Indiana Bell was preparing to implement its two-letter, five-figure phone numbers (such as STate 4-2727), which would replace the two-letter, four-figure ones. The change was expected to affect about 75,000 of the company’s nearly 225,000 Indianapolis residents.
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Wanda May McKinney, the 16-year-old daughter of Lucille McKinney, cut her foot so badly on a piece of glass that she couldn’t be moved until an ambulance arrived.
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An extra-rich chocolate sundae cost 17 cents at Daisy Queen (that’s the correct spelling), 2722 Madison Ave.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Love was in the air as numerous couples had recently exchanged wedding vows: Anna Caito and George Copeland; Linda West and James Clifton; Carol Maier and Howard Dardeen; Margaret Zechiel and Christopher Kleinhenz; Margaret Stader and Herman DeHart; Carolyn Reeves and Stephen Harriman; Betty Davis and Paul Carroll; Joyce Sullivan and Byron Morris; Dolores Smith and Roy Capps; Janice Reagin and Richard Bonebrake; Andrea Deever and Kenneth Otto; Peggy Boston and Roy Saunders; and Susan King and Benny Hynes.
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Greenwood was celebrating its centennial anniversary of being incorporated as a town by hosting a weeklong extravaganza. The event featured huge sales by merchants, prizes, contests, a luncheon, a car show and a bean soup dinner prepared by Tom Sanders, who had been a cook in the Army. Sanders, co-owner of Sanders Laundry & Dry Cleaners, was expected to cook hundreds of gallons of soup.
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Henry’s Hamburgers, owned by Leo Masters and located at 3545 S. East St., was celebrating its third anniversary. Specials included free pony rides with all purchases, three hot dogs for 50 cents, a fried chicken dinner for 59 cents and four fish sandwiches for $1.
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A dozen ears of corn cost 39 cents at Safeway Quality Foods, 1201 E. Prospect St., where strained baby food was 8 cents a jar, and 2-pound packages of sandwich cookies and french fries were 29 and 39 cents, respectively. Two dozen eggs were 89 cents, and 2 pounds of Hill Bros. coffee cost $1.39.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
The handbell choir of Faith United Church of Christ, 4040 E. Thompson Road, attended a three-day conference at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where members attended classes, rehearsed and performed seven concerts. The choir featured Jim McAdams, Roger Engelau, Kurt and Nancy Nitsch, Carl and Cindy Scheib, Kenny Schoch, Ronna Brenton, Diane Wienke, Marcia Edwards, Debbie Crismon, Janye Ozment and director Eugene Raines. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Engelau and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scheib served as chaperones.
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Janis McDonald, Mike Timpe and Bob Burch, co-supervisors of the Perry Township 4-H program, took a group of their 4-H’ers to Kings Island.
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Bicycle thefts were increasing at an alarming rate as more than 630 bikes were reported stolen in June. In an effort to identify stolen bikes, police urged all children to register their two-wheelers.
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Drs. Alfonso and Corazon Navarro opened a medical practice at 234 E. Southern Ave. Alfonso specialized in internal medicine; his wife was an obstetrician.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
What could a dollar buy? Four beers at Silk & Lace on Wednesdays, or a boys tank top, or 19 ounces of Jergens soap, or two pairs of ladies bikini panties or 4 pounds of bananas.
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The back-to-school section featured students commenting about the start of school. “Summer’s going too fast, and it’s too hot to go back to school,” said Franklin Central freshman Lori Young. “I’ve heard enough yelling from my parents this summer. I don’t need teachers.”
Southport freshman Tami Eckert remarked that she was having too much fun to go back to school. “I like to sleep in.”
Perry Meridian senior Anne Chambers said she was anxious to go back but was a little nervous. “After this year I’ll be on my own at college.”
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A picture of Theresa Dalton captured her near-perfect form in the High Point gymnastics competition in St. Louis, where she took first-place honors. The daughter of Forest and Myrtle of Greenwood was going to attend Ball State on a full gymnastics scholarship.
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Fred Kelley was named director of youth activities at Southport United Methodist Church, 1947 E. Southport Road. He held a master’s degree in religious studies and was previously employed as a production supervisor for UPS.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Candy Howe was named St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers’ August Family Spirt Award recipient for her work with Senior Promise, a program designed to assist the elderly with the cumbersome paperwork that often accompanies health care. She was an 11-year employee of the hospital and had two sons, Robert, 23, and Scott, 15.
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Good Hall, an iconic building on the University of Indianapolis campus, was undergoing a $1 million facelift.
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Members of the Palmer and Richards families – long-ago neighbors who lived off Troy Avenue – met for a reunion at Steak & Ale at Southern Plaza. Those on hand for the occasion were Norma (Richards) Neal, Martha Ann (Palmer) Fender, Lloyd and Freida (Richards) Neal, Mary Catherine (Palmer) Ramey, Norman Palmer, Michael Palmer, Mildred Richards, Leland and Rosalie (Burnett) Richards, Tom and Shirely Buis and Bob Neal.
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T-bone steaks and New York strips were advertised for $4.99 a pound at Mike’s Midway Market, 7737 Shelbyville Road, where bacon and ground round cost $1.29 and $2.39 a pound, respectively.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
The following news release must have found its way around the copy editor: “The Waverly American Grill & Gathering Place in Martinsville, closed after 31 years of restaurant service, is now celebrating its one-year reopening anniversary. ...”
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Featuring XBox and computer gaming for all ages, ToxCity was opened at 640 S. Madison Ave., Greenwood, by Wade Brant and Charlie Bruardic, both of whom were IT professionals at Eli Lilly and Co.
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Jerry Rogers & The Boogie Boys were appearing on weekends at the 31 Bar & Grill, 3131 Shelby St., where well drinks were served for $1.50 every Tuesday.
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Airman Anthony Davidson was receiving training in the Security Forces Command at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. He was a recent graduate of Beech Grove High School and the son of Paul Davidson Jr. and Michelle Davidson.
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Henry Coleman opened Porky’s Pizza at 2236 Shelby St.
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BB’s Liquors was opened at 3001 S. Meridian St. by Mark Buck. Diana Gillenwater managed the store, and Misty Moore was an employee.