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DARLINGTON INDIANA

Great web page! I have a special fondness for Darlington as my great grandparents and aunt & uncle lived there in the 40's - 60's (maybe even earlier) and still reside in the cemetery a short distance from where they lived on the corner of Harrison & Mill. My aunt & uncle, Ruth & Raymond Haas, raised rabbits for both food and pelts. Later they had a franchise to sell Terri Lee dolls and traveled through many states in the mid west. My aunt, in the late 50's, also owned a thriving dress shop on Main Street.  My great grandfather, Fred Haas, ran the lumber mill on Sugar Creek for many years in the 40's & 50's. We would make the long drive from California in the 40's & 50's. As a young child I remember the "fire flies" and thunderstorms in the summer. Fred would tap the maple trees surrounding their house and made maple syrup every year. Unfortunately it looks like all those trees are gone. We would drive route 66 & pick up a tortoise on the side of the road as it was migration time. I would release it in their garden in Darlington with a date painted on the back with nail polish. Many of those Texas tortoises were seen years later. I started a whole population of displaced tortoises.
I noticed on your web page the picture of the old garage on Madison & Main was torn down and replaced by Fountain Trust Bank. Al & Lucy Lane (I'm sure someone remembers them if I got the last name wrong) ran that garage for many years and is a distant relative through a couple cousins in Crawfordsville. Thanks again for touching my past through your web page.

Bob Ward