10 Years Ago Jerry and Julia Frush renew their wedding vows in an old-fashioned ceremony during Oswego Trader Days. They have been married for 45 years. Jack Worth, pastor of Dutchtown Brethren Church, performed the ceremony. Darlene Wallace served as a witness. Re-enactors, dressed in the pioneer era, 1765 to 1865, greeted visitors to the event on the community building’s grounds. Mike Murphy, of Akron, cooked deer meat over an open fire during Trader Days. Fulton County residents converge in Rochester each June to celebrate the county’s heritage as “The Round Barn Capital of the World.” At one time, there were 16 round barns in the county, more than any other county in the United States. Several still stand. The festival is June 5-7 and is 33 years old this year. 25 Years Ago Students in Scott McClintock’s fifth-grade class at Jefferson Elementary School had to construct a container that would allow an egg to survive a 10-foot fall. The rules stipulated that the “eggcraft” be no larger than 15 centimeters by 15 centimeters and hold a raw egg. “Eggnaut” Rob Baumgarn dropped his egg and it survived the fall. Brad Simmons and Christopher Anglin practiced their telephone skills at the Leesburg-Oswego Nursery School located in the Oswego Midlakes Lions Building. 50 Years Ago Jack Schutz, son of Mrs. Raymond Schutz, 603 E. Main St., received the Phillips Cecilian Award and Kathleen Morphew, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. David Morphew, Winona Lake, was given the Service and Achievement Award to climax the annual “Spring Music Festival” in the Warsaw High School gym by the choral departments of Warsaw Community Schools. The Phillips Award is presented annually by Mr. & Mrs. Freeland Phillips, graduates of Warsaw High School. The Service and Achievement Award is given annually by Miss Margaret Ann Voirol, vocal music director, to the outstanding senior member of the choir. 75 Years Ago Charges against Mrs. Irene Ray (accused of being a witch) were dropped when she promised Police Chief Paul Whitcomb she would leave the community. She was released from the Rochester jail yesterday. Upon her release she immediately disclaimed all accusations of a strange hexing power which, one family maintained, caused their daughter to have leakage of the heart. Mrs. Ray is a native of Roanoke, Va., and had previously been asked with her husband to leave Plymouth. They are looking for a small farm home near here where they could stay away from the “handiwork of Satan.”
