Published: July 03, 2009 02:59 pm      

In the past

Olympians win exhibition

10 Years Ago

Vicki Byrd of the North Central Private Industry Council says she never remembers local employment as strong as it is now. At the State Theater in Logansport, “Help Wanted” is on the movie marquis.

Heather Anne Harden of Crown Point says she has conversations with Abraham Lincoln, and she’s running for president.

“Austin Powers 2” is playing at the Eastwood in Peru.

Kreig Adkins of Blackwater Productions in Peru is completing an hour-long documentary on Peru.

Purdue University’s men’s basketball team has been placed on probation and its 1996 victories have been forfeited.

The Rev. David Smook of Deer Creek Presbyterian Church will be traveling to South Africa thanks to a Lilly Endowment grant.

Sammy Sosa has clubbed his 32nd homer.

Realtor Bev Spitznogle says she’s disappointed city officials have inspected only 18 homes in the 18 months since the Property Maintenance Ordinance took effect.

B&K West is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

“Keep your shirt on” might have been good advice to an excited Brandi Chastain, who removed her jersey when the U.S. women’s soccer team captured the World Cup.

Ashley Roth and Kevin Rosenbaum are queen and king of the Pulaski County 4-H Fair.

The Indiana Pacers have traded their first-round pick for Jeff Foster of Southwest Texas State.



25 Years Ago

In Flora, preparations are being made for an 84th birthday party for former U.S. Rep. Charles Halleck, a Republican from Rensselaer. Halleck will be honored here because he always ended his campaigns here. He served from 1935 to 1968, and was upset in 1948 when the No. 2 slot promised him on the Republican ticket went to California Gov. Earl Warren instead. He lost his minority leader post to former President Gerald Ford in 1965.

In Wolcott, The Cot Trot will be part of the local festival.

Neva Sink was the oldest person at the Hyman family reunion in Deer Creek. Ulyssa Fry was the youngest.

Judy Lohning is the VFW Woman of the Year.

A sign the national economy is improving is evident in charitable giving, which topped $64 billion last year.

In Indianapolis, the largest crowd ever to watch a basketball game in this country saw the U.S. Olympic team beat the NBA all-stars, 94-90, in the Hoosier Dome.

Jody Davis, the RBI leader in the National League, tripled to score two runs and lift the Chicago Cubs back into first place after they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers. He will join Ryne Sandberg on the National League All-Star team.

Elizabeth Scarlet is the young daughter of model Jerry Hall and rocker Mick Jagger.

Richard Myers is the new Southeastern School Board president.

Hudon Beaulieu, Harry Bowles and Jean Smith, all members of the 1934 Logansport state basketball championship team, returned for their class reunion.

Shelly Ayers and Ted Klinkhamer have won the Logansport Soap Box Derby senior and junior titles.

Lora Herrick, a former state Extension Homemakers president, is celebrating her 90th birthday.

Among celebrity women turning 50 this year are Barbara Eden, Sophia Loren, Carol Lawrence and Brigitte Bardot.

A woman related to Noah Frick, who formerly worked in Cicott’s Mill in Georgetown, says the original mill burned down in 1910.

A bridal shower for Anne Martin is being planned.

Diane Wilson, 17, is the Cass County pork queen.



50 Years Ago

Charles Iles, 66, a retired Pennsylvania Railroader, has died.

Louisiana Gov. Earl Long is ailing, but campaigning for another term, even though his false teeth fell out during a campaign appearance.

Comb’s Shoe Store is marking down Buster Brown shoes normally priced at $7.95 to $4.99.

Logansport parking meters generated $1,281 last week.

Herman White, 1220 Cummings St., works at Muehlhausen Spring, but his hobby is operating sound systems.

“This Earth is Mine” stars Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons at the State.

In Chicago, 500,000 people jammed the streets to welcome Queen Elizabeth.

A Fort Wayne woman was the first of 63 female pilots to land at Kokomo on a cross-country race to Spokane, Wash.

Ava Gardner and Tony Franciosa are starring in “The Naked Maja” at the Monticello Drive-In.

Anita Watkins, Monticello’s Miss Indiana, is giving modeling tips to contestants in the Galveston Fair Dress Revue.

Greg Hoffman of Flora and Ken Troutman of Kewanna are among Scouts at Camp Buffalo.

Square D employees in Peru have reached a union agreement.

Two principals for Chili and Gilead have been appointed in the new North Miami School Corporation.

Logansport officials have allowed Star City residents to borrow a historic fire engine for the community’s centennial.



100 Years Ago

Judge Lairy has been declared the Country Club golf tourney champion.

William Baker’s 3-year-old son nearly died after ingesting fireworks.

James Sullivan and John Rehwald have been granted liquor licenses.

John Remley of Lucerne has been appointed a bridge project superintendent.

A hypnotist fleeced $80 from a local woman.

Rain washed out the fireworks planned for the local Fourth of July observance, but fireworks went off at the state hospital.

A strong summer storm left much of the area without phone service. One man was electrocuted when a phone line touched a powerline.

Cass County Historical Society members met at the library.

With the closing of the Lyric, Logansport is left with only two nickel theaters, The Ark and The Grand.

• Dave Kitchell teaches journalism at Ball State University. He can be reached through the newspaper at ptnews@pharostribune.com