10 Years Ago King and Queen contestants for the 2005 4-H Fair: Amanda Wise, Kara Anderson, Sarah Banghart, Shelby May, Kristin Conley, Laura Lash, Kelly Darr, Jenna Ruch, Brad Goon, Tim Brumbaugh, Justin Schroeder, Cameron Parker, Kevin Sloan and David Lash. For the fourth consecutive year, the Lake City Skiers are the Division II Central Region champions, winning July 10 with 1,566 points. This was the first year the Lake City Skiers hosted the regional tournament at Hidden Lake. The team will now advance to nationals Aug. 6-7 in Rock Island, Ill. 25 Years Ago Whitko School Board: Dick Dial, president; Dale Haupert, vice president; Terri Collier, secretary; Kim Slater; David Keefer. Outgoing members: Don Huber, Ted Wilson, Andy Chalk. First Free Methodist Church of Warsaw has welcomed Rev. Roger C. Sherman as its new pastor. He and his wife, Lorna, come to Warsaw from their recent pastorate in Gloversville, N.Y. The Shermans begin their duties June 25. Warsaw Reading Club was formed Oct. 8, 1880, and is one of the three oldest women's clubs in the state. Officers for 1990: Mrs. Louis Sweeney, president; Mrs. Howard Christensen, vice president; Mrs. James Bricker, recording secretary; Mrs. Richard Stoops, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Cloice Metzger, treasurer. 50 Years Ago Atwood Centennial, 1865-1965, June 12- 13. Oldest living natives of the town are Pat Murphy, 90, and Emma Hoffer, 87. First car was Dr. T.J. Clutter's Hupmobile, 1910. Bible School graduates at First Baptist Church June 13: Denny Dock, Joe Orr, Suzanne Hoskins, Nancy Sausaman, Marsha Warner, Karen Albertson, Chris Engle, Gary Jeffers, Jim Hopper, Dudley Waites, Andy Glant, Jackie Yenna and Linda Norman. Teacher was Mrs. Roland Felts; student teacher, Susan Kinsey. Herbert Petrie announced the completion of remodeling the interior and exterior of the Wagon Wheel Playhouse--tiered seating levels surrounded by a covered portico extending entirely around the theatre. Scarlet and white are the color motif. A new building housing the box office has been added. 75 Years Ago Cars of Mrs. Robert Wagner, going north, and Wilma Grass, going east, both of Route 2, Warsaw, collided a mile north of the Palestine church. $115 damages. Mrs. Elmer G. Stahl, of Rural Route 2, Pierceton, is a Gold Star mother. Her son, Howard, 17, volunteered for overseas service during World War I and died in a base hospital in France of pneumonia. Three years after the war, his body was returned to the county and interred in Hillcrest Cemetery, Pierceton.
