Remember When 5.21.07

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 pm

10 Years Ago

May 21 1997

The Beanie Baby craze in Warsaw continued at the Party Shop in Lakes Village Shopping Center. The store sold 504 of the plush pets in about four hours, which was "slow" compared to past sales when they've gone in two hours.

25 Years Ago

May 21 1982

After chalking up nearly 20 years of service as a county employee, Nellie VanMarcke retired from her secretarial post in the Kosciusko County Health Department.

They came from all corners of the two county government buildings in downtown Warsaw to bid a fond farewell to the retiring employee.

50 Years Ago

May 21 1957

William D. "Bill" Murray, Warsaw High School junior, will go to Greece this summer on an American Field Service scholarship.

Bill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Murray, East Main Street, still hasn't learned whether his host family lives in Athens or another Greek city.

75 Years Ago

May 21 1932

A local barber shop has announced a new scale of prices, something like this: Haircut - A-1, superspecial, 35 cents; haircut - A-2, commercial, 25 cents; haircut - A-3, sheep shear, 20 cents; Shave - A-1, expert work, vaseline job, 20 cents; shave - A-2, all off, crock job, 15 cents; shave - A-3, lather only, pull 'em off yourself, 10 cents; blackhead excavation, 5 cents per; cauterizing razor mistakes, race horse and stock market tips, free.

Under the first classification the shavee is permitted to murmur "Yes," or "Yes, sir," from underneath the hot towel, whenever the barber concludes his narrative or political economic discussion with the question, "Am I right?" Silence is mandatory under all other classifications.