10 Years Ago The 2003 Kosciusko County Reserve Academy graduating class will have its Affirmation Ceremonies this Saturday, bringing to a close three months of law enforcement training. The Academy thanks Terry Hand and his employees for the use of his property plus Dana McAfee and her Warsaw Community High School Drama Class for portraying traffic violators and performing in other domestic and work/school situations. Students taking part were Heather Bonahoom, Katrina Bonahoom, Bethany Kinney, Charles Robison, Dan Hubler, Zach Woodward, Annie Koser, Karyn Brumbaugh, Katye Tom, Sera Hawkins, Thomas Hall and Michael Hall. 25 Years Ago The Flagpole, 1125 E. Winona Ave., near entrance to The Fairgrounds, Warsaw, sends a special invitation honoring our 40th anniversary: Grand opening May 1, 1948: Bring this ad with you on your visit to The Flagpole on May 5,1988, and we will give you two 10-cent custard cups (today's value $1) for the price of one. We serve delicious Bar-b-cues, Coney Islands and Root Beer. Come try us and we know you will come again and often. Sincerely yours, Ted 50 Years Ago Jim Sloan, librarian of the Warsaw-Wayne Township Public Library, attended a conference at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis last Saturday. A group of 150 librarians and trustees from across the state participated in the conference on policy planning for the Indiana State Library and for the improvement of services through the state. The conference was called by State Librarian Robert McClarren. 75 Years Ago Kosciusko County will observe National Air Mail Week, May 15 to 21, 1938, Postmaster Charles W. Anglin announced Tuesday. Following a meeting with postmasters of the county and a visit to the Beyer field, Warsaw, with an Army aviation inspector, it has been decided that all county mail will leave the Beyer field on the air flights. Each of the county post offices will have a special airmail cover cachet and all covers will be mailed from the postoffices and delivered to the airplane in Warsaw. A special 6-cent bi-color airmail stamp designed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt will be affixed to the mail.
