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10 Years Ago
September 28 1988

    Forest Sponseller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Sponseller, Rt. 2, Pierceton, has been accepted as a 1988 member of the Society of Distinguished American High School Students' honor society.

Sponseller is one of four students from East Allen County Church of Christ to have been selected as a member in the honor society for 1988.

25 Years Ago
September 28 1973

    Mr. and Mrs. Howard "Chub" Smith Jr., 111 Van Buren St., Leesburg, will celebrate the 35th anniversary of their marriage with an open house for relatives and friends to be held Sept. 30 at their home.

The former Mary Bechtold and Howard Smith Jr. were married Oct. 1, 1938, by the Rev. G.F. Hubbartt. The are the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Jerry C. Deeter, Rt. 1, Leesburg, and have three grandchildren.

50 Years Ago
September 28 1948

    Helen Berkey, president of the Warsaw Business and Professional Women's Club; Pauline Jordan, vice president; Mary Jane Shepler, corresponding secretary; and Ruth Huber, Maude Feiter and Lydia Hoffman, members of the club, attended the fall state council meeting of BPWC clubs held Sunday at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis. State President LaVonne DeVore, of Shelbyville, presided.


75 Years Ago
September 28 1923

    Alvin Robinson, South Buffalo Street, attended the annual reunion of the 118th regiment, Civil War veterans, at Plymouth yesterday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Robinson. Each of the survivors, members of what was known as the Persimmon Brigade, was presented with two persimmons, which the delegates wore on their coat lapels.