Eagle with Stars and Stripes
Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854

Remember When August 2

Posted

10 Years Ago

August 2 1994

    Marine Lance Cpl. Albert Anderson was recently promoted to his present rank while serving with 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Anderson, the son of Albert and Nancy Anderson, of Nappanee, joined the Marine Corps in May 1990.

25 Years Ago

August 2 1979

    The 220-pound crossbred barrow owned by Cindy Kammerer, 18, of Leesburg, was chosen the overall Grand Champion Barrow in the 1979 4-H Swine Show held at the fairgrounds Tuesday. She is a member of Milford Senior Happy Bachelors and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kammerer.


50 Years Ago

August 2 1954

    Art Johnson, of Warsaw, one of the most consistent stock car race winners at the Warsaw Speedway, grabbed another checkered flag Saturday night in the featured event, as Archie Holle, of Warsaw, placed second ahead of Dick Briggs, of Columbia City, who was third.


75 Years Ago

August 2 1929

    The first series of piano recitals given by the junior pupils of Mrs. Lewis Burget will take place at the home of Mrs. A.P. Kleckner Aug. 2. Those appearing on the program are: Helen and Ruth Griffith, Phyllis Kleckner, Jean Hines, Doris Coleman, Jane Mishler, Jean Lowman, Virginia Smith, Emagene Ervin, Norman Taylor, Edward Trish, Elizabeth McDaniel, Wanda Ayars, Doris and Helen Hatfield, Bernice McComb and Dorothy Jane Watson.