Remember When 6.8.2012
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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As he graduated from Warsaw Community High School Friday, senior Jeremy Pifer left behind a legacy few other students have come close to. He hasn’t missed a single day of school. Ever. Not in elementary school. Not in middle school. Not even in high school. Counting every day from kindergarten to graduation, Pifer figures that’s 2,338 days of perfect attendance. Pifer, 18, is the son of Tom and Dixie Pifer.
25 Years Ago
Kosciusko County remained in the top 10 of Indiana’s 92 counties with the lowest unemployment rate, according to statistics released this week. The Indiana Employment Security Division reported Kosciusko’s unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of 1 percent since March. Preliminary figures for April show Kosciusko County at 4 percent, down from the revised 4.1 percent figure in March.
50 Years Ago
Three Kiwanians from Warsaw and their wives will attend the 47th annual convention of Kiwanis International in Denver, Colo., June 10 to 14. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Delp, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Creighton and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Huffer will join some 15,000 other Kiwanians, their wives and families in a return visit to Denver by Kiwanis after an absence of 38 years. Kiwanis last met in the Rocky Mountain capital in 1924.
75 Years Ago
North Manchester – Approximately 50 men are now employed in the building of the new addition to the Peabody Memorial Home for aged people, which is located at the west side of this city. The new wing will be an exact replica of the present main building and also will be joined to the recently built chapel by a covered walkway. It will double the capacity of the institution, making it one of the largest of its kind.
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As he graduated from Warsaw Community High School Friday, senior Jeremy Pifer left behind a legacy few other students have come close to. He hasn’t missed a single day of school. Ever. Not in elementary school. Not in middle school. Not even in high school. Counting every day from kindergarten to graduation, Pifer figures that’s 2,338 days of perfect attendance. Pifer, 18, is the son of Tom and Dixie Pifer.
25 Years Ago
Kosciusko County remained in the top 10 of Indiana’s 92 counties with the lowest unemployment rate, according to statistics released this week. The Indiana Employment Security Division reported Kosciusko’s unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of 1 percent since March. Preliminary figures for April show Kosciusko County at 4 percent, down from the revised 4.1 percent figure in March.
50 Years Ago
Three Kiwanians from Warsaw and their wives will attend the 47th annual convention of Kiwanis International in Denver, Colo., June 10 to 14. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Delp, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Creighton and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Huffer will join some 15,000 other Kiwanians, their wives and families in a return visit to Denver by Kiwanis after an absence of 38 years. Kiwanis last met in the Rocky Mountain capital in 1924.
75 Years Ago
North Manchester – Approximately 50 men are now employed in the building of the new addition to the Peabody Memorial Home for aged people, which is located at the west side of this city. The new wing will be an exact replica of the present main building and also will be joined to the recently built chapel by a covered walkway. It will double the capacity of the institution, making it one of the largest of its kind.
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