Tuesday, August 27, 2024
ROLL OF HONOR
Shelbyville High School alumni affiliated with the 1975 and 1984 Golden Bears football teams, the only Shelbyville football SCC championship teams, were recognized prior to Friday’s season opener at McKeand Stadium, which the Bears (1-0) won, 36-14, against Greensburg. | photo by JACK BOYCE
SUNFLOWER SHOT
The sunflowers at Blue River Memorial Park are visible from across a pond in this scenic shot. | photo by JOHN WALKER
City Plan Commission Recommends Valero Re-zone
The Shelbyville Plan Commission last night gave a unanimous favorable recommendation to rezone 713 S. Miller St., behind the Valero station at 603 Colescott St., from residential to Business General. A home that once sat on the property has been demolished and K&B Partners, which owns Valero, hopes to build a larger store and eventually demolish the present building and add parking. The gas pumps would remain in place, Birpartap Saini, of K&B, said.
William Hunt, owner of the building at 702 S. Miller St., at which Miller Street Pit Stop and Ron’s Garage is located across the street, shared concerns about additional development at the intersection.
“If he wants to rebuild his building, tear it down and rebuild it, but adding to the neighborhood like this, it's not set up for this,” Hunt said, noting that cars frequently cut through his property when traffic backs up at the light. “It’s putting a strain on the neighborhood.”
Janice Reynolds, who lives behind the gas station, said she is supportive of the business but wants to ensure the city considers pedestrian and traffic safety before expansion plans are approved. She said the alley behind Valero is currently “torn up” and has “huge potholes” from frequent traffic. That notwithstanding, she appreciates the convenience of the store.
“They are an integral part of our neighborhood,” Reynolds said. “I have seen a thousand of his cups go by my house.”
City Planning Director Adam Rude said a traffic study would likely be required before further development. Plan Commission member James Garrett III noted concerns about turning onto Colescott from the station and asked if a new site plan would be in the works, to which Saini said no.
“Everything (else on the site) is going to remain the same, the way it has been the last eight years,” Saini said.
Following discussion, Plan Commission member Denny Harrold reminded the public that the commission was only issuing a recommendation to rezone.
“Anything beyond this, the petitioner would have to come back, get approval, and any drawings as to the site plan or how it's going to be laid out, and any restrictions that need to be placed on the petitioner for building, and taking into consideration all of the aspects that have been mentioned here, would have to be met,” he said.
The rezone petition now goes to the Common Council for consideration.
NOTEBOOK:
A truck and semi-trailer turning onto Twin Lakes Blvd. from Amos Road caught a fiber optic line, causing damage to the line and a city street light.
The Cancer Association of Shelby County is hosting a pop-up sale during Shelby County CornStock, Sunday Sept. 1, 1 - 5 p.m., in the southwest corner of Public Square. Cold water, snacks and candy will be $1. Also, tickets for the Cancer Association Cash Bash, set for Sept. 28, will be available.
NATIONAL NEWS: The jersey worn by Babe Ruth in the game of the 1932 World Series where he was said to have called his shot sold for $24.12 million at auction on Saturday, making it the single most expensive sports collectible ever. It’s a size 46 Yankees road jersey worn by the player in Game 3 of that series. The previous record for most expensive memorabilia was a Mickey Mantle card that sold for $12.6 million. The same jersey was sold for $940,000 in 2005, but that was before it was conclusively linked to the specific “called shot” game. (Sportico/Numlock)
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580 West Taylor St.
Editor’s Note: The following is the next installment in a serialized version of “580 West Taylor Street,” by Joseph E. “Joed” Landwerlen.
by JOSEPH E. LANDWERLEN
King’s Grocery, Part I
Shortly before we were to leave on our family trip out west in 1953, Dad told me to get cleaned up and put on a clean shirt and took me to King's Grocery on South Harrison St. to see if I could take the place of the current stock boy, who was leaving for college. Kenneth King, the owner, had seen me working with Dad on the ice cream truck, and after a short talk, Kenneth agreed to give me a chance when we returned from our trip. We returned from our trip, and I started to work for 30 cents an hour in mid-September '53.
I had just turned 15, so I had to ride my bicycle and be there at 7 a.m., rain or shine, to meet Bud Etherton and help him get the store open for the day. Bud always brought a bag of about $20 of change and bills to put into one of the two cash registers to start the day. My job was to put out the wheeled racks of quart cans of oil and place them on the fuel island in front of the store, unlock the gas pumps, and put outside whatever was being presented that day, such as 100-pound sacks of potatoes, sacks of onions, watermelons, sweet corn, etc. Then Bud and I removed the butcher paper from the meat case that was placed there the night before to keep the meat from losing color. Then, we removed the dampened cover from the small produce case and did whatever was needed to make the items look more presentable.
By this time, the various route salesmen were arriving with bread, like Wonder, Taystee, Colonial and Wests. Saps truck had the first packaged cakes and donuts that I had ever seen and Linne's brought fresh donuts that were sold right on the checkout table. Bud or I had to verify the counts on all of these items and we were both kept pretty busy until Kenneth and his wife Jeanne got there at 8 a.m., and I had 15 minutes to get to school, which was five blocks away. After school ended at 3:40 p.m. on weekdays, I had 20 minutes from the end of school to be at King’s to work until closing at 6 p.m. and do all of the outside work in reverse.
King's Grocery was bigger than the average neighborhood grocery, but not a supermarket. When you walked in the front door past the row of about 10 small shopping carts, there was a small office area on the right, on the left was two small checkout lanes with the rows of keys on the cash registers so that each item’s price had to be punched into the keys individually. Then, on the left, a small magazine rack: the rack held Life, Saturday Evening Post, and a few others, and a bunch of comics. On the right was a small six-seat soda fountain where Jeanne would make wonderful concoctions. Then on the left was a small dry produce section with potatoes, onions, yams, and whatever else was in season. Oranges, grapefruit and lemons were only available at Christmas time.
Directly across from that was the meat case, with ground meats, pork chops, etc. In the back corner was a small walk-in meat cooler, and around the corner was the produce case that always held head lettuce, celery, carrots and whatever else was in season at that time. When you turned the corner, you entered the canned goods, cereals, soaps, and sundries. Detergents were Duz, Tide, Oxydol, Rinso, and Fels-Naptha; they were available in one size. Bar soaps were Fels-Naptha, Dove, Ivory, and Lava. Cereals were Corn Flakes, Cheerios, Rice Krispies, and Quaker's Oatmeal. Toilet tissue rolls were individually wrapped. Almost everything came in one size; if you wanted more, you bought two.
SHS Courier Archive Highlights:
October 17, 1980, Part II
Despite losing five of their top seven runners to graduation the year before and a 2-7 record, the boys cross country team won the Greensburg Invitational. Team members were Scott Thomas, Mike Pearce, Lee Yarling, Brad Bush, Gary Nolley, Jim Browning, Jim Alford, Doug Anspaugh, Scott Sharp, Dennis Thomas and Mark Wingo. The team had been suspended for four meets by the IHSAA due to participating in the Bears of Blue River Classic Races. Browning called it “an innocent run” meant to see “what kind of shape I was in.”
The volleyball team, coached by Karen Bowman, was off to a 6-1 start. Team members were Susan DeVoe, Brenda Kelsay, Sherri Soller, Glenda Marshall, Sherry Denton, Lisa Priddy, Lisa Jones, Kim Rubush, Sara DeBaun, Denise Lawson, Molly Kolls, Michele Bush and Susah Tulloh.
The annual Powderpuff games were coming up. Senior coaches were Scott Olinger and Scott Law. Junior coaches were Shawn French and Mike Mewborn. Doug Brown and Jim Strobel coached the sophomores and Kirk Nuthak and Mark Gould coached the freshmen. Cheerleaders were Jeff Bate, David Zak, David Willis and Angelo Peduto.
The girls golf team had racked up an 11-2 record for the year. The team consisted of seniors Nancy Marshall and Trina Clements; juniors Sue Craft, Julie Everhart and Shannon Roell; sophomores Carla Boring and Susan Mann; and freshman Dawn Schnaiter. Tom Gould was the coach.
The swim team was 5-0 at the time of publication, following a 13-0 season the prior year. Al Smith was coach. New members on the team were Michelle Meal, Becky Kiefer, Mary Jones, Megan DePrez, Maria Toll, Dawn Schnaiter and Maricarol Schwering. Some of the team’s outstanding members, the article said, were Jackie Noe, Cathy Soller, Diane Zimmerman, Susan Woollen, Dee Dee Inlow, Sue Craft, Nancy Noe and Heidi Kipfer. Jim Slater coached the junior high “feeder” team.
Lynn James was Homecoming Queen. She was escorted by Pat Hartnett. The other senior candidate was Kim Skinner, escorted by David Willis. The junior class candidates were Suzy Nuthak (Brad Bush) and Julie Everhart (Craig Patton). Sophomore candidates were Karen Corley (Rob James) and Lee Kennedy (Jim Duncan). Freshmen candidates were Debbie Denney (Todd Amos) and Karen Hunt (Oliver Abeleda). The homecoming parade left from behind Porter Pool and went to the high school. The dance after the game was a formal affair with WNAP’s Fast Freddy Fever serving as DJ. (Below, Julie Everhart and Suzy Nuthak in the parade.)
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: Bucky Covington, a country music singer who had placed fifth on American Idol, Bobby Wiggins and Carl Bentley were slated for an upcoming concert in Morristown to benefit the Morristown Boys and Girls Club. The concert had been organized by club director Scott Spahr.
2004: The Marietta Community Fire Department celebrated its 50th anniversary and the purchase of a new truck at the weekend fish fry. Bands Simply Pickin’, Joe Hensen & The Blue Grass Boys and The Ivie Family all performed.
1994: Muddy water was coming from Waldron faucets. Conservancy board members said the problem was with a pump at the well, which was at the northern end of Conn’s Creek. Waldron schools dismissed after lunch due to the water problem.
1984: A Hope real estate developer proposed putting in a 50-unit mobile home park on fingers of land that protruded into an old gravel pit north of Shelbyville off N. State Road 9. Plan Commission members asked for assurances that streets and sewers would be installed properly. In other business, the city plan commission approved rezoning property off W. McKay Road and west of Lake Shelby to residential to allow for lots to be developed into condominiums. Finally, the commission elected J.M. “Mac” McKeand as president and Betty Ramey was vice president.
1974: A giant thunderstorm dumped 3.8 inches of rain in a day, Beverly Brennan, Shelbyville’s wastewater treatment plant lab technician, reported.
1964: A 25-year-old man on E. Taylor St. was arrested for making numerous obscene phone calls, including a 90-minute conversation with a 12-year-old boy, which a police officer listened in on for part of the conversation.
1954: Over 1,500, a new record, attended the Marietta Fish Fry, during which the new station was dedicated. County Democratic Chairman Dale Rafferty was the main speaker at the dedication ceremony, followed by Emerson Coy, fire department supervisor; Floyd Jackman, fire chief; and Frank Barlow, volunteer.
1944: Mrs. Flaitz, N. Tompkins St., received a 50-word message from her son, Pfc. James Flaitz, a Japanese prisoner of war. He said he was well and “not to worry.”
Pfc. Fred Hauk, who had been wounded in the Pacific, was returned to Camp Atterbury to recover.
1934: Louis Kuhn, 1110 Elm St., was named librarian of Shelbyville High School, succeeding Marian McFadden, who had accepted a position in the state library in Indianapolis.
Locals were asked to take in players arriving here for a softball tournament. Hosts would receive 75 cents per night for each player. Tickets for the event were on sale at the Floyd & Griffey Store.
1924: Thirty-one one-room schoolhouses remained in Shelby County. The number decreased each year due to consolidation. All of the one-room buildings in Moral Township had been abandoned with the new consolidated school. There were several buildings throughout the county where two teachers were in charge.
1914: The police bicycle was stolen from Public Square. Patrolman William Heustis had left the bike up against a curb.
OBITUARIES
Kelly Renee Windhorst Smith, 55, of Shelbyville, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2024, at MHP Medical Center. She was born March 22, 1969, in Franklin, the first of four daughters to Robert Windhorst and Sharon (Burgess) Windhorst. She married her husband, Earsel Wayne Smith, on September 2, 1995, and he survives. Kelly is survived by her father and mother of Glenwood, Indiana; sisters Terri Foreman (John) of Metamora, Carri Guyer of Trafalger, Beth Ritter (Bruce) of Connersville; step-children Joshua Smith and Savannah Evans; nieces and nephews Cory, Kalyn, Laurell, Christian, Elijah, Keagan, Madilyn and Beau; great nephews Jenson and Kason; and great-niece Miya. She was preceded in death by her parents, her grandparents Robert and Marjorie (Nicely) Windhorst; Mark Burgess and Katherine (Huffman) Burgess; and a brother-in-law, Timothy Guyer.
Kelly lived her early life in Orange, Indiana. She attended Orange Elementary and later graduated from Connersville High School in 1987. She was a member of FFA, Girls Basketball, and a 10-year 4H member. She lived in Greenwood for three-and-a-half years after graduating college. She moved to New Whiteland after marrying her husband, and later moved to Shelbyville in 1997.
Kelly was a lifelong nurse who graduated from Indiana University with a BSN in 1992. She followed her loved for nursing to Riley Hospital and later after moving to Shelbyville, she soon followed her long career to Major Hospital. Kelly loved the outdoors, gardening, and caring for animals, particularly German Shepherds. Kelly was full of life and had an infectious smile. She had a big heart and loved her family. She enjoyed listening to music and watching IU basketball.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at Glenn E. George & Son Funeral Home, 437 Amos Road, with Rev. David Humphrey officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesday morning from 9 a.m. until the time of the service, at the funeral home. Memorial contributions can be made to Riley Children's Hospital, in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be shared at glennegeorgeandson.com.
Gilbert Thomas Nickles, 83, of Shelbyville, passed away Sunday August 25, 2024 at Willows of Shelbyville. He was born July 11, 1941 in Shelbyville, Ind., to Ervin Nickles and Frances (Crane) Nickles.
Tom graduated from Shelbyville High School with the Class of 1959. He was an honorable veteran and served in the United States Air Force. He worked for Shelbyville Middle School and served as their custodian. Tom was a member of Hopes Point Baptist Church. He loved to sing and play guitar, especially at church. He enjoyed being outdoors and relaxing while camping and fishing.
He married Darlene (Sparks) Nickles on June 25, 1965, and she preceded him in death on October 7, 2008. Tom is survived by his sons, Greg Nickles and Douglas (wife, Dayna) Nickles; his grandchildren, Payton Nickles and Grant Nickles; his brother, Ray Hardin and his niece, Marie Crane. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and his brother, Sam Crane.
Visitation will be Wednesday, August 28, 2024 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Murphy-Parks Funeral Service, 703 S. Harrison Street, Shelbyville, Ind., 46176. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 1 p.m. at Hopes Point Baptist Church, 1703 S. Miller St., Shelbyville, Ind., 46176 with Pastor Greg Albert officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Funeral Directors Greg Parks, Sheila Parks and Stuart Parks are honored to serve Tom’s family. Online condolences may be shared at www.murphyparks.com.