Bixler’s Appliance Co. at 4246 Madison Ave., celebrated its grand opening with a free pancake breakfast. Lawrence Bixler owned the shop and was formerly associated with the Webber Appliance Co. for many years.
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Madison Avenue Library, 1034 S. Alabama St., hosted a family movie night and showed “Canaries Are Fun,” “Legislative Process,” “Eskimo Children” and “Assignment in Tel Aviv.”
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St. James Catholic Church, 1156 E. Cameron St., hosted its annual turkey dinner, which attracted diners from all over the city.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Cigarettes were 25 cents a pack.
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The grand prizes in the drawing being held by Tony Coppi, who owned Coppi Drugs, 2616 Madison Ave., were two bicycles with built-in twin headlamps, electric horns, chrome rims and fenders and whitewall tires. Editor George Cafouros laughingly said the bikes sounded nicer than his Toyota.
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Henry’s Drive-In at 3545 S. East St. served hot dogs for 12 cents, a bowl of chili for 30 cents and a three-piece chicken dinner for 74 cents.
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For connoisseurs of fried turtle (and who wasn’t one) – Sebree’s Tavern, 2536 S. Meridian St., served it every Friday.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
The Rev. William P. Henline was installed as pastor of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. He and his wife, Cordelia, had five children.
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Manual Evening School offered professional gift wrapping classes.
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Dance students of Helene Charisse were rehearsing for their annual recital at Manual High School. Charisse and her 10 siblings – all dancers – were born in Paris and had performed in major theaters in Europe and Africa. When they came to the United States they were two-time guests of President Calvin Collidge at the White House.
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The following anecdote was published. “There’s a small town about 100 miles from Jackson, Miss., that’s having a lot of financial troubles. One councilman has come up with a brilliant solution: The town will secede from the United States, form a new country and then apply to the U.S. for foreign aid.”
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Editor Jerry Cosby reported on the death of Catholic Youth Organization activist Bill Kuntz. Cosby shared his admiration of Kuntz and closed his eulogy with the following thoughts: “They’re gonna bury Bill Kuntz on Thursday. His body that is. They’ll will never bury the spirit of Bill Kuntz. God love ya, Billy.”
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Dr. Diana L. Clark opened a family practice. The 1979 graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine completed her residency at St. Francis Hospital and was married to Steven Clark.
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Judy Pollard won the annual speech contest sponsored by the Greenwood Toastmasters Club. Johanna Navarre was the runner-up.
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Critics noted that Farrah Fawcett could now proudly claim the title of actress after starring in “The Burning Bed.” Her performance was seen as “totally believable in the highly unglamorous, demanding role.”
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Greenwood Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association elected its officers: Linda Bell, president; Linda Knight, vice president; Karol Patterson, treasurer; and Brenda Thompson, secretary.
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American Eagle Flight 4184 crashed in a field near Roselawn, Ind., while in a holding pattern to land at O’Hare Airport. Ice buildup accumulated on the wings faster than the deicing boots could remove it, and the aircraft entered a spin from which the crew was unable to recover. All 68 people aboard died.
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Perry Township Fire Station No. 3 opened at 4155 E. Stop 11 Road. On hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony were Chief Bill Click, Capt. Ray Skipper, township Trustee Ed Buckley, board member Carolyn Grant, architect Robert Kennedy, Jack Pardue of Rotz Engineering and Mark and Patty Copp of Envirotech Construction.
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Former presidential candidate Michael Dukakis was one of the featured speakers at an IUPUI forum on “High Performance Government.”
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Immanuel United Christian Church celebrated the 100th anniversary of the construction of its sanctuary, which cost $12,500 and seated 450.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
The Indy Sports Club Jaquars Special Olympics softball team won a gold medal at the Midwest Sports Complex. The squad featured Jessica Shaw, Jessica Riggs, Dustin Tucker, Curtis Kirkley, Steven Krug, Dominic Monroe, Travis Tucker, Mark Cantwell, Shannon Brinkers, Theresa Nunnally, Jason Williams, Andrea Alexander, Mark Johnson, Justine Antunes, assistant coaches John Shaw and Dan Antunes and coach Joe Bennet.
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Police were investigating the high-speed chase that resulted in a fatal crash at Emerson and Edgewood avenues. Marian Woempner was killed when the car she was driving was struck by Sgt. Clayton Clark’s cruiser. Clark had been pursuing Dewayne Wilson, who failed to stop for a property damage accident.
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Noah Mollett was pictured with his monstrous 5.5-pound sweet potato, which he had grown with “just a little bit of 12-12-12” on a small plot of ground on a bank of I-465 just east of Keystone Avenue.
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The football teams at Roncalli, Greenwood and Perry Meridian were playing for sectional championships. The Rebels (9-2) were in for a dogfight against parochial rival Cathedral (7-4), while the Woodmen were considered a long shot to defeat Mooresville (11-0). Perry (5-6) were given little to no chance of upsetting Ben Davis (9-2), which defeated the Falcons 49-0 for a sectional title last year.
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“Sportlights” columnist Ray Clifton amused readers with the following quote: “A female heckler yelled at renowned NBA referee Earl Strom, ‘Hey Earl, if you were my husband, I would feed you rat food.’ Strom replied, ‘If you were my wife, I’d eat it.’ ”