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Remember When 10.9.07

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10 Years Ago

October 9 1997

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Michelle Hershberger, Milford, and Gunther Kreps, Syracuse, were named as national finalists for competition in two FFA award contests. Both are members of the Wawasee FFA chapter.

Hershberger will compete for national honors in the Small Animal Care proficiency award program, and Kreps will compete in the Home and/or Community Development program.

25 Years Ago

October 9 1982

    FORT SHERIDAN, Ill. - The Chicago Chapter of Military Order of World Wars presented its second annual awards of Merit to three Fort Sheridan enlisted personnel, including the "Silver Award" Medal to Sgt. First Class Norman L. Grubbs, Warsaw.

The awards are given to specific individuals who have made extraordinary contributions in the performance of their duties and as contributing citizens of the Fort Sheridan community.

50 Years Ago

October 9 1957

    An 80-year-old Bourbon man was on the plane which captured headlines last week when it made a forced landing at Madison, Wis., after the pilot died suddenly of a heart attack. The Bourbon man is Willard Minard, en route home from a visit with his sister in Washington.


75 Years Ago

October 9 1932

    Among the interesting things which may be seen this week at the street fair at Mentone will be the exhibit of the original copy of the original plat of the town of Sevastopol, a village located about three miles south of Mentone.

The names of O. Means, John Mollenhour, John Tucker, George W. White, Charles W. Holman, early residents of the Sevastopol, and of H.W. Upson, county recorder in 1858, when the plat was recorded at the county seat in Warsaw, may be seen on the instrument.