Monday, May 27, 2024
Twenty-five years ago, Gerald Carmony knocked on his neighbor’s door. When homeowner Chris Ross answered, Carmony handed him a spiral notepad bound with yarn (see inset photo) and said, politely but quickly, “You need to start putting the flags out.”
Ross remembers it well. “You would have had to know Gerald to appreciate his hand-off, but I was more than happy to do it,” he wrote in a post.
The flags Carmony referred to were for veterans in Blue River Chapel Cemetery (in photo), on County Road 400 East, near Ross’s house, northeast of Shelbyville.
As Ross placed his first group of flags that year for Memorial Day, the grave of Philip Young caught his eye (see inset photo): Young died in 1810 at 75 years of age. He was an American Revolution War veteran.
“He instantly became my favorite veteran,” Ross said.
Additionally, the Addison Times recently noted the Forest Hill gravestone of Mary Montgomery, daughter of Philip Young and member of the original Daughters of the American Revolution, an organization that continues today.
MEMORIAL DAY
Patriotism was visible from the courthouse lawn to the Linne’s Bakery display case this weekend in Shelbyville.
Today’s Memorial Day service will be held on the courthouse at 10 a.m., starting with music by the Shelby Community Band and Blue River Community Choir. | photo by JACK BOYCE
NOTEBOOK:
The Shelby County Commissioners meeting, usually on Mondays, will be tomorrow, 8 a.m., due to the holiday.
HOOSIER NEWS: World Atlas published an article on “7 Towns Perfect for Retirement,” which included Connersville. The article cited Connersville low cost of housing as its reasoning.
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This Day in Shelby County History
2014: Rev. Robb Barlow, pastor of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church and chaplain major in the Indiana Army National Guard, spoke at the Memorial Day Service on the Shelby County Courthouse lawn.
2004: Jennifer Horine and Riley Blake were crowned King and Queen at the Waldron High School prom.
1994: Most local hotel rooms were booked with the Indy 500 and Pacers playoffs happening on the same weekend. Holiday Inn manager Nancy Harris said all 100 of their rooms were reserved. Lees Inn assistant manager Nancy Cupp said all its rooms had been reserved since March. They required all rooms be paid in full by April 1.
1984: Bernie Miller was named varsity coach of the Morristown High School boys basketball team. Miller was a 1965 Morristown graduate, where he was an outstanding basketball player. He had been awarded the Rouse Wortman award for superior achievement in athletics following his senior season. He then played basketball and baseball at Indiana State University.
Faced with the denial of county money, Shelby County Commissioners and their secretary said they would personally pay for the $350 worth of carpet installed in their courthouse office. After the carpet had been installed, council members refused payment, so Commissioners Kenneth Nigh, Robert Newton and Marlin Everhart and secretary Cheryl Glaub said they would pay Shelbyville Paint and Wallpaper.
Belaire Shopping Center officials reported business was strong. “But looking at the crumpled sign, crumbling parking lot and empty storefronts, one might wonder…,” The Shelbyville News said.
1974: Betsy Stephen, 256 W. Broadway, was reappointed to the Shelbyville Central Schools board. She had been nominated by Cassius Bennett.
1964: The largest class in Shelbyville High School history - 239 - graduated in a ceremony at Paul Cross Gym.
1954: The Indiana Employment Security Division announced plans to open an office in Shelbyville at 23 E. Broadway, the former location of the Philmore Corporation.
General Electric announced plans to build a large plant in Shelbyville that would employ 800. It would take more than a year to complete the facility. The company planned to move about 100 technical and sales positions here.
1944: Virtually all downtown durable goods merchants closed for two days in recognition of Memorial Day. Grocery stores closed for one day, but re-opened the following due to the receipt of perishable goods.
1934: Four Shelbyville High School students, members of the clarinet quartet, won first place in ensemble competition of the state high school band and orchestra contest and would advance to nationals in Iowa. Those in the quartet were Joan Clark, Eleanor Benton, Junior Billman and Carson King.
1924: Two clocks for the new William Major Memorial Hospital arrived at Major & Sheldon jewelry store. One was a Pendulum 30-day time clock, manufactured by the Seth Thomas Clock Co. It had a mahogany frame with an 18-inch dial. The clock would be placed in the archway over the stairway at the new hospital. The second clock was a hall clock 78 inches high and 21 inches wide, also with a mahogany frame, and manufactured by the Hershede Hall Clock Co.
1914: Thomas VanGordon was shot in the right forearm by Bascom Green. Both were residents of Washington Township. Green alleged that VanGordon had made several insulting remarks about Green’s wife. Green fired six shots in the exchange.
OBITUARIES
None today