Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1958
The Murat Shrine Band and the Shrine Chanters were performing at Garfield Park.
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The S.A.G. Committee of Lake Shore Country Club, 4301 Carson Ave., was hosting a dance and a revue under the facility’s starlight roof.
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A four-piece bedroom suite cost $99 at Ritchey Furniture, 1127 Prospect St.

Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
Charleston South apartments, 8201 Madison Ave., was celebrating its grand opening. The complex featured flats, townhouses, a clubhouse, 3 acres of recreation area, a pool, tennis courts, a baseball diamond and a playground.  
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The 12th annual All-Arabian Horse Show, among the largest of its kind in the country, was being held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
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John E. Mader received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the General Motors Institute in Flint, Mich., where he graduated in the top 2 percent of his class.
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The Indianapolis Hiking Club was going to go on an 8-mile hike at Spring Mill State Park.

Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
The Dodgers were crowned major league champs of Southport Little League. Team members were Gary Gordon, Jeff Kirkhoff, Keith Holler, Mike and Jeff Curtis, Kevin Whitlock, David Franklin, Joe Forward, Ricky Butler, Danny Dodd, Darryl Smith, manager Bob Kirkhoff and coach Donnie Applegate. Not pictured: Neil Burch.
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The starting annual salary for Indianapolis firefighters during their probationary year was $11,000. The pay jumped to $12,650 their second year.
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Epsilon Tau chapter of Kappa Kappa Kappa initiated Mesdames Barry Bell, James Bucko, Larry Bowman and Stanley Collins.
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Key-Hanna Plaza, 3940 S. Keystone Ave., was open and had storefronts for rent. 

Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
Three crash victims remained pinned in their car, the result of crash at U.S. 31 and Thompson Road. One of the victims, a small child, is barely visible on the driver’s lap. It took the rescuers nearly an hour to cut the passengers out.
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Recent newlyweds were Lisa Rollings and Joseph R. Geil, Catherine A. Scheuth and William S. Thomas III, and Lucinda J. Bowman and David L. Kesterson.
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Adrian Orchards was sponsoring the 19th annual apple pie contest at the Marion County Fair.
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The following Southsiders were serving in the armed forces: Air Force Staff Sgt. James K. Roell, Army Reserve Pvt. Karen S. Barbee, Army Spc. Michael L. Sutton, Army Pvt. Ken E. Robinson, Navy Ensign Neal B. Jones, Marine Pfc. Gregory S. Barker, Air Force Sgt. Rita F. Shinault and Navy Seaman Recruit Mark E. Simon.

Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998

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Perry Meridian High School advanced earth science teacher Chris Garity, a few of his peers and students from Perry and Southport were hiking the mountains of Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand Tetons and Arches national parks. Their trip would end with a rafting trip on the Royal Gorge.
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Indiana’s bald eagles produced a record of 20 offspring during the latest breeding season, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
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The Edgewood 10 and under Teal All-Star softball team won several tournaments. The squad featured Nicole Arnold, Danielle Schmidt, Courtney Costello, Sara Hawk, Rachel King, Rayta Trumble, manager John Lawrence, Brittany Suiters, Kristy Douglas, Megan Robbins, Jackie Lawrence, Andrea Schroeder, Kilah Dickey and coach Brad Dickey.

Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1958
Rose Radio & TV Sales and Service, owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Rose, celebrated its grand reopening at its new facility at 4202 Madison Ave.
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The DEBs, a group of girls from Perry Junior High School, were hosting a benefit car wash.
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A dozen lemons cost 39 cents at Buck’s Super Market, 3001 S. Meridian St, where whole hams cost 59 cents a pound. Sugar was 49 cents a pound, and ground beef was 39 cents a pound.

Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
Edgewood Little League was going to serve fish sandwiches, barbecue, tenderloins and side dishes at its annual social, which would feature an array of baseball games and other activities. 
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A health clinic was opening on Virginia Avenue to serve residents of the inner-city.
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A 5-gallon aquarium set, complete with a pump, filter and heater, was on sale for $7.63 at G.C. Murphy in Fountain Square, where three tropical fish cost 97 cents.

Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Joseph C. Buergler, Paul W. Sindlinger and Charles E. Wilson were named to head the new advisory board at St. Francis Hospital.
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Southern Plaza was hosting its 17th annual Mardi Gras. The event featured sidewalk sales, a carnival, strolling clowns, free balloons, drawings for prizes and a fireworks display.
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The Chipperfield Shops at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and County Line Road were joining forces with Southside Art Guild to present an arts and crafts fair.
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Perry Township Democratic Club members Betty Meyer, Norm Merkler, Mary Ann Seyfried, Jim Wells and Forest Handlon were finalizing plans for their club’s annual picnic at German Park on Meridian Street. 

Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
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Hafer Bros. Gardens, 2856 S. Meridian St. was selling Indianagrown cantaloupes, juicy watermelons, sweet onions and a full line of preserves, butters and jams.
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Madison Place, the Southside’s newest shopping complex, was open at the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and Stop 11 Road. Tenants included Range Line Comics, Nick’s Chili Parlor, Milto Cleaners, Hoosier Bicycles, Sullivan Optical Service, Bride & Groom Bridal Shop and The Dessert Basket.

Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Sisters of Providence James Michael Kesterson, principal of St. Jude School, and Marilyn Theresa Lipps, a minister of residential services at St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods, were celebrating their golden jubilees.
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Big Red’s Tobacco & NASCAR shop was celebrating its grand opening at 2621 Shelby St., where cartons of Winston and Camel cost $13.95.
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Sarah Groth, a sixth-grader at Emmaus Lutheran School, won a $100 savings bond for her third-place finish in the statewide poster contest themed “Tar Wars,” which targeted tobacco education.
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Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
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Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1958 The Olympia Club, 3900 S. Emerson Ave., dedicated its new $60,000 clubhouse with live entertainment, dancing and a swim show. 
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All hourly paid employees of Stark, Wetzel & Co. received raises of 4 cents an hour.
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Mary Mandabach of Beech Grove won a Columbia high-fidelity phonograph from Higgins Restaurant & Gift Shop, 2206 Shelby St. Her husband, Bob, was employed by Suding’s Hardware.
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The Madison Avenue Men’s Association held its annual picnic at the home of its president, Melvin Nordholt. 

Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968 A farewell reception for the Rev. Charles L. Stricker of Olive Branch Christian Church was being planned. Stricker was going to assume the pastorate of First Christian Church of Greensburg.
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Indiana Central College, which had an enrollment of more than 1,000 day students, was constructing a five-story dormitory.
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A sleeping room with a private kitchen rented for $8 a week; a three-bedroom home in Carriage Estates was listed for $25,900; and a 1964 Pontiac station wagon was advertised for $1,050.
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Donna K. Nordhoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Nordhoff, and Gary K. Nunnally, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl O. Nunnally, were going to be married July 20 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
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Diana Powers and Karen Gedig led Baxter YMCA’s swim team to  460-345 victory over Krannert YMCA.

Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Greg Bedan, paralyzed during football practice at Our Lady of the Greenwood School in 1973, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Indiana University by the Greenwood Sertoma Club. Bedan was the first quadriplegic to graduate from Center Grove High School and would be the first to live in a dorm at IU.
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Nancy J. Denny, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terrell Denny, and Vincent R. Brizendine, son of Mrs. Kennard Brizendine, were promoted to airmen in the Air Force.
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The Sherwood, 6520 S. Emerson Ave., served beer for 10 cents during lunch.

Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
Drs. David G. Cross and Joseph D. McPike opened a family practice at 234 E. Southern Ave.
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Editor and “Nutcracker” columnist George Cafouros reported on how you could tell if it was going to be a rotten day:
• You put you brassiere on backward and it fits better.
• Your twin sister forgot your birthday.
• Your blind date turns out be your ex-wife.
• You walk to work and discover that your dress is stuck in the back of your pantyhose.
• Your wife says, “Good morning, Bill,” and your name is George.
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Former Indiana University basketball standout Steve Alford, who led the Hoosiers to the 1987 NCAA championship, was making a guest appearance at Tom O’Brien Chrysler & Plymouth in Greenwood.
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Ruby Hill was pictured with her five-generation family: daughter Kathryn Charles, granddaughter Shirley Huskisson, great-grandson Robert Huskisson and great-great-granddaughter Alisa Huskisson.
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Joe Crave was recognized by University Heights Hospital for his volunteer work at the facility. Crave and his wife, Janice, had two children and one granddaughter.

Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
The Friends of Garfield Park named Shelley F. Mitchell to serve as its director development. Her initial responsibilities included launching a $1 million endowment to support preservation of the park’s Sunken Gardens.
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Seven-year-old Rachel Cobb, daughter of Ronda Wilson and Rob Cobb, was a daily customer at the new Dips ice cream station wagon at the south edge of Buck’s Supermarket, 3015 S. Meridian St.
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Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1958
The Southside Optimist Club and the Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department were hosting a fireworks show at Southport High School’s football stadium. Tickets cost 50 cents per child, 75 cents per adult.
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Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Bryant opened Garfield Park Nursing Home at 2605 Shelby St.
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E.C. Kriner Pharmacy relocated from 1360 S. Meridian St. to 2951 S. Meridian St.
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The Southport Jaycees were planning a huge model air show at the YMCA’s south branch, 1941 Hanna Ave.
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The Red Cross was offering free swimming lessons at Longacre Pool, 4701 Madison Ave. 

Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
John Bryan was appointed president of the Perry Township Board of Education. Other officers were George Adrian, vice president; and Lincoln Christie, secretary.
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Southport chapter of Psi Iota Xi initiated Mesdames Loren Mitchell, William Carson, Gene Johnson and Ronald Pio.
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Copperhead snakes, whose bites could be fatal to children, had been seen in abundance at Fort Harrison and along Fall Creek. Most of the snakes were 2 to 4 feet long.
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Carl Busart, a senior at Hanover College, was touring the Soviet Union with the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship.  

Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Suzanne Kays, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn D. Kays and a 1978 graduate of Southport High School, was crowned Miss Indiana National Teenager from a field of 76 contestants. Kays was planning to attend Indiana University in the fall.
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Cats, gerbils, dogs and their furry friends were invited to participate in the pet parade and contests (most unusual, largest, best-trained, etc.) at Zayre, 3825 S. Meridian St.
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The Ancient Order of Hibernians, St. Patrick’s Division 1, was planning its annual picnic at German Park. Chairing the event was Bernard “Bud” Gohmann, who was assisted by Tom Hunt and Dave Shea.
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Cathy Newport, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Newport and a 1978 graduate of Manual, was awarded a Franklin College Presidents Scholarship. 

Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
An unusually high number of reported cases of shigellosis, a severe diarrhea infection, prompted the State Board of Health to issue precautionary guidelines for hygiene and the preparation and storage of food.
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Lisa Combs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Combs, and Kelly Timmons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Timmons, earned the highest honor attainable in Girl Scouts – the Gold Award. Combs, a freshman at Butler, and Timmons, who was employed by Mr. D’s Food Market, had been members of the Glenns Valley council for 12 years.
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Eight-year-old Kim Hagan, daughter of Rich and Sue Hagan and granddaughter of Bill and Irene Keen and Jim and Margaret Hagan, set a team record by hitting 13 home runs for the Indians in the Garfield Y Little League.
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Chuck Willis, the 14-year-old son of Charlie and Marie Willis was named the Perry Township Swimming Association’s Swimmer of the Week.
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Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Parishioners of Sacred Heart Catholic Church were hosting a farewell reception for their pastor, the Rev. Bob Sieg, who had been reassigned to Tuetopolis, Ill.              

* * * Annette “Mickey” Lentz was the new secretary for Catholic education and faith formation for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. She previously was a teacher at St. Patrick School and an educator and principal at St. Mark.

* * * Natalie Sponsel, a recent graduate of Perry Meridian High School and a freshman at Franklin College, received the Jan Borradaile Scholarship. The daughter of Thomas and Barbara Sponsel had played basketball and volleyball for the Falcons and was the softball manager for two years.
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Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
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