The alley that separated the two giant G.C. Murphy stores in Fountain Square would become a thing of the past as the buildings would be merged into one. The stores’ weekly specials were boys tennis shoes for $1.98 and men’s shorts for 69 cents.
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“If things ever get too tough and we run out of food, we can always cut up the rugs and boil them,” laughed Harry L. Snodgrass, inferring that there was an ample amount of nutrition in the rugs since his children were always spilling food on them.
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Dr. Charles E. Worth was honored as the Indiana Dental Association’s Dentist of the Year.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
U.S. Sen. Vance Hartke was scheduled to deliver the main address when the Southport Post Office was dedicated. Sen. Birch Bayh was also expected to be on hand, and Southport High School’s band would perform after Boy Scout Troop 99 presented the colors.
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Southern Plaza, 4200 S. East St., was adding on 25,000 square feet of retail space to accommodate eight new stores, including Baker Shoes, Zale Jewelers, Paul Harris and Ace Hardware.
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Pvt. Wanda F. Rogers completed eight weeks of basic training at the Women’s Army Corps Center at Fort McClellan in Alabama.
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Southport seniors Kathy Sasek and Winnie Eads placed first and third, respectively, in Indiana University’s high school literary contest. Sasek won a $100 scholarship to IU; Eads received a $50 one.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
Louis H. Borgmann III passed his Indiana State Bar examination. He had served as the legal assistant to John R. Hammond of the law firm of Hammond, Cromer and Jackson for the past two years.
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Bob and Betty (Brunning) Wick celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Mr. Wick, who was employed by Eli Lilly and Co., and Mrs. Wick, a dental assistant for Dr. Carl R. Kohlmann, graduated from Manual. They had one daughter, Terry, who attended Vincennes University.
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Roush-Shore Mazda at Meridian Street and Troy Avenue announced a three-year or 50,000-mile warranty on all of its Mazda engines. The dealership’s sales staff included Floyd Denny, Charlie Hornbrook, Mike Shore and John Garcia.
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Indianapolis Public School 65 announced the winners in its annual spring poster contest: Dottie Entwistle, Trina Smith, Denise Belin, Lisa Riddle, Lorie Branch, Edie Billhimer, Deana Todd, Carl Meade, Clifford Carnes, Mary Qualls and Cindy Gorman.
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A.J. Foyt won the pole for the Indy 500 and was looking for his fourth win at The Brickyard. Leading the rookies was Tom Sneva. A crowd of nearly one-third of a million people were expected to be on hand when the Greatest Spectacle in Racing took the green flag.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Central Catholic seventh-graders Paula Botos, Kim Cothron, Shawn Hayes and Jennifer Blank qualified for the National History Day contest in Maryland. Their parents were Mr. and Mrs. Randall Botos, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cothron, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hayes and Dennis Blank and Verna Blank.
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T-shirts emblazoned with the saying “Where’s the beef?” which was made famous by Clara Peller in commercials for Wendy’s old-fashioned hamburgers, cost $1.99 a G.C. Murphy in Fountain Square. Commemorative Indy 500 shirts were also $1.99.
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Valle Vista Golf Club pro Bob Mann and amateur Doc O’Neal placed second in the Pete Dye Tournament at Crooked Stick.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
The Southside Art League, 299 E. Broadway St., Greenwood, celebrated its 30th anniversary with an open house and a champagne reception. Sally Kriner, a founder of the league and its first president, was honored.
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The public was invited to autograph the final piece of Circle Centre’s structural steel.
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Delegates and volunteers from Center Grove attended the annual meeting of the Hoosier Capital Girl Scouts. Joining the more than 300 women at the Hyatt Regency were Leslie Costiedes, Shirley Long, Beth Suter, Marian Jones, Cindy Lemons, Debbie Thompson, Cindy Boesenburg and Sandra Lowes. Greenwood resident Cheryl Wooley was elected to a three-year term as treasurer, and Jacqueline Gibbons of Beech Grove was elected to the board of directors.
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Nikki Lawrie, who won 12 varsity letters at Roncalli, was named Marion County’s Most Outstanding Female Athlete. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Lawrie planned to study biology at the University of Miami of Ohio.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
Emmaus Lutheran Church and School, 1224 Laurel St., celebrated its 100th anniversary with a picnic and a gander into its cornerstone.
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Bosnian refugee Miso Ziovic was painting a colorful and beautiful Mediterranean scene on the east exterior wall of Mercer’s Model Home Furniture, 2220 E. Southport Road. He had been on the project for three weeks and guessed that it would take about that much time to complete the mural.
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Perry Meridian High School’s junior varsity softball team defeated Southport 2-1 to win the North Central tournament. The squad consisted of Kayla Morgan, Sara Abplanalp, Ashleigh Dees, Brittany Herndon, Megan Fowler, Amandah Mattox, Stephanie Ritter, Pam Licklietre, Jenna Williams, Brittany Herrholtz, Ashley Bennett, Chelsea Patterson, Rachel Matthews, Rachael Manson, Megan Zieles, Lauren Kelly, Amanda Moore and coaches Steve Taylor and Steve Robinson.
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Buddy Rice won the pole for the 88th running of the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap speed of 222.024. Dan Weldon and Dario Franchitti qualified second- and third-fastest, respectively. Sarah Fisher’s speed of 215.771 placed her in the inside of Row 7.