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10 Years Ago
December 24 1993

    TERRA HAUTE - Todd Hofstra has been awarded the Presidential Scholarship at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for the 1994-95 school year.

This award goes to a limited number of students with the most outstanding academic records. Hofstra, a senior at Warsaw Community High School, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hofstra, Warsaw. He plans to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering.

25 Years Ago
December 24 1978

    The winners in the annual Elks Club "Hoop Shoot" free throw contest held at WCHS gym were, Boys 8-9, Archie Newsome, Silver Lake; Girls 8-9, Kristen Berry, Lincoln School; Boys 10-11, Andy Swihart, Silver Lake; Girls 10-11, Lisa Lackey, Lincoln; Boys 12-13, Jeff Grose, McKinley; and Girls 12-13, Paula Hopkins, Silver Lake.


50 Years Ago
December 24 1953

    Janet Foresman and Mary Ann Dunbar, of Warsaw High School, rated among the top 10 speakers in the state student congress held at Purdue University, received awards from Dr. Jack Bain, head of the Purdue debate department.

Both girls prepared bills for house of representatives committees and both debated several times before the house, which was composed of 100 students from 97 cities and towns.

75 Years Ago
December 24 1928

    A kiss for Cinderella or anyone else seeking her big Christmas moment beneath the mistletoe, will be within the reach of all this year, the mistletoe merchants announce. A bumper crop is available for the south, especially Alabama and Texas, and the mistletoe is now being sold in Warsaw at a price lower than in former years.