10 Years Ago Gasoline prices in Indiana are the lowest in the nation this week, according to the AAA’s latest fuel survey. The average price Thursday in a statewide survey was $1.26 for a gallon of unleaded fuel, compared with the national average of $1.42, the automobile association said. Prices in Indiana have fallen more than 20 cents per gallon in the past month. Gas prices have dropped because the immediate threat of war with Iraq has eased. 25 Years Ago Warsaw High School honored its fall sport athletes recently and the winners of the Most Valuable Player and Most Improved Awards were: Sally Parke (MIP - golf), Angie Manuel (MVP - golf), Krista Ross (MIP - girls cross country), Stephanie Irvine (MVP - girls cross country), Kara Hoskins (MVP - girls swimming) and Katie McCaffrey (MIP - girls swimming), Mark Snodgrass (MVP - boys cross country), Tim Haines (MIP boys cross country), Angie Johnson (MIP - volleyball), Paul Wiley (MVP - football), Josh Grill (MIP - tennis), Ken Crabb (MVP tennis) and Heather Gaerte (MVP - volleyball). 50 Years Ago Most Popular Man In Town - Santa Claus was a big hit with the hundreds of children that lined the sidewalks for a parade and later visited him in his trailer on the courthouse lawn Friday night as the Christmas shopping season officially began in Warsaw. Enjoying their chat were Steve Plummer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Plummer; Joel Pratt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pratt; Kim, Keith, and “Muffy” Pagel, children of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Pagel; and Robin Sprock, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sprock, all of Warsaw. 75 Years Ago A.I. Nelson, of Mentone, is president of two banks, the Farmers’ State Bank of Mentone, for the past four years, with a previous experience in banking with the late Elmer Eddinger, and First National Bank of Warsaw, since its opening here May 22, 1937. Mr. Nelson has long been active in the Kosciusko County Bankers’ Association. He has three children. A daughter, Katherine, is an assistant librarian in the city library of Detroit. The Nelsons reside in Mentone.
