Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1941 — Page 6

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Commodores Lose To Huntington vatnoiil

COMMIES DROP TOUGH 32-28 TILT THURSDAY Huntington Registers Second Victory Os Season Over Commies The Rambler* of Huntington Catholic chalked up their wond Victory of the «ea«on over th« De oattir Commodwres Tuesday night, the Commie* dropping a 12 to 2* declaton In 3 ragged tilt played on the Yellow Jacket*' court In this Mijr Brad Holfh«u«e drew first blood When he grabbed a rehtoind to score an ea«y tmsket but Neuer knotted the count on an <a«y under he basket shot and the Kam hler« kept on driving to pile up an | to 2 lead Brad Holthouse drove under to More again and counted an egfra point when fouled on the -hot Hackman hit a «hors one and pru* hit hit a dote in atte-.tpf Terveer popped In a one hander and Hackman netted a free throw to tie the «ore at |tt-l» at the end of the flr«t quarter Terveer hit two field eoals and Keller one to give the Commodore* a Id-12 bad but the Rambler* narrowed thi* margin to on<- point at - Id to 16 a* the half ended Deaatur took a five point lead With the atari of the third quarter but the Rambler* pulled into a tie at 21-21 Huntington then poured In three rapid fire baskets to take a 27 to 21 margin at the end of the third period. The Commodore* were unable to threaten the Huntington lead during the final period and were never able to come closer than the final. four-point margin of 12 to 26. Scoring honor* were well dlvid ed on both team*, with every player breaking Into the lineup tallying at lea«t one point Hackman and Terveer were high for the Com

Public Sale On account of poor health I am unable to continue farming and will aeli a< public auction on the John It Brown farm. 1 mile North and l*-j mile* h'eai of Munroe. Indiana FRIDAY. January 31,1941 Commencing at 12 00 Noon 3 — HEAD OF HORSES — 3 Sorrel Holding 5 yr* old w: 16<h> Team of Black Horses. »mo nh noulh. wt Khmi 2 - HEAD OF CATTLE — 2 2 Guernsey a Ibirham cow* milking good HOGS One Spotted Sow, farrow In April FEED 2 ton ilover hay; f.o shock* fielder. — IMPLEMENTS — McCormick 7ft binder Wagon A Beet Rack; Deering Mower; Walking Plow H Spike Tooth Harrow. Hiding Cultivator tlraln Drill. J Deere corn planter. Single Di*. 7 on «lde Koller Platform Scale* Butcher Kettle. Mud Boat. Good Double Het llarnes, Collars, two wheel trailer. Vega Cream Separator, good Small tool* and article* too numeroit* to mention TERMS--Cash FRANK STRICKLER* Owner Roy S Johnson. Auctioneer Cha* W Kent. Clerk STOP! HOLD EVERYTHING We Have The (’AR You Want See Uh before you buy! YOU BUY The BEST—We Junk the Rest IMO OLDSMOBILE Tu- 1139 PLYMOUTH De* dor. Kun-, and Look*. like Luxe Fordoor. One of New. One Ow ner— the best. As fine lookHeal Buy. in« an day originally mtld. 1939 PLYMOUTH De- 1938 CHRYSLER ForLuxe Tudor. Ixtw Mile- door. Radio. Overdrive, age. Sold by us new. — A beauty. Thin car has Fully guaranteed. It! 193 N PLYMOUTH De- 1937 CHRYSLER ForLuxe Fordoor. Has the door. A snappy Neutral mechanical performance Blue finish. Radio, and appearance of a new Overdrive. rar. See it and you will - “• 1937 PLYMOUTH De- —————————— Luxe Tudoor. Smooth 1937 CHRYSLER Coupe. performing and economRadio. Overdrive. Black ical. Good paint. Car finish. Priced right. formerly owned by a Decatur man. I93t> PLYMOUTH Tudoor. Good rubber. 1935 CHRYSLER ForPriced to well. door. Motor overhauled. TRANSPORTATION SPECIALS 1933 OLDS COUPE 1932 PONTIAC COUPE 1932 FORD V-8 TUDOR 1929 PLYMOUTH Phil L Macklin & Co. YOUR CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH DEALER. Our used cars make gmtd or we do.

Wcek’i Schedule For Adams County Basketball Trama » — - -d Friday I Bluffton al Yellow Jacket*. Monmouth al Kirkland l-atti aster at Pleasant Milla. Warren at Berne ( Jefferson at Poling 1 Chester Center al Hartford. Geneva at Hryant Saturday Monroe at Wayne-fleld. Ohio. rnodor*-* with <i<ht point* each Thompson led the Rambler* with nine points, ilosely followed by Neuer with eight. Huntington FG. FT TP. Prus t I <> 2 I R. Scher f 10 2 i Th<imp«ot> c 4 I a Butt* g 2 1 a Neuer g 4 « » , Godfrey f 2 16 I V. Scher c Oil , Total- It 4 32 Decatur ; Keller f 10 2 liman f I « 2 Ha< kmatt «• 3 2* B Holthou*.- g 3 15 J Holthouae g 1 « 3 Terveer g to* Hlerly g oil ! Total* 12 « 2* Referee <1 Null <Por» Wayne t empire Karri* (Portland) Preliminary Decatur 21. Huntington 17. ADAMS COUNTY I (CONTINt'ED FKOM PAGE ONE) married both Wive* preceding him in death The body wa* brought to 'he S K Black funeral home In thl* city Funeral arrangement* have not Iteen completed BEG PARDON In the Krogel Adverthemen In la.t evening* paper, an Item read: head lettuce. 2 head* 23c The Item *hould have read, head lettuce. 2 head* lk<-

THREE LEAGUE GAMES PLAYEQ CYO, Cloverleaf And Me* Millen Win Tilts Thursday Night CYO. Cloverleaf and M< Millen team* were victorious n WPA adult basketball league game*, play , ed Thursday night at the Lincoln M-hi Mil gymnasium. ! CYO d< B ated Blue Creek In the . opening game, .14 to 22. Cloverleaf walloped the Merchant*. 5.1 to 30. and Mi Millen trounced Monmouth 40 to 24 CYO FG FT TP A Baker, f . 5 3 I 3 , lb-> ker f 3 0 f. Braden, c 10 2 Hain, g 2 3 7 Murphy, g o o 0 Alberdlng. c I o 2 N He**. g .204 Tanva*. a 0 o o Total* H <34 Blue Creek FG FT TP Shoe f 113 Hoffman f 2 15 Smith c oil Baumgartner. g 2 o 4 Hell. V 4 1" Beery, f " « •' Total* » 4 23 Cloverleaf FG FT TP Stapleton. f H 3 Ik Jar kxon. < 2 17 Andrew*. <■ 12 4 Strbklrr, g 3 4 10 Ive* g Oil S< haler, f 3 o 8 Hehhle. < 3 0 « Total* 11 51 Merchant* FG FT TP Kllcbtn. f Oil Melchl. f 3 2 * B Sr-hnepp. r 4 5 13 Harkle**. g » « » K Schnepp. g 4 0 a Beeler, t » « » lame, f 0 0 0 Faulkner f " « « Total* II * 3« McMillen FG FT TP Darr, f • • « Klpfer. f 2 0 4 Hlrachy. c I o 2 Fleming, g 6 1 II Royer g S 5 23 8011-nbai her. f 0 o • Total* 17 « 40 Monmouth FG FT TP K S< hnepp, t 12 4 W Hr hnepp f 3 3k Kiev c 0 0 0 Mahan, g 1 » 2 Wllliamaon. g 4 1k Total* * « 24 Referee Kleinknight. I’mplre Beal. 0. — ——. The Decatur Yellow Jacketa will he ho«ta to their rlvala of many year* xlandlng. the Bluffton Tigera. at the local gymnasium tonight. —oOo — It will be the second meeting of the season for the traditional rivals, Bluffton having thumped the Jackets at the Parlor City early in the sea eon. The Jacketa hope to even the score tonight. In their last start, the Tigers edged out the Ossian Bears in the flnsl tilt of the snnusl Wells county tournoy last Saturday night. —oOo-— Sl» game* *tr on the achodnlt* for county teams tonight. Throware Warren al Berne. Monmouth at Kirkland. Uncaater at Pkaaant Milla Jefferson nt Poling. Chester Center at Hartford. Geneva at Bryant. Only one game la arlieduled Saturday, the Monroe Bearkatz playing at W'ayneefleld. Ohio. —oOo— Decatur's Commodores disappointed their followers last night UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT ROYAL CAFE South Second Street SUNDAY MENU Chicken Dinner Open 'till 11 P. M. ELMER WEAVER. Prop.

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in dropping a close declnion to the 1 Rambler* from Huntington Catho- i lit It wa* a close battle all the way. not tx-ing settled until the { dosing minute*. 000The Commodores have only two more home games on the schedule. The Commies will meet Monmouth in the Commodore gym nest Tuesday. January 28. and will close their home season Tuesday. February 11. playing St John's of Delphos. Ohio at the YellkW Jackets' gymnasium. 000 - After tonight, the Yellow Jackets have only *ll gam>-s left Io play three at home, again*! Pleas- - ant Mill* January 31. Kendallville February 14. and Hartford City February Ik. 000— Speaking of the few remaining games on the schedule, remind* u* that the annual state Catholic tourney will open Just four week* from . tonight. February 21. at Fort Wayne Contrary to previous announcement* the tourney will not he play ] rd at the Smith Side gym. a* games ' i are scheduled there on both Febrtt- ' ary 21 and 22. An effort is being made to obtain the North Hide gym ' for the tourney Draw for the meet will be held at Fort Wayne Hatur-| day. February k. —oOo— . And five weeks from last night, the annual sectional tournament will open at the Yellow Jackete gymnasium. The draw for thio tourney will be announced Saturday, February 22. The nine public echoole of Adame county will compete In thio meet. —oOo— The Bluffton Tiger* are far out in front of the Northeastern Ind- ‘ lana conference teams with four victories In a* many starts Columbia City is second with three win* 1

Public Auction Real Entate and Perrons! Property hue to 111 health I will have a complete clo«ti>x out sale on my farm. 1 mile Houtb on Highway No. 1. and 1 mile Earn of Bluffton known as the Abb Chalfant farm. FRIDAY, January 31 at 10 A. M. — REAL ESTATE — One hundred and nineteen acres, well Improved farm, nine acres limber, balance under cultivation, good fences, well drained, has 7 room house. 4 room tenant houae. three good wells, two barns 40xM> and 34s 14, double garage, two corn cribs, machine shed, large chicken house, granary, shed for feeder cattle, hog house with concrete floor This Is recognized aa one of the beat producing farms in Wells bounty. Improvements are In good shape and the location la Ideal - PERSONAL PROPERTY — HORSES 4 head 2 roan mares, 5 and 7 yr. old. weigh: 1500: 1 black mare. 3 yr. old, I black gelding, 2 yr. old and 2 colts. CATTLE—II head—Guernsey cow, syr old. due In March; Guernsey cow. first calf duo In June; Guernsey heifer due In Feb.; 2 open belfora; 1 calf; Guernsey bull, and 3 fat short horn steers. HOGS—M Head -4 Hampshire brood sows; good Poland China hoar ind 44 feeder hogs. PEED— IS ton good clover hay; 4 ton bean bay; 20 ton oats straw In barn; IM bu oats and 500 bu. com — IMPLEMENTS — John Deere Model A Tractor In fine Shape; John Deere cultivator attachment; John Deere tractor plow; Rplke tooth harrow, smooth roller; Hoosier grain drill; John Deere gang plow; walking plow, three cultivators; 4 row disk with seeder attachment; John Deere doable drum hay loader; side delivery; corn plantar; Weber wagon with grain bad; double harness; leather collars; S Iron kettles, and other articles. JOSEPH SCHENKLE, Owner J. F. Sanmann and D S. Blair—Anctltmeera Lunch served by Ladies of dig Mlle Church. ,

* and two losses Conference games i tonight are Bluffton at Itei atur - and Garrett at Kendallville The . conference standing W L Pct. Bluffton 4 o i.mui Columbia City 3 2 800 Auburn 2 3 .MB Garrett 2 3 4<to Kendallville 2 3 400 Hartford City I 2 .333 Decatur . 13 iso - 000 - Two close tilts were played in . the Alh-n county tourney, which , opened last night at the New Hav- : en gym Wiuidburn ousted lam. de tending champion*. 32 Io 2k and Harlan eliminated Hoagland. 31 to — .0 Tickets Available For Three Night* Indianapolis. Jan 24 The greatest advance sale for any event in : Indianapolis, with the exception of ' the 300-mlle race I* being exper- . lenced at the Coliseum where cusI tomer* are clamoring for ticket* ' for the IS4I Honja Henle Hollywood Ice Revue The management want* to advise the out of towners who want to «ee the star in action 1 to order their ticket* for Thursday I bight. January 30. the opening of the ahowor for Monday night. February 3 or Tuesday night. February 4. Ticket* at all I price* are still available for those i three nighta. The 1341 Revue which has set box office and attendance recorda In Chicago, Detroit. Cleveland and Buffalo i* now playing to sold out houses In Madison Square Garden* , In New York City and will come direct to Indlanapolia from Gotham, opening the six night stay on Thursday night, January 30 q Mexico's population Is estimated 'at 13.100.000.

JUNIORS LOSE TO ADAMS FIVE Fort Wayne Team Defeats Decatur Junior High Five. 30 to 11 The net team from Adam* « hool of Fort Wayne proved too fur Itmatitr Junior high Thnr*d*v afternoon, the local* dropping • 3" | to 14 declMon in a game played a' 1 the Junior-senior hush school gym I In this city The vlnltora led at th* fir*t quar-1 ter. 8 to 4. at the half. H ’<• «- •*’"< al the third quarter 23 to !•» sht er*meyer wa* high «iorer With 1point* Kichar and Colter le4 lb i catur with «lx and five point* r» t apectlvely Adam. FG FT TP Geeaaman f I n 21 ttberllne. f Ahler.mey.-r. c 8 1 17 j Alterkruse. g 4 « < \ Cutlglii. g 1 it 2 Thompson, f 8 • '• j Fortney, f • •' " Rnsselean. c " •• •* Hains, g • • '• Crabner g • 0 ” Totals II Decatur FG FT TP Nelson, f Porter, f nun Hromer. c till Colter, g 2 15 Elchar. g 2 2 8 Htal-y. f I » 2 Ixmgh t uno i Roop, f non Hill > •' " " , Bolinger g 0 0 0 Htelner. g 0 0 0 Totals 5 4 14 ( ... »g i 0 , — —0 Decatur Bowling J league The Centlivre Beer* took s lick--1 Ing last night In a match gam>- with the Old Vienna Beer flv» at the 1 Mies Recreation alley* even though 1 their captain. Ikin Htump. had hi* "twister" bull working . . . Iton | bung up a satisfying 88k. but it w,»» not enough to offset th.* two six ' hundred count* of the winner*, nor

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could il mukx up for *he low sott a t nt hi. fellow kegler*. .... -tump had a 2U a 32" »nd then I wound up whh s musing »1< .... t Bill Tu'w-'ler sandwiched a 2tf t | tn'.'the only other doubl" ienter < .Hint of the local five ... Score* <>t the local*: Hoffman. sio. TutI w.-tlcr ■.*■'. Zelt. 515; Msrbaugh. . I -..«i *nd Stump. 8«» The <»ld Vlen- ] ~ fnm Wapakoneta. Ohio had 1 I I *t.- following count* Garten, ..to, 1 I- gift. Harrod. 618, Von Gul* • •,M .iml Bubp. 8.18 The local* game total*" **•" *•** .ind *3k for a 2*l* total ■ . . The 1 O.ltor* 3*l. I*’l° an, i f ,,r * Majer League I In the major league firing la«t night the Cloverleaf* copped three -•!sight from Burke's. Fai rar -howI ing the way with a 571. ... Tut- ] writer was hr*t so rihe loam with 1 ,i fio.l on game* of 143. 22.1 and 232. Bruce* tlrill won two game* • from Mui«< h!*-r«, mainly lwmu«e R ! W'Midhall put together score* of I .’.hi snd 224 for i 823 • ount . . . 1 stump Wl'h a 531 led the lo«er«. M< Millen * won three from Wiley | F<>rd G Hchaltg wa* the Ing . noise for the winner* with a BN I InIMMB * MG wa* the | top. for the loser* | Th.* Central Soya * schedaled op'ponent. the Monroeville five wilt roll Isler The Soya boy* hung | up * 2243 pin count . Stauffer s 527 *<ore wa* the h***t effort. o ■ — SNOW BLANKETS 1 iCoXTINt Et> rKOM PAGE ONE! i intermittently throughout the day I and tonight. I Weathvi bureau observer* report- > ed temperature* over the state > ranging from 22 degree* at Go*hI en South Bend and Fort Wayne In I th- north to 38 degrees at Kvansb' ' ' In the southern part of the Mate I the snow graduated off to a rain ( and 1 ’>'* Ito he* of rain tell at New Harmony during the night , The temperature tn Indianapolis , at 3 A M was 26 degr*e* and dropt ping slowly, the weather buieau re- , ported However, no extreme chang* I e« were ripe, ted In th.- next 4k t hour* t Northern countte* were expectr ed to receive some snow before

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