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10 Years Ago
January 23 1992

    Members of the Board of Directors of the Builders Association of Kosciusko County who have served a minimum of three years and are retiring are Gina Staton, Willies Construction; Elaine Grill, Re/Max Rainbow Realtors; Tom Porter, Porter Construction; Bob Myers, NIPSCO; and Dana Cone, Dana Cone Construction.


25 Years Ago
January 23 1977

    SYRACUSE - Doug Bushong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Avon Bushong of Syracuse, has been selected to "Who's Who Among Students In American Universities and Colleges."

He will graduate in June with a degree in pharmacy from Purdue University.

50 Years Ago
January 23 1952

    Martha Konkle, 521 E. Clark St., received her first letter in many months from her son, Pfc. Howard Konkle, 22, who is a prisoner of the communists at camp No. 3, reported to be at Chang-song, near the mouth of the Yalu River.

Dated Dec. 24, the letter, written on thin paper, said, "We will have a big doings for Christmas and the Chinese are going to a lot of trouble to give us a good dinner. We already have received our Christmas presents such as socks, soap, candy, cake and many other things. We have all day tomorrow to go see our friends in the other company and tonight we can do anything we want to. Well Mom, I must close for now, Your son, Pete."

75 Years Ago
January 23 1927

    The Phi Delta Kappa fraternity gave a dance on Friday evening following the Warsaw-Atwood basketball game. The members of the team and Coach Fisher were the guests of honor. Snappy music was furnished by "Smokey" Davis and his orchestra.