St. Francis Hospital Guild members Olivia Weimer, Rose Gatto and Josephine Miceli were planning the guild’s annual spaghetti dinner.
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Jerry Miller of Miller’s Regal Market was recuperating nicely from a hernia operation.
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A three-room apartment rented for $60 a month. A two-bedroom home near Sacred Heart Catholic Church was listed for $7,000.
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Former City Councilor J. Wesley Brown was named county commissioner, a position that carried an annual salary of $10,000
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
Architects completed the blueprints for Southgreen Plaza, 715 E. Thompson Road. The center would house a Village Pantry, Progress Laundry, Mario’s Pizza and other tenants.
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“Nutcracker” columnist George Cafouros referred to Ruth Steinmetz as a “real slick chick” after she lost weight. Her husband, Bernie, was also dieting and had dropped 27 pounds. Wonder what ole George called him?.
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Manual students Rosalind Finley, Nancy Mussman, Linda Stegemoller, Sue Fouts, Phyllis Stroud, Terry Gardner, Shirley Eaton, Marie Witcher, Dora Gilly, Nancy Elrod, Phyllis Pierson, Linda Sparks, Jean Pastrick, Romona Morris and Vicki Fritts were queen candidates for the school’s military ball.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Perry Township firefighters were being trained to become paramedics.
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Indiana Central University President Gene E. Sease announced that Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry would speak during the school’s commencement ceremonies in May.
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Starring Jack Lord and James MacArthur, “Hawaii Five-O was enjoying its 10th season of high ratings.
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Roncalli senior Mary T. Schubach received a renewable $400 academic scholarship to Marian College.
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Cinamon Shafer won a 42-inch Pink Panther during a “Think Pink” program at Greenwood Park Mall.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
Southsiders were cleaning up from a brutal ice storm that left thousands without power or heat.
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Charlie Ogden and Jerry Coyle rolled series of 692 and 679, respectively, at Shelby Bowl. Berniece Francis lit up the lanes at Sport Bowl with a 657.
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Patrick Russell, Norman Jones, Tim Alferi, Rick Dalton and Roy Park were the newest members of the Perry Township Fire Department.
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Southport High School’s boys basketball team won its sectional by defeating Manual 67-62.
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Mellissa Sanders broke the world record for pole sitting. Residing in a 4-by-6-foot room atop a 43-foot-high pole at Madison Avenue and Southport Road, Sanders was raising money for cancer research. The 19-year-old had been perched atop the pole since Oct. 26, 1986, and planned to prolong her stay until March 24, 1988.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
A ceremony to bless and dedicate the soccer fields at St. Francis’ South Campus was held. The 26 fields on 40 acres provided recreation for nearly 1,000 youngsters ages 6-17.
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Wirty’s World, 3852 Madison Ave., featured luncheon specials like roast beef manhattans, pot roast, chicken and noodles, and spaghetti and meat sauce for $4.50.
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Perry Meridian High School’s Academic Team was on a roll, having crushed Southport 84-32 and Roncalli 109-32 while edging Center Grove 66-59. The squad, which was sponsored by Betty Redman and Pat Theobald, featured Mike Lang, Clay Cressler, Nick Stadtmiller, Catherine Walsh, Arnel Aurellao and Jeff Adkins.
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Southport Presbyterian Church members Marquerite Hill, Marsha Davidson and Bill Brown hosted a food drive Wheeler Mission.
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Ray Schultz, former Manual High School teacher, coach and athletics director, was organizing a group known as the Coach’s Kids to promote his Republican candidacy for state representative of District 97.
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Rumors were circulating that the old Primo Banquet Hall at 3143 E. Thompson Road was going to be reopened as a country and western dance hall.
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Roncalli’s Tara Klingenstein finished ninth in the state diving championships, and Franklin Central’s Marci Kacsir, daughter of Dan Kacsir, finished 11th.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
The archives from 2008 are missing.