10 Years Ago The Peanut Brittle Committee of the First Presbyterian Church of Winona Lake presented 30 plush Ty Bears to Deputy Marshal Terry Howie of the Winona Lake Police Department to be given to children suffering trauma. Each bear had a tag with Luke 18:16-17. Hands of Hope International president Sally DeWald received a gift of socks and clothes for the children of an orphanage in Guatemala. Spectrum Day Spa, previously known as Spectrum Designs, relocated to 3528 E. Commerce Drive, Warsaw, and expanded its services. Amy Waggoner, Sharon Roberts and Pam Dilley are staff members; Darleen Hunter is owner. 25 Years Ago New members of the 1989 Warsaw Junior Achievement Committee are: Brad Whaley, Zimmer; John Ettinger, Lake City Bank; Russ Calkins, Da-Lite; Greg DuPont, DePuy; Charles Styles, Owens-Illinois; Greg Sasso, Biomet; Stephen Shaffer, Dalton Foundries. Returning board members are: Max A. Courtney, Mutual Federal Savings Bank; Joe Moore, Leiter Real Estate; Willis Alt, First National Bank; Wes Stouder, Penguin Point; Al Rucka, R.R. Donnelley; Lynn Collyer, Kosciusko County REMC; Dr. Larry Crabb; Warsaw Community Schools; Steve Gerber, Cardinal Center; Connie Horton, United Telephone; Richard Kline, Warsaw Community Schools; Jim Manhart, NIPSCO; John Sadler, McHatton-Sadler Funeral Home; Mark Stock, Pierceton Elementary School. 50 Years Ago According to the newspaper files of January 1924, playing “Mah Jongg” was a popular diversion in Warsaw at that time. Why did the popularity of this eight-century-old Chinese game pass into oblivion? Mah Jongg sets were always attractive, sometimes elaborate, and often contained in handsomely carved teakwood chests. Pfc. Corwin W. Keaffaber, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Fields, North Manchester, completed a harborcraft deck training course at the Army Transportation School, Fort Eustis, Va. He graduated from North Manchester High School in 1959, entered the Army in December 1960 and completed his basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. 75 Years Ago Ex-soldiers of Kosciusko County who have served at least one year in the U.S. Army, honorably discharged, under 36 years of age who can pass physical examination, are being sought to enlist in the regular army reserve corps by recruiting headquarters at South Bend. The Rev. York and 75 of his parishioners of the Atwood United Brethren Church are conducting devotional services Sunday at the county infirmary. Hobart Creighton presided as superintendent of the Sunday School. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Leiter, Packerton, are the parents of a son, Larry Eugene, born Dec. 23 at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown. Mrs. Leiter and son were removed to their home on Friday.
