This Weekend in Shelby County History: June 9-11

1917

Mrs. Gordon Teal was shot in the right arm while burning trash. It was thought that a bullet had somehow been tossed into the trash and the fire caused it to explode. The bullet entered her right palm and went upward through the arm, but physicians were unable to remove it.

County Commissioners debated how to cut costs at the county farm, which ran nearly 25 percent higher than farms in Rush and Hancock counties.

1942

Two boys from the Gordon Children’s Home enlisted in the U.S. armed forces. They were William Garten and Henry Boesiger. Former children’s home residents Raymond Garten and Francis Garten had been stationed in Pearl Harbor and survived the attack.

The first “War Honor Roll” board listing names of Shelby County’s armed forces members was full and so a second was planned, which would be erected beside the first one, with the two forming a V for Victory. The signs were placed on the empty lot next to the newspaper offices.

2,942 Shelby County men registered in the fourth selected service “sign-up.”

With 100 traffic accidents in the books, the city had reached the mark the fastest in its history. Nevertheless, there had not been any fatalities yet in the year.

Boy Scouts Russell Stucker, Billy Holland, Billy Hoffman, Donald Morgan, Donald Norris, Jimmy Kuhn, Danny Hope, Dickie Norris, Keith Smith and Omar Weintraut returned home from a camping trip in Brown County. Scoutmaster Kenneth Sever accompanied them.

1967

Sindlinger Market bowling team was honored for winning the 70 Hurlers League team championship at Blue River Lanes. Team members were Charles Sindlinger, Pat Harrell, Barbara Livingston, Betty Walton, Helen Sexton, and Betty Boger.

Vandals caused extensive damage at the old Cedar Ford covered bridge over Little Blue River. Boards were ripped from the structure and a slab of stone was dislocated. It was one of two covered bridges remaining in the county. The other was Lewis Creek bridge.

Clarence J. Come, Jr. returned to Shelbyville after service in the Civil Air Patrol. He was employed at Standard Grocery and was a 1963 SHS graduate.

1977

Alpha Tau Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma Society, welcomed four new members: Vera Murphy, Brenda Morin, Geraldine Wells, and Elizabeth Harlamert. Janet Mitchell was president.

Steve and Faye Rouse won an expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C. for their Youth Bowling Association performance, sponsored by Blue River Lanes. The mother-son combination had won their division.

A storm caused flooding on the 200 block of E. Mechanic, and W. Hendricks and S. Tompkins. Trees were down throughout the city.

Greg Alvis, 1969 SHS graduate, was ordained at Lewis Creek Baptist Church.

Dorothy Coulston was named Flat Rock Firemen’s Auxiliary’s most outstanding member.

State Trooper Gary Wilkinson, of Shelbyville, was promoted to Police Investigator IV. Trooper John Mull, formerly of Waldron, was also promoted.

Kim and Janet (Stohry) Stillabower were wed at Lewis Creek Baptist Church.

1992

Local senior citizens debated moving a portion of Shelby Senior Services from W. Washington Street to the old junior high on Second Street. One senior expressed concerns about sharing the building with the parks department and girls club and sharing a restroom with “giggling girls spraying hair spray.”

Waldron spring athletic award winners were Arik Bowen, Lori Jackman, Julie Harker, Melissa Smith, Jennifer Bragg, Andrea Kolkmeier, Jason Runnebohm, Jerry Wilson, Matt Kuhn, Kip Adams, Ryan Grinstead, Chris Yeend, Justin Borton, Patrick Mullins, Matt Fralich, Greg Knarr, Chad Williams, Jared Lux, Brian Harker, Jared Linder, and Andrew Harker.

Terry Hamilton, Hillcrest Drive, was picked by City Council to fill Douglas Brown’s seat on the school board. Brown’s term would end in June. Hamilton previously taught Biology and was a coach at Shelbyville Central Schools.