Remember When October 8

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 pm

10 Years Ago

October 8 1995

Warsaw's Don Reinholt competed in the 1995 USA National Championship 24-Hour Endurance Run in Toledo Sept. 15-16.

The race began at noon Saturday and went through to noon on Sunday. Reinhold finished 32nd out of the 132 runners, completing 91-1/2 miles around a 2-mile loop around two lakes on asphalt roads.

25 Years Ago

October 8 1980

Janet R. Foreman, Joan Staley, Ernest B. Wiggins and Norman P. Hope were among 337 individuals who successfully completed the Certified Public Accountant examination held recently in Indianapolis.

50 Years Ago

October 8 1955

Remember - When Warsaw's sharpest "sports," hired large horse-drawn busses on hot summer nights to drive them to Pierceton for a few beers. Pierceton was "wet," Warsaw "dry."

75 Years Ago

October 8 1930

In contest with 20 teams from all parts of Indiana, the Warsaw pistol team at a statewide shoot held at Franklin won third place.

Out of a possible 1,000, the Culver Military Academy was first with a 906 score; Fort Wayne, second, 890; and Warsaw, third, 887. Members of the team shooting were Mowery, Harmon, Stamper, Straus and Cauffman.