Looking Back

Dyer School, located west of the bridge over the Tippecanoe River, 1912 10 YEARS AGO

Carroll's Dickie Bishop finished seventh out of a field of 172 in the IHSAA's state cross country finals held at Indiana University, Bloomington. His sophomore he finished 30th, and last year did not qualify due to an illness. The champion runner earned both all-state medalist and all-star honors.

Knop Lake near Rossville was restocked last Thursday after the lake had been drained in early September to improve sport fishery. Twelve 16-inch largemouth bass was salvaged from the lake during the draining operation. The lake was also restocked with 16 ten to twelve inch largemouth bass, 800 six to eight inch channel catfish, 4,000 bluegill, 4,000 redear, and 1,600 three-inch largemouth bass. Fishing is expected to be slow next year, but opportunities should be good in 2000. The eight-acre impoundment is part of a 50-acre public fishing area in Carroll County.

25 YEARS AGO

Jeri Seese-Green, a native of Delphi, links her talent as an artist with her commitment as a peace activist as she travels around the country drawing portraits and working in the peace movement. Another link is her mother, Mrs. Robert Seese of Delphi, who encouraged Jeri in her artwork and raised all her children to be aware of international issues.

An interesting fellow has been hanging around the County Assessor's office in the courthouse for the past 13 months. A pumpkin was brought in and decorated at that time to resemble a jack-olantern elephant. The aging process was slow so they kept him around and gave him a Santa look for Christmas. He was dressed as a bunny for Easter and a graduate's cap was added in May to show how smart he had become. The pumpkin is still in the office this fall, still solid and almost with a personality.

50 YEARS AGO

A midnight fire of undetermined origin did several thousand dollars damage to an auxiliary warehouse at the Peters-Revington furniture factory.

There was much concern, as the blaze roared, that other nearby buildings might catch fire and there was special concern about the huge Marathon bulk gasoline tanks that were very near the burning building.

The factory opened Tuesday morning without interruption. Formica was brought in from the main warehouse and machines in the main factory were re-arranged and re-assigned and everything was ready for the workers when they arrived.

It is no t likely that any new building will be constructed immediately.

75 YEARS AGO

When arguments are on over the relative merits of land for farming purposes, Marvin Pickering, residing in Carroll county near Burlington, would like to put in a word for the pumpkin raising properties of the hills along Wildcat creek in the vicinity of his home.

Pickering has not only words of praise but the proof as well in a pumpkin measuring fifty-seven inches in circumference and weighing exactly fifty-seven pounds.

The Flora State bank has during the past week made application with the federal banking department for the right to apply the guarantee of deposits starting January 1. For the first six months all amounts of deposits up to $2,500 will be fully guaranteed and after next July 1, the amount guaranteed will be $10,000.

100 YEARS AGO

Fires in the vicinity have been burning for the past few days. Sparks from a passing Monon train started a blaze in a cornfield on the Israel German farm and destroyed 800 bushels of corn and a large straw stack. A cornfield on the Philip Jones farm was discovered on fire and before the flames could be checked several bushels of the crop was burned. Two cornfields west of Delphi along the Wabash railroad caught fire from sparks from a train and both fields were ruined.