Published: November 02, 2007 06:32 pm      

In the Past

Capt. Logan will be name of new hotel

10 Years Ago

Lewis Cass had its football season ended by undefeated and second-ranked Tipton.

Patsy Main of Winamac, a nursing supervisor at Logansport State Hospital, has been named the first winner of the Excellence in Nursing Award.

Ned Gochenour is enjoying flying radio-controlled airplanes.

Notre Dame nearly blew a comeback that would have ended a long winning streak against Navy, but the Fighting Irish prevailed, 21-17.

Logansport High School Speech Team members coached by B.J. Siefert finished second in a meet at Southwood.

Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Monticello, says he will oppose fast-track trade authority.

The Fulton Economic Development Corporation (FEDCO) is facing some opposition to its closed meetings.

Angela Wilson of Logansport has been presented the Mental Health Bell Award.

No. 3 Northwestern has upended the Rochester Zebras, 31-19.

Logansport City Council members will consider approval of a controversial housing ordinance.

25 Years Ago

Former Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants pitcher Steve Stone will join Harry Caray as his broadcast partner next season for WGN. The announcement by the Cubs means that another veteran announcer, Milo Hamilton, will move from the television booth to the radio booth next season.

Nitroglycerin tablets placed between teeth and gums have been found to be effective in fighting heart attacks.

Free government surplus cheese will be distributed locally.

"Road Warrior" is playing at the Isis in Winamac.

Marion basketball star James Blackmon, a candidate for Mr. Basketball, has announced he will play collegiately at Kentucky.

Room rates at Memorial Hospital will increase $10.50 next year to $146 a night.

Robert Hendrickson is stepping down after eight years as president of the Memorial Hospital Board. He will remain on the board.

50 Years Ago

Eel Township Trustee Jean Nicholas and Clinton Township Trustee John Porter have asked the Cass County Commissioners to implement a rural house numbering system. The move would in part help firefighters looking for rural residences.

The Mental Culture Club will meet at the YWCA.

In Galveston, an $18,250 lot has been purchased for a new school.

Two Oak Park, Mich., men are unhurt after their plane had to make an emergency landing in the new cemetery seven miles east of Logansport on U.S. 24.

A building permit has been approved for a $386,980 addition to Memorial Hospital.

First Lady Mamie Eisenhower has purchased a new beaver coat.

Golfer Arnold Palmer has pocketed $2,800 after winning a San Diego tournament. He's heading home to Latrobe, Pa.

Pat Kern, Rt. 1, Rochester, the state 4-H forestry champion, will be heading to the 4-H Congress in Chicago.

The Midshipmen of Navy have handed the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame their first defeat, a 20-6 setback in South Bend.

In Rochester, vandals have broken 30 windows.

Randolph Lanning is welcoming local shoppers to the 75th anniversary sale of Flanegin Ace Hardware. Cap pistols for children are just 44 cents.

Pennsylvania Railroad engineer Clarence Boatman has  passed away at 78.

The Swedish are finding that many businesses built underground during the war to prevent harm from bombing may have set a trend that will continue.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Nelson of Galveston are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary.

Three cans of Lipton soup are 39 cents at Standard Supermarket.

Articles of incorporation filed with Cass County Clerk Stewart Gordon indicate the Barnes Hotel at Third and Broadway will be leased by a new corporation and renamed the Captain Logan Hotel. Among the investors are the owners of the Four Flags Hotel in Niles, Mich. The owners intend to operate a restaurant and bar as well.

Voters in Carroll County's Democrat, Burlington, Monroe, Carrollton and Washington townships have voted to join together in a school consolidation plan, opting out of a plan to join Rossville.

At the Roxy, Jack Webb is starring in "The D.I.". "Pride and Passion" is playing at the State this weekend and stars Sophia Loren and Frank Sinatra.

100 Years Ago

John Powell says his efforts to harvest pearls from the Wabash River during the summer have netted $100.

Charles Rank has captured a large chicken hawk on Third Street.

William Blackburn has reported $22 stolen from his Market Street saloon.

John Petrie, a 12th Street butcher, burned his hand while rendering lard in his shop.

The Logansport Police Department has been remodeled and repaired.

Arthur Cullen, a well-known local musician, has died at  his residence at 1230 Miami Ave.

Cass County's wheat crop has dropped by 84,000 bushels this year.

A local man has been given two sets of antlers from Indian territory.

Gale Skinner of Royal Center has been married.

Martha Richason has died at 1816 E. Market St.

The Nelson Theater now has electric lighting.

Rural Cass County roads are reported to be in the best condition ever.

Seventy-five members of the Muncie Commercial Club are visiting Logansport.

Mary Maudlin and John Hill have been married.

Phoebe Coblentz has died in Tipton Township.

Squire Finton and Sarah Youngblood of Onward have been wed.

Ben Cornel of Deer Creek Township has died.