Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1957
Three tons of French Lick limestone cost $50.
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A six-pack of Coca-Cola was advertised for 19 cents; a 1955 four-door Mercury Monterey was priced at $1,795; and prune juice was 31 cents for a quart.
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Five-year-old Gail Napier was the most publicized person in Marion County after being named the 1957 Easter Seals Child.
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Wallie Sims, the public relations director of Pitman-Moore Co., was elected president of the recently formed Greater Southside Inc.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
Manual High School senior Al Plahitko was named a finalist in the Indiana Science Talent Search. His research paper was titled “The Hyperdimensional Theory of the Unified Field.”
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Sandra Lee Mussmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Mussmann was engaged to Robert Hignite, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Earl Hignite.
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Indiana Central College juniors Dianna Catlin, Pam Grischow, Janet Jones, Mary Ann Shellhamer and Rebecca Horn were queen finalists for the school’s May Festival.
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Murphy’s in Fountain Square was holding its “Krazy Daze” sale. The specials included women’s maternity wear for $1; a gallon of latex paint, $1.99; a parakeet and a cage, $3.99; a chaise lounge and two chairs, $10.44; and a 24-inch cut riding mower, $166.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
The Supreme 10 Speeds, a basketball team that was sponsored by the Supreme Bicycle Store and played at the Baxter YMCA, won its league title. Squad members were Dave Oswalt, Brad Carr, Allen Parks, Jeff Chilcote, Keith Romans, Brian Silvers, Jeff Pieper, Duane Geiger, Brad Carson, Steve Jones and coach Merl Geiger.
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Airman Herbert K. Roberts, son of Colleen L. Roberts and a 1971 graduate of Southport High School, was assigned to Patrick Air Force Base in Florida for training with the Air Force communications field.
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Indy Parks dedicated the new Carl Smock Park and Golf Course, 3910 E. County Line Road.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
Pam Schiefelbein, a 1984 graduate of Roncalli, was awarded a varsity letter for her contributions to Butler’s basketball team. She averaged nine points and four rebounds.
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Ken Metzler, the trucker who slammed his tractor-trailer into the Benchwarmer Tavern in Southport, was charged on 42 counts, including murder, attempted murder, battery and driving while intoxicated.
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WIBC’s “Big John” Gillis addressed members of the Marion-Johnson County chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons.
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The University of Indianapolis named Bill Green as its basketball coach. Green, a graduate of Manual High School, had previously coached at Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Washington and Marion high schools, compiling a 354-126 record while winning six state titles at Marion. He succeeded Billy Keller, who went 83-107 over seven years.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
High winds caused considerable damage to Brookwood Apartments, located off U.S. 31 between Thompson Road and Epler Avenue. Several vehicles were also damaged.
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Perry Meridian High School students Jill Davidian, Amanda Bales and Nick Stadtmiller got to see firsthand how Congress worked when attending the Washington, D.C., Close Up program.
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Perry Meridian High School’s Special Olympics Unified basketball team lost to Kankakee Valley 53-40 in the state championship game at Butler Fieldhouse. The squad featured Sean Atkinson, Kyle McNamara, Scott Gasaway, Sammy Seminick, Mackenzie Ficklin, Charlene Guthrie, Andy Poe, James Priola, Don Cooper, Andy Fergot, Andy Webber, Nick Anderson, Joni Atkinson and Chuck Ellis.
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Roncall’s Students of the Month for February were Kathleen Curley, Angela Matheis, Kassie Bradley, Lynne Harwood, Jennifer Oskay, Adam Cornelius, Josh Haywood, Kevin Lewis, Dan Dyar, Jason Deckard, Noah Daniel and Jennifer Mehalik.
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Gerold Schroeder, David Beck and Matt Willsey from St. Barnabas Catholic School won an award for their exhibit at the Central Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair at IUPUI.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
The archives from 2007 are missing.
Three tons of French Lick limestone cost $50.
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A six-pack of Coca-Cola was advertised for 19 cents; a 1955 four-door Mercury Monterey was priced at $1,795; and prune juice was 31 cents for a quart.
* * *
Five-year-old Gail Napier was the most publicized person in Marion County after being named the 1957 Easter Seals Child.
* * *
Wallie Sims, the public relations director of Pitman-Moore Co., was elected president of the recently formed Greater Southside Inc.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
Manual High School senior Al Plahitko was named a finalist in the Indiana Science Talent Search. His research paper was titled “The Hyperdimensional Theory of the Unified Field.”
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Sandra Lee Mussmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Mussmann was engaged to Robert Hignite, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Earl Hignite.
* * *
Indiana Central College juniors Dianna Catlin, Pam Grischow, Janet Jones, Mary Ann Shellhamer and Rebecca Horn were queen finalists for the school’s May Festival.
* * *
Murphy’s in Fountain Square was holding its “Krazy Daze” sale. The specials included women’s maternity wear for $1; a gallon of latex paint, $1.99; a parakeet and a cage, $3.99; a chaise lounge and two chairs, $10.44; and a 24-inch cut riding mower, $166.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
The Supreme 10 Speeds, a basketball team that was sponsored by the Supreme Bicycle Store and played at the Baxter YMCA, won its league title. Squad members were Dave Oswalt, Brad Carr, Allen Parks, Jeff Chilcote, Keith Romans, Brian Silvers, Jeff Pieper, Duane Geiger, Brad Carson, Steve Jones and coach Merl Geiger.
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Airman Herbert K. Roberts, son of Colleen L. Roberts and a 1971 graduate of Southport High School, was assigned to Patrick Air Force Base in Florida for training with the Air Force communications field.
* * *
Indy Parks dedicated the new Carl Smock Park and Golf Course, 3910 E. County Line Road.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
Pam Schiefelbein, a 1984 graduate of Roncalli, was awarded a varsity letter for her contributions to Butler’s basketball team. She averaged nine points and four rebounds.
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Ken Metzler, the trucker who slammed his tractor-trailer into the Benchwarmer Tavern in Southport, was charged on 42 counts, including murder, attempted murder, battery and driving while intoxicated.
* * *
WIBC’s “Big John” Gillis addressed members of the Marion-Johnson County chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons.
* * *
The University of Indianapolis named Bill Green as its basketball coach. Green, a graduate of Manual High School, had previously coached at Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Washington and Marion high schools, compiling a 354-126 record while winning six state titles at Marion. He succeeded Billy Keller, who went 83-107 over seven years.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
High winds caused considerable damage to Brookwood Apartments, located off U.S. 31 between Thompson Road and Epler Avenue. Several vehicles were also damaged.
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Perry Meridian High School students Jill Davidian, Amanda Bales and Nick Stadtmiller got to see firsthand how Congress worked when attending the Washington, D.C., Close Up program.
* * *
Perry Meridian High School’s Special Olympics Unified basketball team lost to Kankakee Valley 53-40 in the state championship game at Butler Fieldhouse. The squad featured Sean Atkinson, Kyle McNamara, Scott Gasaway, Sammy Seminick, Mackenzie Ficklin, Charlene Guthrie, Andy Poe, James Priola, Don Cooper, Andy Fergot, Andy Webber, Nick Anderson, Joni Atkinson and Chuck Ellis.
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Roncall’s Students of the Month for February were Kathleen Curley, Angela Matheis, Kassie Bradley, Lynne Harwood, Jennifer Oskay, Adam Cornelius, Josh Haywood, Kevin Lewis, Dan Dyar, Jason Deckard, Noah Daniel and Jennifer Mehalik.
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Gerold Schroeder, David Beck and Matt Willsey from St. Barnabas Catholic School won an award for their exhibit at the Central Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair at IUPUI.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
The archives from 2007 are missing.
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