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Remember When April 24

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10 Years Ago
April 24 1991

    Whitko High School's strange and wonderful trek to the boys basketball state finals this past season drew many comparisons to "Hoosiers," the 1986 film based on tiny Milan High School's stirring march to the Indiana state championship in 1954.

Like the movies, "Hoosiers" had a star. In this case, it was Gene Hackman, who played the team's coach. Whitko's "movie" had a star, too - make that an all-star. He is senior Steve Nicodemus, who was named to the elite Indiana All-Star team by the Indianapolis Star.

25 Years Ago
April 24 1976

    Members of the Warsaw Duplicate Bridge Club recently observed the club's 13th anniversary at a two-session tournament and dinner at the Counting House Bank.

Winners of the club championship trophies were Jean and Ed Whitby, first; and Shirley and Chet Bartol, second.

50 Years Ago
April 24 1951

    The junior class of Silver Lake High School will present the play "Special Delivery," a three-act comedy, on April 13, at eight o'clock in the Silver Lake gym. The cast includes Marilyn Smith, Sheila Kissinger, Bonnie Vanderpool, Irene Lewis, Esther Lewis, Ralph Montel, Cecil Doub, Tom Sittler, Bob Kline and Kenney Spangle. Assisting in production are Norman Harman, Lewis Scherer, Fred Kline and Larry Deeter. The play is under the direction of Mrs. Dale Amiss.


75 Years Ago
April 24 1926

    Logan G. Kimes, North Lake Street grocer and stock shipper, Warsaw, is the winner of a $5 cash prize given by the Cleveland, Ohio, Union Stockyards Association. Kimes in January guessed the exact top March price for 200-pound hogs, which was $14.25 per hundred.