Margaret M. Schobin was nursing an infected toe, which was slowly getting better.
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Dr. William J. Green, an optometrist, opened his practice in University Heights. Green was a graduate of Manual High School and Indiana University.
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Bortz’s Restaurant opened for business at 1026 Virginia Ave..
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Butler University students Evelyn L. Carpenter, Donald L. Lindeman, Richard Carter and James R. Stainbrook were named to “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.”
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King Kastle, 411 S. West St., was running a special on hamburgers – five for 25 cents.
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A 1950 four-door Cadillac in A-1 condition was advertised for $550.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
Southsiders were digging out from a foot of snow.
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Martin McDermott, president of M. Clune and Co., named Patricia Dagon manager of the Martin Furniture Showroom, 541 Turtle Creek South Drive.
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The fourth of seven buildings in Crestwood Village Apartments, 8800 S. U.S. 31, was completed. From the aerial view it appeared that most of the surrounding property was farmland.
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A 9-year-old, three-bedroom brick ranch with a three-car garage on West Brunswick Avenue was listed for $15,500.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Rick Stalhut, a graduate of Southport High and a senior at Indiana Central University, was accepted to Indiana University School of Medicine.
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Bill Newhouse, Connie Chambers, Milt Deering, Cathlinn Jacobs and Harold Brooks opened businesses in Creston Village Shopping Center in the 8000 block of Madison Avenue.
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Big things were happening at Greenwood Park, formerly known as Greenwood Center. Owner Melvin Simon & Associates was going to convert the open-air shopping center into an enclosed mall.
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John Vance joined the commercial division of the F.C. Tucker Co., Realtors/Developers. A graduate of Southport High School and Ball State University, he resided in Greenwood.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
The engagements of Lisa Marquette and David A. Stout, Dana Diekhoff and David J. Sullivan, and Cynthia M. Kiefer and Emery C. Eakle were announced.
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Ted Maple of Keystone Middle School won $100 for his second-place finish in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest.
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Mary Ann Bogan was elected president of the Perry Township Republican Club.
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Dr. Gene E. Sease, president of the University of Indianapolis for the past 20 years, resigned to become the school’s chancellor.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Larry Harrell, who had washed at least a zillion or so cars at Harrell’s Car Wash on Madison Avenue, died. Harrell, a good friend of The Spotlight newspaper, truly cared about the Southside, as evidenced by his service on the boards of philanthropic organizations.
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Holy Name School’s fourth-grade girls basketball team won the Catholic Youth Organization city tournament and finished its season with a 13-1 record. The squad featured Heather Brown, Ashley Schmoll, Gretchen Louzon, Alex Boehle, Brittney Miller, Morgan Huser, Katie Lamping, Erin Oakley, Kelcie Cox, Teresa Garber and coaches Jane Cox, Eda Stewart and Pam Louzon.
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Perry Meridian High School’s boys and girls basketball teams had impressive records of 10-4 and 13-4, respectively.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
The archives from 2008 are missing.