Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1958

Garfield Park United Church of Christ and the Southport Masons were hosting fish fries.
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The Circle Furniture Co., 938 Virginia Ave., was going out of business after 14 years.
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Murphy’s in Fountain Square was celebrating its 52nd anniversary with the following specials: coconut bonbons, 33 cents a pound; women’s nylon panties, 44 cents a pair; wash cloths, three for 29 cents; pillowcases, four for $1; and plastic drapes for 66 cents.
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Billed as the largest General Electric dealer on the Southside, Verdie Harrell & Son, 4139 Madison Ave., was holding a huge sale on refrigerators, air conditioners and TVs.

Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
The main tent at the Southport Mason’s annual fish fry was 70 feet wide and 140 feet long, and it could accommodate 600 diners. The event’s key organizers included Ron West, Irene Brinkoetter, James
Slade, Ray Forbes and William Winchester.
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John and Thelma Vandervort opened the Garfield Park Nursing Home at 2630 S. Keystone Ave.
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Sharp Ford, 3931 S. East St., advertised the following cars: 1967 Thunderbird Landau, $3,895; 1965 Ford XL convertible, $1,895; 1967 Cougar XR-7, $2,895; and a 1964 Chrysler Crown Imperial, $2,095.
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Tom Crosley was named manager of the Merchants Bank branch at Hanna Avenue and Shelby Street.

Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Fox’s Skate Center, 3432 Madison Ave., was hosting a disco roller skating party.
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The National Junior Tennis League of Indianapolis was offering free tennis lessons at Garfield Park.
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Jerry Dobrota, Chris A. Nathan, Stephen M. Gowin and Kevin P. Murray were serving in the armed forces.

Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
The fifth annual Italian Street Fest was going to feature 25 different kinds of meats, pastas, salads, desserts, live music, carnival rides and Monte Carlo games.
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James W. Wesner, a graduate of Manual High School and Indiana Central University, was named director of the Keenan-Stahl Boys Club. He previously served as the agency’s program director.
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Sister Rosemary Powers, whose first teaching assignment in 1937 – she was only 18 – was to instruct 49 eighth-grade boys at St. Catherine Catholic School. She must have left some kind of impression on those lads because as men they honored her as their special guest at their 50-year reunion.
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New initiates of Southport chapter of Tri Kappa were Brenda Bothwell, Pat Druetzler, Janet Fitzwater, Karen Gale, Peggy Wood, Tracy Bowman, Christina Wessler and Jennifer Wilson.
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Dr. Scott Miles, a graduate of Perry Meridian and the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, was joining the obstetrics and gynecology practice of Drs. Stroud, Wisler and Hirchman. Miles and his wife, Cindy, were the parents of Amanda, Michael and Erick.

Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Perry Meridian freshman Ryan Sullivan, son of Richard and Angel Sullivan, rolled a 300 game in the Three’s a Crowd League at Sport Bowl, where he was averaging a 230.
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Center Grove band members Leigh Trester, Kara Guiliani, Sarah Merritt and Amy Merillat were pictured having fun while washing cars during a benefit for the marching Trojans.
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Billy Keller, former standout for Purdue and the Indiana Pacers, worked with Katie Gearlds on her jump shot during a basketball camp at Beech Grove High School.
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St. Jude’s fifth- and sixth-grade kickball team won the Catholic Youth Organization city tournament. The squad featured Martha Petty, Hilaire Griggs, Betsy Meade, Melissa Heidelberger, Cassie Heavrin,
Kristie McCormick, Rachel DeWitt, Frannie Shelburn, Libby Wilson, Anna Weber, Michele Bueno, Victoria Marshall and coaches Rosie Looney and Joan Bartley.

Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
The archives from 2008 are missing.

Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1958
Fisher Bros. Home Furnishings, 1315 Shelby St., was celebrating its 42nd anniversary.
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The Garfield Y Little League hosted a big parade to kick off its season. Dignitaries included Phillip Bayt, mayor of Indianapolis; Bob Fink, executive secretary to Gov. Harold W. Handley; Adolph L. Fossler, state treasurer; and Frank A. Lenning, secretary of state.
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Higgins Gift Shop, 2206 Shelby St., was holding a raffle for an automatic record player, which was valued at $144.
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(Theodore J. Schott emailed us a message that 53 years ago he was the 15-year-old kid who served roast beef au jus and ham with a cherry glaze at The Heritage Cafeteria, 3630 S. East St. “I fried tons of twice-battered chicken – our specialty – every Friday and Saturday when I started at the restaurant. We had a super bakery.”)

Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
The Madison Avenue Businessmen’s Association held its annual Youth Awards Dinner. The honored guests were Karen Shea, Alaine Buergler, Donna Biehl, Judy White, Jane Ryker, Kathryn Foster, Peggy Collier, Gwyn Mauler, Patricia Meyers, Anne Speth, Thomas Ziegelbauer, Joseph Huff, Leslie Jackson, Dan Quinlan, William Stewart, Paul Nordholt, Sue Thompson and Susan Perryman.
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Rita Gough, Karen Medisch and Mary Steinecker graduated from the Marion County General Hospital School of Nursing.
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Darko the Distinctive Cleaner, 3115 English Ave., charged 99 cents to beautifully launder four shirts.
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A deluxe riding mower with a 24-inch cut and a five-horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine cost $156 at Murphy’s, where men’s unlined jackets were priced at $3.37.
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Manual High School selected its varsity cheerleaders for the upcoming academic year: Sandee Baker, Judie Blonder, Regina Maple, Sandy Robinson, Ruthie Smith and Sandy Stellhorn. The reserve squad featured Debbie Baker, Ilze Berzins, Kathy Reed, Nancy Seyfried, Debbie Smith and Vicki Steele. 
 
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Queen candidates for Greater Southside Inc.’s strawberry festival were Terri Cline of Franklin Central High School; Christina Heidelberger, Roncalli; Cynthia Smith, Wood; Jackie Denning, Southport; Lori Gaines, Beech Grove; Linda Barron, Perry Meridian; and April Gingles, Manual.
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Southside Harley-Davidson, 701 S. Meridian St., celebrated its 75th anniversary. Pictured with their motorcycles were Mr. and Mrs. George Schulteti, Anita and Bob Schulteti, Pete Profumo, John Davidson and Dave Glassner.
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Sister James M. Kesterson was named principal of St. Jude Grade School. She was leaving Our Lady of the Greenwood, where she had served in the same capacity for 10 years. * * * Cindy M. Mieth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mieth and a senior at Ball State, received the Anna Marie and Harold Bull Scholarship.
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Don Beeman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer E. Beeman and a former Spotlight newspaper carrier, graduated from Indiana Central University with honors. He majored in biology with a minor in chemistry.

Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
Dr. G. Benjamin Lantz Jr. was named president of the University of Indianapolis. He previously served as vice president of administration and development for Nesco, a Cleveland-based conglomerate.
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Juanita Snipes, Jason McGary and Jeff Watson, all fifth-graders at Homecroft Elementary, won first-place awards in their school’s inaugural writing contest.
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Senior citizens could get their hair cut for $4 on Thursdays at the Southern Plaza Barber Shop.
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St. Barnabas’ fifth- and sixth-grade B kickball team won the Catholic Youth Organization city championship and finished the season undefeated. Squad members were Mia Corsaro, Becky O’Connor, Amy Irwin, Jamie Goss, Jamie Schroeder, Jenny Winans, Susie Lambert, Amy Zywicki, Kristi Miller, Jill McLaughlin and coaches Fran Corsaro and Vicki Goss.
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Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Sam Madden wanted his dad, Jim, to buy him a new baseball glove. “What’s wrong with the one I bought four months ago?” Jim asked. “That mitt doesn’t catch anything,” Sam replied. * * * Food, games, face painting and strolling clowns were part of the Indianapolis Police Department’s annual South District Community Day at Garfield Park.
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Roncalli was named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Perry Township 4-H junior leaders Elizabeth Cawthon, April Herman, Amanda Hopkins, Anthony Johnston, Anthony and Douglas Robertson and Dereck Sigman and four chaperones went on a camping trip to Merango Cave and Cave Country Canoes in Indiana.
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Bobbi (Mouser) Bucke and Mark Nelson were celebrating their 40th birthdays.
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The menu at Oliver’s Restaurant & Pub, 3951 S. Meridian St., featured hand-cut black angus steaks, Mississippi catfish and fresh Florida grouper.
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The Fountain Square Theatre, 1111 Prospect St., was celebrating its grand opening with live music from B.J. Rogers, Bigger Than Elvis and Ronnie Dawson.

Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008 The archives from 2008 are missing.

Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1958 
Fisher Bros. Home Furnishings, 1315 Shelby St., was celebrating its 42nd anniversary. 
* * *
The Garfield Y Little League hosted a big parade to kick off its season. Dignitaries included Phillip Bayt, mayor of Indianapolis; Bob Fink, executive secretary to Gov. Harold W. Handley; Adolph L. Fossler, state treasurer; and Frank A. Lenning, secretary of state.
* * *
Higgins Gift Shop, 2206 Shelby St., was holding a raffle for an automatic record player, which was valued at $144.
* * *
(Theodore J. Schott emailed us a message that 53 years ago he was the 15-year-old kid who served roast beef au jus and ham with a cherry glaze at The Heritage Cafeteria, 3630 S. East St. “I fried tons of twice-battered chicken – our specialty – every Friday and Saturday when I started at the restaurant. We had a super bakery.”)

Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
The Madison Avenue Businessmen’s Association held its annual Youth Awards Dinner. The honored guests were Karen Shea, Alaine Buergler, Donna Biehl, Judy White, Jane Ryker, Kathryn Foster, Peggy Collier, Gwyn Mauler, Patricia Meyers, Anne Speth, Thomas Ziegelbauer, Joseph Huff, Leslie Jackson, Dan Quinlan, William Stewart, Paul Nordholt, Sue Thompson and Susan Perryman. 
* * *
Rita Gough, Karen Medisch and Mary Steinecker graduated from the Marion County General Hospital School of Nursing.
* * *
Darko the Distinctive Cleaner, 3115 English Ave., charged 99 cents to beautifully launder four shirts.
* * *
A deluxe riding mower with a 24-inch cut and a five-horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine cost $156 at Murphy’s, where men’s unlined jackets were priced at $3.37. 
* * *
Manual High School selected its varsity cheerleaders for the upcoming academic year: Sandee Baker, Judie Blonder, Regina Maple, Sandy Robinson, Ruthie Smith and Sandy Stellhorn. The reserve squad featured Debbie Baker, Ilze Berzins, Kathy Reed, Nancy Seyfried, Debbie Smith and Vicki Steele.   

Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Queen candidates for Greater Southside Inc.’s strawberry festival were Terri Cline of Franklin Central High School; Christina Heidelberger, Roncalli; Cynthia Smith, Wood; Jackie Denning, Southport; Lori Gaines, Beech Grove; Linda Barron, Perry Meridian; and April Gingles, Manual.
* * *
Southside Harley-Davidson, 701 S. Meridian St., celebrated its 75th anniversary. Pictured with their motorcycles were Mr. and Mrs. George Schulteti, Anita and Bob Schulteti, Pete Profumo, John Davidson and Dave Glassner. 
* * *
Sister James M. Kesterson was named principal of St. Jude Grade School. She was leaving Our Lady of the Greenwood, where she had served in the same capacity for 10 years.
* * *
Cindy M. Mieth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mieth and a senior at Ball State, received the Anna Marie and Harold Bull Scholarship. 
* * *
Don Beeman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer E. Beeman and a former Spotlight newspaper carrier, graduated from Indiana Central University with honors. He majored in biology with a minor in chemistry.
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Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
Dr. G. Benjamin Lantz Jr. was named president of the University of Indianapolis. He previously served as vice president of administration and development for Nesco, a Cleveland-based conglomerate.
* * *
Juanita Snipes, Jason McGary and Jeff Watson, all fifth-graders at Homecroft Elementary, won first-place awards in their school’s inaugural writing contest.
* * *
Senior citizens could get their hair cut for $4 on Thursdays at the Southern Plaza Barber Shop.
* * *
St. Barnabas’ fifth- and sixth-grade B kickball team won the Catholic Youth Organization city championship and finished the season undefeated. Squad members were Mia Corsaro, Becky O’Connor, Amy Irwin, Jamie Goss, Jamie Schroeder, Jenny Winans, Susie Lambert, Amy Zywicki, Kristi Miller, Jill McLaughlin and coaches Fran Corsaro and Vicki Goss. 
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Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Sam Madden wanted his dad, Jim, to buy him a new baseball glove. “What’s wrong with the one I bought four months ago?” Jim asked. “That mitt doesn’t catch anything,” Sam replied.
* * *
Food, games, face painting and strolling clowns were part of the Indianapolis Police Department’s annual South District Community Day at Garfield Park.               
* * *
Roncalli was named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education.
* * *
Perry Township 4-H junior leaders Elizabeth Cawthon, April Herman, Amanda Hopkins, Anthony Johnston, Anthony and Douglas Robertson and Dereck Sigman and four chaperones went on a camping trip to Merango Cave and Cave Country Canoes in Indiana.
* * *
Bobbi (Mouser) Bucke and Mark Nelson were celebrating their 40th birthdays.
* * *
The menu at Oliver’s Restaurant & Pub, 3951 S. Meridian St., featured hand-cut black angus steaks, Mississippi catfish and fresh Florida grouper. 
* * *
The Fountain Square Theatre, 1111 Prospect St., was celebrating its grand opening with live music from B.J. Rogers, Bigger Than Elvis and Ronnie Dawson. 

Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
The archives from 2008 are missing.

Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1958 
Dick Rathman was starting from the pole for the Indianapolis 500. He was joined in the front row by Ed Elisian and Jimmy Reese. All three had posted qualifying speeds in excess of 145 mph. 
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The Dads Club of Manual High School was hosting its annual all-athletic banquet.
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Manual students Judy Neale, Sandra Steele and Sharon Hare placed first, second and third, respectively, in the poetry contest sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of Ernie Pyle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1120.
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Henry Krauss, who had retired from the Indianapolis Police Department after 20 years of service, married former Southsider Dorothy Brown. The couple lived in Knightstown and were planning to open a Dairy Delite.  

Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
Patti Sutherland, a graduate of Southport High School and a junior at Indiana State University, participated in the International Aquatic Arts Festival of Synchronized Swimming at Monticello College in Missouri. She placed third in the solo competition and fourth in her duet with Shirley Keihn. 
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Kennedy High School recognized Mary Dalton and Bonnie Burns as its valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. 
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Photo-T, 3508 Madison Ave., developed a 12-exposure roll of film for $2.80.
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Barbara Graff was chosen to serve on Purdue University’s student board for the upcoming academic year.  

Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Because of the Memorial Day holiday, no paper was published.

Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
Manual High School teachers Harold Bennett, Robert Crawford and Ted Lynch were retiring.
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Jeff Huntington and Grace Robinson were named co-valedictorians of Emmaus Lutheran School’s eighth-grade class; Anthony Bohanon was the salutatorian.
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Central Catholic School students Jessica Stone, Sara Jackson, Matthew Hamilton, Ian Chazar, Kim VanBuskirk, Shawn Aldrich, Kristen Conkin, Rachel deHebreard, Courtney Aton, Lisa Johnson, Joe Duncan, Jill Perkins and Hilda Tarr received Bob DeHoff Memorial Sportsmanship Awards.
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Manual senior Rick Warren was named the school’s Student of the Month for May.
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Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Educators Celeste Allen, Scott Bradford, Randy Decker, Ken Kjeldson, Libby Lawrie, Patricia Stanley and Jean Trusedell received Golden Apple Awards from IPALCO Enterprises. The awards and the accompanying $2,000 were presented for excellence in teaching.               
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Leaping for joy after Reggie Miller hit the game-winning shot for the Indiana Pacers in a playoff game, Joe Stumpf landed wrong and tore a knee ligament.
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Parker S. Turcios was the 5,000th baby born at Community Hospital South. Weighing in at  7 pounds, 3 ounces, Parker was the second son of Joel and Lorri Turcios of Greenwood.

Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
The archives from 2008 are missing.