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NORTH MANCHESTER - Four local students were among the 12 winners in the 11th annual competition for high school writers at Manchester College.
Two Silver Lake brothers, Dan and Gene Fenix, competed in the State Amateur Athletic Association boxing championships held in Gary on April 8. They both garnered first place trophies, Dan in the middleweight class and Gene in light heavyweight. Dan is a student at Warsaw Freshman High and Gene, a 1976 graduate of Warsaw.
Leesburg's Bob Ferverda was up to his 1952 tricks as he won six of the nine individual events to lead the Blue Blazers to an 83 to 28 high school track victory over the Milford Trojans.
The Warsaw High School debating team, composed of Mary Rippey, John Snell and Vernon VanDyke, with Marie Dederick as an alternate, won the state debating championship Saturday afternoon by defeating Knightstown at North Manchester. The vote was two to one, in favor of Warsaw.
