[July 05, 2012]    

On Wednesday, Mount Pulaski was full of out-of-towners seeking those great treasures in the annual citywide garage sales. Locals, of course, eagerly joined in the hunt. Boy Scout Troop 122 offered two locations for their barbecued pork chop sandwiches to help keep the treasure-hunt cruisers fed.

Also serving great food was the Mount Pulaski VFW. The fundraisers say there were nearly 300 diners, showing great support for the town's overseas-duty veterans' organization, the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Recently retired WUIS Classic music director Karl Scroggin and his friends were there, as always, to support. Karl's brother, Michael Scroggin, who made the supreme sacrifice in Vietnam in the late 1960s.

Pictures by Phil Bertoni

Wally Kautz, director of the historic courthouse site, relaxes at the till while watching local Pastor Barbara Stroud-Borth manage the courthouse foundation's bake sale in front of the 1857-1877 school bell, which once hung in a belfry on top of the courthouse. In those years the building served as a schoolhouse, following the move of the Logan County seat from Mount Pulaski to Lincoln in 1855.

Looking closely, one sees four signs: "Bake Sale," :VFW Fried Chicken Dinners," "Museum Garage Sale" and another VFW sign in the far back (at the intersection of Washington and Cooke streets).

 

The Mount Pulaski Historical Society Museum garage sale -- outside

The Mount Pulaski Historical Society Museum garage sale -- inside

 

Museum duo of Eddie Shaffenacker and Allen Schaal are manning the museum.

City of Mount Pulaski American flags decorate the corner of Route 121 and McDonald Street on the southeast side of town.