Eastern Hancock High School cheerleaders won a state title in 2019. Squad members were Corina Jennings, Macy Holzhausen, Sydney Janes, Corinne White, Abby Redmon, Gracie Beaudry, Austyn Sutton, Haylee Craney, Hannah Lambert, Halie Corbett, Madelyn Gaylord and Cameron Koch.
Nov. 8
In 1912, a freight train switching a car struck and killed an 83-year-old Greenfield woman at the East Street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad. She was returning to her home after delivering a basket of fruit to a friend. Friends and family said the woman was hard of hearing and had had close calls in the past.
Nov. 9
In 2016, former Hancock County resident Kevin Duane “Yogi” Ferrell Jr. made his National Basketball Association debut for the Brooklyn Nets, coming off the bench to contribute five points in a 110-96 loss to the New York Knicks. The former Indiana University star later signed with the Dallas Mavericks and several other NBA teams. He now plays for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association.
In 2019, Eastern Hancock High School cheerleaders won a state title in the Varsity D category at the Indiana Association of School Principals’ Cheer Championship at New Castle High School.
In 2019, Greenfield-Central High School’s Cougar Pride Marching Band won the first state band championship in school history by placing first in Class B at the Indiana State School Music Association’s Marching Band State Finals at Lucas Oil Stadium. There was no competition in 2020 amid COVID, but the band would return in 2021 with another championship.
Nov. 10
In 1954, Maxwell School convened at 2:30 p.m. for a night-session school day designed to allow parents more opportunity to visit the school. The event was planned to coincide with American Education Week. Classes dismissed at 8 p.m. Because of that late dismissal, the school day began one hour later the next day.
In 1987, Hancock County Democrats filed a request to recount votes in a Greenfield City Council race that saw Republican incumbent Joyce McClain win by five votes over Democratic challenger Gary Evans. Ten days later, Hancock Superior Judge Richard Payne dismissed the motion for a recount, indicating Democrats had not met legal requirements for filing the request.
Nov. 11
In 2008, the Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal opened at Indianapolis International Airport, honoring the World War I flying ace who was born in Wilkinson. Cook died March 25, 1943, in the South Pacific during World War II. He was 50.
Nov. 12
In 1979, Mt. Vernon School Board voted to close and raze the Fortville Elementary School building in downtown Fortville when Mt. Vernon Elementary School opened. Years later, the Fortville Elementary name was given to a school building on County Road 200 West, north of Mt. Vernon High School.
Nov. 13
In 1973, a bridge over Little Sugar Creek at County Road 400N collapsed into the creek when a cement truck crossed it.
Nov. 14
In 1902, George and Fannie Andis’ only child, a son, was born and died. Believing her son might have survived if there had been a hospital near, Fannie Andis later advocated for and donated toward one; Hancock County Memorial Hospital was established in 1951.
In 1908, the cornerstone for the Carnegie library on North Street in Greenfield was laid during a snow storm with “brief but impressive” ceremonies. Among the items placed in a box inside was a copy of the Daily Reporter. Greenfield Public Library was later located at 700 N. Broadway St. In 2005, by then Hancock County Public Library, the library moved to its current location at 900 W. McKenzie Road.
In 1973, Irving Materials Inc. purchased in an auction the hand-crafted black walnut desk where James Whitcomb Riley wrote many of his poems. It was taken to the Riley Home on Main Street.
