10 Years Ago National Nursing Home Week is May 13-17. As part of the celebration, Mason Health Care invited 3- and 4-year-olds from Head Start to participate in a balloon lift recently. Warsaw Mayor Ernie Wiggins spoke to the group of Mason residents and Head start kids before everyone headed outside to let go of their balloons. Attached to each balloon was a Mason Health Care business card with a note on the back: “If found, please notify us.” It was a breezy day, so the balloons should go quite far. 25 Years Ago It wasn’t the Indianapolis 500, but how about the Warsaw 495? With 495 entries, The Classic Car Centre’s $10,000 Classic Cruise and Fly In was the focus of attention for several thousand auto enthusiasts in Warsaw over the weekend. An estimated 2,000 people passed through the airport gates and thousands more lined the downtown parade route for the Sunday Finale – as spectators saw just how quickly a program in its infancy can grow. The show was considered a success. 50 Years Ago Center Lake bathing beach opened at noon today with completion of the new concrete pier. With the current heat wave prevailing it will be a welcome sight to bathers. The new concrete pier is 12 feet wide, 141 feet long. It was erected at a cost of $6,012 and approximately $1,000 was spent on the approach, ladders and tower. 75 Years Ago The Misses Roberta Rinker, Goldie Taylor, and Ruby Miller and Mrs. Paul Elliott and Mrs. Raymond Weed of the Laura Lee School of Beauty Culture enjoyed a weiner roast Monday evening. They afterward attended the show at Pierceton and “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney” at the Centennial Theatre in Warsaw.
