10 Years Ago Editor, Times-Union: The County Fair board has managed the county fair into a successful event. The Chicago Cubs are on their way to a pennant. The gasoline prices are on their way down. I find myself with almost nothing to complain about. Am I still alive? Bob Plummer, Warsaw via e-mail.
25 Years Ago Warsaw Community Development Corp. is beginning a new project intended to enhance the beauty of downtown Warsaw and draw more tourism to the area. SaraLee Levin asked the WCDC Board of Directors to become part of a project she has dreamed of for the Warsaw community. The Park Department Board has approved the use of the property east of the Levin Fountain at Center Lake Park for the project. Located in this area will be plants and flowers mentioned throughout the Bible. The area will be accessible for all to see and enjoy.
50 Years Ago Gretchen Gast, 13, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Gast, Warsaw, was crowned 1961 Soap Box Derby Queen. Gretchen received her crown from last year's queen, Sharon Mauzy. Her court is Kathy Huffer, 14, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vreeland Huffer, Waraw, and Allison Anglin, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Anglin, Milford.
75 Years Ago Carl W. Lofgren, attending the School of Photography, Winona Lake, is unique in the fact that he has a hobby, which, so far as anyone knows, is the only one of its kind in existence. Lofgren calls himself a "likeness-hunter" and has in his files already more than 1,700 doubles. Just last Sunday, one of the photographers at the school photographed a girl bathing in Center Lake. When Lofgren saw the picture, he noticed immediately her resemblance to the late Marilyn Miller, star of stage and screen. The name of the girl is not known and the photographers have thus far searched in vain for her.
