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Remember When July 19

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10 Years Ago

July 19 1995

    Elaine Strong Kokenge, owner of Elaine's Studio on Chapman Lake, recently won two national awards at the 50th National Convention of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors in Richmond, Va.

Kokenge won a first-place blue ribbon and medal for a reproduction Grandfather Clock dial she painted for an 18th-century clock. She also won a third place award for a reverse oil painting on glass of a tablet originally completed in Germany in 1825.

25 Years Ago

July 19 1980

    Playing at the Wagon Wheel, Mary, daughter of Robert and Suzie Lichtenwalter, Old 30 East, is in three musicals this summer at the playhouse - "Cabaret", "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Shenandoah". She attends the University of Evansville and is majoring in music.


50 Years Ago

July 19 1955

    Bruce Schlabaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schlabaugh, of 316 S. High St., has opened his own business on the sidewalk near his home. Bruce is selling Kool-Aid and a variety of candy. Mike Knowles, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Knowles, of South Detroit Street, was a customer.


75 Years Ago

July 19 1930

    SYRACUSE - Three hundred large-mouth bass have been placed in the channel between Syracuse and Wawasee lake. The fish were about 3 inches long. Work has been in progress to rid the lakes of dogfish, gar and big pike by men employed at the State Fish Hatchery. Sixty-eight thousand bass were shipped from the hatchery a few days ago to different parts of the state to be put in lakes.