10 Years Ago For the second year, Syracuse is hosting a Firefighter's Festival. The carnival opens Wednesday, Aug. 24 through Sunday, which is bracelet day. Syracuse Fireman Tony Meek accompanied his son, Jacob, 2, on the merry-go-round. Tiffany Leigh Polston, 24, daughter of Randy and Rachael Polston, Warsaw, has been booked to sing the National Anthem on New Year's Day for the Indianapolis Colts vs. the Arizona Cardinals NFL game. She has released a CD produced by Servant Records of Warsaw. 4-H volunteers recognized Aug. 13 at the Indiana State Fair: Monica Braman and Tammy Wise, Warsaw, 25 years; Bruce Lamb, Milford, 25 years; Frank Rhoades, Pierceton, 30 years. 25 Years Ago Community business and professional leaders gathered Aug. 20 in the Shrine Building for the United Way's 1990 kick off luncheon. Campaign chairman Jim Evans said this year's goal is “reachable and exceedable.” Pam Shipley, kindergarten teacher at Jefferson Elementary, talks with her students this morning, Aug. 21, on the first day of school in Warsaw. YMCA Camp Little Eagle held a “Dive-In” movies event, ending the summer-long program. Kids watched “Phantom Lake” and “The Haunted Church Bell” while floating on rafts and inner tubes. Campers enjoyed homemade ice cream and submarine sandwiches. 50 Years Ago Raymond (Nub) Cole, Pierceton, a crane operator, dug up part of a leg bone of a prehistoric animal while digging in a sinkhole at the upper end of the John Unruch Ditch, two miles west of Pierceton on the Lloyd Miner farm. The bone is three feet long, measures a foot across in the widest place, and is on display in the corridor of the courthouse. George Nye, county surveyor's office, believes it is of a Mastodon. There were 20 building permits issued in Warsaw during the month of July, according to Building Commissioner Harold (Dutch) Ford, the largest item being for an addition to the Lowery Shopping Center, East Market St. 75 Years Ago Charles Spencer and tenant, Riley Neibert, cut and stacked 24 tons of alfalfa hay on his farm near Oswego. The hay was taken from a field of seven acres and measures 15 feet high by 12 feet in width and is about 100 feet long. There are at least two more cuttings to be made this year.
