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10 Years AgoTwo Warsaw residents were among 543 undergraduates named to Denison University's fall dean's list. Those named to the dean's list include Aaron Sawyer and Craig Harman.Sawyer, the son of Douglas and Peggy Sawyer of Warsaw, is a freshman biology and psychology major at Denison. He is a 1999 graduate of Warsaw Community High School. Harman, the son of Lee and Sue Harman of Warsaw, is a sophomore cinema and biology major at Denison. He is a 1998 graduate of WCHS.25 Years AgoAfter 45 years and 16,000 patients, Virgil A. ("Doc") McCleary will be moving out of his lifetime work and into the world of retirement. His official retirement date is July 1. "I have never had this experience of closing out a business before," he said at the North Buffalo Street office he's been in since graduation from optometry school. His two sons, Jim and Dick, have carved impressive careers on their own in Warsaw. Thus, the local pioneer of eyecare has no one to inherit his business.50 Years AgoWarsaw High School's junior distance star, Mike Munson, set a new school record of 2:02.5 in the 880 yard run recently, as the Tigers edged Huntington and Bluffton in a four-team track meet at Huntington. Munson, one of the state's top milers, seldom runs the half-mile. However, he was put in that event instead of the mile and he came through with flashing colors. He bettered by 1.6 seconds the old Warsaw school record of 2:04.1 set by Max Truex in 1954.75 Years AgoPatrons of the Warsaw High School oppose the reckless expenditure of money in the proposed erection of a new high school under the Roosevelt-Ickes spending orgy. That certain interests have suggested the erection of such a building was learned by Mayor C.C. DuBois when he was recently at Indianapolis. The belief was expressed by a prominent high school patron that a six-room addition could be added to the present high school building which would last Warsaw and vicinity for the next 15 years at a cost of $10,000.
