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10 Years Ago
August 24 1988

    The winner of the 9th annual Miss Kosciusko Scholarship pageant held at Warsaw Community High School was Shelley Sanders. The 20-year-old Milford resident is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sanders and is a 1986 graduate of Wawasee High School.


25 Years Ago
August 24 1973

    Barry McCleary, standout wrestler at Warsaw High School, took third place honors in the 192-pound class in the National Junior Olympics this past weekend, helping Indiana place 10th among 32 states involved in the tourney. The four-day AAU sponsored event with over 700 wrestlers competing was held at St. Cloud Teachers State College, St. Cloud, Minn.


50 Years Ago
August 24 1948

    Our town and county can well be proud of eight students who were among 1,772 to win honors on the distinguished student list of Purdue University for the second semester of the past academic year. They include Donald Bixler, Charles W. Griesinger and Albert E. Heirman Jr., all of Leesburg; Raymond B. Cress, Max E. Steffe and Sumner E. Bowers, all of Warsaw; Edward E. Stephenson, Syracuse; and William L. Tucker, Silver Lake.


75 Years Ago
August 24 1923

    A beautiful photo by Esther Chinoweth, 424 S. Columbia St., Warsaw, appears in the rotogravure section of the Louisville Courier Journal. The scene, a snow-banked woodland creek, is given honorable mention among a number of fine photos. The picture may be seen in The Times window.