The Southland Driving Range, 4320 Madison Ave., which also featured a miniature golf course and an archery range, was celebrating its grand reopening, complete with free refreshments, door prizes and a fireworks show.
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The Southport chapter of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce was being formed by 15 Perry Township men.
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A 1953 four-door Plymouth was listed for $695; a portable electric washing machine with a hand wringer was advertised for $17; and a healthy parakeet and a cage were priced at $5.
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Jim Schultz, June Kisler, John Hersherger, Janice Moran, Libby Hart, Roberta Askin and Kay Edwards were attending the high school journalism institute at Indiana University.
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The Edgy Bees 4-H Club held its first meeting at Edgewood School and elected its officers: Barbara Groff, president; Brenda Blanton, vice president; Judy Harrison, secretary-treasurer; Janice Jamison song leader; Betty Weddell, health and safety; Judy Kirk, news reporter; and Linda Pritchard, recreational leader. Mrs. Olin Groff and Mrs. James Waddell were the club’s leaders.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
Paper is missing from the archives.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
Chan’s Garden restaurant, 718 Main St., Beech Grove, was celebrating its seventh anniversary. The family-owned business was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Wai Bin Chan, Katy, Yuik Ming, Hi Man, Audrey, Faye and Lisa.
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The Perry Township Democratic Club was finalizing plans for its annual picnic. Officers were Cathline Mullin, president; Norm Merkler, vice president; and Betty Meye, secretary.
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Baxter YMCA’s Jim Shuck, 13, won five first-place ribbons at the Cincinnati Marlins Invitational swim meet, where he set several records.
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A two-bedroom starter home at 1219 Standish Ave. was listed for $14,200. Several three-bedroom homes in southern Perry Township and northern Johnson County were listed for less than $48,000.
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Heidenreich Greenhouses, 502 E. National Ave., marked down all of its bedding plants by 50 percent.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
Nancy Guyant, Jody Humphrey, Robin Harbert and Brad Armstrong were completing their 10th and last year of involvement in 4-H.
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Carson Square at the corner of Thompson Road and Carson Square boasted one of the Southside’s most beautiful and modern supermarkets as Carter’s celebrated its grand opening.
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The greenhouse workroom and office area at the Garfield Park Conservatory were destroyed by a fire, which caused an estimated. $380,000 in damages.
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Susan DeHeer, Debbie Agard and Gretchen Fucio were cast in Southside Summer Theatre’s production of “Vanities.”
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
Candidates for the Marion County Fair queen contest were Shannon Anderson, Kristy Slater, Tamara Jordan, Angela Underwood, Andrea Impicciche, Brandy Gedig, Cortney Long, Melinda Larmore, Emily Hall, Nicole Folkening, Lori Simon, Heather Frank, Amber Cleveland and Lynette Kiser.
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The heat wave throughout central Indiana was considered a serious situation by Marion County Health Department Director Virginia A. Caine, who warned that “heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke can be contracted by anyone who does not use proper preventative measures.”
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Chris A. Nielsen and Gene E. Tomey of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department were promoted to corporal and major, respectively.
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Susan Naue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Naue and a 1991 graduate of Perry Meridian, was named head volleyball coach at Eastern Hancock High School.
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Kylie Nichols, a fifth-grader at Adams Elementary and the daughter of Kathy Nichols, qualified for the regional finals of the Oreo cookie stacking contest at the Marsh Supermarket at 888 S. U.S. 31, Greenwood.
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The Edgewood major Yankees compiled a 15-3 record en route to be being crowned league champs. The baseball team featured Mike Wood, John Deaton, Hank Graves, Andrew Mauk, Michael Patterson, Jesse Willson, Mark Ellis, Kenny Lickliter, Daniel and Dustin Patterson, Paul Humes, Matt Smyser and coaches Pat Patterson and Jake Franklin.
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Greenwood Sertoma members Mike Blaich, Mike Smith, George Porter, Bob Hamill, Nicolas and Denny Rusher, Marvin Tatum, Jim Meek and Roy Bridge donated a basketball goal to Camp Riley in Bradford Woods near Martinsville. The camp was geared for children with disabilities, and the goal could be lowered so that children in wheelchairs could slam dunk.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
The archives from 2007 are missing.