10 Years Ago Sesquicentennial Moment: In a public meeting Dec. 30, 1875, Warsaw citizens met to make arrangements for the centennial celebration of the founding of the nation. It was voted to observe New Year’s Day as a national holiday. The gun squad, composed of Joseph Thralls, Lewis Funk, Stephen Philpot, Jr., W.H.H. Elder and John Bizel set up their gun just south of Center Street in front of Sheriff Jaques’ residence to fire a salute. Philpot was ramming home the charge and Funk was managing the vent when the cartridge exploded halfway down the barrel. The ramrod struck Philpot on the arms, severing his left hand at the wrist and throwing it 60 feet away. 25 Years Ago Dan Fulkerson and DeNae Bouse were chosen king and queen at Warsaw’s prom. King and queen at Triton are Joey Haywood and Dana Hall while juniors Craig Greer and Kathy Reichart were chosen prince and princess. Whitko High School senior Chad Christman, son of Steven and Tanya Christman, signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Mich. with Coach Robert Pratt. Christman, the 1988-89 Times-Union player of the year, graduated third in his class with a 3.9 grade average. The fourth annual Kosciusko Parade of Homes at Stonehenge Links Village May 13-21 is among the most lavish. The development by Ray and Rose Harroff offers an all-encompassing atmosphere of leisure and sprawling landscape. As of this week, four of the seven homes in the parade were sold. 50 Years Ago Eddie Overmyer, superintendent of Epworth Forest, a Methodist Church summer camp located north of North Webster, reported that a skeleton of a man was found on the old Eberly farm northeast of North Webster on the Kosciusko-Noble County line. The church had purchased the farm and he and Chad Beezley were digging a trench for a tile when the framework of a human was discovered. Wally Anderson, a camp employee, was leveling the trench at five feet when he struck a leg bone. The body had apparently been tossed in a three-foot wide hole and covered up about 250 yards from the farmhouse in a marshy area. The man was about five feet eight inches tall. The bones were well preserved. There was no sign of violence. The only item found in the hole was acorns. Information was turned over to Sheriff Howard “Sam” Holbrook. 75 Years Ago The home of Lawrence Phillips, southeast of Warsaw in Wayne Township, became the first home in the county to become energized when little Peggy Phillips threw the switch that brought the current flowing into her father’s house last Friday. REMC project superintendent is William Orr. About 60 homes per day are now becoming energized and the whole county is expected to be receiving current by July 1. David Livengood, Warsaw, a student at Indiana Central College, will sing with a mixed octet and a male quartet on the college’s radio program over WIRE, Indianapolis March 11. Applicants for admission to the CCC Camps have until April 1 to file their requests with Mrs. Judkins of Goshen. She will be in Warsaw City Hall from 9 a.m. to noon every Thursday. Candidates must be between 17 and 23.
