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Remember When December 22

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10 Years Ago
December 22 1989

    Mike Hall, of Leesburg, and his son, Kevin, 11, braved the cold Sunday afternoon for a little ice fishing on Chapman Lake. The two said it was their first time out on the ice this season and that the ice was about 3 inches thick.


25 Years Ago
December 22 1974

    When the Red Cross Bloodmobile unit visited the Warsaw First United Methodist Church the following persons received special recognition for total gallons of blood donated. They are: Rev. Robert N. Clater, recently returned to Warsaw from Chicago and celebrating his 50th birthday, four gallons; Eugene Fisher, of 2510 E. Center St., six gallons; S. Richard Ellison, Rt. 3, seven; and Dr. Norman Uphouse, celebrating his 67th birthday, 11 gallons.


50 Years Ago
December 22 1949

    A Claypool rural route resident, a pneumonia patient at the Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, was winner of the Crosley-Shelvador refrigerator given by the Waco Supply Co., Warsaw, in a contest. Mrs. Inez (J.D.) Barrett, County Farm Road, won the nine-cubic-foot electric refrigerator in a field of several hundred contestants.


75 Years Ago
December 22 1924

    Members of the Etna Green Ladies' Thimble Club enjoyed a Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Ralph Mason. About 40 were in attendance. A feature of the party was a Christmas tree bearing gifts. Each member was blindfolded in turn and cut off a gift for herself. Dainty refreshments were served.