Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1946 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Lose To Monroe Bearka]

Jackets Drop 35-26 Decision Friday Night Decatur'* Yellow Jacket* suffered their fifth defeat of the sea*on. um compared to two victories. losing to the Monroe Bearkatt, 35 to 26. Friday night on th* Iterator court. Monroe jumped out in front at the atart of the ball game and was never behind The Bearkatt held n 10 to I lead at the flrat quarter. 19 to II at the half, and 10 to II at the third period. ia-hman and Hlrachy hit one | apiece to give Monroe an early 4-0 i lead and had an I to 1 martin before Schnepf hit Decatur* first fielder. Hi hnepf hit a one-hander from ; well out to open the second period I but Monroe kept pulling away to I take an eight-point lead at the half. The Bearkati moved farther out In front a* the third period got under way and were 14 point* on top a* the quarter cloned at 30 to IS. The Jacket*, for the first lime In the entire icame. came to life with the mart of (he fourth quarter, and . in the first four minutest of play, tallied nine points while holding! Monroe scon-le** to come within five pointe of the Bearkatz at 30 to 25. The Decatur drive (topped cold at thin point, however, the I Jacket* counting only n free throw in the la«t four minute*, while 1 Hlrachy and Zurcher each counted i t> field Koal and Moser a foul toss to make the final inatKin ninel pointa. Zurcher was Monroe's leading! scorer with 1<» point*, followed by' M. Habegger with eight and Hlrachy | with seven. Ballard wa* high 1 scorer for Decatur with 10 point*, with the rest of the points well divided. The Jacket* play at New Haven next Friday night in a Northeastern ; Indiana conference tilt, and will not lie at home until January 3, * whe they entertain the Warsaw Tiger*. Monroe FG FT TP Hinschy, f 2 3 7| Lehman, f 2 0 4 M. Habegger, c 4 0 8 Moser, g 1 3 4 1 Zurcher, g 4 2 10 Pierce, f 0 0 0 Sprunger. c 1 0 2 Total* 14 7 35 Decatur FG FT TP Ballard, f 2 6 10 """ SPECIAL Tank Full of Gasoline gets you a 5 qt. Oil Change for 11.25 Save 50c—Dec. 16 through Dec. 24. GRICE MOBILE SERVICE Monroe, Ind. jAMiliiltM SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 In Natural COLOR! “GALLANT BESS” Marshall Thompson, Geo. Tobias, ••Be**,'' World'* Smartest Horae ALSO—Short* 9c4oc Inc. Tax —o TODAY — (Cont.) Irena Dunne. -Anna A The King of Siam” ALSO —Short* 9c-40c Inc. Tax | CORTI SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:18 “VALLEY OF THE ZOMBIES” Robt. Livingston, Adrian Booth & “ONE EXCITING WEEK” Al Pearce, Arline Harris »c-30c Inc. Tax O O TODAY— Hopalong Cassidy, ••Borderland." ALSO — “Hop Harrigan" — * 306 ,ne - T,x *

Freeby, f 1 2 4 Holme*, c 0 0 0 g 0 0 0 Ogg. g "11 Mchnepf. I ........ 115 Boohler, g 0 0 0 McConnell. g 10 2 IJi bteiimeiger. g 2 0 4 M. Eihaney, f SOS Total* ... 8 10 26 Referee:- Collyer, umpire:- !«ehman. Preliminary Dr. atur 32. Monroe 31. Jefferson Warriors Are Beaten By Gray The Jeff<v *on Warrior*, after. I leading at the end of the third! quarter. 29 to 27, weakened in the I final period to lose a 46 Vo 39 <le-, I vision to Gray on the Portland I armory floor Fr:day night. Lloyd* 18 points and Champs i 16 paced Gray, with Smitley the scoring leader for Jefferson with 11. Gray FG FT TP Waldren. f _.... 2 0 4 Champ, f 8 0 111 Hampson, c .... 13 5 Lloyd, g 6 66 181 Wiley, g 11 J Total* IS 10 46 Jefferson FG FT TP Hfil. f 3 0 661 | Miller, f 4 0 8 j Tumbleson, c 4 1 9 Smltley. g 4 3 11 | Merritts, g 1 o 2 I Wall, f I 0 2 Wendell, g Oil Totals 17 5 39 Referee;-Buckingham, umpire: | — Long. Preliminaries Jefferuon 23, Gray 13. Gruy Jr. HI. 12, Jefferson 10. 0 . Kirkland Kangaroos Lose To Lancaster laincaster's Bobcats, puling away ; tarn In the cloning minute*, defeated the Kirkland Kangaroos, 36 to 25. on the Imncaster court Friday night. tanca-der held a lend of only 21 to 20 at the end of the third quar'ter and Kirkland was in front at 24 to 22 with less than four minutes to play when the Bobcat* started to roll. Troxel. Kirkland guard, led scoring for both teams I with 10 points, while Stern paced Lancaster with nine. Lancaster FG FT TP I Sheley, f 0 11 i Stern, f 3 3 9 Grove, c 3 17 I Diehl, g 3 17 I Yager, g i 3 5 I Paxson, f 2 3 7 I Bryan, f 0 0 0 Total* 12 12 36 Kirkland FG FT TP D. Arnold, f 0 0 0 Baxter, f 0 2 2 Landis, c 1 3 51 Longenberger, g 1 2 41 Troxel, g 3 4 10 1 Worden, f 0 0 0 J. Arnold, g .... 12 4 Totals 6 13 25 Preliminary Lancaster 22. Kirkland 5. Referee:—Snider. Umpire:—Lane. o Geneva Plans Donkey Basketball Games Three donkey baaketball games will he played Tuesday night, beginning at 7:30 p. m., at the Geneva high school gymnasium, principal R. O. Hunt announced today. The first game will be staged between the seventh and eighth grade aafety patrol*; the second between the high school senior girls and the Wabaah township home economics club members, with the feature tilt of the evening matching the Geneva merchants and the Wabash township farmer*. —o i"■ Released On Promise To Pay For Support Lawrence Hulllnger. of Lima, Ohio, who waa returned here by Sheriff Leo Glllig, waa released late Friday on his own recognisance by Judge J. Fred Fruchte after agreeing to pay support money In arrears. Huilinger, who it waa charged, was In arrears 8436 In support payment* for his former wife and three children, paid 885 Friday and agreed to pay 1200 by next Saturday. ia addition to regular payment*.

Berne Bears Defeat Hartford, 37 To 19 ' Be rne's Bears trounced back from two ciatiMecullve defeats Friday night to down the Hartford Gor- . Blue, 37 to 19, on the Berne floor. The Bears were ahead all the way, having an 18 to 11 lead at the half. Sprunger led a well-balanced ■ scoring attack with 12 points, while Dubach's seven were high for Harti ford. Berne FG FT TP Llechty. f 2 3 7 I Sprunger. f - 5 2 12 Stucky, c 4 2 10 Smith, g .... .......... 2 2 6 Habegger. g 0 0 0 Shoemaker, f — 0 2 2 Ellenberger. f .......... 0 0 0 McCoy, g 0 0 0 Schwartz, g 0 0 0 Totals 13 11 37 Hartford FG FT TP D. Moser, f 1 0 21 1 W. Wanner, f 1 3 5 Smith, c .. 0 2 2 Dubach, g 2 3 7 C. Wanner, g Oil Speichiger, g 1 0 2 Lehman, g 0 0 0 M. Moses, g 0 0 0 Watson, g 0 0 0 Total* 5 9 19 Referee:—Young. Umpire: —Tatum. Preliminary Hartford 19. Berne 18. , ... -o-- — Geneva Cardinals Drop Bryant, 35-22 After I wing held to a slim 14-12' lead at halftime, the Geneva Cardinal* stepped out to a 35-22 win over the Bryant Owls on the Adams county flobr Friday night. Doherty, sharpshooting Cardinal forward, paced the winning attack 1 and six free throws. The losers' with 20 points on seven field goals scoring wa* fairly evenly divided. Thuerer leading with eight marker*. Geneva FG FT TP Doherty, f 7 6 2u Johnson, f ...... 0 0 0 Bauman, f 10 2 Kamman. c . ............ 0 0 0 Bailey, c ............ .. 0 0 0j Teeters, g 3 0 fi Neven. g 0 0 0! Shepherd, g 1 0 2 Pyle, f 2 1 5 Totals 14 7 35 Bryant FG FT TP Miller, f 2 0 4 Thuerer. f 3 2 8 Craig, c 0 0 0 Dlchason, g 12 4 PPollng. g 0 0 0 Smith, g 3 0 6 Total* 8 4 22 Referee:—Bixler. Umpire:—Newcomer. Preliminary Geneva 35. Bryant 11. o COLLEGE BASKETBALL ■ ■■■■■« X Butler 41. Pittsburgh 39. Franklin 56. Earlham 43. Anderson 70, Concordia 28. Ball State “B" 53, Taylor 40. Nebraska 54, lowa State 51. Oklahoma 61, Missouri 43. 0 Trade In n Good Town — Decatur

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Monmouth Defeated In Overtime Battle —— I The Monmouth Eagles aaw their I *lxgame winning streak snapped 1 in heartbreaking fashion Friday I night, the Eagles dropping an over- 1 time tilt to the Hoagland Wildcat*. 45 to 41, on the Hoagland floor. Hoagland led at the half. 16 to 13. and at the third quarter. 26 to 23. hut Monmouth fought to a 3939 lie at the end of the regular playing period. Getting. Monmouth forward, wa* I the scoilug leader of the evening with 18 points, while Andrews led I Hoagland with 16. 1 Hoagland FG FT TP I I Andrews, f 6 4 16 IF. Guenln, f 3 6 12: Kaiser, c 4 3 11 ! Zelt, g 0 2 2 Morton, g 0 0 0 I Scherer, f 0 0 0 , .Malland, :■ 2 0 4 Total* 15 15 45 I Monmouth FG FT TP[I Bulmehn, f 1 3 5 < Getting, f 8 2 18 I Reinhart, c 10 2 Kruetzman, g 3 2 8 Ewell, g 0 1 11 Gallmeyer, g — 2 0 4 ' Korte, g 11 31 Il Totals 16 9 4111 Referee:—Hellie-, umpire:—Cor- I bln. Preliminary Monmouth 23. Hoagland 15. 0 11 PRO BASKETBALL National League Chicago 47, Fort Wayne 40. Association of America Pittsburgh 62, Toronto 62.

MAJOR LEAGUE Mooae won two from State Gar den*; Burke Standard won two from Foley; Koeneman Hardware won two from Smith Brosi.; West End Restaurant won twi from Burk Elevator; Habegger won two from Babcock Standard. Standing W L We»it End —... 32 13 •Moose 28 17 Burke Standard 28 17 Babcock 24 21 State Garden* 21 24 Habegger 21 24 Burk Elevator 20 25 Koeneman .... 19 26 Smith Bros „..‘l7 28 Foley 15 Jo High series: Stump 650 (215-215-220); Tutewiler 638 (185-224-229). High games: Allspaw 235, Schindler 201, Snyder 226. Mlk 204, F. Ahr 215. R. Ladd 207. MERCHANT LEAGUE Three Kings Tavern won .three from Decatur Industries; Kraft No. 1 won three from Brant Motor; Schafer won two from Riverview Gardens; Engle & Kiew won two from Kraft No. 2. Standing W L Kraft 1 31 14 Three King* — 28 17 Riverview —„ 26 19 Schafer 25 20 Brant 22 23 Engle 18 27 Decatur Ind 15 30 Kraft 2 15 3U High gamee: Sovlne 208, M. Ladd 201. 0 I Joy’s Thickset Corduroy Trousers—Plain Colors and Plaids.—LlNN’S. o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

H. S. BASKETBALL Auburn 39, New Haven 35. Warsaw 35, Garrett 32. Bluffton 41, Oaaian 37. Fort Wayne South 3}i Fort Wayne North 28. Fort Wayne Central 65. Milford 44. • |/>o 18, Arcola 33. Butler 37, Angolu 64. Elwood su, Wabuh 38. Muncie Burrl* 46. Hartford Tlty 34. Portland 33, Pennville 25. Indlunapolls Tech 35. Frankfort 29. Jasper 34, Washington 22. Connersville 38, Rushville 36 (overtime). Indlanapoli* Shortridge 34. Shelbyville 26. Seymour 38. Columhus 30. Marion 38, Anderson 36. Lebanon 52, Jeffersonville 26. New Albany 34. Bedford 32. Huntington 33, Peru 32. Lafayette Jeff 61. Kokomo 39. Evansville Central 35, Vincennes 22. Madison 34, Salem 32. Franklin 27. Indlanapoli* Howe 17. Muncie Central 60. Ixxtansport 38. New Castle 22. Richmond 16. Bloomington 51, Martlmivllle 49 (overtime). Huntingburg 37, Princeton 28. tawrenceburg 49. North Vernon 33. o 103-Pound Tumor Is Removed From Woman Norih Vancouver. B. C., Dec. 14 —(UP)— General hospital physician* reported today the removal of a 103 (round tumor from a Vancouver woman whose weight wa* reduced by one-half. They said Mrn. Florence Culli-

OPEN HOUSH • "SH With the showing to the public today and Sunday at froJ p. m. to 8 p. m. the Open House will be concluded at

SALE OF HOMES Although the sale of homes was officially opened last Tuesday, you may still choose from nearly half of the 20 being completed. Sales to non veterans will be made only subject to the Veterans’ priority to purchase during the first 30. days after construction. Sales either classification will be made strictly on a “first come .first served" basis. Some of the homes with garages or porches are still available. “THANKS” Thanks to all of you who havo vlaitod tho Open House for your interest. We especially wish to thank The Schafer Store, Zwicke, Am- I old A Klenk and Zinurs Modern Appliances, who furnished the two homes .which you saw. New Houses We hereby, advertise in compliance with CPA priority rulings under the Veters ns* Emergency Housing program, the following homes In Stratton Place addition, are completed and offered for sale to veterans only for a period of 30 days ending January 9. 1947: Lot No. Address Price 2 109 Harvester Lane 38,940 3 IIS Harvester Lane 38,173 4 121 Harvester Lane|B,7Bu 6 127 Harvester Lane 38,450 74 110 Harvester Lane 38.450 75 111 Harvester Lane 38.940 71 122 Harvester Lane ... 33,940 77 128 Harvester Lane *8,540 Dated December 10, 1948

more. 64. weighed 208 pound* when she entered the hospital Nov. 27 for the removal of *n Interalxlomlnal cyst After the operation she weighed 105 pound* Her condition was described a* satisfactory. I Michigan City Man Acquitted Os Murder Michigan City. Ind.. Dec. 14 — (UP) — Ward C. Hick*. 45. charged with second degree murder In ! the gun slaying of Herbert Van Ostler, 47. stood acquitted* today hy a taPorte superior court jury. I Hicks was freer! by a jury which deliberated several hours until nearly midnight yesterday. He was charged with the rifle killing last June 20 In Ms wife's Iroauty shop. Hick* accused Van Ostler of keeping company with his wife. Helen. 40. who had filed for a divorce from Hicks before the shooting. The suit still wa* i pending today, and Hicks, who did not contest It. said he would go to Florida. i o-— — Hormel Company Shows Profit Os $2,500,000 The annual financial report of George A. Hormel and Co.. Austin, .Mlnneaota meat packer*, shows a net profit for the year of more than 82.500.000. The report was reelased this week and la of interest to Decatur residents because three Decatur high school graduate* are executive* of the firm. T. H. Hocker Is vicepresident and Christian Macy and Doyle Johnson also hold high positions In the company. o llltnoi* Fann* The average size of farm* in G'lnoif (a 145.4 acres.

To The Lady Who I Wants a New Home: Have you always wanted and dreamed fl brand new home, so automatic and modern it an runs itself with only a fraction of the , 'uoifl power it takes to manage yours? I We invite you to see for yourself the two! nished homes in beautiful Stratton Place addifl Look at the thermostat in the living room runs the gas furnace year round without as fl as a thought from you and for only about s6s| the entire heating season. Turn on a faucet! automatic gas heated water available year nfl direct from your own water softener. j Inspect the modern narrow wood work. sta| to save you hours of scrubbing. See the weatl stripped windows to keep out draughts on «■ days. Walk over the attractive oak floors, j thousand or so others have done in the past m to trv to find signs of wear. j Peek into the big. roomy closets, and loo] the partially completed upstairs with its stoq space and which can even now serve as a sieew room for an occassional visitor, I Finally note the big basement, with the] furnace, water softener, water heater, laundry] cilities, copper plumbing, meters, etc.. a l pw*] one side, so the other half, approximately - is entirely free from pipes, equipment, etc., I serve you as a nice clean place for enter fl games or even a roller skating rink for the M One of the furnished houses has a breezei for summer enjoyment, which you might gw] for year-round use and a garage with over 1 and cement floor for complete protect io 1 car and garden tools. Some of the homes ches. stoops, dormers, etc. . . If your husband is interested in tunica tures of good construction point out ea< double siding, double floors, red cedar thicknesses of wood shingles. You can further that the paving of the streets w • turn, sidewalks, drives, sewers, seeding o all come within the same quoted sale l ,ric • . In addition to the fact that there u ill assessments, no increase has been mad . ing prices of the homes established las though since the removal of ceiling p> . ing materials the cost of new construct .on jumped between 5 and 10%. chll All this only a few blocks from business, and school centers. . . . . jt o Come and see them whether you e or are looking for points to include in ■ h b have been dreaming about so long and in the future. John R. Worthman, In For Further intormutl®" 808 HELLER, REALTOR phone M Heller Bid".

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