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10 Years Ago
January 22 1991

    INDIANAPOLIS - Derrill D. Swick, son of Frank and Judith Swick, Burket, has been selected by the Indiana Senate to serve as a legislative intern for the majority caucus during the 1991 session of the General Assembly.

According to State Senator Steve Johnson (R-Kokomo), the intern liaison for Senate Republicans, Swick will be assigned to two senators for the duration of the legislative session. A senior at Indiana State University, Swick will assist the senators with correspondence, bill research and analysis, media relations and committee work.

25 Years Ago
January 22 1976

    U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Cadet David L. Hobbs, son of Warsaw Superintendent of Schools and Mrs. Max Hobbs, of 624 N. Lincoln St., Warsaw, has been appointed an element leader at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Cadet Hobbs, a member of the class of 1977, earned the honor for his leadership ability and academic standing. He has also been promoted to cadet technical sergeant.

50 Years Ago
January 22 1951

    Earl E. Longfellow, Warsaw, was granted one of the 896 patents issued this week, according to official announcement of the United State patent office. Longfellow is the inventor of a surgical blade-plate driver and extractor. Patent examiners ruled the invention different in four respects from anything similar ever previously patented or known. The Our Town inventor filed patent application Aug. 27, 1948, and has assigned his patent rights to the DePuy Mfg. Co.


75 Years Ago
January 22 1926

    Jess Mellencamp reports the arrival at 7:30 this morning of "Andy and Min," a pair of robins occupying a maple tree in front of his house on East Center Street for several season. "Yes, indeed, I know it's 'Andy and Min,' for they commenced immediately to rebuild their old nest in the tree," said Jess.