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10 Years Ago
April 9 1988

    Tippecanoe Valley's boy's golf team took second in their first match of the season Thursday in a triangular against Rochester and LaVille at Mill Creek Course, Rochester.

The Vikings shot for a score of 188, just a few strokes over first-place Rochester with a 180 score.

25 Years Ago
April 9 1973

    Mrs. Vicki Jane Baurle is the winner of the National Business Education Association's Award of Merit for outstanding achievement in business education.

Mrs. Baurle is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Poats of 2508 Westside Drive, Warsaw.

50 Years Ago
April 9 1948

    Babies were born to sisters-in-law at the Murphy Medical Center on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ewing, of 709 E. Smith St., became parents of an 8-pound, 14-ounce daughter, Jane Ellen, at 3:25 p.m., and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hamman, of Burket, became the parents of a son, Richard Lee, born at 6:22 p.m. Mrs. Ewing is a sister of Mr. Hamman.


75 Years Ago
April 9 1923

    The sassafras crop, now being harvested in northern Indiana, is the best in years and the price asked is the same as has prevailed over a period of 20 years - small bundles of the roots retailing at five cents and larger bundles at 10 cents. Sassafras tea is regarded as one of the best of spring tonics.