Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1950 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Lose Final Game Os Season

romana me Beats Jackets Friday, 59-41 . The D«r»tu Yellow Jackets, wilting badly la the aecood half. dropped their final game «< aeason Friday night, the Portland Panther* running away to a 59-41 Victory a' the Jacket! gym. Portland Jumped into an early lead and after the Jacket* had tie I, the score at 2-2 the Panther* pul! ed away, taking a 20-11 lead at the end at the first quarter. All nt Portland'* starter* contributed to •he (coring while Vic Strickler and Harold Bohnke accounted for all the Jacket* first period wore*. — The. Panther* Increased their margin to 11 point* at 26-15 early in the second quarter before the Jacket* came to life. A pair of field goals and a* fowl to** by Strickler awl. Larry Jehhfhg*' twopoint cur the Portland lead to 24-22 with three minutes to go. Jack Schoeff hit from the field for the Jay.coun »y quintet but Jennings and Jack Petrie each hit fielder* to bring l>e catur within two point*. 26-26, at the half-time intermission. Three quick fielder* by the Pan theca, two on ea«y layup* after fast break*, stretched their lead to eight point* in th* first two minutes of the third quarter. The Jackets cu‘ thia margin to fire point* M 35 but the Panther* again pqjjbd-a—-way. leading 42-31 at the end of the period The Portland lead Wag 10 points at the automatic time nut, 47 37, and the Panther* built up their final margin to U point* in rhe closln ? three minutes -Strickler. although sifting out part of the second quarter, and; Inavtag th* game «n personals af'er two minute* of the final period led both team* in scoring with l>> points. Hick Jone* let! Portland with 13. followed closely by Hou.Bright and Schoeff with 12 each. _ The.defeat put'the Yellow Jack ei* season record at•—l 3 v.Ktorie and eight defeat*. Portland FC FT TP Kutrce. ! -. 1 5 Jones, f 4 1. 13 Priest, .- 2 2 6 Bright. g " I-' Kant tier. g >- -C- .1 _ * Schoeff, f ...“ t 2 11 Bay. J .... . . b stout g ' I 0 T TOTALS 86 ' ' Yellow Jacket* FG FT to Strickler, f.. . I 14 Bair f 4 bohnke. c ■ ' J 2 T & .. U 1 '• - Moses, g . - ■' Inch. f . • 2 Mills, <• _ 0 0 0 Jenning*. g 1 *•! • Myers. $ o 0 t Suuibine, g 4 ~ (r Smallwood. g .i . c. ■ TOTALS 16 9 41' Rvfere** -Folly ar. <; Umpire flilgeman. Preliminary Portland 49. Yellow Ja« kets 39 If Yau Hava aamethinfl To Self Try A Democrat Want Ad —it Pays.

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Co//ege Basketball I Indiana Stat* 70, St. JoMph'a 53 Kansas ». Miiaouri 63 Michigan State t». Wayne *4 University of Hawaii <5, John' Carroll di. Eagles Wallop Union Center Friday Night Th* Monmouth Eagle* ran rough- ■ shod over Vnion Center on tne ’ Wellii county team's fitter Friday • night to register a 63 36 triumph in their season's closing game. Monmouth was far out In front at all periods. 20-5. 37-17 and 54-27 Willi* Conrad led the Eagles with 17 points, trailed closely by Ji n i Merriman with .16. Bolt Harvey, 1 high-scoring guard, was not in uni ' form because of an Injured leg an t may not be able to play in ne*< i week's sectional. Jim Bdrnau tallied eight point* for fnion. who wound up the season without scoring a victory. Monmouth FG FT TP ’ Conrad, f .. .. -. 7 3 17 Merriman, f 8 0 14 ■Sinrieton. c 3 5 11 w<Nft. ,g . 2 15 ’ Fuhrman, g 113 L. Klees. f 10 2 r Bnifevneyerrt o—o0 —o d Stoppenhagen. c 14 6 G. Kiess. g .113 TOTALS 24 15 43 Union Canter FG FT TP Mcßride, f 2 2 6 Thoma, f 8 2. « Platt. . , 3 " Gearhart, g- 113 - s. ‘ Jim Burnau. t . * - > Jeh Burnau. f 14 • Baumganhter. g « 0 * TOTALS 12 12 3i Referee - ('hkm. I mpite. - JacobH. Preliminary Monmoutb <<', iTiiou MINOR LEAGUE Central Soya won four points f’wm Tljre - Kime?*. Mai kjij Roy J .i’ls Wofi- Jmir. points froni Mans f Feld Specials; Fort er Tire w«»h three jx>>ints From XL Milieu. ATlams County Lumber won two poinls from Kelly Ghwcnrs. Standings * W L Pts » Porter 5 17 M< Millen .4 2 5 Adams .. .5- - - ♦ 2 5 Soya r-. ~4 2 6 — .Macklin . . 3 J -4 Threoe King* ..2 4 3 KeUx.- .2 I I! Mari-dleld o 6 High game* Maloney 200: J Bultem«ier.2lo-203: Nash, Jr 200, Hoile 201 Ari.ell 204. Nash 2111 MERCHANT LEAGUE Standings W L HWe . Mile 12 6 State Gardens 11 7 ~M<yers';.““TT” T Rioades .... * S Mollenkopf . 9 9 Hammond . 8 .10 Bait Co .. .; —6 1» - Cash Coal ....... 4 12 High game It Selking 2<tß Korte ’O6 RURAL LEAGUE Standing* W L Shearer 4 Heyerly is 5 Hayloft T’-c. f, ■ Reynolds —.... 12 4 | VFW .........„L./ W- » Nine Mile J..c. 10 8 Farmer* 7 11 Heart ..... 5 13 Old Crown .. .I.:. .. 4 14 -Stewart 3 15 High games .Schinillec 233. Christner 215 R Smith 237 Pro Basketball NBA Results Fort Wayne 6S. Philadelphia <7 Minneapolis Waterloo 74 Rochester *1 ’ Boston 73 FLOODS SPREAD lC«w<lw«ed From Pa«r Oae) to carry colder weather and snow flurri s aa far Hi>u»h and ea<t as Tennessee and Ohio tomorrow * — .— 1 —~ ■ ■ ■ • URGES REDUCTION J ' < •■Hawed F reai Pase Oae > •aid they should mull over *uch| ■ Issue* a* "the trend toward so-1 I sialism g'trernmsnt . spending and take* '•■■o'

| THEN ANO NOW . . . K KJ" K-'x J , NfcfXflfl'OS f fcLEVtUANVS New PtTCHINU ■a jfcSeL Wv 7 ACE WHO HA> WON 20 OR "° Re Games the last JkS’ ~ ONLY PITCHEE IN n. rwvo seasons lemon, a 5% ; ' MMX. LEMUE MlSTOey \ former infielder, pitcheo i TO WN 500 (X.IfOQE GAMES. IN 22 YBWSCWXHW CV 9COCK> aCa 1 948 !0,t --■< -U 511 VlCTOfteS.-2911N7ME NATIONAL V- •/ LEAGUE AND 220 IN W AMERICAN. I WON 30 OR MORE GAMES A SEASON 5 OFFEQENT TIMES, I AND. ON MAY STM. 1004, WHILE PITCHING FOR THE BOSTON RED GOX.AIE SHUTOUT TUB/iTHtertCS 1 OPPOSE PERFECT GAMS' gras FmNmub

Warriors Beat 7- — Pleasant Mills InFinalGame i Taking an early lead and holding it all the way. the Jefferson Mill* Spartan*. 52-44. In the season finale for both teams Friday night at the Pleasant Mills gym. The Warrior* were-In Hre lead at All resting points.,-15-7, 2515 and 38-24 Gerald Miller wa* Jeffernon'a leading scorer with 19 points, while Jim Price wa* outstanding for Pleasant Mills with 17.-Melvin i Wall the Warrior*' leading Scorer. I out for several games because of, a broken hand, returned to action last night and tallied nine points. Jefferson FG FT TP I Miller f •, ■' ...1 . 1/ Wall f . 4 T Kuhn c :. 4 2 Debott -g 2 1 5 Wtdhnan g 3 17 Tumhieflcm f .. : 0 <» 0? Patterson g . _ 1 0 2 • TOTALS 23 f. f. 2 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Bollenbaeher f o o 0 ; Price f ....... 7 3 17 Workinger c , 3 2 k • Ripley g . 3 2 8; n 3 2 J Johnson f 1 1.3 Raudenbush f 1 o ? Painter f »T 0 0.; Hirsi hy c . .0 0 0 Noll g 1 0,3 Mitchel! g Oil TOTALS If. 12 U Referee Miller I'mpire Smith Preliminary Pleasant. MIHs Jefferson 25 I Overtime! — i i£_

SALE CALENDAR FEB ll- Win F Millhouse. <l ml E of Rockforil.-Ohio on road IK then ‘a ml. N or « ml E of Spent • rvllle on mad IK then Hml N or 10 ml Sos Van Wert on road 127 then I 1 * ml E on road 117. 220 a< res of land and personal'propcrty. Roy A Ned Johnson and M*lvtn Mechtv. ato-ts FEB. 23—South Wind Farm. 1 ml. S of Ossian. Ind on No 1 Hampshire hogs, dairy cattle. 12 noon. Vaughn Lipp and Roe 1 Hunter, auets » FEB 23 - Carl Newland. M'S Franklin St.. Portland, Ind Residence ' ■ Property 3:30 p m Midwest Realty Auction .Cit, J F Sanmann, Aui-t FEB 23 —12:30 p. m Adolph E Smith. 3. 1 * mi E. of Geneva on state road No 118 Complete closing out sale., Roy A Ne.l Johnson and Melvin Liechty. ati<t» FEB 23 —10:00 a m Jacob J Svhwartt 1 ml E of Berne Tile MUI bn mad 118 and then H ml. St, on mud pkle road tl*4 mi 3. of -Decatur 60 acre farm and buildings. —Roy £ N- d Johnson I and Melrln IJeehty, -aucts FEB 24 John L Knight. IH th) E. of Albion. Ind. and .? mi S High- h ly Productive’l6o Acre Farm with Complete set of Modernj Improvements and a New Ranch Type Owners Home. I ' Midwest Realty Auction Co . J F Sanmann. A net, I FEB 24- 10 30 AM L F Sapp. 6ml S.E of Iterator on the Piqua road or *4 ml. S and 4 ml E. of Bobo or 2 mi N of Pleas ant Mill* ohl-oad 10) and then H ml E, Comp ete closing ont sale Roy A Ned Johnson and Melvin Liechty. aucts. FEB 25 C H. Bowen west edge of Willshire. Ohio on No 33. Regis, terwd Berkshire* 1 P M. FEB 26—Herbert Wagner. 3 ml N E of Zanesville, Ind at Junction No 3 and th* Lafayette Center Road. Well Improved 40 Acre Farm Midwest Realty Auction Co J F Sanmann. anc FEB 25—John H Young, twecutor sale. 5 room house, almost one I acre land, on ,33 In Pleasant Mills 2pm .Conducted by | Kent Realty A Auction Co D S Blair C W Kent, anets ■ FEB 27—12 00 Noon —Mary E. Braun. 1 ml S and 2’i ml W of De- , catur General farm sale Roy A Nd Joftnsop and Mel i . ’ Tin Liechty aucts I FEB 26—12 tn -p m EST Cha« Bortrn. A Son. 1 ml S.E of Wil- ] shire !>n road ’3 Or 7mt N W of Rockford w mad 31 Genera! farm site Roy-4 Ned Johnson and Melrln Lies'll- ’ ty, aucta. FEB 28 William C Rekeweg. 7 mi W of Iterator on 221 to County J i Line, then 1 mile N Holstein dairy talth farm mat hlnery | IP a m Ellen her ger Bros, aucta. - -1

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H. S Basketball Warsaw 58, Columbia City 55 New Haven .56. Kendal!y.ille_4". ‘ AubUrh 65. Bluffton 47. Albion 43. Garrett 36. Fort Wayne South 41. Fort Wayhe C C. 21 Fort M'nyne North 52, South Bend Riley 36 Huntington 56. Plymouth 53. 1 Huntertown 41, Avilla 41 Spencerville 59. Woodburn 40 Hartford City 52. Tipton 3.:. Angola‘Elmhurst "<3. CoetM 3X, Indianapolia Shortridge j X?TAWtoxdiLViMe.-..iAl Indlanupo.is 47. Kokoino :’.7 Madison 6f». IwiiwreKfebiirg Evansvill*« PBMM Vin< • • • j Muncie Burris 40. Hlvrood IS | Lafayette Jeff 46. Richmond 42.! i West Lafayette 48. Brazil 39. i ; New Albany 34, Columbus 24. ! Blooming'on 42, Beilfortl 36 ! ' Npw t '<* ( Munoie Central 58. Frankfort 49 . .South-pujx .4(u. _ ; Renssela* r . Hu. 4'rou n Poii-rt 4! l Marion 52. Logansport 41 * - • ■ jt.. . ■ ■• ■ •.* Berne Legion Holds Appreciation Dinner j° Berne. Feb Is Berm- Legion] F’ost 468 gave an appre. ration din- 1 n» r at thy post home on Ha -I Main str» » t Thurs<lay night fur j lierne merchants and ♦rs who aided th»* hvgion In so-1 .curing their present hmm’ and ini Legion auxiliary ; served the meal, attended by 50 men Herman Kiefer vj< e-enni--j mander of the post, served as toast master The present commander. Pah* Johnson, past command ern hr l>. D_. Jones__and IJarve Riesen. and other <»ffi< ials of the post here spoke briefly. The Colnrnbia river riseß In the British ("nlnmhia and flows j through the state of Washington ■ , t<». the < tregon fine j

Beme Bears Are Defeated By Montpelier The Montpelier Paearo lived up to their name* Friday night, racing to a 22-polnt lead at half-time, and'going on to defeat the IJerne Bear*. 57-36. on the Montfiellor court. „ The Pacer* were on top at all period*. 18-4. 30 8 and 42 19. Liei hty Montpelier forward, wa* uutatandlng with 32 point*, while Berne’* *< oriag was well balanced. Howard Hahegger and Ted Lehman each scoring eight. Montpelier FG FT TF Llechty t . 12 8 32 Everhart f. 2 0 4 ! Pearson c ... - 13 5 I Garrison g ... t 4 « Ely g .... .. 3 17 ]j|*rn*t..t 1 0 2. jllailey g . 4 11 TOTALS ..... 20 17 57 Bern* FG FT TF Krehbiel f 12 4 Parr f .... 226 llabcgger e . .4 tt 81 T Lehman g .. 2 4 8 ! Winteregg g .. • 11 Sprunger f .. 2 3 7 . Italaicer f ...... 10 2 Towti’eud g . 0- 4. 4 I>. Lehman g .. 0 0 0 TOTALS j;~12 12 36 Referee — Alexander ■ I‘mplre ■ Hall I Preliminary Montpelier 33. Berne 26 J FARM BUREAU >'Eofei r«4tr l»Brl SrJiSfe in *ffrc4. r * he ' He < h th* argumfnt that •l«- 11’ pl »«i w<»uld msaii ,L-dhWULX; jam! ront end ing the e«HHiim»T would pay th<» ■•■» ; n7Tre”cT»st” <»T th* plan. 1h« rudinx adminfstratiYe expense*. ••H\p» ii< n.-e ho taught vs that • paying f’>t things byway of .Wash i ln«4«m 4i nor rb»».-—-way io save* ! money. ’ Kline said "A dollar sel- • dom Travels to Washington and ' t omes back wh<de.” He said the plan would giye b*nc ‘.fits Jo ’ the .hH.nirhnt AS 11 a<. .!•» ’he effl< ♦ nt” and would standard . iz» .‘tgfh'ull'Uial production on a .-1 vt-iy-JuaiL of jpffirienvy ’ .Kiltie again commit I ♦”<! (he Farm Bureau ‘ ■ a s'ogr.irn of ‘ flexible pri< c s u paL reasonable ! levels ’’ But he said long range jTSHfr I'itosperVy “pTThripalty a question of the degree of produr ] livfty. opportunity and freedom : whtrh wiß- prevail thruughout <*ur 1 economy.” ‘ Price support programs are only i incidental to these broader issues." | ■ he said The "kind, of agriculture I we are going to have depends on the kind of America we are going | to TO RESTORE (Cont, From Page On«> age on the rural lines. cM-casioned ’ by the sleet storm last Monday Everything' will be cleaned up by Sunday evening and full service. wiH l*r available os all UaeM/’ i Ehlng« r conimenu d - DANCE TONIGHT 9-12 American Legion MMWMNMMNMMMMMNMk

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Junior HbhLoses Tw Aim*.- **-— io now naven rive Decatur Junior high Bropped a cloee an decbion to New Haven junior*. Friday afternoon at the New Haven gym. The Allen county team led at the half, 16-5. Bunch wa* top scorer for Near Haven with 13 pointe, while Blackburn tallied seven point* to lead Decatur. New Haven FG FT TP Bunch, f « 5 17 WeMeman. f o « o Coe. c 1 n y itafter, g i 4 • Itake. c —... ... 1 n 2 Bernick. t ..4 0 0 Kerne, f . 1 6 J Nelson. < . .000 , llrmitmiller. g ... • ‘‘o 0 Randolph, g 0 0 u Burkett, g 0 0 0 TOTALS 8 S 25 Decatur FG FT TP Blackburn, f .3 1 ‘ r Eagle, f ... 0 3 3 Krick, c 0 0 0 1 McDougal, g Il3i , Pollock, g .. . 0 4 0 Carter, f | 0 21 Visard, c 0 0 0 I B*ir. g .. 16 2 1 llancher. g 0 0 0 TOTALS 6 U 23 Lincoln 6-A Teom Evens Up Series The Lincoln 6-A basketball team edged out a 14-12 victory over the 6-B team td even their aefte* at <>n« K*me each, a* 6 B won the Initial tilt, 14 11. Team member*, and point* 6 A ilogner. Hur*t 4. Moser, Cowan* 2 Wolfe *. Zimmerman. IteVore aii<j. Ke.et. 6.J1 „■, J> Duuler, Mjirpiut. D ■JftrtctWr .7 "Sommer i. 3l*l<-k 4'. W. ‘ Hauler, Heßolt, Krueckeberg. R ■ Strl. kier 2 Trad* In a Good Town — Decatur NIQHTLY NEXT WEEK! ONE OF THE LEADING MUSICIANS IN THIS AREA presenting Dorothy S Knoll I And Her Interpretation Os Music The Way You Like To Hear It — From The HAMMOND ORGAN STOP IN FOR A SPECIAL DOUBLE TREAT • DELIGHTFUL MUSIC t JIELICIOUS FOOD inulin BAR

Cardinals Wh Over Gorillas By 40-36 Score The Genova Cardinala and Hartford Gorilla* put on a rip-roaring battle in their season finale Friday night, at Geneva, the Cardinal* coming out with the decision by a 40- M count Geneva wa* out in front by cloee ■core* at all period*. *-l, 19-15, and 29-24. Tom Robinson. Geneva guard, let the scoring with 18 point*, while Jack Meyer topped Hartford with 15. Geneva FG FT Bergman, f 0 0 « Weaver, f —_X 0 2 Farrar, e 5 3 13 Nevil. g .. 0 9 0 Robinson, g . .1 2 IS Parr, f 0 1' Pyle, g 0 0 0, TOTALS 17 4 » Hartford FG FT T* Zeigler, f T • 6

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B4TURDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1956

Tourney Ticket Soles At Berne On Monday Bene, Feb. II — Ticket* tor the Adam* county sectional tourney will go ob sale at the Berne school office on Mdhday morning. Feb. 20. The first tickets will go to the famine* of first team player*, then to the second team players, next to sehtwrf official* and school board • member*, then to high school, Jnn- : lor high and elementary grade children with season tickets. In that or 1 der. ls any of Berne's aliottment of ‘ 273,'tickets remain then, they will go io the general public. I ■—MH HW.I l —— Meyer, f 4 7 15 Wetkel, c 2 0 J I J. Auwburger. g 2 3 7 ! R Augsburger. k 2 0 4 i Jackson, c .. o o 9 Herman, c 0 0 0 >• — ; TOTALS— 13 10 36—— i Referee -Albano I'bpire: Walter* Preliminary I Hartford 29, Geneva 24. Hartford City Man is Killed In Fire Hartford City. Ind , Feb. 18 —■ (t'Pl “ A 9100.000 fire and e« — plosion killed a man and swept Mm Willman lumber yard last night: