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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

Showing of 115 results for Elkhartans.

ID	78919
Title of Article	Accused fraudster seeks permission to work
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Charles Ray Smith
Date	Apr 07, 2022
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Fraud, Elkhartans

ID	78764
Title of Article	'Feel like I'm 25 again'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ashley Sipocz and John Contreras
Date	Mar 24, 2022
Page	A10, A9
Subjects	Organ Transplants, Elkhartans

ID	78428
Title of Article	'Devastating Experience'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Nina Domricheva
Date	Mar 19, 2022
Page	A8
Subjects	Elkhartans, Ukraine, Russia

ID	77956
Title of Article	Helen Paoletti turns 100 years old
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Helen Paoletti
Date	Feb 24, 2022
Page	A6
Subjects	Elkhartans, Centenarian

ID	77447
Title of Article	Elkhart woman wins $2M in Powerball
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Angela Garza
Date	Jan 29, 2022
Page	A1, A9
Subjects	Hoosier Lottery, Elkhartans

ID	48271
Title of Article	Elkhartans anticipate Lerner's opening
Notes	Truth editorial column
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 26, 2011
Page	A4
Subjects	Elco/Lerner Theatre Renovation Project (2009-2011), Lerner Theatre, Downtown Elkhart Redevelopment, Theaters

ID	44484
Title of Article	Elkhartans honored for leadership
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 4, 2010
Page	A3
Subjects	Cogan, Deloris, Bontrager, Sandra, Indiana Torchbearer Award

ID	7252
Title of Article	Elkhartans give game woman's touch
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	February 2, 2004
Page	B6
Subjects	Indiana Toll Road, Glanders, Larra, White, Barb

ID	1675
Title of Article	Elkhartans attend bittersweet party for Olympic rowing crew
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	August 4, 1996
Page	A1
Subjects	U.S. Rowing Womenâ€™s Olympic Team

ID	31404
Title of Article	Elkhartans asked to give input
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 6, 1996
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart Park Foundation

ID	13155
Title of Article	Dare to dream, Elkhartans told
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo
Date	August 23, 1995
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart Centre, Inc.

ID	29049
Title of Article	Elkhartans who sprinkle lawns won't get soaked
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 23, 1995
Page	B1
Subjects	Elkhart City Water Works, Water and Sewer Utilities

ID	30576
Title of Article	Ex-Elkhartans give millions to university.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	March 30, 1994
Page	B8
Subjects	Wright, Fred

ID	74776
Title of Article	Elkhartans celebrate a heritage
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	community choir
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jan 19, 1993
Page	B1, B5
Subjects	King, Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorials, Demonstrations, Elkhart Black Expo

ID	11496
Title of Article	Elkhartans' views on violence prompt action
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	August 19, 1992
Page	A1
Subjects	Crime

ID	14228
Title of Article	Elkhartans are planning a model development
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo
Date	June 28, 1990
Page	B1
Subjects	Elkhart Regatta

ID	86814
Title of Article	Energetic Elkhartans invited to take a hike
Notes	Elkhart envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Bill Myers, Sandy Geiser, Diana Lawson, Jim McNeile, Bob Giel
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 23, 1989
Subjects	Elkhart, Tourism, Parks, Elkhart Historic and Cultural Preservation Commission

ID	7722
Title of Article	A unique personality
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of subject
Date	February 22, 1987
Page	A. M. Edition
Subjects	Chester, John R., Elkhartans

ID	23533
Title of Article	Elkhartans given awards
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	July 16, 1986
Page	A2
Subjects	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

ID	12406
Title of Article	Few Elkhartans felt quake
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 1, 1986
Page	A1
Subjects	Earthmovers Landfill

ID	35817
Title of Article	Winning work of ex-Elkhartan
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	May 8, 1984
Page	21
Subjects	Steele, Ralph

ID	84986
Title of Article	Mayor-Elect Perron Pledges: Won't Let Elkhartans Down
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Cheering Democrats, Anthony Palmero; James P. Perron, Helen Perron
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Nov 09, 1983
Page	1
Subjects	Perron, James (Mayor), Elections, Politicians

ID	10601
Title of Article	Columbia flight of special note to Elkhartans
Notes	Allen, Joseph P. envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Joe Allen
Date	October 11, 1982
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Page	1
Subjects	Allen, Joseph P., Space Shuttles, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

ID	26473
Title of Article	'Spirits' stirred early Elkhartans to action.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 13, 1982
Page	5
Subjects	Temperance

ID	101008
Title of Article	Elkhartans Score At Black Expo
Notes	Black Expo, Elkhart envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jun 23, 1980
Subjects	Elkhart Black Expo, Clubs/Organizations, Awards

ID	81145
Title of Article	Elkhartans Assured Flight Service
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 01, 1980
Subjects	Air Wisconsin Airlines, Transportation, Business

ID	27327
Title of Article	Elkhartans assured flight service
Notes	Article contains passenger counts.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 31, 1980
Page	21
Subjects	Transportation, Airplanes

ID	101688
Title of Article	2 Elkhartans Florida-Bound For Bake-Off
Notes	Bake-Off, Florida envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Margaret Weiss; Evelyn White
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 14, 1979

ID	90046
Title of Article	Inflation Is Worst Problem, Brademas Tells Elkhartans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Aug 28, 1978
Page	15
Subjects	Brademas, John, Politicians, Economy, Politics and Government

ID	11759
Title of Article	Who is Dolly Dare?
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of Belva Willi Lloyd
Date	October 22, 1977
Subjects	Dare, Dolly, Lloyd, Belva Willi, Elkhartans

ID	85460
Title of Article	Elkhartans Make Pleas Of Guilty
Notes	Courts - Criminal Cases envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Sep 14, 1977
Subjects	Courts, Crime

ID	99564
Title of Article	Elkhartans Remember Fog At Canary Island Airport
Notes	Airplanes - Crashes & Emergencies envelope. Tenerife airport disaster
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 30, 1977
Subjects	Airplanes, Airports

ID	15863
Title of Article	Coffee prices raised dander of Elkhartans in 1904, too
Notes	Elkhart Truth - Elkhart Mayors Series envelope. 14th mayor (1902-1909)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	McNaughton Park Chautauqua (1907-08)
Date	March 26, 1977
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Page	A.M. section, p. 10
Subjects	Greene, Charles T. (1 mayor of Elkhart, 1902-1909), Mayors, Elkhart, City's Mayors Series, Chautauquas

ID	38512
Title of Article	Elkhartans Rank High In Purchasing Power
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	chart
Date	August 23, 1976
Subjects	Economy, Income

ID	5561
Title of Article	Elkhartan invents dredge
Notes	The STUMP
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of George Batchelder & invention
Date	April 29, 1975
Subjects	Batchelder, George, Inventors, Elkhartans

ID	43672
Title of Article	[Rep. John Brademas thanks Elkhartans]
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of telegraph acceptance ceremony with Rep. John Brademus, Arthur J. Decio & Mayor Daniel Hayes
Date	March 18, 1975
Subjects	Bicentennial, Decio, Arthur J., Ford, Gerald R. (38th President), Brademas, John

ID	96493
Title of Article	Bayh, Lugar Face Elkhartans
Notes	Political Campaigns envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Oct 03, 1974
Page	1, 29
Subjects	Political Campaigns, Bayh, Birch, Lugar, Richard G., Politics and Government

ID	77418
Title of Article	'For The Good of The Country,' Say Elkhartans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Aug 09, 1974
Subjects	Presidents, United States, Politics and Government, Politicians

ID	38723
Title of Article	Elkhartans present case for keeping rail facilities
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart County History File
Date	March 12, 1974
History #	286
Subjects	Railroads, Abandoned, Elkhart & Western Railroad (E & W)

ID	11816
Title of Article	Salem College honors Elkhartans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of Arthur J. Decio & Leif Juhl
Date	January 9, 1974
History #	1089b
Subjects	Decio, Arthur J., Juhl, Leif, Juhl Advertising

ID	7898
Title of Article	Elkhartans ask state charter to form third bank in city
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	October 24, 1972
History #	1389
Subjects	Citizens Northern Bank, Banks and Banking, Business

ID	29818
Title of Article	Visitors appreciate Elkhartans' hospitality
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Enrique Boy, Oscar Raggio, Julius Fodor & Rod Smith
Date	February 3, 1972
Subjects	Olympics, Handball, Olympics

ID	29821
Title of Article	Elkhartans hosts to handballers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo
Date	February 3, 1972
Page	13
Subjects	Olympics, Handball, Olympics

ID	73540
Title of Article	Elkhartans hosts to handballers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kiwanis Club greet Argentinian Olympic team
Date	October 2, 1972

ID	79894
Title of Article	Elkhartans Donate Instruments For School Children In Haiti
Notes	The Selmer Company (1970s)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Lloyd Hartzler; William Petersen
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Apr 29, 1971
Subjects	Selmer Co., The, Donations, Musical Instrument Industry

ID	29184
Title of Article	Elkhartans likely to see last passenger train Friday
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Charles B. Berkshire & Robert Berkshire
Date	April 26, 1971
Page	1
Subjects	Penn Central Railroad, Railroads

ID	85587
Title of Article	Two Elkhartans In Court On Fight Charges
Notes	Elkhart High School envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Nov 23, 1968
Subjects	Elkhart High School, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Court

ID	74284
Title of Article	Robert F. Kennedy - A Full Life
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe Kennedy Jr; John F. Kennedy; Edward Kennedy; Robert Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Pope Paul VI; Elkhartans during Elkhart visit
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jun 06, 1968
Page	18
Subjects	Kennedy, Robert F., Kennedy, John F., Politicians

ID	74645
Title of Article	Elkhartans Comment On King Assassination, Rights Bill
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Lenny Burgess; Nick Ambrose; Bill West; Lauren Friesen; Glen Ware; Mrs. Ware; Don Murray
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Apr 17, 1968
Subjects	King, Martin Luther, Jr., Crime, Peace Issues, Racism

ID	72268
Title of Article	Elkhartans To Be Honored By American Chemists Group
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Alfred Free; Helen Free
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Oct 25, 1967
Subjects	Scientists, Free, Alfred and Helen, Awards, Ames Company, Inc.