The senior choir of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, corner of South New Jersey and East McCarty streets, was rehearsing for its Christmas concert.
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A contest for the homes with the best Christmas lights was being hosted by the Indianapolis Jaycees. There were divisions for displays of less than 500 lights and more than 500. The winners would represent Indianapolis in a national contest for awards.
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John Koch Furniture, 826 Virginia Ave., had marked down most of its merchandise by 40 percent.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
This issue is missing from the archives.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
The chancel choir of Southport Heights Christian Church, 117 Pine St., was rehearsing for its production of “My Christmas Gift.”
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Tickets for the New Year’s Eve dinner and dance at The Chateau Restaurant and Supper Club, 8902 S. St. Peter St., cost $48.50 per couple.
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Flower World, corner of Madison and Hanna avenues, reduced the price of its poinsettias by 20 percent.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
The two dilapidated dairy barns on the grounds of Southside Park, 2000 E. Hanna Ave., were going to be razed to make room for a playground and a 60-by-80-foot multipurpose building with a covered patio and a spray pool.
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When former Indiana Central student Gerald Ruark went to visit his old dorm room in Buxton Hall, he discovered that it had been transformed into office space for the school’s radio station, WICR-FM. Ruark, who owned Alpha Records in Southport, saw the coat hook that he had installed in the room’s closet during his mid-1950s days at IC.
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Arthur Hopkins, a three-year volunteer at University Heights Hospital, received the hospital’s December Share Award. He and his wife, Louise, had two children and four grandchildren.
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Don and Janet Shaffer, who owned a pet shop in Beech Grove, opened the Keystone Pet Corral at 4031 Carson Ave. Both stores featured birds, fish, dogs, kittens and pet supplies.
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Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
The lead story focused on the work of Todd and Cheryl Poindexter, who directed youth ministry programs at The Salvation Army’s Fountain Square Corps.
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Third-graders at Homecroft Elementary School dedicated their rock garden, which provided them curriculum enhancement in geography, geology and environmental awareness.
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Garfield Pub & Eatery Manager Rita De Vaney and her employees raised nearly $2,100 to brighten the holidays for needy families.
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David C. Brenton was named Realtor of the Year for the Southside Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors. He and his wife, Jane, who had two daughters, Sarah and Katie, both of whom attended Perry Meridian High School.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
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