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10 Years AgoA photo on page one showed a jail cell being lowered into place at the Justice Building expansion. The project, which is slated to be completed by 2002 for an approximate cost of $19 million, is ahead of schedule, according to Kosciusko County Administrator Ron Robinson. After the cells are in place, the roof will be installed.25 Years AgoSharon Mahoney of Amtrak's Washington, D.C., office has provided passenger figures for the Warsaw depot for December. She said 786 people boarded Amtrak here and 782 persons got off the train at the local depot.50 Years AgoSusie and Jerry Patterson, aged 8 and 9, of Warsaw, won first prize recently in the second of a series of four weekly amateur act contests sponsored by Moose Lodge of Goshen. They won for their song and tap-dance rendition of "If You Knew Susie" and "Makin' Whoopee." They are to return Feb. 25 for the final contests. They are students of Avis Ferns, and the children of Mr. and Mrs. Max Patterson of Warsaw.75 Years Ago The old Harrison Center school house, built in 1923 at a total cost for equipment and land at $96,000 and abandoned some four or more years ago, was sold by township trustee George Myers and the township advisory board late yesterday for $1,000.Creighton Brothers, chicken hatchery proprietors of west of Warsaw, purchased the building. They will convert the fine brick edifice into a chicken hatchery. The building and four acres of ground were included in the sale. Only one bid was received.
