Remember When December 29

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 pm

10 Years Ago

December 29 1995

BOURBON - The Bourbon Town Council on Tuesday approved the recommendation of Chief John West to hire William J. "Butch" VanVactor Jr. and the newest officer on the town's police force.

25 Years Ago

December 29 1980

Two Winona Lake long-time postal employees are already missed by residents as Charles Huffman and Postmaster Clarence DeTurk turned in their blue uniforms just this last weekend. Both had the same work years with the post office - they started in 1948.

50 Years Ago

December 29 1955

Shirley Ann Ambridge, of North Manchester, a junior in the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, has been chosen to represent the school in the "Miss Student Nurse of Indiana" contest sponsored by the Indiana Association of Student Nurses. The contest will be held next month.

75 Years Ago

December 29 1930

ROCHESTER - Henry Fingerle, a telephone company employee, the father of five small children, rejoiced when he was paid $28 in addition to his wages for his work as a solicitor.

Fingerle placed his bonus in his pay envelope. Shortly afterward, while he was working in the plant garage, he found some old papers in his pocket, pulled them out and tossed them into the fire in a stove. A few minutes later he became aware he had burned his pay envelope containing his wages and bonus. But fellow employees of Fingerle heard of his misfortune and they decided he had had enough bad luck. They took a collection and gave him the amount he had lost through his mistake.