In honor of the Rensselaer Central High School football team’s thrashing of North Newton Friday, here is a group of players of the current Bombers can look up to. This group of mostly Rensselaer High School graduates played in a semi-pro football league in Chicago around 1969. They include (front, L to R) Wayne Tilton (Class of 1962), Dave Staddon (Class of ‘620, the late Joe Burvan, who taught and coached football and wrestling at RCHS), and Terry Davisson (Class of ’61). (Back L to R) Duffy Hagist, Joe Zimmer (class of ’62), Chris Geesman (former RCHS football coach), and Chuck Tilton (Class of ’56). Photo provided. Rensselaer Republican 8/25/03
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Vintage Views Index
“In April of 2005, Mike Campbell of Campbell Printing, conceived the idea of preserving the history of the Rensselaer area through a retrospective magazine. Steering away from family genealogy and "what the old timers used to say", the main criteria of "Vintage Views" includes people and occurrences of state or national interest within what is now the Rensselaer Central school district.”
-- From the Vintage Views website, www.vinviews.com
The following is an index of the articles written in each of the publications. Issues are available for browsing only at the Rensselaer Library, or select issues can be purchased through Campbell Printing in Rensselaer.
Summer 2005
From the County Historian (by Beulah Arnott) P3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by William R. Grow) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor, Herb Arihood) p7
Jasper County’s Native Son (A Tribute to Charlie Halleck) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
Saint Joseph’s College (Chicago Bears Training Camp) p23
Points of Interest (25 Historical Locations) p27
Sports Legends (George Clouse and Dale DeWees) p29
Talbert Trailers (The Founder’s Story) p31
Did You Know? P32
Fall/Winter 2005
From the County Historian (Rick Kupke Interview – by Beulah Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by David Nowels) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor, Herb Arihood) p7
Rensselaer’s Silent Star (A Tribute to Augustus Phillips) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
Purdue’s Golden Girl (The Linda Hughes Story) p23
A Rensselaer Wrestling Legacy (The Mae Wiseman Bartel Account) p27
Sports Legends (Don Tweedie) p29
The Thomas Dewey Rally (At Saint Joseph’s College) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Spring 2006
From the County Historian (by Beulah Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Ralph “Ike” Donnelly) p5
From The Mayors Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor, Herb Arihood) p7
Earle Reynolds and The Reynolds Skaters (by Paul M. Hoover) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
Patty LeMaire (Ice Skater Extraordinaire) p 23
The Jasper County Airport (Soaring into History) p27
Sports Legends (Bill Morton) p29
A Different Drummer (The Gene Krupa Story) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Summer 2006
From the County Historian (Township Schools – by Beulah Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Dr. Ernest Raymond Beaver) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
Back Home Again in Indiana (The James F. Hanley Story – by Beulah M. Arnott) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
From Triumph to Tragedy (by Michael W. Campbell) p23
The Iroquois River (by Jasper County Surveyor, Kevin M. Armold) p27
Sports Legends (Gordon E. “Dode” Bausman) p29
Curtis Creek Country Club (by Robert G. Lewis) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Fall 2006
From the County Historian (My First Automobile – by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Emma Mae Michaels) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
Rensselaer Speedway (by Ted Wilson) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
Troy Williams – A Sculptor of Prominence (by Robert G. Lewis) p23
Our Continental Divides (by Jasper County Surveyor, Kevin M. Armold) p27
Sports legends (Coach Joe Burvan) p29
A Congressional Friend (by Michael W. Campbell) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Winter 2006
From the County Historian (Who Was Mary Washburn? – by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Julia (Howland) Healey) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
Remembering A Hero (The Dewey Biggs Story) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
What “The Hammer” Hath Wrought (by Michael W. Campbell) p23
General George H. Healey (Printer, Publisher, Politician and Patriot) p27
Sports Legends (Toby Wilcox) p29
Captain Paulsen, USN (Doing Rensselaer Proud) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Spring 2007
From the Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Philip H. Blue) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
Tom Harmon – “From Boy to Mann to Mich-i-gan” (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
Rensselaer’s Jack Woods – “Rolling in the Dough” (by Michael W. Campbell) p23
“Prof” Tonner (from the Saint Joseph’s College Archives) p27
Sports Legends (Harold “Mouse” Harmon) p29
The Honorable Edwin P. Hammond (from the Jasper County Historical Society Archives) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts p32
Summer/Fall 2007
From the Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Mary Ellen Thompson) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
The Rensselaer Miniature Train Company (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
Dr. Neal H. Haskell (by Christine Haskell) p23
“Grandpa” Morgan (from the Jasper County Historical Society Archives) p27
Sports Legends (Edward “Joe” Schmidt) p29
Someone You Should Know – Dawn Minton (by Michael W. Campbell) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Winter 2007
From the County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Harry Stackhouse) p5
From the Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor, Herb Arihood) p7
Eleanor (Stackhouse) Atkinson (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From the Past) p13
Edison Marshall – A Prolific Writer (by Michael W. Campbell) p23
Nathaniel Banta (by Chuck Tilton) p27
Sports Legends (Local Runners of the Boston Marathon) p29
Rensselaer Raceway (by Ted Wilson) p31
For the Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Spring/Summer 2008
From the Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Bessie Eger Grant) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
Jack Rodibaugh (by Beulah M. Arnott) p7
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
The Northway Products Company (by Michael W. Campbell) p23
Margaret Hill McCarter – Part II (from the Jasper County Historical Society Archives) p27
Sports Legends (1950-1951 Rensselaer Bomber Basketball Team) p29
Sports Legends continued (by Michael W. Campbell & Robert G. Lewis) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Fall/Winter 2008
From the Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Charles F. Rout) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
Frank Fischer (by Robert G. Lewis) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
Jasper County Sheriff’s Posse (by Michael W. Campbell) p23
Washington’s “Charlie Halleck Day” (by Michael W. Campbell) p 27
Sports legends (1948 Rensselaer High School Football Team) p29
Burk’s Grade (by Russ Martin) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Winter 2008
From The Jasper County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Helen Pennington) p5
From The Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
Paul Gates & The Kings of Rhythm (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
Lina Chesak Liberace (by Robert G. Lewis) p23
Margaret Hill McCarter – Part 1 (from the Jasper County Historical Society Archives) p27
Sports Legends (The Old Geezers Club) p29
Someone You Should Know – Mark Heinig (by Michael W. Campbell) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Summer 2009
From the County Historian (by Beulah M. Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Cecil “Pete” Eldridge) p5
From the Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood) p7
Benjamin J. Gifford (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past) p13
Jasper County REMC (by Robert G. Lewis) p23
Olympic Track Star Jesse Owens (from the Jasper County Historical Society Archives) p27
Sports Legends (1977 Rensselaer Bomber Football Team) p29
Bob Knorr –A Cartoonist in our Midst (by Dori Hancock) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32
Fall/Winter 2009
From the County Historian (by Beulah Arnott) p3
Rensselaer As I Remember (by Joe Rowen) p5
From the Mayor’s Desk (by Rensselaer mayor herb Arihood) p7
William Gehring Farms (by Michael W. Campbell) p9
Vintage Views (Photos From The Past ) p13
Matt Beehler (by Robert G. Lewis) p23
Ernest W. Graham (from the Jasper County historical Society Archives) p27
Sports Legends (1935-1936 Rensselaer Basketball Team) p29
Rensselaer and the Wienermobile (by Michael W. Campbell) p31
For The Record (Interesting Facts) p32



