Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1939 — Page 6

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JACKETS PLAY ANNUAL BATTLE NEXT THURSDAY — «• Annual Senior • Under* classmen (lame To Be Played Tuesday Th* annual senior under, lassmen nni.' between members of th* 1833-38 Yellow Jacket basketball squad will be played In the new gymnaalum next Thu today night, Hugh Andrew*, net coach and athletic director, announced o'clock on that night with a pretoday. The game will be played at 8; Hi liminary game between roach Steve Everhart* fifth and tilth grad* embryo Jacket* preceding an hour earlier. Admission to the affair will be 25 cents for adult* and ticket* may be secured from member* of the squad The proceed* will Im- used to help defray the expenses of taking the team to the state final* at Indianapoli* It will be the final chance for local n*i fan* to see al* of the Jacket** star* In action. The senlor team will be composed of 1 Clarenc* Stapleton. Jim Highland. John McConnell. Junior Zerkel. Kenny Gaunt. and Letfia Shoe, all of whom graduate thia year Charles Andrew* and Bob Stapleton of the varsity sqnad will form the nucleus of the underclassmen five, aided hy member* of the second team The annual tilt ha* become one of the leading item* of attraction tn Intra-s, hool athletics and this year's fray is expected to be no exception e ' Decatur Bowlins league Results I LEAGUE STANDINGS Elk* League W L Set. Tails 20 7 741 Less 14 IS -SIS Antler* .. io IT ,s?o Hoof* 10 17 MS Minor League Mutachler 18 8.704 Casting* !» 8 .TH Burke* 16 18 AM McMillen 15 12 AM Mie* 13 |S .444 Cloverleaf 10 IT .376 Hoff Brau 8 18 .333 Gamble* S 18 .333 Merchant* League Bank — ~ 21 8 .700 I'pholster *0 10 .007 18 14 533 "asj i

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| Preble IS Ifi but Wren ... . |& IS IbHI Telephone 14 14 .487 Smith Ina. 12 18 4imi Conservation ... T 17 .SM | Major League I Hon F K rust 10 S 887 *| (total 7 8.467; | Prickles „ T 8 .487 1 hoc 1 * « s 400 WEEK'S SCHEDULE Elk* League I Monday •—7 p. m. — Leg* vs' | Tails; Antler* vs Hoof*. Minor League Tuesday— 7 p m — Cloverleaf f v* Gamble; Casting vs Mie* 8 p. m. — McMillen vs Burke; Mutachler v* Hoff Brau. Merchant* League Wednesday —7 p m — Schafer ' v« Hmith In* : Wren v* Telephone * P m — Cpholnter vs Conner- ’ vat ton; Hank vs Preble Major League Thursday — 7:30 p. m. — Hotel vs Du- «; Frkkles vs Hon-K-Krust. Central Soyal League Friday -7pm — Feed Mill* v* Trucker*. Elevator vs laboratory. Bpm — Solvent vs Malntenante; Office vs Feed Mill* COMMIES PLAY HERE SUNDAY Commodores Play Practice Game With Old C. C. Quintet Decatur fan* will have their last chance to see the 1838-38 Commo- ' dore basketball qclntet in action Sunday afternoon, when the Com mies play an exhibition practice came with the 1836-31 Central Cnth- ' lolie team of Fort Wayne at the .Commodore gymnasium. Tomorrow'* game la acheduled to ' ►tart at 3 o'clock. No preliminary ' game will be played and a small ad- j mission price of five cent* for »tui death and IS centa for adults will ' ibe charged. Sunday'* practice game was ar- 1 renged by local official* to keep ' the Commodore* | n condition in • vent hn invitation la received td the national Catholic high school ' tournament which will be held at Loyola university In Chicago later this month. Among Sunday's opponents of the j C<wnmodore* will he Hennigan. Rill Herr. Jerry Rotnary. Ty 8: hwartr ’ and N. Burns. Tomorrow will mark the *inal appearance on the local floor for three ' Commodore regular*, all senlort. ' these three who will be lost by g-aduation are Art Haber. fh-l> He** , «nd Bob Bolinger. WILLSHIRE NEWS Methlehem Chapter No. 25. C». F 3. was hostess to the chapters of the eighth district Wednesday. February 22. when they met for their sixteenth annual session in the school auditorium. In keeping of the day the hail was decora'ed with many flag* and portrait* of Washtig ton and the stage wa* beaut If u with potted calls Hilles and fern*. The morning session w* opened by the district president. M-s Reynold* of Kalida. assisted by the vice-president. Be** Tickle of Willshir*. Secretary VVarrle Watterson of Continental; Treasurer Avaneil* Davies. Delphos; Chaplain Grace Akins. Spencerville; Marshall Marie Starbey. Van Wert. Pianist. Helen Worthington of Hluffton. Page*. Rachel Hants and Helen Evans of Willshire. The Worthy Grand Ma-

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ifrttea of Ohio. Mary Wallerman of I Toledo waa presented and escorted to the platform and also other dist Ingulahed guests. Deputy Grand Matron of the eighth district Helen Desenberg ot Lima and Grand Representative of laouislana. Leda Ridenour of Delphos The session wa* .'oened by singing “America The Beautiful." Mayor E. H. Alp*paug,t In a few well chosen words, wel<o"'ed the guests to this session. Response by iFertha Willi* of Leipsic. altar service by Martha Hiett of Lafayette, invocation by Grace Akin* of Spencerville tti.d flag presentation by Marie Sta*key. Van Wert. Regular business wa* taken care ot at this time. B-*s Tickle of Willshire wu» elected to act as president next year, and the session will be held in Bluffton. The mentoral services sere given by six member* of the Lima chapter and were very beautiful. The floral emblem waa a large star made of flower* and ferns and waa Inter pl iced on the grave of Mr*. Nancy J. Shaft iier. a charter member ot Bethlehem chapter. At the noon hour two hundred guest* were served a deIL'iou* dinner by the M. E. Aid is the church dining mom. In the afternoon the ritualistic work waa «xemplifled by the local chapter. The Worthy Grand Matron, jjary Wollerman luspectad the local chap-

laical Kleglers in ABC Meet C y pff f These six Decatur ptn-artlst* carry the Hon E Krust hope* in the national bowling congre** at Cleveland today. They left this morning for the Buckeye city. Reading from left to right; Bill Lister. Joe Hobbs, Bun Keller. Andy Appelman. Don Stump and Art Farrar

A ~ -Jr ’ Vi Rico Hoti-Ln hopes of snaring prize money In the Cleveland event are with the above sextette. leading from left to l ight. Edgar Mutsc tiler. Fred Ahr. Mnlly Mies, Paul Briede. Roily Ladd. Art Miller Both Rice Hotel and Hou E-Krust will Ik.wl tonight In the team eventa and in the doubles and singles Bunday.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, MARCH 11,1939.

ter and gave them a grade of excellence on their work. JoJan Irvin .< Ohio City delighted the audience with a lieautflul solo. Gifts of flow <■:• and other present* w«r»- given to the distinguished guests and the Will*hlre Matron. The »e**io>i adjourned to meet In Bluffton next year. Mr. and Mra. Herman My.'r* were V*n Wert visitor* Wednesday. Mrs. Esther Strickler ard Mrs. Dsile Eowan delightfully entertained the M. E Aid Thursday aftetMon. Devotions were in charge of Mr*. F A. Defter, followed by the hsMteaM session committee reports t.nd roll call Diversion* of the afternoon were readings and music followed hy a deli, ions lunch. A o-rle* of meetings are being m-hi each evening at the M. E. Church for two weeks A different minister will give the message each evening i tuts weeit. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cox were De catur visitors Monday afternoon. The Willshire Flower And Garden’ C't,b wa* very plea*antly entertained in tlie home of Mrs. W. E Spitler, Tuesday afternoon wHa .Mrs Harriet Colter assisting hostess. The president. Mrs Clarence Ge tale?, called the meeting to order. Mra. John Myer had charge ot the dtvotion*. The topic for the afternoon were "Plant* for -Shadv

i Stratton Still Smiles r m \ ww % X J .-* \. I ba v i i Monte Stratton It take* more than the loss of a leg in a hunting accident to make Monte Stratton gloomy. Smiling happily in Dallas. Tex. (near hi* bom* town. Celeste), the former White Sox pitcher' demonstrateg - how hl* artificial limb enable* him to get about almost a* ably aa ever.

Places”. .Mrs. W W. Parks; "Bird I Ife in the Harden” Mrs. Wlitget, •Prunnlng" Mrs. John Schuman The hostesses, assisted by Mr*. Jesse Spitler and Mrs. M J. Morrlon served dainty refreshments to twenty <>ne members. PLEASANT MILLS Wanda Rally spent Sunday afternoon with Betty Noll. Mr. and Mr*. Glenn Mann wera business visitors in Fort Wayne Thursday. Harold Feasel of Decatur spent the week end with Glen Clark. Max Noll visited over the weekend with hi* uncle and aunt and family. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Noll of near Decatur. The Pleasant Mills Epworth League will give a supper at the M. E. Church Tuesday evening March 1«. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Neuenschwander of Decatur visited Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Malching and family. Mr. and Mrs. Varlando Clark and daughters, Betty and Ruth were business visitors In Ohio C'ty Frloay. ’ Mrs. Alva Barr, was removed from the Adam* county memorial hospital to her homo here. Mrs. Chas. Young and daughter Barbara of North Manchester have ■ returned to their home after a ten day's visit with her parents. Rev. and Mrs. Barr. Rev. Barr and daughter Esther and son Oene nt.ended the funeral

GRADE TOURNEY FINAL TONIGHT Semi-Finals In County Tourney To Be Played This Afternoon Four Adam* county eighth grad* teams are left In the county grade tourney which r*-op*n« her* thia afternoon In the new gytnuaalum Three of the quintet* were Victorlou* In first round em-ouniers Thursday night while the fourth drew a bye and Immediately moved into the •rml fln.il* Monroe, conqueror of the Decatur Junior high five, city champion*. will play in the first game of th* afternoon, meeting the Monmouth eagers, who drew the bye. The sscond tilt of the afternoon will see Monroe township, winner over Pleasant Mills, and Decatur's St. Joe five, victors over Geneva, pitted against each other. The winners of these two tils will meet in the < hampkmshtp contest tonight at * o'clock, with a preliminary consolation tilt between the two losers an hour earlier. Admission to she tourney is Id centa per session Admission Is to be paid at the door. o - ■ Hotel Bowling Team Forgets Credentials A little "slip-up" along the line somewhere almost kept the Rice j hotel five out of the national bowl-1 Ing congress at Cleveland. Ohio | tonight A telephone call from Delpbo*. Ohio and another from Cleveland thia morning informed the local Miea Recreation employe* that I Fred Ahr. Kdgar Mutachler. Molly Mie*. Roily Ladd and Arthur Mil- j > ler left last night for the tourney —sans ticket*, entry blank* or ■ proper credential* I Fortunately, however, the Hon- ' E Krust entry had not departed for the Buckeye city to take part [ In the event, so they agreed to I take along the forgotten items. ( which would permit their 'fellow kleglers to take the alleys tonight. a Budge Easy Victor Over Fred Perry New York. March 11 —(VP)--Donald Budge and Fred Perry mov- ; »d to Hitston today for the second *top on their transcontinental Tennis tour. Budge, to the surprise of no one. was one up after a straight set 6-1. 8-3. 6-0 victory tn the inaugural match In the Mail-privacy of Madi ron Square Garden last nigh*. To Police Station for Quiet Raymond. N. H —<UP>—Peace. I It'* wonderful Oscar LittlefleM was so annoyed when firemen qisitnrbed hla slumber to quell a blaM in hla cot that he whistled for hi* dog and trekked to the police *taI t;on. demand a bed and finished ‘ I hl* night'* re*t there. — Flying Doctor Serv** De*ert S I Baker»ffeld. Cal. — (UPI - Kesident* of the Mojave desert no lon- . ger worry about the great distance! separatlr-g thetn from the nearest physician. All they have to do now ia to call Dr. Thomas A. Drummond and he step* mto hi* ambulance air-l-lane and file* to their aid. of Mr*. John Little in Manon Tueetiay. Mra. Little waa a siater-tn-law , of Rev Barr. •Mrs Harry Crownover. .Mr*. John Palley and Mra. R H Everett were caller* Monday at the parsonage. Mr. and Mrs W F. Beery of De- . catur. Mr and Mrs C. L. Custer , I pent Sunday afternoon with Mra. Beery's and Mra. Custer's slater. Mra. Aaa McMillan. Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Noll and I fuenily ot Linn Grove were Sunday | evening dinner guests at the homo of Wllliaun Noll and family. I Mr. and Mra. Richard Evans and • daughter Colleen. Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Byer of Fort Wayne, visited with i Mr. and Mrs. Merle Foor and daughI ters Sunday evening. Afternoon callers were Mr and Mr* Monroe Byer : and Doris and Ethel Byer of near Monroe. Mr. and Mr*. C. J. Spangler and I son John. Samantha Everett and [ Mra. Lydia Mcßarne* were entertained at dinner at the home of . Al Roebuck. In the afternoon, the , l-arty motored to Bluffton and viewi '■<! the ruin* of the Bluffton grade school which waa destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mra. William Noll ot > T'leasant Mill* and James BauchanI an of Willshire, Ohio, wer* among | these who attended the alatrlc' I meeting In Decatur Sunday of the > Spanish-American war vets and the auxiliary. A large crowd wa* present from Auburn, Columbia l City, Fort Wayne Huntington. WarI saw. Wabash and Van Wert, Ohio - - o Arixona Road* Safer Phoenix. Arte. (U.R> - Topping | the national average in -eduction 1 of motor vehicle acaident, deaths, i Arison* in 1838 showed * reduc*-q fatality rate of 23H per cent over I 1837. according to a report of the Arixona highway department.

White-Tailed Deer Seen I In Southern Indiana ■ ■HrTOBBSI' ' H c ' I b ‘ ww W j iLl' -« : illll

Report* of white-tailed deer be-, ing aeam In the wooded aectlon* ' of southern Indiana are becoming more and more frequent aa the number of these graceful animals 1 lt.< reeaes through natural repro- j duction. While more than a hundred deer have been liberated In aultable areas during the past five year*, it la estimated that there ar* more than two hundred running wild today. The deer have ranged over a wide territory, having been seen a* far north a* Greencastle and Muncie. Some deer have been ! ••■en in barnyard* and pastures , . with farm stock and others have i been seen along the highway* by 1 motorist*. Deer were once numerous in Indiana and one of the first conservation laws enacted by the general assembly was the establish ment of a closed «e**on on deer and other game which had been hunted without restriction by the 1 early settler* This law waa pass-! ed in 1857. Deer were practically ' extinct tn Indiana when the Department of Conservation began Ita liberation ot white-tailed deer in 1834. In addition to the liberation of deer In aultable part* of the state, a number of these animal* have

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