10 Years Ago Lincoln Elementary teacher Erin Tucker’s uncle is a U.S. Marine Corps captain stationed in Iraq. Student council members created for the troops CARE packages stuffed with popcorn, hard candy and other supplies, and they wrote letters. Tucker’s grandfather, Dan Anglin, father of the captain, came to her class last week and helped the students pack boxes. Mallory Deardorff, 15, a freshman at Warsaw Community High School, served as a Senate page for Tom Weatherwax of Logansport. Kosciusko County Extension Homemakers Association received a grant from Indiana Extension Homemakers Association to continue projects in the community. Association members: Kay Farrar, Warsaw; Kerrie Walls, Winona Lake; Peggy Parzygnot, Leesburg. 25 Years Ago WCHS gold key winners at the South Bend Scholastic Art Awards contest: Aaron Wilson, John Malloy, 10th grade; Clint Fletcher, 11th; Jennifer Anglin, 12th. Their work will travel to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national contest. A surprise party was held for Melvin Weaver, Syracuse, to recognize his 30 years of service as a Wawasee Schools bus driver. He plans to travel, camp and fish. Daryl and Emily Thomas, founders of The Millstream Band from North Webster, just want to make people happy. Tony “T-Bone” Campbell and Scott Ousley, drummer, are the other two members. The band has performed at the Kosciusko County Fair the past three years, has a new album, and plans a tour this summer from Indiana through Florida. 50 Years Ago Addition of 65,000 square feet to adjoin the south portion of Da-Lite’s projection screen manufacturing plant in Warsaw was announced today by George H. Lenke Jr., president. The addition follows a 15,000 square foot expansion program completed less than 18 months ago. Da-Lite, the world’s pioneer screen manufacturer, had a modest beginning with fewer than 15 employees in an old church building in Chicago in 1909, during the silent movie period. When the plant reached full capacity, the decision was made to move and build a new plant under one roof. After visiting a number of cities, Warsaw was chosen and a new plant was built three miles north of Warsaw on Ind. 15. 75 Years Ago Beaver Dam High School presented “Cheese Cottage” Feb. 5 in the school gymnasium. Doris Erbaugh, Geraldine Tucker, Edna Ratliff, Kermit Leininger, Gerald Engle, Mildred Craig, Edward Sirek, Glen Longenecker and Wanda Swick make up the cast of characters. “Open – Ready for Business,” said Dr. J.R. Baum as he escorted a Times reporter through 12 completely furnished rooms of the two newly constructed additions, east and west, to McDonald Hospital. Three years ago the hospital was built on its present site, the old building, on South Indiana Street, remodeled into apartments. With annexation of these quarters, the institution boasts a total of 35 rooms, giving Dr. Baum the finest hospital in this section of Indiana.
