Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 123, Number 21, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 24 May 2000 — Page 4

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Years Ago... Milk bottle thieves strike again

-120 YEARS AGO MAY 20. ISSO Victor Burlmgcourt report' that Mr. John Weaver, living one mile and a hall west ol here killed on last Monday morning 31 large rat'. ; Born to the wile of Jacob Walters, the druggist a pair of lys ins a boy and a girls on Sun. May 16th. j‘jJo YEARS AGO fyIAY 16. 1900 Old town cat Dick is dead...the tpwn cat was better known in the community than any town pump that ever gave forth its thirstquenching. sparkling liquid in summertime. The number of years that old Dick hunted mice in the various stores of town is unknown in cat history..but “we all grow old in tlme”..so did Dick. ‘ He refused to longer pick up the good things from the butcher’s block or purr at the stroke of friendly school children.. Old Dick may have had 9 lives, but he never lived but 1 in Nappancc. „ The onion crop south of town will fall short on acreage this season..there are several reasons for this. Among other reasons, the small growers who met with such poor success have gone out of the qnion business..another reason is

“Serving tho community for over 120 years” POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NAPPANEE ADVANCE-NEWS 158 W. Market St., P.O. Box 230 Nappanee, IN 46550 Ph„ 219-773-3127 Open Mon.-Fri. 9:3oam-4:3opm Published Wednesday - Entered at the Post Office at Nappanee, " Indiana, as a Periodical Class Mail under the Act of March, 1879 !! Publication Number 370960 ;; Copyright 2000 - Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved Jeff Pezzano, General Manager \,b /J Barb Keiser, Managing Editor SBaS" $20.00 Per Year in Indiana $25.00 Per Year - Outside Indiana (Service Personnel-College Students Pay Local Rate) NOTICE-Pictures for publication are welcome, but no picture will be Returned by mail unless a self-addressed, stamped envelope is sent with it. No charge for publishing pictures, news stories or announcements. bEADLINES-Classified advertising - Thursday 4:30 Display advertising - Friday noon, News & Photos - Monday noon.

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ih.tt .i r.ew crop bee:' dtuev! <>n the mar'll The Wolverine Sugar Co. o! Benton Harbor ha> growing thi'e.t'on 2"o acre' of 'tigar beet' on contract with the mat'll gardnerv The company furnished the seed for thi' crop and the tools. The crop is delivered at the Big Four Road at $4 per ton. This will pay the land all the way from S4O to SBO per acre. This is largely tin experiment on these lands. 75 YEARS AGO MAY 21. 1925 Members of the Nappancc Business Men’s Assn, have been busy this week pulling up road signs.. "NAPPANEE. “ THE TOWN AHEAD’’. 500 of these signs have been purchased and are being placed on all the highways leading to Nappanee. Nappancc citizens have been troubled considerably of late by having money stolen from their milk bottles. Tucs. night two boys, ages 15. and 17, were caught redhanded in the act and locked up by Night Officer Irvin Best. They were arraigned before JP Albert Wagner and pled guilty, and were bound over to the circuit court with bonds fixed at SIOO each. There has been so much pilfer-

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;r.>>:vy C' lately that it i' thought other yo..r.g lad' implicated 50 YEARS AGO MAY IN. o>s(> Diplomas will be presented to 50 members of the graduating class. The Valedictory will be given by Delores McCuen and the Salutatory remarks by Mariette Mellingcr. 500 orchids were given out last week at the Boston Store as a Mother's Day gilt to the ladies. 20 YEARS AGO MAY 21. 1980 House lire at 508 W. Van Burcn St. takes life of Lewis Troxel. 85. Cable TV gripes aired at Monday evening session of Nappancc Common Council. Panther baseball team ranked 20th in state. Top Bremen 2-0, Wawascc 5-3. Thank you TO THE ADVANCE NEWS: I would like to thank the doctors and nurses at Bremen and St. Joe Hospitals for the care during my recent illness. Also my family and friends for all the Bowers and cards. Thanks again, Erdinc Tobias

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Thanks for help TO THE ADVANCE-NEWS: I want to thank the kind people who gave me so much support when 1 was injured at the flower section of Alco's two weeks ago. I especially want to thank the two women who applied pressure to my head until the medics came. I didn't get your names, but know this—l am very thankful to you. Barbara Stalnaker.

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