on what I call the Cosmic Kaleidoscope:
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The
Sixties were about individualism,
freedom from
conformity,
freedom
to be one’s self,
to do
your own thing...
A
flowering, exploding universe of people,
emotion,
color, sound, expression, and more...
A
kaleidoscope
wherein
conventional comparison
and
judgment are not relevant
So come
and be that incredibly
uniqueperson
that you are,
one gem
among many in the
Cosmic
Kaleidoscope
that will
glow so bright that day
The full-size posters are very readable,
while containing somewhat more information than you see here, so please help us out by downloading and placing
posters, telling friends, sharing event posts on Facebook, etc. Ultimately is a
“People’s Party,” and will succeed
or fail depending on public interest and support.
The January newsletter
featured a “Lessons the Teacher Never
Taught You” article focused on the Aeolian,
and promised another Greek vocabulary Lesson
once things warmed up. Finally we have arrived, just days before May,
which used to be the last month of
school, but now is the occasion for...
Another Lesson the Teacher Never Taught You
Vocabulary: Sesquipedalian, Callipygian
I didn’t learn these words in school,
nor did you; but some time later I learned “Sesquipedalian,” which was for
years my very favorite word. It means “a big word,” so it is what it sounds
like. When a word is what it sounds like, teachers call it onomatopoeia, and I
did learn that in school.
I’ve always loved words: onomatopoeia, sesquipedalian, and many others …
Ah, but Callipygian!
I remember being taught that a single
picture is worth a thousand words, and that is still true. But one thing our teachers
(1958-1970) never imagined is that today, the converse is true: a single word
or phrase can generate a thousand pictures. It’s called a Google Image search:
you go to Google.com, click on “Images” in the upper bar, type a word or phrase
– “Callipygian,” for instance – and hit Enter.
Callipygian derives from Greek, and has
been my new favorite word since learning it about five years ago. It is a word
very much worth knowing … certainly one word worth a thousand pictures!
If you haven’t yet executed the Google image search outlined
above, you STILL haven’t totally “Got it!”
And Speaking of the Sixties and Time Moving On...
Who doesn’t know that this year is the
50th anniversary of the 1965 Ford Mustang?
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This '65 Mustang was used in the
Goldfinger movie...
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But how much finer
this 2015 version!
So please thank Bill Yoder
when you get a chance for helping to sponsor the Garrett Summer Sixties Music Fest.
After all, what is more Sixties than the Mustang, and what is
more Garrett than Yoder Ford?
Note: Bill did not ask
for this plug, it will be a surprise to him, just something I wanted to do.
Finally,
other sponsors are certainly welcome, including personal/individual sponsors
who simply like the idea and want to contribute any amount, small or large – “It's all Groovy!"
Make check payable
to
City of Garrett
(Summer Sixties Event)
Mail to
City of Garrett
Attn: Sue
P.O. Box 332
Garrett, IN 46738-0332
And please include
your name(s)!
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