Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
10 Years
The Madison Elementary School volleyball team completed an undefeated season to capture its first city volleyball championship. The team is coached by Jerry Pifer and Craig Shull. The Cardinals also won the city soccer championship, with an undefeated record for the second straight season. Coaches are Greg Burger and Josh Atkins.
The new Wawasee Middle School held an open house Thursday, Nov. 1, where teacher Rick Bauer explained the workings of the planetarium to interested parents. The school also features a computerized media center, greenhouse, swimming pool and television monitors in each classroom. More than 2,500 patrons attended.
Members of the Warsaw Auxiliary Salvation Army honored Georgia Kaufman Oct. 29 for her years of dedication, serving as president of the auxiliary from 1968 to 1973. Lt. Arthur Mills presented a plaque. Mazie Alexander is the current president.
Greg Enterline, 6, son of Don and Kathy Enterline, Warsaw, had his face painted by Grace College freshman Rachelle Mosier during the college's Fun Fest Oct. 31 in the Lancer gym.Henry Hackworth, custodian of the courthouse, discovered the record book of the first county treasurer while clearing shelves of a bookcase in the extension office. The book was saved when the first courthouse, built in 1836 at the corner of Center and Indiana Sts., burned and another built on the same spot. The first page of the dusty, leather-bound book declares, in flourishing penmanship, "John Blain, Treasurer, opened June 30, 1836 to August 10, 1853." Taxes ranged from $1.25 to $10 a year. Grocery licenses were issued for $20. Persons turning in wolf scalps were paid 50 cents for each one. Bookkeeping was simplified in those days, everything written by pen. In the 17 years the book was used, there were a number of empty pages, indicating little business. James (Jim) Blaine, 80, who makes his home with his niece, Mrs. Ned Maze, East Main St., is a great-nephew. "Through the years, the family added an e to our name."
75 Years
A special issue of national defense postage stamps went on sale today, Oct. 17, at the Warsaw and Winona Lake postoffices. A green one-cent stamp portrays the Statue of Liberty; a red two-cent stamp pictures the new 90-millimeter anti-aircraft gun; the purple three-cent stamp pictures the torch of enlightenment.
Fish reared in the Warsaw Conservation Club ponds on U.S. highway 30, west of Warsaw, will be removed Sunday, Oct. 20, by club members headed by Morris G. Fawley. Between 50,000 and 60,000 blue gill fingerlings will be used to stock Pike, Goose and Center lakes.
