10 Years Ago Bob Hudson, of Hudson Gallery, Winona Lake, is working on an oil painting of Moses and the Ten Commandments for the YMCA youth center. The Ten Commandments will actually be the rules of the YMCA when Hudson is finished with the painting. The painting is 7 feet tall and Moses is life-size, approximately 5-1/2 -feet tall. Two years ago, Hudson painted a mural in the YMCA youth center. When family and teen director Ryan Finney needed a way to post the YMCA youth center rules, he asked Hudson to do another painting and Hudson agreed - at no charge. 25 Years Ago Local dog trainer Randy Rhodes and his German Shepherd, Ike, are learning quickly these days. After just one year of training, Ike and Rhodes captured the Mid-Central Region Schutzhund Championship, a comprehensive tracking, obedience and protection contest last week in Chicago. Rhodes is now three-time Division I regional champion with Ike. He purchased Ike one year ago when the untrained dog was imported from Germany. Usually, a comprehensive dog training takes at least 1-1/2 years to become competitive. 50 Years Ago Thousands of buttons will be on display in the Rainbow Room of the Westminster Hotel next weekend, during the 21st annual meeting of the Indiana Button Society. Mrs. Herbert Smith, of Warsaw, is in charge of local arrangements. Mrs. W.O. Davisson, of Milford, general chairman for registrations. Mrs. Gurney Smith, Miss Bonnie Dickensheets and Mrs. Dessie Mesnard will work at the registration desk. Miss Virginia Esten, Hammond schoolteacher, will give a free lecture on military miniatures and buttons. 75 Years Ago The Pango Milk Company factory has passed into the hands of the newly formed $50,000 closed corporation known as Winona Milk Products Co., headed by P.D. Parks, of Winona, as president-assistant treasurer. The new company has already employed 14 men to operate the factory and 16 truck drivers to circulate the countryside and buy milk. Only local workmen will be employed. Work will start at once. Farmers will be paid weekly for their milk.
