Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
10 Years Ago
Aimee Wilson, Warsaw, was crowned 2001 Indiana State Fair Rabbit Princess in Indianapolis Aug. 11. The competition for the title included rabbit showmanship, breed identification, a written test and rabbit resume. Aimee’s parents are Rockey and Janet Wilson. The home-schooled sixth-grader also plays the piano, has a blue belt in Taekwando and is a junior library volunteer at the Warsaw Community Public Library.
25 Years Ago
The senior class candidates for Warsaw Community High School homecoming queen are Michelle Haines, Debbie Lipply and Monica Henry. Candidates for homecoming king are Chad Gallentine, Rick Fox and Brant Bair. The king and queen will be selected at the halftime of the WCHS-Goshen football game.
50 Years Ago
Mrs. C.C. DuBois, lifetime resident of Warsaw, had the honor of cutting the ribbon of dollar bills, officially opening the new $400,000 Lake City Bank in Warsaw. Mrs. DuBois once lived in the Hays Hotel, former building where the new bank is now located at the southeast corner of Center and Indiana Streets. Her father built the hotel. Mrs. DuBois said she was thrilled that the modern bank would replace the hotel. Although it was raining, many persons were on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and for the new bank’s “first business” when the doors opened at 9 a.m.
75 Years Ago
Almost two years after he was forced to give medical aid to Homer Van Meter, one of the Dillinger gangsters, Dr. Leslie A. Laird, North Webster, received $5 from the administrator of the Van Meter estate for his service. Not only was the physician forced to give medical treatment but one of the bandit’s companions slugged the doctor as the group left the office. The remittance definitely establishes the fact that Van Meter was the man who was fleeing from officers in Kosciusko County at that time.
