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The Rockport Journal, May 4, 1951 Article was typed as it was worded in the newspaper. Formal Opening Of Museum Is Planned The Rockport Park Board,
meeting Monday night, completed the preliminary plans for the formal opening of
the museum in the local The $8,000 structure, built
under the direction of the Park Improvement Association, Inc., in cooperation
with the Park Board, is built of concrete and St. Meinrad stone and is a
beautiful addition to the local park. Completely fire-proof, it
will house all the relics which were formerly in the court house relic room
along with various items from the village and other heirlooms to be donated by
county citizens. The formal opening will
include a basket dinner and a program at 2:30 in the afternoon. Included in the program will be the unveiling
of a placque in honor of George Honig who contributed so much time and labor to
the construction of the famous Built in 1935, the shrine has
been visited by over 600,000 people from all states and many foreign
countries. This year is expected to be a
record breaker as the number of daily visitors is running far ahead of last year’s
pace which saw more than 5,000 touring the village. Visitors from 16 states
registered during April, this year.
These included 12 groups of Boy Scouts from The Around 100 The village, widely
publicized in the past by newsreel, magazine and newspaper articles and in
historical data, received additional recognition last week when Merlin
Stonepence, of To help with entertaining the
many visitors expected at the formal opening of the museum will be
representatives from the following local clubs – Woman’s, Garden, B&PW,
Silverdale Home Ec, D.A.R., and American Legion Auxiliary. The club members will be dressed in pioneer
costumes and will assist visitors in village tours. The board, at the Monday
night meeting, voted to raise the admission price to 50c for the tour of the
village and museum. Members of the board are
Mayor Howard Jackson, Thomas Fortune, Paul Vititoe, Miss Helen Posey, Mrs. Bess
V. Ehrmann, Hilbert Bennett, and A. H. Horstman.
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