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Or If Bill Ormsby's life sounds more like fiction than fact, it's strictly coincidental. "I don't even think like fiction,” he said. A retired writer who once spent 12 years living and writing in a rusty van outfitted with a file cabinet, desk and stove while he crisscrossed the country in pursuit of material for hard-hitting detective magazines and tabloids, he's owned a weekly newspaper, been arrested for pursuing what he felt was the public's right to know, cooked on off-shore oil rigs, gone to sea on merchant ships and "bummed around Mexico and Guatemala.” These days, as he nears his 74th birthday, Ormsby finds himself content to stay in his Yellow Creek Lake cottage where he keeps busy remodeling, fishing, gardening, painting and learning the intricacies of using a computer while he writes a book. As a reporter, Ormsby covered the news. But he became news after he attempted to enter a school board's executive session and police were called when he refused to leave. "Three new members had been elected but they hadn't taken office yet," Ormsby said. "The board called an executive session and asked those three to sit in. I figured if they were allowed to attend, I'd go too. They said I couldn't. "It took them an hour to decide to have me arrested. I was a friend of the sheriff and when he came, he leaned over and said, ‘Come on, Bill, lets go.' That's all there was to it.” But the angle of an area newspaper's picture made it appear Ormsby had been evicted bodily and the story was 00picked up by The Associated Press and United Press International. His charge, 'trespassing public property,' marked the first time a reporter had been arrested for refusing to leave a school board meeting. Response was immediate. A news organization in Washington offered to put up the money for his defense. Reporters from newspapers all over the country called for information. He was represented by counsel from the Hoosier Press Association, but by the time he eventually sold his weekly paper, the case still hadn't been tried and charges were dropped. “I don't know yet if it was legal," Ormsby said. "I had a lot of controversial stuff while I had my paper but I was never sued. The best defense for libel is truth." Ormsby was a high school drop-out completing a military tour of duty when the sale of an article to a trade journal for $10 convinced him his future lay in journalism. After his discharge, he used a copy of the article to help wangle a job on a newspaper in his native Kansas. His first assignment, covering a local football game in a drenching rain, left him soaked to the skin until.he decided to write the story at home while listening to the play-by-play coverage on the radio. His infuriated editor fired him. "He said I'd never make it as a writer," Ormsby said. That was all the incentive the 23-year-old needed. "I decided I'd show him,” he said. He completed high school, then entered Butler University on the GI Bill. “I took all the journalism classes I could,” he said. Eventually, he decided to start a newspaper of his own - the Gas City Reporter - in spite of the town's already well-established weekly. A few years after the Reporter was sold, it was merged with the other paper to become the Journal-Reporter. In 1975, Ormsby took to the road in his trusty van/office after his marriage ended and the paper was sold. "I drove from Maine to California and Florida and all places in between,” he said. "I wintered in Mexico, California and Arizona.” When, after years spent at a typewriter, he decided he'd rather go to sea than write, he turned to cooking and working on oil rigs, tug boats and supply boats out of New Orleans and Morgan City, taking breaks in Mexico and Guatemala. "It got to where I didn't appreciate it any more," he said. "I came to Yellow Creek in 1987 to spend the winter. I just stayed.” Of his book, Ormsby simply says, "It's the story of my life. I’m writing it mostly for my kids.” But, he said, the book will be strictly factual. “I can't think 'what if.' I only think 'what is.’” [Rochester Sentinel, Wednesday, October 8, 1997] ORPHANS, CHILDREN OF FRANCE [Rochester, Indiana]
Or See Homeless Babies From Boston __________ SUPPORT FOR 16 FRENCH ORPHANS The Fatherless Children of France, an American organization, has asked Rochester to support 16 or more French orphans, for a year, at the rate of 10 cents a day. Fort Wayne headquarters has placed A. L. Deniston in charge of the work here. The quota is one child to each 250 persons in the community. It is the purpose of the society to have 200,000 war orphans adopted in the United States, by December 25th, as a Christmas present to France. Lodges, churches and church societies, factories and individuals will be asked to contribute the $36.50, the money to be paid monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or for the year. The work, however, is largely that of children for children, and it is urged that wherever possible, pledges or contributions be made thru a child, or in the name of a child. Where responsibility to meet the pledge can be placed with children, it should be done, certain grades or certain Sunday school classes forming teams to reach the desired amount. As soon as this is raised, the name of the French child or children will be forwarded, together with certificates for each orphan and badges for all who aid in raising the funds. Steps will be taken at once to reach the city’s quota, it being felt that more than 16 should be supported here. At least one Rochester organization of women has already acted. [Rochester Sentinel, Monday, December 2, 1918] TRI KAPPAS TO AID ORPHANS Rochester chapter, Tri Kappa, will take charge of the campaign to secure backers for 16 or more French orphans, according to plans made at a meeting held Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Dean L. Barnhart. A. L. Deniston, local representative of the organization, explained the matter so the young women, who then not only voted to make the effort, but decided to take one child themselves. The cost is $36.50 per year, which may be paid monthly, or less frequently. Individuals will first be seen by the sorority girls and if necessary, organizations will then be approached. Mr. Deniston and Mayor Miller have already signified their willingness to become subscribers. Any others who desire to volunteer may get information as to procedure at the SENTINEL office. [Rochester Sentinel, Thursday, December 5, 1918] EIGHTEEN ORPHANS NOW HAVE BACKERS Eighteen fatherless children of France are assured of support by Rochester people, according to reports made Tuesday evening at the meeting of the Tri Kappas, who have done the soliciting in the campaign. It is thot that the number will be even larger. The city quota was only 16. Orphans will be aided in the name of the following: Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bowen, Mary Jane Alspach, Wm. H. Deniston, Ayrton Howard, Holman, Bernetha & Bryant, Charles Davis and J. E. Beyer, Carolyn Barr, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ralph Browne, John Gordon Martin, Jr., Val Zimmerman, Moore Bros., Omar B. Smith, Dr. H. O. Shafer, Mayor H. G. Miller, A. L. Deniston, Tri Kappas, I. M. Wile, Ransom Dull, and M. E. Missionary sociaty. The Van Trump Printing Co., and Charles Emmons were contributors. Any person or organization desiring to adopt a war orphan should see or call A. L. Deniston, who is the city chairman. [Rochester Sentinel, Wednesday, December 11, 1918] ORPHEONISTS, THE [Rochester, Indiana]
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