Top performers in the junior horseshoe league at Garfield Park were Dennis Owens and Gary Wood.
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The new 6,000-square-foot Shelby Library would be constructed on the southeastside of Garfield Park, 2450 Shelby St., for an estimated $143,000.
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Miller’s Regal Market, 215 Terrace Ave., gave away a car (no mention of what year it was) filled with groceries.
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A lady advertised that she would iron a bushel of clothes for $3.
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The fifth Grandpa’s Dollar Store was opened in the city, and it was located at 2236 Shelby St. “You all come down and browse around for bargains,” said owner Bill Deel.
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St. Francis Hospital observed its 50th anniversary with a Mass celebrated by the Rev. Paul Shulte.
50 Years Ago This Week — 1974
Barry Eden Furniture opened at 7624 S. Meridian St.
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St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital and WNDE-AM 1260 hosted a radiothon to benefit childhood cancer research and treatment.
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Members of The Vette Set, Indianapolis’ newest Corvette club, included Dennis Jackson, Don Dickers, Joe and Mike Kriech, Mike Curtis, Ron Daeger and Paul Carmen.
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Located at 4701 Madison Ave. and one of the world’s largest swimming pools, Longacre Park offered free swimming lessons.
40 Years Ago This Week — 1984
Robert Hill was named president of the Indiana Bankers Association.
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Glenn Warren bequeathed $1 million to Indiana Central University.
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Men’s and women’s Levi’s jeans cost $9.95 a pair at Gregory’s, 1044 Virginia Ave.
30 Years Ago This Week — 1994
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The Rev. Tim Landskroener was installed as pastor of Ascension Lutheran Church.
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After a steady diet of fritters, hamburgers, hot dogs, fires and chips for 50 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture established new guidelines for school lunch nutrition but wouldn’t enforce them for four years.
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Ernie Pyle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1120, 1850 Shelby St., awarded $1,000 in scholarships to Central Catholic School students Chris, Tony and Todd Jordan, Desirae Wire, Anthony Powers and Jim and Tom Shephardson so they could attend Camp Rancho Framasa in Brown County.
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Indiana University’s News Bureau reported that a new strain of flesh-eating bacteria was nothing to be worried about.
20 Years Ago This Week — 2004
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Roberta Hannon, principal of Southport Elementary, was named Administrator of the Year for Perry Township Schools. She previously served as assistant principal at the school and taught at Indianapolis Public Schools before that.
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Steak and shrimp dinners were served for $7.95 at the Garfield Pub & Eatery, 2627 Shelby St. Luncheon specials were available for $4.50.
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10 Years Ago This Week — 2014
Ashley Layman, a 2013 graduate of Perry Meridian, was crowned queen of the 84th annual Marion County Fair.
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The University of Indianapolis broke ground on a four-story, $28 million health pavilion that would house the school’s health-care academic programs and clinical facilities.
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