March 2
In 2013, the Mt. Vernon High School girls basketball team won the Class 3A state championship. Mt. Vernon senior Rachel Houck received the Patricia L. Roy Mental Attitude Award for Class 3A.
March 3
In 1957, Faith Lutheran Church in Greenfield formed as a mission congregation with help from Zion Lutheran Church in New Palestine.
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In 1968, the Southern Baptist Chapel of Greenfield was organized as Calvary Southern Baptist Church in a service at the church building on 204 E. North St. The new congregation had been sponsored as a mission of First Baptist Church of Knightstown. Today Calvary Baptist Church meets at 1450 W. Main St.
In 1992, firefighters battled a warehouse fire at D&D Brake Sales for 15 hours. About 250 residents in a one-mile radius were evacuated from their homes.
In 1917, Hancock County Sheriff John Mulvihill and City Marshal William Martin raided the Eagles hall, confiscating 22 cases of beer, 58 pint bottles and less than a gallon of whiskey. It was stored in an upstairs room at the county jail. With Prohibition being in effect during this time, the raid resulted in 11 cases being filed in Circuit Court.
March 4
In 1967, the Daily Reporter noted that in a few days the process would begin to microfilm Hancock County Courthouse records.
In 1993, Eastern Hancock spellers finished first and second at the Hancock County Spelling Bee. Matt Wales, a seventh-grader, earned a return trip to the Central Indiana Regional Spelling Bee by correctly spelling “clandestine.” Erica Powers, a fifth-grader, was runner-up.
March 5
In 1986, a federal grand jury indicted two Hancock County men for allegedly manufacturing $50,000 in counterfeit $20 bills. In documents, U.S. Secret Service agents indicated they believed the movie “To Live and Die in L.A.” might have inspired the incident.
In 1990, railroad owner Tom Allison made official his offer to donate a former Carthage, Knightstown and Shirley Railroad depot to the Town of Shirley. He spoke with town council members during their regular meeting.
March 6
In 1945, Jack Haydock, an 18-year-old U.S. Marine Corps private from Greenfield, suffered a shrapnel would in action on Iwo Jima. He had landed there with the Fourth Marine Division on the third day of the invasion. After his wound he was transferred out to a location not disclosed in the letter the U.S. War Department sent to his parents.
March 7
In 1921, “Riley Days” were observed March 7-8 and featured the premier of the silent film “The Old Swimming Hole,” starring Charles Ray.
March 8
In 1916, votes from the March 7 primary continued to be counted. A story in the Daily Reporter noted, “The canvassing board may not complete their work before midnight tonight and it may be Thursday morning, they say. The official results will not be known until they have counted and placed the second choice votes.” The story also noted the presence of a few Progressive party voters, about five per precinct.
