Looking Back – February 13

To prove he was not superstitious, David Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson of Flat Rock Park, celebrated his 13th birthday by eating a birthday cake decorated with 13 pieces of candy while sitting under a ladder on Friday the 13th in 1970. From The Republic archives

2010

U.S. Rep. Mike Pence announced he would not challenge Evan Bayh for his seat in the Senate but would seek re-election as Indiana’s 6th District representative to help the Republican Party regain control of the House.

1995

More than 50 firefighters from eight volunteer departments fought the ninth suspicious barn fire in 10 months.

1970

John C. Groub Co., operator of the JayC Food Store in Columbus Center, filed a suit to block the opening of an A&P Food Store in the same shopping center.