10 Years Ago Participants in the Kids All-American Fishing Derby at Center Lake Municipal Park June 4 were given fishing packs upon arrival and competed for prizes in various age groups. Grand prize winner was Dillon Baldridge, who caught a 3-pound, 7-ounce dog fish. More than 100 children competed Freshman T.J. Carpenter led the Trojans to a fifth-place finish in the Warsaw Sectional at Stonehenge Golf Course with his round of 81. Groundbreaking for the 14th Habitat for Humanity House in Kosciusko County was held in Claypool June 5, with a target dedication in August. 25 Years Ago Wallace (Wally) Stouder and his brother, Lloyd, opened the first Penguin Point in Warsaw in 1954 at the junction of East Center St. and Old U.S. 30. He operated the store for 12 years. Hamburgers were sold for 25 cents. First business location was in Wabash in June, 1949. Edna (Grandma) Sharkey will serve as grand marshal for the Etna Green 4th of July “Gay Nineties” parade. The house where she and her husband, Harold, raised their children was once Maple Grove School. Grandma makes quilts and patchwork pillows for all the neighborhood babies. Mayor Plank gave the key to the city to Elle Wamsen, African missionary studying for his doctorate at Grace Theological Seminary this summer. 50 Years Ago Suzie and Sally Chinworth, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Chinworth, are graduating May 28 with Warsaw's 1965 seniors at the Billy Sunday Tabernacle. They started kindergarten at McKinley School together. Seneca Primley Jr., 93, Winona Lake, will ride in the Memorial Day parade wearing his Spanish-American War cap. He rode the train from Plymouth to Tampa, Fla. after enlisting with the 157th Indiana division, “Studebaker (Col. George M.) Tigers.” His father served with the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War. George Ward, Warsaw, will take his place of honor in the Spanish-American War veterans car. 75 Years Ago Farmers in the Silver Lake vicinity, armed with timber cutting implements, aided neighbor Devoy Kesler in getting out timber for the erection of a new barn to replace the one destroyed by fire. Orville Correll, Jerald Kesler, Oscar Bowen, Tim Shoemaker, Eugene Polk, Harold Adams Jr., George Bouse, Harley Parker, Frank Stickler, Orval Yarian, Moyne Parker, Amos Homan, Amber Sands, Charles Knudson, Elmer Lowman, Melvin Snell, Ira Porter, Jonas Flohr, Otto Sands, Ott Jefferies, Lamoyne Parker, Ed Clink, Forest Higgins, Harold Correll, Foster Parker.
