She first gained public notice as a piano soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at age 12. She later endured the tragic deaths of both her father and her husband Frank McKinney Jr. in separate airplane crashes.
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Out of the past
December 29, 1895
The results of the civil service examination held a few weeks ago have been posted in the lobby of the post office. The results give the grades as follows: for carriers, Charles W. Nessler, 89; Herbert R. Bell, 83.93; George W. Miller, 80.08; H. Apple, 78.38; for clerks, Weber A. Hussey, 83.38, and Myrtle I. Hall, 80.05.
The Kindergarten Club will give a dance in the Timeus Hall on the south side of the square on New Year’s Eve.
100 years ago
December 29, 1920
The Shelby County Farm Bureau has adopted a resolution, addressed to the Ohio Tax Commission, protesting the proposed reappraisements of real estate. The resolution maintains that unsettled conditions make it impossible to make an accurate appraisal at this time. It cited the sale of a local farm at auction recently for $11,500 which had been appraised in 1910 for $14,000.