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Remember When July 13

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10 Years Ago
July 13 1988

    The Warsaw Tiger Pride Marching Band won the Sweepstakes Award for the best band Saturday in the Fort Wayne Three Rivers Parade.

The Warsaw band was among 150 parade units, which included 19 high school bands.

25 Years Ago
July 13 1973

    Bob Tess won the award for the best character beard during the judging at the Claypool Centennial festivities. Richard Price won the award for the fullest beard and John Norman Kimes won the award for the best partial beard.


50 Years Ago
July 13 1948

    Ray Pletcher, of South Indiana Street, brought three captives, a mother bat and two babies, into the Times and Union office the other day after finding them in his yard. He showed them around and released them. They weren't the usual mouse-colored bats but were a medium tan in color.


75 Years Ago
July 13 1923

    June bugs in swarms "thick as molasses," are reported around lakes of this vicinity, especially at Wawasee lake.