The Herald Bulletin looks back at stories from the Anderson Daily Bulletin and The Anderson Herald newspapers.
10 Years Ago – 1999
Nov. 10 — Pendleton Town Manager Doug McGee announced a Nov. 19 groundbreaking for the Guide Corp. Technology and Customer Center, a 20-acre site where construction of a 120,000 square-foot multi-story office building was underway. Occupancy was expected by July for 400 employees from Guide’s engineering, research and development, customer service and corporate departments.
Nov. 11 — Hair torn from the roots, kicked ribs and broken, bloodied noses were the tame part of Saturday night’s Tough Guy competition at UAW Local 662. The crowd assembled for the street fighting contest, an estimated 3,000 people, turned belligerent midway through the event and began brawling in the stands despite several pleas from the announcer to stop. Police arrested approximately 10 spectators.
25 Years Ago — 1984
Nov. 8 — A woman accused of gunning down a Madison County Jail administrator appeared in Madison County Circuit court. Joy Lynn Darby was formally charged with murder in the Nov. 5 slaying of Deputy Roger Nodine. Darby, an ex-girlfriend of Nodine’s, apparently coaxed the deputy to the murder scene by telling him her car had broken down. Once there, an argument ensued and Darby allegedly shot Nodine six times.
Nov. 11 — For five years, folks had talked of the serpent believed to inhabit a wooded area between Ingalls and Fortville. On Nov. 1, an employee at Acme Disposal saw a log across from the old landfill. Closer inspection revealed the log to be moving. Manager Jerry Schnitzius fortunately had experience dealing with snakes and was able to capture it. The snake measured 12 feet in length, 26 inches in circumference, and weighed 62 pounds. It was determined to be a python and transported to the Indianapolis Zoo.
50 Years Ago — 1959
Nov. 13 — Several Elwood grocery stores will return their stocks of cranberries to their shelves in response to a report that cranberries are now said to be edible, and that a person would have to eat large amounts every day for 20 years to reach harmful levels due to a weed killer used on some cranberry crops.
Nov. 14 — Carl Erskine, Anderson’s most famous baseball player, joined another all-time great, Red Schoendienst, in working on the 1959 Christmas Seal campaign in Madison County. Erskine was the local chairman and Schoendienst, the second baseman for the Milwaukee Braves who was stricken by tuberculosis after the 1958 World Series, was national chairman.
100 Years Ago – 1909
Nov. 10 — Diphtheria spread at an alarming rate in Anderson and local physicians believe the public should be informed of the dangers. They reported nine new cases. Parents should use every precaution in protecting their homes for there is no telling that, once started, whether any family is likely to be stricken. Physicians suggest that all public gatherings of children that are not necessary be postponed.
Nov. 10 — Chicken thieves reaped a harvest in this city during the past two weeks. Police have numerous reports from parties whose hen coops have been visited. William Harlan’s hennery on Home Avenue recently had 12 young fries taken. Patrolmen discovered a sack with three chickens on the sidewalk in front of the high school, with another chick walking in the street. Police caught it and brought all four chickens to headquarters, where Mary Kutter of Walnut Street identified them as those taken from her coop.
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Nov. 7: Back in the News
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A dream cabin in the woods
Phil Hatter regularly told his children that once they were all grown, he would build a log cabin in the country. They didn’t believe him. “I think log homes are really neat, but they have to be put in the right place,” he said.
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Jim Bailey: Jim Carter made football a respectable sport at AHS
When I first came to Anderson in 1951, Jim Carter had been named head football coach at Anderson High School. At that time, football at AHS was little more than an activity to get out of the way to make room for basketball season. The Indians were known to play two games in the same week to shorten the season.
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Community Briefs: May 27
A compilation of community news as published in the Sunday edition of The Herald Bulletin.
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Remember When: May 27
The slide was one of the more popular attractions at the Falls Park swimming area in Pendleton as evidenced by the number of people waiting their turn on the slide’s steps and its top platform.
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Champions League makes everyone a winner
The Champions League — in its 12th season — is sponsored by the Pendleton Junior Baseball Association and is open to anyone 5 to 18 with physical and developmental disabilities.
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History: Lapel Telephone Co. was talk of town
In November 1962, when the Lapel Telephone Co. was sold to United Utilities by the children of founder Earl Tull, a Madison County era ended.
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Back in the News: May 27
The Herald Bulletin looks back at stories from the Anderson Daily Bulletin and The Anderson Herald newspapers.
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Howard Hewitt: 'Pink' wines growing in popularity
Those silly looking pink wines in your favorite wine shop or liquor store are gaining respect through robust sales.
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Nancy Vaughan: Tomorrow starts today
The United Way of Madison County's 2011 annual report seeks to recognize the individuals and organizations that contribute their resources to support investments and activities to increase the education, income and health of all who call Madison County home.
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Births: May 27
Local birth listings are published each Sunday in The Herald Bulletin. Birth announcements with a photo are available for a fee. Call The Herald Bulletin at 640-4800 for more information.
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