Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1954
Details of Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s Sept. 23 visit to Indianapolis were revealed. He would officiate the groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Community Hospital East at 21st Street and Ritter Avenue.
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The following quip appeared in the “Just Between Us” column: Money provides everything except happiness, and money is a passport to everywhere except heaven.
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A 25-pound box of All, the powdered soap for automatic dishwashers, was on sale for $3.99.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Chartrand High School, which had an enrollment of about 730 students, hired 14 new teachers. The faculty featured six priests, six sisters and 20 lay teachers.
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Friday’s specials at Sebree’s Tavern, 2536 S. Meridian St., were fried turtle, bean soup and hot stew – yum yum.
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A half-double with three rooms and a full bath in a nice neighborhood rented for $42 a month.
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The Metropolitan School District of Perry Township announced that its first day of school would be Sept. 8. The book rental fee was $10.
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Burger Chef advertised its “Triple Threat” – a hamburger, fries and a shake – for 45 cents.
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Safeway Quality Foods, 1202 E. Prospect St., sold eggs for 29 cents a dozen, 3 pounds of bacon for $1, five cans of fruit cocktail for $1 and 4 pounds of fresh peaches for 39 cents.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
A humorous article, “How to live on $15 a week” was published. The proposed budget was as follows: whiskey and beer – $8.80; wife’s beer – $1.55; groceries – on credit; rent – pay next week; midweek whiskey – $1.50; coal – borrow from neighbor; wife’s insurance – 50 cents; movies – 60 cents; pinochle – 50 cents; hot tip on horses – $1.10; snuff – 40 cents; and poker – $1.60. Total: $16.55. This means going into debt, so cut out the wife’s whiskey.
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Perry Township 4-H Fair champions included Karen Spivey in the butter cakes division, Rose Prang for her collection of insects and Randy Smith for his model rockets.
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Jimmie Caldwell was installed as president of the Tri-State College Alumni Association.
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A benefit for Noble Industries raised more than $3,600.
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For anyone wanting to know how much a ton of pennies was worth, the answer was $2,875.
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Lynn Hurrle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurrle and a 1974 graduate of Our Lady of Grace Academy, and Rhonda Newport, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Normand Newport and a sophomore at Southport, took top honors in the dance division of the citywide talent contest at Garfield Park.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Plaza Motors, 3902 S. East St., was going to donate a new Camaro Z28 to any golfer who aced the par 3, third hole at Valle Vista Country Club during the Sertoma Charities Tournament.
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St. Francis Hospital hosted a class on baby-sitting.
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Tammy Zahn, daughter of Jan Zahn, took top honors in point and second place in jazz acrobatics in the talent contest at the Greenwood Old Settlers Festival.
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A special squadron of three flying aces was cruising over the friendly skies of Indianapolis. The group could be seen in smoke-trailing formations during morning and evening rush-hour traffic. All of the planes featured open cockpits and had been rebuilt to resemble the original Red Baron’s World War I fighter aircraft.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Mayor Stephen Goldsmith was restructuring the city’s street maintenance division so there would be less paperwork and more productivity. Goldsmith explained that most of the increased productivity from moving to a two-shift operation would come from the significant time that crews would save in moving and loading equipment.
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Seaman Scott Seidelman, the 20-year-old son of Mark Seidelman, was among the more than 3,000 Navy men and women and 2,000 Marines patrolling the waters just off Hawaii. He served aboard the USS Portland, a dock landing ship that was home ported in Norfolk, Va.
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The American Psychiatric Association reported that an estimated 10 percent of all U.S. children developed some form of depression before age 12.
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Dr. Worthe S. Holt Jr. was named the new associate director of St. Francis Hospital’s family practice residency program. He previously spent six years at the Indiana University Medical Center.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
University of Indianapolis President Jerry Israel announced that he would retire at the end of the school year after a seven-year tenure. Full-time, traditional age enrollment had increased nearly 40 percent under his leadership.
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Slain Indianapolis police officer Timothy “Jake” Laird was laid to rest at Crown Hill Cemetery, where an estimated 2,000 people attended the service.
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Eighteen-packs of Budweiser, Coors Lite, Miller Lite and Miller Genuine Draft cost $9.99 each at Dinner Bell Market, 2824 Shelby St., where Sonoma cigarettes were $18.99 per carton.
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Nick Johnson, Marcus Nalley, Matt Taylor, Ryan Brizendine and Peter Szostak were expected to make key contributions to the University of Indianapolis’ football program.
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Joe Clements, a crossing guard at MacArthur Elementary, was back on the job, and a picture depicted him smiling from ear to ear.
Details of Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s Sept. 23 visit to Indianapolis were revealed. He would officiate the groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Community Hospital East at 21st Street and Ritter Avenue.
* * *
The following quip appeared in the “Just Between Us” column: Money provides everything except happiness, and money is a passport to everywhere except heaven.
* * *
A 25-pound box of All, the powdered soap for automatic dishwashers, was on sale for $3.99.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Chartrand High School, which had an enrollment of about 730 students, hired 14 new teachers. The faculty featured six priests, six sisters and 20 lay teachers.
* * *
Friday’s specials at Sebree’s Tavern, 2536 S. Meridian St., were fried turtle, bean soup and hot stew – yum yum.
* * *
A half-double with three rooms and a full bath in a nice neighborhood rented for $42 a month.
* * *
The Metropolitan School District of Perry Township announced that its first day of school would be Sept. 8. The book rental fee was $10.
* * *
Burger Chef advertised its “Triple Threat” – a hamburger, fries and a shake – for 45 cents.
* * *
Safeway Quality Foods, 1202 E. Prospect St., sold eggs for 29 cents a dozen, 3 pounds of bacon for $1, five cans of fruit cocktail for $1 and 4 pounds of fresh peaches for 39 cents.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
A humorous article, “How to live on $15 a week” was published. The proposed budget was as follows: whiskey and beer – $8.80; wife’s beer – $1.55; groceries – on credit; rent – pay next week; midweek whiskey – $1.50; coal – borrow from neighbor; wife’s insurance – 50 cents; movies – 60 cents; pinochle – 50 cents; hot tip on horses – $1.10; snuff – 40 cents; and poker – $1.60. Total: $16.55. This means going into debt, so cut out the wife’s whiskey.
* * *
Perry Township 4-H Fair champions included Karen Spivey in the butter cakes division, Rose Prang for her collection of insects and Randy Smith for his model rockets.
* * *
Jimmie Caldwell was installed as president of the Tri-State College Alumni Association.
* * *
A benefit for Noble Industries raised more than $3,600.
* * *
For anyone wanting to know how much a ton of pennies was worth, the answer was $2,875.
* * *
Lynn Hurrle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurrle and a 1974 graduate of Our Lady of Grace Academy, and Rhonda Newport, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Normand Newport and a sophomore at Southport, took top honors in the dance division of the citywide talent contest at Garfield Park.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Plaza Motors, 3902 S. East St., was going to donate a new Camaro Z28 to any golfer who aced the par 3, third hole at Valle Vista Country Club during the Sertoma Charities Tournament.
* * *
St. Francis Hospital hosted a class on baby-sitting.
* * *
Tammy Zahn, daughter of Jan Zahn, took top honors in point and second place in jazz acrobatics in the talent contest at the Greenwood Old Settlers Festival.
* * *
A special squadron of three flying aces was cruising over the friendly skies of Indianapolis. The group could be seen in smoke-trailing formations during morning and evening rush-hour traffic. All of the planes featured open cockpits and had been rebuilt to resemble the original Red Baron’s World War I fighter aircraft.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Mayor Stephen Goldsmith was restructuring the city’s street maintenance division so there would be less paperwork and more productivity. Goldsmith explained that most of the increased productivity from moving to a two-shift operation would come from the significant time that crews would save in moving and loading equipment.
* * *
Seaman Scott Seidelman, the 20-year-old son of Mark Seidelman, was among the more than 3,000 Navy men and women and 2,000 Marines patrolling the waters just off Hawaii. He served aboard the USS Portland, a dock landing ship that was home ported in Norfolk, Va.
* * *
The American Psychiatric Association reported that an estimated 10 percent of all U.S. children developed some form of depression before age 12.
* * *
Dr. Worthe S. Holt Jr. was named the new associate director of St. Francis Hospital’s family practice residency program. He previously spent six years at the Indiana University Medical Center.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
University of Indianapolis President Jerry Israel announced that he would retire at the end of the school year after a seven-year tenure. Full-time, traditional age enrollment had increased nearly 40 percent under his leadership.
* * *
Slain Indianapolis police officer Timothy “Jake” Laird was laid to rest at Crown Hill Cemetery, where an estimated 2,000 people attended the service.
* * *
Eighteen-packs of Budweiser, Coors Lite, Miller Lite and Miller Genuine Draft cost $9.99 each at Dinner Bell Market, 2824 Shelby St., where Sonoma cigarettes were $18.99 per carton.
* * *
Nick Johnson, Marcus Nalley, Matt Taylor, Ryan Brizendine and Peter Szostak were expected to make key contributions to the University of Indianapolis’ football program.
* * *
Joe Clements, a crossing guard at MacArthur Elementary, was back on the job, and a picture depicted him smiling from ear to ear.
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