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Jordan Rantz, a fifth-grade honor student at North Webster Elementary School, set a national record in the 50-yard breaststroke in the 10-and-under boys division at the Mid-States Quad meet recently at IUPUI Natatorium, Indianapolis.
POTPOURRI - A Very Good Deed - A former Leesburg resident can take pride in his role in the recent lifesaving effort for a 13-day infant in Guam. Major Pilot Rolland E. Robinson, son of Earl and Irene Robinson, Leesburg was at the helm last week when a tanker crew, from the 384th Air Refueling Wing, flew a lifesaving incubator part from Clark Air Base in the Philippines to Guam, so the infant could be incubated for an emergency flight from Guam Naval Hospital to Hawaii. The incubator broke down, before a scheduled evacuation, necessitating the emergency delivery of the part.
Damage is expected to surpass $150,000 as the result of a fire that gutted the Home Furniture Mart on Ind. 15 at the north edge of Warsaw early this morning (Feb. 5), destroying the contents and leaving only rubble and the shell of the quonset hut type building.
The finest and most delicious lunches, dinners and short orders at lowest prices are at Coney Island Restaurant. Dinners are 25 cents; lunches, 15 cents; and hamburgers, soup, chili and pies all 5 cents.
