Saturday, November 16, 2024

Nov 16, 2024

SHS FFA Qualifies for State

The Shelbyville High School FFA team is heading to state after a successful meet this week at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds. State competition will be Dec. 14 at Purdue University. The FFA team pictured above includes (front row, L to R): Reagan Dillon, Morgan Justus and Baileigh Butler; and (second row) Carter Ross, Kira Wiedersatz, Bella Cole, Ava Fralich, Layne McMillen, Cora Flynn, Lilly Conners, Ella Holmes, Kolbie Kehm-Welty and Lucy Ramer. | photo submitted

Shelby County Sunset

photo by JACK BOYCE

Grover Center Celebrates Year’s Highlights

A Friendsgiving meal and recognition of two community members were highlights of Thursday’s Grover Center: Museum and Historical Society annual dinner, held in the museum’s ground level on W. Broadway Street. Both Pat Hearn and Mike Runnebohm were recognized for their contributions.

Hearn has logged 250 volunteer hours at the Grover this year, working alongside staff member Alyssa Flory with the collection. They recently scanned 450 historical photos from Waldron, some of which will be published online.

“This has been a labor of love. I have so enjoyed working with Alyssa and (Executive Director) Sarah (Richardt),” Hearn said. “This is the best job I’ve ever had, and I don’t get paid for it.”

Runnebohm was unable to attend, but was recognized for completing two four-year board terms, his second stint with the organization.

“Mike has devoted a lot of time to this board, and he and his wife have devoted a lot of money to the board, personally and through Runnebohm Construction,” board president Trent Meltzer said. Runnebohm Construction was the title sponsor of Grover’s annual fundraising event the past two years.

Richardt provided an annual report, highlighting the strengthening financial position of the organization and $205,000 in upcoming capital expenditures, including the roof replacement in progress, window replacement, cleaning the front of the building and tuckpointing. The upstairs flooring was redone last year.

Highlights were also shared, with 7,444 visitors to the museum this year, compared to 5,891 last year, and skyrocketing social media reach, thanks to the efforts of staff member Nicole Collings. The Grover Center, opened in 1981 as an extension to the Shelby County Historical Society, founded in 1922, collaborated with 20 local organizations this year, including Second Baptist Church and the Shelby County Public Library for Black History Month programming. Funding has also been secured through a three-year racino commitment from the City of Shelbyville totaling $100,000 and a two-year commitment from Shelby County Tourism totaling $15,000.

The annual Festival of Trees is currently on display. “Written in Stone” is the next exhibit underway, focusing on local history through headstones.

In addition to Meltzer, the following officers serve the Grover Center: Maria Rude, vice president; Judy Kuhn, secretary; and Jenna Martin, treasurer. Other board members include Noah Henderson, Sara Goedde, Mike Runnebohm, Caroline Buse, Carter Hall, Monica Lutes, Bill Nicholson, Sarah Walton and Rob Nolley.

Addison Times Update

Thank you to those who generously donated yesterday toward our 2025 fundraising goal of $44,500. In addition to those previously listed, the following also have contributed $500 or more, and will be recognized in the upcoming Winter magazine: Connie Condon; Jody Dolder; Trent & Jenny Meltzer; and Linda Sanders.

Giving can be facilitated either online or via a check to The Addison Times, 54 W. Broadway, #13, Shelbyville, Ind., 46176. Thank you for your continued support of daily local news and history! - Kristiaan Rawlings, Editor

NOTEBOOK:

“Elf: The Musical” is on again tonight, 7 p.m., in Shelbyville High School’s Breck Auditorium. Tickets, available at the door, are $8 for students and $10 for adults.
NATIONAL NEWS: The toy industry is doing great all things considered, with sales up 37 percent over sales in 2019. The growth is coming from some interesting niches, with building sets in general and LEGO Botanicals in particular scoring growth across dollars, units and average selling price over that time span. Other big hits in the business include Hello Kitty, Monster Jam and NBA trading cards. The shrinking categories include dolls, action figures and outdoor toys. (The Toybook/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights:

May 4, 1954, Part II

The hitting and pitching of Jim Miles and Bob Cole provided the winning margin as Shelbyville beat Franklin, 4-2. Miles had seven strike-outs, and Cole hit a homer with one on base. SHS was leading the SCC.
Dick Moorhead and Willie Wilson qualified for the regional track meet with top placements in sectionals. Jim Deupree had barely missed qualifying.
Lawrence Talbert, Class of 1955, had ran into former SHS student Jack Smith while they were shipping out in Newfoundland. “They only had a half-hour together, but they made up for lost time since neither had seen anyone from home out East.”
Bill Hutchens, Class of 1951, had been chosen by his Indiana University fraternity to escort the McGuire Sisters to the Little 500.
Four yell leaders were graduating early: Kathy Schneider, Nancy Taylor, Gene Van Cleve and Dave Watson. Mary Lou Rahe remained, and she would be joined by Jerry Sandefur, Carol Mullen, Ted Hodson, Zoe Cooper and Bob Staats.
Mary Kay Lux reigned as the 31st May Queen. “Besides playing tennis and going swimming, our Queen enjoys riding in a green ’51 Ford with her King (of Harts),” The Courier said.

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: The first snow of the year fell locally. There were several slide-off incidents in the county, but only one property damage issue in the city. Trucks had been dispatched overnight to put down sand before school bus transportation times.

2004: Christmas lights were strung downtown in preparation for the holidays. Terry Kuhn and a small group of volunteers spent several days placing 50,000 Christmas lights, of which 30,000 were new, around downtown. The Holiday Parade was moved from the week of Thanksgiving to the week before in an attempt to increase the number of downtown festivity participants.

1994: Shelbyville, Morristown and county officials began discussing countywide mandatory recycling at the Shelby County Solid Waste Management District meeting. Solid Waste board members were Gregg Graham, Bruce Knecht, Nancy McNeely, David Mohr, Carroll Pitts Jr., Robert Wade and Mayor Bob Williams.

Responding to the report of a fire at the vacant Moral Township School, firefighters discovered a small campfire on the concrete floor of the former school gymnasium and a blanket nearby. Closed about 10 years’ prior, the former Triton North school was boarded up and had no electricity but was not secured. Anyone could enter and leave the building without breaking a window or manipulating a lock.

1984: Bill Scott, owner of DePrez Hardware, held a grand opening at the newly remodeled store. The 104-year-old business featured a new gift shop.

Triton Middle School opened. “The teachers seem nicer because I think they are happier,” Stephanie West, 11, said. Gone were the names Triton North Elementary and Triton Junior High, with the middle school taking their places.

1974: Doctor Zhivago began showing at the Cinema.

1964: Steel went up for the garage section of the new state highway department building, near the I-74 and N. State Road 9 interchange.

Bill Lovitt, 302 Walker St., reported that someone stole his kitchen sink. Nothing else was missing, and his German shepherd in the back yard hadn’t even barked.

1954: Two building permits were issued by the city, one for the construction of a Standard Grocery Co. on the Ash lot on N. Harrison St. The other was for A.J. Degelow Jr. to build a machinery shop at 819 E. Jackson St.

The new three-way emergency radio was used for the first time. A call came in regarding Lora Ann Smith, 18 months, who was suffering from pneumonia and needed oxygen. The ambulance was returning from the courthouse, but was able to immediately divert to Elizabeth St. to provide the oxygen.

1944: Tom Clark was elected president of the Kiwanis Club. Other officers were Hugh Beall, Garth Wolter, Rev. A.J. Spaulding and Earl Arbuckle. The nominating committee was composed of J.B. Carney, Dale Rafferty and George Young. Retiring officers were John Armington and Carl Meloy.

Local men accepted for military duty were Robert Parish, Bobby Ash, James Toll, Virgil Deaton, Onas Sipes, Dale Banta, Roy Beaver, Wayne Lee, Robert Louden, Marion Moore, Carl Chambers, Robert Leming, William Vandiver, Billy Hamner, Dallas Bolander, Paul Amos, J. Robert Dunham, Robert Bayless, William Margison and William Sawyer.

1934: The woman who trashed her former home, where her ex-husband lived, and had been ordered out of town did not actually leave town. She instead returned to her home to get her personal belongings, which is what she had attempted to do the previous week when she instead broke all the dishes in the house, scattered and tore the bedsheets and damaged most of the furniture. She was arrested on the second trip and jailed.

W.F. Loper, who had been born in southern Indiana, gave a speech at Rotary about his hometown. He said “he had had his feelings injured by persons who had twitted him about the place of his birth,” The Republican said. Loper spent the speech defending his home.

1924: Shelby Motor & Tractor Company employees found a second vehicle in Blue River near the Franklin bridge. This one was a 1921 Overland touring car. The license plates had been removed and the car loaded with rocks, “which leads city and county officials to believe that the car was placed there by someone to collect their insurance or that it was a stolen machine,” the paper said.

1914: Mrs. Flack, presiding officer in the Pocahontas Lodge, died of typhoid fever. She had been sick four weeks.

The temperature was 18 degrees.

OBITUARIES

Terry Ray Gooch II, age 56, of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away on November 13, 2024. Born on June 15, 1968, he was the beloved son of the late Terry Gooch and Carolyn Goben. Terry is survived by his mother and three siblings. He was a loving brother to Sheri Burris (George), Mark Gooch, and Susan Harley (Brian). Terry was also a devoted and caring uncle to his seven nieces and nephews: Justin, Beth, Noah, Brianna, Caleb, Whitney, and Mark. He brought countless cherished memories to their childhoods, and his time shared will be forever remembered with great fondness. Terry himself was a nephew, with several aunts and uncles, and he had numerous cousins.

Terry was an avid fisherman and a lover of martial arts. He also had a great passion for art, with his pencil and pen drawings often mistaken for black-and-white photographs due to their striking realism. His creative spirit and sharp attention to detail made him an exceptional artist, and his works will continue to inspire those who had the privilege of seeing them.

More than any of his hobbies, though, Terry valued time spent with his family. His greatest joy came from being with those he loved, and his presence will be deeply missed.

In accordance with Terry's wishes, no formal services will be held. His family asks that you honor his memory in your own way, cherishing the moments you shared with him. Terry's legacy will live on through his art, the memories of his kindness, and the love he so freely gave to those closest to him. Online condolences may be shared at glennegeorgeandson.com.

Edward Allen Servies Jr., 53, of Shelbyville, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2024 at his residence. He was born May 22, 1971 in Greensburg, IN, to Edward Allen Servies Sr. and Sharon Kay (Aldrich) Servies.

Ed graduated from Lawrence North High School with the class of 1989. After high school, he honorably served his county in the United States Army as a water treatment specialist in Operation Desert Storm. He later became a painter and took pride in his work. Ed had a passion for music and was extremely talented. Music was his heart and soul. He played the drums, guitar and even sang. He learned to play by ear at a young age and continued to play all through his life. He most recently played with the band Like Linus. The band formed in 2008 and his band mates were Nod, Nate and Jeff. They played so much together that it turned into a brotherhood. Ed also had a love for sports, especially the Cubs and Colts.

He is survived by his wife of almost 25 years, Nicole Hatifeld “Baby Girl”; his daughter, Corbi Caffee “Little Baby Girl”; his grandchildren, Eden McCardle and Silas Caffee; his sister, Denise Reszkowski (David Gregg); his brothers, Marty (wife, Lisa) Hill and Jeffrey Allen Servies; his sister, Samantha (husband, Tom) Carney; his special aunt, Peggy Pierce; his best friend, Don “Nod” Campbell; his beloved dog Daisy and a host of extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Tony Hill; his sister Lisa Gail and his dog, Gracie.

Visitation will be Monday, November 18, 2024 from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Murphy-Parks Funeral Service, 703 S. Harrison Street, Shelbyville, IN, 46176. Military rites will be conducted by our local veteran organization at 7:30 p.m. at Murphy-Parks Funeral Services. Funeral Directors Greg Parks, Sheila Parks and Stuart Parks are honored to serve Edward’s family. Memorial contributions may be made to the Edward Servies memorial fund in care of Murphy-Parks Funeral Service, 703 S. Harrison St., Shelbyville, IN 46176. Online condolences may be shared at www.murphyparks.com.

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