Out of Winfield’s Past

2015

The Winfield Betterment Group and Healthy Henry County Communities have announced a partnership with Hy-Vee in Mt. Pleasant to begin delivering groceries once a week to Winfield.

Janet Reynolds was named the 2015 Firefighter of the Year.

Jean Kracaw will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house on Oct. 25.

Jordan McLaughlin and John Ibbotson have announced their engagement and upcoming Nov. 7 wedding.

2010

Larry Buffington and Terry Wasson both received the Firefighter of the Year Award for 2010. Both men have retired from the Winfield Unit after serving more than 20 years combined.

Brooke Wade and Grant Edwards were named 2010 Homecoming Queen and King for WMU.

2005

Sgt. David Hinkle of the 224th Engineers Battalion has received the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in Iraq.

Michelle Reid and Tim Meyer were married June 25, 2005.

Dorothy Erickson of Milo, formerly of Winfield, celebrated her 95th birthday on Oct. 24.

WMU football team celebrated their first win of the season, defeating English Valleys 26-8.

2000

According to Winfield Police Chief Ed Hudson, vandals played havoc with a WMU school bus parked at the Commons.

1995

Filing papers for two seats on the city council were Janet Everett, Judy Buffington, Mark Fulton, Roger Wixom, Tim Keiser, Merle Steward, Richard Hand, Gerald Jennings, and Joe McSorley.

1985

Rev. James Edwards was installed as Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Winfield on Oct. 13.

A Buick Electra owned and driven by Doug Coberley of Winfield was demolished when he missed the T-intersection on H38 and Iris Road.

1975

Julie Kongable and Joe Vantiger were crowned the 1975 Homecoming Queen and King.

Sunrise Terrace Health Care Center will hold their dedication on the afternoon of Oct. 12.

1965

The Winfield-Mt. Union High School at Winfield, and the Winfield Lumber Company, were entered during the night of Sept. 30. Cash and checks were missing from the school.

A large double corncrib, an attached machine shed, and an older hay storage building were destroyed in a raging fire at the Martin Meeker farm tenanted by the Leslie Meeker family in the Marsh Community.

Allen (Barney) Marshall, son of Mrs. Ethel Marshall of Winfield, has been named to the Order of the Arrow, National Boy Scout honorary group.