The Sept. 21, 1964, edition of the Daily Reporter included this photo of homecoming queen candidates at Greenfield High School. Pictured are (from left) Jerri Johnson, senior; Vickie Leonard, senior; Gayle Wade, junior; Kathy Wilson, sophomore; and Joyce Hyatt, freshman. During halftime of the Sept. 26 homecoming game, Johnson was named queen and crowned by quarterback Joe Holzhausen. The Tigers defeated Centerville 56-0.
Sept. 18
In 1997, an 89-year-old man was injured when the golf cart he was driving collided with a motorcycle at U.S. 52 and Bittner Road in New Palestine. The New Palestine High School marching band was ushered off the school parking lot to make room for a medical helicopter to land.
Sept. 19
In 1914, a Hancock County woman sued a county man, saying they had agreed in 1909 to marry each other and she had remained single waiting for him to be ready. The man had married another woman, and the plaintiff was seeking $5,000 in damages for alleged breach of marriage contract. In February 1915, a jury found for the defendant.
Sept. 20
In 1988, a Republican caucus chose Ed Gill to fill a seat on Greenfield City Council. The seat had been vacated by Beverly Gard when she was appointed to the Indiana Senate following a senator’s resignation.
Sept. 21
In 1906, the cornerstone was laid as First Presbyterian Church began a new building at the corner of South and Pennsylvania streets in Greenfield. The cost of the project was $24,000. The church closed in July 2020.
Sept. 22
In 1977, a Laotian refugee family celebrated one year in in Greenfield and the recent arrival of more family members in a party sponsored by the Greenfield Ministerial Association at Bradley United Methodist Church.
Sept. 23
In 1913, Sugar Creek township voters decided, 278-127, to keep a saloon out of township limits for two more years. Turnout for the vote appeared high — 38 votes shy of the 1912 general election. This being 1913, all of the voters would have been men.
Sept. 24
In 1967, Greenfield police arrested four teenage boys who admitted sniffing glue and entering a church, where they drank the sacramental wine. Officers found one boy in a nearby cornfield, two walking along Jefferson Boulevard and the fourth at Burger Chef.
