Warsaw Mayor Ernie Wiggins announced he has appointed city councilman Jerry Patterson to Warsaw's Board of Public Works.
Patterson, serving his second council term, was originally elected to the city council in 1991.
25 Years Ago
March 2 1982
WEST LAFAYETTE - Randall J. Kelsey, South Whitley, has been elected president of FarmHouse fraternity at Purdue University for the 1982-83 school year.
New members of the fraternity include, Michael J. Pyle, Silver Lake, and Brian K. Roberts, Syracuse.
50 Years Ago
March 2 1957
Pvt. Clayton Prater, 17, of Warsaw, recently qualified as a paratrooper at Fort Bragg, N.C., after graduating from the 82d airborne division's jump school. Prater received his parachutist's wings after completing the five-week course, which included five training jumps.
75 Years Ago
March 2 1932
A mouse, playing with matches, is believed by Warsaw firemen to have caused the blaze in a closet at the Vincent McCullough home at Main and Bronson streets, at 9:50 this morning. Damage was slight.
