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Remember When July 30

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10 Years Ago
July 30 1988

    The Warsaw Police Department received the Silver Safety Belt Award presented by Hoosiers For Safety Belts. The award was given to the department for their contributions toward actively promoting safety belt use, enforcing the law and setting up programs for the department. Each officer in the department received a lapel pin.


25 Years Ago
July 30 1973

    They've set a new world record; now they want to keep it.

Dan Yoder and Dan Robinson broke the world's record for teeter-totter riding when they surpassed the 20-day mark set earlier this month by two Richmond youths. But setting the world mark isn't enough; they want to be sure they keep it for a while. As the result the two will continue riding their handbuilt seesaw until noon, Aug. 3, when they will have surpassed the existing record of 486 by 114 hours.

50 Years Ago
July 30 1948

    The big local air show Sunday to dedicate Municipal Airport got a boost from cartoonist Zack Mosley. He drew in a sign in his daily comic strip, "Smilin' Jack," in the Chicago Tribune, stating "Warsaw Air Show, Sunday, July 25." The request was sent in by E.K. Smith, Winona Lake, who received a nice letter back from Mosley.


75 Years Ago
July 30 1923

    Big remodeling sale at Mellencamp Brothers, Warsaw. Mattresses at $18.50; Sellers famous kitchen cabinets for $31.10; 90-pound side icer refrigerators for $31.85; and American walnut, Queen Anne, 54-inch dining table for $29.65.