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10 Years Ago
December 19 1993

    INDIANAPOLIS - A Leesburg man will try his luck at winning $1,000,000 in the "Hoosier Millionaire" lottery game show.

Dave Montgomery, who lives at Tippecanoe Lake, was selected as a contestant in the weekly drawing last Friday.

25 Years Ago
December 19 1978

    PIERCETON - Spencer Brown, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Brown, Pierceton, will perform at this year's Peach Bowl.

He is one of many Purdue University band members who will travel to Atlanta, Ga., to perform at the Peach Bowl on Christmas Day. Spencer, who is a freshman, plays a trumpet in the Purdue "All-American" Marching Band. He is a 1978 graduate of Whitko High School.

50 Years Ago
December 19 1953

    Members of the Burket fire department have elected Garland Kiefer as chief for the coming year, it was announced today.

Other new officers are Guy Baker, captain; Myrl Wagner and Everett Warren, assistant chiefs; Hollie Nine, first lieutenant; Franklin Nelson, second lieutenant; and Virgil Haupert, secretary-treasurer.

75 Years Ago
December 19 1928

    The Warsaw Commandery of Knights Templar met last evening and elected the following officers: Burton B. Foulke, Eminent Commander; Lloyd Johnson, generalissimo; Erwin Cook, captain general; Flint Bash, prelate; Murray Wiltshire, senior warden; Russell Walton, junior warden; F.M. Hetrick, recorder; and Elmer B. Funk, treasurer.