The city’s largest Easter egg hunt was going to be held at Garfield Park, where thousands of children were expected to hunt eggs and meet the Easter Bunny.
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Bobby Plump, who hit the game-winning shot for Milan High School in the 1954 state championship game, spoke to the Southside Optimist Club. Plump was described by club members as a shy guy who picked his words uneasily at first before becoming more comfortable with the setting.
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Just 10 days after breaking ground, construction workers on the pools at the Olympia Club in Beech Grove had made remarkable progress. The anticipated opening date was June 15.
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The congregations of Bethel Baptist Church, Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed, Troub Memorial Presbyterian and Friedens Evangelical Reformed were meeting for a combined Good Friday service at Friedens.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1965
Manual’s “Redskin Review” was called the best in school history by many of those who attended the production. The performers included Ruth Ellen Oates, Linda Bertram, Debbie Williams, Darlene Jarvis, Arlene Harlan, Sheila Jent, Patty Wright, Brenda Buescher, Cheryl Tanasovich, Pam Medcalf, Peggy Collier, Sue Fouts and Donna Rhodes.
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With the recent groundbreaking of St. Barnabas Catholic Church and School, the adjacent Hill Valley addition was seeing an explosion in the number of homes under construction. Homes started at $19,000.
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A roving Easter Bunny was passing out candy at Southern Plaza.
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Southport High School students Carl Sanderson and Barbara Flick won the Marion County 4-H forestry judging contest. Fellow schoolmates Stephen Malcon and Dan Fisher took second-place honors.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1975
Home builder and developer Robert Welch was seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor of Indianapolis. He was pictured meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook at a reception for party officials and precinct committeemen.
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Gallery of Music, 5002 Madison Ave., was celebrating its grand opening. Owner Tom Hendrickson and manager Mike Wyant carried guitars, drums, keyboards, etc., the latest records and 8-tracks and music accessories.
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The men of Southport United Methodist Church were serving a buffet pancake and sausage breakfast. The cost was $1 for children 12 and under, $1.50 for adults.
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Jo Molina was the top sales associate for Schmadeke Realtor’s south office. She and her husband, Mark, had two children.
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Richard Blough, chairman of Manual High School’s English department, received the E.H. Kemper McComb Award for excellence in education.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1985
Ed Tinder was appointed executive director of the Catholic Youth Organization. He had been serving as acting director since William F. Kuntz died.
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The Indianapolis Zoo was welcoming its newest resident, Ivory, a 2-year-old African elephant.
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Charles R. Wheeler, the 18-year-old son of Pamela and Charles E. Wheeler, was installed as master councilor of Prospect Chapter Demolay. Frank Cox and Steve Gottlieb were installed as senior and junior councilors, respectively.
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Claud B. Kendall, owner of Key West Shrimp House and C.B. Kendall’s Musicale Restaurant, was named Indiana’s Food Service Executive of the Year by students in the department of restaurant, hotel and institutional management at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1995
Sue Anne Gilroy, Indiana’s 58th secretary of state and first woman to hold the office, was going to speak about the importance of volunteerism at a program sponsored by Baxter YMCA.
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University Heights Convalescent Center, 1380 E. County Line Road, was holding Easter egg hunts.
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Jeff Shaker, Amanda Miles, Anthony Lawson, Sarah Ukstins and Savanna Gordin served as pages for a day at the Indiana General Assembly, where they performed various clerical duties.
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Lt. Col. Paulette Brehob, a Manual graduate and the daughter of Pauline Brehob and her late husband, Frank, retired from the Air Force after 22 years of service.
The Perry Township Board of Education approved new names for Keystone and Meridian middle schools. They would be known as Southport and Perry Meridian middle schools, respectively, at the start of the new school year.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2005
The archives from 2005 are missing.