Wilfred and Elmer Brehob, the brothers who owned Sport Bowl at 3900 S. East St. arranged for American Machine & Foundry to install fully automatic pinspotters in their alley. The measure was a first for the Midwest.
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The Tom Joyce 7-Up softball team won the Marion County championship to avenge last year’s loss in the title game to Forest Manor. The 7-Up squad featured Jerry Leahy, Bob Hillenbrand, Kenny Scott, Mike Bisesi, Ralph and Jim McLinn, Harold Miller, Mel and Ed Nordholt, Ray Baker, Orie Chandler, George Blackburn, Melvin Dilk, Emil Kaiser, Hank McCall and John Washon.
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Sylvania slashed its prices on TVs, and area merchants passed those savings on to their customers. A 21-inch black and white table model had been marked down to $179.95.
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More than 100 new and remodeled homes – ranging from $9,000 to $50,000 – were displayed in the seventh annual Marion County Parade of Homes.
Fifty Years Ago This Week – 1964
The Indiana State Police’s annual inspection of school buses was under way. Officers expected to examine nearly 7,000 buses between the first of September and Oct. 15.
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Al and Betty Cross won $50 in the Money game at Safeway Quality Foods, 1201 Prospect St. The couple had five children, Judy, Jimmy, Mark, Dickie and Mary Beth.
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Fred Claffey spoke to the Marion County Coin Club about his award-winning display of odd numismatic items.
Forty Years Ago This Week – 1974
Steve Russell, Emil DeJulio and Brian and Eric Bobbit broke the world record for playing nonstop doubles tennis. The young men played for 45 hours at Baxter YMCA, breaking the record of 41 hours and 35 minutes set in Scotland. They also established a record for playing 582 consecutive games.
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Bob and Betty Schmaltz opened The Pirates’ Roost restaurant, which was located about four blocks north of the Meridian Drive-In theater on State Road 135 in Greenwood.
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The Southside Exchange Club relocated its annual Charity Festival from Fountain Square to Ayr-Way on South East Street. The event featured a fish fry, carnival rides, children’s games and a flea market.
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Michael Burk, a 1974 graduate of Southport and the son of Roselyn Hurst and the late Kenneth M. Burk, was installed as master councilor of Prospect DeMolay. Also installed were Carl Culmann, senior councilor, and Matthew Crossley, junior councilor.
Thirty Years Ago This Week – 1984
Monte’s Pizza, 3747 S. Meridian St., advertised two 16-inch, one-topping pizzas for $7.75. Sixteen pieces of broasted chicken cost $7.59.
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Rick and Linda’s Southside Stumble Inn, 2204 Shelby St., featured shots of schnapps for 50 cents on Tuesdays, 25 cent draft beer on Wednesdays and shots of Jack Daniels for $1 on Thursdays.
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Sue Craig was named the girls basketball coach at Southport High School. She previously had served as the head coach for the women’s program at Taylor University in Upland, Ind., where she was named NAIA District Coach of the Year for 1983-84.
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Kathy Lynn Driskell, daughter of Mrs. James R. Driskell, and David Wayne Dunbar, stepson and son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stein, respectively, and son of the late William Dunbar, were married at University Heights Methodist Church. Kim Driskell served as maid of honor, Terry Baker as best man.
Twenty Years Ago This Week – 1994
Greenwood Sertomans Roy Bridge, Bob Hamill, Marvin Tatum and Bob Welsh were pictured inspecting the four new canoes they had purchased for Camp Riley, which empowered children with physical disabilities. The camp, located in Bradford Woods near Martinsville, hosted hundreds of kids every summer.
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AMI Lumber and Building Materials held its first open house at 3143 Madison Ave.
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Basketball legend Oscar Robertson served as the best man at the wedding of Joe Wolfla, who owned D&M Tavern, and Marcia Hartle. Bobby Plump of Milan Hoosier Hysteria fame was also there.
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Marion County initiated a new curfew for 15- through 17-year-olds, who were prohibited from being in public places from 1-5 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 11 p.m.-5 a.m. weekdays.
Ten Years Ago This Week – 2004
Jim Campbell was one of only three men licensed in the United States to grow red savinas, the hottest of the hot peppers. He also raised chocolate and orange savinas, all of which made jalapenos taste mild. Considered an expert in the field, Campbell had been sent to Jamaica by the U.S. government to teacher farmers how to grow peppers.
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In the battle of defending state champions, 4A Roncalli (3-0) edged 3A Chatard (2-1) 10-7. In other action, Perry Meridian (0-3) got shellacked 48-3 by Bloomington South, and Southport (0-3) didn’t do much better, losing 42-14 to Columbus North.
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South Group Women’s Committee of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra installed its officers: Chairwoman Lynn Weisman, Vice Chairwoman Sondra Scaggs, Treasurer Shirley Culp, Assistant Treasurer Pat McCormick, recording secretary Judy Robertson and corresponding secretary Mary Sue Lantz.
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Da Coffee Club met every other Thursday at the Starbucks at Fry Road and U.S. 31 in Greenwood to inform disabled people about the aid available to them. Members included Robert Roe, Mike Graves and Carol Roe.
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The Rev. Mark Dwyer, a former minister at Edgewood United Methodist Church, returned to the worship center to help the church celebrate its 95th anniversary celebration, which included a pitch-in luncheon, a homecoming program and a songfest.