The Grand Winners in the DAR American history essay were Megan Kinsey, a sixth grade student at Lincoln Elementary, and Washington fifth grader Angie Lutes.
Other winners were Chandra Hopkins, Atwood; Dustin McClone, Claypool; Calvin Clutter, Jefferson; Mendy Sisk, Leesburg; Lindsay Kennedy, Madison; and Leslie Estep, Washington.
25 Years Ago March 11 1974
Maj. Daniel R. Harshman, son of Mrs. Alice McGaugh of 103 S. Main, South Whitley, is a member of an Air Training Command wing which has earned the U.S. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the seventh time.
Major Harshman is a C-131 Samaritan transport pilot at Randolph AFB, Texas, with the 12th Flying Training Wing which received the award for exceptionally meritorious service from May 1, 1972, through Feb. 1973.
50 Years Ago March 11 1949
Three drivers of the Warsaw office of the Railway Express Agency have been presented with merit cards for safe driving during 1948. The awards represent periods ranging from one to three years driving without a preventable accident.
Safety merit cards, signed by L.O. Head, president of the Railway Express Agency were given to D.A. Shaffer, one year; N.W. Bennett, one year; and K.E. Foreman, three years.
75 Years Ago March 11 1924
Times rural subscribers today phoned at 1 o'clock that their rural mail carriers were evidently delayed by the deepest snowfall of the winter, about 12 inches, which made traffic impossible in places.
Warsaw roofs were being cleared by shovelers to relieve them of the weight of the snow, which continued to fall all day.