10 Years Ago Jan. 2, 2004, had record-setting temperatures that brought out golfers who would usually be sitting around a warm fireplace. Tony Clause, Syracuse, prepares to tee off from the first hole at Big Boulder Golf Course in Milford this morning. George Bushong, Syracuse; Dane Leffler, Elkhart; Tim Darr, Syracuse; Clyde Campbell, Leesburg; Paul Rush, Syracuse; Everett Homer, Goshen; and Chet Harris, Syracuse, wait their turns. Detective Sgt. Perry Hunter replaces current Captain Paul Schmitt Jan. 16. Schmitt, a 29-year WPD veteran, has resigned to accept a position with the U.S. Investigations Services. Hunter has been with the WPD for 21 years. 25 Years Ago The home of Avis Mason, Etna Green, won the holiday decorating contest. Ralph Houghton was second and George Slabaugh, third. Mason’s home was decorated with white lights, green garland, and a lighted candle in each window. The Warsaw girls basketball team held a free-throw shooting fund-raiser for girls athletics. LaDawn Howett made 95 out of 100 attempts. Mark and Linda Darrall, North Manchester, pose with their son, Kevin Lloyd Darrall, the first baby born in 1989 at Kosciusko Community Hospital. Kevin has one brother, Jon, 6. 50 Years Ago A picture of the Battle of Missionary Ridge during the Civil War is owned by Mrs. Jessie Cluen of Warsaw. The Union won the battle on Nov. 25, 1863, but lost heavily. The 12th Regiment, largely made up of Kosciusko County men, lost 110 men. Of those, the county recorded only one death, Henry Smith of Warsaw. Warsaw’s 7th and 8th-grade basketball squads were victorious over Plymouth. Tim Shoemaker coached the 7th-graders. Gary Goshert had 16 points; Steve Moore and Tom Webb, 11 each. Coach Ken Workman’s 8th-grade team had 11 cagers score. Max Mock led with 8. 75 Years Ago On Oct. 8, 1923, The Warsaw Daily Times published its first edition in the newly completed Times building. The Times then had nine adult employees, 18 carrier boys and printed only an afternoon edition daily. Now it has 28 adult employees, 33 carrier boys and prints both morning and afternoon editions. Circulation was around 2,500; now is nearing the 5,000 mark, larger than cities twice the size of Warsaw. When the Depression started, the paper took the lead and expanded coverage to bring more trade to Warsaw. It gave its readers the late Arthur Brisbane’s column and the late Will Rogers Dispatch.
