Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1940 — Page 6

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Spartans Play In Auburn Regional Todai

PLEASANT MILLS MEETS MENTONE IN FIRST TILT Decatur Sectional Winners Tangle With Mentone Bulldogs The Pleasant Mills Spartans Decatur sectional champion*. will irot otil on the floor of Alutnni gym at Auburn at I 30 this afternoon with the active Immmiliik of some 4»M» Adams county fans and with all other basketball fan* of th” county sitting at home rooting slh-titly for the Spartans io tarry on to higher honor* For at I to. the Spartan* whose courageous play lam w -<-k.-tid raptured the heart* of apectators at the sectional tourney, will opt n play lit the Atihtirn regional, meet Ing the Mentone Bulldog* winner* of the Pierceton sectional Approximately one hour later, the Garrett Rallroaderm and the Kendallville Comets will take the floor for another of their grudge Imltle* Winner* of the afternoon conteal* will met l in the regional till, battle nt * o'clock tonight l.lttle <<iiu|iiirlarm of the r- lalive sttenglh of the Spartan* and the Menton. Bulldog* is available, hut the*.- Pleu*ant Mill* lad*, if play Ing the affective type of game they dinplayed In la»l week a *.-.t tonal, should have an ew-ellent chance to survive the Mentone mniggle An for the sm-ond afternoon tilt, the Garrett Railroader* have scored victories In Itoth their previous meeting* with the Kendallville Comet* That old ImgabtMt. 'you can't Iteui a gmid team three time* In a row.” might hold true here but the Railroader* are favored to conn- out on top. hut likely only after a terrific stntggbAnd don't count the Spartan* »hort it they emerge from that afternoon hattie with a victory In ill other Indiana commiinltie* this afternoon and tonight similar battle* will lie raging Come 9 o'clock tonight ther ■ will be just SI team* left In the running for the goal of all Indiana high school baaketlrall team*, the Mate i-humplonshlp One week from tonight. th. is

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survivor* of reghutal compelitimt will resume th. idlminallon pro gram These team* will get to Reiher In four M ini final < liter*, at Muncie. Alidonum, laumtisport and Vhtcennea. Them* *eml finals will Increase the mortality rate, with only four quintets still lultllillg for the gold <-n crown of Indiana's Klug of sports \ lull of one Week. Iter-SsHuted with March 2'l falling on Hasler Saturday, and then on March 30 these four survivors will meet in the Butler fieldhouse for the last i ha pl er In the annual marathon The pleasant Mill* lads it site-r-easful in their quest for regional honor* tonight will then move on to the .Mum in * ml final Th* Ir prolrable foe in the opening game at Muncie will la* the South Side Archer* from Fort Wayne, tout'd by many as th likely |9i.i state < hampion* Hut. there may la- another 'Ossian' along the pathway CYO FIVE PLAYS IN TOURNAMENT Decatur Team Playa In Diocesan Tourney At Whiting Tonight The Decatur CY<> basketball team, winners of th.- E’ort Wayne deanery tournament, will compete In the Fort Wayne diocesan tournament. which op-ns tonight at Whiting Im-atur will play In the second game t-night. meeting St Steph en'» of South B*nd at * o'< lock Seven other trains are entered tn the dimes* tt tourney Th-- winner of th-- tournament will receive the Bishop Noll trophy and other award* will also be presented The tourney s< hedule follows: Tonight * no St Joseph. Elwood, vs St Patrick's. Kokomo. A m> St .Mary's, De.altir vs St Stephen*. South Bend 9m> St Monica. Gary, vs St Joseph. K-mtland Itrmt Sacred Heart. Whiting vs Immaculate Conception. East Chicago Sunday Afternoon 2 m> Winner game I vs winner gam- 2 3 ow Winner game sv« winner game f Sunday Night ' <H> larger game 5 Vs loser game S tconsolation I *OO Winner game ' vs winner game 8 (final). BERNE NEWS Ry t. M. SCHWARTZ The Defenseless M-rlnonite church west of Berne ha* purr based a lot in the west part of Bern* for the erection of s parsonage for their pastor. Rev N J Schmucker Rev S- hmui k- r has been living west of Berne in a house owned by th* late Noah Winteregg Thi* property has been sold Work on the n--w parsonage will start as soon a* the weather permits. Jacob I. t.lr-chty, Monroe township farmer living near here, had the misfortune to lose about 2" hog* recently Eleven of them were fat «hoat* nearly ready for market All the hog* on the farm but one died Veterinarians called to the

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farm did not think It wa* the dreaded cholera whi<h killed 'he hog* but a diarase with somewhat similar xytnpiom*. M<- and Mrs. Ebl Xeuli:sn-<-r of French township, who held a pule, li< sale thi* Week, are planning to move into an apartment al the heme of Mr*. Ida S'u**l«autn in Berne The Neuhaitser farm ha* been iMiuglit by Andrew Hackenpis of -near Vera Crnr. Mr Neuhautier a prominent horse breeder, sold , two horse* at the sale whfc n' brought a combtiusi price of around i I7'M> The attnaul stockholder* meeting i of the Berne klquity Ev hacge Com-' pany wa* held Tuesday Three dir-1 ectors Were re-elected They are | John Koch. H C Baker and Wil-1 Ham Nusshaum The company which operate* elevator* al Berne j Linn Grove and I huliauuoKu and i Tama Ohio' paid dividend* on *ti* k . and liatronage. to the stockholders The senior* on the Berne Bear Mtuad have received nice jackets t with a large "B" on them Those' recevmg the jacket* are Waldo Stucky Junior Burry, t'laren Neu-i ens< hwsnder Ted S< hmdb-r and Harold la-htnan Minor sward* went to Earl Haltegxar and Howard i Baunfgarlnet. two promising soph-1 omores. and to several member* of! the second team J A Michaud, prominent (or al - auctioneer, who ha* lieen quite ill; for some time Is reported to lie soraewhai Improved Mis* Ada Hall of this place fell on the |<-e and broke her light hip She I* being cared for at the Dos* man hospital here Noah M le-hman Mr. and Mrs. Aino* Neuenx hwsnder. Mr* Amo* Burkhalter Miss Ix-otia Wulllman

Where American Bowling Congress Is Held 11 Here la Uta acene of Ute American Bowling Con- i Detroit. A record-breaking entry of g.OM teama grsaa tourney which has opened in th* Collaeum in | ha* been announced with SMO.OOO in priasa.

DECAT PR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATCRDAY, MARCH 9. 1940.

and Orten Wulllman. attended the t funeral of Rev (Trophas Amstutz ,< at Sonnenlierg. Ohio. Thursday h | Rev Am«tutz was lhe father oft Mrs. Atnos NeiienM-ltwandet |, Stream* In this <(immunity in- I i liidiuw the Walia>h river, have re- 1 ceded following the heavy weekend ’ ruin* The Waba*h rtver wax tar nut of its lianks and the canope lowland* *outhea*t of Berne, and < the the mu> k low land* oa«t of town , I were flooded, loti no serious damage wa* dune I*B im he* of rain fell over lhe weekend, the heaviest I I pre. ipltation In many month* Mr and Mr* Everett Pyle have, i moved Into tin- home of Mrs I 'George Martz on North Jefferson i | street here and receally varated i ■ liy Mr. and Mr* DeWald Beiller and j family. i I .Mr* J J Flory has returned from < i Gate, liklahi.ma. where xb<- had bi-eii visiting her daughter* sin< e i last August. Her non Oren Brunner ' of Ixecalur dtove to Oklahoma for < I her. Mr. and Mrs. David Embler and i children have moved from their apartment In the Judith Wittwer property, to the home in the west part of town formerly occupied by I the Arthur I nversaw family.O F Gilllom. widely hnown In-1 Isuranco agent who ha* been In Illi health for several months, has re-1 ■ covered Io the extent that he is aide to tie up and r ound and has come uptown several times He an-' derwent a serious operation Jan. 13. at Ann Arbor. Michigan Dale H. Braun, former local school teacher, who is now principal of the Cannelton mhol*. wa* honored recently with the appointment a* a memlier of a <ommllte«to evaluate the Huntingburg high

school for entrance into the North Central Assim latlon of College* and Secondary school* Mrs. August Nagel ha* received word of the death of her aunt Mr*. Daniel Garlier of Versailles Mo. who died suddenly Mrs Garlier wa* well known here. Harry Meshherger. who was seriously injured In an automobile collision on October 31 ha* improved '• the the extent that h»- has lieen aide to come Io Berne Ills hrothpi-. Oscar. I* still confined tn hl* home but I* improving nicely Victor Bagley. Fori Wavne contractor and architect, wa* in town thi* week, looking over a few promising construction projects for thi* spring and summer Mr Bagley is a son of Mr*. Abe Bagley of l hl* place, and employ* alamt eight or ten men in hl* crew. An old landmark here will go on the (dock on Saturday. March 18. The old Berne school building, pari of whlih wa* erected In 1338. more than a half century ago. will lie sold at public auction Dan and Clarence Augsburger of Elida. Ohio, visited relative* and friend* In Berne and community on Thursday. i Several from here will go to Au- . Imm Saturday to attend the region 'al basketball games. Ixwal fans are > ion percent behind lhe Pleasant Mills Bpartan* and will ba> k them to the last. Jacob Inaiger and child.en. who lived on the Mrs. Katy tnn'ger farm In Monroe township, just south of the Beer school, have moved to Berne Into the home vacated recently hy Mr and Mrs Reuben Hu beggar VeaO* la • O**o v>w» OMOtor

DRW SCHEDULE OF MEN'S TABLE TENNIS TOURNEY Forty-Four Entered In City Tourney Which Open:* Monday The annual men'* city table tennis tournament will open Monday evening at 7 o'clock in the lower floor of the Lincoln *<-bool hulldlnr The mhedula for the tournament was drawn Friday night under supervision of George F laurent. WPA recreation supervisor, assisted by Paul Han< her. Bud Townsend and Robert Frislnger. mthuslasts of th* game A total of 11 entrie* were received for the tourney All entrants are asked to report at the tu hool building promptly at 7 o'clock Monday, in order that the tourney may lie ntarted at once. Tuesday night prolrably w'll l«- required for completion of the tournament Trophies to the winner* of the various division* of the city tournaments will Ire awarded for the third successive year by I. A and Roy Kalver. proprietors of the Adam* theater The complete first round draw follow* P llanr her vs R W Brunnegraff vs It Bolinger: A Bieberich v* Dick Miller. <". Hite v« W Melchi; R RlttAr Va <’ Smith; G Auer v* J De Voss; R Kalver vs It Friainger; S Jackson vs ('. M Prugh: S Finlayson vs Hoffman. B Townsend vs E. Engrk-r. I'. Cook v* W Kuhnle J Cowan vs W Lindemann: II Dollhouse vs II Dailey. J Halterman vs G. Dickerson. 11. Blythe vs W Mann: It Zwlck vs R Brelner; IL Sprung*; v* J Beery. II Hoffman vs. 11. S-hultg. It Both vs W B-m kman M Peterson vs J Boch: R Andrews vs D Hohnke; G lanrent vs C Beavers. o ADOLF HITLER tWrUHMM* FHum rsus MMb ment. has seen Itoth Hitler and Goering, and Is egpected to see Imth again Apparently by coincidence, a delegation of ogla-lals of the Russian commissariat for foreign trade arrived yesterday t-> discus* detail* of deliveries of Germa.) industrial product* to Russia ■■ ■ W Tourney Pairings Shown On Postern large posters showing the pair-' Ing* for the regional*, semi-final and finals of the state basketball tourney, distributed in the city, have attracted considerable attention during the past few days. The posters, distributed by Clarence Htapleton. manager of the Northern Indiana Public Rervlce company here, were pla<ed in the window of the Dally ftemocrat. at the gas company office, the Decatur , juniot oenior high Mhooi. the Lin- | <oln school, the Decatur Catholic high Mhooi and also al the Pleasant Mill* high school i Pleaxant Mills To Hold Meet Monday • __ * An athletic meeting I* to be held at the Pleasant Mills high m bool Monday morning at * 3d o’clock Rob Heller, state representative from Adams and Wells counties. Us to be on the program 0 Adams County Memorial Hospital Admitted: Merlin Gre«ley Tocsin. Dismissed Mrs James Moses and son Oene, Mrs. Della Blythe. 4IS 8. 13th sL * PETERSON NEWS * Mr and Mrs Ralph Straab and daughter Virginia attended the Boat and Rport Mbow In Fort Wayne Bunday afternoon Henry Marshall has returned to West Lafayette after spending the weekend with hia mother and grandmother . Mrs. Frank Spade spent several days with her daughter. Mrs. Thea dore Heller Mr and Mrs Burt Aungst of Fort Wayne spent Bunday evening with Mr and Mrs. Grant Rail Mr and Mrs. R M Hourk spent | Saturday in Fort Wayne Mies Delores Ginter spent Bunday afternoon with her sister. Mina Terveer Ginter Mrs George Bright and Mrs Mabel Marshall went to Huntington Sunday afternoon Schwarts called on Henry Marshall Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Rrentllnger of Markle were the guest* of Mr jhhd Mrs. L. o. if rent Unger Thur*-

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