10 Years Ago Grace College and Seminary President Dr. Ron Manahan says there is a proposed 54,000-square-foot event center planned for north of Wooster Road, across from the college library where the small health center is currently. “It will be a shared facility that could be used by the campus, the community and local businesses.” 25 Years Ago Mike Apeland, a missionary candidate to Ireland from Christ’s Covenant Church, CR 174E, Warsaw, will be speaking and showing slides of his missions trip Sunday at 6 p.m. He and his family, wife Dottie and son Daniel, are hoping to move to Ireland this year and join the “Greater Europe Missions.” Warsaw’s Christy Hartman earned a third-place showing in the uneven bars and in the all-around competition of the meet between the Tigers and Tippecanoe Valley. The Tigers opened the 1989 season with a 74.90-72.00 win. Also placing: Amy Miller, second in the vault; Becky Gerber, second in floor exercise; Joy Conlon, third in floor exercise; Tammy Gill, second on balance beam and uneven bars. Valley’s Tina Zorn was the all-around champion; teammate Becky Hughes was the winner on the balance beam with a score of 5.5. 50 Years Ago The 84-year-old chair that was used by judges will be back in the courtroom. Theodore Good, Etna Green, persuaded Judge Gene B. Lee to let him restore the chair to its former grandeur. The chair had been abandoned because of the cost of restoration. The Burket 5th- and 6th-grade basketball team, coached by Billy Davis, downed Talma Wednesday 26-8. Tom Scott paced Burket scorers with 14 points. A new morning program, “Breakfast With Becker,” will begin Monday morning over Radio Stations WRSW-AM-FM, according to William K. Mollenhour, business manager. The Rev. John Becker, pastor of the First Christian Church in Warsaw for the past four years, said his “breakfast chats” are designed to help folks start their day with a smile. 75 Years Ago Geo. A. Nye recalls the Warsaw Methodist Church in 1894: “I was a small boy growing up on the streets of Warsaw 44 years ago. On Sunday I attended Sunday School in the two-story, brown brick church which served the congregation for almost half a century. The Rev. Somerville Light was the pastor. The church was about 26 years old, having been built after the Civil War ended. It was dedicated in 1868. No Christmas entertainment was complete without a duet by Louis and Harry Wann. Our Sunday School teacher was Mrs. Emma Ireland. George Loveday would accompany the organ with a large bass viol. Phil Bentley would pump the organ by hand for Mrs. Maude Irvine and the other organists. Joseph A. Funk served as superintendent for 50 years. Elmer Funk led the singing. Until the new Courthouse was built Gen. Reub Williams advocated in his newspaper that clocks be put in the tower of the church.”
