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This is the city; Indianapolis, Indiana. The year is 1963.

-McDonalds hamburger, fries, and large Coke: 45 cents.

-Burger Chef; cheeseburger, fries, and a large Coke; 50 cents. (The Big Chef would not appear until 1966.)

-A Big Chief, onion rings, and a Chocolate Coke at the TeePee drive-in; $1.20. (Frisch’s Big Boy platter and a drink were $1.35.)

-A gallon of City Service Ethyl was 26 cents.

-Pack of Lucky Strikes cost 20 cents. (25 cents out of a cigarette machine).

-Movies at a downtown theater (Circle, Lyric, Lowes, Indiana, or Keith) 50 cents (before 6 PM ).

-City bus fare was 20 cents. (2 cents more for a transfer).

-Monthly phone bill: $4.95 (average). “Information” was free.

-P. O. P. (Pay One Price) all day rides at Riverside Amusement Park; $1.00.

-A day of swimming at Longacre Pool; 35 cents. (But you could go to the Garfield Park pool for 15 cents.)

-Pay telephones(Indiana Bell) were black and “boxey” in brown booths(ashtray equipped) with cushioned seats and sliding glass doors.

-A call would cost you 10 cents, but a call to the operator or Information would send your dime clanging back into the coin return.

-Copy of The Indianapolis Times newspaper; 7 cents.

-Half gallon of milk; 25 cents.

-Bouncin’ Bill Baker was spinning the platters on WIBC. The “Emperor” and Jackson “Q” Sundae and Jay Reynolds were three of the WIFE Good Guys.

-Selwin was hosting the Saturday afternoon Tarzan mo vies on WISH-TV Ch. 8

-Sammy Terry was giving us all “pleasant nightmares” on WTTV, Channel 4.

-Wilhelmina followed Sammy with an even worse movie!

-Happy Herb brought us Popeye cartoons from the “poop deck” studio prop at Ch. 4. (Cowboy Bob was still in college; Janie was a Ch . 4 “intern.”)

-David Letterman was a student at Broad Ripple High School.

-Jane Pauley was a student at Warren Central.

-Harlow Hickenlooper and Curley Meyers kept us laughing with the 3 Stooges on Saturday mornings (Ch. 6, at 9:00)

-Dick Summers hosted the Teen Dance Party on Ch. 8.

-You could do the twist at Fox’s Skating Rink, or at The Whiteland Barn.

-Herman Hoglebogle was fixing problems for readers of The Indianapolis News. (Herman was created by Tom Johnson, a graduate of Broad Ripple High School, 1951)

-The Hinkle Fieldhouse, the State Fair Coliseum, and Clowes Hall were the Biggest, the best, and considered “state of the art”.

-Debbie Drake was leading the morning exercises on Ch. 8. Jack Lalane was doing the same on Ch. 6.

-Frances Farmer hosted the Channel 6 late afternoon movie on WFBM TV (6)

-Ruth Lyons 50 / 50 Club took up 2 hours from 12 Noon to 2:00 pm on WLW-I Ch. 13.

-There were no Country music radio stations in town. There were many German language radio programs but no Spanish language stations.

-FM was strictly for classical or “show tunes.”

-WGEE, 1590 AM played music for “Colored” listeners.

-You could live in Marion County but not be a resident of the city of Indianapolis.

-38th Street was the line between the “haves” (North) and the “have nots” (South).

-Greenwood was considered to be a “hick” town.

-Castleton was a gas station.

-Fishers was a train depot.

-Carmel was a truck stop on Rt. 31.

-Avon was a red flashing stop signal along Rt. 36.

-Eagle Creek was just THAT!

-The “max” was dinner at the King Cole Restaurant, and a show at the Embers on the North Meridian “strip” of upscale night life.

-“Dream proms” were held at the Indiana Roof, and dinner at the Key West Shrimp House or at Brody’s”.(21st &Arlington)

-Greyhound and Trailways buses came and went from the Traction Terminal (old Interurban) shed on W. Market St..

-You could catch a train to Chicago about once every hour at Union Station. ($12.00 round trip)

-You could fly out on a TWA “jet” airliner at “Weir Cook Municipal Airport.”

-You got your prescriptions filled at Hooks, Haags, or Rexall drug stores.

-You got groceries at Kroger, Standard, or Marsh supermarkets. (or at Porky Lane).

-Interstate 465 was a short 4 lane “highway” that served only to connect you to the “big” State and National Routes.

-No cable; No Internet; No wireless; No self-serve; No drive-thrus; No ATM’s.

These things are so cool to read. I lived in Ft.Wayne on Cook Road off of Coliseum in the 80's while working as a design engineer at ITT. It was only for a short time; I moved there from Van Wert , Ohio and was blown away by all the stuff to do compared to living in a little town like Van Wert, which was not really that far away, but it seemed to be like a different world when you drove from Van Wert, which was on daylight saving time and Ft. Wayne was not. This enabled you to have an extra hour in each day during the summer, which was always a treat when you wanted more time to do something fun. I recall much about living in Ft.Wayne and the surrounding towns that made me want to stay and live there permanently. The thing I loved the most was the drive from Ft.Wayne to Indianapolis or to Columbus, Ohio; The farm country is always a beautiful drive during the summer and fall months. The best thing I loved most though, was the people of Indiana, they are probably the nicest I have met in any state in the Union so far. That is why I still go back to a new place I have never visited in Indiana each summer and always find something new that makes for a great memorable vacation. Does anyone have ideas on places to go to that they would recommend for vacations to Indiana? MY favorite so far has been French Lick; been there:done that and loved it!!!!!

a girl from Indiana

Three men from Texas were sitting together one day bragging about how they had given their new wives duties.

The first man had married a woman from Illinois and had told her that she was going to have to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away.

The second man had married a woman from Michigan . He had given his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes, and the cooking. The first day he didn't see any results, but the next day he saw it was better. By the third day, he saw his house was clean, the dishes were done, and there was a huge dinner on the table.

The third man had married a girl from Indiana. He told her that her duties were to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed and hot meals on the table for every meal. He said the first day he didn't see anything, the second day he didn't see anything, but by the third day some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little bit out of his left eye, enough to fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.

I am a born and raised Hoosier, living in Tennessee. My first year in Tennessee I thought I couldn't get used to the heat and all the unknown creatures that lurked about in the house and around me daily and lets not forget the creatures that stuck themselves to my picture window just hanging out and lookin in. Half of them I ve never seen in my life

YUK!

I was finally in a warm climate and no snow , no scraping windows or nose hairs stuck together. Some scenery yeah!!!!!!!!

Well that was 6 yrs ago and what I wouldn't give for some Indiana dirt! Yes, I said dirt! I am a gardener with a pretty good green thumb and I was so excited I could plant in a warm climate. I WAS ready ! As I began to turn the ground I thought how peculiar this color of dirt was and as I weeded(or tried to) I noticed it was pretty chunky and hard so of course a little water to soften things up "NOT"!! It didn't take long to realize this new earth I was tring to cultivate was nothing other than CLAY. I realized this after I wet it and couldn't even lift my feet from where I was standing. Oh and the little spiders lurking about was none other than black widows and brown recluses. Give me a lake ( a real lake not one my husband refers to that is a man made pond)

I have been a camper all my life and I am an outdoor woman but I want to go home, I don't do Southern bugs. At least in Indiana I knew when a mosquito was biting me and if I was fast enough I could kill em, here you have 20 bites through Deet, long pants, sweaters and of course a blanket!  WAIT............................ What happened to the warm climate?

I miss Indiana and when I think of Summer I think of the breezy summer nights and the smell of fresh cut grass. I am from 14 miles East of Notre Dame in a town called Elkhart. Most of my family are there and 2 grandkids I adore. I have realized I can survive the snow ! I know there are prettier sites than Northern Indiana (Parke County,Brown County)

The Southern people are great and I have made wonderful friends  AND i LOVE THE CLIMATE   BUT..................................................

I WANT MY DIRT BACK.....LOL

You all have a better outlook on it than I do I guess...

I have grown up in IN all my life, but my whole family is from the south... Deep south, southern AL, GA, SC, MS, and I have always felt like that is where I belong.  The summers here are ok, fall is beautiful... but I HATE SNOW and winter!!!

I wanted to move pretty soon after I graduated from nursing school, which was just a couple of weeks ago, but I got hired on at Indiana University Hospital on the Organ Transplant Unit, so now I am just going to wait it out at least a year and see how it goes.  I try to have a good outlook on it, and I don't hate it as much as I did.  Oh well!