Throughout her life, Mrs. Edward A. Deeds was a lover of music. By the time she had reached her early teens she was an accomplished musician. From then until her passing in 1949, music remained one of the dominant interests of her life. Her desire to share the beauty of good music with others found expression in many ways and culminated in her decision to erect a Carillon which for generations to come would be a source of enjoyment and relaxation for the people of this community. She saw this dr

The sectional diagram at the left shows the construction and arrangement of the Carillon both above and below ground. The map shows location and parking area. A most spectacular step in bell-making comes when the copper and tin are melted and mixed in the oil furnace, brought to just the proper temperature, and then carried in a huge ladle from which the molten alloy is poured into the mold. Larger bells are kept buried in dirt for days after the casting to retard their cooling. Sometimes weeks

In a desire to perpetuate some of those links with the past which are rapidly passing from the scene, an historical exhibit has been set up in Carillon Park. The caretaker’s house has been built as a replica of an old grist mill and includes a water wheel which turns a millstone, just as in the mills of yesterday. Most of the other exhibits are concerned with transportation and tell the story of man’s progress from the days of the Conestoga wagon, the Concord coach and the canal, to the airplane