From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society

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January 1965 — The town of Claypool is still celebrating today, and well it should after its beloved Knights copped the championship of the 48th annual Kosciusko County high school basketball tournament Saturday.

Claypool won its second consecutive tourney championship by defeating Silver Lake 60-45 Saturday night before a capacity crowd at the Warsaw High School gym.

Team members include cheerleaders’ sponsor Mrs. Wayne Harshberger; players Dave Shively, Coye Conley, Charlie McKenzie; cheerleaders Beth Frantz, Joyce Palmer and Jo Merkle; players Alan Sands, Steve Ault, Doug Ault, James Patrick, Larry McKenzie; principal Carl Sands; team managers Max Evans, Steve Curtis and Gary Hurd; timekeeper Kenneth Baker; coaches Larry Evans and Tom Miller; Clay township trustee Raymond Reed; and player Hal Gunter.

January 1958 — Along Ind. 15, one and a half miles north of Silver Lake, the grand opening of a new public dining establishment is now underway, and food is being prepared daily to delight the palate of the most discerning connoisseur.

The new one-half-million-dollar development is known as the Claypool Sales’ Steer Inn.

Jan. 25, 1957 — The engines of two Pennsylvania freight trains crashed head-on in East Warsaw at 7:45 a.m. today, sending six crewmen to the hospital and piling up four diesel engines and 15 cars.

It was the second train wreck in Warsaw in the last five months and the fourth in Kosciusko County in less than a year. None of the six men were hurt seriously, and all were dismissed from the Murphy Medical Center shortly before 11 a.m.

– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels