Dick Weber, a nationally known bowler, was going to host a free clinic at Sport Bowl, 3900 S. East St.
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The Mothers Club of Fletcher Place Community Center, 410 S. College Ave., was hosting a valentine party for 11- to 14-year-old girls.
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Butler University students Tom McAndrews, Judith Coffey and William French worked on the school’s newspaper, “The Collegian.”
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Free sewing lessons were offered at Indianapolis Public Schools 72 and 75.
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The Nine Star Tavern, 2101 S. East St., advertised that it served premium draught beer in frosted glasses and steak, chicken and catfish dinners.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
The Madison Avenue Flower Shop, 2457 Madison Ave., was going to open a store in Greenwood.
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Southport High School senior Phil Borst won the local American Legion speech contest to qualify for the district competition. “It’s the first time I’ve won anything like this,” he said. “It’s a great honor, and I guess I was real lucky.”
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Martha Jane Staab, daughter of Mrs. Herbert F. Staab, graduated from Braniff International’s flight hostess college in Dallas.
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Customers who purchased 10 gallons of gas at the Standard station at 3750 Madison Ave. were treated to a free car wash.
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Philip G. Cravens, George F. Kuntz Jr., Matthew A. Iaria Jr., Michael C. Law and Gerald E. Wallman were serving in the armed forces.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
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Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
Manual High School named Bill Green as its Athletic Alumnus of the Year. Green had won six Indiana high school basketball championships, one with Washington and five with Marion.
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IUPUI sophomore Joanne T. Warner, daughter of Gail M. Plater and graduate of Perry Meridian, received the $1,000 Challenger Scholar Award, which was named in honor of the seven astronauts who died in the 1986 Challenger explosion.
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Coached by Joe Walsh, Dan Hammerschmitt and Eric Goss, St. Barnabas’ fifth- and sixth-grade basketball team won the Catholic Youth Association city tourney. The squad featured David Lauck, Brent Carver, Chris, Goss, Jason Jaffe, Kirk Hesig, Andy Rolph, Mike Walsh, Jim Cissel and John Dimmock.
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Roncalli’s girls basketball team was 18-1 heading into sectional play. Wrestlers Matt Hickey (103 pounds), Howie Cottey (112), Donnie Nevitt (119), Judd Lawrie (145) and Gary Ladd (heavyweight) advanced to regional competition.
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Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Purdue University senior Jeremy Ross Garritano, son of Janet L. Garritano and a graduate of Perry Meridian, was awarded a scholarship from the American Cyanamid Co.
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Tuesday’s dinner menu at the Heritage House smorgasbord, 4990 S. East St., featured fried shrimp, roast beef, ham, fried and baked chicken, fish, chicken livers, macaroni and cheese, potato wedges, tomato soup, an assortment of vegetables, salads and desserts.
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Grocery specials at the Save•A•Lot Food Store at 3819 S. East St. included boneless chicken breasts for $1.67 a pound; pork steak, 97 cents a pound; 10.8-ounce Totino’s pizzas, 99 cents; a gallon of orange juice, $1.99; and 20 pounds of potatoes, $2.49.
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Bill and Andrea Miller, both previously divorced, were using their life experiences to develop two successful divorce recovery ministries at Emmanuel Baptist Church.
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Citing contaminated wells in the Richmond Addition, an ordinance before the City-County Council would require the Indianapolis Water Co. to extend its mains to the area, which was bounded by Troy and Sumner avenues to the north and south, respectively, and Harding and Division streets to west and east.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
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