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10 Years Ago
October 13 1988

    Chris Seibold of the Warsaw FFA Chapter was a winner in the 10th annual Indiana FFA Heifer Chase staged Aug. 24, in conjunction with the Indiana State Fair Farmer's and FFA Day festivals.

To be a winner in the Heifer Chase, the Greenhand (first year FFA member) must successfully catch and halter a 350-pound beef animal running loose in a corral. No lassoing or rodeo-type catching methods are permitted.

25 Years Ago
October 13 1973

    William V. Frid has been elected vice president of research and development for Armstrong Products Co., Inc., Argonne Road, Warsaw, it was announced today by Edmund P. Whitby, president. Frid and his wife, the parents of three grown children, reside at 1603 Greenhill Drive, Warsaw.


50 Years Ago
October 13 1948

    Cpl. Calvin Warner Jr., of this city, reported today to Fort Knox, Ky., where he joined a newly-organized U.S. Air Force band of 600 pieces. He was previously stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis.

A member of the First Infantry Division in European theater of combat, Cpl. Warner is twice holder of the Army Order of Merit decoration. His patrol was the first of U.S. troops to enter the besieged city of Acchen, Germany, in November 1944.

75 Years Ago
October 13 1923

    A tomato of the Oxheart variety, which was grown in the garden at the home of W.H. Hess on the Golf Links, weighs 4 pounds and is 20 inches in circumference.