Stories from Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Beech Grove United Methodist Church will celebrate the 60th anniversary of reopeningthe church on Sunday, March 12. Worship service is at 11 a.m. with a pitch-in dinner to follow. The church was closed for six years before a petition was taken around in 1957 by Hila Brattain and Mary Sholwiler, both deceased, and Helen Knauer, who remains an active member of Beech Grove...

The fifth annual VFW Auxiliary Post 1550 cancer benefit is scheduled for Saturday, March 11 at the Greencastle VFW Post, 819 S. Jackson St. The 5-11 p.m. event is open to the public. All proceeds go the Putnam County Hospital Cancer Clinic. A pulled pork meal with all the trimmings will be served 5-7 p.m. for $8 a plate...