Timeline From The Past: Marijuana, UFO
From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society
Editor’s note: This is a retrospective article that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews.
April 23, 1969 — Use of marijuana by students of the Warsaw Community Schools is no longer a rumor but a reality.
This was revealed during a panel discussion held before the Warsaw Communications Group at Jefferson Elementary School in Winona Lake last night.
During her opening remarks, Shirley Steele, school home visitor for the Warsaw schools, said that two years ago there were rumors that marijuana was present in the Warsaw schools. She stated that “this is no longer a rumor, but a reality.”
Worried parents have called the schools saying they found pills in their child’s purse and in other places in the child’s room, she pointed out. She cited several instances to back up her statement that the drug problem is present in the community.
April 21, 1966 — A huge aluminum-looking “flying saucer” standing on four “legs” about 8 feet high, spread about 12 feet apart, with the saucer itself about 12 feet across and 10 feet tall, was reportedly seen by 19-year-old Dennie Baker, about two miles northwest of Etna Green.
Young Baker, who lives on County Line Road, said he saw the huge, frightening object which looked like two large saucers inverted, with a 2-foot space between the “saucers” Tuesday afternoon, after spotting a huge light in the sky at 1:20 a.m. Monday.
April 23, 1959 — Plans for the construction of a new, all-modern $200,000 supermarket in the 300 block of West Market Street were announced today by Owen Emerick, veteran local grocer and longtime operator of the downtown Robinson Food Mart (100 block of East Market Street).
Work crews are nearing completion razing the block-long buildings housing the Warsaw Lumber Co. in preparation for the start of erection of the new supermarket.
– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels