Wills Appliances, Furniture & TV, 1044 Virginia Ave., was celebrating its grand opening.
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A freshly painted five-room house with a new oil furnace and a full basement on three lots was advertised for $4,500.
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Southport State Bank, 7000 Madison Ave., announced Saturday hours of 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
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Hamburgers and malts cost 12 and 17 cents, respectively, at King Kastle, 411 S. West St.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
G.C. Murphy in Fountain Square was hosting an old-fashioned bargain days sale. Specials included men’s straw caps for 13 cents, long-sleeve dress shirts for $1.50; boys tailored pajamas, 77 cents; ladies Jamaica shorts, 67 cents a pair; six quarts of motor oil, $1.46; and a Delmonico console stereo, $77.
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Elmer Harmeson, Mrs. James A. Pennington, Rose Gaughan and H.W. Pennington were pictured looking over the blueprints for the new Pennington Realty building, which would be built at 2724 Madison Ave.
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Big Boy, the beloved white poodle of Charlotte Lee, ran away from home again. A reward was offered for his return.
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Kennedy Memorial High School cheerleaders Ginny Annee, Kathy Vincent, Stella Bledsoe, Carol Lauck, Jo Bova and Mary Dalton attended the Smith-Walbridge cheerleading camp in Syracuse, Ind.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
Dr. Lawrence Borst, a veterinarian and a state senator, was re-elected to another term on the Judicial Council of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
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More than 100 orchestra students from Perry Meridian and Southport high schools were going to present a concert at Perry Meridian.
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An estimated 600 children were expected to display projects ranging from clothing, animals and ceramics to photography and geology at the Perry Township 4-H Fair.
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The Mets softball team won the Southport Little League championship. The squad featured Amy Burge, Lisa and Kara Brabender, Dawn Breedlove, Cindy Herman, Kalli, Kathi and Sandi Flecker, Theresa Redmon, Cindy Casell, Donna and Tricia “Star” Cummings, Kim Davis, manager Shirley Cummings, assistant coach Tammy Turner and coach Rosie Spilmon.
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The Filling Station, 5140 Madison Ave., served daily luncheon specials for 99 cents.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
The Perry Township Kiwanis Club was holding its fish fry at Southern Plaza, where meals cost $5.
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Mari R. Monroe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Monroe, a graduate of Perry Meridian and a medical technologist at St. Francis Hospital, married Paul J. Descheneaux, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Descheneaux of Rhode Island, at Friedens United Church of Christ. After honeymooning in Hawaii, the couple would reside in Somerville, N.J.
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Helen Yoke, Marjorie J. Grover and Margo Scheuring were finalists in the Central Indiana Regional Spelling Bee.
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Hill Valley Kindergarten & Nursing School, housed in Friedens United Church of Christ, 8300 S. Meridian St. was beginning its 23rd year of service.
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The Perry Township Board of Education elected its new officers: Susan Allman, president; Barbara Paget, vice president; Emerson Brown, secretary; Bob Richardson, treasurer; and Eva Scalf, deputy treasurer.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
Spotlight correspondent Fred D. Cavinder wrote about Nick and Kim Schofield’s ostrich farm in Johnson County. Ostrich meat was growing in popularity because it was low in fat and had no cholesterol.
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Marion County Circuit Court Clerk Sarah M. Taylor was named Clerk of the Year by the Indiana Association of Clerks of the Circuit Courts.
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Nearly 200,000 people were expected to attend the 67th annual Marion County Agricultural and 4-H Fair during its 10-day run. The opening night concert would feature Blue Oyster Cult, known for hits like “Don’t Fear the Reaper” and “Burnin‘ for You.”
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Alisa Nordholt, a recent graduate of Perry Meridian and a four-year participant in volleyball, basketball and track, received the Jan Borradaile Scholarship. Nordholt planned to attend Marian College.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
The archives from 2007 are missing.