Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
Winners recently were chosen for the DAR history essay contest to represent the Agnes Pruyn Chapman Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution. They are Annalisa Woodward, Wawasee eighth-grader, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Woodward, North Webster; Paul Strycker, Wawasee seventh-grader, son of Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Strycker, Milford; Suraj Datta, Lincoln sixth-grader, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jatinder Datta, Warsaw; and Elizabeth Thompson, Akron fifth-grader, daughter of Ronald and Teresa Thompson of Akron.
Nel Heiman, cafeteria manager at Leesburg school and resident of Warsaw, found a balloon on the farm tagged "To France Or Bust," released by Tom Werk, of Olympia Brown Elementary School, Racine, Wis., as part of the Weekly Reader Writing Pals program. The day before, more than 400 Warsaw Jefferson School pupils in kindergarten through sixth grade released balloons as part of the same program. A prize of $500 will be awarded to the school that gets back the message that has traveled the farthest.
Hundreds of children participated in the traditional Easter Egg Hunt staged Sunday afternoon at the county fairgrounds in Warsaw by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
A bridge and domino party was held at the Business and Professional Women's Club rooms. The party was attended by 42 members and guests. Mrs. L.G. Dailey won first prize at bridge and Ethel Bratt won second. First prize at domino was awarded to Lulu Curry, and second to Florence Gerlach.
