Garfield Park United Church of Christ and the Southport Masons were hosting fish fries.
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The Circle Furniture Co., 938 Virginia Ave., was going out of business after 14 years.
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Murphy’s in Fountain Square was celebrating its 52nd anniversary with the following specials: coconut bonbons, 33 cents a pound; women’s nylon panties, 44 cents a pair; wash cloths, three for 29 cents; pillowcases, four for $1; and plastic drapes for 66 cents.
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Billed as the largest General Electric dealer on the Southside, Verdie Harrell & Son, 4139 Madison Ave., was holding a huge sale on refrigerators, air conditioners and TVs.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
The main tent at the Southport Mason’s annual fish fry was 70 feet wide and 140 feet long, and it could accommodate 600 diners. The event’s key organizers included Ron West, Irene Brinkoetter, James
Slade, Ray Forbes and William Winchester.
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John and Thelma Vandervort opened the Garfield Park Nursing Home at 2630 S. Keystone Ave.
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Sharp Ford, 3931 S. East St., advertised the following cars: 1967 Thunderbird Landau, $3,895; 1965 Ford XL convertible, $1,895; 1967 Cougar XR-7, $2,895; and a 1964 Chrysler Crown Imperial, $2,095.
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Tom Crosley was named manager of the Merchants Bank branch at Hanna Avenue and Shelby Street.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Fox’s Skate Center, 3432 Madison Ave., was hosting a disco roller skating party.
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The National Junior Tennis League of Indianapolis was offering free tennis lessons at Garfield Park.
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Jerry Dobrota, Chris A. Nathan, Stephen M. Gowin and Kevin P. Murray were serving in the armed forces.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
The fifth annual Italian Street Fest was going to feature 25 different kinds of meats, pastas, salads, desserts, live music, carnival rides and Monte Carlo games.
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James W. Wesner, a graduate of Manual High School and Indiana Central University, was named director of the Keenan-Stahl Boys Club. He previously served as the agency’s program director.
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Sister Rosemary Powers, whose first teaching assignment in 1937 – she was only 18 – was to instruct 49 eighth-grade boys at St. Catherine Catholic School. She must have left some kind of impression on those lads because as men they honored her as their special guest at their 50-year reunion.
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New initiates of Southport chapter of Tri Kappa were Brenda Bothwell, Pat Druetzler, Janet Fitzwater, Karen Gale, Peggy Wood, Tracy Bowman, Christina Wessler and Jennifer Wilson.
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Dr. Scott Miles, a graduate of Perry Meridian and the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, was joining the obstetrics and gynecology practice of Drs. Stroud, Wisler and Hirchman. Miles and his wife, Cindy, were the parents of Amanda, Michael and Erick.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Perry Meridian freshman Ryan Sullivan, son of Richard and Angel Sullivan, rolled a 300 game in the Three’s a Crowd League at Sport Bowl, where he was averaging a 230.
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Center Grove band members Leigh Trester, Kara Guiliani, Sarah Merritt and Amy Merillat were pictured having fun while washing cars during a benefit for the marching Trojans.
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Billy Keller, former standout for Purdue and the Indiana Pacers, worked with Katie Gearlds on her jump shot during a basketball camp at Beech Grove High School.
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St. Jude’s fifth- and sixth-grade kickball team won the Catholic Youth Organization city tournament. The squad featured Martha Petty, Hilaire Griggs, Betsy Meade, Melissa Heidelberger, Cassie Heavrin,
Kristie McCormick, Rachel DeWitt, Frannie Shelburn, Libby Wilson, Anna Weber, Michele Bueno, Victoria Marshall and coaches Rosie Looney and Joan Bartley.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
The archives from 2008 are missing.