Looking Back – Dec. 20

Indiana University students Kathy Ruf and Pete King played Santa Claus and his elf, Noel, for Parkside Elementary School kindergarten students on Dec. 19, 1974.

2014

Love Chapel’s 11th annual Christmas Food Assistance program provided holiday meals to an estimated 1,300 local families.

1999

Around 60 Columbus East High School students made baby quilts to donate to the Pregnancy Care Center and child-size pillows for the Salvation Army. In total, the students donated 12 quilts and nine pillows.

1974

Columbus resident Vickie Wilson won second place in the seventh annual Worldwide Gourmet Recipe Contest sponsored by Weight Watchers International, Inc., with her Best Barbequed Hot Dogs recipe. Wilson received a gold watch at the local Weight Watchers store in Holiday Center.