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Remember When December 30

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10 Years Ago

December 30 1994

    Three people won $100 gift certificates for participating in the Design Our Christmas Cover contest. Winners and the retailers who awarded the prizes are Lauren Diekhoff, who received a certificate from Butch Shapson of Ace Hardware; Nathan Baker, won a certificate from Archie Armino of Wal-Mart; and Bethany Earl won a certificate from Jim Johnson of K-Mart.


25 Years Ago

December 30 1979

    ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Joe C. Metzger, of South Whitley, was named "Seedstock Producer of the Year Honoree" at the recent 1979 National Swine Improvement Federation annual meeting in St. Louis, Mo.

The award is given each year to a NSIF seedstock producer recognizing their active development in a performance testing program, demonstration of significant achievements and quality advancement through swine program tests.

50 Years Ago

December 30 1954

    The first day of Christmas vacation was well spent by small fry of the Warsaw area, sledding and playing in the snow. Jerry Laurien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Laurien, and Thomas Vankirk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vankirk, were sliding next to Evangel Hill, Winona Lake. The boys reported that the hill was a little rough to slide on now.


75 Years Ago

December 30 1929

    For Kosciusko County Roy Stoneburner, Dutchtown farmer, has just received from the Purdue Extension Dept. at Lafayette, the silver medal award in the contest for corn growers in the 90-to-100 bushels class per acre. Stoneburner's average yield per acre was 94.35 bushels. The award is a handsome silver medal, appropriately inscribed.