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
This issue is missing from the archives.
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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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
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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
This issue is also missing from the archives.
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.
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American English, a Beatles tribute band, appeared at Southport High School.
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