Thursday, May 27, 2021 1:00 am
Oct. 30, 1988: Truck spill blocks road
COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette
Readers were asked to share fun captions for photos in this month s History Journal column.
“Get the BIG dustpan, Fred.”
That’s what Monica Zoch of Fort Wayne imagines being said in this photo. (When you read the real story below, you’ll see she’s not far off!)
Polenta, corn, milk, couscous and sand are among things readers thought might have been spilled from this truck.
Albert Lichtsinn of Fort Wayne offers another funny possibility: “Scrambled eggs for the Green Giant.”
Some other captions:
• “I can’t believe this, it only took a sec to change the radio station.” – Ellen Dalrymple, Fort Wayne
Thursday, May 20, 2021 1:00 am
June 1998: Toppled toilets as school year ends
COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette
Southwest Allen County Schools faced a problem in the last week of the 1997-98 school year: A third water main had broken in Aboite Township on June 1 and there wasn t enough water pressure to flush the toilets.
School was delayed the morning of June 2 while Superintendent Dave Hales put a plan into motion – getting portable toilets installed outside the schools. About 50 toilets arrived during the day.
But on the morning of June 3, school was delayed again. Some Homestead High School students had pushed over the portable toilets behind the school and across the street at Woodside Middle School.
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Lee of Menlo Park, California, stopped off at Smith Field on July 19, 1962, to refuel their small plane and spend the night. The .
Thursday, April 08, 2021 1:00 am
Aug. 17, 1971: Palace Theater undergoing demolition
COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette
The Palace Theater opened at 126 E. Washington Boulevard in 1915 and was demolished in 1971. In today s History Journal photo, the interior can be seen peeking out through a destroyed wall.
Early in its life, it was a vaudeville house and showed movies.
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre moved into the Palace in 1957 after its previous home, the Majestic Theatre, was condemned and torn down, according to a history on Civic s website. It was renamed the Civic Playhouse and the theater group remained at the building until 1969.
The block is now home to the Civic Center Parking Garage.