Sunday, September 1, 2024
LEGAL STEPS
Work on the east exterior of the Shelby County Courthouse nears completion. | photo by JACK BOYCE
1974 Courier Covers Range of Topics
Editor’s note: In addition to today’s featured Shelbyville High School Courier edition, we’re expanding coverage for the weekend. The following includes the complete text of one article, highlights and photos from October 1974.
Miss Karen Gilles was the new Girls PE teacher. She would also coach volleyball, gymnastics and track and field, as well as sponsor G.A.A. activities. Gilles had a master’s degree from Purdue University. Other new teachers included Miss Brown, English; Mr. Cunningham, driver’s education, health and PE; Mr. Egloff, band director; Mr. Hoops, science and algebra; Miss Krieger, Spanish; Miss Lau, home nursing and child development; Mr. Navicky, printing; Mr. Rasp, arts and crafts and design; Mr. Smith, American Problems and swimming coach; Mr. Steele, metals; Miss Werner, Spanish, Mrs. Woodruff, business law and business; and Mr. Zachary, life science and cross country coach.
The newly decorated Shelbyville Recreation Center, 38 W. Franklin St., opened for the season. Membership was available to students who were freshmen on up to 21 years of age.
Charletta Reynolds had been the first Black majorette in 1973-74, her junior year. “I don’t feel that I get treated different from anybody else, but I do feel that since I am black that I stand out more, therefore I have to work harder than the other girls,” she said.
Miss Myers, Mrs. Parker and Mr. Myers were trying a “team teaching” approach in freshmen English. Mrs. Parker said the project going “okay,” but that it needed better organization.
The Junior High Half-Time Honeys team included Robin Hadley, Lisa Rutherford, Mary Rady, Lori Gessling, Joan Harlan, Connie Elkins, Jane Brinson, Carrie Everhart, Linda Richardson, Natalie Agler, Rene Snyder, Lisa Knapp, Sara Metz, Mary Adams, Tami Ruschhaupt, Rita Stadtmiller, Nyla Appleby, Jennie Hession, Kim Ayers, Cindy Riggs, Tracey Cramer, Natalie Kuhn, Kim Whitten and Liz Kendall. Sponsors were Mrs. Milburn, Miss Connor and Mrs. Gibson.
An ESP (Extra Sensory Perception) Club had formed, but the club needed a faculty sponsor to register, Debbie Linville reported.
Saturday Morning Sunshine
JACK BOYCE photo taken yesterday morning from the 1700 block of East State Road 44.
NOTEBOOK:
Shelby County Cornstock is today, noon to midnight, featuring 11 bands on Public Square.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Yesterday’s edition included a re-published headline from Friday’s edition without the article. To clarify, that was a formatting error, which was later corrected online. - Kristiaan Rawlings
EDITOR’S NOTE II: Yesterday was the final installment of Joe Landwerlen’s “508 W. Taylor St.” book. I certainly appreciate Mr. Landwerlen allowing us to republish this excellent time capsule. I received numerous comments, both in email and verbal, formats regarding the installments. I’m so pleased the work is digitized for future readers in perpetuity. - Kristiaan Rawlings
NATIONAL NEWS: Fall is incoming, judging by both the date on the calendar as well as the onslaught of pumpkin spice stuff already available, which means it’s time to discuss the newest flavors of autumn. One new beverage that’s been making huge strides is maple water, which is the stuff extracted from maple trees that is eventually boiled down into syrup. It’s not exceedingly sweet — it takes 40 gallons of maple water to make a gallon of syrup, and the stuff that comes out is just pure water with about 2 percent sugar — and in 2021 the sale of maple water beverages was worth $335 million. That’s projected to grow to $3.1 billion by 2030, a massive increase riding an eye-popping 32 percent projected annual growth rate. An increasing number of healthy maple trees in the U.S. and Canada is the all-clear for the industry to move ahead with the product. (Food Drive/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights:
January 19, 1966
The front page headline was “Happy Days Are Here Again,” covering both the varsity and reserve basketball teams’ identical 10-2 records. Varsity players were Doug Ash, Bob Phillips, Gerry Elkins, Greg Long, Tom Dierckman, Bill Higgins, Carl Brown, Steve Drake, Steve Breeding, Dave Showalter, Barry Shambach and Pat McKenney. Terry James and Jim O’Neil were managers. Denny Blind was the coach.
The Courier staff made New Year’s resolutions on behalf of others. Jim Branson resolved to wear a crew cut the rest of the school year. Warren Krebs resolved to prove he was a man who was not afraid of a mouse. Lillian Eck resolved to stay out of the pile-up the next time the piñata was broken. George Boyd resolved to enroll his wife in driver’s education classes. Wayne Posz resolved to wear his shoes in trigonometry class. The candy sales girls resolved to be more careful with the candy counter. Mr. Phillips resolved to learn to call Tony Krebs “Tony” instead of “Terry.” and William McKinley resolved to never “scent the school with his chemicals again.”
“One evening after a Science Club meeting Noell Worland and some of her friends were walking to their cars on the parking lot,” the paper said. “Suddenly her friends missed Noell. When they called for her, they heard a muffled sound. Noell had fallen in a ditch which had been dug by construction workers!”
Several SHS alumni at Ball State had pledged to sororities, including: Cindy Haehl, Mickey Dellekamp, Sally Vaught, Carolyn Meiks and Jean O’Mara.
Courier staff members were Jenny McNeely, Vicki Daniels, Sally Landwerlen, Gingi Branson, Libby Tingle, Mike Lindsay, Mike Blaich, Bob Ewing, Don Suiter, Jayne Spurlin, Marcine Welsh and Ron Trester. Marion Chenoweth was the advisor.
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 from the Shelby County Public Library Genealogy Department.
2014: Following approximately 30 school shootings in 2014, down just two from the entire 2013 calendar year, Southwestern school officials wrapped up months of meetings to have new technology and protocols in place. Some of the key aspects for the new program included granting officers and teachers immediate notification to an issue, hardened door systems and devices to remotely identify and locate intruders.
2004: Erin and Bridget Kielty, who were sisters, purchased Comfort Keepers, which had moved to 518 E. Hendricks St.
Another public hearing was held regarding the $34 million Shelbyville High School renovation. Only one member of the public, Bob Gardner, attended. “Obviously, it could be a lot worse,” Gardner said of the price tag while offering comments in support. Of note, Franklin’s new high school was slated to cost $103 million. “It’s hard to imagine when driving by the school that 50 years have gone by since it was built. It would be a great disservice to our children if we didn’t go through with the changes,” Gardner said.
1994: Britt Small & Festival played at the Bears of Blue River Festival. Small, who was born in Shelbyville, still had family in the Waldron area, including grandparents Ed and Helen (Howell) Small and Forrest and Frances (Schoolery) Scudder, and his great-aunt, Anna Schooley, 93, a former nurse who had retired from Major Hospital. (Britt Small passed away in 2019.)
1984: The Old No. 7 Band played at the Bears of Blue River Festival. Band members Randy Weingarth (drums), Mark Gravely (guitar), Art Edington (keyboard) and Tim Antle (bass) were all from Shelbyville.
A section of downtown Shelbyville, which included Public Square, was accepted into the U.S. National Registry of Historic Buildings. Jack Warble, Bob Thopy and John Soller had headed the effort.
1974: Frank Zerr, 25, 310 W. Mechanic St., was named the Democrat party’s candidate for Shelby County Treasurer. Zerr was a 1967 Shelbyville High School and 1971 Purdue University graduate. He was a teller at Shelby National Bank and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
1964: Members of the public were given rides in the snorkel basket at the Fire Station No. 1 and No. 2 open houses, which attracted 1,500 people.
International Packings Corp. filed to rezone 15 acres on West State Road 44 to allow for construction of a facility. Wilbur Pell Jr. was the attorney on the case.
Max Bausback of Clark Road announced plans to stage another rodeo for the benefit of the local Triangle School, to be held at the fairgrounds. Over 70 head of stock would be featured.
1954: “Narrow, dangerous Winchester Bridge, Shelby County’s scene of at least 19 traffic accidents in the past 20 months, got socked again early this morning,” The Shelbyville News reported. The driver, who hit the left railing on the bridge, was charged with driving while intoxicated.
A stray .22-rifle bullet just missed City Councilman Lester Smith as he talked to Bill Love, an employee, at his Walkerville Garage. Police apprehended and released three teens who admitted they had been shooting on the north side of the Big Blue River near a gravel pit. There were three funerals happening the cemetery at the time, and attendees said they could hear numerous shots.
1944: Kennedy Car Liner and Bag Company officials said they were sending Christmas gifts overseas to their 48 employees who were in the armed services.
Local church and American Legion officials began planning for a special religious service to “commemorate surrender or defeat of our foes in Nazi Germany, whether it comes a week or a year hence.” Plans included recognizing Gold Star Mothers.
1934: Marriage license sales were brisk. The Shelbyville Republican published the names of some applicants, but others asked “that their names be not published for a few days.”
1924: Former pupils of the old Hartsville College, abandoned for several years after buildings were destroyed by fire, started a movement to purchase the campus and erect a marker designating the site. Among Shelbyville men who attended the old college was Ed K. Adams, attorney.
1914: Sheriff Henry Terry responded to the northwest corner of Addison Township after area residents complained about a group of “gypsies” camped there who had allegedly been stealing chickens from nearby farms. “The Sheriff and James Williams went to the place (and) immediately hung a big ‘skidoo’ sign on the bunch of wanderers,” The Republican said. “They moved along without any trouble.”
OBITUARIES
Ronald Stephan Cox, 83, of Fairland passed away Friday, August 30, 2024 at his residence. He was born May 8, 1941 in Morristown, Ind., to John R. and Evelyn Cox.
Ron was an honorable veteran and served in the United States Air Force. He was employed at Tippecanoe Press and a farmer. Ron took considerable pride in his farming. Spending time with his family and making memories with them was his greatest joy.
He married Ina Mae (Walls) Cox on October 23, 1965, and she survives. Ron is also survived by his daughter, Angela Sexton; sons Kenny Cox and Daman Cox; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; his sister, Judy Mohr; and his brothers, Richard Cox and Dennis Cox. He was preceded in death by his sister, Janet Cox, and brothers, Lynn Cox and Larry Cox.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, September 5, 2024 at Asbury Cemetery with Dan Richwine officiating. Funeral Directors Greg Parks, Sheila Parks, and Stuart Parks are honored to serve Ron’s family. Online condolences may be shared at www.murphyparks.com.