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Remember When February 24

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10 Years Ago
February 24 1991

    For the first time since 1978, the Warsaw Lady Tigers basketball team will be going to Indianapolis - via their win of the Fort Wayne Semistate Saturday night.

Sixth-ranked Warsaw earned its third semistate title with an easier-than-expected 67-40 win over Fort Wayne Northrop. The win puts Warsaw (21-3) in the Final Four against Brownsburg (25-0) in the second game Saturday at Market Square Arena.

25 Years Ago
February 24 1976

    The Mt. Tabor Church of God, located 5-1/2 miles south of Nappanee on CR 800W or six miles north of U.S. 30 on CR 800W, was among 10 rural churches of Indiana that were awarded plaques and $25 checks by the Indiana State Farm Bureau for the best improvements to their church during the past year.

Rev. Jim McKibben is pastor of the church.

50 Years Ago
February 24 1951

    Alvin Rockhill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Rockhill, of East Center Street, received his degree Sunday from the law school at Indiana University. His wife, parents and sister, Harriet Rockhill, attended the graduation services in Bloomington.


75 Years Ago
February 24 1926

    Twenty-seven horses in one car load lot, averaging 1,770 each, were shipped yesterday by Ed Heacock to Bangor, Maine. The car was the largest single car in horseflesh weight ever shipped out of Warsaw.