About 100 overdue books were returned to Warsaw Community Library during Amnesty Week, Sept. 12-17. In preparation for barcoding this week, the library promised that fines of offenders who returned late books during that week would be waived.
But "Bon Voyage" and "The Crown Tree," apparently returned by the same person, earned the dubious distinction of latest overdue books: Aug. 25, 1959, was the return date stamped in both volumes.
25 Years Ago
September 25 1979
CULVER - As is becoming the custom, the Warsaw Community High School girls' swimmers set three school records and in the process downed the Culver Girls Academy 92-80.
Establishing new standards were Diane Williams, with a 2:16.83 clocking in the 200 individual medley; Sherry Clyde, with 187.80 points in diving; and Linda Newcomer, with a 1:16.51 time in the 100 breaststroke.
50 Years Ago
September 25 1954
Leon Horn was elected president of the Warsaw chapter of the Future Farmers of America at a meeting held recently at the Warsaw Senior High School.
Other officers elected are as follows: Everett Vance, vice president; Jerry Frush, secretary; Larry Mowere, treasurer; Gene Zartman, reporter; and Dale Phillips, sentinel.
75 Years Ago
September 25 1929
An historic quilt is exhibited in the art and needlework department of the fair, bearing this description.
"This quilt was started in the year 1836, pieced and quilted by Mary Burket. She was a cousin to the Burkets in Warsaw. It is 93 years since this quilt was started. At the death of Mary Burket, this quilt was given to her niece, Mary Burket Meredith, and at the death of Meredith it was given to her granddaughter, Mary Kathryn McFarland, of Akron."
