Remember When 10.14.2015

Penguin Point "People Pleaser of the Year" awards: Rebecca "Becky" Merritt, Center Street, Sara Poe, runner-up; Cory Hummich, Detroit Street, Lester Mast, runner-up; Luke Oglesbee, North Lake Street, Dorothy Gore, runner-up. The award is given for consistent dedication to customers and associates.

    Gertrude Kohler will celebrate her 90th birthday Oct. 16 in Lounge C at Grace Village Retirement Center hosted by sons John, Winona Lake, and Ken, Missouri.

    A groundbreaking ceremony was held Sept. 25 for Wawasee Lakeside Chapel: Harlan Steffen, pastor; Roger Kryder, elder; Brad Cox, associate pastor.

Ric Reichert and his wife, Gail, are marketing paper containers from the old Myers Creamery, North Street in Bourbon, maker of Sweet Rose brand ice cream. A fire in 1949 closed its doors. Myers produced butter (Sweet Rose, Cloverland and City Brand). "The matted and framed butter wrappers add a unique touch to any decor." Cream was delivered to the south dock of the building, dumped into a tank and churned in huge vats until butter was made. Maggie Lemler Reichert Ames and Jennie Cannan, Ric's grandmothers, were employed to handwrap the sticks and blocks. Ice cream was mixed in a small room and cooled in a special deep-freeze room. Ric's father, Wayne, repaired equipment and repainted freezers on occasion. The business was founded by Elmer Myers in the Depression.

 
50 Years

Miss Claudette Himes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Himes, Route 3, Warsaw, has entered Purdue University as a home economics major. Her address is Meredith Hall.

    Dye Music Center, 119 E. Center St., Warsaw, will present Eddie Baxter, Recording Star and Television Personality, at the Lowrey Theatre Organ Sept. 20 at Boice Theatre.

    Warsaw seniors Cherie Bueckman and Marlin Gross talk over "College Night" to be held at the high school Sept. 29. Guidance directors William Crosier, Warsaw Senior High School, and Jose Thompson, Leesburg High School, will be on hand to counsel with county students in grades nine through 12 and their parents.

75 Years

Most all businessmen and residents putting the "thumbs down" sign on the annual Kosciusko County Fair. "Too risky." Paralysis continues to throw a powerful scare into a lot of northern Indianians.

    Donald Pletcher Jr., 14, North Buffalo Street, Warsaw, whittled a peach of a flying model gasoline airplane. He carved the body from a chunk of wood, then cut 14 strips of balsam wood, soaking in water and gluing over mold.

    Jean Perry, daughter of Mrs. Vesta Perry, of West Market Street, Warsaw, celebrates her 13th birthday anniversary on Friday, September 13.