Russiaville IN: In this ~80 year old photo, a 4th of July parade goes by the former location of the George Eichenberry House, in the photo, located just beyond the brick buildings on the left side of street. The trees are most likely in the front yard of where Suzanne's Grandparents lived, back in the 20's. This faboluous Victorian House, with broad expanse of verandas around three sides, is featured in many of of Suzanne's Mother stories and fond memories, since Mother Hippensteel and Aunt Ruth grew up here. (Ask to see a copy of Mother Hipp’s auto biography “Cat-O-Nine Tales”.)

It took me much angling and positioning of this old framed photo literally "off the wall", to get this photo shot, w/o any glare from the lights of the Beauty Shop which proudly had a "history Wall" of photos.

Thanks to the shop owners, for permission, and Mary Loves of the Russiavlle NAPA Dealer, for persistent phoning around to locate a Senior Citizen, who had the needed memories: And finally, thanks to Mr Oliver Pollex, for filling in all the old stories, about the former Auburn Auto Dealership, just off this photo edge to the right. AND why don't I show any photos of the house itself?? Well a tornado cleared it and many other Russiaville landmarks away into The Land of Oz!! And cleared a space for the Funeral Home where Suzanne & I parked our car fhen at Mother Hipp's Funeral two years ago :-(
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Thanks also to my cousin Joe Willhite, with whom we had a great day of for driving me (in his ‘90’s Mercedes-Benz Diesel) all over a five county area, just North of Indianapolis IN, for Joe’s Insurance Contacts, and for me: visits to Antique Store Visits, shopping at Kokomo IN’s Miller Variety Store (an Amish Country Bulk Food Store!), and then the following: Having some relaxed extra time on the way back to the Twin Ceramic Silo’s, and Quality Track Inspiration, and continuing wonderful very nice sunny day, decide to take a Road Less Traveled, that by dint of where (by pure accident) of where we turned off the return highway form Kokomo, happened to turn West on: When I discovered that Russiaville IN was ahead, my Problem Solving Brain, on automatic, codgered up an old memory, “Look again for the Eichenberry House”!! This dates back a year ago, when Suzanne and I searched for it, in spare moments after the Funeral of Faith Ritz Engle Hippensteel, Suzanne’s Mother. The funeral was held there because Mother Hippensteel, had so many memories as a child there.

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