Huggins Appliances, 2604 Madison Ave., offered a trade-in allowance of $149.95 on refrigerators that were 1-3 years old.
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Verdie Harrel & Son Appliances, 4130 Madison Ave., opened a new showroom to display its new General Electric products.
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A 10-ounce club steak, french fries, a salad and a roll cost $1.50 at Higgins Restaurant, 2206 Shelby St.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Possman Paint & Wallpaper, a household name for years on the Southside, was celebrating the grand opening of its Southern Plaza store, where there were roses for the ladies and balloons for the tykes.
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In just its ninth year of operations, McDonald’s announced that it was selling more than a million hamburgers a day. The fast-food king had 580 stores across the United States and was opening new ones at the rate of two or three a week. Hamburgers were 15 cents.
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Patricia Ann Derr, 18, was installed as worthy adviser of Assembly 10 of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls at the Southport Masonic Temple.
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Students from Scecina, Sacred Heart Central, Brebeuf and Chartrand high schools were joining forces for the city’s inaugural parochial band concert at Chartrand.
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Manual juniors Nancy Norcross, Nancy Lagel, Patty Koopman, June Cook, Jan Lynn McDaniel and Diane Eickhoff were named to attend Girls State, which was sponsored by the American Legion and designed to introduce girls to state government.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
It took 48 hours to fill the 1.5-acre, 1.3-million gallon Longacre Park Pool, which was located off the 4600 block of Madison Avenue. Built in 1925, the pool was among the largest in the country. As many as 7,500 swimmers had been known to frequent the pool in one day, manager Nick Christoff said, and it wasn’t uncommon for 4,000 people to be there at any given time.
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The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performed at the Greenwood Shopping Center, where tickets were $3.
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Jill S. Shull, Patti Ann Adams, Lynda S. Kotzbauer, Marcia Denny, Vicki L. Walker Stickford and Karen S. Weaver graduated from the Marion County General Hospital School of Nursing.
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Organizers of the festivals hosted by Greater Southside Inc. and St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church promised generous servings of strawberry shortcake and ice cream for 50 cents.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Attorney Kathy L. Steffey joined the law firm of Lewis, Bowman, St. Clair & Wagner at 5101 Madison Ave. Steffey, a graduate of Southport and Indiana University School of Law, was the daughter of restaurateurs Mary Ann and Pete Steffey.
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Guns that had been confiscated by the Marion County Sheriff’s Department for being illegal or altered were melted down into two 50-pound bells for Sheriff James L. Wells and Lt. Phil Cress.
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Carolyn M. Casey, a graduate of Indiana Central University and Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, was ordained a minister in the Disciples of Christ Church.
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Marilyn Ramsey, the girls basketball coach at Southport, announced that she would retire after the coming season. Her team won the state championship in 1980.
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The Perry Township Swimming Association named Tom Fedowicz, son of Tom and Lois Fedowicz, as its Swimmer of the Week.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Former Spotlight Publisher George Cafouros and U.S. Rep. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), a Manual graduate, were presented State of Indiana Distinguished Hoosier Awards for their years of service to the Southside. The awards emanated from Gov. Evan Bayh’s office.
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Grilled chicken and bratwurst sandwiches were the featured fare for the Boy Scouts’ annual cookout on Monument Circle. A sandwich, a bag of chips, cherry cobbler and a soft drink were served for $6. Last year’s event raised $28,000 to help underprivileged Scouts attend summer camp.
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Alvin Bennett, Christena Jones and Matthew Wittlief shared co-valedictorian honors at Lutheran High School, where all three earned 4.0 grade point averages. Erin Kerr and Jennifer Tilford shared salutatorian honors with 3.96 GPAs.
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William H. “Bill” Hendley was elected commander of Eli Lilly American Legion Post 374. He had served with the 3902nd Security Police Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Neb.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
A tornado roared through the Southside and damaged buildings and homes, overturned trucks and downed stately trees. The roof of the Keystone Health Care Center, 2630 S. Keystone Ave., was ripped off, and a home near Sumner Avenue and South East Street was nearly demolished.
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Eric Augenstein was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. A recent graduate of St. Meinrad School of Theology in southern Indiana, he was the son of Linda and Bernie Augenstein.
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Brothers Michael and Matthew Lord were named Eagle Scouts after completing their service project, which entailed building a shelter house and a sidewalk at Wanamaker Elementary. The sons of Jeff and Kim Lord attended Franklin Central High School.
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In recognition of their outstanding community service, Roncalli’s Kevin Truelock, Southport’s Danielle Sylvester and Perry Meridian’s Estoni Link were awarded $500 scholarships from the Perry Township Kiwanis Club.
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Arlington Elementary teachers Bill Frye and Denise Ruehrschneck and Principal David Henriott took pies in the face as part of a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
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Southport High School’s softball team won its second conference title in a row. The squad consisted of Stephanie Westberry, Jenny Kemp, Ashley Seyfried, Lindsay Arnold, Erin Wampler, Tina Gray, Whitney Dulla, Kim Rydner, Sarah Cross, Amber Clouse, Amanda Teagardin, assistant coaches Scott Montgomery and Heidi Turk and coach Steve Montgomery.