The Chamber SceneHUNTINGTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

305 Warren Street • Huntington, Indiana 46750 • (260) 356-5300 • www.huntington-chamber.com • December 2014

The Heritage Days Steering Committee

has named the theme for the 2015 Heritage

Days festivities as Broadcasting the 1930s.

Festivities celebrating Huntington’s her-

itage will be held at locations throughout

the community Wednesday, June 17 through

Sunday, June 21.

This year’s theme will allow participants

in the annual Heritage Days Parade and

other activities to depict the history of the

1930s, an era when Huntington County,

along with the rest of the country, were

working to recover from the Great Depres-

sion. This part of Huntington’s history will

give Heritage Days participants the oppor-

tunity to get to know a little more about

what businesses and activities were a part

of the community. The theme is part of an

ongoing effort to “explore” Huntington’s

heritage

During the Depression years, most peo-

ple did not have much money to spare.

However, most people had radios and lis-

tening to the radio was free. International

tensions were escalating and everyone gath-

ered around the radio to hear daily news re-

ports about Germany, Italy, Ethiopia and

other places around the world. Adolph

Hitler, Germany’s dictator-chancellor, was

ramping up power with an annual congress

of the Nazi Party, depriving the Jews of cit-

izenship in September of 1935. Listeners di-

aled in to radio stations by full vision,

illuminated airplane dials for reports of

John Dillinger who was killed in 1934.

Radio cabinets were designed and man-

ufactured in Huntington by the Caswell-

Runyan Company and the radio was

constantly being improved. By 1935, radios

were seven tube A.C. all wave radios. The

new tubes made greater amplification pos-

sible. Brands such as G.E., RCA, Atwater,

Kent, Coronado, Zenith and more were ad-

vertised at Huntington stores such as Walter

Electric, H.C. Mittler Electric, Kelleys and

the Tiger Store. Prices showed a Zenith

radio ranged from $29.95 to $87.50. Sales

increased 60 percent and improved employ-

ment rates by 40 percent.

The most popular radio broadcasts were

those that distracted listeners from their

everyday struggles: comedy programs like

Jack Benny, Amos ‘n Andy, soap operas,

and sporting events. Swing music encour-

aged people to cast aside their troubles and

dance. Bandleaders like Benny Goodman

and Fletcher Henderson drew crowds of

young people to ballrooms and dance halls

around the country. And even though

money was tight, people kept on going to

the movies. Musicals, “screwball” comedies

and hard-boiled gangster pictures likewise

offered audiences an escape from the grim

realities of life in the 1930s.

Songs of the ‘30s included Kate Smith’s

“God Bless America,” and Judy Garland’s

“Somewhere over the Rainbow” from the

newly introduced Wizard of Oz. Other pop-

ular titles were “Stormy Weather,” Ethel

Waters; “I’m In the Mood for Love,” Louis

Armstrong; “Pennies From Heaven, Bing

Crosby” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz” by Harry

Richman. The Huntington Theatre was

showing “The Farmer Takes a Wife,” star-

ring Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda, and

“Steamboat Round the Bend” with Will

Rogers. The Jefferson played “Roberta,” the

musical, with Irene Dunn, Fred Astaire and

Ginger Rogers.

Travel included the Interurban. Area

businesses included the A&P Food Store,

Bazley’s Meat Market, Bechstein’s Purity

Drugstore, Branyan Hat Shop, Brown &

Rowe Shoes, City Flower Shop, Cloverleaf

Creameries, Cut Rate Drug, Erie Drug

Store, Freunds’ Shoes, Goodyear Service,

The Herald-Press, Huntington City Market,

Huntington College, Indiana Bell Tele-

phone, Frank Kelsey Chevrolet, D. Marx &

Sons clothing, Merit Shoes, Metzgers,

Model Cleaners, Montgomery Ward, Moon

& Moon Cleaners, Sam S. Nave Hardware,

Jay Paul Motors, JC Penney Co, Phyleen

Candy Company, Rickert Studio, Jess

Scott’s Meat Market, Shideler’s Coffee

Ranch, Southside Drugs, Sowerwines,

Spott’s Floral Shop, Stults-Briggs Com-

pany, Val-U Dress, Eldon Ware Specialty

Store, The Whitelock Press, Wissel’s

Menswear, Herbert Zent Motors and more.

At the beginning of the 1930s, more than

15 million Americans – fully one-quarter of

all wage-earning workers – were unem-

ployed. President Herbert Hoover did not

do much to alleviate the crisis: Patience and

self-reliance, he argued, were all Americans

needed to get them through this “passing in-

cident in our national lives.” But in 1932,

Americans elected a new president,

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who pledged to

use the power of the federal government to

make Americans’ lives better. Over the next

nine years, Roosevelt’s New Deal created a

new role for government in American life.

Though the New Deal alone did not end the

Depression, it did provide an unprecedented

safety net to millions of suffering Ameri-

cans.

In the spring of 1935, a second, more ag-

gressive set of federal programs was

launched known as the Second New Deal.

The Works Progress Administration pro-

vided jobs for unemployed people and built

new public works like bridges, post offices,

schools, highways and parks. In Huntington

County over 250 families had employment

through the WPA, while the FHA stimulated

home building and remodeling. Part of the

FHA project included the Hawley Heights

area on the east side of Poplar between

Edith Boulevard and MacGahan Street.

Robert W. Stevens was the supervising

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Page 2 Huntington County Chamber of Commerce December 2014

Board of Directors

2014Chairman of the Board

Stefan Poling

Rollo Harter & Poling LLP

Chairman of the Board Elect

Michael Zahn

First Federal Savings Bank

Treasurer

Kay Schwob

Huntington University

Assistant Treasurer

Ryan Lemon

Novae Corporation

Arthur Daronatsy

Dean Foods

Trace Hinesley

Huntington County Community School

Corporation

Lori Mickley

Bendix Commercial Vehicle

Systems, LLC

Lee Pasko

iAB Financial Bank

Jeremy Penrod

Walgreens

Mike Perkins

Parkview Huntington Hospital

Foundation

Steve Petry

W.A. Zimmer Co.

Joe Santa

TrophyCenter Plus

Sandra Seacott

Teachers Credit Union

Adam Stroup

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance

Randy Warner

Terry L. Reckard CPA

STAFF

Steve Kimmel

Executive Director

Angie Garcia

Office Administrator

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architect. The Social Security Act, also of

1935, set up a system of unemployment in-

surance, help for dependent children and the

disabled and pensions for older Americans.

Even though money was limited in the

1930s people did not dress like it. Fashion

in the 1930s was just as glamorous as the

1920s. Men dressed in double-breasted

overcoats and sported fedoras. The boys

wore short shorts and tall socks. The

women wore shorter dresses, stockings and

kept their hair cut close to their head. Fur

was in and so were floral patterns. Makeup

was chic and dark, and shoulder pads were

in every garment. Ready-made garments

became more readily available and demi-

suede pumps for women at $2.98 a pair

were just the ticket!

The Heritage Days Parade will be held

Saturday, June 20 beginning at 10 a.m. Par-

ticipants in this year’s parade will be asked

for a $25 fee per entry. Groups are consid-

ered as one entry. This fee along with a cer-

tificate of liability insurance must be

submitted along with the parade registration

form.

Activities that will be a part of this year’s

Heritage Days festivities include the tradi-

tional Chief of the Flint Springs Tribe

breakfast at LaFontaine Golf Club on

Thursday morning and the annual Rotary

Strawberry Feed on Thursday evening is

being planned at Hier’s Park. An open car,

truck, bike and motorcycle show within a

1930s celebration will take place on Friday

evening in downtown Huntington. Awards

will be given for vehicles from the 1930s.

Saturday afternoon will bring a planned

cornhole tournament benefitting Habitat for

Humanity, and an enlarged Fun Zone chil-

dren’s activities also downtown. A hot air

balloon festival will continue through the

weekend with a car show, bed race and bal-

loon glow all on Saturday at Huntington

North High School.

Tours at the Historic Forks of the Wabash

and tours/exhibits at the Huntington Histor-

ical Museum will also be a part of Satur-

day’s festivities. JeFFFest will take place on

Sunday evening, June 21, in the center

block of downtown completing the Heritage

Days festivities.

Poor Jack Amusements will once again

be the carnival of choice for 2015. Rides

and activities will be located downtown

from Wednesday, June 17 through Sunday,

June 21. Streets involved with the carnival

will close on Monday, June 15 at 5 p.m. to

allow for set-up.

Heritage Days are coordinated by a

Steering Committee of the Huntington

County Chamber of Commerce. For more

information contact the Chamber at 356-

5300 or visit the website at www.hunting-

toncountychamber.com.

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December 2014 Huntington County Chamber of Commerce Page 3

DECEMBERBusiness of the Month

MetroNet

Metronet, 438 North Jefferson Street, was chosen as the Business of the Month for

December by the Chamber’s group of Ambassadors. Metronet was chosen as Busi-

ness of the Month for their commitment to the Chamber, long-standing membership,

their involvement in helping organize the downtown car show during Heritage Days,

and to the Huntington community. MetroNet is a 100% fiber optic network company

that offer IPTV, internet, and phone service. Metronet has been located in Huntington

for four years.

Shown in the front row, from left are Steve Jaworowski, director of residential sales;

Erin Covey, lead retail associate, Josh Hatton, lead technician, Mandy Kriegel, ware-

house technician, all from Metronet; Steve Kimmel, executive director, Huntington

County Chamber of Commerce; Nancy Schacht, retail associate and Marcia Weaver,

retail associate, both from Metronet.

The Chamber of Commerce congratulates Metronet on being named Business of the

Month for December.

Article written by

Dr. Marlene Parker, Psychologist

The combination of nightmares,

flashbacks, hypervigilance, anger and

depression that afflict people with Post-

traumatic Stress Disorder can be devas-

tating to themselves and their families.

PTSD is one of the mental health condi-

tions most likely to lead to relationship

problems. Here’s a guide to coping with

PTSD for the traumatized person and

family members when it interferes with

family life.

Everyone must master stress-manage-

ment skills; discuss how the family

wants to address the event with people

outside the family; understand that

everyone is impacted by the event, even

if not apparent at first; remember each

person responds and heals in their own

way, in their own time; not everyone

prefers to talk about their feelings; seek

professional help for all family mem-

bers early whether or not they appear to

be upset.

PTSD is a very treatable condition.

Traumatized people and families can

heal and become fully functional in the

future.

The Bowen Center will be writing a

series of articles for the Huntington

County Chamber of Commerce begin-

ning with this month. Upcoming articles

will include: Helen Claire, Sleep, in De-

cember; Terra Brunson, Transparenting,

January; Meggan Planck, Bullying, Feb-

ruary; Kellie Woll, Self-Harm, March;

Mike Wright, Attachment, April; Lynn

Baker, ADHD, May; Katrina Ott, Mood

Disorders, June; Marla McQuinn, Sub-

stance Abuse, July; Diane Burkhardt,

Stress and Self-Care, August and An-

drew Sebastian, Parenting Tips for Sep-

tember.

Bowen Center

helping families

cope with PTSD

The sixth annual Life Long Learning Career

Day was held on Thursday, November 6 at Hunt-

ington North High School. The information pre-

sented at the fair enables freshmen and other

invited students from the high school to make ca-

reer choices while in high school and take the ap-

propriate classes.

Ten different careers were featured in individual booths called “career pods” with

those experienced in the particular field available to talk with the 400 plus students vis-

iting the fair. The fields presented in the pods included agriculture, arts, technology and

communication, architecture and construction, education and training, health services,

financial services, manufacturing and science engineering, marketing and sales, public

safety and security, hospitality and human services and transportation. Each student par-

ticipating also explored the “soft skills” such as team work, dependability, reliability,

motivation, customer focus, commitment, flexibility, communication and responsibil-

ity.

Sixth annual Career Day was held

on Thursday, November 6 at HNHS

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Parkview Health officials announced

Wednesday, November 12 that Juli John-

son has accepted the position of president,

Parkview Huntington Hospital (PHH).

Johnson has more than 19 years of experi-

ence in healthcare, all in Huntington

County. Her experience and familiarity

with Huntington County will be of great

value to the patients and community as

well as the PHH team and health system.

Johnson has served in many leadership and clinical positions

during her tenure with PHH, including house supervisor, inpa-

tient manager and most recently vice president of Patient Care

Services. She started her career in healthcare at Huntington

Memorial Hospital in 1995 and continued her service when the

hospital joined Parkview Health.

“Throughout our recruitment process, we were committed to

finding the right person, not only for the hospital, but for the

community,” said Rick Henvey, COO of Parkview Health.

“Juli is passionate about and very much committed to the

health and well-being of the residents in Huntington County

and the surrounding area. Juli is active in the community and

she’ll do a great job leading the Parkview Huntington Hospital

team.”

Johnson is a native of and continues to live in Huntington

County. She and her husband, Tony, have been married for 17

years and have two children, Rileigh and Reid. Johnson serves

on the Boys and Girls Club of Huntington County Board and

the Huntington County Community School’s Community Ad-

visory Council.

“I have always loved being a part of this community and the

many memories Huntington has provided me,” said Johnson.

“Whether it’s my days of playing basketball at Huntington

North High School and the state championship we won in

1990, or watching my children grow up here, I care about

Huntington and look forward to the new opportunities as presi-

dent of Parkview Huntington Hospital that will allow me to

continue serving this community.”

Johnson has served as interim president since the retirement

of Darlene Garrett in July. She will begin serving as president

of Parkview Huntington Hospital immediately.

Johnson named president of

Parkview Huntington Hospital

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Habecker Dining Commons, 7:45 to 9 a.m.

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