Wayne County Bicentennial Celebration Continues With Ice Cream Social, Thursday July 22nd

July 22, 2010 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

On Thursday, July 22, 2010, the Wayne County Historical Museum will be the site of an Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social.

Celebrating 200 years of Wayne County, this gathering is being hosted by the Palladium-Item and the Wayne County Museum.

In 1910 The Evening Item and the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, both reported on the exciting Centennial Celebration.  The Evening Item reported in July of 1910 of the initial meeting of an executive committee authorizing the “investigation of this Feature,” referring to the much anticipated Hippodrome.  The Palladium and Sun-Telegram featured a picture of the Hippodrome Theatre and “Loop the Loop,” in one of the few live pictures used in early century publications.

Both Papers Covered the Events of the Festival

Wayne County Historical Museum

which focused on the 1910 Centennial, including the Governor’s remarks at the closing ceremony at  Main Street Friends church,  reporting a crowd of approximately 5,000 people.  The Evening Item also relayed the details of the parade which ended at the Friends Church prior to the Governor’s speech saying, “The historical parade was one of the most unique pageants ever held in the state.  …every epoch in the county’s history was depicted…log cabins of the founders, stirring incidents of the Mexican war…” as well as many “pioneers” of the county.

It is appropriate that two of the oldest historical note-takers  Palladium-Item (off spring of the two earlier papers of the area) and the Wayne County Historical Museum should host this ice cream social in honor of another 100 years of our county’s history.

Carolyn LeFevre's New Book

The ice cream social will give residents of Wayne County a chance to meet with two historical writers: Carolyn LeFevre author of a new book, “The Battle for the Courthouse,” and author Steve Martin, “Wayne County Bicentennial by the Numbers.”

Sponsors for this event include, Reid Hospital, Earlham College, West End Bank and Smith’s Premium Dairy Products.  The public is invited to attend this celebration of Wayne County.

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