The Madison Avenue Businessmen’s Association was going to elect its new officers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Riley, where members and their wives would be treated to shrimp cocktails and a venison dinner.
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Cecil Price announced his plans to build a mausoleum at Round Hill Cemetery at the corner of Meridian Street and Epler Avenue.
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With 44 honor points, Manual junior Janet Jones earned the highest grades of anyone making the school’s straight-A honor roll. Also making all A’s were Sue Calvert, Nancy Foster, Al Helms, James Miller, Jeanne Steele, Sharon Akers, Robert Arnold, Elaine Holland, Helen Webb, Rosalie Elliot, Paul Joseph, Sharon Holmes, Janalene Powell and Roger Smith.
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J. Edward Sargent was named assistant vice president of Fidelity Trust Co.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1965
Burger Chef – “Home of the world’s greatest 15 cent hamburger” – featured a burger, fries and a shake for 45 cents.
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The Crossroads of America Grandmothers Club was meeting at Central YMCA, where members would learn about the programs offered by Goodwill Industries.
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Florist Art Buescher was recovering from pneumonia. He reasoned that he had gotten run down after working too long and hard throughout the Christmas season.
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Joseph Wilder was elected assistant vice president of Peoples Bank & Trust. He had previously been a national bank examiner with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1975
Gilbert W. Gardner, Donald E. Harmon, Linda C. Mitchell, Steven W. Pieper, Terry K. Ryker, Hannah D. Williams and Stanley L. Wrana received their degrees from Butler.
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St. Roch Grade School was celebrating Catholic Schools Week.
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More than 800 swimmers from nearly 50 clubs from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois were converging upon the Indianapolis Athletic Club and Riverside Pool to compete in meets.
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Drs. John D. MacDougall, Dennis J. Nicholas and Frank W. Fortuna were named president, vice president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of St. Francis Hospital’s medical staff.
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Ace Hardware in Southern Plaza marked down its Kentucky bluegrass seed from $1.98 a pound to 79 cents a pound.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1985
Tiffany Anderson, Rachel Elkins, Mary Innis and Valerie John served as pages in the Indiana General Assembly, where they performed a variety of clerical duties.
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Monica Lloyd, Michelle Cunningham, Rhonda Golden and Sheila Clark won 20 medals and seven trophies en route to winning the team championship at the Indiana Gymnastics Conference meet.
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Beatrice Coulter, who had managed the restaurant at the Fountain Square G.C. Murphy since 1971, retired. She started at the diner as a waitress in 1962.
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Dale Robey, manager of the Fuddruckers Restaurant at 7799 S. U.S. 31, donated $1,000 to the Southside Youth Council, whose executive director was Rick Shepard.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1995
The reserve ladies basketball squad from Perry Meridian won its third consecutive Marion County tournament. Team members were Natalie Sponsel, Nicole Hall, Latasha Austin, Jenny Kriech, Angie Weddle, Mary Logan, Stacey Walters, manager Heather Wilcoxen, coach Howard Ely, Janella O’Neal, Jennifer Bruner and Erin Ross.
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The American Cabaret Theatre was staging “Summer Luvin,” a rousing musical revue set in the 1950s and 60s. Brenda Williams and Shannon Forsell were known for stealing the show with their wonderful voices and never-ending spunk. The cast also included Michael Murray, Melody Finchum, Robert Metz, Jeff Owen, Peggy Chamber, Jerry Panatieri, Kevin West and Nataly North.
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Work was nearing completion on Little & Sons’ newest funeral home. The 10,000-square-foot at 4901 E. Stop 11 Road featured three visitation rooms and a chapel.
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Riley Hospital for Children received 6 cents for each Heinz baby food label that it collected.
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Mark Harrington was among the first graduates of the Marion County Sheriff’s Citizen Academy, which was part of the Sheriff’s Department’s continuing efforts to develop a better relationship with the public.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2005
The archives from 2005 are missing.