Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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SUMMER SPORTS
Dylan Barnes and Sam Johnson participate yesterday in basketball drills at a Shelbyville High School clinic. Below, John Harnett organizes the next activity. | photos by KRISTIAAN RAWLINGS
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NOTEBOOK:
Although the bulk of demolition is complete, quite a bit of debris remains in the basements of buildings in the first block of West Broadway Street, city engineer Tyler Comstock told the Board of Public Works and Safety yesterday. The city and crews are working with adjacent building owners to ensure previous connections between the buildings are sealed. The connection to The Strand Theatre has not been an issue. “(That wall) ended up probably being the easiest part of (the project),” Comstock said. He also is working with the owners of businesses connected to the previously enclosed courtyard to ensure their doors have appropriate locking mechanisms.
City Attorney Jenny Meltzer provided a legal update regarding the West Broadway properties, which are not currently owned by the city. There are a few different routes moving forward. The cost of demolition could be assessed to taxes and the lots go to tax sale. There is also the option of putting the costs on the property as a lien and then moving to a foreclosure action. It is likely the city will eventually become owner of the land, and other avenues for moving forward are available, Meltzer said.
The Shelbyville Common Council on Monday approved funding for half of the $55,000 cost of a feasibility study to investigate potentially expanding services and space at the Purdue University Veterinary Hospital on W. Bassett Road, which currently only provides surgical services. Hanover Research will perform the analysis. Dr. Bret Marsh, Dean of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, and Mayor Scott Furgeson said Purdue’s more active role in downtown Indianapolis, with the recent split of IUPUI, could bode well for the hospital’s growth. Council member Linda Sanders asked how much revenue the center brought in. Dr. Marsh said, “I think that’s where we need to study, as well, to make it even more viable economically moving forward. There really hasn’t been a marketing plan around the site.” The petition was approved, 5-1, with Sanders dissenting.
Vacation Bible School for preschool to 5th grade children will be hosted July 28-31, 6 to 8 p.m., at First Christian Church.
HOOSIER NEWS: Just over a week after recording one of the highest attended games in WNBA history, the Dallas Wings announced they will move the Aug. 1 Indiana Fever game to American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas. Tipoff remains at 6:30 p.m. CT, with the game airing nationally on ION.
NATIONAL NEWS: Overall, 53 percent of Americans have had their wisdom teeth removed, but there’s a generational shift at play. Just 26 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 said that they have had their wisdom teeth removed, around half the general rate for respondents as a whole. Some of this is for an obvious reason — younger people have had less time for wisdom teeth to emerge and potentially cause problems — but some believe the trend could be reflecting a shifting scientific consensus on wisdom teeth removal that started in the early 2000s, questioning the need for routine wisdom tooth removal. (YouGov/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights
Nov. 3, 1939
An article on the history of local education noted that the first public school building was a log cabin on the southeast corner of the public square. William Hawkens was the teacher. (James Wilson taught school at the first school-house in the county, at the village of Marion.)
The article noted that in 1917, six SHS boys withdrew from school to enlist in the World War. Four of the boys - Paul Cross, Ralph Wertz, Raymond Farely and George Gains - were killed.
What is education? According to The Courier staff, it was “self-realization.”
Betty Jean Sheritt was named editor of the Squib. She was described in the paper as brown-eyed and a “demure damsel.”
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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.
2005: The Shelby County Players held acting classes for children in grades one through nine at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Lesley Meier-Shore, a teacher and actress, was the director.
1995: Alicia Marie Pease was crowned Shelby County Fair queen.
1985: The Shelbyville Kroger store began remaining open 24 hours a day.
1975: Shelby National Bank held a dinner at the Holiday Inn honoring Dr. Bill Tindall, who had served on the bank board of directors for 22 years. George L. Stubbs, president of the board, gave a talk thanking Dr. Tindall.
1965: Groundbreaking ceremonies were announced for a new International Packings Corporation plant, to be located on the east side of the Smithland Road and south of St. Joe St. Except for a 1,500-square-foot mezzanine area, the plant would all be on one floor.
1955: The Shelbyville office of the Indiana Employment Security Division marked one year in operation. The office, located at 23 E. Broadway, was managed by Ray Brown. Marjorie Jolliff was the employment counselor. The office had helped 69 local people gain employment.
1945: Swimming was open at Little Blue River at Kennedy Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Norman Smith was the lifeguard. Children were prohibited from swimming when Smith was not on duty.
1935: Mathias Holliday, 86, died at his home in Fairland. Holliday was a Civil War veteran. He had been a drummer boy at the age of 14 in the 63rd Regiment before transferring to become a soldier, during which time he had a brief conversation with President Lincoln.
1925: James Spellman, 66, died of a heart attack. Spellman had managed the Flat Rock Cave “pleasure grounds,” the paper said. His father had represented Shelbyville in the state legislature.
1915: A car driven by Hulda Thomas and a horse ridden by Ed “Red” Clark collided at the intersection of Franklin and Harrison streets. “The machine came out of the affair second-best, the windshield and one lamp being sadly damaged,” The Republican reported. “The horse got on top of the hood, and rode along as serenely as the two men in the buggy which it had been drawing had been riding a minute before.
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OBITUARIES
Shelbyville native, Nancy Bogue, 83, died June 26 at Franciscan Hospice House in Indianapolis. She was born January 29, 1942. After graduating from Shelbyville High School in 1960, she began working for the Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development. From 1961-62, she attended Ball State University then returned to the Dept. of Workforce Development, where she worked in various positions for 43 years. She retired in 2003 as the Director of Administration.
Nancy also served on the Board of Directors for the State Merit Service Credit Union for 35 years. Her hobbies included traveling, fossil hunting, antiquing, gardening, and gambling.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd (Pete) and Edith (Dee) Bogue, brother Stan Bogue, nephew Stewart Bogue, and lifelong friend Joan (“Scotty”) Scott. She is survived by her sister, Kathy (Bogue) Jones and her husband Rick of Clearwater, Fla.; niece Nila (Bogue) Staudt and her husband Bruce of San Francisco, Calif.; and grand-nephew, Nicholas Staudt of Los Angeles. In lieu of a memorial, Nancy asks that you remember the fun times you had with her, and if you were a gambling buddy, please put a quarter in a slot machine in her honor.