John Noonan was elected president of Lake Shore Country Club, 4301 Carson Ave. Other officers were Art Burns, vice president; Harold Ruschaupt, secretary-treasurer; and Robert Burton, golf chairman. Louis Annee was permanent chairman of the board.
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Glen Bowers and Walter Schoch opened the Beech Grove Paint & Hobby Center at 611 Main St.
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Square dancing was going to be the main attraction at the family night hosted by Bluff Avenue School, 555 W. Hanna Ave.
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Young George Adrian fell and broke his leg.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
Manual High School’s “Redskin Revue” was going to feature more than 200 students, including Debbie Smiley, Debbie Finley, Vicky Teasly, Cathy Foster, Donna Collier, Janet O’Donald, Becky Benjamin, Peggy Collier and Rita Stewart, all of whom were in the dance number “The Fall and Decline of Julie Greaser.”
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Mayor Richard Lugar addressed the Exchange Club of Southside Indianapolis at Higgins’ Restaurant.
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Loretta Sue Frump, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Frump, completed the clerk/typist course at Central Business College and was hired as a receptionist by a prominent law firm.
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First-place winners in the science fair at Indianapolis Public School 72 were Coleen Powers, Susan Woodworth, Becky Hansen, Gary Rosello and Gary Deupree.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
H. Roger Gale, Bob Carter and Sam Hicks were planning the annual Perry Township Easter Sunrise Service.
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Jennifer Dininger took top honors in the portrait division of the spring photography contest hosted by the Indianapolis Photographers Guild.
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Betty Johnson, Jay Nowacki and Edward Bowlus were going to receive special recognition from Meals on Wheels for volunteering to deliver more than 300 meals each.
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St. Mark Grade School was planning to start a kindergarten.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
A fire in Trimble Hall at the University of Indianapolis caused an estimated $500,000 in damage to the dorm.
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Fred Jackson, a volunteer at University Heights Hospital, received the hospital’s Share Award for his service.
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The old McFarland Dairy Farm, which encompassed 450 acres in Perry and Franklin townships, was rezoned for homes and apartments, a shopping center, warehouses, a day-care center and light industrial usage.
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St. Barnabas’ seventh- and eighth-grade A volleyball team finished its season 18-0 and won the Catholic Youth Organization city championship. The squad featured Shannon Heise, Jodie Widner, Cathy Easler, Kristen Sauer, Cindy Shumaker, Michelle Groves, Jennifer Schmidt, Aimee Annee, Amy Pinnick, Shelly Lee and coach Susan Hoereth.
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A case of 24 12-ounce bottles of Michelob cost $8.99 at Dinner Bell Markets, 2824 Shelby St., where cases of Budweiser, Miller Draft, Busch and Stroh’s were $6.99.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Michael T. Spears was appointed assistant chief of the Indianapolis Police Department. Spears, a major, would be responsible for the department’s operations division, which included all district headquarters and the traffic and special services branches. He and his wife, Sharon, had four children and resided in Perry Township.
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More than 10,000 bulb plants were on display at Garfield Park’s annual bulb show .
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The 4-year-old class at St. John’s United Church of Christ Preschool was pictured celebrating February as Healthy Hearts Month. Participating in the gala were Tyler Miner, Taylor Thurlow, Makenzie Lilley, Kristen Green, Clayton Leslie, Paige Harvey, Brianna Bourne, Taylor Gainey, Grant Young, Shelby Pollak, Ashley Lock, Robby Zoderer and Jamie Pierle.
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Region 7 of the Indiana Football Coaches Association bestowed All-Marion County honors upon Perry Meridian’s Mike Brizendine, Ryan Woolwine, Ryan Short, Mike Shockley and Absolom Bryant. Brizendine, Woolwine and Bryant were also named to the region’s All-Star team.
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Dakota Landing Golf Course was opening at 6636 S. Franklin Road. Steve Rentz, Kathy and Jim Baumberger and Ken Baumberger had spent more than two years transforming farm land into the nine-hole course.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
The archives from 2008 are missing.