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.

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

Feb. 19, 1969 — Virgil (Sug) Risner, brilliant Warsaw High School sharpshooter of the early 1940s, today became the first player in local school history to be named to the Silver Anniversary All-State Basketball team.

Risner, who rewrote Warsaw’s record books in three years of varsity competition from 1941-44, currently resides in Claymont, Del., where he is government representative for the Orthopedic Equipment Co. of Bourbon, Ind.

Feb. 19, 1964 — Donald Tyler and David Clark, Warsaw High School cornetists, won top honors at the state instrumental contest held at Butler University in Indianapolis by earning “superior” ratings in seven of the eight events they entered – and in that eighth event, they were rated “excellent.” Don is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Tyler, of Rt. 2. Dave’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clark of Winona Lake. Both boys are seniors.

Feb. 23, 1962 — Bill Goshert, 34, Warsaw High School football coach, was taken by surprise this morning when he learned he had been named Kosciusko County’s “Outstanding Young Man of the Year” by the Warsaw Junior Chamber of Commerce. He received the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award at a student assembly and YMCA program in the school auditorium.

– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels