Clayton resident Alexis Halcomb holds 2-week-old Zayden Cravens with his turtle cape at Franciscan Health Indianapolis Women and Children’s Center in 2017.
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News from around Johnson County as reported on Oct. 26 in the pages of the Daily Journal and the Franklin Evening Star from the last 111 years.
On this day in 2017, one of the stories on the front page of the Daily Journal was about local Girl Scouts making costumes for NICU babies.
“Tiny superheroes slumbered throughout the Franciscan Health Indianapolis’ neonatal intensive care unit,” the story began.
One baby, dressed as Batman, was held in his mother’s arms. Another child had a green cape decorated like a turtle. Harper Graham, a 4-week-old baby, wore a ladybug cape.
Even the babies in the NICU had a chance to celebrate Halloween, thanks to some service-minded Girl Scouts from Greenwood.
“We thought it might bring joy to the parents to see their children in these costumes, that there were people who put thought into the making them for their babies,” said Nicole Schneider, a member of Girl Scout Troop 341. “It makes me feel really happy that we’re bringing joy to families and bringing them hope.”
Members of Troop 341, based at Our Lady of the Greenwood Catholic Church, had spent more than a month designing and decorating minuscule costumes for babies. Using felt and glue, the girls made a variety of designs, from Wonder Woman to a bee to butterflies.
Their hope was to bring some joy to a stressful and difficult time for new parents, said Robbie Schneider, one of the leaders of Troop 341.
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Other memorable Johnson County stories from this day
1963
The Whiteland Herald, a weekly newspaper that among other things was meant to improve relations between Whiteland and New Whiteland, ceased publication.
1943
An orchestra made up of Italian prisoners of war at Camp Atterbury had been organized by a state teacher.
1923
The Henderson Drug Company came into existence a day earlier after W.B. McCullough, Franklin’s oldest businessman, sold his drug store to J.M. Henderson.
