June 30 10 Years Ago They say "the sun never sets on the Salvation Army flag." Anita Robb probably considers that as she watches night fall over the waters of Winona Lake from her home on the east shore. Robb, 94, received the Salvation Army's most distinguished award Friday - the Order of the Founder medallion - in the army's office on Arthur Street in Warsaw. She and her husband, Loyd, served in the Army for 47 years. They retired as colonels. Robb was honored for her pioneering social work in the Army's Central Territory, headquartered in Chicago since 1913.
25 Years Ago Three more stores have announced intentions to begin operations at the MarketPlace Shopping Center on Warsaw's east side. Signed to contracts are Little Caesar', an Italian restaurant; Subway Sandwich Shop; and Waterbeds Waterbeds Waterbeds. All are franchise operations. The latest announcement brings the total number of stores agreeing to lease space at the new shopping center to 13.
50 Years Ago Bob Osborn's two Coast Guard licensed sight-seeing launches on Winona Lake now sport two-way ship-to-shore short wave radios. As the nine-ton ships sail around the lake, each is in direct communication with their Marine Haven home port. New on Winona Lake this year, the boats came from the Wisconsin Dells, are powered with heavy duty engines for bucking swift river currents, making cruising on quiet Winona a breeze.
75 Years Ago Twenty-four hours after a warning in The Warsaw Daily Times that safety precautions were not taken on PWA sewer work, a cave-in occurred at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Clark Street sewer. Two workmen, George Keel and Cleve Gilbert, had a narrow escape from death. Gilbert suffered no injuries but Keel was less fortunate suffering loosening of his teeth and painful bruises about the head. Investigators claim that the sewer was not properly protected with sheeting at the time of the cave-in.
