Remember When October 19

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 pm

10 Years Ago

October 19 1996

NORTH MANCHESTER - Retired Wawasee track coach Jerry Minton will be honored at halftime of Saturday's Rose-Hulman and Manchester College football game.

The 1962 Manchester College graduate went on to a long and successful career at Wawasee High School, coaching track and cross country.

25 Years Ago

October 19 1981

Recently, at Think Young Styling Center, Warsaw, Bob Buhler took his dummy, Josh, for a haircut. Bob, active in child evangelism ministry, recently purchased Josh but his hair appeared not quite right, so it was clipped. Josh wore a cape, and Bob, working Josh's eyes and mouth, put on quite a ventriloquist demonstration for patrons.

50 Years Ago

October 19 1956

Seth Lewis just a few days ago made golfdom's rarest shot - a hole-in-one - something every golfer dreams of but very few seldom achieve.

Lewis, local oil jobber and a resident of King's Highway, holed out his tee shot on hole No. 17, approximately 170 feet long, while playing in a calcutta match at the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club course near Oswego. He used his No. 6 iron to make the shot.

75 Years Ago

October 19 1931

In Scott Township horses outnumber automobiles and trucks by a ratio of more than two to one. According to the report of the township assessor filed with County Assessor Bert E. Dausman, Scott Township has 395 horses valued at $26,699. There are 180 automobiles and trucks listed, valued at $22,540.