From the files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society

This is a history column that will appear a few times a month. 

Information for this retrospective series is courtesy of the Kosciusko County Historical Society.

Jan. 4, 1984 — Marty Lehman will miss at least the next two Warsaw Community High School basketball games after his right wrist was placed in a hard cast Tuesday. Originally diagnosed as only a sprain, Lehman’s wrist was re-examined Tuesday and a crack in the growth plate was discovered.

The 6-7 Lehman, averaging 18.8 points and some 11 rebounds per game, has been slowed considerably by the ailing wrist since injuring it when he missed a slam dunk against Tippcanoe Valley on Dec. 17.

Jan. 2, 1980 — Tippecanoe Valley High School has been placed on a one-year athletic probation by the Indiana High School Athletic Association for “inappropriate actions” by certain members of the school’s football team prior to their state championship victory last Nov. 16.

The action by the IHSAA, in effect, is nothing more than a slap on the hand. The school’s athletic teams will resume their regular schedules and participate in tournaments as usual but the school must file a written report to the IHSAA listing measures to be taken to alleviate the problem.

The IHSAA did not specify the team’s wrongdoings. Members of the football coaching staff were also censured “for knowingly permitting such action.”

Although IHSAA and TVHS officials refused to elaborate, reliable sources reported that the school was reprimanded because some of the team members, participating in a pregame good luck ceremony, urinated at the corners of the football field. The act reportedly occurred long before game time when the stands were empty.

The probation period will expire Nov. 16 of this year.

Jan. 5, 1976  — The first baby born in Kosciusko County this new Bicentennial year of 1976 is Nathan Alan Brazo, of 208 Broadway St., Mentone. Nathan was born at 7:37 a.m. Jan. 2 at Murphy Medical Center to Mrs. James (Carol) Brazo.

Jan. 5, 1974  — Firemen battled near zero temperatures and a stubborn blaze that completely gutted the quarter-block Boice Building at the intersection of Center and Indiana streets in downtown Warsaw early today. It was the third major fire in the greater Warsaw area in the past month.

The fire, which was first detected at 7:10 a.m., was still raging at late morning as firemen were hampered by false ceilings in the second story of the building.

Although no early estimates of damage were available, authorities speculated that the loss would exceed $200,000.

Housed in the structure were the Center Cinema movie theater, Dye Music Center and Town and Country women’s apparel shop on the street level.

The second floor contained offices for the Vore Cinema Corp., Wayne Township Justice of the Peace Milo Clase, Credit Bureau of Kosciusko County, the Kosciusko County Republican Central Committee and office for the owner of the building.

Chuck Hogan, of Warsaw, was one of the first persons to spot smoke pouring from the second story of the building. He drove to the Warsaw police station to report the fire at 7:10 a.m.

– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels