Reserved seats on the main straightaway for the Indianapolis 500 cost $10; bleacher seats were $5.50.
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Karl and Audrey Higgins and their daughter and son-in-law, Bob and Margaret Robisch, opened Higgins’ Gift Shop at 2206 Shelby St.
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Mr. and Mrs. John DeHoney were vacationing in Rhode Island.
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Mary Lu Schultz was installed as worthy adviser of the Order of Rainbow Girls.
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Thomas Klein was back on his feet after suffering from stomach ulcers for five weeks.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1968
JoAnn Lauck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lauck, was scheduled to receive her master’s degree in social work from St. Louis University in two weeks. She graduated from Marian College in 1964.
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Manual High School students Eddie Thorp, Janet Clark, Ronnie Ball, John Jones, Robert Cooper, Larry Carmer, Jim Emery and Tom Kriech won ribbons for participating in the third annual Indianapolis 500 Art Festival.
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Fred Belser was named head coach of Manual’s boys basketball team. Belser was a graduate of Indiana Central College, where he earned nine letters in four sports.
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Milk cost 59 cents a gallon; five loaves of bread were $1; tomatoes were 23 cents a pound; and 10 ears of corn cost 69 cents.
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Lifetime Southsider Mary Rohrman purchased Rosalie Hill’s Beauty Salon at 2228 Shelby St.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1978
Kathy S. Reed and Mark A. Hayes were married at Edgewood United Methodist Church. The bride was a graduate of Southport High School and was a preschool teacher. The groom attended IUPUI.
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The Southside Youth Center received a contribution from 6th District Congressman Dave Evans. The donation was the result of the congressional pay increase, which he opposed and subsequently gave to various charities in his district.
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Our Lady of Grace Academy was holding its final commencement program. Peggy Lauck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lauck, was the valedictorian, and Suzanne Schopp, daughter of Vera Schopp, was the salutatorian.
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Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1988
Children’s television star Mr. Rogers delivered the commencement address at the University of Indianapolis.
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Anna Evers, adult reference librarian at Southport Library, was retiring after 19 years of service.
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Englewood DeMolay named Perry Meridian senior Paulann M. Johnson as its chapter sweetheart.
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Shorewood Corp. purchased the former McFarland Dairy Farm at I-65 and Southport Road. The 464 acres were going to be developed for residential, commercial and office use.
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“Wishing Well,” by Terence Trent D’Arby, was “Billboard Magazine’s” top pop single; “Angel,” by Aerosmith, was No. 2.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1998
Perry Meridian junior Josh Tatum published a newsletter, “Balanced Bias,” which served as a forum for the opinion of teenagers. His main contributors included fellow schoolmates Mike Lang, Matt Lomax, Brian Robbins and Adam Yates.
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Yours truly penned a column about Art Huser, who raised sheep on his small farm at 245 W. Sumner Ave., near St. Roch School. Huser checked on his sheep every day at 5 a.m. and noon to ensure that they had hay and grain.
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Roncalli senior Nick Conover, son of John and Claire Conover, was awarded a football scholarship to attend the University of Indianapolis.
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Karen Davis, president of South Group Women’s Committee of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, installed the organization’s new officers: Thelma Wagner, Elda Dale, Betty Robards, Pat Dreutzler, Sarah Stoel, Pat McCormick and Pat Staab.
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Southport junior Abby Pierce was going to attend the summer Mandarin Studies Program at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2008
The archives from 2008 are missing.