April 9
In 1879, the first Greenfield High School commencement took place at the Masonic Hall.
In 1889, Lodge 215 of the Fraternal Order of Knights of Pythias was established in New Palestine with 25 charter members.
April 10
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In 1912, Greenfield city treasurer D.H. Ellis claimed Mayor Ora Myers had never been mayor of Greenfield. Their dispute originated over pay Myers had not received while he was away on vacation. Ellis claimed Myers had not met procedural steps for being mayor of a fifth-class city, as Greenfield was classified at the time.
April 11
In 1828, forty-one days after Hancock County’s founding, Greenfield was chosen as the county seat.
April 12
In 1917, a new high school building was dedicated in Maxwell. A big basket dinner was followed by a program of readings and music.
In 1960, Greenfield Mayor Clifford Fields said as long as the Community Fire Truck Association equipment was housed in the Greenfield station, it would answer all rural fire calls. Fields said the city fire department had taken blame for rural calls the association would not answer to non-members. He said he had approached Center Township Trustee Donald Hunt about extending fire service to the rest of Center Township and that Hunt was interested.
April 13
In 1871, John William “Will” Vawter, longtime illustrator for poet James Whitcomb Riley’s works, was born in Boone County, West Virginia.
April 14
In 1927, the Daily Reporter noted that the Indiana State Highway Commission had begun condemnation proceedings against three landowners for strips of land along Brookville Road (now also known as U.S. 52) for the purpose of reconstruction. The landowners and officials had been unable to agree upon purchase prices for the land, and the proceedings called for third-party appraisals to help settle the matter.
April 15
In 1850, Greenfield’s council met for the first time.
In 1957, court-appointed viewers filed a report with the Hancock County clerk stating that the cost estimate for a proposed drainage project to relieve flooding in Weston Village, on the southwest side of Greenfield, would be $79,148.
