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Red Bridge
“Time and time again I caused the (Army Corps of) engineers to hold meetings in our area and explain what was happening,” Roush told Kathleen McKinzie in her 1969 (Indiana University oral history) interview. “They have a tendency not to have too much compassion,” he said, “nor do they display too much concern for people who might be adversely affected by such projects, for individual or small groups. They’re overly objective… calculating; they are engineers; they live by the
Sid Shroyer
Aug 18, 20243 min read


Somerset High School Basketball
As a freshman, Dad scored four points in a 17-15 upset win over Wabash for the 1932 sectional title.
Basketball was a big part of life around there. I heard Dad’s cousin Kay Peas tell 1950s Somerset High star Larry Knee, that she remembers her dad, Bob Shroyer, getting so upset watching a Somerset game that he lost his teeth. “He yelled so much, he blew out his false teeth, and they hit Guiniverre Garst on the way down.”
Sid Shroyer
Jun 30, 20244 min read


Moving Graves for the Mississinewa Resevoir
“Grandma’s grave was dug up with a backhoe,” Stan said. “The burial vault was brought up with chains. I don’t remember the coffin. I think the whole thing was loaded on a truck and transported to the new cemetery. We all just stood around and watched, not much to say. Then we took Grandpa back to his trailer in Windfall and we went home, on a summer day.
“What I was told, beyond what I saw, I heard in the car, from Grandpa. He was telling Dad. Convicts."
The day afte
Sid Shroyer
May 29, 20243 min read


