James Palmare, a graduate of Southport High School and Butler University, was named manager of Eli Lilly and Co.’s quotation services.
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All clothes at the Stop and Shop Super Market at the corner of Madison and Southern avenues were marked down 50 percent.
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A lady advertised that she would iron a bushel of clothes for $3.
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Martha Skomp and Thomas Jones were installed as worthy matron and patron, respectively, of Southport’s Order of Eastern Star, a Masonic organization.
50 Years Ago This Week — 1973
A three-bedroom home with a 1 1/2 garage at 720 E. Parkway Ave. was listed for $7,800.
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Morris Street United Methodist Church served a bean supper for $1.
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William Settles was named secretary to the board of directors of National Bank of Greenwood.
40 Years Ago This Week — 1983
Nightly specials at the Fireside South Restaurant, 522 E. Raymond St., were priced from $6.95 to $8.95 and included spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, seafood and smoked sausage.
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Jazz musician Jimmy McDaniels performed at Southport High School as part of the school’s artist-in-residence program.
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David Stackhouse finished second in the Cub Scout Pinewood Derby.
30 Years Ago This Week — 1993
Stage 1 Dance Academy presented its annual revue at the Murat Theatre, where the performers included Carey Gardner, Kristen Layton, Meredith Vannuys, Shay McGuire, Jordan Cranfill, Heather Davis and Andre DiPietro.
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St. Francis Hospital presented its monthly Spirit Award to Ann Gilday, a nurse at the health center.
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Zac Boyer, a rookie on the Indianapolis Ice hockey team, spearheaded a drug abuse prevention class at Southport High School.
20 Years Ago This Week — 2003
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Spotlight Publisher Jerry Cosby and his wife/office manager, Carol, (the staff called her St. Carol), returned from vacationing in Bradenton, Fla. Jerry used the experience to write about Major League Baseball’s training camp and the exploding cost of housing along the waterfront (small condos cost as much as $1.3 million).
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Lutheran High School junior Danielle Sass attended the Molecular Medicine in Action program at Indiana University’s Cancer Research Institute.
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Manual’s Jason Thomas was among 61 statewide finalists in the Project XL competition, which awarded more than $40,000 in college scholarships to students who excelled in various forms of artistic expression.
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Wesley Bernard, a first-grader who wrestled for St. Barnabas School and the Perry Meridian Wrestling Club, won the state folkstyle bantam division title and upped his record to 36-0.
10 Years Ago This Week — 2013
Roncalli sophomore Andrew Nover, son of Richard and Kathleen Nover, attained the rank of Eagle Scout after building a prayer grotto at SS. Francis & Clare Church in Greenwood.
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Thian Hnem, Hannah Morris and Kelly Marcelo top honors in Perry Meridian High School’s PTA art contest.