Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
Two Winona Lake volunteer firefighters were honored recently at the annual Christmas party. Terry Himes was given the Fireman of the Year award and Quentin Rupe received a service award for his 30 years with the department. The awards were presented by fire chief Dick Haines.
Chris and Deedee Baldridge are anxious to cart home a 5-foot stocking stuffed with Christmas presents and toys from the Marsh Supermarket on East Market Street. Chris, 6, and Deedee, 8, pupils at Madison Elementary School, won the stocking in a drawing conducted by Marsh assistant store manager Ernie Saldivar and store manager Larry Metzger. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baldridge, 401 N. Washington St., Warsaw.
Mrs. Robert Wagner, of west of this city, and granddaughter, Dana Lynne Wagner, were guests at the home of Mrs. Wayne Bowser, of Mentone, on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Bowser was hostess at a shower given in honor of Mrs. David Bowser.
Bert O. Mabie, who upholds the strong arm of the law and peace in the Syracuse vicinity, spotted a suspicious looking stranger with a more suspicious looking satchel at the B&O depot. An amber fluid tricked from the suitcase onto the platform. The suspicious actions of the bootlegger fascinated Mabie. He smelt of the fluid. It bore the odor of moonshine. He tasted. Then, convinced that he had trapped a bootlegger, placed the man under arrest and demanded to see in the suitcase. The man complied.
