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Back to our Main page What a great site! I got here while looking around for sites about the Doughboy monument in Hobart. I am a "Doughboy Searcher." Have been to about 35 (in about 12 states) of the Viquesney Doughboys identical to Hobart's and have photos of about 75 taken by me or specifically for me by others. Have been to Viquesney's grave in Spencer, Indiana and to several Doughboys in Indiana, but not Hobart's. Will get there at some point. Grew up in Henryetta, Oklahoma where one of those linked to your sight is located. Henryetta's teams aren't "Brickies" - but they are another HHS - and Troy Aikman played his high school ball there. Have also been to another one linked to your site - Axtell, Kansas. Are you aware there is one in another "Hobart"? It's in Oklahoma, and is beside a companion "Spirit of The American Navy" sculpture, also by Viquesney (he made just seven of those - one is in Fort Wayne). Your site is great and Hobart looks like a great place. Earl Goldsmith <earlgolds@aol.com> The Woodlands, Texas - Sunday, June 24, 2001 at 11:07:16 (CDT) Cindy lived on Lake Street in Hobart and is now married and lives in Wales. She and her husband run the Blackhorse Inn in Summerhill. Some Hobart residents have already visited her there. This page has very special memories for her. Thanks and anyone that wants to contact me just email at this address. Miss you all! Cindy Toth <winemerchant@yahoo.com> Wrexham, Summerhill, Wales - Thursday, June 14, 2001 at 10:06:32 (CDT) I was a Hobart High graduate in 1949.. Glad to hear of your Web page! Alice Pyatt Barrett <alpyba@worldnet.att.net> Fort Myers, Florida, USA - Sunday, June 10, 2001 at 16:40:22 (CDT) cedmonds- hope you'll email me re your family. Let me know, thanks, Jim Jim Sims <moxeyboy@vh1.com> Sacramento, CA - Sunday, June 03, 2001 at 10:30:26 (CDT) Thank you..for refreshing my memories..I was born and raised in EastGary.I have(had) relatives in Hobart & Portage. I have lost track of them..and miss them.In Hobart "Bryant family"and in Portage "The Price Family"..Thank you again..You made me smile..:} Charlotte Edmonds(Brown} <cedmonds24@hotmail.com> Lancaster, CA. - Saturday, June 02, 2001 at 15:36:03 (CDT) i was born in hobart would like to talk to anyone that knew kenny cheek or brenda landrum cheek they are my parents they are both still alive but i would like to talk to people that knew them before i came along christina cheek owens <christina25ky@webtv.net> lily, ky 40740 - Saturday, June 02, 2001 at 13:56:04 (CDT) Hi to all in Hobart from a class of '68 Brickie. Wonderful site that Frank and Jackie have, loved the pictures. Used to live on Liberty Place, close to Brickie Bowl. Lots of memories. Be back soon I hope. Hello to Carla T. Jim Sims <moxeyboy@vh1.com> Sacramento, CA - Friday, June 01, 2001 at 16:30:55 (CDT) You are a true blessing and encouragement! sislena grocer ledbetter <denaled@aol.com> Washington, DC - Tuesday, May 29, 2001 at 21:04:58 (CDT) My mom sent me this from Florida. You did a great job. Michael Ralph <wolvesur2@aol.com> Hobart, IN. USA - Monday, May 21, 2001 at 09:53:14 (CDT) RIP to Coach Deal. He was a major influence in my life, as I am sure he was in the lives of thousands of Hobart kids. The impact of his cleats on my behind pushed me in the right direction in life. Todays kids could use some of his style of motovation. John Dudley <dudleyemail@mindspring.com> Marietta, Georgia, USofA - Thursday, May 17, 2001 at 17:48:52 (CDT) Your website is just fabulous; I grew up in Merrillville, IN, graduated from MHS in 1960. My grandparents lived in valpo, so we travelled through Hobart often. I had many friends there. Your depiction of this beautiful town brings back a lot of wonderful memories. Coralie Komp Friedrich <coralie71@excite.com> Pueblo West, CO - Wednesday, May 16, 2001 at 13:58:56 (CDT) I grew up in Hobart, and graduated from Hobart High School in 1971. I've lived in Portage since 1979. But, I'll always have a warm place in my heart, for the city of Hobart. Atha Wayne Belsha <Dock45@webtv.net> Portage, Indiana - Sunday, May 13, 2001 at 13:50:06 (CDT) I lived in the Pine Village Trailer Court till I was four years old and then I lived in Portage. Im 30 years old now but I lived in that area until I was 16 years old because my Dad worked at U.S Steel. P.S I like your Web-Site! Regina Teague <typealot@webtv.net> Owensboro, Kentucky - Friday, May 11, 2001 at 12:08:17 (CDT) Hat's off to Russell Deal who laid the foundation for Hobart Football success and the success of many of his players'lives. Jim High <jrhigh@mediaone.net> Los Angleles, CA - Wednesday, May 09, 2001 at 16:54:57 (CDT) Great web site. Hope you will be able to update events as they go on Richard P. Elisha <rpelisha@cs.com> Hobart, IN - Tuesday, May 08, 2001 at 20:27:54 (CDT) Russ Deal passed away at 10 am sat.may 5th there be a service at the mhp chapel next tuseday may15 at 2pm. i hear there will be one latter in hobart.his ashes are to be spread over sarasota bay. hap hansell <haphansell@webtv.net> sarasota , fl.usa - Tuesday, May 08, 2001 at 17:36:09 (CDT) SITE RECOMMENDED BY S.B.HELM G.LANGMAN <glangman@LineOne.net> BIRMINGHAM, UK - Monday, May 07, 2001 at 17:41:47 (CDT) This is one of the most outstanding!!! I am a 1951 grad of HHS and have been gone from Hobart for a long time. I must say that many of the things that Hobart has to offer, I miss. Hope to visit for a short time in September of this year. Thank you for some nice memories. Doug J. Doug Johnston <JohnstonDW@AOL.com> San Diego, California - Monday, May 07, 2001 at 00:54:01 (CDT) Just found your website and thoroughly enjoyed it. Lived in Hobart from 1941 to 1968. 51 graduate.Is your story still on the site,Frankie and Jackie, or did I just miss it? Marlene [DeBoy] Cook <degirlhhs@yahoo.com> Sterrett, Alabama usa - Sunday, May 06, 2001 at 17:22:50 (CDT) What a pleasure to see Hobart, Indiana on the internet. Dave & Patti (Forsythe) Mathias <SpectactD@aol.com> Laguna Niguel, Ca. USA - Sunday, May 06, 2001 at 15:13:38 (CDT) I came to your website, because I was doing a search on "Kegebein" which is my maiden name. There are more of us than I thought! Your website certainly shows pride in your community. You live in a great place. I just wanted to say hi! Patti Patti <pdhill7@home.com> Grand Junction, Colorado - Saturday, May 05, 2001 at 21:58:48 (CDT) I am looking for any information on my grandmother or other family members I have in the Hobart, Demotte, or Hammond areas. My grandmother lived in the Hobart area at the time of her death. I have lost contact with my family members there and would very much like to regain contact. My grandmothers name was Lillian A. Schultz, her maiden name was Blanchard. Some other family members names are Bonnie Basham, Terry Basham, Tracy Basham, Troy Basham. If anyone could help me in this or if any of my family members see this please contact me at my e-mail: mweberslady@earthlink.net Thank you all.. Also I really enjoyed your web-site. Patricia Weber (Maiden: Stricklin) <mweberslady@earthlink.net> Fayetteville, N.C. - Friday, April 27, 2001 at 14:09:09 (CDT) Thank you so much for providing the images (and, yes, the superlative audio!) of my home town where I lived for 25 years! I had not known about the town's history in detail until I had visited your site. Your efforts in providing such details is commendable. I always look forward to visiting my Mother, a resident of Hobart for more than 60 years and seeing that such a wonderful community still exists--not just in my memory but in it's present-day existence. Hobart is a wonderful town with its residents cherishing not only old-time values, but always looking forward to the future of increasing their committment to its promise for a life of peaceful well-being. Your site with easy-to-use links expresses our mutual love of "OUR TOWN!" Thank you so much for your efforts in providing a source of nostalgia and the optimistic forward look as to how American communities have always meant to be! Best regards, Paul D. Eikenbary Paul D. Eikenbary <paulie@nauticom.net> Gibsonia, PA, 15044, USA - Friday, April 27, 2001 at 08:34:40 (CDT) This is a very nice site. I enjoyed it. I was looking for info on Hobart. I am doing some genealogy research and am stuck on my husband's grandmother. Her name was Anna Katherine Anderson and married John Nordstrom in Chicago 14 Sep 1904. She was born in Sweden and had family in Hobart. That is all we know. Do you know any Anderson's in Hobart? Mary F. Felts-Nordstrom <marynord@sisna.com> Fox Lake, IL - Thursday, April 26, 2001 at 23:12:09 (CDT) Hello; I like your page. I do mostly Genealogy and have a few pages out there, mostly on the freebie sites such as Angelfire. Perhaps you can help me. I am trying to get in Contact with a Greg Breitzke who was in the 169th Engineers in Viet Nam during 1970. Bill Carter who was also in the 169th gave me the following info. I could find nothing with my telephone searches. We are putting together a roster of the surviving members of the 169th. Bob Stevens in Wisconsin. There is another guy from B co in Hobart,In. He seemed to have all the details of the accident at the time. He is a detective with the Hobart Police Dpt. The guy in Hobart is named Greg Breitzke.He was a 10 ton driver also. Robert J. Stevens <snevets@execpc.com> Menomonee Falls, WI - Wednesday, April 25, 2001 at 11:06:24 (CDT) Thanks for a great tour of Hobart. I was born there in 1932. My family left Indiana in August of 1945, But my grandparents, Frank and Bertha Ferren, lived there until their deaths in the late '50s. Elinor Carlson was their daughter. My uncle, Glenn Wall owned Glenn's Toggery on the main street. We now live in New Braunfels, Texas, where there is another one of your Doughboy monuments in the city square. It is a constant reminder of Hobart. I saw my first professional football team scrimmage in Brickie Bowl. It was the Chicago Bears with Johnny Lujack at quarterback. Hobart was a wonderful place to live. Ralph Wall <ralphwall@axs4u.net> New Braunfels, Texas - Sunday, April 22, 2001 at 23:44:53 (CDT) I am from Caifornia and I found out today that my Grandfather Estel Pierson had a law practice in Hobart. It is so great to find your site and see where he was. Thank you so much for the great site. Debra Debra Ferguson <Curt112@webtv.com> Seal Beach, CA - Thursday, April 19, 2001 at 15:42:30 (CDT) Great site! Beautifully designed! I stumbled here on a search...glad I did! Michelle <zanesmilkmachine@yahoo.com> NW IN, - Monday, April 16, 2001 at 23:45:29 (CDT) Howdy! I saw Jackie's notes on my site and wanted to drop by. I actually saw your site when I was researching ours. Too funny that Jackie is from WA. In fact we are originally from PA but moved out here to Seattle area in 97. Aside from the occasional riots and earthquakes it hasn't been too bad! :) I've already got you book marked so I'll be dropping by often. I had to move our site as the server company was being sued by Intel. So I revamped a bit. I try to every few days. Take care. Frank Frank Reed <darkmn75@hotmail.com> Kent, WA - Monday, April 16, 2001 at 00:50:41 (CDT) Great site! Great info. on George Earle, dredging, etc. Our organization is raising $$$ for the lakefront behind City Hall. We have a monthly meeting every 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. Would either of you be able to talk to our group about your site and about living in Hobart? You can e-mail me at hiedc@netnitco.net or call me at 945.1172. Thanks! Matthew Hunter <hiedc@netnitco.net> Hobart, IN - Thursday, April 12, 2001 at 16:44:10 (CDT) Hello from your Aunt Evelyn in Washington. Just got a new computer and I'm learning how to use it! You have a great website. Eveyln Looney <Evandchar@aol.com> Port Orchard, WA - Saturday, April 07, 2001 at 16:18:35 (CDT) I very much enjoyed your tour of Hobart. I graduated Hobart High in 1974. I left Hobart in 1990 after selling my parents home after their deaths and I miss it, even though every year in December my husband and I come over to the train show (now held at St Bridget's). I am glad the lake is finally getting the work done! Kathy (Hudgens) Tyl <greendiamond@msn.com> Broadview, IL - Monday, March 26, 2001 at 13:25:28 (EST) An excellent place to find information on Hobart is at the Hobart Historical Museum. 4th and East Street across from the Middle School. Open Saturdays 10am to 3pm. Past HHS Yearbooks are a good source for pictures since the Building in question was used for a gym prior to the building of Roosevelt Gym. Good luck, ZETA ZETA ALLEN <c21zetaallen@realtor.com> Hobart , Indiana USA - Sunday, March 18, 2001 at 20:46:19 (EST) I just had a tour of the old auditorium located in the Hobart Wallpaper building at 302 Main St. I am interested in researching the history of the place. Hopefully to have a write-up published about the place. Anyone with any information, please e-mail me. If you haven't seen the auditorium-be sure to go by and take a look-It's amazing Tammy Bane <mystc9913@cs.cm> Hobart, IN - Friday, March 16, 2001 at 13:24:18 (EST) Our guestbook was down for a while due to server errors and we might have lost a couple of posts. If you signed our guestbook and you do not see your entry, please sign it again. Best wishes to all, Frank and Jackie. Very nice site. I stumbled across it while looking at different Hobart sites. Next fall the Hobart Brickies begin a new tradition on ICE!!! Checkout www.hobarthockey.com Tom Farley <> Hobart, IN. - Sunday, March 04, 2001 at 20:43:11 (EST) I found your site by doing a search for Hobart. I grew up there and graduated in 79. I left after college and ended up in Maryland. I loved Hobart's charm so much that I recently moved to a little town that has alot of simularities. Your tour was great and brought back alot of good memories. I will bookmark and come back. Tami Himmelfarb (Spencer) <thimmelfarb@oakwood.com> Poolesville, MD - Wednesday, February 21, 2001 at 17:24:04 (EST) Hello again, just dropping a note that if anyone who knew me when I lived in Hobart before I left for the Sunburnt Country in 1983, please drop me a line. Would love to hear from you. Thanks (mate!) ! PATRICK SPICER <molotov@one.net.au> PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA - Monday, February 19, 2001 at 14:10:11 (EST) I Really enjoyed looking at your web site. I found it while surfing the web. Real fine job. Lana Catlin <Analai6@cs.com> Hobart, IN - Tuesday, February 13, 2001 at 13:45:03 (EST) We don't let people get cabin fever in Hobart. Here is another civic activity. The 14th Annual Mama Mia Spaghetti Dinner is on Thursday, February 22 in St. Bridget's Gym. from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. The proceeds from the event will go toward the 3rd phase of the Lake Front Improvement. (This phase also includes the proposed rail-to- trail). Come one come all and enjoy the fun, see you there. Best Regards, ZETA ALLEN ZETA ALLEN <c21zetaallen@realtor.com> Hobart , Indiana USA - Monday, February 12, 2001 at 12:49:01 (EST) You have a beautiful web site Mertice Weeks <jmweeks@jas.net> Newton, Texas - Monday, February 05, 2001 at 20:25:14 (EST) Made an error in signin guestbook !Legion donated Doughboy in 1925 can't find your original article in page tried index with no success June (want sculptor & how many 65?) June & gerry Kegebein <JuneNgerry@aol.com> - Monday, February 05, 2001 at 13:35:24 (EST) I know I saw info about Doughboy Statue Donated in 1935 by Hobart American Legion Post 54 Want more info for our restoration benifit Sweetheart Dance on Feb. 17 th at post 54 208 South Linda (Great job you did on web page) June&gerry Kegebein <JuneNgerry@aol.com> Hobart, , In 46342 - Monday, February 05, 2001 at 13:30:44 (EST) i am looking for information about real estate in hobart. any information that you have would be appreciated Jon Emery <jojacami@earthlink.net> hanscom air force base, massachusetts - Wednesday, January 31, 2001 at 23:42:20 (EST) Came across your site while researching names of ancestors who lived in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland. I became so much interested in your site and those of the visitors' comments in the guestbook that I stayed with them and almost forgot why I was there in the first place. Congratulations to you and all your guests for a most entertaining evening on a very cold and miserably wet Sunday evening here in the UK. Jack Snowden <jksnwdn@btinternet.com> London, UK - Sunday, January 21, 2001 at 15:37:48 (EST) Take a look at the ice sculptures on W. 10th Street. Snow White and the seven dwafts, Jim Mackey has not had the right type snow the last few years for his art work so it is a delight to all to see this creation. I invite you to look before the natural elements take them away. Happy new year, ZETA zeta allen <bobzeta@worldnet.att.net> Hobart , Indiana USA - Friday, January 19, 2001 at 18:23:43 (EST) I often come to the web site, and I love it. You have done a great job. I hadn't signed the guest book though until now. I have lived in or around Hobart all my life, and graduated from Hobart High in '48. I also had a part in building the Revelli bandshell and also play in the Rusty Pipes so I get to play in it every summer. Darrell L. Trager <dagotrago@aol.com> Hobart, In - Monday, January 08, 2001 at 14:08:39 (EST) i would alo liketo add i aggressive inline skate and me and my brickie waxed the curb behind the art theatre and weskated it, plus we bought tons of food from the hotdog stand wich is your fir st pge. we dont skate no more but we still remember that curb.... it brings bak memories....thank u milan and the ret of the LFM brick51 <mgz84@cs.com> hoabrt, indiana - Friday, January 05, 2001 at 09:38:45 (EST) i love the site keep it up and please add my link on the football part brick51 <brick51@cs.com> hobart, in - Tuesday, January 02, 2001 at 02:50:21 (EST) PAGE 5----> |