1964

John Mittendorf, a Wayne Township farmer in Henry County, purchased a 40-head herd of Charolais cattle and will have them at his farm on Greensboro Road near Knightstown.

The seven-foot-high super basket, holding 254 bushes of shelled corn, was specially built as a salute to the Cisnee, Ill., FFA chapter which, last year, produced a record yield of 254 bushels of corn on one area – the highest yield ever recorded in the Corn Belt.

Real estate for sale: 165 acres on blacktop road, good improvements, well fenced, well located for market, schools and churches – Grossman Realtor, Knightstown, Ind.

1974

Martin Hills Ranch complete dispersal sale of Registered Polled Herefords at the ranch located at the south edge of Sale, Ind. Selling 5 herd bulls; 60 cows and calves; 25 cows bred; 10 bred heifers; 30 open heifers; 2 young prospects; CMR Super Plusrol 26; CMR super Plusrol 27. Every animal selling trace to Victor Domino – E.E. and Margaret Ann Martin, owners.

The rural residence of Borden Kircher in Hancock County was burglarized as the family attended church. Taken from the home were some coin collections, two cameras, a radio, cash and a homemade pie – value stolen came to $645.

A bill, passed by the Senate and sent to the White House, will return the nation to Standard Time during the four “winter” months. Passage was by voice vote and without debate. Most of Indiana will remain on year-round EST.

1989

Early snow set records for the earliest and heaviest October blast and delayed even further an already late harvest throughout the Midwest. Indiana and Ohio were blanketed with up to 8 inches, while Kentuckians saw mostly just flurries with little accumulation.

Used trucks for sale: 1982 Dodge 1T, 4-speed, 4WD, low miles, new tires, 400 eng., $5,650; 1987 F250, V8, 4-speed, 4WD, A/C, $8,650; 1985 Chevy C10, 4WD, automatic, A/C, R7150; 1985 F150 King cab, automatic, A/C, new tires, $4,250; many more in stock – Blair Equipment Co., Greensburg, Ind.

Real estate for sale: Grant County, must sell by Nov. 1, 98 acres, 84 tillable, 12 acres of woods, 600 feet of road frontage, no buildings, asking $1,400 an acre. Will take best cast offer over $1,000 an acre by Nov. 1. Located 2.5 miles north of Fairmount, Ind.

2004

A Quarter Horse in Henry County is the first horse in Indiana for 2004 to test positive in a laboratory analysis for the disease caused by the West Nile virus.

Central Indiana beekeeper Tom Eisele of Westfield rents 1,000 hives with up to 30,000 bees each, to farmers for $50 per pollination, to spread pollen in apple orchards, pumpkin and melon patches and blueberry bushes.

More than enough sugar beet farmers have been brought on board to buy Monitor Sugar Co. in order for a planned merger between the company and the Michigan Sugar Co. to go through. The combined company will operate under the name Michigan Sugar.