Remember When August 24

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 pm

10 Years Ago

August 24 1995

Gale Creighton was honored recently with a retirement reception hosted by Creighton Brothers after 50 years in the family-owned business.

Creighton Brothers was started in 1925 by the late Hobart and the late Russell Creighton. The latter was the father of Gale.

25 Years Ago

August 24 1980

LEESBURG - A few weeks after he captured Junior Champion Holstein honors at the Kosciusko County Fair, 17-year-old Jeff Stookey, Leesburg, has moved up in the world.

In competition at the Indiana State Fair, he was named the top 4-H grand champion dairy showman.

50 Years Ago

August 24 1955

Kosciusko County entries won top honors in the Jersey Parish 10th district of Indiana show held Tuesday at the 4-H fairgrounds at Rochester.

Roger Kettering's entry was named grand champion female, and Cedar Lawn Farms, owned by Merl Warren, showed the grand champion bull. Kettering is from Warsaw and the Cedar Lawn Farms are at Claypool.

75 Years Ago

August 24 1930

A nine and three-quarter pound pike was captured by Attorney Everett Rasor, of this city, while fishing at Pike Lake and was exhibited to the admiration of local fishermen. It measured 36 inches long. Rasor was fishing in company with Attorney Ezra Graham.