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Remember When May 31

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10 Years Ago

May 31 1996

    Jason Reece has been declared valedictorian and Robert Price salutatorian for the class of 1996 at Triton High School.

Reece is the son of Louise Reece of Etna Green and Mearman Reece of Bourbon, and Price is the son of David and Jennifer Price from Etna Green.

25 Years Ago

May 31 1981

    The winner of the American Home Center Grand Opening contest was Dan Snively. The contest was to guess how many miles the bicycle ran in 34 business days, powered by a small motor. Snively's guess was 3,250.5 miles, and the actual distance was 3,243.9 miles.


50 Years Ago

May 31 1956

    The Pierceton Cubs turned in what will go down as one of the finest accomplishments by a Kosciusko County school by winning the sectional track meet at Huntington.

Pierceton, led by two outstanding performers, Tim Derf and Bertis Gebert, won over a field of 31 high school teams, including such larger schools as Huntington, defending champion Warsaw, Plymouth, Columbia City, Wabash, Bluffton and Culver.

75 Years Ago

May 31 1931

    BLOOMINGTON - John L. Boggs, Warsaw, cadet officer in the Indiana University ROTC, was captain of the company which was judged the best drilled in the entire unit. The company was awarded a cup and streamer for guidon.