Greg Cafouros, son of Spotlight Editor George Cafouros, celebrated his fifth birthday with a rousing party, which was attended by about 20 of his friends.
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Groundbreaking ceremonies were held at the corner of Orinoco Avenue and Southview Drive for the new First Presbyterian Church of Southport and its religious eduction unit.
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Featuring family dining and daily specials, Lang’s Cafe & Bar opened at 1845 Shelby St.
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A large loaf of tasty Colonial bread cost 15 cents at Andy’s Market, 1239 S. East St., where 5 pounds of sugar was 49 cents; pork roast cost 35 cents a pound; and fryers were 39 cents a pound.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1965
Costing $133,000 and featuring a community room and space for 30,000 books, the new Shelby Library opened at 2502 Shelby St.
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A Catholic Salvage Store opened at 1116 E. Prospect.
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Senior Black Day, a tradition at Southport High School, marked the end of the first six weeks of school. Pictured in ebony attire to observe the occasion were Linda Copenhaver, Mike Smith, Marita Sturgeon, Mike Deem, Mike Whisler and Linda Elsbury.
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A six-room modern home at 3715 Brill Road with a workshop and a three-car garage was listed for $11,900 by Margaret Hester Realty.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1975
The Southside Youth Council re-elected E.G Wieting as president. Other officers were Joe Kelly, first vice president; Jane Swengel, second vice president; Beth Kissling, secretary; Jeannette Dittman, treasurer.
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Meridian Middle School was holding its popular chicken and noodles dinner. The cost, $1 for children through the eighth grade, $1.50 for adults, included whipped potatoes or green beans, hot yeast rolls, a dessert and a beverage.
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St. Jude parishioners Clara Shannon, Debbie Burch and Rita Weisenbach and members of Monsignor Downey Knights of Columbus Council 3660 were organizing a communitywide blood drive.
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Four Star Beauty College, 3634 S. East St., offered a shampoo and a set for $1.50 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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The starting pay for a phlebotomist was $525 a month; a building supervisor could expect to make $10,000 a year; the going pay for a breakfast cook was $2.25 an hour; and a maintenance repairman made about $4 an hour.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1985
St. Roch students Chris Strack and Michelle Griffin painted their faces as a way to promote the upcoming holiday bazaar at their school.
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Buck’s Supermarket was busy remodeling its new store at Carson Square, 3145 E. Thompson Road.
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Marla Southgate and Michael Gammons were going to be married Nov. 16 at Chapel Rock Christian Church. The bride-to-be, a graduate of Perry Meridian, was employed by Baldwin & Lyons. The future groom graduated from Decatur Central and was employed by Tidewater Corp.
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Sister Helen Ann Conway celebrated 60 years of service with the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1995
Southport Middle School student Lyndsey Turner, daughter of Dan and Theresa Turner, won first-place honors in the American Lung Association’s Christmas Seals drawing contest. Her drawing of a festively decorated Christmas tree was one of 30,000 entries submitted nationwide. Her work would be considered to become part of the 1996 Christmas Seals mailing.
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Thieves broke into SouthEast Neighborhood Development’s warehouse and stole all of the power tools necessary to rehab houses.
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The no-longer-lowly Northwestern Wildcats were 6-0 in the Big Ten (8-1 overall) and held a half-game lead over Ohio State. Legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno, whose Nittany Lions were defeated 21-10 by the No. 5 Wildcats, commented, “They play football the way I like to see my kids play – nothing fancy. They don’t win real big. They just win.”
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Roncalli’s football team won the Sectional 22 title by defeating New Palestine 35-21 on a frigid night when the temperature was 20 degrees. The wind chill factor was near single digits.
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The Southport Lions Club was selling 1- and 3-pound fruitcakes for $3.50 and $8.50, respectively.
Ten Years Ago This Week 2005
The archives from 2005 are missing.