10 Years
Lonnie Flory, 75, has run the Greyhound bus station at 707 N. Park Avenue for 20 years. The last Greyhound bus to stop in Warsaw will take place Jan. 3, 2006, as the company announced plans to discontinue its Indianapolis to South Bend route, which Warsaw is located on. "I'll miss the bus people."

    Three generations of the Sandborn family participated in the Grace Community Wind Ensemble concert Friday, Nov. 25, under the direction of Martin Becker. Tim, a professor at Grace College; his father, David; and son, Ben, 13.

    Senior Airman Mark Grossman came home on leave to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family after serving in the United Arab of Emeritz. He joined the Air Force in the fall of his senior year at Tippecanoe Valley and left for basic training the week after graduation in 2003. He will show off his new E4 rank.

   25 Years

Rob O'Brian has been appointed Greater Warsaw Chamber of Commerce president, effective Jan. 1. Officials have searched for a new president since May of this year, when Deb Wiggins retired after 11 years. He served for six years at the Muncie/Delaware County Chamber of Commerce.

    The Warsaw Community High School Marching Band performed in the Hoosier Dome Saturday, Nov. 17, in the Bands of America Grand National Championship, scoring 14th in its class and 34th out of 65 high school bands from across the country in the two-day event.

    Denny Hepler was honored with the "Outstanding Community Service Award" by the Indiana Boys and Girls Club Assoc. Susan Bayh was the keynote speaker.

50 Years

Fire broke out about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, at the Leesburg Lumber Co., starting in the main office and quickly spreading through a woodworking shop and storage building. Firemen were hampered by a strong wind and a lack of water after the supply from the town's cisterns became depleted. Tanker trucks from Larwill, Pierceton, Mentone and Burket were summoned to transport water from a gravel pit at the south edge of Leesburg. Fire equipment from all over the county joined in battling the blaze. Winona Lake Fire Chief, Bruce Howe, gave aid to Milford fireman, R.E. Slabaugh, after he was overcome by the heat and smoke. Two Leesburg firemen were treated at Murphy Medical Center. Flames, shooting high into the sky, drew many spectators; police sealed off the town.

75 Years

Ten communities in Kosciusko County will be represented in the "vegetable plate contest" to be held Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the G.A.R. rooms in the court house. Other counties are holding contests this week. The winner of the county elimination contest will compete in the state contest at Garrett the last week in November in conjunction with the state muck crop show. Last year Mrs. Hal Wright, of near Pierceton, won top honors in the county and placed second in the state event.

    Dr. Kendal Neher, former practicing physician of North Manchester, has accepted the position of head resident surgeon in a Columbus, Ohio hospital. He is the brother of Warsaw's Mrs. Glen Whitehead and graduated from Warsaw High School.