FINE HORSES ONCE ADDED ROMANCE TO FIRE FIGHTING

Many readers of this paper remember the spirited team that used to pull the fire truck in Angola about twenty years ago.  And no one was prouder of the steeds than their driver, Ev. Wilkinson.  The team was also utilized for street work and like all fire horses whenver the fire alarm sounded they went tearing toward the fire barn.  Occasionally the alarm sounded when no one was holding the horses, but that made no difference - they lit out for the barn anyway.  The cut shows the team and their driver Mr Wilkinson, the picture being taken at the corner of North Wayne and Gilmore street.  The far corner is where the Golden Garage now stands and the tinshop of Walter Wolford stood where the Texaco Station now stands.  Incidentally the overhead telephone lines and  the muddy streets indicate that there has been much improvement in the city since that time.

Steuben Republican April 30, 1941
 

SOPHRONIA CASE

Sophronia Harylett Case was born in Battenburg, Germany, May 11, 1845 and died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cline in Angola on Feb 22, 1923, at the age of 77 years, 9 months and 11 days.  She was united in marriage will William Case in 1865.  Her husband died in the spring of 1893, leaving her with Mr Case's aged mother and sister Betsy to care for.  It was a responsibility and a task she bravely met, caring for them in all the illnesses as they came.  Every one knew her as Aunt Fronia.

The funeral services were held in the Congregational church of Angola, of which she was a faithful member, on Sunday, Feb 25, at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. John Humfrey.  She was laid to rest in the old cemetery.

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all our friends and neighbors for their kindness and assistance during the sickness and burial of our aunt, also for the beautiful flowers from the friends and neighbors and the pall bearers for their services.

Mr and Mrs Albert Cline, and children

Lawrence Miller : Pioneer School Boy

Lawrence Miller, as far as we have been able to find out, is the only person living who was a member of the first class which started to school in Angola. He was born in 1831 in New Jersey, and moved to angola when he was five years old.  The next year, he went to the first school ever held in Angola.  It was held in a log building, which stood on Sowle's lot, diagonally across the street from the Methodist church.  The first teacher was Miss Waterman.

When Mr Miller came to Angola the town was made up of  four log cabins.  The people who were here and those who came later, were mostly from Ohio, New Jersey, and New York. Louise Hendry isthe only person now living who was at Angola when he came here.

Mr Miller has been a farmer nearly all his life, and is now living at Pleasant Lake.  Although he will be seventy-six years old next August, he is still very active.  The day that the representative of the Spectator was down to see him,  he had gone from his home up town, a distance of 40 rods, three times.


Angola Spectator 1907
(Angola School Yearbook)

Santa And His Reindeer Will Be Here This Weekend

Jolly Old St Nick will be here for sure this weekend, according to the latest reports from the North Pole by way of Jud Essenberg, head of the Angola Merchants Christmas Committee.

Santa has been spending a large amount of time and money to make his sleigh and eight reindeer headed by the red-nosed Rudolph, a sight to behold.  The jolly old fellow will arrive at 7 p.m., Friday night, December 4, and will bring his large sleigh and reindeer up to the spot in front of the court house. More than a thousand lights will illuminate Santa and his sleigh.  And to be sure he has enough current, Santa has installed his own generator to feed current to this beautiful display.

All good girls and boys are invited to come up to see Santa.  He will have candy gifts for them and also will have many many gift certificated donated by various Angola merchants.  These certificates will be good for a large variety of gifts both for youngsters and the oldsters.

Santa will be on hand again Saturday to see the children and learn what they want him to bring them on Christmas.  He will be at his sleigh in front of the court house on Saturday afternoon, December 5, wo give out candy and gift certificates again.

All of the merchants of Angola will have their stores decorated for the Christmas Opening Friday night and will be open for customers just to browse around and see what new gift ideas are available.  Their stores wull be open Friday night and Saturday night and many will also remain opened evenings until Christmas.

The streets of Angola will be decorated, also in the Christmas motif, with the mound and its manger scene the center of attention.  The bands of lights and greens running from the edges of the mound up the monument will add to the decoration.

The arrangements for Santa and his sleigh have been made through Santa's helper, Charles Rodebaugh of Angola.  He has spent a large amount of time and effort to see that Santa arrives in all his splendor aboard a modern style sleigh with the glossiest reindeer available.

Herald Republican December 2, 1959

First Auburn 6-Cylinder Shipped From Angola

     Magnificent Seven Passenger Touring Car, Completely Equipped, is sent to the New York Show
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Monday of this week, January 1st, 1912, was shipped from Angola for the great automobile show in New York City, the first car built by the Angola branch of the Auburn automobile Company, a model that this company will build exclusively in Angola.  The car is a six-cylinder, seven passenger, thoroughly equipped, including shock absorbers, electric lights and other of the latest devices.  The lamps are finished in Ebony, with nickle trimmings, and altogether the car is a giant in strength and a thing of rare beauty.  Several other similar cars have been tested out and are being finished as rapidly as possible.

As mentioned above, this, the first car completed here, has been shipped to the great New York show.  The writer with several other gentlemen and some ladies through courtesy of Mr. Guton, superintendent of the factory, had the pleasure of seeing the car loaded in a box car but with the splendid equipment furnished by the Angola factory, the task was an easy one.  Before the car was loaded, however, seven people, seated in the car, took a ride back and forth through the long avenue of the north wing of the factory building, to show the perfect working of the engine, and the grace and speed of the machine, and the space under cover and over the hardwood floor made it possible to almost exceed the speed limit.  The Lake Shore had switched a box car on the siding that enters the building and when the large door had been raised, a rope from one of the cards that was being tested was fastened to the box car.  Then half a dozen men got on the auto to hold it down, while it pulled the heavy load into the building.  The doors at the end of the car were then opened and two trough like skids placed, one end in the car and other on the floor, with supports under them.  This done, the auto with its own power, moved up the skids and the lask of loading was over.

The car, a picture which accompanies this article has been thoroughly tested; one built at Auburn having last fall carried Mr. Eckhart and one of the proprietors of the factory together with his family and a driver a distance of 4500 mile at one trip.  A.L. Murray, a member of the party. has written a splendid article for the Automobile Dealer and Repairer, descriptive of the trip. They followed the usual routes along the lakes through Detroit and Buffalo to Boston, thence to Portland, Maine, including many side
trips; thence along the coast down to New York City; thence to Philadelphia, Washington, through Staunton, Va, to Charlestown West Virginia, following the New River the roughest in the United States, over broken limestone rocks, climbing irregular mountain rodes, journeying for three weeks over rocky roads, proving that the longest fastest all day runs created no extra heat or friction to any part of the machinery.  The tires with which rhw cars are equipped are the Goodyear,  and in spite of the journey of 4500 miles, the tires, strengthened bu the inter-locking inner tubes, were able to make this great journey, farther than from New york to San Francisco, with only one blow-out, and no punctures, and the blow-out occurred when only ten miles from home on the return trip.  The Auburn cars merit the praise of everyone.

Steuben Republican January 3, 1912 

Off For Camp

Monday morning of this week a great crows gathered at the depot in Angola to say goodbye to the boys of Company B of the State Militia as they started for the annual camp at Indianapolis.  It was such an expression of community interest as would do the Company good.  Angola was creditably represented in last year's encampment, and our people confidently expect the same rank of honor this season.  Following is the list of officers and enlisted men who found it possible to leave for camp on this occasion:
Captain E. D. Kemery
First Lieutenant H. L. Rockwood
2nd Lieutenant Samuel Sheffer
Sergeant  Howard Jackson
Corporals Mack Fisher, H. E. Michael and Harry McKillen
Musician, Charles Goodwin
Names of the Privates:
Mort Barron, Phin Campbell, James Carr, J. Clark, E.L. Cory, W. Croxton, J.M. Davis, Sumner Davis, Howard Deller, Jason Ferris, Guy Hagerty, James Hall, R. Jewell, G. Kellogg, Glen Kemery, W.D. Kline, Burl Martin, Galen Melendy, Harry Newell, Herb Pugh, Melvin Reed, John Rinehart, Clyde Ritter, W. Russell, Fred Snowberger, Wesley Somerlott, Jesse tabor, C. Thomas, Guy Tingler, Lloyd Tingler,
Glenn VanAuken, Elro Wilkinson, Ed Yockey
Charles Freygang and Irvin Sowle accompanied the boys as helpers, and George Harter as cook.

Steuben Republican July 29, 1903

Joyce Library

The Joyce library and reading rooms are assuming an air of completion.  Several hundred volumes of books have been placed upon the shelves, among them which are the very best and latest works, besides all the standard authors and reference books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, histories, etc.  Mr. Joyce expects to keep abreast with the times in the purchase of the newest, clean good literature of the day for his library.  A natural physical appetite can only be satisfied by nutritious food which supplies the wants of a healthy body and insures growth, a rounding out of natures plan.  So the intellect must be nourished with high, pure, noble thoughts in order to "grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth," as the wise designer has planned it. 

The appreciation felt by people of Orland and vicinity to Mr. Joyce for his magnificent gift cannot be expressed in words.  As Time, the great revealer of all truth, rolls along its mighty way, it will be said of Mr. Joyce that he too, "builded better than he knew."  Orland has the honor of having built the first church (the Baptist) in the country, and now we are justly proud that another honor has placed Orland in the front rank, by having the first free library fully equipped, beautiful in all its appointments, a gift to Orland and vicinity.  The library room for artistic beauty in design and finish is said by good judges to be second to none in the state,  When in Orland see for yourself.

Steuben-Republican January 14, 1903