Home and Garden, 5201 Madison Ave., was celebrating its grand opening with a three-day sale and a raffle for an 18-inch power lawn mower. The owners, Arnold and Vonne Parks, were graduates of Southport High School.
* * *
Ann Cecil, Susie Hamilton and Kathy Brady, all under the age of 6, took tap lessons from Helen Charisse.
* * *
Perry Township Junior High students Lloyd Tucker, Sally Niederauer, Melinda Poffenbeger, Donna Morton, Carolyn Gerking, Becky Harris, Peggy Robinson, Rebecca Keaton and Lonnie Beck were recognized for the work they entered in the Central Indiana Scholarship Art Exhibition.
* * *
Cod, perch and haddock were advertised for 35 cents a pound at Buck’s Supermarket, 3001 S. Meridian St., where a dozen large eggs cost 39 cents. Specials at other grocery stores were 2 pounds of bacon for 85 cents, 5 pounds of oranges, 39 cents; a stalk of celery, 19 cents; and 10 pounds of potatoes, 59 cents.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
The 2,500-member Indianapolis Baptist Temple moved into its new worship center at 2635 S. East St. The sanctuary could seat 2,000 people, and there was room for an additional 500 in the balcony.
* * *
Mrs. Ronald Rosebrock wrote a letter to the editor to complain about all the chuckholes on Southport Road.
* * *
Participants in Manual High School’s Redskin Revue included Joyce Thompson, Sandy Wagner, Bev Rigney, Donna Rhodes, Debbie Baker, Janet Cain, Janis Thomas, Sharon Napier, Sandy Baker, Vicki Steele, Linda Long, Nancy Seyfried, Patty Rhodes and Sandie Robinson.
* * *
Hill Bros. in Fountain Square had a select group of women’s and children’s shoes on sale for $1 a pair.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
Winners of Outstanding Awards presented at St. Mark Grade School’s science fair were Greg Schiefelbein, John Haigerty, Mary Beth Schueth, Dan Fillenwarth, Mike Kinnaird, Tammy Haag, Jenny Price, Christine Lee, Mike Higgins, A.J. Ratz, Kim Schott, Jane Abraham, Kurt Kuehr, Kevin Courteau, Charlie Bowling, Mary Jo Boyce, Andy Swiezy, Tony Lee, Joe Aberger, Ron Huser, Marcy Lentz, Doug Herzon, Jim Kern and Anthony Adrian.
* * *
The sales staff at A.O. Diaz and Co. Realtors featured Harold Llewellyn, Sandy Wickham, Dave Fahrner, Bob Stahl, Bonnie Erickson, Wes Fleenor, Jean Van Etten, Lana Smith, Mack McCall, Georgia Miller, Dale Deerberg, Bob Lane, Sue Lynne Miller, Larry McPherson, Mack Stahl and John Adams.
* * *
Hagan’s Inn, 1121 E. Troy Ave., served an 8-ounce filet mignon dinner for $4.95 on Friday evenings.
* * *
Gas at Kopetsky’s Car Wash, 2224 E. County Line Road, cost 53.9 cents a gallon with the purchase of a wash.
* * *
Eleven-o-Eleven Lakes, a stocked fish and pay lake at 11011 Brookville Road, was opening for the season
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
The boys basketball team from Southport High School defeated Decatur Central 60-57 to win the Southport Sectional.
* * *
Twenty freshmen at Perry Meridian crammed into a Volkswagon to the win the competition at the all-school party.
* * *
Tara King and Rich Biggers were starring in Southport High School’s production of “Hello Dolly.”
* * *
Freddie the Frog was visiting Perry Township Schools to promote the value of 4-H.
* * *
The girls gymnastics team from Perry Meridian High School won its 10th straight sectional title by scoring a school record 102.95 points. The squad featured Becky Burns, Anne Messmer, Robyn Sobieray, Shelly Gritton, Carrie Otto, Kim Swain, assistant coach Debbie Riedel and coach Connie Walters.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
Roncalli broke ground for its $3 million expansion project, which included 15 new classrooms, an enlarged library and additional parking.
* * *
H. Roger Gale played the role of Elwood P. Dowd in Southport Prologue Players’ dinner theater production of the comedy “Harvey.” Other cast members were Joann Hobson, Cheryl Boyd, Martha Cook, Richard Kivett, Jim Brown and Peter Wood.
* * *
The cadet C boys basketball team from St. Mark Grade School won its division title and was a runner-up in the Catholic Youth Organization city tournament. The squad featured Chris Sears, Jarred Maxwell, Jeremy Keith, Kevin Weinman, Robbie Oberting, Matt Drennen, Jacob Kriese, Klay Kondy, Jessie Kindred, Jay Thomas and coaches Rob Thomas and Keith Duncan.
* * *
MacArthur Elementary School’s second- and third-grade Perry Township Athletics Inc. basketball team finished its season with a 9-0 record.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
The archives from 2007 are missing.