Tech High School’s band launched Indy Parks and Recreation’s summer concert series at Garfield Park with a rousing performance.
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T-shirts at G.C. Murphy in Fountain Square cost 37 cents.
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Construction began on Beech Grove’s new $680,000 sewage disposal plant.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Anne Koch, Diane Eickhoff, Agnes Mader, Carolyn McCarty, Reva Gholdson and Mary Wilder were finalists in Greater Southside Inc.’s Strawberry Festival and Art Show queen contest.
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Patrons who purchased 8 or more gallons of gas at M and M Shell at the corner of Meridian Street and Thompson Road received 100 Top Value stamps.
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Classic cars and adorable babies were featured in shows at Southern Plazas.
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Michael and Gloria Schott brought their baby twins, Kathleen and Kimberly Kay, home from St. Francis Hospital.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
Because the Southport Masons anticipated to fry 3 tons of fish during what was billed as Indiana’s largest fish fry, they had recruited 15 volunteers to do nothing but man 23 fryers. Police would patrol the area in an effort to keep traffic moving as throngs of Hoosiers entered and exited the grounds at 5678 S. U.S. 31.
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Queen candidates at Greater Southside Inc.’s Strawberry Festival and Art Show were Sherri Toon from Franklin Central High School, Jean O’Gara, Beech Grove; Marcia Mueller, Manual; Sharon Hawk, Southport; Janice Whiffing, Perry Meridian; Jane Armstrong, Roncalli; and Sherri Birdwell, Wood.
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Area students who graduated from Butler were Mary-Jane Allison, George M. Burns*, Kathy L. Kaiser, Paul R. Lindstadt, Celeste M. Stickan*, Stephen M. Somermeyer, Michael P. Caito, Ann C. Divine*, Mark S. Barhan, Billy E. Finney, Robert W. Rawlings, Charles D. Wentling and Marcy C. Wolsieffer; * indicates they graduated with a B average or better.
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Ray McKinney was elected commander of American Legion Post 355, and Billy Keller of the Indiana Pacers was a special guest at St. Barnabas’ festival.
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Patti Miller, a 1973 graduate of Southport and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller, was preparing to do missionary work with 9- to 18-year-old Kickapoo Indians near Oklahoma City. Her role would be that of music director and supervisor of the community center.
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Daily specials at the House of Sirloin, 902 Hanna Ave., included a ham or fish sandwich and salad bar for $1.53; cheeseburger and salad bar, $1.62; and a steak sandwich and salad bar, $1.99.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Heath’s Hair Styling, 6922 Madison Ave., advertised perms for $23.
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Jerry Cosby reported in “Coz’ Corner ...” on the Sigma Firefly Scientist Club paying a penny apiece for lightning bugs. It seemed that fireflies were needed for research in such fields as heart disease, muscular dystrophy, waste water treatment and swine disease.
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German Park celebrated its 50th anniversary with a variety of special events, including one that featured music by Hans Rieser’s Internationals.
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Congressman Phil Sharp’s bicycle accident of May 17 resulted in a week’s stay at the hospital, some excruciating aches and pains and hundreds of cards and letters from well-wishers.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Eric Pease, son of Samuel and Vicki Pease, graduated from Clinton Young Elementary without having missed a day of school in five years.
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St. Jude Grade School won the local Academic Olympic Bowl at Cathedral. The team featured Jean Buckel, Kevin Huser, Andrea Kirk, Kevin Sahm, Derrick Alba, Eric Sahm, Mark Conner, Andy Richardson and coaches Mary Ann Chamberlin and Sister James Michael.
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The Indiana State Police was accepting applications. Prospective troopers had to be at least 21 and a U.S. citizen, have completed 60 hours of college with at least a 2.0 grade point average and have eyesight correctable to 20/50.
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Indianapolis Public School 114 fifth-graders Tiffany Shaffery, Janieka Thompkins and Lanisha Martin, took first-, second- and third-place honors, respectively, in the school’s Just Say No Club poster contest.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
Dr. Marvin Christie was named Marion County’s Older Hoosier of the Year by the Central Indiana Council on Aging. Christie, who had delivered more than 1,250 babies over his 45-year career, practiced at Beech Grove Family Physicians and was an aviation medical examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration. He and his wife, Dolores, had three sons and seven grandchildren.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency established a temporary service facility at the Perry Township Government Center to accommodate victims of the May 30 tornadoes.
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Dr. George Keenan and Ralph Stahl, for whom the Keenan-Stahl Boys and Girls Club was named for, were honored during a dinner at the facility, 1949 E. Troy Ave., where they were accompanied by their spouses, Bettie and Muriel, respectively.
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Several big events – each hyped by a separate quarter-page ad – were taking place: the Italian Street Festival at Holy Rosary Church and a fish fry at Center United Methodist Church.
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Brooke Austin, daughter of Bart and Robin Austin, won the 8 and under division of the Midwest qualifier for the National Junior Tennis Tournament and qualified for regionals in Chicago.