Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1957
The Army was looking for some land on the Southside to build a reserve training center. The favored tract was just south of Troy Avenue and between Pennsylvania Street and Brill Road.
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Monsignor Downey Knights of Columbus Council 3660 was finalizing plans for its annual summer picnic at German Park.
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The Twin-Aire Shopping Center, 3000 Southeastern Ave., was celebrating its grand opening.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
The South and West Civic League was organized so area residents could better communicate with their political leaders.
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Miller’s Regal Market, 215 Terrace Ave., and Buck’s Quality Foods, 3001 S. Meridian St., were having price wars on meat.
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Indiana Center College promoted Dr. Leonard T. Grant to dean of its evening and graduate division and Kenneth C. Partridge to director of the Industrial Relations Center.
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The Garfield Y Little League major Indians finished their season with a 16-0 record. The squad featured Donnie and Billy Campbell, Jack Jenkins, Jim Cook, George Berry, Dave Walton, Al Edmunds, Chuck Cothron, Mark Montgomery, Mike Collins, Lonnie Scott, Norm Leonard, manager Charlie Cothron and coach Bob Edmunds.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
City-County Councilor Dave McGrath took issue with Councilor Paul Cantwell for presenting a petition of remonstrance against a proposed $1.6 million bond issue that would fund the widening of Raymond Street.
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Dr. Dominic A. Zappia, a podiatrist, was going to open his practice at the office of Dr. Frank W. Fortuna, a family doctor, in Beech Grove.
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Supreme Bicycle Shop owner George Dudgeon was recognized by the Southport Lions Club for being in business 50 years.
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The Rev. J.D. Kavich, pastor of Calvary United Methodist Church, was going to lead his third tour of the Holy Land.
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Airman Matthew F. DesJean, son of Cyril W. DesJean and a 1977 graduate of Perry Meridian, completed Air Force basic training and was assigned to Lowry Air Force Base.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
Southport resident Frank Epperson Jr., confined to a wheelchair because of spina bifida, won three bronze medals at the World Wheelchair Championships in England.
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Bryan Kalen, a 1985 graduate of Roncalli and a junior at IUPUI, was selected as one of the four male cheerleaders for the Indiana Pacers.
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Perry Township 4-H members Angela Bardonner, Heather and Michelle Moebs and Miss Patterson were recognized for entering outstanding clothing exhibits at the Marion County Fair.
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Teeters Corner Market, 2458 S. State St., offered free delivery service.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
Tod A. Harper, a graduate of Beech Grove High School and a former Navy SEAL (sea, air land), won a gold medal in the strongest man competition at the World Police & Fire Games in Indianapolis. He was a firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department.
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Linda Wolf won a color television at the open house hosted by Family Funeral Care South.
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Greenwood Charter chapter of the American Business Women’s Association installed its officers: Nancy Lewark, president; Phyllis Moor, vice president; Lorraine Weaver, treasurer; and Franci Ballard, secretary.
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Amanda Caldwell, a 10-year-old Beech Grove resident, was a finalist in Nabisco’s Oreo stacking contest, which commemorated the cookie’s 85th birthday.
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Perry Meridian Middle School’s cheerleaders competed at the Indiana Cheer Camp. The seventh-grade team featured Kelly Andrews, Cari Kauffman, Maggie Oldham, Lauren Corrie, Lindsay Macy, Savannah Schmall, Natalie Oser, Ashley Donnell, Natalie Labejof and Stephanie Johnson. The eighth-grade squad consisted of Ashley Donovan, Clara Dorulla, Tracey Miller, Diana Searcy, Samantha Lowe, Breanne Straub, Christy Brentlinger and Heather Hastings.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
The archives from 2007 are missing.
The Army was looking for some land on the Southside to build a reserve training center. The favored tract was just south of Troy Avenue and between Pennsylvania Street and Brill Road.
* * *
Monsignor Downey Knights of Columbus Council 3660 was finalizing plans for its annual summer picnic at German Park.
* * *
The Twin-Aire Shopping Center, 3000 Southeastern Ave., was celebrating its grand opening.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
The South and West Civic League was organized so area residents could better communicate with their political leaders.
* * *
Miller’s Regal Market, 215 Terrace Ave., and Buck’s Quality Foods, 3001 S. Meridian St., were having price wars on meat.
* * *
Indiana Center College promoted Dr. Leonard T. Grant to dean of its evening and graduate division and Kenneth C. Partridge to director of the Industrial Relations Center.
* * *
The Garfield Y Little League major Indians finished their season with a 16-0 record. The squad featured Donnie and Billy Campbell, Jack Jenkins, Jim Cook, George Berry, Dave Walton, Al Edmunds, Chuck Cothron, Mark Montgomery, Mike Collins, Lonnie Scott, Norm Leonard, manager Charlie Cothron and coach Bob Edmunds.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
City-County Councilor Dave McGrath took issue with Councilor Paul Cantwell for presenting a petition of remonstrance against a proposed $1.6 million bond issue that would fund the widening of Raymond Street.
* * *
Dr. Dominic A. Zappia, a podiatrist, was going to open his practice at the office of Dr. Frank W. Fortuna, a family doctor, in Beech Grove.
* * *
Supreme Bicycle Shop owner George Dudgeon was recognized by the Southport Lions Club for being in business 50 years.
* * *
The Rev. J.D. Kavich, pastor of Calvary United Methodist Church, was going to lead his third tour of the Holy Land.
* * *
Airman Matthew F. DesJean, son of Cyril W. DesJean and a 1977 graduate of Perry Meridian, completed Air Force basic training and was assigned to Lowry Air Force Base.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
Southport resident Frank Epperson Jr., confined to a wheelchair because of spina bifida, won three bronze medals at the World Wheelchair Championships in England.
* * *
Bryan Kalen, a 1985 graduate of Roncalli and a junior at IUPUI, was selected as one of the four male cheerleaders for the Indiana Pacers.
* * *
Perry Township 4-H members Angela Bardonner, Heather and Michelle Moebs and Miss Patterson were recognized for entering outstanding clothing exhibits at the Marion County Fair.
* * *
Teeters Corner Market, 2458 S. State St., offered free delivery service.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
Tod A. Harper, a graduate of Beech Grove High School and a former Navy SEAL (sea, air land), won a gold medal in the strongest man competition at the World Police & Fire Games in Indianapolis. He was a firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department.
* * *
Linda Wolf won a color television at the open house hosted by Family Funeral Care South.
* * *
Greenwood Charter chapter of the American Business Women’s Association installed its officers: Nancy Lewark, president; Phyllis Moor, vice president; Lorraine Weaver, treasurer; and Franci Ballard, secretary.
* * *
Amanda Caldwell, a 10-year-old Beech Grove resident, was a finalist in Nabisco’s Oreo stacking contest, which commemorated the cookie’s 85th birthday.
* * *
Perry Meridian Middle School’s cheerleaders competed at the Indiana Cheer Camp. The seventh-grade team featured Kelly Andrews, Cari Kauffman, Maggie Oldham, Lauren Corrie, Lindsay Macy, Savannah Schmall, Natalie Oser, Ashley Donnell, Natalie Labejof and Stephanie Johnson. The eighth-grade squad consisted of Ashley Donovan, Clara Dorulla, Tracey Miller, Diana Searcy, Samantha Lowe, Breanne Straub, Christy Brentlinger and Heather Hastings.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
The archives from 2007 are missing.
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