The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 March 1969 — Page 16

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And Then - (Continued from Page 3) at North Webster as well as the gymnasium and side area were added in 1928, under trustee Milo Strombeck. Tlie south addition was constructed in 1950. The school’s gym was burned in 1956 and the gym and several —classrooms were added following the fire. A northern wing was added in 1966 and contains an elementary library plus four classrooms. Ground was borken for a new school building on east Main street in Syracuse on September 23, 1907. Tire building was completed for the 1908-09 school year and housed the elementary and high school as well as the public library. This building was used until the present junior high school was constructed in 1927 on east Brooklyn street. The first North Webster School Syracuse School class graduated from the building in 1929. The old building on Main street housed the elementary students until a wing was added to the high school building in 1955. At the same time the

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high school was enlarged to include a new and larger gymnasium where both county and sectional tournaments were played for several years, a band and music area. An earlier addition had given the school a shop area and a later addition created a modern science laboratory. Lakeland and Wawasee The Lakeland Community School Corporation was formed in 1962 by the communities of Milford, North Webster, Syracuse and Leesburg. When Leesburg withdrew in 1966 to join the Warsaw schools the other three remained and continued to plan for the future and what was to become Wawasee high school. In the fall of 1968 Wawasee high school opened her doors and June 1 will see the first class to graduate from her bright and shinv halls. As the small schools of the 1830’s grew to the present elementary and junior high school building located in the several communities so shall Wawasee grow in the future — ever searching for the best for all who cross her threshold.