Friday, April 29, 2022

Graduation Day at Howe High School--1948

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      315 seniors from Thomas Carr Howe High School gathered on the evening of May 28, 1948, for their graduation ceremony. There had been a...
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Parties Along Both Spencer Avenue and Audubon Road in 1947

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      Howe High School student, Phyllis Halcomb, cultivated many friendships during her tenure in the school from the mid to late-1940s. In ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

From the Scrapbook of a T.C. Howe High School Student

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          Phyllis Halcomb, the daughter of Oscar and Mary King Halcomb, was very involved at Thomas Carr Howe High School before graduating ...
Monday, March 7, 2022

Milroy Family Moved to Irvington

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      For the first twenty-five years of their marriage, Russell and Leona Harton resided in the village of Milroy in southern Rush County. ...
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Friday, March 4, 2022

Blizzard of 1961

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      Hundreds of high school basketball fans gathered in gymnasiums across the state of Indiana for sectional tournaments on Saturday night...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Sounds of a Mandolin on Irvington Avenue

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      Howard Caldwell, Sr. stopped by the Felt home at 64 North Irvington Avenue to serenade Elsie Felt. Both had been students at Butler Un...
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Friday, February 11, 2022

Pioneering Black Suffragist Lived in Irvington

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      On June 19 and 20, 1916, women from all over the state of Indiana gathered during a convention to hear the keynote speaker and the pre...