Jan. 31
In 1965, Bishop Kenneth E. Brown launched Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Greenfield with his family and eight other people.
In 1979, students and staff of Charlottesville Elementary and Wilkinson Elementary moved into the new Eastern Hancock Elementary.
Feb. 1
In 1988, portions of downtown Fortville remained blocked off after the second-story ceiling at 225 S. Main St. collapsed the night before, sending debris onto cars parked nearby.
Feb. 2
In 1958, a 22-year-old Greenfield woman was dragged from a car stopped at the northeast corner of State and Main streets and stabbed. Her 32-year-old estranged husband was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill.
Feb. 3
In 1936, Hancock County Commissioners awarded a contract to Conklin Lumber Co. to adapt the third floor of the courthouse to accommodate women jurors. Lack of quarters for female jurors was cited as the reason none had been called to serve on a grand or petit jury in the county; making the arrangements picked up speed after the Indiana Supreme Court reversed a ruling in a criminal case because no women were part of the jury.
Feb. 4
In 1988, more than 80 Mt. Comfort Elementary School fifth-graders, members of the school’s Just Say No Club, went to an Indiana Pacers game attended by First Lady Nancy Reagan.
Feb. 5
In 1866, the Walpole Post Office’s name was changed to Fortville Post Office.
Feb. 6
In 1997, Greenfield Parks Board voted in favor of a recommendation from parks superintendent Clark Ketchum that park land donated to the city be at least three acres. Ketchum suggested the measure amid developers submitting subdivision plans that included “park land” on smaller parcels, such as half an acre. “If it’s less than three acres they may as well keep it as a subdivision park,” he said, rather than placing it under his department’s jurisdiction. The board’s affirmative vote sent the measure to the city plan commission.
In 2011, Faithway Baptist Church had its first service in Greenfield after selling its previous building in Indianapolis. Two people were baptized.
