The Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department was hosting a fish fry to raise funds for its operations.
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Barbara Daringer and Peggy Smith received scholarships to Indiana Central College.
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Sablosky’s department store in Fountain Square was closing.
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The PTA of Southport Grade School installed its officers for the upcoming school year: Mesdames Lewis Miller, president; Paul Goben, vice president; Harold Neville, secretary; and Helen Stuck, treasurer. Advisory board members were Mesdames Albert Huevel, Theodore Losche and Robert Pruitt.
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Harry A. Sharp & Co., a Ford dealership located at 3110 Madison Ave., advertised that it would beat any honest deal.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1967
Jerry Cosby of the Emerson F. Insurance Co. received the Hartford Insurance Group’s Agent Recognition Award.
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The Women’s Club of St. Barnabas Church was planning a card party. Members of the organizing committee included Mesdames Frank Scheib, William Gedig, James Barr and Ed Staab.
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Joe Brink, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brink and a senior at Southport High School, was awarded a four-year swimming scholarship to Indiana State University.
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The Oasis Tavern, 5559 Madison Ave., served T-bone steak dinners for $2 and pan-fried chicken for $1.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1977
Mike Miller, an eighth-grader at Southport Middle School and the son of Donna D. Miller, won the school’s math contest for the second year in a row.
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Hamilton & Son charged $30 for a truckload of top soil. The company also delivered driveway stone, sand and gravel.
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Gordon Johncock, A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Mario Andretti and Al and Bobby Unser, all former winners of the Indianapolis 500, were among the fastest drivers in practice and qualifications at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Heidenreich, Raeke’s and Rucker’s greenhouses and Hafer Bros. Gardens offered an excellent variety of vegetable plants, bedding flowers, hanging baskets, etc.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1987
Mario Andretti won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average speed of 215.390 mph. Bobby Rahal was in the middle of the front row (213.316) and Rick Mears (211.457) was on the outside.
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Vincent A. Schaefer, a 1934 graduate of Southport High, was named the school’s Alumnus of the Year and was added to the Athletic Wall of Fame. Schaefer amassed a 704-195 record and won five state championships while coaching high school basketball in Florida for 42 years. A resident of West Palm Beach, he was named National Coach of the Year in 1981.
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St. Roch Grade School’s Class of 1987 featured Teri Snodgras, Amy Maynard, Lizzi Pinna, Gary Timpe, Dawn Eads, Shelli Reed, Andy Leary, Elaine Schaler, David Wills, Amanda Newton, Karen Morris, Eric Eads, Brian Sanders, Shawn Breen and Joan Davis.
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IUPUI freshman soccer player Thomas Crosley Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Crosley and a graduate of Southport High School, was selected to play on the Midwest soccer open team, which would compete in Europe and the Soviet Union over the summer.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1997
Duke Duhamell, who had been hunting mushrooms for nearly 60 years, finally found the big one when spotting a 12-ounce morel (considered a monster) that was 11 inches tall. He wouldn’t disclose where he found it, only that it was in Marion County.
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The Perry Township Fire Department’s newest recruits were Robert Smith, William Terrel, Ted Ritchie and Eric Roberts, all of whom would undergo about 500 hours of fire, rescue and emergency medical services training.
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Jennifer Armstrong took first-place honors in Perry Meridian Middle School’s talent contest for playing the piano and singing “Fairies.” Natalie Labejof, Brittany Landwerlen and Meredith Dolk took second place for their dance routine, and third place went to the dancing duo of Kelly Price and Kelly Vaugh.
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Roncalli senior Nick Bednarek, son of Eugene and Mary Bednarek, won a $1,000 scholarship from Target Stores.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2007
The archives from 2007 are missing.