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Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
Southport’s “skyline” took on a new look as a Dairy Queen opened just east of Madison Avenue on Southport Road.
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The Southside Golden Age Club was going to host its inaugural meeting during a pitch-in dinner.
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Raymond Alexander was named the new principal of Homecroft Elementary School. He succeeded Melvin L. Mosier, who had been named assistant superintendent of secondary education for Perry Township Schools.
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A tennis club was forming at Garfield Park.
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Kash Is King Food Stores opened an outlet at 902 E. Raymond St., where grand-opening specials included sirloin and T-bone steaks for 89 cents and 99 cents a pound, respectively, two loaves of bread for 39 cents and 10 pounds of potatoes for 79 cents.
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Weekly specials at Medi-Sav Health and Beauty Aids Discount Store, 2728 Madison Ave., included 50 books of matches for 5 cents; 75 Rolaids tablets, 49 cents; a large bottle of Listerine, 57 cents; and 12 ounces of Maalox, 78 cents.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
Herbert Wiese and Mesdames Constance Wiegland, William Nyffeier, Clarence McKhann and Ralph Landerwerlen were honored for their 10,000 hours of volunteer service to St. Francis Hospital.
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Lloyd “Skip” Tucker, owner of Tucker-State Pharmacy, 1668 E. Raymond St., announced that his storewide sale would continue for another week.
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A full-service car wash with a buff and a wax – regularly $6.25 at Harrell’s, 4130 Madison Ave. – was marked down to $5.
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Debra Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Black, was initiated into Ball State University’s chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha, an academic journalism society.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
Southport was named one of Indiana’s top 12 high schools in a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
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St. Roch Grade School’s seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball team, which competed in Division V of the Catholic Youth Organization, won its league with a 7-0 record. The squad featured Richard and Chris Carmichael, Gary Timple, Andy Leary, Damon Smith, Chris Braun, Kurt Kiefer, Brian Sanders, Eric Eads, John Gaskill, Joe Armstrong, Evan Gilmore and coaches Chris Jockish and Shaun Breen.
The team’s cheerleaders were Marie Schott, Elaine Schaler, Amy Maynard, Shannon Stammer, Terri Snodgrass, Tonya Vincent, Nicki Rizzo, Dawn Eads, Lizza Pinna, Vanessa Tolentino and Kimberly Ratliff.
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A free 10-week course in amateur radio was beginning at University Heights Hospital, 1401 E. County Line Road. Participants would learn Morse code, basic electronics, rules and regulations and operating procedures.
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Hamburgers, cheeseburgers and ham sandwiches cost less than $2 at the Colonial Inn, 4343 Madison Ave.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
It’s All Good, Indiana’s first hemp store, opened at 920 N. State Road 135, Greenwood. Owned by Tom Faulk and Elizabeth West, the shop featured 100 percent hemp clothing, jewelry and gifts.
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Julie K. Trimble was appointed vice president and branch manager of American Home Funding’s new Southside office, which specialized in residential mortgages.
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More than 3,000 people were expected to participate in the 16th annual Polar Bear Run & Walk at the University of Indianapolis.
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Paul K. Bolin was named vice president of marketing of Kennedy Tank & Manufacturing. He previously was employed by AT&T/Lucent Technologies, Proctor & Gamble and radio station WIBC.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
The archives from 2007 are missing.