Sixty Years Ago This Week -- 1954
A dozen grapefruits cost 50 cents (they were a buck apiece at Kroger over the weekend) at Natalie’s Fruit Market, 1112 Prospect St., where apples and bananas cost 10 cents a pound.
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Bill Springer, who had five children, two dogs, a couple of birds and a big heart for every hungry critter in his neighborhood, was holding a three-day celebration at his Sunoco station at the corner of East and Raymond streets, where he was promoting a new high-grade gas. As part of the gala, he was giving away gifts to all of his customers
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In recognition of National Hardware Week, Scherrer Hardware Co., 1247 Madison Ave., was holding a big sale. “We have stocked up on precision-built home workshop gear,” owner Leo B. Scherrer said. “Amazing bargain prices are in effect.”
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Sen. Barry Goldwater, considered the front-running Republican candidate for U.S. president, was going to make his only pre-primary speech in Indiana at Southport Fieldhouse.
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Possman Paint and Wallpaper, which had operated at 2751 Brill Road for 15 years, expanded its domain by opening a shop at Southern Plaza, 4200 S. East St.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.’s new branch at 3645 S. East St. was managed by Andrew L. Truden.
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Shelby Street Hardware, 1325 Shelby St., was going out of business, and no reasonable offer was refused on any item. Paint had been marked down to $1.96 a gallon, and leaf rakes cost 69 cents.
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Home Beverage, 418 E. Troy Ave., would deliver beer, whiskey, wine and gin to your home from 8 a.m-11 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays. While there was no delivery charge on orders of $5 or more, a 25 cent fee applied to those less than $5.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
The Marion County basketball tournament for Lutheran grade schools was won by Lutheran Memorial for the fourth consecutive year. The seventh- and eighth-grade team had a record of 14-2 and featured Buddy Kittrell, Kevin Meyer, Ronnie Parks, Jon Kittrell, Steve George, Randy Skipworth, Alan Blazek, Brad Woempner, Bobby Bohannonm, Mike Willimas, Eric Klemm, Ronny Eader and coach Larry Blazek.
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Championship Wrestling was coming to Center Grove High School, where the card would feature “Pretty Boy” Bobby Heenan, Mitsu Arakawa, Pepper Gomez, Mark Manson and Kim Duk. Ringside seats cost $4; youth and general admission seats were $1 and $2, respectively.
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Ten beautiful roses at Flowers and Gifts by Steve, 3129 E. Thompson Road, cost $2.49.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
The front-page Easter message stated: “Just as spring heralds the rebirth of nature, so does Easter herald the rebirth of mankind in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Lord.”
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The Iowa Street Block Club celebrated its sixth anniversary with a dinner and musical entertainment at Ernie Pyle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1120, 1850 S. East St.
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Terri Lynn Beaver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Beaver, was engaged to Clark R. Mayfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mayfield. The bride-to-be was a senior at Southport, and the future groom, a graduate of Southport and Indiana Business College, was an accountant for H.H. Gregg.
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The Troopers, a fifth-grade vocal and performing troupe at MacArthur Elementary, staged the opera “Pirates of the Penzance” for the school’s PTA. Joy Donoho, Brian Barett and Kim Reed were among the performers, who were directed by Janette Morgan.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Ann Cory Bretz was named Manual’s Alumnus of the Year. She graduated in 1941 and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana and Purdue universities, respectively. A professor of humanities and chairman at VanderCook College of Music in Chicago from 1966-81, she was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in religion and literature from the University of Chicago Divinity School.
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Dr. Richard A. Williams, the University of Indianapolis’ 26-year theater director was retiring. His last work would be the dinner theater production of “One Voice,” which he wrote with his daughter. The cast included Criss Spicer, Andrew Kelley, Chris Ray, Steven Matejcek, Sherri Bostwick, Mary Millman, Jenni White, Christie Seacott, Julie Dietrich and Lisa Hulick.
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St. Jude Grade School’s wrestling team won its second consecutive Catholic Youth Organization championship as Mike Shaw, Greg Dant and Mike Ardizzone defended their 1993 titles. Claiming his first championship was Eddie Ahaus. Mike Ardizzone also won the Leo J. Mahoney Award for mental attitude and scholarship.
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A report issued by “News USA” depicted how rough life was for the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) on the Pine Ridge Indiana Reservation in South Dakota. Nearly 87 percent of the adults were unemployed, and only 30 percent of the homes had indoor plumbing. The land that was once home to Crazy Horse now included the poorest county in the United States.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
Darrell Scott, father of a Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.) shooting victim, addressed students at Southport High.
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Manual students Jeff Vardiman, Michael Foster, Tracy Nims Jr., Pablo Navarreet, Holly McCorkle, Jude Guerrero and Felicia Craig and Franklin Central’s Benjamin Shepherd took tops honors in the American Red Cross’ art contest, which promoted the dangers of secondhand smoke.
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Perry Township Schools named Deanna Applegate, Nancy Miller, Maria Deese, Rita Leeper, Thresia Taylor and Joe Leonard as its Support Personnel of the Year.
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Beech Grove Mayor Joe Wright, who had been in office only 90 days, reported on the city’s dire financial situation and blamed it on the previous administration for underfunding the budget by more than $700,000.
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Indy Parks ranger and Roncalli graduate Phil Greene and his German shepherd, Storm, patrolled the city’s parks with watchful eyes. Greene was a sworn officer of the Indianapolis Police Department and held arrest powers just like any other law enforcement officer. He and his wife, Marti Greene, had two sons, Anthony and Nick.
A dozen grapefruits cost 50 cents (they were a buck apiece at Kroger over the weekend) at Natalie’s Fruit Market, 1112 Prospect St., where apples and bananas cost 10 cents a pound.
* * *
Bill Springer, who had five children, two dogs, a couple of birds and a big heart for every hungry critter in his neighborhood, was holding a three-day celebration at his Sunoco station at the corner of East and Raymond streets, where he was promoting a new high-grade gas. As part of the gala, he was giving away gifts to all of his customers
* * *
In recognition of National Hardware Week, Scherrer Hardware Co., 1247 Madison Ave., was holding a big sale. “We have stocked up on precision-built home workshop gear,” owner Leo B. Scherrer said. “Amazing bargain prices are in effect.”
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Sen. Barry Goldwater, considered the front-running Republican candidate for U.S. president, was going to make his only pre-primary speech in Indiana at Southport Fieldhouse.
* * *
Possman Paint and Wallpaper, which had operated at 2751 Brill Road for 15 years, expanded its domain by opening a shop at Southern Plaza, 4200 S. East St.
* * *
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.’s new branch at 3645 S. East St. was managed by Andrew L. Truden.
* * *
Shelby Street Hardware, 1325 Shelby St., was going out of business, and no reasonable offer was refused on any item. Paint had been marked down to $1.96 a gallon, and leaf rakes cost 69 cents.
* * *
Home Beverage, 418 E. Troy Ave., would deliver beer, whiskey, wine and gin to your home from 8 a.m-11 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays. While there was no delivery charge on orders of $5 or more, a 25 cent fee applied to those less than $5.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
The Marion County basketball tournament for Lutheran grade schools was won by Lutheran Memorial for the fourth consecutive year. The seventh- and eighth-grade team had a record of 14-2 and featured Buddy Kittrell, Kevin Meyer, Ronnie Parks, Jon Kittrell, Steve George, Randy Skipworth, Alan Blazek, Brad Woempner, Bobby Bohannonm, Mike Willimas, Eric Klemm, Ronny Eader and coach Larry Blazek.
* * *
Championship Wrestling was coming to Center Grove High School, where the card would feature “Pretty Boy” Bobby Heenan, Mitsu Arakawa, Pepper Gomez, Mark Manson and Kim Duk. Ringside seats cost $4; youth and general admission seats were $1 and $2, respectively.
* * *
Ten beautiful roses at Flowers and Gifts by Steve, 3129 E. Thompson Road, cost $2.49.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
The front-page Easter message stated: “Just as spring heralds the rebirth of nature, so does Easter herald the rebirth of mankind in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Lord.”
* * *
The Iowa Street Block Club celebrated its sixth anniversary with a dinner and musical entertainment at Ernie Pyle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1120, 1850 S. East St.
* * *
Terri Lynn Beaver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Beaver, was engaged to Clark R. Mayfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mayfield. The bride-to-be was a senior at Southport, and the future groom, a graduate of Southport and Indiana Business College, was an accountant for H.H. Gregg.
* * *
The Troopers, a fifth-grade vocal and performing troupe at MacArthur Elementary, staged the opera “Pirates of the Penzance” for the school’s PTA. Joy Donoho, Brian Barett and Kim Reed were among the performers, who were directed by Janette Morgan.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Ann Cory Bretz was named Manual’s Alumnus of the Year. She graduated in 1941 and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana and Purdue universities, respectively. A professor of humanities and chairman at VanderCook College of Music in Chicago from 1966-81, she was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in religion and literature from the University of Chicago Divinity School.
* * *
Dr. Richard A. Williams, the University of Indianapolis’ 26-year theater director was retiring. His last work would be the dinner theater production of “One Voice,” which he wrote with his daughter. The cast included Criss Spicer, Andrew Kelley, Chris Ray, Steven Matejcek, Sherri Bostwick, Mary Millman, Jenni White, Christie Seacott, Julie Dietrich and Lisa Hulick.
* * *
St. Jude Grade School’s wrestling team won its second consecutive Catholic Youth Organization championship as Mike Shaw, Greg Dant and Mike Ardizzone defended their 1993 titles. Claiming his first championship was Eddie Ahaus. Mike Ardizzone also won the Leo J. Mahoney Award for mental attitude and scholarship.
* * *
A report issued by “News USA” depicted how rough life was for the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) on the Pine Ridge Indiana Reservation in South Dakota. Nearly 87 percent of the adults were unemployed, and only 30 percent of the homes had indoor plumbing. The land that was once home to Crazy Horse now included the poorest county in the United States.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
Darrell Scott, father of a Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.) shooting victim, addressed students at Southport High.
* * *
Manual students Jeff Vardiman, Michael Foster, Tracy Nims Jr., Pablo Navarreet, Holly McCorkle, Jude Guerrero and Felicia Craig and Franklin Central’s Benjamin Shepherd took tops honors in the American Red Cross’ art contest, which promoted the dangers of secondhand smoke.
* * *
Perry Township Schools named Deanna Applegate, Nancy Miller, Maria Deese, Rita Leeper, Thresia Taylor and Joe Leonard as its Support Personnel of the Year.
* * *
Beech Grove Mayor Joe Wright, who had been in office only 90 days, reported on the city’s dire financial situation and blamed it on the previous administration for underfunding the budget by more than $700,000.
* * *
Indy Parks ranger and Roncalli graduate Phil Greene and his German shepherd, Storm, patrolled the city’s parks with watchful eyes. Greene was a sworn officer of the Indianapolis Police Department and held arrest powers just like any other law enforcement officer. He and his wife, Marti Greene, had two sons, Anthony and Nick.
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