Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Nov 27, 2024

TURKEY CALL

ABOVE: Turkey bowlers Hailey Balting and Kay Huntsman and spectators react to Shawna Kitchens rolling a literal and figurative turkey: three strikes in a row with a frozen turkey. Despite Kitchens’ success, her team fell short, with the quartet of A.J. Hounshell, Coen Weiler, Christopher Lakes and John Hartnett winning the coveted annual title.

The SHS Turkey Bowl brought in 1,559 food items for Pantry Pals, and SHS as a whole collected 2,640 food items and $670 in money and gift cards. The initiative started with Student Council collecting 749 food items going door-to-door during Halloween and a class competition. The Athletic Department collected 332 cans during a game, and teachers and staff gave $565 in money and gift cards for Pantry Pals so they could wear jeans in November. The Agriculture Department held a Boots, Cans, and Line Dance Canned Food Drive Roundup that raised money for the Counseling Department to help local families. “A lot of people were involved in making all of this happen,” Mr. Greg Branson, who spearheads the initiative, said.

Every Shelbyville Central Schools institution gave to the cause. Over at Shelbyville Middle School, a team comprised of faculty members Jenna Kelley, Jen Dixon, Jessica Greene, Paige Wise and Stephanie Munger won a “Balcony Basketball” competition, which raised $150 for Pantry Pals. Golden Bear Preschool collected 1,294 items and $690 in monetary donations. Although a final corporation count was not yet tallied, it appeared well over 10,000 cans were collected.

photos by KRISTIAAN RAWLINGS

BELOW: Social Studies teacher Vince Bradburn prepares his first roll in yesterday’s 10-team tournament. Bradburn’s team, comprised of Kyle Green, Chuck Curry and Doug Uehling, tied for first, but fell short in the bowl-off.

NOTEBOOK:

The Shelbyville Board of Public Works yesterday approved two subgrantee agreements, $500,000 for the Shelby County Players Wortman Family Civic Theatre and $2 million for Blue River Memorial Park Amphitheater, to allow state READI funds to be distributed to those projects.
The Board of Works approved an annual fire contract with Shelby Township. The city is planning to implement fire territories in 2026, which would allow coverage of fire and EMS services to county townships to be placed on tax bills rather than part of a separate contract with the township trustees.
The Shelby County Plan Commission last night considered the following petitions:
- Unanimously approved the subdivision of a 2.3-acre single-family building lot from a 14.6-acre parent tract at 7816 W 950 N, Fairland, to allow a family member to build a new home.
- Unanimously approved rezoning 8.2 acres from Conservation Agricultural to Agricultural to allow for a one-lot simple subdivision at 4717 S. Marietta Road, and for a simple subdivision to establish an 8.2-acre building lot from a 95-acre parent tract. The approval includes waivers to allow the simple subdivision design to have a lot without 50 feet of road frontage, without frontage on a public street built to county street standards and having side lot lines not within a 15-degree angle to the right-of-way.
- Unanimously approved rezoning six acres from Conservation Agricultural to Agricultural to allow for the development of a single-family residence at 9075 N 800 E, Morristown.
Thank you to Carol Showers and Robert & Beverly Gardner for your $500+ contribution yesterday, and thank you so much to each supporter who generously gave various amounts toward our 2025 fundraising goal. As previously noted, many readers donated a one-time gift for 2025. This will not automatically renew. You can, however, make another one-time donation for 2025 either online or via a check to The Addison Times, 54 W. Broadway, #13, Shelbyville, Ind., 46176. We will once again provide a quarterly publication with extra news and photos in 2025 as a gift for your support of $100 or more. Any amount raised above the goal will be placed in a rainy day fund for 2026 operations and beyond. Thank you for your continued support of daily local news and history. I appreciate each of you. - Kristiaan Rawlings, Editor
NATIONAL NEWS: While the early forecast of 17 to 25 named storms looked like it may have been a bit of an overestimate from NOAA given a sleepy summer hurricane season, things got disastrously active toward the end of the season. When all was said and done, the Atlantic produced 18 named storms, pretty much right on the money. Eleven of those were hurricanes and five of them were major. Looking back on the season, NOAA achieved its most accurate track forecasts ever. That accomplishment was fueled by the daring actions of NOAA’s hurricane hunters, who flew 392 mission hours, penetrating hurricane eyes 80 times and deploying 1,246 scientific instruments over the course of the season. (gCaptian/Numlock)
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SHS Courier Archive Highlights:

Jan. 20, 1970

Mr. Hoffman’s and Mr. Hession’s American Problems classes met in the auditorium to listen to Judge Lee McNeely explain the state court system. Guest speakers were McNeely, Mayor Ralph VanNatta and Attorney General Ted Sendak.
A Courier survey of 410 students showed that 52% felt the U.S. should follow the present course of gradual U.S. troop withdrawal in Vietnam, with 22% wanting to pull out of peace talks and push for a military victory, and the remainder with other ideas on resolving the war.
Lunch prices rose to 40 cents, with 25 cents additional for extra meat.
The French Club meeting featured a slide show from Mrs. Stratford, who had recently been to France, her native country.
Fourth-year Spanish students had dinner at Mrs. Pineiro’s apartment. They were Jim Krebs, Jon Roberts, Janet Fuquay, Cinda Lawrence, Pat O’Neal, Dani Sipe, Doug Adams, Jane Baker, Teresa Kesterman, Greg Baker and Kirk Hoefener. Dinner included chicken and rice, salad, ice cream and milk.
Mac Thurston set a new school record in the 50 freestyle. Others placing at the meet were Steve Green, Mark Arland, Karl Wickizer, Sparky Cotanch, Alan Lay, David Allen, Henry Aldridge, Tom Warrick, Greg Baker and Don Amos.

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: Plans were announced for the second annual fundraiser Holiday Home Tour for Pantry Pals, featuring local houses decorated for residents to tour. Homes featured in the tour included Tom and Vicki Beach, 2120 Graham Dr. North; Gary and Diana Cox, 760 S 250 W; Gary and Angela Badgley, 2871 W. Old Franklin Road; J. and Teresa Mohr, 10338 S. Auburn Hills Dr.; and Don and Patty Adams, 10150 S. Auburn Hills Dr.

2004: Shelby County Players presented “Little Heidi” at the Shelby Community Theatre, 16 S. Tompkins St., adapted from the novel “Heidi” and written and directed by Mary Margaret Carter.

1994: Shelby Eastern Schools officials reprimanded a school bus driver after receiving a complaint he had threatened to puncture a basketball if a child didn’t behave. The driver had held a metal fingernail file to the ball because the two children had been fighting, with one child smacking the other in the face before the bus driver intervened.

1984: With a few members absent, the Shelbyville Plan Commission was unable to garner the votes to approve the proposed construction of four apartment buildings and a community center for senior citizens in Waldron. Several adjoining landowners had appeared at the meeting to contest the development.

1974: Formal ceremonies were planned to dedicate Shelby Eastern Schools’ two new open concept elementary schools at Waldron and Morristown. The buildings were constructed to accommodate 720 students in grades one through six with a maximum of 120 kindergarten pupils. There were 536 students at Morristown plus 66 kindergarteners, and 456 at Waldron in addition to 51 in kindergarten.

1964: Mrs. Agler was named by Mayor Ralph VanNattta as chairman of a fundraising campaign to help needy Korean children, who were in an orphanage near where Sgt. Laurie Alexander was stationed with the Army. Sgt. Alexander was a local resident whose wife and two sons lived in Wellington Heights and his parents lived on Amos Road.

1954: Illumination Night was held downtown to herald the arrival of Santa. Stores closed at 5 p.m. and downtown was kept dark for two hours. Just before 7 p.m., a “bomb” was set off and another a few minutes later. At 7 p.m., all of the Christmas lights were turned on simultaneously and stores turned on their lights and re-opened.

1944: The list of Shelby County men who had given their lives in the military service in World War II rose to 44 with the deaths of Sgt. Coyle Campbell and Sgt. Chester Lindsay.

1934: The 101 people in public institutions in Shelby County (the county poor farm and orphanage), including the 44 children at the Gordon Orphans’ Home, were served a traditional Thanksgiving meal, featuring both chicken and turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, oyster dressing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, celery and beet pickles and fruit salad and cake. Buehler Bros. Market donated 50 pounds of fig newtons to the Orphans’ Home.

1924: The annual Thanksgiving union service was held at First Baptist Church. The pastor of First Presbyterian Church was the featured speaker. He said “sensualism” was on the rise, evidenced by the contents of modern plays and motion pictures and dancing.

1914: West Street Methodist Church re-opened following extensive renovations, including the installation of a new pipe organ and excavation to create a full basement. A kitchen was also built on the west side of the church.

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OBITUARIES

With deep loss and a sense of profound sadness we announce the tragic passing of our father, Robert William Barnard, on October 26, 2024, at his home in Lakeland, Fla. Known as Bob, he was formerly of Morristown, Ind. Surviving him are his children, Babette (Ray) Haas of Tucson, Ariz., Irwin (Cynthia) Barnard of Warner Robins, Ga., and Betsy Mann of Lakeland, Fla. Bob would have reached his 87th birthday in November. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gail, in Nov. 2023. They had eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Bob and Gail shared 62 years of marriage.

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