Remember When November 2

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 pm

10 Years Ago

November 2 1996

BOURBON - Grace Dinkledine, like the Energizer Bunny, "just keeps on going."

Dinkledine, 90, began her career in the banking business 71 years ago, 56 of which have been as a teller at First State Bank of Bourbon. Even though she could have retired 25 years ago, Dinkledine still reports to work regularly. She did, however, cut back her working schedule to two days a week 23 years ago.

25 Years Ago

November 2 1981

A total of 20 Grace College students, including two from Warsaw, were admitted to the Indiana Gamma Chapter of Alpha Chi, a national college honor scholarship society, in an installation service held amidst the school's homecoming activities.

Warsaw students inducted into Alpha Chi were Eric Anderson and Brent Byers.

50 Years Ago

November 2 1956

A local artist, Mrs. William Chinworth, of Argonne Road, won first with her oil landscape, "Cherry Creek" at the fourth annual "Paintings by Indiana Artists" sponsored by the Fort Wayne Women's Club.

Mrs. Chinworth had made an oil sketch of the creek, located at Winona Lake.

75 Years Ago

November 2 1931

William Pfeiffer, who resides on Eagle Street, brought a sample of the second crop of oats for this year to The Times office. The oats were grown in the field where a trio of veteran harvesters - Allen Cook, Wm. Hibschman and Pfeiffer, all more than 83 years of age - used a cradle in harvesting the oats in the old-fashioned way during the first crop.