Friday, December 13, 2024
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HOLIDAY HARMONY
ABOVE: Shelbyville High School singers Jack Bassett, Avery Lee, Daniel Moore, Kolton Scheffee, Keagon Barton and Nate Lane perform in the Tenor-Bass Ensemble in the Holiday Concert at Breck Auditorium on Wednesday, with Denise Tinsley White providing piano accompaniment and student-teacher Hannah Meg Weinraub directing.
photos by KRISTIAAN RAWLINGS
BELOW: SHS Varsity Singers (front row) Kammie Pickett, Onyx Crouse, Emma Buckler, Olivia Lane, Luka Chapin and Alex Seal, and (top row) Sophie Turley, Ila Tanner, Raya Sizemore, Kylie Voege, Mia Rolon, Katerina Swazay, Allison Tepox-Sanchez and Sharayah Simmons sing “Where Are You Christmas?”
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Louisville, Ky.-based construction workers at the Shelbyville Post office said the new accessible ramp is opening today. | photo by JACK BOYCE
Ground-Breaking Ceremony Held for West Side Apartments
Official ground-breaking was held for Eight-37 Lofts yesterday, 837 Webster Ave., on the city’s west side. Above, (left) Shelbyville Plan Director Adam Rude and (right) Mayor Scott Furgeson are joined by state and developer representatives. The incoming 138-unit complex and green space will be located at the former site of a warehouse that burned in 2019. It will include a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom units reserved for individuals and households making between about $33,000 to $63,000, depending on the number of people in the unit, a company official told the common council last year. The complex will feature two residential buildings, a clubhouse, playground and fitness center. | photo by ANNA TUNGATE
NOTEBOOK:
Brayden Schultz and Michael Creech were major award winners at the recent Shelbyville High School football awards program, with Schultz receiving the J.M. McKeand Award and Creech the Dennis Hearne Award. The 2025 Captains Award was presented to Jack West, Donavon Martin, Carter Dunagan and Ben Bailey. Additional award winners were Grantland Fitzgerald, MVP - Overall Offense; Donavon Martin, MVP - Offensive Back; Jack West, MVP - Offensive Line; Brayden Schultz, MVP - Overall Defense; Carter Dunagan, MVP - Defensive Back; Brayden Schultz, MVP - Defensive Front; Wes Bailey, Newcomer; and Kameron Holland, Scout POY.
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NATIONAL NEWS: Globally, the average airfare next year is projected to come in at $380, down 1.8 percent compared to this year and down 44 percent since 2014. Fun fact: Given 5 billion people on 40 million flights in 2025, and projected profits for the industry coming in at $36.6 billion globally, the average profit per passenger is coming in at an incredibly modest $7 per passenger. That does depend a lot on the region; for instance, the Middle East is looking at a profit of $23.10 per departing passenger, while North America is looking at $10.30, Europe is $8.20 and the Asia-Pacific is just $1.80. (Skift/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights:
Nov. 6, 1963, Part I
Linda Jones was named SHS DAR Good Citizen Award recipient. The other finalists were Shari Long and Dennie Haehl.
A blast that rocked the Indianapolis Coliseum during the opening night of Holiday on Ice had killed 68, including Jennievie (House) Williams, a 1933 graduate of SHS, and injured two SHS students, Sherry Cord and Benita Fair. Sherry sustained a broken jaw and cuts and Benita received cuts. Another SHS alumnus, Peggy Landis Tillison, was treated for minor injuries. Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Thompson Tillison of Blue Ridge, had been killed.
Mike Shepherd had recently returned from a two-year stay in Australia. Shepherd, a cousin to Dave and Dennie Haehl (SHS) and Margaret Haehl (JHS), said school in Australia was strictly lecture-based. School uniforms were also expected.
Gregg Graham, SHS senior, was installed as Demolay Master Councilor at the Messick Masonic Temple. Jim Ash (’55) was the installing officer, and SHS senior Lonnie Small was installing chaplain. Other SHS students appointed as officers were Steve Jenner, John Haehl, Gary Wilkinson, John Turner, Fred Conger, Steve Minton, Rex Hillery, Jay Butler, Jack Borst, Tom Trueb and Jerry McMichael. Juniors installed as officers included Pat Williams, Mike Cooper, John Tobin, Richard Walts, Don Wilson, Dave Bremer and Steve Nentrup.
Paul Inlow (’46) and Robert Inlow (’47) had joined the staff at Inlow Clinic. Both were I.U. Medical School graduates.
Paul Meltzer (’56 Lord Mayor) had been ordained into the ministry at the Zion United Church of Christ. He had graduated from the Yale University Divinity School and would do post-graduate work in Canada.
This Day in Shelby County History
News around Shelbyville and the surrounding area as reported on or about this date in history. Selections are curated by The Addison Times from Shelby County Public Library Genealogy Department materials.
2014: Elegant L, owned by Christa Weaver, won the inaugural Downtown Merchant Window Contest. First Federal Savings and Loans came in second, and the Shelby County Public Library received the Judge’s Choice. The contest, which featured 17 entrants, had been the idea of Brandy Coomes, Executive Director of Mainstreet Shelbyville.
2004: Local grocery store owners had seen business drop since the 2003 arrival of the Walmart Supercenter, Steve Talbert reported for The Shelbyville News. Western Supermarket owner J.R. Cooper said sales were down 18 percent. Cooper had started in the business at age 16 in Rushville, looking to save money for a car. But he was promoted to assistant manager and later became store manager at Standard Supermarket in Bedford. The 36-year grocery business veteran was married to Nanette, a teacher at Hendricks. Their son Nicholas was a surgical nurse at Riley Hospital for Children.
1994: The new Shelby County jail had become the cash cow county officials hoped it would be. The state was sending prisoners from overflowing state prisons and paying the county, giving the county about $1.4 million in revenue. Jail matron Marlene Howell had also changed her grocery shopping habits. After needing a fifth shopping cart to haul more than 125 loaves of bread out of a local grocery store, she started having the prison bakery at the Indiana Correctional Complex in Pendleton make the bread. Compton Dairy delivered the weekly milk and orange juice supplies, which before had been prepared by Howell from frozen concentrate. Of the jail’s 140 inmates, about 100 were from out-of-county.
1984: Over 50 workers at the Shelbyville Kroger took a pay cut, approved by the union. In return for the wage reduction, union members would get three cash bonuses over the next three years.
The Shelby Eastern Schools board approved giving Morristown High School seniors their own lunch room. An old room that previously stored band uniforms would be repurposed and remodeled as a lunch room in an effort to retain seniors over the lunch break.
1974: A record number of postage stamps had been sold at the Shelbyville Post Office, requiring a rush order for thousands of dollars of additional stamps. The bad news, Postmaster Robert Meltzer said, was that actual mail volume was down substantially. He encouraged locals to stop procrastinating with their Christmas cards and to get them out as soon as possible to avoid a logjam.
1964: A new, red-brick addition to KCL Corp. was completed, which included 3,900 square feet of floor space.
1954: Willard Fischer, plant manager at Gen Pro, presented cash awards to employees who had saved the company money through the “Can It Be Done Better?” idea campaign. Recipients were Richard Munsel, Russell Bullard, Francis Weakley, Curtis Turner, William Owens, Merrill Weddle, Harold Tague, Bob Carew, Harry Scheffler and Sharon Vawter.
1944: Several more Shelby County men underwent physical exams for possible induction into the nation’s armed forces. They were Charles Street, Charles Henry, Charles Walker, Gaylord McVey, Norman Kelley, Robert Long, Robert Phares, Robert Fox, John Rosenfeld, Richard Wainscott, George Stephans, Henry Linne, Carlos Wickliff, Charles Jeffires and John Schonfeld.
1934: The Salvation Army set out barrels in local grocery stores for donations to the needy. The organization planned to serve between 75 and 100 families during the holidays. Participating stores were Wolf’s Food Market, Kroger’s on the Square, J.C Store, Carney’s, McClain Grocery and the A. & P. on the Square.
1924: Over 100 Shelby County farmers and livestock breeders left on a special Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction car for Indianapolis for a livestock meeting.
1914: The temperature reached 15 degrees below zero. “The coal dealers have been reaping a harvest during the week and seem to be well pleased with the weather,” The Republican reported. Plumbers had also been busy thawing out frozen pipes. “Wherever there was a thermometer this morning, a group of interested men were to be found. The slightest advance of the little, thin column of mercury was watched with as much interest as if it had been the advance guard of an invading army.” Several such groups spent substantial time comparing the temperature to years’ past.
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OBITUARIES
Barbara Jean Chambers, 72, of Shelbyville, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2024, at Waldron Health & Rehab. Born December 29, 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of Charles S. Reid and Jeanette E. (Hecker) Reid. She married Scott Chambers on August 25, 2003, and he survives.
Mrs. Chambers had lived in this area for 15 years, after moving from Florida. She was a self-employed Ebay seller. Barbara was a collector of Boyd's Bears, she loved her cats, enjoyed cooking and shopping, and loved her Vera Bradley purses.
No services will be observed. Online condolences may be shared at glennegeorgeandson.com.
Judith C. Robertson passed away at 10 p.m. on Monday, December 9, 2024, at her home in Union, Kentucky. Judith was born in Hope, Ind., on October 21, 1932, the daughter of Ray E. Zeigler and Maude Day Zeigler.
She married J.C. Robertson on December 31, 1952, and was married for 64 years until his death in April 2017. Surviving her are her five children: Brian (Linda) Robertson of Flat Rock, Kerry Robertson of Hope, Jeanine (Patrick) Rosenfeld of Union, Ky., Garth (Bonnie) Robertson of Flat Rock, and Gwynn (Marty) Yoder of Howe, Ind.; also surviving her are eight grandchildren: Derrick (Julia) Robertson of Butlerville, Indiana, Briana (Ryan) Wilson of Union, Ky., Cody (Kala) Yoder of Topeka, Indiana, Jeremiah (Samantha) Yoder of Hudson, Indiana, Kyle Robertson of Flat Rock, Nicole Robertson of Bloomington, Indiana, Samuel Worland of Spencer, Indiana, and Hanna Sage of Worthington, Indiana; as well as six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her sister Mary Jo Titus Hermon, and an infant sister.
A small family funeral service was held on Thursday. December 12, and she was laid to rest beside her husband in Flat Rock Cemetery. Glenn E. George & Son Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Online condolences may be shred at glennegeorgeandson.com.