10 Years Ago With blood supplies already at a critically low level, what local residents are calling "the tragedy in New York" brought more than 200 people to the blood drive Tuesday at Center Lake Pavilion in Warsaw. The event was set for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donors were still waiting to give after 3 p.m., but no more walk-ins were being signed in. One Red Cross worker said about 75 donors were initially expected for the bloodmobile and several regular donors were scheduled for appointments. Supplies on hand quickly ran out, and more were brought in from the Goshen ARC facility to accommodate the Kosciusko County residents who wanted to do what they could to help the victims in New York.
25 Years Ago The Times-Union/WRSW team was the regular season champion of the Warsaw Community Men's Softball League for Division III. Members of the team included Stan Hudson, Michael Myers, John Morris, Mike Cripe, Kirby Sprouls, Jim Jackson, Dave Klein, Bryon Weinstein, Larry McCleary, Joe Hammons, Paul Smith, Robin Hartman, Butch Schapson and Duane Snyder.
50 Years Ago Mrs. A.D. Wilson, Milford, is Kosciusko County's winner of the Morning Glory contest, sponsored by Purdue University and the Kosciusko County Extension Service. Mrs. Wilson's morning glory vine measured 33 feet 5 inches. It grew on her T.V. tower and as she said, "like mad." On Aug. 10, the date of the original measuring, it was 26 feet 4 inches long.
75 Years Ago Mrs. Lois Harmon was hostess recently to a group of girls honoring Miss Elizabeth Hines who will go to Evanston, where she will be enrolled as a student at Northwestern University. Many beautiful handkerchiefs were rolled up in a huge red bandanna kerchief, which was tied on the end of a stick and presented to the guest of honor as a handkerchief shower. Guests present were Misses Wilma Ruse, Helen Hines, Lois Harmon, Dorothy Power and Robert Whiteneck.
