Looking Back – Oct. 14

Mike Walsh, Columbus East High School senior, holds a woodcut print which won him the first Tom Orr Purchase Award on Oct. 14, 1974.

From The Republic archives

2014

The Hauser High School volleyball team claimed its victory over Waldron 25-13, 25-10, 25-19. An 11-point run, which included a string of aces by Danielle Giles, set the tone for the Jets, who kept the momentum going in the second and third sets.

1999

Phillip Smith, principal trumpeter for the New York Philharmonic, performed with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic as part of the Distinguished Artist Guest Series at Columbus North High School. The philharmonic performed “Two Gershwin Portraits” by Joseph Turrin.

1974

Betsy Apple was crowned Columbus Junior Miss at The Commons, which earned her a spot to participate in the Indiana Junior Miss competition in Frankfort.