Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1955 — Page 6

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Commodores Win Over Anderson; Jackets Are Defeated Last Night

-YELLOW JACKETS .. The Decatur Yellow Jackets, ' playing one of their better bail games of the season,, stayed up with the taller Central Catholic ■ / Irish for three quarters but then faded in the final stanza as the Fort Wayne boys had a terrific ‘ fourth period to beat the Jackets, 7C-54. The game, played at the C. C. gym, was a see-saw affair until the Irish got hot in the last quarter. . The first period saw’ the Irish employ the Notre Dame "shock troop" system with their second team starting. The Jackets took , advantage of this to edge into a 16-14 lead. C. C. sent in their first team at the start of the second quarter, and led by Jaheway and Michael, squeezed out a 28-27 lead at halftime. The Irish widened the gap to five points in the third, but the Jackets fought right back and with Halterman and McDougal leading the way, pulled to within one point again. 42-41. Decautr grabbed a short-lived lead at the outset' Os the fourth quarter as McDougal hit a lefthanded hook to make it 43-42. From there on It was C. C.’s ball game as the Irish started to hit from everywhere and rau-away from the tiring The game was foul free as each - team made only six free throws. Dave Halterman led the local scorers with 20 points and played a splendid floor game also. Steady Freddie McDougal hit for 16 points and played his usual fine game. Gary Janeway of the Irish led all scorers with 22 points followed by Michael and Wagner with 14. The Jackets featured a revised starting line-up with Murphy and Halterman at forwards. Neireiter at center, and Kelly and McDougal playing guards. The combination played good basketball with the front line looking very aggressive. The Jackets next game will be Tuesday night against the Elmhurst Trojans at the Decatur gym. Decatur I. FG FT TP Murphy 13 5 Halterman 10 0 20 Neireiter 2 0 4 McDougal 8 0 16 Kelly — 2 1 5 Vetter 12 4 =&-•■■ Heacher 0 0 0 Banks ' .....o-oe Moses 0 0 0 Strickler ... 0 0 0 Totals ......... 24 6 54 Central Catholic FG FT TP Zehner 2 0 4 Waning .....\ ... 0 0 0 Fleishman 0 0 0 Nowak 0 0 0 Michael 6 2 14 Hine 12 4 Janeway 10 2 22 Becker 6 0 12 Hale 0 0 0 Wagner ..... 7 0 14 Rager .... 0 (g 0 Totals 32 6 7ff Officials: Stanzak, Moser. Preliminary Central Catholic, 49-45. College Basketball City 76, Indiana Tech 73. Rose Poly 85, Concordia (Illi- / nois) 60. TODAY & SUNDAY « Continuous Both Days TWIN ACTION BILL! “LAWLESS RIDER” Johnny Carpenter, Frankie Darro — ADDED THRILLER — “JUNGLE WOMAN” With ACQUENETTA SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 Cinemascope & Colorl “WOMAN’S WORLD” Clifton Webh, June Allyson, _ Van Heflin, Fred Mac Murray, Cornel Wilde, Arlene Dahl ALSO — Shorts 15c -50 c —o TODAY—RORY CALHOUN * "Four Guns to the Border” ALSO — Shorts 15c -50 c

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams DIAL 3-21 M FOR SCORES Saturday Leo at Berne. Spartans Edge Cardinals By Single Point The Plea?a| Mills Spartans maintained their lead in the county by downing the Geneva Cardinars’ 6s to 67 in a red-hot game Friday night at Pleasant Milla. The Spartans have now won ten and lost two, while the Cardinals have won seven and lost four. Leon Byer, of Pleasant Mills, leader in county scoring outscored Jerry Tester, who leads in average per game, 29 to 23 points. An excellent job of rebounding by Dee quarters." "picked up the majority of rebounds off the iGeneva backboard, and (he ones he missed, Byer got. A capacity crowd witnessed the thrilling game,'“which saw Tester held to 13 points in the first three quarters. Four field goals and two fre throws in the final stanza rounded out his scoring. He sat on the bench most of the third quarter with four personal fouls. Byer scored the first point of the game on a free throw, but the Cardinals quickly came back, and went into the lead, 3-1. The lead see-sawed back and forth, but the Geneva five led by as much as six points just before the end of the first quarter, and again in the second quarter. The Spartans edged ahead several times, only to drop back again. The game was in doubt right down to the line, with a jump ball under the Cardinal goal with just three seconds to play. The Spartans knocked the ball out of bounds and the game ended. Half-time ceremonies saw the crowning of the Spotligh queen and king, Miss Marlene Ohler and Kent Von Gunten. The royal couple were surrounded by their court of four beautiful girls, Patty Dague, Petsy 2Bmmerman, Marlballe Wolfe, and Mary Myers. Pleasant Mills FG FX TP Melching 4 0 8 Butler 0 0 0 Byer 10 9 29 Speakman ... 0 0 0 Wolfe ...1 6 5 17 Bowen 0 2 Frey 0 5 5 Light 11 3 J. Williamson 10 2 G. Williamson 10 2 TOTALS 24 20 68 Geneva FG FT TP Burke ......1 0 2 2 Long 8 2 18 Campbell ............ 2 0 4 Tester .............. 9 5 23 Haines 0 3 3 Mathys . .. 4.1 9 Call - 0 0 0 Hunt 4 0 8 Cialg .... 0 0 0 TOTALS 27 13 67 Officials: Pond. Liddle Preliminary Geneva, 40-38 Youth Submits To Two Operations Donald Iscb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Isph of French township, is reported in satisfactory condition in the Bluffton Clinic hospital following two operations this week, Including an appendectomy on Wednesday. Itch is a student at Berne-French high school. Lot In Business District Leveled Jhe Bill Bowers lot nejt to Lee’s hardware across from the Decatur police station has recently been filled in with sand and leveled off, it was reported. The work was done after a new brick wall replaced an old wooden one on the storage building at the rear of tht > lot. A brick chimney, complete with lightning rods, also adorns the south face of the building. The lot was the site of a restaurant in former days, but has been vacant for the last few years. Trade 4a a Good DON’T TAKE A CHANCE • TAKE PLENAMINS Smith Drug Co.

- Commodores The Decatur Commodores gave Coach Dave Terveer a happy birthday Friday night as they racked up their third consecutive victory with a 68-59 triumph over the Gaels from S*. Mary’s of Anderson at the Decatur high school gym. it was a nip and tuck affair until midway through the third per* lod. when the Commodores started to pull away. •Anderson led through most of the first quarter, with the Commodores moving un into a 16-16 tje at the end of the period. A pair of field goals by little Jerry Voglewed shoved Decatur into a 20-16 lead with the opening of the second quarter and the Commodores were out in front most of the stanza, taking a slim 31-30 advantage to the dressing room at the half. 1 Anderson took the le'ad early in the third period but the Commodores went out in front at 40-39 on Joe Wilder’s fielder midway through the session and the Commodores were never headed, holding a 53-44 advantage going into the last eight minutes of play. The Anderson lads fouled repeatedly in the last IO or 12 minutes of the game, losing their enlire .starting fivg as they were wfth 28 personals in a desperate’ attempt to get back in the ball game. The Commodores made 26 of 44 free throws, the Gaels 17 of 36. Joe Wilder led all scorers with 26 points, while Jerry Voglewede tailed 16 and Walt Mowery 13. Dick Farrer counted 17 and Fred Harrington 13 for Anderson. Commodores FG FT TP Faurote ._iss 3 2 8 Wilder — — 8 10 26 J. Voglewede 5 6 16 Mowery — ... 4 5 13 C. Voglewede 0 3 3 Costello 0 0 0 Teeple 0 0 0 Omlor - ; O 0 0 TOTALS 31 . 36 68 Anderson FG FT TP Manley ... 5 0 10; Fraufoeres 3 0 6 Riffe „ 3- 5 9 Farrer . 7 3 17 Harrington .......... 4 5 13 Snyder ... 0 0 0 W. Finney ...... 0 0 0 Lanane ... 0 2 2 J. Finney 0 2 2 Gross . — 000 TOTAL'S 21 17 59 Officials: Murray, Pearson Preliminary Anderson, 31-30. Charge Vehicle Is Wrongly Registered Gerald Vizard, of route three. Is scheduled to appear before the Bluffton Justice of the peace for driving an improperly registered motor vehicle. He was arrested east of Poneto on state highway 118 by state trooper Bernard Maag. Crops Committee Meets Wednesday The crops committee will meet Wednesday afternoon at. 1:30 o'clock at the county extension office to develop a program for 1955 and to select a representative for the county extension committee, Harold Schwartz, of Monroe, president, announced today. Adams County Agent On TV Program Leo Seltenright, Adams county agricultural agent, will appear on the "Farms and Farming" program at 12:15 p. m. next Thursday over WKJG-TV. Seltenright' program will be entitled, “Open Ditch Drainage." Loses Two Fingers In Replacing Slab Charles Pyle, 37, of Linn Grove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Pyle of Geneva, had two crushed finger* amputated by a Geneva doctor Friday. He injured the fingers replacing a heavy cement slaji on a well on the Glenn jGrogg farm northwest of Linn Grove after repairing the pressure pump there. REMON'S SLAYERS (Continusd from Page Ong> had located an alleged girl acquaintance of Lipstein and may take her into custody for questioning. The story declared also that Mexican police are checking persunawJtu) Itate iwrlMd . tbcentlj from Panama City by plane. Pro Basketball Milwaukee 86, New York 76. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

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Eagles Defeat Union Five By 51 To 44 Score

The Monmouth Eagles, after a weak first quarter, bounced back to beat Union township of Huntington county, 51 to 44 at the Monmouth gym. Norbert Witte, high scorer for Monmouth, ranked eighth in the county arhen the week started, scored 25 points. The 6 foot, five inch center now has 199 points in 10 games for a blazing 19.9 point average, compared with his average of 14.2 a week ago. Witte was the only Monmouth scorer in double figures. Hasler, of Union township, totaled 15 points for his team, to become their high scorer of the evening. Monmouth scored 19 points to 9 for the Union five in the second quarter, and was never again in trouble. Monmouth FG FT TP Fuhrman . 3 3 9 Worthman .... 0 0 0 Fuelling ............ 2 0 4 Brown .... 0 0 0 Witte 9 7 25 Kenneuke 1 I 3 Myers - - 10 2 Macke 0 0 0 Schnepf ............ 4 0 8 Christianer 0 ! —0 0 4 Totals '......... 20 11 51 Union . FG FT TP Hasler 6 3 15 Rice 4 0 8 Fusselman - 0 0 0 Sowers .... 113 Dee Kline 5 1 11 Don Kline 1 • 2 4 Baker 0 3 3 Totals if 10 44 Officials: Eddleman. Habbegger. . . Preliminary Monmouth, 26-24. < High School Basketball Bluffton 55, New Haven 50. Harlan 53. Hicksville 34. Hartford City 51. Elwood 42. Auburn 50, Kendallville 40. Avilla 57, Huntertown 50. Angola 109, Hillsdale (Mich.) 40. Lancaster Central 58. Jackson 48. Muncie Burris 68, Wabash 41. Portland 69, Winchester 57. Hoagland 49. Monroeville 48. Fort Wayne North 67. Fort Wayne South 47. Columbia City 67. Culver 51. East Chicago Washington 73. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 56. , Frankfort 56, New Castle 52. Kokomo 61, Ixigansport 46. ( Marion 65, Richmond 52. Muncie Central 50, Lafayette 49. Two 4-H Clubs Are Given Certificates Three Adams county 4-H clubs were awarded handsome certificates in recognition of theii action in the interest of health and safety at the Purdue agricultural conference at West Lafayette yesterday. The Monroe Boosters, St. Mary’s Kekiongas. and Jefferson Work and Win clubs shared in the wards. Each got a separate certificate, signed by the state extension director, the health and safety leaders, the district extension director, and the local county agent. 7 Representing the count at the conference were two 4-H members, two adult leaders, and Miss Bertha Landis, home demonstration agent. ~

Teeth Knocked Loose In Game Last Night Joe Wilder, center for the De catur Commodores, had two front teeth knocked loose in last night’s game with St. Mary’s of Anderson. The teeth were x-rayed this morning, but the pictures have not yet been developed. There is a possibility that they Will have to be braced. Motorist Is Fined On Traffic Charge Gerald E. Buckley, of Toledo, 0.. was fined (5 and costs tor passing at an Intersection over a yellow line one mile south of Decatur on U. S. 27 yesterday. Buckley was Arrested by the state police and tried in justice of the peace court. Walter Hoffman, Jr., of Fort Wayne was arrested at 9:15 last Wayne, was arested at 9:15 last night and North Thirteenth street, and charged with driving 60 miles an hour In a 30 mile an hour zone. He will appear today In justice of the peace court. , Um The Daily Democrat Want Ada

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BerneDefeats Warren Friday Night 65-55 The Berne Bears coasted to a win Friday night over the Warren Lightning Five, 65 to 55, leading all the way. Kirchhofer, fourth ranked scorer in the county, scored 29 points. Booher of the Lightning Five led his team’s scoring, with 15 points, followed by Johnson with 12. Ehrsam and Egly broke the two-digit column wMth 14 and 12 respectively. Berne plays again tonight against the Leo Lions at Berne. Berne FG FT Tf> Sprunger .... 12 4 Egly ...... w .. 4 4 12 Kirchhofer .... 11 7 29 Ehrsam 5 4 14 Lloyd ... 113 Nussbaum 10 2 Hendricks -. -zJL-.i. 0 11 Totals ... 23 19 65 Warren FG FT TP Johnson 5 2 12 Bonnifield .2 1 5 Campbell Schultz 7 2 1 5 Spahr 1 0 2 Booher 6 3 15 Meese - .' 2 2 6 Totals .. 22 9 55 Officials: Bell, Miller. Preliminary Berne, 36-35 (overtime). y UNWORRIED (Continued from Page One) believed, will limit themselves to brief announcements, perhaps until the end of the talks early next week. At that time a joint communique may be published for simultaneous release in Peiping and New York. The Peiping radio — propaganda voice of the Communist regime—has been observing the same discretion. Its broadcast Friday, like Hammarskjold's communique, stated merely that a second meeting had been held. Plan Ticket Sales At Adams Central John O. Reed, Adams Central high school principal, today announced ticket sale plans for the Adams county tourney, which will be held next Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Adams Central. Tickets will be sold to student season ticket holders Tuesday and to adult season ticket holders Wednesday. Tickets will be available to student non-season ticket holders Thursday. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Po/io Sweepstakes Gets Underway In Leagues Next Week ■«. Oran Schultz, secretary of the city bowling association, announced today, following a meeting of association officials, that a Polio Sweepstakes will be conducted by leagues bowling at the Mies alleys here. Under this plan, each bowler competing will pay an additional $L with 50 cents going to the March of Dimes campaign, now underway here, and the other 50 cents going for prize money to the bowlers. None of the additional fee will go towards bowling. The sweepstakes will get underway with league bowling Monday night, and W’ill continue throughout January. The Women’s league is also considering a Polio Sweepstakes setup in its league. •<* Gorillas Lose To Montpelier Friday Night The Hartford Gorillas were defeated by the Montpelier Pacers, 70-59, at the Montpelier gym Friday night. Montpelier led at all periods, 15-10, 38-22 and 56-37. The Gorillas pulled within six points of the Pacers late in the game but could not overcome their deficit. Robbins tallied 17 points to lead 'Montpelier, while Clark Stahly counted 15 for the Gorillas. Montpelier FG FT TP Kellogg 6’l 13 Needier 3 3 9 Bales 2 3 -7 Morris 3 4 10 Kyle 0 0 0 Price 7,0 14 Robbins 7 3 17 TOTALS 28 14 70 Hartford FG FT TP Zuercher . 3 5 11 Hirschy 3 0 6 Miller . 3 5 11 C. Stahly ... 4 7 15 D. Stahly 4 0 8 Moser 0 11 Biberstein 10 2 Fox 1 3 5 TOTALS 19 21 59 Preliminary Montpelier, 54 • 24. TWO AMERICAN (Continued from Page One) itlea. Reliable informants said the aimy was considering an Investigation whether Marchuk was abducted by the Soviets, or was ac-

Warriors Win Over Woodbum Friday Night The Jefferson Warriors chalked up another victory Friday night, defeating Woodburp of Allen, county, 46-4*2, at the Geneva gym. The teams were ttea at the first quarter, 12-12, and at the half, 24-2'4, with Jefferson taking a fourpoint advantage, 36-33, at the end of the third period. Bobby Caffee led the Warriors to victory with 16 points, while Wells topped Woodburn with 13. Jeircrson < • FG FT TP Bojlenbacber 3 4 16 Lehman ... 1[ 0 2 Smitley ............ 4 0 8 Keller ..2. 10 2 Caffee 4 "8 16 Hammitt’.. 3 0 6 Reef 0 2 2 TOTALS 16 14 46 Woodburn FG FT TP Rlebesford ..... 2 0 4 Lampe 4 19 Mull 0 0 0 Becker ..... 0 3 3 Wells 6 1 13 Delagnknge 2 4 8 Hofstetter 11 3 Zirkelback .......7.7 10 2 Hirsch 0 0 0 TOTALS M 10 42 Officials: Warner, Bryan Preliminary Woodburn, 38-30 a E. W. Lobenstein Quits Railroading Conductor Retires After Fifty Years After 50 years and more than 3,000,000 miles of railroading. E. W. Lobenstein, Grand Rapids, Mich., veteran Pennsylvania railroader and formerly of Adams county, has retired from the service. “Jingles" as he is known all the way from Grand Rapids to Richmond, put his blue conductor’s suit in a mothball bag December 24, last run of passenger service from Grand Rapids to Richmond. The veteran railroader completed his final run at Richmond and made the long ride back to his home in Michigan by bus. He often visited in Decatur and Monroe with his brothers, Otho Lobenetein and Walter Lobenstein; and with a sister, Mrs. Bertha Hendricks. “Jingles" started on passenger runs in March of 1904 and has been with the same company making the same runs since that ttme. He was temporarily sidelined in 1951 when he was injured-in a train wreck near Sturgis, Mich., but after a few months of rest he was back on the job. Lobenstein decided to retire when the Pennsylvania railroad announced discontinuance of passenger service between Richmond and Grand Rapids. He has promised his Monroe relatives that he and his wife. Gertrude Kimball Lobenstein, will make a long promised visit to this county some time soon. Guilty On Charge Os Public Intoxication R. W. tthraluka, Decatur, was found guilty this morning in Fort Wayne city court on a charge of public intoxication. The case was continued indefinitely, according to Fort Wayne police records. A Respectable sF’ Recreation 9 N° Blue Jeans ’ Permitted on Sunday Nights HAPPY HOURS ROLLER RIHK Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Miller (OWNERS)

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Decatur Freshmen Defeated By Convoy The Convoy, 0„ freshman team defeated the Decatur freshmen, 39-35. Convoy led at all periods. 11-10, 24-19, and 33-30. Scoring was well divided for both teams, Strickler leading Decatur with 10 points, and Gaskill counting nine ' for Convoy. :: ™===±7.-==::.'- f Decatur FG FT TP 1 Ballard I 0 8 ■ Eichenauer 1 0 2 ■ Strickler - 4 2 10 Hutker -».-l 3 2 8 Hebble 0 11 ’ Locke — 0 0 o » Rambo 0,0 0 • Kaebr J-— 2 ' I .6 » Totals 14 7 35 ) Convoy t PT TP 1 Bower 3 2 8 i Lapham .— — 0 0 0 1 Bauer 4 0 8 S Schaadt 7i 2 17 2 Fawley 2 3 7 ■ Gaskill —4 1 9 5 .... .. . Totals , —1« 7 39 > * ; GOP FOE OF : ) (Continued from Page One) : An effort to divert money from ‘ the state to towns and counties . emerged in the form of a bill to , distribute the state cigarette tax j funds, amounting to about 313 million annually, on this basis: 65 j percents Ww and town*. » percent to -counties. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur TEEPLE MOVING a TRUCKING Local and Long Dletanoe PHONE 3-2607 Super! Colossal! Stupendous! Gigantic! t that’s what you will » say when you see the ‘ Dec. 12, 1954, motion r picture technicolor 1 production of r ‘ * “FAIRWAY’S OPEN HOUSE** Cow i aee •• • yourself and your b friends in what looks 1 like some of the poI, tential movies and TV i Stars of the very near • future, This film will be pre- • sented exclusive Mon. ' & Tues, nites, Jan. 10 8 & 11, starting at 9:00. j s Two shows nitely, as a special feature of the BAMBOO ROOM 'Corner of Nuttman & 12th St. Note: You will see this movie not only at popular prices but - - Free!