10 Years Ago Three Warsaw Community Schools Chess Club teams competed April 6 in the Scholastic Chess Team finals in Terre Haute. Edgewood Middle School’s team qualified to compete in the state finals at a recent qualifying round in Goshen. Team members from Edgewood are Enrique Crawford, Caleb Breske, Danny Bussell and Phillip Burkus. Eisenhower and Harrison elementary schools each entered a third-grade and under team in the tournament. There were 46 teams from all around the state in this division. Eisenhower earned an eighth-place finish and Harrison finished in fourth place.
25 Years Ago Electricity is buzzing through the Super- Circuit at the Kosciusko Community YMCA in Warsaw. According to YMCA program director Joy Jackson, the Super-Circuit Center is a “state of the art, total physical fitness concept, which utilizes the Aerobic Circuit as the main system of exercise.” Supervised by a staff member at all times, the Super-Circuit system, which will open in less than three weeks, will provide area residents with a total body conditioning workout in about one-half hour. This will include a warm-up, a strength workout and a cardiovascular workout.
50 Years Ago Dick Beck, former high school athletic coach at Warsaw, Silver Lake and Syracuse, is doing all right at Pompano Beach, Fla., where he coaches the junior high track team. His ninth-grade track team earlier this month won the Gulfstream Athletic Conference Championship. Dick went to school at Syracuse, where his father, Calvin, formerly taught and coached and served as Turkey Creek township trustee. Dick’s two brothers, Charlie and Wendell, are also coaches.
75 Years Ago Mrs. Amanda Elder, 742 E. Main St., celebrated her 85th birthday here a few days ago. She has been a resident of Kosciusko County 83 years and of Warsaw 60 years. Many friends called on her birthday but she said the visit of the Times photographer brought her the most pleasure. Admiring neighbors brought her a great bower of flowers.
