Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine were starring in “The Jungle Square,” which was showing at Fountain Square Theatre.
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Shelby Furniture Co., 1113 Shelby St., was celebrating its 37th anniversary.
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Tom Dawson and Tom Stahl rolled 562s for the top series in the St. Catherine Bowling League. Herb Gilligan’s 223 was the top game.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1966
Queen candidates for Manual High School’s military ball were Susan Burns, Sandra Smith, Sandy Dunn, Mary Yocum, Joyce Johnson, Marchita Lemme, Jan Nolting, Jessie Waynick, Regina Cox, Sharon Dain, Ginger Davis, Patricia Roberts, Nancy Kidd, Debbie Barkhau and Martha Taylor.
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McGinty Dodge, 3419 S. East St., was presented the Chrylser Corp.’s Customer Care Award for its outstanding service. Accepting the award were dealership President Bernard McGinty, Vice President Tom McGinty and service manager Bob Schnelle.
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A 1962 two-door Chevrolet with a rebuilt engine and good tires was advertised for $800.
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Southport High School’s Exercise in Knowledge team defeated Arlington behind the academic prowess of Gary Simon, Paul Sidebottom and Alice Mendle.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1976
Girl Scout Troop 919 from Southport Elementary School took a field trip to Plastercraft Corner, 6840 Madison Ave. Troop members were Jill Collins, Kristine Kinnick, Kathleen Boyle, Julie Buchanan, Susy Power, Sherri Colbert, Amy Porter, Julie Dunaway, Michelle Shaffer, Dawn Taylor, Kris Muller, Patty Powell and leaders Gretchen Bower and Joan Colbert.
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A huge shoe sale was underway at G.C. Murphy’s, where two pairs cost $1.88. Also on sale was a seven-function pocket calculator for $15.76.
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Theresa Snoddy, Pat Babbs, Linda Porter, Marilyn Mellen and Harold Righter were cast in Footlite Musicals’ “Of Thee I Sing.”
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Luncheon specials at the Key West Shrimp House, 2861 Madison Ave., included seafood creole for $2.25, fried lobster, $3.75; seafood stroganoff, $2.40; and shrimp newberg, $2.40.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1986
Doris Schlensker, who wrote the fight song for Southport High when she was a sophomore at the school in 1932, was honored during halftime of a boys basketball game by Principal Lloyd Bodie and athletic director Chuck Robbins.
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Keith B. Van Deman, director of alumni relations for Indiana Central University, was the guest speaker for the Lenten Breakfast Series hosted by a group of United Methodist churches.
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Dutch Oven introduced its Flying Dutchman breakfast special for $2.89. The meal featured two eggs, three pancakes, two strips of bacon, hash browns and toast.
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Roncalli’s girls basketball team was defeated 50-36 by Fort Wayne Northrop in the state finals. “We got beat by a real good team,” coach Bob Kirkoff said. “I’m still proud as heck of our girls.”
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1996
The Central Indiana Regional Blood Center’s bloodmobile was destroyed by a fire when the air conditioner atop it got caught on a low-hanging power line, which snapped and caught the bus on fire.
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Perry Meridian students Kristin Decker, Andrea Scott, Tyler Conner, Emily Normington, Jenny Vail, Tiffany Studer and Kim Pritz organized a country dance at the high school.
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Burkhart Elementary’s second- and third-grade girls basketball team finished its season with a 10-0 record. The squad featured Katie Gravelle, Morgan Opel, Sarah Bose, Brittany Moore, Melenda Hawthorne, Brittany Scully, Claire Reichle, Melissa Shull, Ashton Church and coaches Brett Moore and Mike Hawthorne.
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The girls basketball team from Center Grove High School won the state championship.
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Walt Stahlhut was inducted into the Indiana Track & Cross County Hall of Fame. A lifetime Southsider, his coaching career spanned five decades at Wood and Washington high schools.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2006
The archives from 2006 are missing.