๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
How much has basketball changed since this photo was taken?! Is there anyone here you recognize?
๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ to EVERYONE who donated to this year’s ElmerJ Program for Griffith’s 3rd graders!
This isn’t nearly all the thank you notes and pictures we received. There were oh-so-many more, and all equally as grateful and excited that they were able to visit our museum and learn about Griffith’s history AND that it was all completely funded by the kind donations of our Members!!
So THANK YOU once again! You can donate to us anytime via the “donate” button on our website. And if you would like to volunteer for events like these, or anything down at the Historical Society, please send us a message or email ([email protected])! We are always looking for volunteers and enthusiastic Griffith-ites to help our programs run!
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ #3 to EVERYONE who donated to this year’s ElmerJ Program for Griffith’s 3rd graders!
Here is another set of the THANK YOUs written by the 3rd graders to our volunteers who ran the successful event, and to YOU, who donated and completely funded this program, making it possible for EVERY 3rd grader to enjoy!
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ #2 to EVERYONE who donated to help completely fund this program for Griffith’s 3rd graders!
Here are some more of the THANK YOUs written by the 3rd graders to our volunteers who ran the successful event, and to YOU, who donated and made this program possible for EVERY 3rd grader to enjoy!
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ again to EVERYONE who donated to help completely fund this program for Griffith’s 3rd graders!
Our presentations and field trip days were a complete success, and this week, we’ll be sharing some of the THANK YOUs written by the 3rd graders to our volunteers who ran the event, and to YOU, who donated and made this program possible for EVERY 3rd grader to enjoy!
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ! ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ!
Our goal was accomplished thanks to YOU!
The Griffith Historical Society is proud to announce that participation by Griffith Public Schools third-grade classes in the Societyโs ElmerJ Program this coming September has been totally underwritten by donations from our members, Griffith Public School graduates, and others.
The two books and the cost of the bus for the field trip to our Griffith Historical Park will be free for all students!
The ElmerJ Program, named for town founders Elmer and Jay Dwiggins, was instituted in 2022 by the Griffith Historical Society to help students learn about the history of their town, which is part of their Social Studies curriculum. The program includes an introductory, in-school PowerPoint presentation, after which each class gets a guided tour of the Depot, railcars and Tower at the Griffith Historical Park.
Two books on railroad and Griffith history, created by the Society, are given to the students, as well as primary-source stories of growing up in Griffith, written by the grand-daughter of the townโs first settlers.
This is the first year we asked for donations to underwrite the ElmerJ Program, and we are so grateful to our members, GPS graduates, and others for their donations. From the beginning, Griffith townspeople cared about schools and the children who attended them, and it continues today.
An Appeal to Griffith Historical Society, Inc. Members,
Every now and then an opportunity arises where we can contribute to the education of young students in Griffith. We have that moment this coming September.
All Griffith third-grade students since 2022 participate in a week-long Historical Society activity entitled, The ElmerJ Program, which provides historical information about our town as part of the schoolโs Social Studies curriculum.
The students see/hear an in-class PowerPoint presentation about the founding of Griffith, complete with photos and maps. This is followed by a school bus trip to our Historical Park, where each class receives a guided tour of our Depot, railcars and Tower.
While the presentation and tours are done at no cost by Historical Society members, there is a fee for the bus and for the two paperback books pertaining to Griffith history that are part of the program.
Last year, 8 classes โ 161 third graders โ participated, and the school anticipates a similar number this year. The cost last year for the book and the bus came to $7, but these costs may rise some this year.
To make sure that no student misses out on learning about their town, we are trying to fund the cost for all students through extra donations from our Members.
If you’d like to help, please, can you send a donation to:
Griffith Historical Society, Inc.
201 N. Griffith Blvd. #3
Griffith, IN. 46319
Or through our online donation link (click here).
Thank you,
Martha Gatlin, Director
Read about last year’s field trip here.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ’๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ
๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ-๐ธ๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ท๐ถ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
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!
Griffith History Museums 