Sept. 11
In 1865, the town of McCordsville was platted by James W. Negley with 35 lots.
In 2001, evening prayer services took place at Brandywine Community Church and Trinity Park United Methodist Church following the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93.
Sept. 12
In 1967, the State Board of Tax Commissioners approved a $1,714,255 appropriation sought by the Mt. Vernon school district for construction of a new high school south of Fortville.
In 1956, Greenfield Postmaster Wayne Crider switched the post office pens from quill and inkwell to “the craze of the nation – the ball point pen,” according to the Sept. 12, 1956, edition of the Daily Reporter. “The reign of the ‘scratchers’ is over and the modern instruments of penmen are to be installed immediately following the funeral services of their predecessors.” The new pens were attached to 2-foot chains to keep them at the post office.
Sept. 13
In 1958, Charlottesville School Principal George Glenn announced that a new grade school building was in use, with two rooms already occupied and the rest expected to be available soon.
Sept. 14
In 1910, Greenfield street lights were dark after a bearing overheated at the electric plant, and a replacement part was not expected for two or three days.
Sept. 15
In 1957, a fire threatened a block of downtown Greenfield businesses but was put out, with the flames burning a rack of topcoats near the front of the Carr-Mac’s men’s clothing store. Manager Keith McClarnon, who nearly 20 years later would become mayor of Greenfield, said the store had recently received a shipment of fall menswear before the blaze. Fire investigators blamed faulty wiring for the fire.
In 2017, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited Eastern Hancock High School, attending an FFA hog roast and the Royals’ football game against Knightstown.
Sept. 16
In 1922, Greenfield Mayor Frank Larrabee sentenced two Indianapolis men to 90 days at the penal farm and charged each $5 and costs after the men were arrested for picking pockets at the Hancock County Fair.
Sept. 17
In 1987, a gathering on the Hancock County Courthouse Plaza was one of many nationwide celebrating the 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution. Girl and Boy Scouts signed a replica of the Constitution to send to Washington, D.C., and pocket-size editions of the Constitution were handed out to the public.
