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Mary Ann Cox, Warsaw, was honored by fellow Altrusa Club members with a Silver Star Award, the first ever presented by the group.
Despite the drought that ruined much of Indiana's crops this summer, Laral Turner, Claypool, had another successful year in his pumpkin patch. He recently removed pumpkins from his garden on the southeast side of Palestine Lake weighing 123, 114, 107, 106, 71 and 59 pounds. Last year, he grew pumpkins individually weighing 202, 185, 155, 149 and 132 pounds
Gale Ann Abell was the center of attention as her Atwood classmates saluted her remarkable ability to keep the "hula hoop" going. Gale won the recent contest sponsored by Atwood merchants by keeping the hoop twirling for four hours and 15 minutes. Gale is 7 years old and in the second grade. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.Wayne Abell, of Huffman Lake.
A large potato crop has been gathered on the G.L. LeCount tract near Syracuse which consists of nine-tenths of an acre. Mervin Corwin and Carles Hoover report that 275 bushels of potatoes were gathered from the patch. One potato weighed two pounds.
