This, That and The Other La Porte County, Indiana

Purdue North Central Brief History
Purdue at Barker Center   -  In 1948, Catherine Barker Hickox, daughter of a turn-of-the-century Michigan City industrialist, offered the family mansion as a home for the LaPorte County extension center and the course offerings were expanded. The center offered Purdue's complete freshman engineering program, as well as a two-year technical institute. For the next 18 years, students attended classes at the Barker Mansion on Washington Street. The mansion was used for classes until the fall of 1967 when a new and permanent campus was named Purdue University North Central, located on 155 acres of farmland a few miles north of Westville on Highway 421. A large Education Building was renamed Schwarz Hall in 1984 after Robert F. Schwarz, the first dean and director. More buildings and classes have since been added. To find out more about Purdue North Central Campus, visit them or view their website at http://www.pnc.edu/

Family Reunions

Hello All,
There is a rapidly growing Grass Roots effort to organize a National Reunion of the Descendants of John George Overmyer. Rochester, Fulton County has been selected as the location with a target date of July 2009. A specific date has not been determined as of this time. I would like to ask each coordinator to place a notice on their county site. We are looking to contact as many descendants as possible. There is also a website if anyone is interested in helping with the event or just wants to follow what’s going on. http://overmyerfami lyreunion. wetpaint. com I have added it to Marshall County and have attached a txt file already coded for the web if you would like to use it. Graphics are optional – as is the whole project.

This will be the first National Reunion for the Overmyer Families since 1905. A sunrise memorial service is planned to honor all those who have gone before us. A very talented team has assembled from across the country, to plan, coordinate and execute this truly historic event. I appreciate your time. Let me know if you are an Overmyer Descendent. --

Roberta Wunder
Marshall County GenWeb http://www.ingenweb .org/inmarshall/
It is common sense to take a method and try it.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.
But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Overmyer Family Reunion

Help Us Spread the Word ---

by sharing this message with all Overmyer Descendants A growing number of Overmyer descendants, spearheaded by Bruce Hansen,
are putting together a 2009 National - John George Overmyer Family Reunion.
Back in 1905 our forebears' organized a reunion with chapters in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana has been selected to host this historic event, July 2009. Please click the link above to keep up to date on progress. Let us know if you'd like to help. Family reunions are a great way to preserve the legacy of American family life that we have inherited from our noble ancestors. Help preserve that legacy. . . let's meet in 2009!

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If you have some interesting histories about the county and its townships, please contact me, Deanna West at
laportecountyin@yahoo.com