10 Years Ago Pierceton Elementary School held its “Spirit Day Parade” Oct. 22. Students donned their school colors, red and white, and marched through the streets of town. Family, friends and community members lined the sidewalks to applaud the students, faculty, fire department, Officer Tim Sammons and the Whitko Marching Band. Eisenhower Elementary volleyball team won the Warsaw Community Schools championship with a 7-0 record. Team members were Brittany Skibowski, Nicole Nulf, Ashley Prater, Madison Long, Britney Shepherd, Nikki Piper, Kaity Smith, Kelly Wildman, Tiffany Tat, Arista Butcher, Alli Tucker, Danielle Heckaman, Haley Cunningham, Kayla Stout, Danielle Rose, Skyler Seitz, Emily Umbaugh and Coach Kathy Gruenewald. 25 Years Ago The musical “Grease” will be performed by the Wawasee High School drama students Nov. 10 and 11. Cruisin’ cast members include Jamie Conkling, Deanna DeRolf, Matt Liepold and Suzanne Parr. Greg Heater, second-grader at Claypool Elementary School, was congratulated by Principal Randy Polston for being named winner of the National School Lunch Week poster contest. Winona Lake Free Methodist Church will welcome the Rev. Arden L. Reed as interim pastor beginning Nov. 12. Reed was named pastor of the church in 1959 and served nearly 14 years before resigning to become director-manager of the International Friendship House. 50 Years Ago The new building under construction at the WRSW AM-FM Radio transmitter building site is to be a bombproof fallout shelter to keep the stations on the air in case the area suffers an A-bomb attack. As part of the Civil Defense program, WRSW, and director Milo Clase, will co-operate with authorized agencies in cases of emergency. Dr. William Cron discussed bullfighting with the Spanish club. He showed slides which he had taken while stationed on the Mexican border. Police received a call that cement was dropped from a truck onto Winona Avenue and another that someone had put sugar in their gas tank. 75 Years Ago Von Troxel, meat master at the local Kroger store, announced the purchase of the grand champion beef of the recent Kosciusko County 4-H Club Fair. The grand champion was raised by James Sittler, Pierceton. Major and Mrs. Carl F. Beyer, Warsaw, were in Indianapolis for the state fair. Beyer’s Belgian stallion, Prince, was entered in the three-year-old class. Lorraine Netter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Netter, Warsaw, is preparing to enter Indiana University this fall and major in English and journalism. She is a member of the Class of 1939, and was a candidate in Warsaw’s bathing beauty contest held recently. Also, Joe Anglin, son of Dr. and Mrs. George Anglin, will cheer for the red and white at I.U. this year.
