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The names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 51st annual National Merit Scholarship Program have been announced. Among those are three local students: Anna Marie Klatt and Lauren W. Cooper, both of Warsaw Community High School, and Katharine G. Harris, of Lakeland Christian Academy. These seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for 8,200 Merit Scholarship Awards that will be offered next spring. To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout the high school years. More than 1.3 million juniors in nearly 21,000 U.S. high schools entered the 2006 National Merit Program by taking the 2004 Preliminary/SAT Qualifying Test. Semifinalists are the highest scoring entrants in each state.
25 Years
Donnelley honors 25-year employees in August: Dan Stamper, Billy Hyden, Donald Grimm, Tommy Heckman, Jack Branning, Terry Blue and Dennis Miller.
Prairie View Health Care Center sponsored its first Grandparent of the Year contest this summer, and the title was awarded to Elizabeth Schildroth, 80.
Junior Fifer joined the Warsaw Fire Department in 1953 as a volunteer, then became a driver before serving as assistant chief. After six years as chief, he is retiring. On Sept. 23, he and his wife, Aneta, celebrated their 40th anniversary. She announced her retirement from Lake City Bank the same day as her husband announced his plans.
50 Years
Garry Woods, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Woods, Fox Farm Rd., Warsaw, caught a four-pound, 20-inch largemouth bass in Southern Indiana while camping with Conservation Officer Richard Higgins and family. The individual who caught the largest fish of the day was named "camp boss for the day."
Mrs. Forrest J. Croop, chairman of Delta Theta Tau sorority, presented the nurses' scholarship to Melinda Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan E. Watson, Sechrist Lake, Route 1, Warsaw. She is a 1965 graduate of North Webster High School and is a freshman student at DePauw University School of Nursing, Greencastle.
75 Years
A recruiting party for the U.S. Marine Corps will visit Warsaw September 16-18. The "Roving Marines" will establish headquarters at the post office. Applicants must be between 18 and 30 years of age, must possess a grammar school education and be between 64 and 74 inches in height. Enlistment is for four years. Recruits are sent to Fort Wayne for preliminary examination, then to Chicago for final examination, and if successful sent to the Marine base at San Diego, Calif. for training.
The Warsaw Band held its first rehearsal Thursday night, Sept. 5, with Prof. Frank Meredith directing. Next rehearsal has been called for Tuesday of next week.
