10 Years Ago Syracuse resident Don Byrd made and donated trophies for the Junior Achievement Bowl-A-Thon at Wawasee Bowl. Local companies and individuals joined to raise funds to support the more than 1,100 students in the programs. The Warsaw Community High School faculty opened their exhibit at the Lakeland Art Gallery, 116 S. Buffalo St., on Feb. 4. Don Swartzentruber, Winona Lake, is the featured artist with “The Face” as his theme. The Wawasee High School Theatre Department will present “The King and I” March 19-20, 26-27. The cast includes Jenny Millar, Andrew Wilson, Kara Judy, Stephen Mahan, Jessica Randall, Kyle Jackson, Justin Fick and Nicholas Frecker. 25 Years Ago The Bourbon Library, the small brick building on the corner of Main and Sunset, has been a landmark for 48 years. The idea of a library became a reality around 1920 through the efforts of the Monday Club members and other groups who organized, equipped and opened a library first in the Mendal Store, then the Fribley Store building. The library was open two days a week to serve 250 to 275 patrons. William Erwin bequeathed a trust fund in 1922 to build and equip a library. The lot on which the present building stands was donated by James Matchett, and Sumner Marvin left a gift to be invested. The Bourbon Library was dedicated on March 28, 1941. Now, plans are for a 36 feet by 46 feet addition to the west side. Librarian Ramona Baer said the plans include improved reference materials. 50 Years Ago A group of Indiana fertilizer dealers toured one of the world’s most modern nitrogen fertilizer plants near Cordova, Ill., which began production October 28: Eldon Cumberland, Max Cumberland, both Akron; James L. Frieden, William Stafford, Harold D. Metzger, all Silver Lake. Sheila Hogan, a sophomore, is to play the piano accompaniment for the sacred concerts during February and March to be presented each Sunday evening at local churches by the choral department of Warsaw Senior High School. It had been incorrectly stated that her mother, Mrs. Don Hogan, would be the accompanist. Brenda Doub has been named Akron School’s “Homemaker of Tomorrow” in a contest sponsored by General Mills Co. 75 Years Ago County Coroner Dr. Leslie Laird confirmed that the giant skeleton unearthed by Cary and Walter Groninger along the Tippecanoe River, four miles west of Warsaw, was undoubtedly the body of an early settler who had died near there and was buried along the banks of the river. In a statement to the Times, he said he believed the bones had been in the ground for a period of 80 or 90 years. “The head was pointing to the west, as was the manner of burial some years ago. Old-fashioned nails were found, probably used to nail a rough oak or walnut casket.” The Groninger brothers had been digging a basement under Cary’s cottage near Orion and had reached a depth of six feet when the first bone was uncovered. It had belonged to a human foot.
