10 Years Ago Manchester College employs the top baccalaureate professor in the United States. Dr. James R.C. Adams, 74, recently was named the 2002 U.S. Professor of the Year for baccalaureate colleges in Washington, D.C., by The Council on the Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Adams received the award at the National Press Club and a Congressional reception followed at the Rayburn House Office Building. More than 400 colleges and universities were nominated for the annual award. 25 Years Ago Warsaw Middle School band students who have been selected for the Indiana Bandmasters Association All-Region Band are: James Bell, Brad Hamilton, Andrea Hanson, Ed Cooning, Brian Frederick, LeAnn Gump, Rita Jaroch, Sarah Wood, Kurt Homburg, Tiffany Stevens, Jennifer Fought, Nicole Andres, Stephanie Hoppus, Tina Saull, Darrin Skinner, Eugene Kim and Dave Schwartz. The Middle School band directors are Dan Burton and Donna Person. 50 Years Ago About 300 people attended the Juliette Lowe presentation ceremony of Girl Scouts held recently in the Lincoln School auditorium. The Curved Bar, the highest rank possible in Girl Scouting, was presented to five Senior Scouts of Troop 2 at the Lincoln School auditorium. Presentation was made to Marion Sahagun, Elsie Morrison, Sheila Hogan, Nancy Farrar and Judy Lichtenwalter. 50 Years Ago Ira Burke, of Silver Lake, celebrates his 90th birthday on next Dec. 22. Despite his age he works as head sawyer at Charles Pearson’s sawmill and performs other tasks. That octogenarian Burke is made of stern stuff, is shown by the fact that when a Times reporter interviewed him a few days ago, he had just finished unloading a carload of coal with shovel, single-handed. He did the work in two days, a feat for a real man of any age. Burke lives with his granddaughter, Mrs. Viola Kissinger.
