10 Years Ago The Times-Union is ranked as the oldest county business because of its 150 years of continuous operations. Lake City Bank (1872) ranks second; DePuy (1895) is third, followed by Little Crow Foods (1903); Dalton Corp. (1910); Myer Levin & Sons (1914); and Zimmer (1927). The newspaper is in its fifth consecutive generation of ownership by the Williams family: first, General Reuben Williams; second, Logan and Melvin Williams; third, Raymond B. and Charles Reuben Williams; fourth, Michael R. Williams and Lane Williams Hartle; fifth, Chandler M., Cooper L., Christopher R., Ashley Williams Rettig and Craig Norrell. 25 Years Ago The Kosciusko County Fair Association will re-organize in the near future to become a 4-H Fair association, paving the way for more possible county funding. Dennis Burch is the new chairman; John Hall, president; Eldon “Bud” Wadkins, vice president; Donna Hively, secretary; Leon Horne; treasurer. Former chairman Myron Metzger has held the position for the past two years. Kevin Zachary is the 1989 campaign chairman for the United Way of Kosciusko County; Ron Kinley, president; John Daffara, vice president and 1988 campaign chairman; Chuck Niemier, treasurer; Mike Martin, chairman of the board; Pat Oppenheim, secretary; Sally White, budget and allocations committee chairman. 50 Years Ago “Candy Stripers” at Murphy Medical Center were honored at a ceremony at Warsaw High School. They were: Joyce Crum, Diana Frauhiger, Marion Sahagun, Sandra Coplen, Charlene Bess, Kathy Miller, Jackie Benner, Ramona Enyeart, Lorna Tridle, Carol Boyer, Vonnie Copeland, Marlene Brallier, Gloria Stanley, Judy Whitaker, Barbara Shepherd, Sherry Bryan, Lois Buckingham, Cynthia Baker, Betty Bibler, Linda Nine, Karen Hall, Barbara Heckman, Sharon Baney, Kay Heiman, Kathy Rhinehart, Kathy McSurley, Renita Ring, Arbutus Konkle, Sharon Cauffman, JoAnn Mollenhour, Becky Anderson, Carol Zitterbart, Kathy Hoffer, Barbara Kneller, Sally Grubb, Anne Farley and Pat Garrett. 75 Years Ago The Anglin Brothers, insurance agents, are busy responding to calls from farmers in the county who had barn doors and roofs blown off and chicken houses blown down from a severe windstorm accompanied by heavy rain that blew over Kosciusko County between 6 and 7 a.m. One mile north of Sidney the high wind demolished a 20-by-60 foot chicken house on the Calvin Warner farm, lifting the roof and carrying it for 150 feet. Damage was estimated at nearly $500. Damage of $100 was done to the property of Dr. Franklin Kitson, North Manchester physician, one mile west of Sidney, and to the Walter Blocher farm and Irvin Metzger home, south of Sidney.
