Remember When June 29

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 pm

10 Years Ago

June 29 1995

FORT WAYNE - A 1987 Warsaw Community High School graduate has given birth to quadruplets at Fort Wayne's Parkview Memorial Hospital.

Ruth (Durik) Fox gave birth to three boys and a girl between 8:35 and 8:36 p.m. June 23.

25 Years Ago

June 29 1980

An ambulance crew was rushing an expectant mother to Kosciusko Community Hospital but the delivery couldn't wait.

Multi-Township emergency medical technician Sue Bechtold delivered a baby in the ambulance only one block form the local hospital. Mrs. David (Karen K.) Saint, 29, of Winona Lake, gave birth to a girl, Kay Ann, at 1:39 p.m. in the ambulance at Parker and Dubois streets in Warsaw.

50 Years Ago

June 29 1955

Norma Jo Barnhart will compete as "Miss North Webster" in the Queen of the Lakes beauty contest July 1 and 4 at the North Webster Mermaid Festival. Norma Jo, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Barnhart, Leesburg, and has brown hair, blue eyes, weighs 118 pounds and stands 5 feet, 5-1/2 inches tall.

75 Years Ago

June 29 1930

For the first time in the history of Winona Lake, a period of 35 years, the gates at the entrance of the park were thrown open to the public this morning. This was made possible by the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce pledging the sale of 1,200 tickets and of this number already more than 900 have been sold. It is estimated that 5,000 were at the park Sunday.

For a number of years the directors have wanted to throw the gates open to the public, but considered it too great a risk financially. Through the assistance of the local Chamber of Commerce, this action was made possible.