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A Glimpse of The PastBy Richard D. HaneyWhat started out as a building to house antique cars has transformed into an unusual museum for Jasper County. Kennedy's Museum, located on the west edge of Newton by Illinois Route 33, features a varied collection of cars, trucks, tractors, hand tools and horse-drawn farm machinery. There's even an old depot with a caboose, as well as a log barn, one-room country school-house and the furnishings from the Rose Hill Post Office. The man behind the whole thing is Lexie E. Kennedy, who is in the grain elevator business with his father and brother. A member of Newton-based Norris Electric Co-operative, Kennedy conceived the idea for a museum nearly 20 years after purchasing his first antique car - a 1915 Model T Ford, the oldest in his collection. "Since buying that first car," Kennedy commented, "I've added one after another until it reach... 820 of 5084 characters shown.
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