โข The Barrel Train will NOT be running โข The Depot and Train Musems WILL be open โข Our flower & butterfly experts will be inside โข The rest of the fun will be inside!
๐ฆ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป? ๐ป๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐!! ๐Join us on Sunday to get your butterfly-friendly plants, and learn more about these amazing creatures! ๐Griffith Depot & Train Museums – Corner of Broad St & Ave A, next to the tracks! ๐Thanks Scheeringa Farms & Greenhouses for helping us choose plants butterflies love!
๐ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐! ๐ Today, our very own ๐ญ๐ต๐ฎ๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ฅ๐๐๐ต ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐, is being inducted into the ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ!
From the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame 23rd Women’s Induction Class Program:
๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ (๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ) ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ญ๐ต๐ฎ๐ด The late Ruth (Hutchins) Parker, a 1928 graduate of Griffith, was a prolific scorer in her era, setting a record of 120 points in an 126-4 victory over Merrilville on Feb. 4, 1928. That was after she scored 106 points on a 53-of-64 shooting in a 115-10 win over Ross on Jan. 28, 1928. As a senior, the Purple Pantherettes of coach C.L. Wilson went 17-0 and outscored opponents by an average of 30.2 points, 41.9 to 11.7. These numbers were amassed when six-player rules were used for girls’ basketball – three forwards and three guards on each side of center line, no crossing the center line, two-dribbles maximum and a player had three seconds to pass or shoot the ball. After high school, Hutchins played basketball in an independent league, once scored 159 points in a game and later worked in the railroad industry. She married Ralph Parker, and they were parents to three children. The one-time scoring star passed away at 46 on March 29, 1956.
Join us to celebrate National Start Seeing Monarchs Day! Visit Griffith’s very own butterfly garden, aptly named the Griffith Junction Butterfly Stop. Itโs the first anniversary of the garden, conceived and planted by Griffith Tri Kappa member Jeanette Bobos, and supported by the organization. May 4th is one day after National Start Seeing Monarchs Day, when America celebrates those beautiful, endangered orange and yellow creatures.
It will be a fun and interesting Sunday afternoon at the Griffith Historical Park, where: The Depot & Train Museums, and the Tower will be open to tour Our barrel train, the Hess Express, will be running Jeanette Bobos, the retired Master Gardner who planted our garden, will be on on hand to share her knowledge. Weโll have info on Monarchs and how theyโve become endangered. Kim Moor, from The Wild Ones, will be with us sharing information about adding native plants to your garden. Want plants to help butterflies, especially Monarchs? Through the courtesy of Scheeringa Farms, weโll have a small selection of milkweed plants; black-eyed Susans, Griffith Centennialโs flower in 2004; plus some Heirloom Plants, as well. Girl Scout Troop 15620 will be selling cookies, lemonade, and butterfly clips. The Cub Scout Pack 622 and Boy Scout Troop 623 will be on hand with hotdogs, chips and pop.