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Remember When 9.29.2012

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10 Years Ago
     Five generations in the bride’s family were represented at the wedding of Sarah Mignery and Andrew Lockridge on Aug. 31. They were the bride’s daughter, Dreanna Mignery, with her great-great-grandmother, Arlene Harrison, Milford; great-grandmother, Barbara Migedt, Goshen; the bride; and the bride’s mother, Nancy Mignery, Warsaw.  
25 Years Ago
   City officials connected with the Biblical Gardens promise the tennis courts at Center Lake won’t be relocated or changed as a result of the garden plans, as reported in another local publication. The garden will be south of the tennis courts and at the corner of Detroit and Canals streets.
50 Years Ago
     Mrs. Walter Brandon and Mrs. Larry Stone, twin sisters from Claypool, are keeping birthdays in their families an easy thing to remember. Shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, Mrs. Brandon gave birth at the Murphy Medical Center to twins, a son and daughter. About six hours later, at about 3 a.m. Friday, Mrs. Stone gave birth to a daughter. Even more coincidental is the fact that both mothers already have sons each 13 months old. Mrs. Brandon and Mrs. Stone are the former Erma and Ethel McKenzie, of the Claypool community.
75 Years Ago
   The 22nd annual Kosciusko County Fair was opened Tuesday night before several thousand persons following an address by Mayor C.C. DuBois, and a popular program of concert music by the county band, a program by pupils of the Atwood and Beaver Dam schools, and the advertised free acts by professional artists.