A 1947 four-door Pontiac was advertised for $300.
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Seven large rabbits, a cage and some food could be purchased for $12.
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Publisher George Cafouros reported that a lady living at 12 Kansas St. had a comforter draped across her lap as she sat on her porch in 102-degree heat.
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St. Roch Parish, 3603 S. Meridian St., was hosting a outdoor jukebox dance.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Lake Shore Swim Club member Con Largey won four trophies in the 9- to 10-year-old division at the Fort Wayne swim meet. He placed in the freestyle and butterfly events and two relays. Larry Lammert competed in the 13- to 14-year-old group and won three trophies.
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Doc Gainey was extremely proud of the air-conditioning equipment that he installed at his tavern, 3652 S. Meridian St. “The customers really like it, and you know me, nothing is too good for my customers,” he smirked.”
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Ed Harnishfeger celebrated his first year in business at the Driftwood Lounge, 3151 Madison Ave.
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Canned vegetables cost 10 cents a can at Safeway Quality Foods, 1201 Prospect St., where lean and meaty spare ribs were priced at 29 cents a pound.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
Southern Plaza was celebrating its 13th annual Mardi Gras. Featuring a raffle for a new car, sidewalk sales, free helium balloons, strolling clowns, prizes and carnival rides, the three-day extravaganza was billed as the biggest sale of the year in Indiana.
(Yours truly remembers the Mardi Gras quite well, especially the Haystack Jamboree of Free Coins. It was an event where the center’s public relations director, Jerry Cosby (in his pre-Spotlight days), would toss $10 worth of change into a haystack for children to seek. The contest was divided into three age groups, but some of us jumped in for all three – not to be unnoticed by the “tall man with the money,” as he pulled us out of the pile by the seat of our britches and informed us of the rules. That warning fell on deaf ears, and we jumped in for all age groups later in the day – again being yanked out by our pants. Those were some great times.)
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Walnut Ridge, a par-3 golf course on Morgantown Road in Greenwood, was opened by Carlis Inabnitt and Melvin Chuffleberger.
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Led by Ed Hellenbergh, a group of divorced fathers united in an effort to propose changes to Indiana divorce laws concerning the custody of children. The petitioners were circulating a flyer that labeled the laws as outdated and unfair. “We feel that custody should be based on character and ability instead of sex,” the petition cited. “Since equality is a big step forward in our nation, then what about the equality of men?”
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Dr. Charles W. Kelley, a podiatrist, was installed as grand knight of Monsignor Downey Knights of Columbus Council 3660, 511 E. Thompson Road, by Raymond P. Massing. The council was the largest in Indiana with more than 1,900 members.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Concord Center officially dedicated its new building at 1310 S. Meridian St., where Mayor William H. Hudnut and representatives of the project’s major backers – Lilly Endowment and the Indianapolis, Inland and Griffith foundations – took center stage during the ceremony. The community center had previously been located at 17 W. Morris St. for 110 years.
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In a weight-loss challenge to benefit the American Diabetes Association, the team of Deborah Paul from “Indianapolis Monthly,” Doug James of WNAP-FM, Doug Rafferty of WTTV Channel 4, Lou Gerig of Merchants bank, Ray Compton of the Indiana Pacers and Bob Collins of The Indianapolis Star lost 53 pounds over a four-week period to earn $5,300 for the association.
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Kim Melick was named Swimmer of the Week by the Perry Township Swimming Association. The 11-year-old daughter of Phil and Karen Melick attended Southport Elementary.
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Virginia Daily, a long-time English educator at Southport and Perry Meridian high schools, retired. She had been recognized by the Indiana Council of Teachers of English as Hoosier Teacher of the Year in 1981.
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Julie Bandy, a graduate of St. Barnabas Grade School, was one of five finalists selected to participate in the Fred Astaire International Tap and Jazz Championships.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Marian Hasse, labeled by many as “Mrs. St. Roch,” retired from the school after 24 years of service. Although her official title was that of an administrative assistant, she was also known as the resident “nurse, cook, grandma and psychologist.”
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Jason Simmons and Andy Roell, 2014 graduates of Roncalli, represented the South in the annual North-South All-Star football game at Carmel High School. Simmons and Roell helped the Rebels to win the 1993 3A state title and were looking forward to playing at Miami of Ohio.
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Sandi Stanfield was named principal at St. Roch Grade School.
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Local television stations and two cable networks launched a $250,000 AIDS awareness ad campaign. Channel 8 declined to run two of the ads because management deemed them too bold and controversial.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
Felicia Hutchison, Mary Beth Arnold, Dystany Riley and Beck Jaggers were competing in the world rope jumping championships in Australia.
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Samantha Morris and Ian Elliott were crowned Little Miss and Mister, respectively, of the Johnson County 4-H and Agricultural Fair.
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A one-carat round diamond at Page & Co. Jewelers, 4200 S. East St., was marked down to $3,188 from $4,595.
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Janelle Page, a Roncalli graduate and a freshman at Purdue, and Southport senior Brittney Miller were candidates in the Marion County Fair queen contest. Meredith Dolk, a Franklin Central graduate and a freshman at Indiana University, was the reigning queen.
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Adam Heavrin, Amanda Chevalier, Derek Norcross and Maggie Hyde, all lifeguards at Garfield Park Aquatic Center, took first-place honors in the Great Lakes Regional competition of the International Ellis Lifeguard Championships. The finals were about a month away in New Jersey.