10 Years Ago Gov. Frank O’Bannon made a brief stop in Warsaw recently, touring the West Center Street Zimmer facility. He visited the firm, which employs 1,500 Hoosiers and a total of 3,400 people worldwide, to illustrate the need for Indiana to establish an environment in which high-tech jobs can be created. He stressed the importance at arriving at a balanced budget and tax restructuring system during the May 14 special session.
25 Years Ago Former area resident Don Toy is making his first movie appearance in the film “A Nightmare On Elm Street (Part 3),” which is currently being shown at Warsaw’s Lake Theatre. Toy has a brief scene, standing in the background during an encounter in a nightclub. He moved to Los Angeles last year.
50 Years Ago Construction is already underway on Gardner’s drive-In, in the 20 block of South Buffalo Street in Warsaw. John Haynes, president of Gardner’s Drive-In Corporation, announced that the building will feature contemporary architecture and will seat up to 58 patrons in the inside dining facilities and provide car service for 30 vehicles, plus ample parking space for patrons who wish to dine inside. Officials expect the new drive-in to be in operation by late spring or early summer.
75 Years Ago Zeldon Lipply and Glenn Wagner attended an A&P banquet in the Grand Ballroom of the Palmer House, Chicago, on Sunday. In the evening they went to the Aragon Ballroom where the music of Freddie Martin was featured. Fred Stansbury and Dale Sloan spent Sunday in Fort Wayne, where they attended the grand opening for the broadcasting studios of stations WOWO and WGL.
