Archive for February 2022
Thomas A. Branum Sr
March 6, 1937 – Feb. 7, 2022 Thomas A. Branum Sr., 84, of Fishers, passed away on Mon., Feb. 7, 2022, at Riverview Health in Noblesville. He was born on March 6, 1937 to Delmer and Margaret (Gregg) Branum in Clinton, Ind. Mr. Branum grew up in Parke County, Ind. and graduated from Rosedale High…
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Noblesville’s Phyllis Davis loved playing her music
Phyllis Davis was a tradition at the Hamilton County 4-H Fair Queen Pageant and Fashion Revue for more than 50 years. We could always count on seeing her smiling face as she was playing the piano. The Noblesville woman never used any sheet music but played the songs by heart. “I’ve loved it, and the…
Read MoreDaily Almanac: Feb. 09, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset RISE: 7:48 a.m. SET: 6:16 p.m. High/Low Temperatures High: 40 °F Low: 30 °F Wacky Holiday Today • Chocolate Day • Read in the Bathtub Day • Pizza Pie Day What Happened On This Day • 1964 The Beatles embark on their first tour in the United States • 1969 The Boeing 747 flies…
Read MoreSnow Buddies Business
Ah, alas, the first big snowfall of the year. I love standing on my deck in the tranquil dawning of a new snowstorm, watching the horizontal white blur layer the yard in its downy nuzzle. The quietude of the swirling milky crystals is dis-turbed solely by the howling wind, whose turbulence kicks snow into big…
Read MoreRevisiting R. C. Foland, Lucy Washington And The 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic
I’ve got some reader feedback to catch up on! After the column about R. C. (Roland) Foland’s Polar Bear activities ran, Marilyn Conner and Larry Cloud both brought up local attorney Arvin Foland, who died just a few years ago. Marilyn wondered if the two men were related. They were — Arvin was R. C.…
Read MoreRiverview Health Chosen For Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Study To Help Veterans
Riverview Health Wound Care has been chosen to partner with Indiana Department of Health and Purdue University to participate in a new program to study hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans. During HBOT, patients lie down in a clear acrylic chamber allowing staff to…
Read More‘What’s In Your Attic?’ Program Is Open To Public
What heirlooms, novelties, antiques or uniques are stashed away inside your attic or other storage spaces? Author Donna Cronk asked this question of herself when she climbed her attic’s pull-down ladder during the 2020. What she found among the old prom dresses, letters, tap shoes, and childhood toys were more than treasures—they were reminders of…
Read MoreBette Ackerman
Oct. 17, 1929 – Feb. 3, 2022 Bette Ackerman, 92, of Lapel, passed away Thu., Feb. 3, 2022, at Community Hospital of Anderson following , a brief illness. She was born Oct. 17, 1929, in Lapel, Ind. to Bruno Troutman and Hazel (Gwinn) Troutman. Mrs. Ackerman graduated from Lapel High School 1947, and Anderson College…
Read MoreWayne Eugene Caldwell
Nov. 2, 1923 – Feb. 2, 2022 Wayne Eugene Caldwell, 98, of Fishers, passed away peacefully on Wed., Feb. 2, 2022, at the Prairie Lakes Health Campus. Mr. Caldwell was born to Robin Vernon and Cora Helena Fischer Caldwell in Clay Center, Kansas on Nov. 2, 1923. He attended elementary schools in Longford and South…
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