10 Years Ago Frank Banghart, Mentone Police Department deputy, resigned effective Jan. 30. Councilman Mark Hughes thanked him for his service. Banghart started with the department as a reserve officer in January 1995, becoming part time and then full time in April 2003. Curtis Rhodes, son of Alan and Kathleen Rhodes, Warsaw, and Troy Stapleton, son of Beth Silveus and Troy Stapleton, are listed on the dean’s list for the fall quarter at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute. Christy Blomeke became the new 4-H youth educator. Originally from Ashley, she attended Angola High School and has two degrees from Purdue University. 25 Years Ago Staff Sergeant Marcia A. Stutzman, daughter of Ina and Galen Phillips, Warsaw, was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal in a ceremony at Fort George G. Meade, Md. SSG Stutzman is a member of the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade and serves in the Army as a Russian linguist. Max Reed was sworn in as a new member of the Warsaw Community Schools board Jan. 8, replacing Larry Bair who completed his term last month. Ronald Stump, Pierceton, a student at IPFW majoring in computer sciences, is one of 116,000 students included in the 12th annual edition of The National Dean’s List. Stump is the son of Anna and the late Amos Stump and a Whitko High School graduate. 50 Years Ago Service pins presented to Zimmer employees by Joe Ettinger, former president: Harry Circle, 35 years; Eloise Morehead, Paul Vermillion, Dallas McCartney and Frank A. Stefanski, 10 years; Henry A. Quello, Barbara Lowman, Leo G. Schooley, Jerry J. Kelly, Floyd E. Schue and Darwin Gibson, five years. Loren Decker, Claypool, chairman of the Kosciusko district of the Indiana Soil and Water Conservation Assn., received the annual Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. runner-up conservation award at the banquet held at Purdue University. When completed early this year, the Peoples State Bank at Leesburg will be one of the finest banks in the state. 75 Years Ago Each of the Warsaw theatres will sponsor a benefit movie for the children of Warsaw and vicinity, with proceeds to go to the Salvation Army. The Centennial will show a picture Dec. 9 at 10 a.m., and a matinee will be given at 2 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Strand. Youngsters will be admitted by bringing potatoes, canned food or other non-perishable articles. Vernon Hollar, 200-pound senior tackle on the Warsaw High School football team during the past season, was given honorable mention on the all-state Indiana high school football team by Heze Clark, Indianapolis sports authority. Dr. J.R. Baum’s new red coupe was dubbed by the McDonald Hospital attaches as “the fire wagon.”
