60 Years Ago This Week - 1961
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50 Years Ago This Week - 1971
The South Side Exchange Club celebrated its 20th anniversary, having donated more than $146,000 to charities over the years. Charter members were Joe Bryan, Urban “Duke” Renner, J. Wesley Brown, Ernie Gates, Cecil Hurt, Frank Scharfe, Clyde Hurley, Wallace Whitman, Bob Morris, Harold Joergens and Allen Campbell.
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Southport junior Gerald Tyra, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Tyra, took first-place honors in a regional science fair.
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Michael W. Boerke was elected to a three-year term on the Indiana Mental Health Association’s board of directors.
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Southport foreign language teacher Joan McIlroy was named to chaperone a group of students who would study in France over the summer.  

40 Years Ago This Week - 1981

​Kelly Newkirk (from left), Terry Thomas and Jeanne Stack each sold more than 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to earn a trip to Washington, D.C.
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Residents on West Southern Avenue complained of a daily stench in the air, and they were blaming it on the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility plant on East Prospect Street. 
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Issues surrounding the construction of Indianapolis’ yet-to-be-named domed stadium were highlighted on Channel 13.
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Julip, the miniature donkey owned by Jim and Dee Caldwell, was going to lead the Palm Sunday procession at Southport United Methodist. 
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The Pizza Barn, 3940 S. Keystone Ave., celebrated its grand opening.

30 Years Ago This Week - 1991
Perry Meridian High School’s Brain Game team advanced to the finals of Channel 8’s tournament. The squad featured Jim Howsery, Aaron Kemple, Clifford Leslie and Andy Wilson.
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Perry Meridian’s Students of the Month for March were Sarah Pierson, Jennifer Isenberg, Amy Roodvoets and Lesley Amerman.
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Rick Stephenson was promoted to co-manager of the Marsh Supermarket on Albany Street in Beech Grove.
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Southport senior Marc Boone achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor attainable in Scouting.


20 Years Ago This Week - 2001
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10 Years Ago This Week - 2011

​The Gaslight Inn, owned by Joe DeMore (left) and Art Kirkpatrick and located at 2280 S. Meridian St., was featured on an episode of Biography’s “My Ghost Story.” The pub, frequented by renowned bank robber John Dillinger in the 1920s, was rumored to be haunted, having once served as a morgue.
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​Boyden’s Bakery, 3953 S. Meridian St., celebrated its 79th anniversary. The first Boyden store opened in 1932 on New York Street, and there were nine across the city in the 1940s and ‘50s. Owned by fourth-generation baker Paula Boyden, right, the Southside site was the lone remaining store.    
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American English, a Beatles tribute band, appeared at Southport High School.

​60 Years Ago This Week - 1961
As part of its Easter promotion, Murphy’s department store gave away baby chickens to its young customers.    
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The brand-new Southern Plaza Shopping Center, 4202 S. U.S. 31, boasted many businesses, including Kroger, J.C. Penney, Kay Jewelry, Roselyn Bakery, Hook Drugs, First Federal Savings & Loan, Kimmel Shoe Repair, Tuchman Cleaners, Lyric Record Shop and American Fletcher National Bank. There were enough parking spaces for 3,000 cars. 
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Grocery specials of the week included two 12-ounce bottles of ketchup for 25 cents; whole chickens, 29 cents a pound; eggs, 39 cents a dozen; and 3 pounds of hamburger, $1.
  
50 Years Ago This Week - 1971
Confirmands at Immanuel Church of Christ were Linda Nordholt, Michael Mills, Cindy Kirkoff and Carla Borkes.
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Joyce Flight, Roger Gale and William Cunningham were planning Perry Township’s Easter Sunrise Service at Southport High School. 
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Orme’s Carpets and Linoleum, 5505 S. Meridian St., celebrated its 27th anniversary.

40 Years Ago This Week - 1981
Dr. Ray Parker relocated his optometry practice from Southern Plaza to Madison Village Shopping Center. 
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Perry Meridian junior Kipp Nelson attended the Indiana State Police career camp.
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The Indianapolis Swim Club’s Michelle Miller, (from left) Kristaan Kane, Cindi Wooden and Christy Doss finished first in the freestyle and medley relays of the Indiana Junior Olympic U.S. Swimming Championships. 

30 Years Ago This Week - 1991
Roncalli teacher Deborah Sachs was a semifinalist in the Tandy Technology Scholars program. 
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Glenns Valley Elementary fifth-grader Justin Striby (left) took first-place honors in the school’s poster contest to promote its spring fling. Second place went to Chrissie Ewing (center); Luke Zigovits finished third.  
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The Holiday Inn Southeast at I-465 and Emerson Avenue served an Easter buffet for $8.95. Ham, roast beef, fish, chicken, vegetables and salads were available. 
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​The second-grade basketball team at Burkhart Elementary finished its season 10-0. The squad featured (front) Brent Moore, coach John Webb, Ryan Linneweber; (back) Justin Pannel, Josh Dill, Adam Webb and Nicholas McKeehan; not pictured: Zach Fink.

20 Years Ago This Week - 2001
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10 Years Ago This Week - 2011

Fred and Lyn Shonk enjoyed the chili dinner hosted by the Perry Township/Southport Historical Society.
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Manual graduate Chrishawn Hopkins helped propel Butler to the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament. The Bulldogs had knocked off No. 9 seed Old Dominion, No. 1. Pittsburgh and No. 2 Florida to reach the semifinals.
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Beech Grove High School senior Katie Wolf, daughter of Ross and Beth Wolf, was a finalist for the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award.

​60 Years Ago This Week - 1961
Women’s and misses Easter hats were on sale for $2.99 at Murphy’s in Fountain Square.    
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Verdie Harrel & Sons, 4130 Madison Ave., advertised new General Electric washers for $178 and matching dryers for $148. 
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​Manual High School’s basketball team lost to Kokomo, 68-66, in overtime in the state championship game. The squad featured (front, from left) manager Ron Collins, Leon Carter, Rex Hedegard, Cornell Short, Roger Wathen, Chuck Dennison, Armen Cobb, manager Bill Bloemker; (back) coach Dick Cummins, Larry Short, Dick and Tom VanArsdale, Jim Cummings, Dave Scheib and coach Elwood “Woody” McBride. 

50 Years Ago This Week - 1971
Camp Fire Girls Kim and Karla Deardorff, Juli Andrews and Penny Derbyshire helped to celebrate the organization’s 61st birthday.
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Safeway Quality Foods, 8057 Madison Ave., advertised bacon for 49 cents pound and T-Bone and porterhouse steaks for $1.39 a pound. 

40 Years Ago This Week - 1981

​Built in 1914, Edgewood Grade School building was being razed. 
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Monica Cross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Cross, won the spelling bee at St. Jude Grade School.
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The Old Dutch Delicatessen, 2949 S. Meridian St., was known for serving delicious catfish dinners.

30 Years Ago This Week - 1991
Manual graduate Wayne Smith was a stylist at Parkcrest Hair Care Center. 
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Beck Paper presented its Award of Excellence to Larry Jensen and his company, Jensen Designs.
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Tony Ardizzone, a seventh-grader at St. Jude School, completed his science project, which focused on dream interpretation. 
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​Yours truly penned a column about St. Roch teacher Dick Gallamore turning 40 and being named WRTV’s Educator of the Week. I recalled an event during his first year at the school. Fellow classmates Randy Kristle, Tom Kersey, Timmy Meyer, Ricky Stumpf and myself started a repeating chant of “Gallamore wants a moon!” during morning recess. Dick didn’t think it was as funny as we did and made us write 1,000 times that “Gallamore doesn’t want a moon.” He was and still is one helluva teacher.
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Burkhart Elementary’s fourth-grade basketball team finished its season 10-0. Coached by Brett Moore and Ernie Day, the squad featured (front) Matt Moering, Greg Curry, Jason Hull, Joe Smith; (back) Ryan Short, Travis Moore and Brad Moore.

20 Years Ago This Week - 2001
Southport High School’s Steve Howell was named quarterback of the Indiana South All-Star football team, which would play the North squad in July.
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William “Bud” Ditchley retired from The Indianapolis Star after 32 years of service.
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Roncalli senior Richie Nalley Jr., son of Dick and Denise Nalley, signed a letter of intent to play football for Georgetown University in Kentucky.
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Franklin Central’s John Jones clears the bar in the pole vault during a meet against Hamilton Southeastern.

10 Years Ago This Week - 2011

​Girl Scout Kailah Roach, seen with troop leader Rhonda Smith, set a goal of selling 2,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, doubling her amount in 2010. 

Roncalli senior Brian Soller, son of Michael and Joan Soller, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor attainable in Boy Scouts.

60 Years Ago This Week - 1961
Stella D. Robertson completed her initial course of Air Force training in Texas.
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For 65 cents a month, Indiana Bell offered a musical chime that signified telephone calls.
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Chiliburger, 411 S. West St., was running a St. Patrick’s Day special: four hamburgers for 24 cents.

50 Years Ago This Week - 1971
Susan Wagner, the 21-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wagner and a junior at Indiana University, was selected as a 500 Festival princess.
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The Golden Drumstick, 7015 Madison Ave., served three barbecued pork sandwiches for $1. 
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A furnished three-bedroom with all utilities paid rented for $30 a week. 

40 Years Ago This Week - 1981
Jeffery Isom was offered an appointment to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
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Manual High School presented its 52nd annual Redskin Revue, which featured plays written by Steve Childers, Jim “Bo” Baron, George Stewart, David Johnson and Gregg and Brad Stewart.
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Joyce Brink, Ronald Day and Steffani White were members of the Butler Symphony Orchestra. 

30 Years Ago This Week - 1991
Burkhart Elementary’s basketball team finished its season with 10-0 record. 
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Roncalli senior Earl Lookebill II was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Louisville.
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Manual High School recognized 10 of its juniors for outstanding academic achievements: (front, from left) Michelle Rodriquez, Deanne Ferguson, Wendy Walker, Lisa Duval, Jennifer Lakstins; (back) Sonya Cunningham, Jimmy Doss, Jason Nelis, Richard Minnear and Lee Thomas.   

20 Years Ago This Week - 2001

The Indy Falcons 13-and-under AAU basketball team won the Southside Shootout Tournament. The squad featured (front) ball boy Brandon Gulley, Amy McCoy, Chelsea Holiday, Janette Schoettle, Megan Robbins, Karrie Scaringr, ball boy Matt Terlep; (back) coach Chris Zigovits, Stephanie Ritter, Molly McCarty, Amanda Gullery, Christy Sering, Cathy Evancho, Rachel Terlep and assistant coach Dave Schoettle. 
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Patricia Delaney and Magen Heidenreich celebrated their 18th birthdays.
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Roncalli students Kyle Hagner, Erin Frank, Stephanie Heath, Megan Pfarr, Matt Wilsey, Rachael Horcher, Tyler Warner, Dave Bauman, Brendan Murphy, Jenny Phelps and Abby Flanigan excelled on the National Math Exam.

10 Years Ago This Week - 2011
Southport High School’s News Bureau enjoyed a record-setting amount of visitors (1,017) to its website during the week. 
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Nativity grade-schoolers (from left) Melissa Kurz, Kristen Sitzman, Alex Stallings, Alice Brennan, Jenna Rikke and Katie Minton turned in fine performances at the Catholic Youth Organization’s music contest.
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​Wanamaker’s Karen Pappas (right) and Roncalli graduate Brooke Leslie Brown had roles in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of “Hairspray.”