10 Years Ago Seward Township/Burket Fire Department personnel volunteered 93 hours in April. The Department had nine runs, including one with Akron. Burket firemen will receive picture identification badges; the women’s auxiliary will take the pictures. Burket will receive a matching grant from the Department of Natural Resources for grass fire safety equipment. A fund-raising auction will be Saturday at the Burket Elementary School. The 2003 Area 2 Special Olympics Spring Games will be held Saturday at the Tippecanoe Valley High School, Akron, beginning at 8:45 a.m. until 5 p.m. Three hundred athletes will compete in track and field, three-on-three basketball, aquatics, bocce, and powerlifting. 25 Years Ago The Psi Iota XI Sorority, in conjunction with the North Webster Lions Club, will be hosting the 43rd annual "Queen of the Lakes Pageant." This year’s theme is "Hoosier Celebration 1988." The contest will be judged June 25 during the Mermaid Festival. Five girls will be selected as princesses. From those five, the Queen of Lakes 1988 will be chosen and will receive a silver loving cup, $300 cash, floral arrangement, beautiful rhinestone Mermaid crown and sceptor. Runners-up will receive tiaras, flowers, and sashes. An engraved platter will be awarded to the winners in swimsuit, evening gown, and Miss Congeniality. 50 Years Ago Lake Theatre: Starting Sunday for 7 Big Days: Adults, $ .75; Children, $ .25: Debbie Reynolds in "My Six Loves" with Cliff Robertson, David Janssen, Eileen Heckart, Hans Conried, Mary McCarty, and Alice Ghostley. It’s the funniest fix a girl ever got into! Debbie’s Dilemma--Should she give up her glamorous career just because six kids want to adopt her?: Plus Technicolor Cartoon and Latest News. Ends Sat. nite: "Ben Hur"; winner of 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture! 75 Years Ago "Biggest Money’s Worth!": Drive an Oldsmobile, "the car that has everything": Fred McKown, 114-16 West Main Street, Warsaw, Telephone 595: Come in and enter Oldsmobile’s big $10,000 Nation-wide Prize Contest--10 Cash Awards ranging from $15 to $25 for the 50 best letters on "Why I Like Oldsmobile’s Automatic Safety Transmission. "For complete details, including information on how to enter, come in---today! "We couldn’t find a car that gave us such good quality and features at such a low price!" E.F.S., Clearwater, Fla.
