Representatives of Greater Southside Inc. asked the Board of Sanitary Commissioners to install storm sewers along Hanna Avenue from Madison to Carson avenues.
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Garfield Park American Legion Auxiliary 88 hosted its annual turkey and ham dinner.
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Southport High School’s PTA served a bowl of chili, a fish sandwich, a salad and a dessert for $1.
50 Years Ago This Week - 1972
Preferred TV, 6845 Madison Ave., debuted a television that could record shows.
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Ed and Clare Heidenreich, who owned Heidenreich Florist at 5320 Madison Ave., held their annual Christmas open house.
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Airmen Stephenie Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hughes and a graduate of Manual High, and Michael McAllen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McAllen and a Southport grad, completed basic training and were assigned to Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
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Beall’s shoe store in Beech Grove held a sale on its fall and winter footwear.
40 Years Ago This Week - 1982
The archives from 1982 were ruined when The Spotlight’s lower level was flooded in June of 1992.
30 Years Ago This Week - 1992
Tex Black from American Legion Garfield Park Post 88 was honored for his extraordinary service to veterans.
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The following advice was featured in the “Turkey Talk for Dummies” section: There is not much quality difference between a fresh and frozen turkey; buy 1 pound of turkey for each person you plan on serving; it takes about four days to thaw a 16-pound bird in a refrigerator; roast at 325 degrees for optimal flavor.
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Meridian Middle School’s volleyball team completed its second consecutive undefeated season by downing Keystone Middle in the Perry Township tournament. The squad featured Suzanne Wesner, J’nai LeFevre, Katie Douglas, Nicole Ellis, Erin Covert, Jennifer Marx, Julie Groves, Amy Frey, Danielle Gibbons, Amanda Vice, Natalie Visker, Holly Turk, Angie Weddle and coach Doug Osborn.
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Southport High students Amanda Baker, Kim Price, Joe Craig, Jill Pickett, Becky Winingham, Janis Miller, Doug Smith and Kira Peters were rehearsing for their school’s production of “The Sound of Music.”
20 Years Ago This Week - 2002
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The Perry Township Board of Education and its legal counsel debated whether to renew a 30-year lease of Bluff Park to Indy Parks for $1 annually. The grounds at 555 W. Hanna Ave. were once the site of Bluff Avenue School.
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Roncalli’s National Merit scholars were Dave Bauman, Stephanie Horan, Brendan Murphy, Rebecca Noe, Kathryn Tolle and Tyler Warner.
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The following poem by Lauren Garmon and Kristin Stenger, students at Jeremiah-Gray and Mary Bryan elementary schools, respectively, was published.
“Don’t Forget to Bless”
Halloween is over; the leaves are now falling
The birds begin to fly; must be the South calling.
Turkey Day is here. As snow floats in the air
The smell of the dressing cooking; time to hibernate little bear.
Momma cleans the china; the table has been set
Drop that carving knife, Dad; we haven’t said the blessing yet.
10 Years Ago This Week - 2012
In Memory of Jennifer and Dion Longworth
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