Sixty Years Ago This Week – 1954
Coached by Vitus Kern, St. Mark’s seventh- and eighth-grade baseball team won the Catholic Youth Organization’s city title by defeating Sacred Heart 7-1.
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Bill Patterson opened a television and radio repair shop and offered service calls for $3.50 an hour.
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Thanks to Dr. Jonas Salk and his polio vaccination, the disease was nearly eradicated in Marion County. Only one case had been reported in 1954.
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Mr. and Mrs. Leo Scherrer were the parents of a baby girl, who was born immediately after the Indianapolis 500. The Scherrers contemplated naming their newborn in honor of the race winner, but Vukovich was too much, so they decided on Mary Lee.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Diners were treated to the grand opening of Laughner’s Cafeteria in Southern Plaza and Pete Steffey’s in Greenwood. Both restaurants celebrated the week with specials and prize giveaways.
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Southern Plaza was enjoying continued growth as construction was under way for eight new shops.
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Anne Koch, a senior at Southport, was named strawberry queen at Greater Southside Inc.’s seventh annual Strawberry Festival and Art Show.
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Sandra Sue Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thompson, graduated from Franklin College with a bachelor’s of arts degree.
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Manual graduates Paul Goss, Larry Hall, Charles Yager Jr., Alfred Ratz and Jim Schulz were among those who received degrees at Rose Polytechnic Institute at Terre Haute. Yager played football, and Ratz earned high honors.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
Editor George Cafouros called for the resignation of The Indianapolis Star’s editor in chief. Cafouros cited The Star’s sensationalized reports of a so-called corrupt Indianapolis Police Department lacking substance, as the expose netted a “big fat zero insofar as indictments are concerned.”
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Greater Southside Inc. officials reported on the huge success of their annual Strawberry Festival and Art Show at the Southside Civic Center, 1941 E. Hanna Ave., where cars packed the park well before the gala got under way at noon. The overflow crowd resulted in a shortage of food, so two runs were made to buy more strawberries and ice cream.
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Psi Beta Psi welcomed the public to its annual Patriotic Parade, which featured decorated strollers, bicycles, wagons and ponies.
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Coach Jerry Baker and his kickball team won Baxter YMCA’s junior division with a 6-2 record. Squad members were Tracy Kettler, Lisa Cox, Julie and Beth Baker, Stacy Cedars, Dawn Davidson, Jane Bohley, Beth Georgescu, Laurie Kottkamp, Diana Wilson and Laurie Robinson.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Hagan’s Bar & Grill, 1121 E. Troy Ave., celebrated its grand reopening with lobster dinners for $9.75. (Unknown to most patrons, those same lobsters were occasionally featured in late-night races across the pub’s parking lot. The owners, Brian Clark and Simpson Righthouse, and yours truly served as hosts for the “greatest spectacle in cruising crustaceans.”)
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Perry Meridian baseball coach Jim Roach and his 22-8 Falcons advanced to the state championship game against Hammond Noll at Bush Stadium. Team members were William Bryant, Dan Ward, Daniel Carnes, Jeff Daniel, Tom Heitler, Doug Ridner, Jeff Bray, David Haynes, Eric Warwick, Jeff Morris, Chris Fatheree, Ryan Spears, Jon Bolen, Alan Bush, assistant coaches Steve Taylor and Mr. Hickman and managers T. Tummers and Ron Hoffman.
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Marion County Sheriff James Wells was strictly enforcing an ordinance that prohibited swimming in unsupervised areas like ponds, streams and strip pits on county property. Wells said his actions were the result of three youths drowning last summer in unguarded waters. Penalties for violators ranged from attending lifesaving classes to fines up to $2,500.
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Kym Mullins, Lesa Mascari, Beth Canter and Juanita Burton each found themselves $750 richer – or the equivalent in merchandise – as they were the big winners in a drawing held at the Indianapolis Auto Trade Association fair at Southern Plaza.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new $2.1 million Indianapolis Police Department South District headquarters, 1024 E. Sanders St., were held. Mayor Stephen Goldsmith said the facility would serve as the cornerstone for the revitalization of Fountain Square.
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Billboards’ top country album was “Not a Moment to Soon,” by Tim McGraw. “Ten Feet Tall & Bulletproof,” by Travis Tritt, and “Kickin’ It Up,” by Michael Montgomery,” were No. 2 and 3, respectively.
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The basketball team of Allison Schott, Lora Spilker, Rhonda Bartlett and Kari Dearinger took top honors in the 11- and 12-year-old division of the three-on-three Gus Macker tournament.
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Hoosier youths were drinking less but smoking more marijuana, reported the Governor’s Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
Cleary Vacuum opened the doors to its new showroom at the corner of Meridian Street and Troy Avenue and moved out of its temporary facility just a block south. The company’s previous building – also located at Meridian and Troy – was destroyed by a fire in November 2002. Bud Cleary said the rebuilding process, which started six months after the inferno, was delayed at least three months by city construction regulators.
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Robert W. Spanogle, national adjutant of the American Legion, received the prestigious Silver Buffalo Award from the Boys Scouts for his extraordinary service to youths.
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Lloyd and Mary Williams and Lucy and Tony Crady celebrated their 50th wedding anniversaries. The Williamses had two children, Mark and the late Lloyd Williams, and four grandchildren.
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Pasquale’s Pizza at 1291 N. Madison Ave., Greenwood, celebrated its 30th anniversary by selling all pizzas and sandwiches at 1974 prices.
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Roncalli’s tennis team was a runner-up in regional competition. The squad featured Lisa Elworth, Loye Kegley, Chris Konstant, Maggie Kegley, Kelli Willsey, Kendyl Thorne, Ashley Novotoney and coaches Dave Bixler and Harry Schwartz.
Coached by Vitus Kern, St. Mark’s seventh- and eighth-grade baseball team won the Catholic Youth Organization’s city title by defeating Sacred Heart 7-1.
* * *
Bill Patterson opened a television and radio repair shop and offered service calls for $3.50 an hour.
* * *
Thanks to Dr. Jonas Salk and his polio vaccination, the disease was nearly eradicated in Marion County. Only one case had been reported in 1954.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Scherrer were the parents of a baby girl, who was born immediately after the Indianapolis 500. The Scherrers contemplated naming their newborn in honor of the race winner, but Vukovich was too much, so they decided on Mary Lee.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
Diners were treated to the grand opening of Laughner’s Cafeteria in Southern Plaza and Pete Steffey’s in Greenwood. Both restaurants celebrated the week with specials and prize giveaways.
* * *
Southern Plaza was enjoying continued growth as construction was under way for eight new shops.
* * *
Anne Koch, a senior at Southport, was named strawberry queen at Greater Southside Inc.’s seventh annual Strawberry Festival and Art Show.
* * *
Sandra Sue Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thompson, graduated from Franklin College with a bachelor’s of arts degree.
* * *
Manual graduates Paul Goss, Larry Hall, Charles Yager Jr., Alfred Ratz and Jim Schulz were among those who received degrees at Rose Polytechnic Institute at Terre Haute. Yager played football, and Ratz earned high honors.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
Editor George Cafouros called for the resignation of The Indianapolis Star’s editor in chief. Cafouros cited The Star’s sensationalized reports of a so-called corrupt Indianapolis Police Department lacking substance, as the expose netted a “big fat zero insofar as indictments are concerned.”
* * *
Greater Southside Inc. officials reported on the huge success of their annual Strawberry Festival and Art Show at the Southside Civic Center, 1941 E. Hanna Ave., where cars packed the park well before the gala got under way at noon. The overflow crowd resulted in a shortage of food, so two runs were made to buy more strawberries and ice cream.
* * *
Psi Beta Psi welcomed the public to its annual Patriotic Parade, which featured decorated strollers, bicycles, wagons and ponies.
* * *
Coach Jerry Baker and his kickball team won Baxter YMCA’s junior division with a 6-2 record. Squad members were Tracy Kettler, Lisa Cox, Julie and Beth Baker, Stacy Cedars, Dawn Davidson, Jane Bohley, Beth Georgescu, Laurie Kottkamp, Diana Wilson and Laurie Robinson.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Hagan’s Bar & Grill, 1121 E. Troy Ave., celebrated its grand reopening with lobster dinners for $9.75. (Unknown to most patrons, those same lobsters were occasionally featured in late-night races across the pub’s parking lot. The owners, Brian Clark and Simpson Righthouse, and yours truly served as hosts for the “greatest spectacle in cruising crustaceans.”)
* * *
Perry Meridian baseball coach Jim Roach and his 22-8 Falcons advanced to the state championship game against Hammond Noll at Bush Stadium. Team members were William Bryant, Dan Ward, Daniel Carnes, Jeff Daniel, Tom Heitler, Doug Ridner, Jeff Bray, David Haynes, Eric Warwick, Jeff Morris, Chris Fatheree, Ryan Spears, Jon Bolen, Alan Bush, assistant coaches Steve Taylor and Mr. Hickman and managers T. Tummers and Ron Hoffman.
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Marion County Sheriff James Wells was strictly enforcing an ordinance that prohibited swimming in unsupervised areas like ponds, streams and strip pits on county property. Wells said his actions were the result of three youths drowning last summer in unguarded waters. Penalties for violators ranged from attending lifesaving classes to fines up to $2,500.
* * *
Kym Mullins, Lesa Mascari, Beth Canter and Juanita Burton each found themselves $750 richer – or the equivalent in merchandise – as they were the big winners in a drawing held at the Indianapolis Auto Trade Association fair at Southern Plaza.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new $2.1 million Indianapolis Police Department South District headquarters, 1024 E. Sanders St., were held. Mayor Stephen Goldsmith said the facility would serve as the cornerstone for the revitalization of Fountain Square.
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Billboards’ top country album was “Not a Moment to Soon,” by Tim McGraw. “Ten Feet Tall & Bulletproof,” by Travis Tritt, and “Kickin’ It Up,” by Michael Montgomery,” were No. 2 and 3, respectively.
* * *
The basketball team of Allison Schott, Lora Spilker, Rhonda Bartlett and Kari Dearinger took top honors in the 11- and 12-year-old division of the three-on-three Gus Macker tournament.
* * *
Hoosier youths were drinking less but smoking more marijuana, reported the Governor’s Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
Cleary Vacuum opened the doors to its new showroom at the corner of Meridian Street and Troy Avenue and moved out of its temporary facility just a block south. The company’s previous building – also located at Meridian and Troy – was destroyed by a fire in November 2002. Bud Cleary said the rebuilding process, which started six months after the inferno, was delayed at least three months by city construction regulators.
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Robert W. Spanogle, national adjutant of the American Legion, received the prestigious Silver Buffalo Award from the Boys Scouts for his extraordinary service to youths.
* * *
Lloyd and Mary Williams and Lucy and Tony Crady celebrated their 50th wedding anniversaries. The Williamses had two children, Mark and the late Lloyd Williams, and four grandchildren.
* * *
Pasquale’s Pizza at 1291 N. Madison Ave., Greenwood, celebrated its 30th anniversary by selling all pizzas and sandwiches at 1974 prices.
* * *
Roncalli’s tennis team was a runner-up in regional competition. The squad featured Lisa Elworth, Loye Kegley, Chris Konstant, Maggie Kegley, Kelli Willsey, Kendyl Thorne, Ashley Novotoney and coaches Dave Bixler and Harry Schwartz.
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