10 Years Ago Warsaw Chief of Police Steve Foster and other 3rd District citizens joined Rep. Mark Souder in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to watch President Bush’s State of the Union address. Mike Miner and his wife, Gloria, Mike Gavin and Foster traveled on a bus Monday and spent two days in Washington. Foster, hoping to take a picture of Vice President Dick Cheney, found himself getting a picture of George W. himself. The president stopped and greeted the Hoosier visitors. It was totally impromptu. 25 Years Ago The Warsaw Park Board met in a special session for a briefing on plans to acquire new land for Camp Lucerne. A 0.7805-acre section of land, where the old pickle factory is now located, will be acquired by the city to become a part of Camp Lucerne. That property is to be swapped in exchange for a 0.4763-acre section of undeveloped camp property. If the exchange goes through, the old pickle factory would be demolished and the land filled in to create more park area. 50 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hanes and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Neidigh, of Bourbon, went to Oberlin Conservatory of Music recently to attend the piano recital of Ralph Hanes Jr., who completed his studies at the conservatory recently. Ralph studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, in his junior year and will be back in his home town for several weeks before going to New York City. 75 Years Ago Max Drefkoff, Warsaw, furniture manufacturer, was named one of a committee of 12 to present to President Roosevelt resolutions drawn up by the 800 small business men who met in Washington, D.C., today in conference with department of commerce officials to draft their ideas upon how to end the business recession.
