Customers at Zuckerberg’s were asked to guess how many stitches it took to sew a size 54 pair of Levi’s. The winner would receive a $10 gift certificate.
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The Southport Lions Club was going to host a three-ring circus – The Hagen Bros. – on the grounds of Perry Township Junior High.
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Roger Hoppe was elected president of the Business Club at Indiana Central College, where he was a junior.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
Wood High School’s varsity cheerleaders were Sharon Pinner, Irene schelske, Nancy Bergman, Billy Peed and Sarah Huskisson.
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Mrs. Harold Kleis won $5,000 in Shell’s Mr. President Coin Game at Taylor’s Shell Service, 2739 Madison Ave. She was pictured with E.C. McGraig, Shell’s district manager; Charles Taylor, station owner; David McKelvey, Shell salesman; and her husband.
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Manual High School’s PTA was hosting its annual powwow, which featured games, a talent show, entertainment, dinner and a dance.
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Rebecca Shea, a senior at Kennedy Memorial High, won the essay contest sponsored by the Marion County Teen Guide Council.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Bob Kelly, a junior on Roncalli’s golf team, claimed that he nearly hit a hole-in-one on the par-3 seventh hole at Sarah Shank Golf Course while practicing. “The ball hit the flagpole and nearly dropped in the cup,” he said.
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Southport High School students Lisa Alexander, Tammy Taylor, Jane Prickett, Anne-Marie Diekhoff and Laura Kreiger posed with O.J. Simpson during his visit to Indianapolis to kick off a fundraiser for the athletic departments at various central Indiana high schools.
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Registration was underway for tennis lessons at Perry Park.
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Janet Gary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Gray and a senior at Perry Meridian, was crowned Miss Teen Springtime by the North American Pageant System.
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Edna Schoen, Mrs. E.K. Turpen, Thomas G. Frazell, L.M. Leonhardt, Rex Beghtel, G.E. Gardham, Tina Antrim, Mrs. J.C. Miller, Lucille Davis and Martha Eggermann won prizes at the open house hosted by Heidenreich Greenhouses, 502 E. National Ave.
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Dinner Bell Market’s beer of the week was Blatz, which cost $4.99 for 24 12-ounce cans.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
Alumni of William McKinnley Indianapolis Public School 39, 801 S. State Ave., returned to the building to bid it farewell as a new School 39 was nearing completion just down the street. Principal D. Eugene Bennett estimated the number of visitors in excess of 2,000 and gave special credit to teacher Sandee Kelley for coordinating the event. Guests included Boyd Betts, Leo Stich, Wallie Sims, Margaret (Kiel) Zinkan, Regina (Farlee) Emrick, William Kiel, Delores Stevens, Helen Fehr, Marie (Fehr) Harris and Frances (Green) Dellenkamp.
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Simoney’s Bee Club, 3850 S. Meridian St., featured live entertainment and luncheon specials from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The restaurant claimed that its giant tenderloin, which only cost $3.50, was enough for two.
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St. Barnbas’ fifth- and sixth-grade basketball team finished its season 21-0, winning league and divisional titles and several Catholic Youth Organization tournaments. The squad featured Chris Tapas, Brian Garrison, David Williams, Mark Madden, Lanny Rossman, Brian Eagan, Kevin Boyle, Matt McGaha, David Rojas, Mike Hubbs, Matt Tebbe, Nick Shotts, ball boy Nick Hubbs and coaches Lanny Rossman and Mike Shotts.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Everett “Doc” Davis, a retired radiologist, was honored by Clinton Young Elementary for his countless hours of volunteer service to the school.
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Page & Co. Jewelers in Southern Plaza was selling quarter-carat diamonds for $249; one-carat diamonds were priced from $1,995.
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The Heritage House, 4990 S. East St., boasted that its Mother’s Day smorgasbord – priced at $7.40 – was the finest buffet in the city.
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Jill A. Hollingsworth, wife of William J. Hollingsworth and daughter of Roger and June Roembke, graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine.
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The yearbook staff at Perry Meridian High School named Eric Moran, Sam Hanely, Kim Riley and Cory Via as its most outstanding contributors.
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Roncalli took top honors in the math competition of the Hoosier Academic Super Bowl. Team members were David Beckwith, Matt Osburn, Derrick Alba, Ben Taylor, Mark Conner and coach Janet Price.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
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