Looking Back – November 15

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An estimated 150 shoppers waited outside during the ribbon-cutting ceremony opening a second Marsh Grocery, this one on 25th Street, in 1969. Participants were, from left, Marsh president Don Marsh; students Roxanne Wright, Lynnetta Pefley and Margie DeGlandon, teacher Doris Meyer, store manager Carlos Lukens and Marsh vice president and general manager Merlin Miller. The students helped bake 100 cakes that were given away during the store's grand opening. From The Republic archives

2009

About 20 volunteers raked leaves, removed weeds and recycled tires, swept sidewalks, tore down old fences and cleaned up four residential yards to spruce up Ninth Street Park and the surrounding area, a project of Housing Partnerships Inc. and Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center.

1994

An Illinois man hunting deer in southern Bartholomew County was killed in an accidental shooting.

1969

American Education Week closed with a dedication program and open house at the new Southside Junior High School.

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