60 Years Ago This Week – 1963
Ann Werner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Werner, entered the Order of the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg, Ind.
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The Indianapolis Parks Department offered free golf lessons for beginners.
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The Square Deal Tire Co., 2045 E. Minnesota St., offered a special on its 20,000-mile tires: buy one at list price and get one for 99 cents.

50 Years Ago This Week – 1973
Beall’s of Beech Grove, 524 Main St., held a clearance sale on its dresses, coats, blouses, sportswear and jewelry.
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Dr. Donald Alpert opened a podiatry office at 539 Turtle Creek South Drive.
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Joyce Ann Wilson received her master’s degree in photography.
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The Singer Learning Center for Early Childhood Education opened at 1315 S. Emerson Ave.

40 Years Ago This Week – 1983
Dan and Kris Feldhake, the father and son team that owned Kridan of Indiana, a retailer of business machines at 824 E. Troy Ave. were featured in a story.
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Thanks to a grant from Eli Lilly and Co., radio station WICR at the University of Indianapolis was able to broadcast in stereo.
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Alice Mattingly was named program director of the Catholic Youth Organization’s Camps Rancho Framasa and Christina in Brown County.

30 Years Ago This Week – 1993

The boys basketball team from Roncalli won its first city title by upsetting Tech 67-63. The squad featured head coach Chuck Weisenbach, assistant coaches Jeff Small and Rob Kratoska, Mike Brunsman, Jim Cissell, Bob Coffman, Nick Stewart, Matt MaGaha, Matt Schroeder, K.J. Bunch, Brian Zywicki, Jeff Mader, Doug Wyciskalia and Dan Lawson.
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The Southside Art League installed its new officers: Roger Gale, president; Don Kramer, vice president; Marilyn Eberg, secretary; and Erika Tipton, treasurer.
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Curt Jones and C. Michael Jones were instructors at the Komakai Academy of Self Defense, 5002 Madison Ave.

20 Years Ago This Week — 2003

Roncalli students (front, from left) Ben Hewett, Erica Hagner, Manuel DeLa Rosa, Andy Betz; (back) Ashley Zachary, Caitlin Gudat, Donnie Glowinski, Matt Lewis and Nathan Bohney were finalists for Prelude Awards, presented for excellence in visual, performing and fine arts.
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Southport’s Epsilon Tau chapter of Tri Kappa inaugurated Lisa Collins, Karen Paswater, Ann Hargate and Chris Eddinger.
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Marsh Supermarkets purchased the Mr. D’s Food Markets at 8904 S. Meridian St. and 8031 Madison Ave.
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Southport’s Krystill Ridner, scrambles for a loose ball during a game against the Pike Red Devils, who won 81-63.

​10 Years Ago This Week – 2013
Kim’s Kake & Kupcake Kreations, owned by Kim Isom, relocated to 5452 Madison Ave.
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Southport High School’s theater department presented its one-act plays. The directors were Christian Ayala, Katie Hinh, Lily Freese, T.J. Buckles, Jaime Robbins, Harshil Patel, Darrell Wade, Samantha Ridgley, Michaela Ullrich, Megan Conlin, Emmalee Dixon and Natasha Gill.
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Beech Grove High School’s show choir performed “Godspell.”

60 Years Ago This Week – 1963
The Marion County Tuberculosis Association offered free chest X-rays.
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Evening classes at Indiana Central College cost $17.50 per credit hour.
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Two heads of lettuce cost 29 cents; a gallon of of milk was 49 cents; and T-bone steak cost 89 cents a pound.

50 Years Ago This Week – 1973
Olive Branch Christian Church, 101 E. Raymond St., inaugurated its junior deacons, who served the church in various capacities. The honorees were Tim Birtchman, David Brown, Mark Carson, Steve Durham, Terry Ennis, Gary Farley, Phil Herbig, Joe Krause, David and Gary Liggett, John and Steve Link, Mike Mascoe, Bill Mathews, Charles and Tim Miller, John Needler, Doug Polen, Ken Roe, Randy Slaten, Don Stevens, Joe Tomamichel, Jerry Walden and Ron White.
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The Rev. Harry Trodahl was installed as pastor of Bethany Morovian Church.
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Homeowners were opposed to the proposed construction of low-income apartments at 2702 S. Pennsylvania St.
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Preferred TV Sales and Service opened its new store at 7105 Madison Ave.

40 Years Ago This Week – 1983
Rosedale Hills United Methodist Church celebrated its 25th anniversary. The congregation’s first service, held Sept. 21, 1958, at Clinton Young Elementary School, attracted 105 people.
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The Kiwanis Club of South Indianapolis named Clyde Fields as its Member of the Month.
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Southside Dodge opened at 3400 S. U.S. 31. The sales staff of Vic Tratner, Lou Grinstead, Ken Payne, Tom Booher, Larry Foster, Phil Jones, Dan Deaton, Mike Bonham and Bob Shelton boasted such specials as a 1962 Catalina for $688; a ‘72 Dart for $788; a ‘78 Mustang for $3,680; and a ‘79 Cutlass Supreme for $5,583.

30 Years Ago This Week – 1993
Linda Brown, who served as the citizen liaison for Indianapolis Power & Light Co., received the company’s Keystone Award for balancing her personal, professional and civic lives. Brown and her husband, James, had two children, Melissa and Jamie.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken’s lunch buffet cost $3.99.
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Kathryn Briddle, born Jan. 12 and the daughter of Mary Angel and William Briddle, was the first baby delivered in the new year at Community Hospital South. 
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The marriage announcement of Lisa LaGrotto and Jeff Meyers, who exchanged vows Dec. 4 at St. John’s Catholic Church, was published. Their parents were Mr. and Mrs. Marion LaGrotto and James Meyers and the late Mary Meyers.

20 Years Ago This Week – 2003

Pike High School’s basketball team, ranked No. 1 in the state and fifth nationally, defeated Perry Meridian 75-56 before a packed house of 3,000 fans at Perry’s gym. Brandon Ray led the Falcons with 18 points; Austin Montgomery and Justin Petty added 15 and 11, respectively. 
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Green Acres Restaurant, a storied Greenwood eatery, suffered heavy fire damage. Records indicated that a diner/pub had occupied the site since 1900.

St. Mark Grade School’s speech team took fourth-place honors in the state meet for parochial schools. The squad featured (front, from left) Andy Risch, Marvin Vernon, Shaun Koesters; (back) Lauren Lucas, Rachel Nicksin, Sara Feldhake, Nick Kern, Samantha Deak, Paige Weber, Vanessa Scott and Kyle McCoy.
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The girls basketball team from Southport High School won Corydon Central’s holiday tournament.
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Southport Elementary School students Taylor Styers (center) and Natalie Ullrich (right), seen with art teacher Tina White, were district winners in the art contest sponsored by Riley Hospital for Children.

10 Years Ago This Week – 2013
Roncalli’s Joseph Below scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT.
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Kyle Massengale, son of Tom and Bev Massengale and a 2010 graduate of Perry Meridian, joined The Southsider Voice as a sales rep.
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Roncalli sophomore Lauren Hartlieb took first-place honors in the Fleet Reserve Association’s National Americanism essay contest.
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Big Dan Pfeiffer, who penned the “Car Nutz” column, wrote about John O’Gara restoring a 1958 Cadillac Series 62 that once belonged to Hank Williams Jr.

60 Years Ago This Week — 1963
Lights were being installed around the tennis facility at Garfield Park. Players were already looking forward to hitting the courts after sunset on hot summer evenings.
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Manual High School held its annual turnabout dance — the Cherry Tree Hop — with Barbara Klopp, Carol Maier, Brenda Spreen, Mary Beth Fill, Dick Hedegard, Roy Lashley, Phil Steele and Paul Switzerland vying for the titles of king and queen.
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The $2.9 million Perry East Junior High, 5715 S. Keystone Ave., was dedicated. The school (now Southport Middle) was said to house some of the state’s finest educational facilities.

50 Years Ago This Week — 1973
Rosedale Hills United Methodist Church used Top Value and S&H Green stamps to purchase an artificial kidney machine for Methodist Hospital.
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A number of concerned residents met to oppose the relocation of the Indianapolis Stockyards to the 900 block of West Troy Avenue.
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The National Bank of Greenwood branch at State Road 135 and County Line Road celebrated its grand opening.

40 Years Ago This Week — 1983
Dr. Alan Gillespie, an obstetrician who graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, joined the medical practice of Drs. Charles Thomas and Lorin Lee.
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Perry Township Trustee Martha Burnett and her advisory board enhanced the area’s firefighting capabilities by hiring a new group of volunteers firefighters, who were led by Deputy Chief Clarence Stout, Assistant Chief Bob Ford and President Jeff Mitchell.
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The following quip appeared at the end of Publisher Jerry Cosby’s “Coz’ Corner”: A couple were eating at a restaurant when the man suddenly slid under the table. Panic-stricken, the waiter rushed over and said, “Madam, your husband is under the table!” “The hell he is,” she replied. “My husband just walked in the door!”

30 Years Ago This Week - 1993
Perry Meridian’s constitution team finished third in an academic competition. Coached by Rosemarie Kunz, the squad featured David Alford, Matt Gladden, Heidi Baker, Anthony Petcoff, Jill Berger, Ted Snider, Matt Vice, Heather Quigley, Kyle Ritter, Andrea Engel, Trevor Grove, Andy Wilson, Theresa Scherschel, Katherine Graham, Larry Wilson, Shannon Craft, Aurora Zaras and Shelly Mullen.
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Miss Jewell’s Tea Room opened in Fountain Square, where Jewell Resener (left) and Melanie Dean served soups, sandwiches, salads, desserts and specialty beverages.
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Gary Hiday rolled a perfect 300 at Sport Bowl, 3900 S. U.S 31. Also posting high scores were Steve Retzloff with a 290 and Jim Cook, Dave Foster and Richard Sullivan with 279s.

20 Years Ago This Week — 2003
Dr. Richard Huber was named a Distinguished Senior Alumnus at Indiana Wesleyan University, where he graduated in 1960. He went on to earn master’s and doctorate degrees from Indiana University. Huber and his wife, Diane, a registered nurse, had three children, John, Kristi and Kyle.
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The strip mall at Meridian Street and Fairview Place, which housed Designed Lighting, Jack’s Pizza, Liberty Mutual Insurance and other businesses, was partially destroyed during a fire.
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Amber Vanetten enjoyed sledding down a hill at Garfield Park.
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Members of Clinton Young Elementary School’s Just Say No to Drugs Club collected nearly 1,800 canned good items for Hunger Inc. Those spearheading the effort were (front, from left) Andrea Bolanos, Alex Fuller, Chelsea Cherry; (back) Heather Evans, Brooke Furbee, Beth East, Bret Wampler, Jordan Jackson and Amanda Morales.

10 Years Ago This Week — 2013
Perry Meridian High School wrestling coach Jim Tonte was building a dynasty as his Falcons won their third straight state title behind the individual champions of Jacob Cottey, Aidan Kenny, Brandon James, Cody LeCount, Nick Bova, Danny Fagan, Riley McClurg, Nathan Warman, Jake Massengale, Kaz Koehring and Donte Winfield.
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The Backstop Diner, a cozy eatery in Beech Grove, celebrated its first anniversary. Owned by the husband-and-wife team of Kevin and Kathy Flaherty, the restaurant offered old-fashioned cooking.

60 Years Ago This Week - 1962 
 Pam Bunnell, Brenda Lyles, Shirley Taylor, Ginny O’Brien and Becky Woods were queen candidates for the Christmas dance at the Boys Club. The king’s court consisted of Ronnie Long, Charles Sparks, Larry Byers, Dennis Hanley and Mike Scott.
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Fred Falendar, who had designed and built more than 700 homes on the Westside, announced plans to develop Hill Valley Estates, off Meridian Street just south of Stop 11 Road.
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Responding to the requests of its customers, Murphy’s in Fountain Square was going to extend its hours until 10:30 p.m. the Fridays and Saturdays before Christmas.

50 Years Ago This Week - 1972
Center United Methodist Church hosted a live Nativity scene.
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George Kopetsky, who owned a car wash in Greenwood, opened the Red Carpet Shopping Center on County Line Road.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Edgar Burgin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Burgin, was studying computer processing.

40 Years Ago This Week - 1982
The archives from 1982 were ruined when The Spotlight’s lower level was flooded in June 1992.

30 Years Ago This Week - 1992

Angie Schott, the 21-month-old daughter of Joe and Bonnie Schott, is all smiles as her dad helps to finalize plan for St. Roch Parish’s New Year’s Eve party.
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Perry Meridian High School’s Students of the Month for November were freshman Stephanie Eck, sophomore Natalie Harris, junior Jeremy Garriatano and senior Matt Gladden.
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The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta issued a warning about listeriosis, a disease responsible for more than 400 recent deaths in the United States.
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Central Catholic School’s fifth- and sixth-grade girls basketball won its division with a 10-0 record. The squad consisted of (kneeling, from left) Jenny Bridgewater, Pam Kocher, Tabatha Naugle; (standing) Sylvia Wendein, coach Joe Reifers, Leah Boyce, coach Chuck Hayes, Jenna Hayes and mascot Jarod Hayes.

20 Years Ago This Week - 2002
Randy Edgeman was named to serve chairman of the Pathfinder District of Boy Scouts; Steve Battiato would serve as vice chairman, with Gary Kubancsek remaining as commissioner.
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Perry Meridian middle schoolers Amanda Potter, Tanner Willsey, Patrick Shea, Tonya West, Matt McNutt and Brittany Lasley showcased their bowling skills at a local tournament for Special Olympics. They all placed third or better.
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Led by Christina Cunningham, Heather Burleson and Tanisha Duerson, the girls basketball team from Perry Meridian High School advanced to the semifinals of the Marion County tournament by defeating Lawrence North 61-48 in overtime.

10 Years Ago This Week - 2012

Current and former members of Perry Meridian‘s Then and Now Choir performed during the high school’s Christmas concert.
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The Greater Southport Business/Community Alliance presented its Community Service Award to Barry Browning and its Business Achievement Award to Roger and Robin Heldman, who owned Direct Connect Printing & Digital Services.

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