Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1940 — Page 6

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GIVES REPORT ON RECEIPTS OF TOURNEY More Than 51,570 In Receipts At Sectional Tournament Tli-» d-iailxl fhiuiu i.cl rc-jxiri for <h»- It-catur '•••< tiotial tournament. h--ld lasi *••• k in this city wa* aniuhiix xI today by W Guy Brown bitch cah-xil prim ipal. In charge of | th<- tommy Th.- leport revc-ul* th-- local | tournament wan .1 dec hl-cl finan | flat sucre**. with total 1•-« -Ipts | Os 21.570 2'Th-- Ulin- competing n< hools sold I 915 season lickers in-fore the 5| p nt Thursday deadline, with ant additional 25 aold at the gymn.i*-■ Inin tic ket willdown Th- season I tlc keln wold for II -a- h Singh session tlck'lS sold all each of the tom - ion« al 151 < i 11. • each Wen .1 -I folio* • Kit ol W---.-IO- 562 lick in. 1196 Til I Knond ■ 159 U. keH |lflciHs| Third ** 1. 290 io ketn *lOl 5o | Fourth -••• l"l ti« k* 1 ■ IHI l"i li.-ca-ipc* from single —-melon tickets totaled fllini 25 From th- total rc-c-lpls of 11 57t> Ja, fil-tl egpelinen eleduc ted totaled 341-09* with ih> principal Hem* f 199 2o for tnc-al* and |»cc tor refer---*. Oth- *|x liter 111 thia define lion We-1 printing oil-' 1 tlalnir official tc-.ter and timer, help ticket*. l-a-k. -iballs. Im i 1 dental* 1 Frolic thl* first Icalam -of II 169 27. the 1 enter •« Iliad ilh-catm i wa* given Il'Xi Tr.cns|xiilotion co»l* of 197 92 and lodging - X , penice of |4» were dedm ted l-av j, Inga balance of 1923 35 The | center school I* then given anot her | 51 no From thl* fifth balance of 1 I*2-155 one percent. 01 3*21 goe« to the Indiana high School athletic

f I I Tonight & Thursday Os R BIG DAYS! * . First Show Tonight at 6:30 CoatinuotiM Thar*, from 1 1:30 utartinif with feature | ATTEND TONIGHT AND I AVOID TIirRS. ( ROW DS I 5 MEN RAN AFTER the j HOUSEKEEPERS 1 daughter ■a??’-'.. .W The howling /\£ Amer ' (0 IJIIKf HAL ROACH THE MIL »*ornng SSfenf JOAM ®OBEHHETT <42p AOOLPRE LjJffll MEIIJOU <• - MG'A WOOD RJeV kwn Huauto TCjrJ- WILLIAM GASCAN i Mil ♦ DONALD MOK *-ZT||B*f «*<*••**Hi,. Q*n~l UNI ™ *•»'»« ALSO — Bh*rts 10« . It* * -0 J Frl. A Sat. — "BROTH2R RAT ANO A BABY" —o I e ßun. Man. Tu**.—-POUR WIVSS" “

I* • TICKETS ON SALE Glen Marsh. principal of the Pleasant Mill* high *1 hcxcl. ha* , received an additional 150 tict ket* fur tin- Auburn regional tournament. Tin- original quota of 25<i tickets war rapidly exhaunted and tan* are urged to make early purchase of the ad dllional tic ket*, a* no more will | ( h. available For convenience I of lieiatur fi-ns, some ticket* , may be purchased at lance Bro* |, restaurant In thin city. ♦ ♦ aMOc la t ion This leave* a sixth balance of I I*ls 12 and of thin ope half, or I 1107 56. I* divided on a pro rata | ba*i* among the nine participle ring , j *1 hool*. with i-m h school awarded: 345 2* Tin- remaining 14<>7 56 I* divided j I on the basis of number of season ticket* sold lleeatiir. with 117 ' r a»on ducat* wild. receive* theI largest share of 111512. based on* i 111:! per ticket I Ticket* cold by each nehind and I the school's share follow* Number Ainotint 1 Berm nil 369 4 4 ' Ih-eatur 3.17 115 32 lieu »a 61 244.31 ■ I Hartford 26 1121 1 leffernon 23 992 1 Kirkland ltn> 15 72 Monmouth 59 25 15 ‘ .Monroe 66 2*17 I’b-UMtlt Mill* Im; 15 72 Total 915 liu7 56 0 . 1 —■■Bmm— Decatur Bowline League Results Edga> Mut*c hlei once again paced th<- Minot league keglers at Mie* Recreation last night with a big 665 III* game* were 225. JI 5 and 2<'* Cloverleaf Frlatngc t 2-s- I*9 iss Kaylor 142 143 119 (' Farrar 193 167 I*9 Hootcm 229 197 216 A Farrar 211 23* 167 -Spot 3 3 3 Total* 9*l 9.17 *59 Snyder * Dcner .Mime* |7o I*7 155 .Strickler 139 223 I** Alton 171 169 179 land I*9 152 139 Ih-Bolt 173 I*6 I.l<> Total* 799 'ml *l7

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Gamble's C Heare 232 2<‘s 179 Appelman 169 i*o 2«H i K Wcscdhall 229 161 IMk It Woodhall 165 I*2 220 I Ixinkenau 160 IK> 171 Totals 955 911 959 Wren Havls 151 IM 167 j Moser 152 119 19* j I Tombleson 151 115 206* Tope 193 171 190 j McClure 193 163 2M I Sject 22 22 22 — — I Total* *65 Meg 970 I Mutschter's Stump 2«2 IM 216 1 Mie* 233 202 15o| Ahr 225 215 IM Mut*ehler 225 222 20* i Ladd 191 2"1 195 Total* 1079 1029 977 Convoy Case N Etxh-r 157 I*6 1953 ; R Euler 175 17* I*l A. Etzler 163 175 191 i J Etzler 169 119 172 0 Etzler 119 135 160 Spot Ml NO Mt Total* *93 903 997 1 Burke’s Tutweller 191 *|J 202 Burke 12| ]kl 216 Keller 170 1«3 191 ( Bonita* I*s 202 1751 196 17* 192, Total* *73 910 976 Smith's Ins. G Bultemeier 159 165 E Bultemeier 159 119 112 ■ Gallmeyc-r 161 171 173 H Blomberg 135 152 W Gallmeyer |7* 135 II Gallmeyer 162 1«6 23* Spot _ 1« 13 1K Totals *l3 M> 919 BFglll - 20 lb. white unwatermarked mimeograph, adaptable for ail kinds of mimeograph work and nullable for ink nignature, 75e. The Decatur Democrat Co.

CONFIDt NTIAI CASH LOANS OF SIOOO to S3OOOO MADF ON Household G >od» Live ttoclr Implements end A utomobilet Up to 20 Months to Pay ■*~T- • A Special Repayment Plan for Farmert Decatur Loans Discount Co. I oyelly Owned end C ontmlled OICATUR INDIANA

DECAI (TR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1940.

All of Adams county it backing the Pleasant Mills Soart ana. sectional titleholder*, at they battle to stay in the running in the Indiana high achool basketball classic -000 The Hpartan* will go back Into •I tlon Saturday afternoon mwtIn* Mentone, Pierceton sectional winner. In the first < la*h of the 1 Auburn regional tournament at , 1 .to p. 11l 111 tile second game. the Kendallville Cornels and Garrett Kailroadrr* will meet, with the »lternooii winner* batt lint for regional honor* at * o'clock Saturday night. j* -000 Olen Marsh Pieaaant Milla principal- haa obtained an additional' supply of ticket* for the regional tournament. The original allotment of 250 ticket* wa* quickly rlhauited. and the Spaitan* were granted an added ISO. Mr Marah atat-d thl* morning, however, that these ticket* are going rapidly. 1 For the convenience of Decatur | fan*. the»r ticket* are available at ! Ix>*c Bro* restaurant in this city. 000 - Th<- financial report for the ho- 1 tatur sectional, released today by W Guy Brown, center principal. I* very gratifying ta school official* of the county. A total of 61.670 16 wa* paid In for «ea*oii and single 1 session tickets, with a net profit ' of I*ls 12 shown after all egI tu-naeo were paid and the percentage sent to the state association. —oOo— Total receipt* for tho Bluffton sectional, annually on* of th* best of th* smaller tourneys in th* stat*, war* 51.4 M- . this year. Byway of comparison. gross r*c*ipta at Columbia City last y*ar were only M 6- Columbia City loot its Mctional this year, with tho Whitloy county team* split into thr*« sectional tourneys. —-000— Should be little doubt about the winner of th* Fort Wayne regional. based <>n the superlative showing of the Routh Hide Archer*' throughout the season However.' stranger thing* have happened, j The Archer* will meet the Portland Panthers, winner* of the' Hartford City sectional. In the first game Saturday, followed by Huntington and Chester Center, I Bluffton sectional winner. —oOo — Officials for the Auburn regional' will h* J. H. McClure of Fort Wayne and Cook from the northern part of the state. —oOeThe Decatur Junior high school setters are due for congratulation* for their successful defense of the' city grade school championship. The Junior high lad* scored their second straight victory In the city J series Monday night over 8t Jo*, with both victories scored In decisive fashion. These lads ar* ths future Teltow Jacket and Commodore star*, so look tor them in th* year* to come » ■ ■ ■ > ■ Ttoda In a Bee* Town — oecatu*

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HIGH SPOTS OF TOURNEY PLAY OfficiatinK In Sectionals Generally At llixh Level By Ed Salnabury Indlanapoll*. Marc h 6 — (U.R) Short *hot« from the 61 aectlonal tourney*: Thl* fad Mw-mr*d apparent in virtually all tourney* . Officiating f allc*d to get the ribbing It ha* In recent year* and in aome centen> coac fee* and even the *port« writer* praic-ed the official*' work . . . And to top thl* in one aectlonal the referee called a couple of time out* for an injured player when the other aide hgd the ball . . . And after the game went In and apologized to the off.-nded coach. There wm plenty of egcltemeni at the Franklin »erie». both before and after Greenwood trimmed the Grizzly Culm to break a 22-year gtrong of con»ecutlve victories by Franklin . . . The crowd atarted gathering outside the Grit gym for the lm|H>nding battle early in the afterncMin At 5 .10 p. tn., two and on half hour* before game game Um*, the doorway* and aidewalk* around the emporium were jammed . . . Two tbounand were turned away at the gate* . . . line man was cut on the- arm when pitwhed through a plate gla*« door I by the ovcr anxloua c rowd. The Bloomington scrap rate* the | nod for probably the funnleat In- | c ident . . . When the Panther* \ were playhig Monrovia the acorr ! went to 19 to 21 with only a few ' minute* remaining . The bench warmer* related in preparation for the evening tu««le . . . When Byer* of Bloomington fouled out and Coach Glen Betz scanned the bench for a replacement, every man on the bench except Bretz bimaelf had hi* shoe* off . . . Clark won entry Into the game by helng the Hrat to get hi* shoe* on Two of the »« ttonal audience* bad a light inc hided with the j shooting At Pent the Tigerg’l . supporter* tangled for 15 minute* i with the Liberty Center lad* after i the home town favorite* were de- ' I seated . . . And It * reported that Mr Treater ha* c«*l an eye at ‘ thl* one . . . And at Shelbyville i Clark Townsend. a Columbus' guard, tangled with Wally Page, a home town forward, for a few second* . The bat He wa* stopped hy the bell hut quick work by the police and school offic ial* was necessary to prevent a bit ftf a general riot Rr-ookstcm. the tnrpriae victor in the Monticello rontaata. evened the cw-ore with Monon and Monticello by downing them both In .tourney play . . The Bomlter* had t k-at to each during the season ... 1 And In the regional* they get a chance to duplh ate the feat against Cutler • Just incidentally seven of the sectional victor* had never before won a sectional crown . . . Included are Amboy. Cheseter. Pleasant I Mills. Greenwood. Hammond Tec h. Goaporc and Oakland City. The *o to 12 massacre that Kokomo put up on I'nlnn township caused a* much laughter a* anything else In the Kat* gym . . . | Nobody could agree on the Anal ! c ount and the Kokomo total ran from 9o to 95 according to the More book* while I'nion was credited wtih as many a* 11 pointa . . . The oflcUl book showed 90 to 12. | ao that's the one that'a turned in ,- . . For the second half, though. I'nion tried to match the Kata' giant Gabriel by putting Brock on the shoulder* of Ixiard . . . Th* doubllon didn't quite equal Gabriel’* C feel 9 inch** Gary Froebel the Valparaiso sectional winner, dldn t get a held goal during the 9r*t half of the lilial game against Gary Horace Mann, but won, 17 to 15 Richmond * Red Oevila seem to b* plagued with bad luck . . !<aat year they won the sectional and three quarters of the tourney •quad immediately, were attacked by flu . . Thl* year they won and Immediately Johnny Wallace, who led the tourney scoring roll and

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FORM COUNCIL OF FIVE CLUBS Adams County Conservation Council Formed By Clubs In order to better co-ordinate the conservation effort* of the county. lan Adams county conservation council ha* just been organized representing the five clubs In thecounty Paul Shoemaker, of lh-me, I* chairman of the council, and Rudy Myer*, of near St John* church , is the *ecreiary | The organization* represented hy the new council are Adams county fish and Kame conservation league whipped through 2(1 points in the final combat, was stricken with mumps . And live other eligible* have »ceen exposed t'olumhus should gel a prize for sc-methlng They started pracrice last year Immediately after being eliminated in the sectionals i. . Then most of the flr«t five was , thrown off the squad for various and sundry violation* In mid seas on this year . . And no a bunch ,of under classmen wem the sectional and will all be back next year . . Maylte a good bet for 1911

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of Ite-c-ntur. the f'cwtntrv -on-cerva-'tiem club, of St John's; the Gc-m-va • on- tvalioti club, the- Berne- c onseiTation c luh and the Manley c onnervation duh. ttn>- of the important tasks of the council will be the determination of a fair meant <>t uistrl-iutmg wild game allocated Io the county l>y th--state conservation department for distribution. Another point on the- program of the council I* to suKgest new legislation or change* In game laws Among the changes Iwlng considered by the dul» are a request lor the re-dudion from l« U> five a* the bag limit on rabbit* and an open season on doves The Adams county council will work with council* formed In other counties to formulate- a alate eon serration program in cooperation with the state departmen of conservation

JPOWER COSTS 0 OWNERS OF X JOHN DEERE ' f'i TRACTORS M7* ’ . SAY -THEY y ARE SAVING AS MUCH Al $1.15 A DAY BY BURNING LOW-COST FUEL John Deere Two-Cylinder Tractor*, hurninl low-coat fuel* auccesafully and efficiently. j« bonding power coata down to new low levels in section* of the country. I sera are reporting amazing sating* on !<*• coat fuel alone. Many are operating thn John Deere tractor* for aa little a* l-l J 1° cents an acre in cultivating. Measuring fuel economy on a dollars and Letttt basis—the way It should be measured . mparttai teat* show that five different make* of tracwj with low-grade gasoline do only 71. b% st m ‘*J work as a John Deere tractor with 11.88 worth« “low-coat" fuel, and that nine other makes burning regular gasoline do only a* muchi •<« aa a John Deere on Si.M worth of low-co»t fuel. These impartial teats furnish convincing that your fuel dollar goes farther in a John I**** Come in and make ua prove It. USED IMPLEMENTS 1-Rebuilt W. C. Alli* Chalmer* ’ —Med*l A. J*hn D**r* new guarantee BBS Job" D**re **r M plantar with fertiliser I—BBB John Deer* **», planter without f*rtlli**r Job" Deer* corn plaster without fartilisvr I—U*ed John O**re hay loader I—l 4 inch Littl* Wonder Pl*w—llk* n*w I—l 4 into Oliver pl*w, good conditi*n 1— di*k Hoo*i*r drill with fertiliser attachment 2— Used Burr Mill* ALSO—.Some Harwell. 1 team of Mule--Steffen Hdw. & Imp CoBLUFFTON * OfC*’ 1 Third Street— Acre** Frem Hotel— Rhone 1°

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