Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1948 — Page 6

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Decafur Neels Berne In First Tourney Game The Decatur Yellow Jackets and Berne Bears will tangle in the opening game of the annual New Years day tourney, according to a draw for the meet? made this morning. The Jackets and Bears will meet in the opener at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, Jan. 1. at the New Haven gym, site of the 1949 tourney. The Bluffton Tigers and New Haven Bulldogs will clash in the second game of the afternoon. Losers in the afternoon games will meet in a consolation game at 7 p. m„ followed by the championship tilt between the afternoon winners. In previous years, the meet was conducted as a "blind" tourney, with the draw made only one hour before the first game was scheduled. Officials for all games will be Walt Bonham, of Fort Wayne, and Lores Lehman, Decatur, recognized as two of the best officials in this section of the state. Decatur is the defending champion, winning the 194 S tourney, held at Bluffton, defeating Bluffton in the afternoon game and Berne in the championship encounter. College Basketball Purdue 54. Drake 47. Notre Dame 70. Navy 62. Evansville 66, St. Joseph's 45. Anderson 77, Millikin 76 (overtime). Minnesota 52, St. Mary's Calif. 42. lowa 47, Texas Christian 46. Ohio State 68, California 61. Loyola of Chicago 56. DePaul 44 Bradley 60, Loyola of Los Angeles 50. Kentucky 51. Tulane 47. Loyola of Baltimore 66, Detroit 58. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur Merrv Merr! r * StmaS DOCS CAR DOCK A Merry Christmas to All • - TODAY - Continuous from 1:30 “LADY FROM SHANGHAI’' Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles ALSO—Shorts 14c-40c Inc. Tax BE SURE TO ATTEND! —o FRI. & SAT. Continuous Sat. from 1:45 Meet The Most Deliriously Dafly family Aftior Little Rich Girl Ever Had... PoromovM pm.nl, JOHN HIND WAND* HENDRIX 8W FfIZGERAID MONiywxm & rw w to toM- | 7 \tao to* **** *• I .. XZZ ILKA CHASE-ROBERT ST6CX I -o Sun. Mon. Tues. — Glenn Ford, “Return of October" — Color I

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Thursday Hartford at Geneva. Pleasant Mills at Kirkland.

WOMEN'S LEAGUE Standings W L Mies —-.36 9 Central Soya 34 h Hill-Smith 31 14 McMillen 31 14 South Budd 29 16 Hoagland 26 19 Duo Therm .. 24 21 Gass 93 99 Mutt's 21 24 Bag Service 20 25 Dunbar . 20 25 'Sutton . 19 26 BPW .... 17 os Kent .. .... 17 28 Mirror 29 Decatur Ind. 15 30 Gottschalk .... 14 31 fiink .... .. 12 S 3 High series: Woodward 512. High games: Woodward 204, Magey 179, Rowdon 173. Fennig 172. ‘ MOOSE LEAGUE Standings W L West End 32 10 Moose 5 25 17 ' Moose 4... 24 1$ : Moose 324 18 1 Jurke 21 21 Moose 6 20 22 Moose 2 16 26 High games: Appleman 220,Leonard 208, Moser 212, Marbach 212. Low games: A Murphy 95, R. | loop 91. 11 I Olympics Features Here Over Weekend The official full-length feature picture of the 1948 Olympic games, filmed in color, will be presented Mt the program of the Cort theater starting Sunday for three days, sports lovers will be treated to a .loseup view of the greatest athletes of 58 nations competing in this year’s Olympiad. All the thrills of the swimming, living, skiing, track and field .'vents will be presented with commentary by the famous announcers, Bill Stern and Ted Busing. One of the h;>gh?lights in the official picture of the disputed 400-meter reay race which made the committee reverse its original ruling disqualifying American runners. On the same bill with the "Olympic Games of 1948" will be seen the Hoosier dlot Shots in "Singing Spurs." Pro Basketball BAA New York 97, Minneapolis 79. Washington 102, Providence 77. ALL SERVICE STATIONS WILL CLOSE CHRISTMAS DAY Adams County Gasoline Retailers Association eerapramraß CORT A Merry Christmas to All —o—o—- — and FRI. & SAT. “BLACK EAGLE, THE STORY OF A HORSE” Bill Bithop, Virginia Patton ALSO — "Superman" 14c-30c Inc. Tax -0 Bun. Mon. Tuet.—"Singing Spurt” & “Olympic Garnet of 48"

VFW-Theater Party On Friday Afternoon

Decatur youngsters are eargerly awaiting the annual V. F. W.Adams theater kiddie show and part}' to be held at o’clock Friday afternoon at the local playhouse. Tickets have been distributed to (he city's boys and girls in the Lincoln* and St. Joseph schools, up to qnd including the sixth grade. A committee from V. F. W. will be on hand to co-operate with Roy Kalver, theater manager, in insuring the party’s success. An estimated 800 kids are expected to witness the hour-long cartoon and comedy show, and partake of the goodies iwhich will be given out. Teen-Agers Dance Christmas Night The annual Christmas dance for teen agers of Decatur and community will be held at the American Legion home Christmas night, Saturday, from 9 to 12 o’clock. No admission- will be charged, with the Legion providing the dance hall and orchestra. All teenagers of the community, including those home from College are invited. The Den, Decatur’s youth center, will be open during the dance intermission for refreshments. The Den till be closed Christmas eve and Christmas day, also on New Years eve and New Years day. Otherwise, regular hours will be observed next week. Chester Brodbeck To Head Monroe Firemen ‘Berne, Dec. 23 — Chester Brodbeck is tht< new president of the Monroe fire department ifor 1949. He succeeds Elmo Stucky. Othernew officers are Art Raudenbush, vice president; Weldon Stucky, secre-tary-treasurer and Paul Lobsiger, assistant secretary-treasurer. Paul Balmer resigned as a member of the department and was voted an hono:ary life membership. The firemen are sponsoring a Christmas party for the kids of Monroe and community tonight. Santa Claus wil distribute treats to the youngsters. Hartford City Store Purchase Announced Announcement was made today by Paul Reidenbach, owner of the Daisy Mae fruit market in this city, of the purchase of the City fruit market at Hartford City. The new outlet, which will also be known as Daisy Mae, will be managed by Jack Fisher, of this city, an employe of the local market for the past four years. Reelect Mary Smith To Magazine Staff iMiss Alary Smith, 615 Nuttman avenue, was reelected a home economies edi or of The Agriculturist, magazine published by students in the school of agriculture of Purdue University. A member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, Miss Smith is a senior in the school of home economics. “Cook’s Corner," written by Miss Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Smith, appears regularly in the Decatur Daily Democrat. ISRAELI (Cont. From Page One) it smaller points along the coast, a UN truce headquarters spokesman said. Observers at Gaza reported that soon after midnight Israeli planes swooped low over the town and dropped at least 16 bombs. Other planes pounded the coastal rail center of Khan Yunis and a big Egyptian army camp at Rafa. Air and ground attacks also were reported from Faluja, where-some 2,060 Egyptian troops had been encircled since the last flurry of fighting in the Negev. Israeli and Egyptian artillery opened up in the early piorning and thundered for hours, softening up the opposing strong -points for the ground and air activity which followed. RUSSIA URGES (Cont. From Page One) the poor'.y-equipped Indonesian units were beaten back everywhere. One of the strongest Indonesian stands was made 25 miles west of the Republican capital of Jogjakarta. in the Seraju valley near Purworedjo. The Dutch were delayed sufficiently for the Republicans to put the torch to many buildings in Magelang, northwest of Jogjakarta. Holthouse Drug Co.

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