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Remember When August 6

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10 Years Ago
August 6 1988

    Sgt. Kevin L. Myers, Pierceton, and Staff Sgt. Carl W. Nichols, Warsaw, have returned from the National Pistol Championships at Camp Perry, Ohio, where they participated in the top-level tournament as members of the prestigious All National Guard Shooting Team.


25 Years Ago
August 6 1973

    Edward L. Mudd, of Warsaw; Jack L. Schlotterback, Syracuse; Clyde L. Witt, Nappanee; and James E. Reimenschneider, Bourbon, are among 21 Northern Indiana Public Service Co. employees marking their 25th year of service with the utility this month.


50 Years Ago
August 6 1948

    Genial Councilman Milo Maloy (he's also our J.P.) is continuing his hunt for the prankster who put his straw hat atop the flag pole at the city hall park after placing a tin of water in it, hoping the same would drench the councilman when lowered.


75 Years Ago
August 6 1923

    Undertakers of the Kosciusko County Association of Embalmers met last evening in regular session at Leesburg, where they were entertained by a fine talk by Ivan Bowser, former Leesburg young man. He gave an interesting lecture on an embalming fluid formula which is his own invention and the patent has brought Bowser some handsome offers, said to amount to as high as $20,000.