Frank Tompkins, a longtime Okeana resident and presenter, led a slide-driven tour of the village’s history at the township museum, walking attendees through maps, photographs and personal recollections of schools, businesses and notable events.

Tompkins said the presentation covered what he described as "the whole route" through the village and highlighted longtime local landmarks, including the Old Morgan School, the Okeana (Okeanos) supply center, Brownie’s store and the Country Barrel restaurant. "In 1925, the first Butler County basketball tournament was won by Morgan Tech. They won it again in '32," Tompkins said while pointing to archival images of the school and its gym.

The presentation combined historical facts, family memories and recollections of past businesses. Tompkins identified a sequence of proprietors for one downtown restaurant and store building, listing names and iterations from Fran’s Family Restaurant through several later proprietors to its current identification as the Country Barrel. He also ran through a timeline of local incidents: a tornado and subsequent fires in 1968–69 that damaged the feed mill and supply center; an election‑night fire in 1973 that local residents still recount; and the loss of the train depot sometime after World War II.

Attendees asked questions and offered brief clarifications at several points. Resident Anne Coleman described a recent personal scare when a distress alert from her phone prompted emergency responders to check on walkers along a local route: "...here come an ambulance, glaring loud, driving way past us," Coleman said, recounting how police and fire units responded before realizing the alert was triggered by her phone.

Tompkins also presented a set of maps he created showing which buildings remain, which are vacant, and which no longer exist. He summarized a basic population snapshot for the village: 44 houses in town, of which 20 are occupied by a single person and another six have only two residents; he noted only four houses and one nonresidential building have been constructed in town since 1940.

The talk included anecdotes tied to specific photographs or dates: the First National Bank of Indiana (founded 1909) and its later ownership changes; the Okeana feed mill that was damaged and later burned after the 1969 tornado; and the Okeana food locker, a mid‑20th‑century facility where locals rented freezer space and bought meat. Tompkins said some items remain to be researched and suggested a follow‑up presentation covering earlier history.

The program was presented as a public, informational session; there were no formal actions, votes or policy decisions. Tompkins said the slides and an accompanying grid will be placed on display at the museum for upcoming open‑house events so residents who could not attend can view the material.