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.

May 25, 1965 — Hunters may use their bows and arrows and guns to pursue their sport of killing wild hogs on the Walter Blocher game preserve (about four miles east of Silver Lake) until midnight, Sept. 30.

This was the compromise settlement agreed upon by the defendant and neighbors who had filed a complaint for an injunction to halt the importation and hunting of boars on his property.

Adjoining property owners and neighbors filing the complaint against Blocher’s maintenance of the wild boar preserve were Guy and Leone Aker, Russell Bauer, Dr. Elbie V. Herendeen, Junior Rule and Guy and Ruth Cripe.

May 25, 1959 — Larry Ruch today reigned as Indiana’s best pole vaulter after winning the event in the state track meet last Saturday and becoming Warsaw High School’s first gold medal winner since Max Truex set a record mile pace in 1954. Ruch is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ruch, 935 E. Clark St., Warsaw.

1874 — Oakwood cemetery was formally dedicated in 1874. This acreage was formerly owned by the late  Dr. Jacob Boss and was sold by him to the city for a nominal sum, provided that he should be the first person to be buried there. Dr. Boss passed away Aug. 28, 1874, aged 58 years. His funeral was held on the 30th and interment was made in the location designated by him and reserved according to agreement as the “Boss family burial plot. Two other members of his family, a wife, a daughter and two sons also are laid at rest there. Dr. Boss was one of Warsaw’s leading citizens. His funeral was one of the largest ever held in the city. The procession was headed by the Warsaw Silver Cornet band which played the funeral dirge as the cortege proceeded to the new cemetery, now regarded as one of the most beautiful in the Central States, overlooking from its eminence the crystal waters of Pike lake and blessed by nature with an abundance of shade trees and thrifty shrubbery, all enhanced by attractive walks and winding drives. 

– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels