Swan Lagoon

Description:	Script in upper left reads, Time Saver Card - Time is Money - Check Items Desired. Upper left yellow box (Dear) options are: Friend, Old kid, Sweetie, Folks, Old thing, Wifey, Hubby, Girls, or Boys. Purple line reads, How are you? Next, pink box (I am) options are: Flying high, Feeling low, Missing you, Broke, Well, or Happy. Lower left green box (Wish I had) options are: You, A post card, More money, More time, Someone to love me, Some kisses, More ambition, or A letter.To right, tan box (Doing lots of) options are: Sightseeing, Thinking of you, Work, Loafing, Sleeping, Hiking, Petting, Fishing, Golfing, Business, or Traveling.After that, turquoise box (Hope you have) options are: Not forgotten me, Behaved yourself, Been having fun, Kept well, Be true to me, or Not forgotten how to write. Next, yellow box (Things are) options are: Fine, Tough, Slow, or Exciting.Upper right yellow box (Will be) options are: Seeing you, Gone longer, Thinking of you, Writing you again, Going to bed, or Stepping out.Beneath that, orange box (I have seen) options are: Ball games, Movies, Night clubs, Parks, Fights, Races, Lots of good-looking girls, Lots of good-looking men, Lots of fish, Deer, or Buffalo.Blue box (Yours) options are: Till the cows come home, With love, Sincerely, or Forever.Final green line reads, Name.....Script beneath image reads, Greetings from Winona Lake, Indiana. A image of the Swan Pond along with a lazy mans postcard. Just check the proper boxes to communicate to your friends, family and neighbors.Located between the Administration Building and the Auditorium, this small body of water has had three names over the years. It has been known as the Lagoon (the canal was also called the Lagoon), The Lily Pond (the south end of the lake was also called this) and as The Swan Pond. During the Beyer Brother Spring Fountain Park days there were a number of ponds on the grounds. This pond survives. It is a dug pond and is fed by four or more artesian springs. Years ago one could hear the roar of the water as it exited the pond into a drain due to the large volume of water. The pond now has concrete seawalls. Over the years the bridge has come and gone and a new one is currently firmly in place. The statue, given to Winona Assembly by Pittsburgh food magnate H.J. Heinz, named The Student was acquired in France and placed in Winona in 1901. Over the years the statue was moved to various locations on the grounds and is currently back home in its original location. One report states that the Beyer Brothers imported carp from Germany and placed them in the pond, which later escaped into Winona Lake. In 1928 Warsaw clothing store owner Ben Phillipson presented a pair of swans and their population grew. The Winona Lake Christian Assembly used a stylized swan as one of its trademarks.
Created By:	Curteich-Chicago
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/731
Collection:	Grace College - Winona Lake Postcards
Copyright:	Contact Morgan Library, Winona Lake, IN for copy and usage permissions
Geography:	Winona Lake (Ind.)
Subjects:	Swan Lagoon

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