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100 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 20, 1921

▪ READY DISHES Hot and Cold for Busy Patrons. Sandwiches, all kinds. Short Orders. Regular Meals, 35 cents. Special Thursday—

Spare Ribs and Sauerkraut, Wannamaker’s Lunch

▪ Practice has been called for the organization of a M.E. church basketball team in Wapakoneta. The five may be composed of Neal

Shaw, Paul Haman. Ralph Siferd, Russell Hangen, and Herbert Blair. The school floor will be

utilized for practice.

75 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 20, 1946

▪ A wail went up to high heaven in Wapakoneta. It cam from throats of Mayor Walter Harrod, Service-safety Director George Anderegg,

and Patrolmen Wiliam Lee and Rober Agnew. Lament: The Halloweeners. It would seem the youngsters have been aboard the last few evenings doing things that are properly observed on October31, only. And they’ve been doing

some devilry that is reserved for no evenings at all. For instance: Breaking into a garage and letting air out of a car’s tires. In one case they tore off the valve and damaged the tire. Milk

bottles, placed out on the steps for the early morning milkman, have been missing and, in one case, money was taken over one of them. A small fence was removed from its moorings and pieces of it were found in a tree a block away. Altogether, the kids are getting too fresh, too early, as one of the policemen said. Paret

are cautioned against allowing their children to run at-large on pre-halloween excursions. They are liable to pay for any damage their youngsters are found guilty of having done.

▪ October 24 is the date set for the Moulton carnival. Plans were mapped up by the executive committee and teachers at a meeting as follows: Show, directed by Miss Brown; See World Wonders” directed by Rayond Tester and Charles Moyers; buy at the Old Fashioned Grocery Store under the management of Moulton’s famous Lum and Abner. Visit the booth of the world’s most famous Crystal gazer; cake walks

for grown ups directed by Thomas Byrne and Ferd Detjen; novelty walks for kiddies, directed

by 3lmer Stroh. Music in the Air, by the devastating Jery Fritz’s picked Moulton hombres; pitch and toss games, Brown brothers; lunch

sale, coffee pies, coffee, sandwiches, cakes, Mrs. Alfred Roediger and committee; pop corn sale,

Mrs. Gerald Mcevoy and committee; slake your thirst at the Mcevoy and Brown soft drink

stand. At the Old Fashioned Grocery Store will be found items that are hard to get, such as lard, fresh eggs, chickens, home made soap, etc.

▪ Elementary School News—6 A Reporting, Jonnie Anspaugh. Collector: Last week I

brought my Indiana relics to School. I have about 125 pieces. I acquired about half of them from G.H. Holder who bought a farm in Arkansas and found thousands of little mounds and he went into the business of selling Indian relics. The rest I have found on my Grandfather Anspaugh’s farm. I found one tiny one while

making a flower bed.

50 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 20, 1971

▪ Jim Harrison and C.C. Horman were elected to three-year terms as directors of the Wapakoneta Area Chamber of Commerce during the organization’s annual membership

meeting. Horman will serve as a director form industry, and Harrison as an at-large director.

▪ 25th Anniversary Congratulations to Stinebaugh Construction Co., a fine company with an outstanding record—peoples National

Bank

▪ The City of Wapakoneta needs strong leadership to formulate policy and provide the bridge between legislation and administrative branches of city government, two candidates for mayor told the Wapakoneta community last

night. Illiam Hafe Lietz, GOP candidate, and Maurice Bryan, who is running as an independent, both said they felt the city has lacked

strong leadership in the past. Chet Leiberick, the Democratic candidate, had a previous commitment and was unable to attend.

▪ The Wapakoneta Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that no Halloween parade will be held this year. Chamber officials

said declining membership and declining revenue forced cancellation of the parade.

25 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 20, 1996

▪ Apollo Career Center presented Career Education Awards to Starla Kent, Northridge Elementary School, and Jann Klopfenstein, Centennial Elementary School. The pair were recognized for entrepreneur programs they

created for their students. Kent created a program which involved screen printing, art, and business. Klopfenstein’s program featured a

newsletter that her students printed.