Editor’s Note:
Perry Smith was a local carpenter. My father, Bill Stark, contracted him to build a garage on our property on Old Trail Road. My brother Dan and I were 10 and 12 years old. . . Read More
Editors Note: The Waynedale News receives an abundance of press releases and articles for each issue. Information that has a focus on Waynedale is given the highest priority. We try to evaluate all submissions on a timely basis.
PARISH ART EXHIBITION . . . Read More
Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard and New Haven Mayor Terry McDonald along with Allen County Commissioners, Linda Bloom, Marla Irving and Nelson Peters recognized area businesses for their 2004 contributions to Allen County’s economic vitality. . . Read More
The real battle in America is likewise not a military battle but one of ideas.‑ The relativistic post-modern mushiness that has swallowed up large swathes of Europe is seeping into the American mind from every point.‑‑ . . Read More
We continue to strive to be the safest city of our size in the country. That’s why last year I created an Emergency Medical Services Task Force to review the current EMS system. . . Read More
April is “Alcohol Awareness” month, but John Barleycorn neither endorses nor opposes any causes, his is a singleness of purpose which is a desire to stay sober and to help others who wish to do the same. . . Read More
City of Fort Wayne received an award from the Indiana Partnership for Highway Quality for the recently completed West Jefferson Trail Project.
Greenway’s Manager Dawn Ritchie accepted the award on the City’s behalf at a ceremony at Purdue . . . Read More
The voice of spring is awakening the land after the long, cold sleep of winter. She whispered first to the songbirds, and they gathered their flocks together to return to our hills. . . Read More
Thanks to several of our readers, we now have the words to the song, “O, Dem Golden Slippers.” Ms. Sanders adds, “My great-grandmother played this song on the fiddle yeas ago, “I’m 74 and still love it.” . . Read More
R.L. Gilbert, Utility Contractors out of Pierceton, Indiana were working on the southwest side of town recently. They are laying the 4-inch orange trace that will hold the new fiber optics cable that Verizon is adding to their service. . . Read More
Boy Scout Troop 302 (Roanoke, Indiana) has been busy meeting with Cub Scouts in Pack 3302 and Pack 3131 demonstrating scouting activities and outdoor skills. As a result, Troop 302 was invited to two Cub Scout Blue and Gold graduations of Webelos . . . Read More
The Elmhurst Spring Musical will be the award winning Rogers and Hammerstein’s The King and I. Production dates are Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 with a 7:30pm curtain time and April 24, with a 2:00pm curtain time. . . Read More
DUANE “RED” TRESSLER, 73, of Fort Wayne, died Friday, March 25, 2005, at Hospice Home. Born December 23, 1931, in Pioneer, Ohio, he retired after 30+ years of service at Bowmar as a Parts Inspector, in 1991. . . Read More
BILLIE LOU MCARDLE-SENSENY, 82, of Fort Wayne, died Monday, March 21, 2005 at Covington Manor. Born May 26, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Melvin M. and Constance (Bogart) Beaver. . . Read More
LENORE J. BLOOMFIELD, 85, of Fort Wayne, died Monday, March 21, 2005, at St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne. Born December 17, 1919, in Toledo, Ohio, she was owner/operator of Waynedale TV. . . Read More
PAULINE M. SWOVERLAND, 86, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester. Born May 4, 1918, in Miami County, she was the daughter of Claude O. and Edna (Cress) Rimpler. . . Read More
MARY W. CLARK, 81, died Monday, March 21, 2005, at Lutheran Home. Born May 6, 1923, in Nitro, West Virgina, she was a longtime Fort Wayne resident, member of Sherman Street Church of God, retired as a Nurse’s Aide at the V.A. . . Read More
HARRY CANTEY JR., 71, of Fort Wayne, died Friday, March 18, 2005, at St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne. Born February 3, 1934, in Monroe, North Carolina, he was a Manager at K-Mart (Kresge) Distribution Center. . . Read More
RICHARD H. CHILCOTE, 75, of Woodburn, died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. Born August 11, 1929, in Fort Wayne, he was co-owner and operator of Pond-A-River Golf Club, Woodburn. . . Read More
When you were a child, you probably acted like one. But when you’re grown, you “put away childish things,” as the old quotation goes. Unfortunately, many otherwise mature adults still approach investing in a rather immature manner . . . Read More
The headline read “16-Year Old Driver Killed, Second Teen Injured in Wreck” and it is all too familiar. So familiar in fact that we have come to accept it. We have become complacent and somehow been able to sweep those tragedies to the . . . Read More
As in all businesses and services, the judgment of “the powers that be” is‑sometimes met with bewilderment. Such was the case‑at EMS. It was bad enough that we were saddled with Deffendum, because even though he was useless, he was . . . Read More
GENERAL HAULING & BOBCAT SVC.Call us for all of your hauling clean up and bobcat needs.Inside home, garage, basement, attic, construction, debris, brush, etc. We also deliver topsoil, fill dirt, stone, sand, landscape materials, boulders, . . . Read More
FALLEN SOLDIERS HONORED IN MEMORIAL SERVICE
Story and photos by U.S. Army Sgt. Joe McFarren, CJTF Phoenix Public Affairs
CAMP PHOENIX, KABUL, Afghanistan – A memorial service for four Soldiers killed in a land mine attack Saturday was held here Monday . . . Read More
The Main Building
My Aunt Gladys says that the Main Building housed about 180 people. Eight patients worked in the kitchen in addition to the cook. The two dining rooms had wood doors made with narrow boards that were white because of the strong cleaners . . . Read More