Paula Dunn

Well, we’ve made it through another year — pandemic and all. If you’re a regular reader of this column, you know what comes next. This is when I recognize all our Notable Nineties by printing the entire list. If you’re not a regular reader, an explanation is in order. When Jerry Snyder was writing her…

(This originally appeared in 2020, but is still valid.) Feeling down because Noblesville’s annual Christmas parade was canceled this year due to the pandemic? Don’t worry, I have a solution. I’ve borrowed a time machine so we can go back to December 1, 1962 to see Noblesville’s very first Christmas parade.  I got the contraption…

Okay, hands up everybody who’s ever written a letter to Santa Claus. If your hand is waving in the air, you’re part of a tradition that dates back to the early 1870s. What children in those days didn’t know, however, is that Santa never received that mail. Although some letters were forwarded to local charity…

I was told last week’s column on Joseph Morse was “kinda sad,” and I guess it was. Since it’s the holiday season and no time for sadness, I’m making up for that this week with some more funny/odd miscellaneous items I’ve run across in the old newspapers. (By the way, it’s just a coincidence the…

I doubt if many people today have ever heard of Joseph Morse, but at one time he was one of Noblesville’s more prominent residents. In fact, he was so well regarded, his obituary in the June 1, 1877 Noblesville Ledger runs longer than a half page. Back then most people didn’t rate more than a…