10 Years Ago

State Sen. Tom Weatherwax, R-Logansport, is supporting a bill to phase-out the state inventory tax over a 10-year period.

Angle Trucking will be the next Logan/Cass Industrial Park tenant.

Cass Extension Educator Richard Rusk is retiring after a 35-year career.

In a recount in the sheriff’s race, Democrat Bob Rozzi leads Republican Gene Powlen by 51 votes.

Purdue has defeated Indiana 52-7 to retain the Old Oaken Bucket.

Notre Dame has defeated LSU 39-36 and could be smelling oranges in Miami.

Mike Ott is among the wrestlers who led the Berries in victories in the Big 6 Tourney.

Purdue’s graduation rates for football are the worst in the Big Ten, but Notre Dame’s are best in the nation. IU has improved from seventh to third in the Big Ten.

No. 11 Logansport defeated Huntington 62-44 in girls basketball as Brooke Howard scored 20 points.

Rochester’s Andrea Milliser scored 23 points in the Zebras’  77-41 victory over Caston.

Charles and Rose Dillon are celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary. Mary Kruger is celebrating her 90th birthday.

Myers Spring, which has been in business for 52 years, is celebrating two quality ratings.

“Enemy of the State” starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman is playing at the State. “Pleasantville” is playing at the Eastwood in Peru.

Jimtown has ended Rochester’s road to the RCA Dome with a 23-6 semistate win.

Capt. Stubby, also known as Cass County’s Tom Fouts, celebrated his 80th birthday on the air, where he has spent much of his career as an entertainer.

No. 9 North Carolina has upended No. 14 Purdue, 54-47.

Toyota is about to begin production at its Princeton, Ind., plant.

Students in Andie Newlin’s elementary class took their own “Mayflower” to a Thanksgiving dinner in the Berry Patch.

 

25 Years Ago

On the 20th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Logansport High School social studies teacher L’Dean Cornelius remembers how LHS students reacted that day. They wept. Cornelius says Logansport was quiet during the weekend after the assassination, and it was a slow time for business.

Eli Lilly has lost a $6 million federal lawsuit over its drug Oraflex.

Darryl Strawberry of the New York Mets has been named National League Rookie of the Year. He clubbed 26 homers and drove in 74 runs after spending the first month of the season in the minors.

Turkey dinners will be served at Harvey’s Drive-In from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.

The grave of a Gen. William Wilson who served in the Battle of Tippecanoe still stands on the north bank of the Eel River about a half mile south of Chase Center. The general represented Cass and Carroll counties in the Indiana General Assembly and was a key confidante of William Henry Harrison when he was Indiana governor.

The “Doomsday Plane” that will be one of four presidential command posts in the air if America is under attack has landed at Grissom Air Force Base.

Logansport’s wrestling team will be anchored by a corps of strong wrestlers, Chuck LaDow, Brad Frantz, Jim Selvio, Tom Magna and Tom Parkevich.

The U.S. 24 bridge over Lake Freeman in Monticello has reopened after it was closed for structural repairs.

Todd Lemen, who transferred to Delphi from Rossville, led the Oracles with 16 points after winning a court injunction to play. The IHSAA is contesting his transfer, which it claims is for athletic reasons. Courtney Justice and former Indiana University quarterback Harry Gonso are the co-counsels for Lemen.

Five generations of the Marvin Laymon family have gathered for Thanksgiving in Onward.

Sen. Dan Quayle says an acid rain bill before Congress would be a disaster for Indiana industry.

Chevy Chase is starring in “Deal of the Century” at the UA at Cass Plaza.

Christine Putnam, 5, is among the Daniel Webster Elementary and Galveston Elementary students who are celebrating Thanksgiving.

Michael Conrad, 58, the actor who won two Emmys for portraying Sgt. Esterhaus on NBC’s “Hill Street Blues,” has died of cancer. He previously starred in “Rawhide,” “Wagon Train” and “The Edge of Night.”

Chuck and Bev Enyeart of Peru received many donations because they sponsor a community Thanksgiving dinner.

Nobil Shoes is discounting its stock up to 30 percent.

Carroll has defeated Pioneer 77-50.

Laura Brown scored 12 of Franklin’s 18 points as the Bulldogs won their division in the city championship playoffs.

Logansport has opened its season with a 61-46 win over North White.

Propanolol is a new heart medication that is working according to University of Texas researchers.

Cass has opened its season with a 70-62 win over Peru.

Miami of Ohio has upset the Indiana Hoosiers 63-57 to start the season.



50 Years Ago

Indiana, behind a gutsy performance by a tailback pressed into duty as quarterback after the first play from scrimmage, rallied for a 15-15 tie against No. 8 Purdue. In Phil Dickens’ first season at the helm, the Hoosiers finished with their best record in 11 years. Purdue at 6-1-2 finished with its best mark since 1943. Purdue dropped to 11th in the ratings after the loss. Iowa moved up to No. 2 after defeating Notre Dame 31-21 and earning a Rose Bowl berth.

U.S. forces will remain in Germany.

More than $300 was stolen in a break-in at the new Monticello Eagles Lodge.

Rep. Charles Halleck will speak at the Jackson Township Elementary School dedication in Galveston.

Three barges loaded with Indiana oil refined for gasoline have exploded in the Ohio River.

Former Logansport City Judge and Cass Prosecutor Harry Tutewiler has died at 52.

A $400,000 campaign has been announced for the expansion of St. Joseph Hospital. Another $400,000 for the project will be provided through the Sisters of St. Francis, which operate the hospital at 26th and North streets. Another $400,000 will be provided through federal funds.

Bob Biddle, who previously coached at Middlebury, is preparing to launch his first team at Peru.

“Around the World in 80 Days” starring David Niven and Shirley MacLaine is playing at the Logan Theater.

Thanksgiving dinner will be served at the Sportsman Inn in Monticello for $1.25.

Turkey will be served to Logansport State Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital and Memorial Hospital patients on Thanksgiving, as well as to the Cass County Home and Cass County Jail inhabitants. Cass County Children’s Home residents will be fed stuffed pork chops.

Portable traffic safety signs will be used this year outside Logansport High School, where the Berries are still reeling from a season-opening loss to Winamac.

Harvey Roberts is the North Central Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Berries from ninth place to the championship in one season. Mike Maple, Jerry Pfaff and Tom Shook are all first-team NCC selections.

William McClintic is the Monticello mayor, and he’s featured in a Pharos-Tribune photo essay. Among the P-T carriers there are Alex Martin, Robert Mull, Jim Lowe and Tom Van Thomas.

The Beauty Mark has opened at Eastgate Plaza.

Marion has defeated Rochester 65-49.



100 Years Ago

Mary Zanger, 77, Fulton, has died.

Logansport High School reserves defeated Star City 22-0 in a football game played at Spencer Park.

All school classes will be out for two days this week in observance of Thanksgiving.

Elizabeth Miller and William Heffley have been married.

Michael Kennedy, 58, a Lafayette businessman, has died.

William Clancy and Mary Gibbs have been married.

Mrs. M.D. Brown of Bluffton died of a stroke after learning of her son’s death.

Jesse Stilwell of Portland, Ore., will marry Maud Milburn of this city.

Christina Schoot, 2028 George St., a pioneer Logansport resident, has died, as has Lillian Ball, a 32-year-old Clay Township resident.

Dave Kitchell is a columnist for the Pharos-Tribune. He can be reached through the newspaper at ptnews@pharostribune.com