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10 Years Ago
October 29 1988

    Wawasee's girls' swim team scored a 92-80 win over South Bend St. Joe Tuesday night to end its regular season with a 10-4-1 record.

Leading the Wawasee effort was Krista Guimond who was able to pick up a pair of first places. She joined Jennifer Titus, Lori Boles and Sherry Payne to win the 200-yard medley with a time of 2:13.9. Guimond also won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:16.7.

25 Years Ago
October 29 1973

    Daniel A. Murcia, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Murcia, Mentone, graduated with a masters of science degree in industrial administration from Purdue University, Lafayette.

Dan also holds a B.S. in chemistry from Purdue and an M.S. in organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin. Murcia is employed at Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, in the product development division.

50 Years Ago
October 29 1948

    Gil Dodds, the world's fastest long-distance runner, was a guest star Saturday night of Milo Clase, WRSW sports director, on his nightly sports commentary show, "The Sports Parade." The internationally famous trackman and present athletic and physical educational director at Wheaton College in Illinois was featured in a 15-minute interview by announcer Clase. Later Dodds gave the principal address before a Youth for Christ rally held in the Warsaw High School auditorium.


75 Years Ago
October 29 1923

    The Boyer Manufacturing Company has completed production of the second thousand order of a patented auto and bicycle pump which is operated by the foot instead of by hand. The pump is the invention covered by patents held by Charles Boyer and H.A. Smythe of this city. The pump sells for $3.50 and is a wonderful improvement over the old style pumps.