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10 Years AgoThe top awards at Lincoln Elementary School were recently presented to Calah Sweeny, honor patrol; Rachel Crisp, top academic sixth-grade girl; and Viet Nguyen, top academic sixth-grade boy and honor patrol. Charlie Hunter is sixth-grade teacher and patrol supervisor. Dave Wesner is also sixth-grade teacher.25 Years AgoPeg Kammerer, "Miss Leesburg," is reminded yearly of winning the first "Queen of Lakes Beauty Pageant" in 1945. "It's been fun being the first one to win the pageant because I still live in the area and people always tease me about it. My picture usually gets in the newspaper from time to time and people get a bang out of how I looked then," said Mrs. Richard Klopenstein. "The only bad part about being the first is that every one knows my age because they know how old I was when I won the pageant and they know the year of the first pageant."50 Years AgoTwo busloads of foreign exchange students will be guests in Warsaw for two nights and one day, July 7 and 8, the local American Field Service chapter has announced. They are one group of the 44 busloads of students who have spent the past 10 months in the United States under auspices of the American Field Service. On the busses will be 70 students, boys and girls 16 to 18 in age, and four chaperones. Students from 21 countries will be in the group, and they will be guests while here of members of the four Warsaw service clubs.75 Years AgoNorth Manchester may become a city whether it wants to or not. A law passed at the recent session of the state legislature provides that "places having a population of more than 2,000 and less than 10,000 shall be designated as fifth class cities."Raymond Brooks, attorney of the town, has written a letter to the attorney-general asking for an interpretation of the law in order to find out whether North Manchester can continue to operate as an incorporated town or must become a fifth class city.
