Remember When 12.12.2013
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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Grace College sophomore forward Kari Wildman, a Warsaw Community High School graduate, was named to the NCCAA Midwest All-Region Team this week following a season in which she led the Lady Lancers in scoring. She had 17 goals and two assists in 16 games this year for 36 total points. She scored 59 percent of the team’s goals, helping the Lancers to a record of 8-9 overall and 4-3 in the Mid-Central Conference.
25 Years Ago
Former Warsaw Tiger Jeff Grose scored 32 points, including 26 in the second half, to lead Northwestern to a 75-69 victory over Rutgers. Grose, a 6-foot-2 guard, was 6-6 from the foul line in the final minutes of the game to hold off a late Rutgers rally. With 29 seconds to play, Rutgers cut the lead to 69-67, but never got closer.
Milton Holmgrain, 55, who laid the foundation for Kosciusko Community Hospital, is stepping down as the first and only president. KCH opened in 1976. Elaine Greco was Holmgrain’s only secretary and she described him as a “strict professional businessman.”
50 Years Ago
Camera crews will be working much of the day at Creighton Brothers (poultry producers) west of Warsaw as they film part of a syndicated series to appear on television called “Operation Success.” According to Rob Roy Benson, sales manager, the film will be of a 15-minute duration concerning new and better methods in the production and marketing of eggs. The date of the film will be announced later.
Eight-by-14-foot “Welcome to Warsaw” metal billboard signs have been erected at all major approaches into Warsaw. Fred Carey Ready Mix Co. supplied concrete for the footings. Local land owners gave permission for the signs to be installed: Harley Redinger, David Poor, George Ditto, Mrs. Charles Joyner. Neal Carlson and Morton Huffer who are co-chairmen of the sign committee; and William Garrard-Chamber of Commerce.
75 Years Ago
A tubeless radio, invention of Kenneth L. Meredith, Akron, is in the process of being patented by the inventor, a graduate engineer. Tests have shown the invention successful and Meredith expects to start manufacturing it soon. He is the son of Henry Meredith, 87, the oldest resident of Akron. The Times invited the inventor to exhibit his tubeless radio at the office during the Fair next week.
Elizabeth Thompson entertained the Kiwanis Club Thursday noon at the Hotel Hays speaking on the subject, “What the Boss Expects of His Stenographer.”
Area Executive of the Boy Scouts of America F. J. Geiyer reports that 37 percent of all boys in Kosciusko County are becoming Scouts.
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Grace College sophomore forward Kari Wildman, a Warsaw Community High School graduate, was named to the NCCAA Midwest All-Region Team this week following a season in which she led the Lady Lancers in scoring. She had 17 goals and two assists in 16 games this year for 36 total points. She scored 59 percent of the team’s goals, helping the Lancers to a record of 8-9 overall and 4-3 in the Mid-Central Conference.
25 Years Ago
Former Warsaw Tiger Jeff Grose scored 32 points, including 26 in the second half, to lead Northwestern to a 75-69 victory over Rutgers. Grose, a 6-foot-2 guard, was 6-6 from the foul line in the final minutes of the game to hold off a late Rutgers rally. With 29 seconds to play, Rutgers cut the lead to 69-67, but never got closer.
Milton Holmgrain, 55, who laid the foundation for Kosciusko Community Hospital, is stepping down as the first and only president. KCH opened in 1976. Elaine Greco was Holmgrain’s only secretary and she described him as a “strict professional businessman.”
50 Years Ago
Camera crews will be working much of the day at Creighton Brothers (poultry producers) west of Warsaw as they film part of a syndicated series to appear on television called “Operation Success.” According to Rob Roy Benson, sales manager, the film will be of a 15-minute duration concerning new and better methods in the production and marketing of eggs. The date of the film will be announced later.
Eight-by-14-foot “Welcome to Warsaw” metal billboard signs have been erected at all major approaches into Warsaw. Fred Carey Ready Mix Co. supplied concrete for the footings. Local land owners gave permission for the signs to be installed: Harley Redinger, David Poor, George Ditto, Mrs. Charles Joyner. Neal Carlson and Morton Huffer who are co-chairmen of the sign committee; and William Garrard-Chamber of Commerce.
75 Years Ago
A tubeless radio, invention of Kenneth L. Meredith, Akron, is in the process of being patented by the inventor, a graduate engineer. Tests have shown the invention successful and Meredith expects to start manufacturing it soon. He is the son of Henry Meredith, 87, the oldest resident of Akron. The Times invited the inventor to exhibit his tubeless radio at the office during the Fair next week.
Elizabeth Thompson entertained the Kiwanis Club Thursday noon at the Hotel Hays speaking on the subject, “What the Boss Expects of His Stenographer.”
Area Executive of the Boy Scouts of America F. J. Geiyer reports that 37 percent of all boys in Kosciusko County are becoming Scouts.
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