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10 Years Ago
July 1 1993

    Achievement awards were presented to 39 Hoosier 4-H champions representing 26 counties at the 75th annual 4-H Round-Up at Purdue University.

Among the winners this year were Krista Bailey of Warsaw in food conservation and preservation and Ted Nixon of South Whitley in the achievement category.

25 Years Ago
July 1 1978

    ETNA GREEN - Terry Kaiser, 23, of Etna Green, and a graduate of Triton High School, is the new Miss Indiana.

She is the first young woman from Kosciusko County to be selected to compete in the Miss America Pageant.

50 Years Ago
July 1 1953

    Ralph Fifer, Warsaw, has a number of very interesting collections in his possession. One of these is a display of old-fashioned shaving mugs.

Many of our readers can remember the day when it was the practice to order your own personal shaving mug through your baber shop, to be taken down and used whenever you came in for a shave. Most men would not only have their names on their mugs, but also some design or illustration depicting their business or profession.

75 Years Ago
July 1 1928

    A swarm of bees moved down Center Street about 1 o'clock Monday afternoon and settled on the lower limb of a tree on the northeast corner of Center and Indiana streets. A large number of persons were attracted by the sight. The bees were estimated to be worth five dollars to anyone who secured them.