Women’s and misses Easter hats were on sale for $2.99 at Murphy’s in Fountain Square.
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Verdie Harrel & Sons, 4130 Madison Ave., advertised new General Electric washers for $178 and matching dryers for $148.
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50 Years Ago This Week - 1971
Camp Fire Girls Kim and Karla Deardorff, Juli Andrews and Penny Derbyshire helped to celebrate the organization’s 61st birthday.
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Safeway Quality Foods, 8057 Madison Ave., advertised bacon for 49 cents pound and T-Bone and porterhouse steaks for $1.39 a pound.
40 Years Ago This Week - 1981
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Monica Cross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Cross, won the spelling bee at St. Jude Grade School.
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The Old Dutch Delicatessen, 2949 S. Meridian St., was known for serving delicious catfish dinners.
30 Years Ago This Week - 1991
Manual graduate Wayne Smith was a stylist at Parkcrest Hair Care Center.
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Beck Paper presented its Award of Excellence to Larry Jensen and his company, Jensen Designs.
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Tony Ardizzone, a seventh-grader at St. Jude School, completed his science project, which focused on dream interpretation.
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20 Years Ago This Week - 2001
Southport High School’s Steve Howell was named quarterback of the Indiana South All-Star football team, which would play the North squad in July.
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William “Bud” Ditchley retired from The Indianapolis Star after 32 years of service.
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Roncalli senior Richie Nalley Jr., son of Dick and Denise Nalley, signed a letter of intent to play football for Georgetown University in Kentucky.
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10 Years Ago This Week - 2011