New Palestine High School softball player Michelle Parks (left) helps teammate Michelle Matthews with her state championship medal after it fell off during the team’s celebration. The team won the Class 3A state championship on June 12, 2004, defeating West Lafayette 5-1.
June 5
In 1967, authorities said they had broken up two “wild teen-age drinking parties” near Greenfield over the weekend, one in a woods and the other in an empty house. Sheriff Robert Sebastian said officers found alcohol, abandoned blankets and clothes, and left-behind purses, some of which held birth control pills. He said he believed about 40 attended the party in the woods, although some were 21 or older. No arrests were made.
June 6
In 1944, local contractor Gordon Johnson was part of the D-Day invasion at Normandy. Forty years later he and his wife appeared in Europe as part of a “Good Morning America” telecast marking the anniversary.
June 7
In 1960, Angela Ahrendts, a New Palestine High School graduate who later became senior vice president of retail and online stores for Apple, was born.
June 8
In 1917, the Rev. B.O. Hufford of Shirley was selected as the Prohibition candidate for Sixth District Congressman. He was nominated by acclamation at the district convention in New Castle.
In 2019, New Palestine High School’s softball team achieved a Class 3A state title three-peat, defeating Hoosier Heritage Conference foe Yorktown 10-0 at Purdue University. The win brought the program its sixth state title (2004, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019). Senior Emily O’Connor won the statewide Mental Attitude Award for Class 3A, following Dragons Alyssa Marcum in 2008, Sara Evans in 2009, Elisha Barker in 2017 and Miss Softball Ashley Prange in 2018.
In 2021, the New Orleans Saints signed former Mt. Vernon High School (and later Cathedral High School) football player Pete Werner to a four-year contract.
June 9
In 2018, New Palestine High School’s softball team defended its Class 3A state title, defeating South Bend St. Joseph 3-1 at Purdue University. The win brought the program its fifth state title (2004, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018). Senior Ashley Prange won the statewide Mental Attitude Award for Class 3A, following Dragons Alyssa Marcum in 2008, Sara Evans in 2009 and Elisha Barker in 2017.
June 10
In 1986, the former interurban station at 201 E. Main St. was demolished, one of several buildings in the area to be razed to make way for a new Hancock County Jail.
In 2008, New Palestine High School’s softball team captured the Class 3A state title, the program’s second, defeating Jasper 4-0 at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. Senior Alyssa Marcum won the statewide Mental Attitude Award.
In 2017, New Palestine High School’s softball team captured the Class 3A state title, the program’s fourth (2004, 2008, 2009, 2017), defeating Kankakee Valley 13-6 at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. Senior Elisha Barker won the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s Class 3A Mental Attitude Award, following Dragons Alyssa Marcum in 2008 and Sara Evans in 2009.
June 11
In 1990, Greenfield Planning Commission gave primary plat approval to an 18-acre industrial park on the south side of New Road, a quarter-mile west of State Road 9. The project by Greenwalt Development included an office complex and warehouse buildings.
