Fountain Square Theatre began offering extra matinees to accommodate the throngs of people who wanted to see “Gone With the Wind.”
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Indiana Central College was offering evening classes for the first time. The courses included shorthand, a Bible study and principles of economics.
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Area county schools wouldn’t be back in session until Sept. 7.
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A mere 25 cents would secure a seat at Crossroads Tavern’s all-you-can-eat cold cut buffet.
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Beech Grove resident Gerald Prather, a lieutenant in the Indiana Civil Air Patrol, embarked upon an emergency mission to fly desperately needed blood to Mary Oglesbuy, a Southside substitute teacher who was hospitalized in Missouri. Oglesbuy was seriously injured when the car she was driving ran off the highway. She needed whole blood, which was unavailable in the immediate area. Her recovery was reported to be progressing well.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
The McDonald’s at 3920 Shelby St. started to offer the Filet o’ Fish for 24 cents. Owner Bob Kemmerling said the recent demand for fish prompted him to put the sandwich on the menu.
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Seeing a need to accommodate the growing Southside, Sherry and Lloyd Realtors opened an office at 4702 S. Meridian St. Specializing in residential, farm and commercial holdings, the company’s principle operators were Marie Sherry, Isis and William Lloyd and Florence Schmidt.
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MacArthur Elementary opened at 454 E. Stop 11 Road. The school featured 13 classrooms, music and art facilities, a gym and a spacious cafeteria.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
Wood High School opened for the 22nd year and offered classes in barbering, cleaning, ironing and how to be a food server.
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Lisa Kriner, daughter of “Dutch” and Marie Kriner, collected her 87th trophy in only her two years of baton teaching. Her proud instructor was Joy Meadows.
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Eight 16-ounce bottles of Coca-Cola cost 99 cents.
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It must have been a slow news week as notices for belly dancing classes and card parties appeared on the front page.
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Skip Tucker of Tucker Pharmacy announced the addition of Thomas Meier as a pharmacist. Meier was formerly associated with Hook’s Drugs as a manager. The 1962 University of Cincinnati graduate was married and had two children.
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As reported in “Sunny Side”: “A visitor to Indianapolis said his hometown of Brookings, S.D., had a beauty pageant just like the Miss America contest except for one thing – the girl who won the talent contest this year moved a piano.”
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Southport High School science teacher Bob Birch captured his fourth hog-calling contest at the recently completed Indiana State Fair. Birch lived on a 35-acre farm off Gray Road and maintained a herd of about 100 head of hogs.
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Controversy over the much-needed renovations at Manual High School still loomed during meetings of the Indianapolis Public School Board of Commissioners. Although IPS had committed $10 million for the work a year ago, the project was still on hold. A half-page of pictures depicted the football stadium’s crumbling steps and bleachers, antiquated concession facilities and deteriorating music room walls from rain leakage and general neglect.
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The Laundromat at Southern Plaza had an unexpected visitor when Lula Bay drove her car through the front door after her brakes failed. “No,” responded the tenant, “this isn’t a drive-in car wash.”
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Dick Gallamore’s social studies class at St. Roch School was treated to a lecture on the culture and geography of Madrid, Spain, by Spanish natives Arancha and Marta Garcia, who lived with Carl and Marie Brunsman and their children, Christine and Michael, when she attended Roncalli as a foreign exchange student seven years ago.
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The Garfield Park Amphitheater was renamed the MacAllister Center for the Performing Arts in honor of P.E. MacAllister, a well-known arts supporter and president of the Indianapolis Parks Foundation. The announcement came during a fundraising concert at the center, which featured jazz legend Chuck Mangione
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Edy’s Grand Ice Cream was looking to hire an “ice cream ambassador” to be the eyes, ears and taste buds in Indianapolis. Interested individuals were asked to submit a resume that highlighted their ice cream tasting experience.
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Frank “Lefty” Cunningham announced his candidacy for constable of Perry Township.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
Erin Hartwell, a 1987 graduate of Southport High School and a former Olympian cyclist who won a bronze medal at the Barcelona Games in 1992 and a silver in Atlanta in 1996, returned to his home turf to share his success story with a captivated group of fourth-graders at Homecroft Elementary. Hartwell retired from Olympic competition in 2001 and turned to coaching. His wife, May Britt Hartwell, had also competed in the Atlanta Games before retiring; she was involved in Paralympics.
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The German-American Klub of Indianapolis was busy preparing for its two-weekend Oktoberfest at German Park, 8600 S. Meridian St., where German food, music and beer would reign supreme.
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The Franklin Township School District was taking some heat over its new football stadium. Critics said it was a pretentious edifice and totally out of whack costwise for high school football. “Some of the smaller colleges in the state would die for such a facility,” the naysayers noted.
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The Blind Pig Food & Spirits, 147 S. Madison Ave., Greenwood, was rolling back its prices for one day in observance of Labor Day. Domestic longnecks would be served for $1 and tacos for 50 cents.
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The Lady Ambushes took third-place honors and won $2,500 in the American Pool Association Amber Rock 8 Ball National Team Championship in Las Vegas. The squad, which featured Lydi Davidson, Kimberly Taylor, Molly Holly Walter, Pam Kirkwood, Barbara Ann Richey and captain Mary Blythe, played out of John Wayne’s Sports Bar, 2367 E. Southport Road.