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10 Years Ago
June 8 1992

    The Warsaw Morning Optimist Club honored local law enforcement agencies by presenting awards for Officer of the Year. The Warsaw Police Department recipient was Ptl. Joe Hawn, and dispatcher Mike Fishbaugh received the award in the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department. The officers are nominated by their superiors.


25 Years Ago
June 8 1977

    Something new has been introduced to the 1977 Leesburg County Fair Days ... a Watermelon Seed Spitting contest sponsored by the Leesburg-Oswego Nursery School Inc.

The contest is in operation throughout both days of the Leesburg Days festivities. The longest spit wins a trophy given away Saturday night. In case of a tie, there will be a spit-off.

50 Years Ago
June 8 1952

    Junior Hooks, installer-repairman for the Rochester Telephone Co., received a merit award from Clifton E. McCormick, Terre Haute, president of Indiana Telephone Association, which opened its two-day session in Indianapolis.

Hooks was cited for heroism in the Nov. 21, 1951, rescue of a three-year-old boy who fell through ice into a pond.

75 Years Ago
June 8 1927

    George Clark, student at Indiana University, son of W.F. Clark, Mentone, sailed Saturday for Europe and will spend the summer in Switzerland, where he will be in YMCA work.