In 1949, in a heated rural vs. city debate, the Indiana General Assembly passed a law to put all of Indiana on Central Standard Time and to outlaw daylight saving time. However, the law had no enforcement power, and it was largely ignored by communities who wanted to observe Eastern Standard Time. The Indiana General Assembly passed a law to make Central Time the official time zone of the state in 1957, but permitted any community to switch to daylight saving time during the summer. The law did, however, make it illegal for communities to observe "fast time" (i.e., daylight saving time) during the winter months. Governor Harold W. Handley vowed to enforce the law by withdrawing state aid from communities who attempted to observe "fast time" during the winter, though legal obstacles forced the Governor to back down from his stance. Once again, the law was not enforceable, as individual communities continued to observe whichever time zone they preferred.
As somebody who lived in the Hoosier State for four years, I can tell you that this was crazy-making.
While in school in West Lafayette, I briefly had a girlfriend who went to Vassar. I called her one time and she was offended to learn that my football school was in the same time zone as her trust fund madrassa.
Reminds me of this joke I saw today: https://twitter.com/BuckyIsotope/status/942578426… https://twitter.com/BuckyIsotope/status/807633094…
That's hilarious.
As somebody who lived in the Hoosier State for four years, I can tell you that this was crazy-making.
You're lucky someone in NJ knew where Ohio was based on experience from my mom's side of the family.
I quit paying attention when I saw the wedding ring on Jan's finger.
While in school in West Lafayette, I briefly had a girlfriend who went to Vassar. I called her one time and she was offended to learn that my football school was in the same time zone as her trust fund madrassa.