Annie Lawrie won top honors in the bathing beauty contest at Garfield Park. Margaret Lawrie, her cousin, took second-place honors, and Carol Frisbie place third. All three of the 15-year-olds received a jewelry box and a string of pearls.
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The Indiana Employment Division cast a call for qualified women to fill factory jobs. Women 18 to 35 who weighed between 100 and 160 pounds were eligible for steady jobs with good pay.
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Residents of the Garfield Park area were complaining about the offensive odors emanating from the city dump. Officials contended they were doing everything in their powers to remedy the situation.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
July 11 was a day for lovebirds as five Southside couples exchanged nuptials: Marilyn Niehaus and Gerald Schuster, Kathleen Kern and Donald Beck, Donna Baldridge and Thomas Everts, Sharon Darko and Roger David, and Charles Hoovler and Kathleen Young.
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The Lake Shore Swim Club defeated the Olympia Swim Club 101-37.
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Sue Hiatt was re-elected secretary/treasurer of Indiana Central University’s German Club.
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Three half-gallons of Borden’s milk cost 89 cents.
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Garfield Park continued to be the hot spot for music as Paul Burton and His Wranglers were performing as part of the park’s Sunday Concert Series.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
Tony Lenox and Dennis Fillenworth, recent graduates of St. Mark Grade School, were awarded $500 scholarships to Cathedral, where they planned to put their athletic abilities to work.
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Doug Burton, a freshman at Rockford College and a graduate of Southport, received his swimming letter. He was the son of Donald and Thelma Burton and posted a personal best time of 2 minutes, 12.8 seconds in the 200-yard butterfly.
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A sampling of the classified ads: three-bedroom house, 1 1/2 baths, $5,000; living room suite, $40; 1973 Pinto wagon, red, mag wheels, clean, $2,700; and a 3-year-old three-bedroom home in Perry Township, $15,000.
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The Giants from the majors in the Garfield Y Little League finished their season with 21-0 record and outscored their opponents 257-61. Team members were Bob Clayton, Bill Engleking, Tony Connors, Jim Beagle, Tom Mattingly, John Miller, Steve Dantz, Bernie Kleeman, Mickey McGuire, Bob Parks, Tony Cardwell, coach Mike Shelburn, manager Bill Engleking and coach Dick Thompson.
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A new gas mileage record was set by a modified Chevrolet Vega, which got 47 miles per gallon.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Baseball legends such as Mickey Mantle, Joe Dimaggio, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Hank Aaron, Enos Slaughter, Ernie Banks and Willie Mays confirmed that they would play in an all-star game July 27 at the Hoosier Dome, where tickets cost $10.
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Due to an increase of teen loitering along the Madison Avenue Strip (between Sumner and Southern avenues), the Indianapolis Police Department beefed up its patrols. “Rolling Stone” magazine reported in 1982 that the area was the third hottest youth-gathering place in the country. Previous attempts to rid youths of the area only drove them to Garfield Park, where they were driven back to the Strip by area residents.
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The Perrywinkles Homemakers Club was planning its 30-year reunion.
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Indiana Central University golfer Steve Gale was named the team’s Most Valuable Golfer.
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Low Cost Pharmacy opened its second store, which was located at 8375 Madison Ave. Owner Terry Cole was pictured with Shirley Corhn and Anna Marie Heidenreich.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
C. Calvin Leedy, who was principal at Southport High from 1940-1962, was honored for leading the school through turbulent changes that greatly affected the curriculum. As part of the school’s yearlong centennial celebration, he was presented a copy of “A Century of Pride and Progress,” a history of the school’s first 100 years, by Principal Lloyd L. Bodie.
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Laura Green and Jade and Zensho Yamamoto were cast in Buck Creek Players’ production of “How to Eat Like a Child and Other Lessons in Not Being Grown-up, which celebrated the spirit of youth through Broadway-style songs and an imaginative script.
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The state began to officially recognize ostriches, rheas and emus as domestic animals.
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The most popular movie rentals were: 1) “Carlito’s Way,” 2) “Mrs. Doubtfire,” 3) “The Return of Jafar,” 4) “The Three Musketeers” and 5) “Malice.”
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
For the first time in the history of the seven-member Perry Township School Board, six women served on the board. Susan Adams, Gayle Houchin, Jo Ellen Buffie, Rubie Alexander, Marsha Hicks and Traci were joined by Bob Willsey.
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The former site of Lake Shore Country Club, 4301 Carson Ave., was being developed into a small apartment complex.
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“Gardening on My Mind” columnist Georgia Hottell wrote about the joy of picking her first ripe tomato of the season. “My mouth begins watering for them in June, and by July I start salivating for their sweet, meaty flavor,” she penned.
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Atlantic Records recording artist Jewell performed before a packed house at the Murat Shrine Theatre.
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Samuel Rund, Breeanna Bongayan and Melanie Wilson, all 2014 graduates of Beech Grove, received Hayes Fairchild Memorial Scholarships.