10 Years Ago Marking 25 Years at R.R. Donnelley are Gary R. McDaniel, Dec. 9; Craig Barnes, Dec. 10; Chris A. Hostetter, Dec. 10; Roger E. Hyde, Dec. 10. Jeannie Jones announced her retirement from the Kosciusko Historical Society board of directors in November and was given a clock Jan. 16. She was hired as director in December 1995, initiating programs like the Haunted Jail and Antiques Roadshow. Her last day at the Old Jail Museum is Jan. 29. Mike Fletcher, a 1966 graduate of Warsaw High School, was welcomed as the new director. Ethan Bontly applied for and secured the City/County Athletic Complex director’s position. He and his wife moved back to the U.S. from England in November. 25 Years Ago In a move to receive additional county funding, members of the Kosciusko County Fair Association chose overwhelmingly to change its name to Kosciusko 4-H and Community Fair Inc. Fair officials have met with council members to propose a one-cent tax levy. The fair board took over the management of the track from Racetrack Promotions Inc. which announced they would not be managing the facility in 1990. Scearce and Associates, a Warsaw engineering firm, was hired by the Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. to design plans for a new boiler room and boilers at the Mentone School. The boilers have been a concern for the past four years, according to Superintendent Baxter Paige. He recommended that a room to house the boilers be added. Whitko Community School Board forged ahead with plans to build a consolidated middle school. Superintendent John Hill hopes a detailed floor plan will be designed by May. 50 Years Ago W. Clement Stone, president of the board of directors of the Chicago Boys Club, has paid $75,000 for 14.4 acres of Camp Kosciusko, the former summer conference center of the United Presbyterian Synod of Indiana. The Boys Club can expand its facilities by purchasing the adjacent campgrounds. Camp Kosciusko is situated on approximately 17 acres at the southeast edge of Winona Lake. Officials of the Winona Lake Bible Conference are negotiating with the synod to purchase the two-story lodge on the grounds, about three acres. The synod will develop a new conference center and resident campsite next spring north of Rochester on the west side of U.S. 31 comprising 200 acres of rolling, wooded land. It is hoped work can be completed in time to schedule a full program of activities in 1966. 75 Years Ago The car of Merl Scoles reported stolen from the back of Breadings Cigar Store was found by police later abandoned in front of the Bash residence on North Washington Street. The 1937 black coach automobile, stolen from the Hartsock Motor Sales, was found abandoned in front of the Chalmers Dome residence on Fort Wayne Street. County commissioners awarded the contract for groceries to the Robinson Market No. 2, and for drygoods to the E.W. Gresso Co. for the Kosciusko County infirmary for the first quarter of 1940. The gasoline tax check for $37,181.45 for the last quarter, has been received from the state by county auditor Helen Kyle. Warsaw police are trying to corral a run-away hog on East Winona Avenue near Smith Street.
