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10 Years Ago
May 28 1992

    There is a unique and unusual display at the Jail Museum. Ever seen an 8-foot locomotive made from toothpicks?

Terry Woodling, Warsaw, has made not only a locomotive but an airplane, a motorcycle, a half-track and a helicopter. The locomotive took 421,250 toothpicks and the airplane, 82,500.

25 Years Ago
May 28 1977

    The new Zimmer Manufacturing Center, at the west edge of Boggs Industrial Park, Warsaw, has nearly nine acres under one roof. It houses manufacturing, research and development, receiving, distribution, warehousing, packaging, plus offices for governmental affairs and product assurance, marketing, material management and plant engineering. About 80 percent of the company's Warsaw employees work at the Center.


50 Years Ago
May 28 1952

    Millard R. Taylor, Etna Green school principal, has reported the selection of 16-year-old Josephine Heisler, a sophomore, to wear the "Miss Etna Green" ribbon at the Mermaid Festival events.

Heisler has brown hair, brown eyes, is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Heisler, Etna Green.

75 Years Ago
May 28 1927

    Charles Bratt is mourning the loss of his 16 by 4 row boat during the cyclone Monday afternoon. The boat, which was launched in the canal near Winona, was forced to the bottom of the canal by a fallen tree.