Come check out our Town History Museum at the Franklin Center and find out cool facts about Griffith!
Which ones did you already know? Come find out and tell us!
We’ll be there Saturday!
11am till 3pm
๐ซ Franklin Center
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We are open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays, September – May!
๐ซCome check out our Franklin Museum!
๐We’ll be there Saturday, Nov 2nd!
๐11am till 3pm
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We are open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays, September – May!
Come check out our Franklin Museum!
We’ll be there Saturday, Oct 19th!
11am till 3pm
We are open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays, September – May!
ย ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ!ย
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐. ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ฟ๐ป๐ถโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ข ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ท๐๐๐s ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ.
๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ,๐บ๐ถ๐ถ. ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐!! ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐.
๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ $๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ขโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ $๐ผ.๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!
๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ๐, ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ!
๐ธGriffith Historical Society members work on putting together a two-sided Display Board showing photos and info from Griffith High Schoolโs 100 years.
โกFrom left to right are Debby Hoot, Karen Kulinski, Martha Gatlin, and Nancy Stout.
๐ซWhen the board is finished, it will be taken to the High School and put on display there!
๐ปWe’ll work on sharing digital copies here and our Facebook page as well!
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐!!
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ!
๐ต๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ. ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐. ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐.
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐ๐๐, ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐!
๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ข๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ธ.
๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ!
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐!!
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ!
๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐. ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐ฟ๐ท๐ท, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ $๐,๐๐๐ โ $๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ,๐ถ๐ถ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ขโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข. ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฑ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐.
๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ!
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
โOpen to all members! โAugust Meeting
โขMonday, August 14th, 5:30pm
โขFranklin Building
โขDoor A
โขCommunity Room
Griffith Resident and racing legend Paul Goldsmith will be at the Griffith Historical Society’s Franklin Center History Room on Friday, September 1st, from 5 to 8 p.m., during the Rock & Rail Car Show on Broad Street sponsored by the Griffith Firefighters Association.
Goldsmith, owner and operator of the Griffith/Merrillvile Airport, won five American MotorCyclist Association Nationals from 1952-1955, as well as winning the ’53 Daytona 200 before moving onto four-wheeled vehicles in 1956. Continue reading “Racing Legend Paul Goldsmith at Rock & Rail Car Show”
Motorcycles. Stock cars. Indy cars. Griffith resident and owner of the Griffith Airport, Paul Goldsmith has raced them all — and won.
Born in West Virginia, moving to Detroit in his teens, Goldsmith found work in a Chrysler plant. With the money earned there, he bought his first motorcycle shortly after World War II, found he had the skills to be a competitive racer and the rest is racing history.
Goldsmith won five American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Nationals from 1952-1955, as well as the winning the ’53 Daytona 200, before moving onto stock cars in 1956 at the urging of a friend. For a number of years he raced Pontiacs, then moved on to Chryslers. Continue reading “Racing Legend Paul Goldsmith to visit Franklin Center”
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