Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1946 — Page 14

1946 Tourney May Se! Record On Ticket Sale Financial Records Os Former Decatur Tourneys Compared High irtterert In this year’.t sectional may l>-ad in a new record {nr season tickets, >1 to thi parti il'utin:- school*. although li-' year's tri il was iy fir th< h .-h tit since 'ln roiirm >-• »• r • itu>1 h«-e in 194' N* i li-r t an 1.67 k “<"i«on tb-k'-ts were sold In 1945 to th" alma iruti•: -w of the ti a.r i ntrl • ly !■ x than I it morn tiia;t ... ■ • <.! I the j»i« . y.i (J. in n Hint-, ini rally. !i»Vi riw-n each y-ar b«<au«-- i.f the old • J iruvi'u resulting nu tin In • rr-iised ti ket sa!<- Hui.mi t 1.1 lifter dedlli I ion of • xpi-t.sv . ha»<failed to keep par:- w »ii the o' . .-• increases. mostly bwau»< of a lib I , luxe* ami ciist-e A review of th * |i.i*r few y.-a.-s dlsjioes that th- 1943. 1911 an I 1945 tourney* were considerably larger than uny if the three pr . uus event* dtaged ht-r.-In 1943 a new rrcor-l of *»»»•> s»-u ton tickets wut aohl. with the gruss receipts of he same reported St |2 <W.Si». Th't record wav easily eclip-<f In 1944 W.lell tlir rea-;>t. t! ket sale jumped to 1.226 and th.- grot r-.« ceipts were reported nt 12.774 so .

* z -.7<u» : Z; ’ sHr WJ ah» ■ £SES& m • dKf&tWfc ,r% ■■ _2sL v-’ -f| j SMKjE SR’* Am i IML Ji "Y m4L R~" 4> V. i y* A B Jb.4 ’ x 'vi fiHL. JBeJT yr j"' >WP& >■ ‘ JBjMbK *W i’ 9b It* r m F" Ski Ilm * k IL > I-IK» Br 8 -C ■ -A* &*\ J « y ••£ ?KX&m -Z WW i ★ HARTFORD GORILLAS ★ Front row, left to right Wattson. Dubach, M, .Moser. Smith. C. Wanner. Lehman. Rear row. left to right—lt. H. Hingham, principal; Poorman, D. Moser, W. Wanner, 11. .Moser, Hosier, Strahm. F. Johns, coach. We’re For The “Gorillas” We Know They Will Win For They Are The Best Team in the Tournament. Contractors and Producers TRUCK Bituminous Coated Materials of Crushed Stone ’ DELIVERY Road Oil-Asphalt—Tar Meshberger Brothers Stone Corp. Linn Grove, Indiana Come On, We’re For Hartford We’re for you. You are a good A capping team that will Win team and our choice to win the Sectional. • ,he Sectional. General Repair and Service. » • s> hi Electric and Acetylene Welding. Linn CiTOVe naWC, Farm Machine Repairing. ' General Hardware HATT! X7Z^\ Electrical Appliances. Gas. Oils. Tires, I I •AUL YODER Dupont Paint. GARAGE. .—-_ - ■■■-■■■!■ ■'—■■■ ■ I— 'I ' ——

;The balance thia year wtw listed nt t?,040.34 to be distributed between the s<ho ti taking part. This record oiti-e again fi ll hy the Wayside in 1915, however, when | the previously no-nthm d I .til’s m-.i son dm at • wei< puri h.ii.l hy the <ot|tify',i avid mt rooters, and the gr» ’ I" • Ip’- w* •• Inn- ed to in T v hala’ii • for tin 1945 I luma tiu-til amounted ti 43.767 71 With itiii- tat a high plti- 1 and d.iiowt ii» ■. mu id Hit hii ii-> . .in in i vin ham i of winning th,I'*!-; i.e. iivy, r I- t longht that -•aoin liekel n-. wi.l in- plenty ii.li lliia yr i, . i’i« ,- iii.iiiv of I •• lUOtehi will want to hi- a>iuri'd of a ml f , .nv <i nil of the to.i ut*y n •11 Arrangement Are Completed For Sectional Complete plans for the sectionI toi.' m ini nt. w ‘il h u -II b<- li -I I it the in-.utut V' l ow .-ackets gym tashim Thursday. Friday and Saturday. wire made at a meeting Saturday f prlnc'pal* of the p.rti ip.ting -i -ooh with W Guy 'Town. In- iitiir principal and tourney manager. S- .on tlckvfo fir the tourney vi-nt on vale in the Id high schools •f the county this morn.ng. These 'I -kata are prk-i I at 41 50. Doors < f h- gymnasium will be •’em I one hour before each se--lon, with -nly c" e n ti ket hold•is ndmltt. | for the fi t 30 mln- i

i tiles, after which time single ses- 1 i shm tieki-t,! will he aold There hl ti i advance *ale <>n single si-ssion ducats, which are paid :it 50 nntx i I-m h Harry Halley was selected a» of I - filial - corer for the entire tourna . nt< nt and I» >1«- It ,is w. s chosen a« i i el li d time li ii i are niemliers I ol tn- Im atur hgh ch «-• facnl ly

The n. d of’iila a: w .otto,- m-utina a : ni-iimt. c thk< yen ’s ourmy. Folio sing t •• draw, i mot < it was ii.is-i | r garding fu tme . "u’j-ig ur:.iiii-i-tni-titH, whereby i‘io all tmi-nt will i-e made on i rdatimi plan, In »rd .• to prevent any ■. .iool from dr.iwhig mo un*.i'. .i.r- li-ation In the gym a. «tx •- ■h.' number c.f tlmeu. t d ti.iv pan, S 'lon A, in In- -ritiiwi.-t corner of the gym wII b<- ..Il t I to .)«fS S ill i.n il year, as th- r -i.i '.e-t > chm I. Sei ion J and K, In fin- northwe-’ corm-', aril Co- rta.’i-. will In- a! It! I to liicafur j.inlo ■-en.'ir hlg i xciiool. All other s'-ctions will be t"i.i i■! c i .nter clockwi-e, anrrng , t..e .th!- >■'jju participating si licm'i'. Keating arrahtti mi nta forth. year * touini y, r mH u from th southwest corner, a.ou .1 the gym. ire «ii follows: Section A Jef.'.-.Hon. Secti ii It Gi-ni-va. Sec lon C llar'ford. , Section l> .Monmouth. Section E Pleasant Mills Section F Monroe Section G Decatur Commodores. Section II Berne, Section 1 Kirkland. Sectloco J. K un i stage Decatur s‘elliw Jackets. . Money h believed t.i have been invented by Croesus, king of Lydia, almost 500 years before the time of Chris t.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATI’R. INDIANA

suaemaaßvBand Music Feature Os local Sectional Decatur Band Will Play At Tournament

Band mu-r always nnv of the tit-•-•■sting lih .11-Ill’s "I Cd"! ! light if a li. • k>Hi.ill u,: ne nr I U" ' m-y In !»• - .itur a ill -ahi L- .>.i-«-'r at th- yi i-t t«-m-y x.i.eit Selh-m y r, vit-rin hand • • s and in*t i 11■ at the I* atur pin! H * li'-r lilgn m-Ik.ol .a I < :l d; lllil’g h < p i gi'i 1.1 l' lilt*-nt m inro-r for tite past few k.< in ords r ' i pr nt a top perio iiijtiee a| e .<*l nal. The w >r with .!• alt iK-lliv as <-r -i '• .! j .1.. f.-.iiilddl -I t'i< Ii i ur ; irl- liimd. t.i f MS» Heim y • — fitn.t a o- ipli i> i"Ut-i. li.it h> ri--.-iiiu bod han! -arries on Tin- haul will fjrn t'i music btween gim<- uni betwee-i halve f fin- n.’i e-t», ami of course will re i the s■ > ii with H n.itiuiul ; ’ii’ht-m durl'ig th- flag n-n mo-iy. , It I. c< - • Is!' < I likely that on i- tw i spei i.ilt:<« by va louh m<-m- --!>. - i f I e t.;i-r! W I; be pri <"lit> d it tint' du. in - the thr. .-day t >ur'ey. o Ikilly Madis. n was the first boute«s to held that hoti r fur more than eight yeir . a- In- was the oflli |al hostess f ir Th nnas Jeff r- • on, ti widower, when he; husband,' Janie Madison, was Si-iretiry of State, and was hostess f r the four years Madi- >n w x I’residvi.t, About Im i»er< ent f the population of the Wyoming state penl tentlary is made up i f men f.um other states. 1' | 5

-A- MONMOUTH EAGLES ★ Sb* ■Hk M - Hl ■ "' ; M tm m >i 4. jl '4K-« K 4w 4 n*' \ AmF / IgMil WF 4 Wjfii® ■ v. w w iM I^' Fi-mt r-.w. i ft to right—Gertrude Ktiteckeberg, cheer leader; Bnlmahn. Thieme, Kruetzman, A Oettinc. .'irrletoa. Bwy leader. BH I: ar r-tv. bft to right—C. E Striker, principal; Kirsch, student manager; Reinhart, H. Getting. Crosby, s. Iw-nman. Myron Lehman, conch. ISM

Jackets Fans Disagree On Greatest Os Net Quintets

Win never the hot-stove artists ♦:<■• to;‘th* r an<| t.tlk Decatur hi th » . hool ketbuil, there's always :• Iratel argument on ' which purph- an | Rohl net aggregation was th' beat. There probably never’will complete accord on which team was the be.'t. I .Many net fans point with pride to a cwt’ple cf the tennis which th' I't- Herb Curtis put together and during the t’nr'ls regime local I ii'-ketball leached an alltime hi' It. Tiu-n there was the t< m of Co < h Dan Perry a few seasons back when Decatur went to the .Muncie regional. That team has lots of mitiporters. On<- '* t*.o host. If not the •r O) r >-,- ( » r to r present !' ;rvr high school. wa« the arrr- r itictl of I*l2. The |-,»e M. F. ' • -t h i w n th- t-o.n-h. manager an I I • ,il<! acted cs referee : on«- h .'f of • uch tume. That was bail, In the days whnu the principal of the two schools '■■'< h offldated lnlf of the contest. The i'll’ team showed its nldb s ity at I’o'tcr's Hall on Madison ' atreet. which had a seating capacity of tnaprbe 35V people. The court was on tb.a secoAd floor find to complicate matters, there was a row of posts right down the center of the playing floor. The team that year won It and lost two panics. It defeated such northern Indiana grmits Port-

★ KIRKLAND KANGAROOS ★ I Sggo- . .. 3 | W, > ’ SV JVJ 33 1f1l u ]ll aa iL 4 4n EC> ,n ■ lE*%-' ’W 4 1 ■ _ JO. J 1 SSuMfej Jfl I B ”' f From row, left f 3 right—ft. Longenherger, Shady. Frueehte D ArnoM L Rear row, left to right-Frank W. Owens, principal and coaah; Jr. Arnold. W.rtnman, Worden, A. Arnold. B |« • S ' ’ Bi

land. Fort Wayne, Bluffton, and l».wed once t » Portland and once to Marion Johnnie Joseph oneratel a confectionery store in those days and that establishment was headnuarters for high school socletv. Johnnie also was the number one Decatur basketball fan and every game nl-'ht he would | done his establlrhmervt and seat him«elf In the front row at Porter's hall. He was the principal roc In the • heerinc department and then when th" came was over the team end fans would meet at the, confect'onery store and play the whole thing over again. The team roster Included Shermen Beerv. Dan Tvndall. Joe McConnell, Kenneth Vancll. Robert , I came always appeared on nage 1 Peterson. F r ank Txise an I Forrest Vail. Results of the Friday night of the Decatur Democrat’s Saturday edition and at least one whole column was devoted to the affair The local team made such an Impression on the fans. Including the school board, that a shower bath room wat added to the building. Prior to the addition of a dressing and shower room, the players would don their suits under their street clothro at home, and then would remove their street clothes at the hall and lie ready to play. One of Johnnie

Joseph’s jobs was to watch the clothes when the game was in progress. Then at the close of the 191! season the och ><d authorities purchased eight suitg. all alike for th* 1913 team. Thfs was something new for b.<!ketball teams it northern Indiana. .Maybe later teams worked a little smoother: maybe Inter team* knew more ah ut the fitje points of the game, but no team to date ever ha.l m *re r -al school splri* and will to win liuti Ibe boy* id the 1912 squad. - c—O —— The mythical founder of Rome was named Romulus, and so was t’is* last of the It man Emperors There Is a marked tendency fur American firms to establish assembly plants and manufacturing units in foreign countries in order to reduce foreign freights, ; tariff duties and laluir costs, aci cording to Distribution Age. Between two evils cho<> »- some- ; thing else. A good lima obtained at the ra rlfice of conscience will mean a had time later on. To smile and opreaj •lUMhlne I* to make others happy- thus leaetiing the tendency to quarrel. What we make out of I fe depends not on the quantity of natural talent, but our diligent use of It. If the one who Injured you was weaker than you, spare him; if stronger, upare younieif. Real worth is determined by the tenacity with which the convk-, tions of one's heart are held

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