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[July 06, 2012]
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On Wednesday,
Mount Pulaski was full of out-of-towners seeking those
great treasures in the annual citywide garage sales.
Locals, of course, eagerly joined in the hunt. Boy Scout
Troop 122 offered two locations for their barbecued pork
chop sandwiches to help keep the treasure-hunt cruisers
fed.
Also serving great
food was the Mount Pulaski VFW. The fundraisers say
there were nearly 300 diners, showing great support for
the town's overseas-duty veterans' organization, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Recently retired WUIS Classic
music director Karl Scroggin and his friends were there,
as always, to support. Karl's brother, Michael Scroggin,
who made the supreme sacrifice in Vietnam in the late
1960s.
Pictures by Phil
Bertoni |
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Wally Kautz, director of the
historic courthouse site, relaxes at the till while
watching local Pastor Barbara Stroud-Borth manage the
courthouse foundation's bake sale in front of the
1857-1877 school bell, which once hung in a belfry on
top of the courthouse. In those years the building
served as a schoolhouse, following the move of the Logan
County seat from Mount Pulaski to Lincoln in 1855. |
Looking closely, one sees four
signs: "Bake Sale," :VFW Fried Chicken Dinners," "Museum
Garage Sale" and another VFW sign in the far back (at
the intersection of Washington and Cooke streets). |
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