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7 unusual facts about Muncie


Emil Bildilli

Bildilli took a job with the fire department in Muncie, Indiana after retiring from Major League baseball, and played semi-professionally.

Marsh Supermarkets

After the war ended, Ermal expanded his store into "Marsh Foodliners" and created the first supermarket in Muncie.

Founded in 1931 in Muncie, the company went public in 1953 and has since grown to 97 locations.

Peter J. McArdle

Peter J. McArdle (1874-1940) also known as P.J. McArdle was originally from Muncie, Indiana but moved to Western Pennsylvania by 1905.

Pizza King

Pizza King Indiana, of Muncie, Indiana, a chain of more than 40 pizzerias founded by two brothers

Pontiac 6000

1984–1986 Muncie 4-speed manual w/overdrive (only available on 2.5 L 4-cyl & 4.3 L diesel)

Rustle the Leaf

In late June 2004 Wright and Ponce began meeting in Muncie, Indiana several evenings each week to discuss the Rustle the Leaf project, and to develop a new creative direction for the strip.


Alexander Caldwell

Caldwell died in Kansas City, Missouri in 1917, and is interred at Mount Muncie Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Alvin M. Owsley

In 1941, Owsley started work for his father-in-law, Frank Ball, at the Ball Brothers' Glass Manufacturing Company, first in Muncie, Indiana and in 1944 moving to Dallas, Texas where he retired as vice president.

Bill Shirk

Shirk was the Station Manager, Sales Manager, Program Director, Production Manager and Afternoon Disc Jockey on WERK Radio, in Muncie, Indiana from 1968 to 1972.

Bruce A. Chadwick

He also co-authored many works on Muncie, Indiana as part of the Middletown Studies with Howard M. Bahr and Theodore Caplow such as All Faithful People: Continuity and Change in the Middletown Region and Recent Social Trends in the United States: 1960-1990.

Delaware Crossing

Grinter Place, a house on the US National Register of Historic Places above the Kansas River in the Muncie neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas.

Don Shondell

Shondell is the father of Dave Shondell, the present head Women's Volleyball coach at Purdue University, John, who is Dave's assistant at Purdue University, and Steve, who is the former Girls Volleyball coach at Muncie Burris High School where he had accumulated over 1,000 wins.

First Merchants Corporation

First Merchants Corporation (Nasdaq FRME) is a regional financial holding company with assets of $4.17 billion headquartered in Muncie, Indiana, comprising a bank, with 79 locations throughout Ohio and Indiana, a trust company, and a multi-line insurance company.

Hartford City, Indiana

(Ball State is named for the Ball brothers, who made much of their fortune with the Ball Corporation in the same Indiana Gas Boom that boosted Hartford City.) Muncie is also home to Ivy Tech State College-East Central.

I Don't Play That

In "Armed and Famous," Jackson was documented undergoing basic training and serving as a reserve officer for Muncie, Indiana's police department.

Linnaeus N. Hines

Linnaeus Hines became the president of Indiana State University at Terre Haute and its Eastern Division at Muncie on October 1, 1921.

Muncie River Monsters

On their web show, the Dayton Silverbacks announced the River Monsters would be joining the CIFL, moving to Muncie, and retaining the River Monsters name.

My Name Is Jerry

by Clothespin Films LLC, in association with the Institute for Digital Entertainment and Education at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

New Venture Gear

Operation and management of Chrysler's New Process Gear Syracuse, New York plant and GM's underutilized Muncie, Indiana Hydramatic transmission plant were shifted to New Venture Gear Company.

Tracy L. Gorman

Rev. Gorman has worked at the following churches: First Church of the Nazarene, Decatur, Illinois; Real Life Community Church, Portage, Indiana; Southside Church of the Nazarene, Richmond, Virginia; First Church of the Nazarene, Washington, Pennsylvania; New Life Church, Newburgh, Indiana; and Southside Church of the Nazarene, Muncie, Indiana.

Willis Page

He was also the associate conductor in Buffalo, New York, where he conducted three quarters of all concerts and has been guest conductor for several orchestras including the Boston Pops Orchestra (seven times), Denver, St Louis, Rochester, Hartford, Muncie, Yomiuri, Toronto and Jerusalem.

Yorktown, Indiana

In the mid twentieth century, many residents found employment in automotive plants in nearby Muncie and Anderson, most associated with General Motors.


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