10 Years Ago Warsaw boys track coach Troy Akers says he likes the annual Max Truex invitational. He has reason to. Rebounding from their 40-plus meet win streak from a loss over Elkhart Memorial, the Tigers scored 19 points Friday to win their third straight Max Truex title and fourth in five years. Brothers Cory and Ryan Hill each won a heat in the 110 hurdles, coming for a time of 30.71 seconds, breaking a four-year old record of 30.72 seconds set by North Side.
25 Years Ago Tammy Sue Lambert, Warsaw, was recognized for outstanding academic achievement at Butler University’s 1987 Honor Day on April 16. Lambert, a junior majoring in zoology at Butler, was awarded the Dr. Robert H. Egbert Pre-Medical Scholarship. Her grade point average is 3.783. The Dr. Robert H. Egbert Pre-Medical Scholarships of $1,000 each were established to support the undergraduate education of two students in pre-medical studies. Tammy was one of those chosen to receive this honor.
50 Years Ago Miss Vera Bethel and Miss Helen Hull, Winona Lake, spent the past 10 days in Chicago at conventions of writers and editors for religious publications. Miss Bethel headed the planning committee for the editors’ convention. She and Miss Hull edit some of the Light and Life Press publications.
75 Years Ago Natural gas under 12 pounds pressure, highly inflammable and odorless, continues to flow from a 2-inch well sunk, only 36 feet deep on the banks of Tippecanoe Lake, east of Potawatomi. Drillers expected to get drinking water. With a roar the gas burst forth and ignited in a flame 30 feet high. The well was dug on a lake shore lot owned by L.F. Fulkerson. Fulkerson may utilize the gas to light and heat his own lake cottage. Others envision a gas boom for Kosciusko County.
