Smile

What makes Joanne White smile? “My grandson and great-grandchildren,” said the 92-year-old Noblesville woman. She has one son, the late Joe Wilson, and daughter-in-law, Vicki; two grandchildren, Craig Wilson and Angie McCauley; and five great-grandchildren. Andrew, Erin and Lindsay Wilson and Mason and Alexis McCauley. She has worked for The Noblesville Ledger and The Times. “Before that, I was the telephone operator before they went dial,” she said. “We were at the corner of Maple and Ninth Street, and there was a long board where we’d plug the cords in for people to ask us for a number. Somebody was there 24-7 … When Noblesville closed, we went to 40th and Central in Indianapolis, then from there, down to New York (Street)where the nature office was…. That didn’t last very long, because in ‘64, I married Eddy White who had White Oldsmobile (on Logan Street in Noblesville).” She said, “It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long ago, but time really flies.”  The former Joanne Cook, she’s related to Steve and Matt Cook and every August enjoys the Cook Reunion at Forest Park. She was  an election poll worker for more than 12 years at the Hamilton County Government & Judicial Center and some of the precincts, but in 2020 was the first year she didn’t work due to the pandemic. She and her twin brother, Joe Cook, graduated in 1948 from Noblesville High School. “I’m still on the Noblesville Alumni Board for the scholarship committee.” The 2023 NHS Alumni Banquet is April 29 at Noblesville High School, where she will celebrate her 75th-year reunion. For more information on the banquet, email NHS Alumni president Peggy Baldwin Beaver at [email protected]