10 Years Ago Robert Tenney, elected to the post in November, joins Terry Hill and Jerry Kreger on the Pierceton Town Council. Town marshal is Tim Sammons. Tippecanoe Valley graduate and current University of St. Francis basketball player Trey Eaton is tied for fifth in the nation in NAIA Division II free throw shooting percentage at 92.2 percent. Eaton, a 6-foot-4 guard and Valley’s all-time leading scorer, has made 95 of 103 free throw attempts this season and leads the NAIA in free throws made. He set a record at St. Francis by making 31 consecutive free throws over the course of seven games. 25 Years Ago Members of the Warsaw Fire Department: Junior Fifer, chief for 26 years; Lloyd Miller, driver, 4 years; Larry Baker, lieutenant, 11 years; Joe Rostochak, driver, 2 years; Kerry Stogsdill, driver, 2 years; Gene Fancil, driver, 11 years; Matt Warren, driver, 4 years; Duane Patterson, driver, 7 years; Tom Drummond, captain, 10 years; Kenneth Shepherd, driver, 8 years; Ed Kipker, driver, 8 years; Tim Hood, driver, 3 years; Jon Evans, driver, 8 years; Denny Messmore, lieutenant, 9 years; Dan Fifer, captain, 11 years; Mark Jones, driver, 2 years; Pete Gatke, fire inspector, 12 years; Lee Hartle, assistant chief, 23 years; Jarry Wise, driver, 3 years; Jon Swoverland, captain for 14 years. 50 Years Ago Federal Judge Jesse Eschbach, a former Warsaw attorney, gave the oath of office at the city hall to Mayor Joe Johnson; city councilmen Freeland Phillips, Joseph Lessig, Charles Ker, William Hadley, Ray Strayer, Jr.; clerk-treasurer Norma Finley Gilworth; City Judge Allan S. Widaman; City Attorney Brooks Pinnick; Fire Chief Norman Banghart; Police Chief Eugene Brumfield; Assistant Police Chief Donald Snyder; Sanitation Superintendent Pat Ragan; Street Superintendent Marion Konkle. 75 Years Ago John Widaman, former Warsaw High School football and basketball star, will draw the left end position Saturday as the Hoosiers battle Ohio State’s powerful grid machine in the opening Big Ten game for both schools. Widaman is a senior and has been a member of the Indiana University squad the past three years. Last year the Hoosiers knocked Ohio State out of a share in the championship with Minnesota by a brilliant 10 to 0 upset. Many Warsawans are planning to attend. Frank Meredith’s band had rips in their uniforms. Some uniforms were torn when caught on barbed wire while making a getaway from sampling watermelons.
