Remember When 10.2.2008

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 pm

10 Years Ago

October 2 1998

Bret Allen Hite of Syracuse was selected for inclusion in the 1998 edition of "Outstanding Young Men of American."

Since 1966, the program has honored men and women between the ages of 21 and 40 who have distinguished themselves in service to their communities, professional leadership, academic achievement, business advancement, cultural accomplishments and civic and political participation.

25 Years Ago

October 2 1983

Sonya L. Harman, daughter of Richard and Lorene Harman, Leesburg, has been selected to join the Alpha Pi Chapter of the international business fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Harman, a 1982 graduate of Warsaw Community High School, is a sophomore at Indiana University and is majoring in quantitative business analysis.

50 Years Ago

October 2 1958

Larry L. Yeiter, of Atwood, was one of 20 young men who took oaths as Indiana State Troopers at Stout Field, Indianapolis.

Yeiter was immediately assigned to duty on the Indiana toll road in northern Indiana.

75 Years Ago

October 2 1933

William Wiggins of 943 E. Garfield St., has a Guinea bean growing on his lot that measures 44 inches in length and 17 inches in circumference. Wiggins secured the seed for the plant from New York state.