Friday, March 8, 2024
ONE MORE MONTH
Oversized solar sunglasses on the north side of Public Square are a reminder that the path of totality for the upcoming April 8 eclipse will cross Shelby County. | photo by JACK BOYCE
St. Joe Claims City Elementary Boys ‘A’ Championship
The St. Joseph Lions won the city elementary boys “A” basketball tournament last night with a victory over Hendricks Green. The team was supported by a large fan base, some pictured above.
BELOW: The team poses with the trophy. L to R, front: Jaiden Gomez, Harrison Fischer, Beckham Lee, Harrison Foltz and Carlos Cuatle. Second row: Sam Johnson, Deegan Collins, Townes Pettit, Wes Gwinnup and Franklin Foltz. Nathan Gwinnup (back left) was the coach.
BELOW: Lions celebrate on the bench cheer after their team scores.
In “B” League action, Loper Blue defeated Hendricks Gray. Below, the team shows off their championship ribbons and trophy. Team members were Nabil Alif, Noah Blakley, Josph Cita, Hunter Lyda, Jackson Merrick, Connor Evans, Colton Wilson, Arie Galloway, Parker Spaulding, Eli Walton, Rylin Lee and Nikolai Oliver. Allison Williams was coach.
BELOW: Eli Walton takes a breather before attempting a free throw.
NOTEBOOK:
NATIONAL NEWS: The number of high school students who vaped in the past 30 days is down from 20.8 percent in 2018 at the height of Juul’s hegemony to 10 percent last year, still quite high. Some counties are buying trained dogs that undergo 160 hours of training to detect nicotine and THC. Other schools are spending $749 a pop on a vape detection sensor from Triton or $1,000 a sensor from Zeptive, which have hawked thousands of detection systems to schools and workplaces. (Wall Street Journal/Numlock)
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This Day in Shelby County History
2014: Triton Central High School’s varsity cheerleaders finished runner-up at the Indiana Crossroads Conference competition in Indianapolis. Members of the squad were Sarah Russell, Olivia Needham, Chelsei Pace, Shelby Waltz, Jaquelyn Crouse, Lauren Keltz, Carlie Stites, Ella Hamons, Nicki Ellis, Nicole Chapman, Samantha Daniels, Gabrielle Needham and Lauren Koch. The Tigers were coached by Erin Needham and Pam Engle.
2004: A news photo showed Barbara Rogers reading “Anna’s Table” to Moonstar Rogers and Morgan McIntire, both seven, at Three Sisters Books and Gifts. The store held story time every Saturday morning.
Officials with a non-for-profit half-way house met with county officials to discuss potentially turning the old Shelby Manor over. The Manor had been closed and its nine residents relocated to new homes.
1994: Construction was underway on an expansion project at the Shelby County Public Library. As workers began demolishing the east wall of the original Carnegie building, they found the structure’s support beams were made of wood rather than steel.
1984: Triton won the eighth grade Shelby County Tourney basketball championship. Team members were Joe Lewellyn, Rob Judah, Sam McAtee, Brian Smith, Jeff Rothar, Rob Broderick, Bryant Hodgen, Ritchie Smith, Kirk Lusk, David Allen, Don Crabtree, Mike Bivins, Greg Pitman, Joe Pace, Brent Warnecke, Greg Yancy and Mark Preston. Cheerleaders were Julie Chamberlain, Teresa Popplewell, Dawn McFatridge, Tina Rhoden and Donna Sanders. Bob Taylor was coach.
Pearson Elementary won the sixth grade regular season city basketball championship, finishing 13-1. Team members were Ronald Diamond, Tom Sadler, Jody Bailey, Kris Edwards, David Wise, Zach Phelps, David Luther, Cory Havens and Randy Shepard. Scott Richardson was coach.
1974: Temperatures in the 70s brought out fishermen. A newspaper photo showed Dana Brown, 523 Miller Ave., holding up an eight-pound, four-ounce bass he caught at a St. Paul stone quarry lake using a purple plastic worm.
1964: The new Evangelical United Church of Christ building, on Columbus Road, was dedicated. Rev. Richard Rasche, who was pastor of the church from 1944 to 1954, was the special speaker. Members of the building committee had been Carl Scheffler, Carl Henke, Mrs. Max Robinson, Mrs. Otto Frey, Paul Joseph, Mrs. Ancil Tungate, Frank Kirschbaum, Howard Seitz, Venie Adam, Russell Meyerholtz and Don Coffey.
Greg Hardin of Morristown won the third annual Shelby County Spelling Bee, held at Addison Township school. Sharon Coleman, Shelbyville Junior High School, finished second. Mrs. Velma Wortman of Morristown was the pronouncer and judges were Ethel Meyers, Shirley Mendenhall and Russell Weinantz.
1954: Shelbyville’s new fire truck was heavily damaged when it collided with a ready-mix concrete truck at Broadway and Vine. Firemen Wayne Williamson and Raymond Anderson and the truck driver, Les Kaster, were shaken up and bruised but not seriously injured.
1944: Snow fell throughout the morning. The temperature was 17.
Sgt. Clifford Henderson, who had been reported Missing in Action in France, was actually a German prisoner of war, U.S. officials told his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Henderson, 408 Mechanic St. Following the MIA report, an Illinois pilot who had been flying in formation with Sgt. Henderson and saw him and other crew members bail out of their plane notified his mother, who contacted Mrs. Henderson. The International Red Cross later notified the War Department of Henderson’s status.
1934: George W. Mitchell, Waldron, was named acting postmaster in Waldron, succeeding Othor Wood, who operated hatcheries in Waldron and Manilla.
Four downtown churches - First Baptist, Christian, Presbyterian and First Methodist - planned Roll Call Sunday, in which all members were to attend their morning services and then a union service in the evening.
1924: Mayor Lee Hoop sent a telegram to Coach Tom Campbell and the Shelbyville High School basketball team, who were in Richmond for the tourney. The telegram read, “Fight, boys, to the last ditch, and bring home the bacon.”
1914: Miss Gladys Humphries, Boggstown school teacher, was quarantined at home, suffering from smallpox. “The schoolhouse was closed today and thoroughly fumigated,” The Republican said.
“Stolen Watch Was Recovered,” The Shelbyville Republican newspaper headline read, with the following subhead: “George Jones Refused to Prosecute Brother-in-law for Theft, but Punched Him in the Eye and then Paid a Fine.” The incident happened on South Noble Street.
OBITUARIES
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