What was making news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers these South Bend Tribune newspaper excerpts to give you an idea.
March 29, 1905: “The Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Lumberman’s association is holding its fifth annual meeting at the Oliver hotel today, and about 100 well known dealers from several states are present.”
March 30, 1911: “A high tension switchboard in the South Bend plant of the Indiana & Michigan Electric company caught fire early this forenoon and burned. It is supposed a ground caused the difficulty. The company succeeded in keeping the factories of the city using electric power in operation, but the accident caused great inconvenience to street cars and to many of the smaller users of current, which were out of operation for about 40 minutes.”
March 31, 1926: “At some of the lake resorts of southern Michigan where South Bend families have cottages the summer community church is found or is being planned, with the result that a score of faiths may combine for Sunday religious worship, thus removing for some the necessity of the Sunday drive back to the city.”
April 1, 1933: “Thousands of citizens of South Bend and the St. Joseph valley, undaunted by overcast skies, gathered along flag-bedecked Michigan street this afternoon to witness the ‘Big Parade’ of civic pride and determination. Not only was the evation of these thousands, many of whom came from nearby cities and towns for the event, a manifestation of their confidence in Sauth Bend but a glorious tribute to Studebaker, the city’s key industry and oldest manufacturer of vehicles in the world.”
April 2, 1941: “Many persons in South Bend Tuesday night observed a bright star shining almost between the two horns of the new moon’s crescent in the western sky. Later the dark portion of the moon completely hid the star.”
April 3, 1950: “The South Bend police department pistol team Sunday added two new trophies to its already crowded trophy case. The team won the Indiana state championship in the national guard armory in Indianapolis in a tournament sponsored by the Indiana State Pistol association.”
April 4, 1969: “Niles – Ron Sanders set a new South Bend Clay High School record for the pole vault here Thursday afternoon as the Colonials opened their outdoor track season with a 63 1-3 to 54 2-3 victory over Niles. Sanders vaulted 12 feet 7 inches to break his own former mark of 12-6, established last year.”
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: 1941: Hide and Seek Game in Heavens Viewed Here in South Bend
