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. For more history of Kosciusko County in the news visit yesteryear.clunette.com

Jan. 11, 1982 — Kosciusko County residents today were digging out following what may have been the coldest day of the century, which virtually shut down the area.

Howling winds caused snow to drift across north-south roads Sunday night, causing the closure of all area schools, as well as many factories, businesses and the Kosciusko County Courthouse today. The Kosciusko County Commissioners declared a snow emergency at 3 p.m. Sunday. That means all vehicles, with the exception of emergency vehicles, should stay off all roads in the county until the snow emergency is lifted.

Jan. 10, 1979 — Opposition forces are combining their wits and strength in an attempt to block a license application for a Winona Lake package liquor store.

A delegation representing the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and concerned residents appeared at the Winona Lake Town Board meeting Tuesday night to discuss the news sweeping the lakefront about a liquor license application submitted to the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission in November.

Twenty-one residents and the trustees, all vehemently opposed to opening a liquor store inside the town’s corporate limits, questioned the constitutionality of the license application submitted to the state ABC by Sonny Nellans of Warsaw.

James Walmer, the town’s attorney, said he believes state ABC members can grant one package liquor license per 5,000 population in a town. The counselor said he will research the law. If that point is accurate, the attorney questioned whether Winona Lake is eligible for a package liquor store license since the town’s population was 2,811 when the 1970 census was taken.

Jan. 6, 1978 — One distinguished life in Warsaw that spanned the era of Mark Twain to the miracle of the atom came to an end early today when Dr. Charles Clifford DuBois died at age 99 in Miller’s Merry Manor. DuBois had served his family, community and his profession with eminence.

Always a pioneer in the practice of new techniques, DuBois was the first doctor in Kosciusko County to give vaccine immunizations for typhoid fever and tetanus. He was also the first doctor in the area to use insulin … he saved the life of a patient with insulin from the Eli Lilly Co. before it was on the market.

– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels