New Carlisle, Indiana · 20th century
1950s
3 dated events in 1950s, in order. Part of the full timeline.
20th century 3 dated mentions
1950s
- 1950–2026The disability charities: LOGAN, the county's community-resources agency
LOGAN Community Resources of South Bend was started in 1950 by Joe and Sophie Newman, whose only child, Rita Jo, had special needs no school would serve — Rita Jo herself was never able to attend school.
- 1950–todayBoundary congregations — Hudson Lake Mennonite and the Rolling Prairie parishes
The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (article of June 2024) records that the congregation grew from outreach by Olive Mennonite Church of Elkhart County — a namesake warning: that "Olive" is the Elkhart County congregation formerly called Shaum, not Olive Chapel of Olive Township…
- 1954–2025The rescue, homeless and food set: a mission of 1954, a center of 1988, a food bank of 1993
The rescue mission came first: Hope Ministries of South Bend — incorporated as Rescue Incorporated, and long known as the Hope Rescue Mission, under that name already sheltering the homeless by 1959 — was established in 1954…