Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1943 — Page 11

‘ROOST FOR UFFED BIRDS

Itiana’ S Basement Museum May Be Moved From State |. House If New Home Can Be Found; Contains World’s Largest Hog.

' By ROSEMARY REDDING The stuffed birds sit serenely in their glass cage downstairs, while upstairs at the statehouse the feathers fly i in a debate over where they should roost. ' | These ‘examples of Indiana’s “feathered friends” have

bee years.

nesting in the basement corridors for a good many|= They were unmolested, too, until suddenly the|s

Indiana legislators swooped down with a hawk-like eye.

the the collection of arrow heads and other bits of memorabilia which make up the Indiana museum. ° “Where? me. «It [seems that even the peoples representatives don’t know- yet.

Well, no Ite bird told’

It seems the general assembly has ideas about carrying off to a new home, along with Aunt Jenny’s coverlet,

here for the time being. Mr. Patty explains that only

property is on display in the corri-

doesn’t even know, himself. I counted 67 glass cases, large

that the museum might as well be =

dor. How extensive it is the curator |=

sparrow to “Hoosier Jumbo.” The latter, so the sign says, is the largest hog in the world, weighing 1245 pounds. Naturally, he takes a case all by himself. There are cases of minerals and the pickled heart of a cow affected by tuberculosis. There are snakes, of all sizes and descriptions, a fourlegged chicken and two of the early

ducks and from the finy song|

“ges baggies. ”

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about one-fourth of the museum’s |=

“junk.” Lots of it isn’t. Much of the museum’s most valuable displays are in storage—like the El Lilly collection of relics from the mound builders age which is loaned to the museum. Next time the legislators have a day off, I know where they can save the price of a movie.

ASK WINDOW SPACE.

“Bit there are thousands of vas|

cant stores in which posters could

FOR VICTORY. POSTERS be installed,” ne said. “We need

The victory displays’ committee is those windows for posters to carry seeking the use of vacant store win- | vital war messages to our residents.” dows in which to place war posters.| He asked that owners of such “Headed by Ermory Sharp, display stores, or real estate operators conmanager of L. S. Ayres & Co, the|trolling them, write or telephone committee has directed the placing |the victory display committee, which of about 2400 displays in store win- has its office at the L. 8. Ayres

dows Shuvighont the city.

store.

PARK JUNIOR HERE ENGLEWOOD, N. J, Feb. 25 (U. P.) ~The first day ration books were issued at the junior high school so many mothers lost their children that there was unending confusion. Authorities have installed a “parking department” | $i where mothers check their children, | as

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and small, just in the corridors outside his office. To catalog what is in them would fill books.

over ere. ‘ZA good hour or more of the house’s time was taken up recently with lan argument over the whole thing. Legionnaires say the space at the memorial is for a military museum, which by inference, means they don’t want the biggest stuffed hog ‘in the world nor that Indian skeleton to hang in their closet.

ndiana U. May Get It

" Now, Indiana university has signified that it would be glad to have

Many Civil War Trophies”

There are cases filled with civil war muskets and .another with

in the early 1800's. : There are cases of Indian arrow

dian’s skeleton and Indian skulls. There is an 85-year-old baby car-

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and overflowing with mementos of Indiana life from the early 1800's Curator Recalls History

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