Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1956 — Page 9

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School Reporter

PLEASANT MILLS HIGH By Norma Jean Bailey

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The junior! class has sent tor play books for ‘‘A Bo y Named Beulah.” What happens when a boy, pretending he is a; girl, has a boyj fall in love with [him? This is just one of the'

many complications that arise in the hilarious three-act pipy that the junior class has decided to give. When the play book# arrive the class members will spend approximately one week reading them over and then they will have yyouts. — P. M. HL R. — Either inspired by Myron Lehman’s presence or by an unnamed force, the Pleasant Mills Spartans took an early 9-0 lead over the Decatur Commodores last Friday night at the Pleasant Mills auditorium. The Pleasant Mills quintet never lost that lead. The fans of Pleasant Mills were mighty proud of Lehman’s crew! — P, M. H. S. — Sectional drawings were made -l

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Wednesday morning and the results were announced later that day. The Pleasant .Mills team will meet the Geneva Cardinals in the 2nd game Wednesday at the Adams Central high school. Good luck team! . p M H s _ .. The meeting which the principals wllj attend tomorrow, will be for the purpose of giving more information on the sectional and distributing the tickets. — P. M. H. 8. -Wt The Pleasant Mills Spartans will be host to the Jefferson Warriors tomorrow night at the Pleasant Mills high /School. The Spartans . and the Warriors have met once before this season at Geneva. The Spartans came out on top in that game but with the Jefferson team you never know- quite what to ex- ■ pect ... they have given several Adams county teams surprising upsets. — P. M. H. S. — Work on the annual Is going along in top gear. The last dead 1 line has tobe met Friday, and the ’ staff is doing a lot of work trying to get all the wrinkles ironed out before then. P. M, H. S. feels sure they will do an excellent job of it i and will make the ’56 SPOTLIGHT

■ — on« to be remembered for a long tiine. r P. M, H. S. — The Pleasint Mills high school band is sponsoring a bake sale at the Schafer Store in Decatur, Saturday from 9 to 12. The profit of this sale will go into a fund to I buy uniforms for the handq. This band, organized just a little over a year ago, has no uniforms at , all. The committee planning thia sale consists of Marabelle Wolfe, , Kay Bollenbacher, Janice Smith, Dick Johnson, Gary 1 Millington, Morris Colter, Kay Funk, and Sharon Bebont. Let’s all patronize this sale; it is for a good cause! — P. M. H. S. — The male quartet and the mixed ; quartet from Pleasant Mills will j travel to Indianapolis to particii pate in the state contest next Sati urday. The group will be accom- ’ panied by Mrs. Helen Ehrsam, mu- . sic instructor, Rev. and Mrs. Cari lyle Seiple, and Mr. and Mrs. , Floyd Mefferd. Good luck, kids, f ,we know you'll do your best! -- — r. M. H. 8. — The band performed very well • at the Pleasant Mills-Commodore game. As the band formed the let- ’ ters D C they played the Decatu? : Catholic school song, then they i went into a P M formation and . played the Pleasant Mills school song. The hand, under the direc-

tloh of Mrs. Helen Ehrsam, is doInga fine lob for no older than it Is and deserves a lot of praise from everyone. —- t*.' M, H. S. Mrs. Elizabeth Sutton. English Instructor at Pleasant Mills, was one of the five judges of the oratorical contest held in Decatur last Monday. Pleasant Mills did not have an entry in this contest. — P. M.' H. S. — Robert J. Bremerkamp, representative from Robert’s Studio, was present at the Pleasant MillsCommodore game to take action shots of the game. Pictures were also tak<m of the senior favorites and annual staff. These photographs will appear in the annual* — P. M. H. S. — The section in the annual dealing with senior personalities, called FAVORITES, is finally completed. The staff has agreed on the following personalities: Mr. and Miss P. M. H. S., Ellen McAhren and Carl Sipe; Mr. and Miss Senior, Sue Fortney and Larry Myers; wittiest, Paul Butler and Charles Wolfe; most talented. Judy Brunstrup and Larry Merriman ji-ffiendjiest, Dick Byer and Lester Sheets; best all around, Caroln King and John Speakman; most popular, Ada Foor and Gene Williamson; cutest. Elinor Bilderback and Bob Hirschy; most ath-

k. ■ W ■F ** JI ■w FORMER PREMDRWT H»rry 8. Truman records in New Toth part of hit “memoirs" to make a talking book lor the American Foundation tor the Blind. The organization acta aa clearing bouse for problems of the blind. More than S,MO talking books are available to sightlees people. letic, Darvon Light and Don Malching; and most intelligent, Norma Jean Bailey and John Wolfe. — P. M. H. S. — Seven twirlers from Pleasant Mills have entered the twirling festival at Muncie next Saturday. This contest is sponsored by Ball State College and everyone here at P. M. H. S. wishes the girls the best of luck. -r P. M. H. S. — Another grading period is drawing to an end and as it does, it reminds us that there are only two grading periods left. There are only approximately 50 days of actual school. — P. M. H. S. — Everyone at Pleasant Mills was happy to see coach Myron Lehman at the game last Friday night and back in school this week. Welcome back, Mr. Lehman, but DO be careful! — P. M. H. S. — Mrs. Helen Ehrsam is holding tryouts for different musical groups. Anyone interested in singing should contact her. — P. M. H. 8. — The Junior class is to be commended for the fine Job they have done this year selling concessions at the home games. Selling iA-A big job (as they probably well know) and they have done it very well. Nice work, kids! — P. M. H. S. — Chapel services were conducted last week by the Rev. Olin Krehbiel, of Berne. Rev. Krehbiel brought a very Interesting message to the student body. ~-*P. M. H. 8. — ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH By Barbara Fiechter

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It’s still a big] secret —- that is, 1 the names of the! Cen-trails Queen I and King. Candidates selected' in recent voting for Queen are seniors Carolyn Christener, Mar-1 jorie Becker,!

: Sonja Schug, andii « • Karen Snyder, and junior Betty { Steury. Seniors Dee Myron ByerI ly, Lowell Michaels, Jim Fisher, i Jerry Mitchel, and Jerry Sprunger ; were chosen as favorites for king. i A second vote taken determined ] the pair who will reign over the i. . _

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coronation ceremony to be held tomorrow night at the Petroleum hardwood tilt — but the news has been kept under the Centralis derby. Tomorrow night will tell! > .. — A. C. H. 3. — They are the first in the county and first in the district! They are Martin Watson’s FFA boys. To begin their list of triumphs, let’s go back to to Monday when they received three Ist "plaques” at dis* trict competition at'tßoann, ona in the state chapter contest, (consisting of a program of work and years achievement), one in th® chapter scrapbook competition, and one in public speaking. The winning orator, Richard Kaehr, will travel to Bloomington to speak in the sectional division. Three “seconds” also came to the chapter in the treasurer’s and se<!retary’s books contest, and In the news editor division. — A. C. H. S. — Tuesday, the two judging teams who were in action proved themselves tops in county competition. The crops Judging team which triumphed consists of Lowell Michaels, the high boy in the county; Phillip Moser, Phillip Barger, and Riphard Hirschy. First in poultry judging’are Tim Rlngger. who racked up the most points in the county in this division, Jim Taylor and Richard Kaehr. These two groups will enter district compej tition-May 5 in Whitley county, i — A. C. H. 8. — Central fans who traveled to Monmouth, and Eagles who appeared to cheer their county champs on really got their money’s worth last Friday night. The atr of the packed gym was electric with tenseness as the Greyhounds, who had trailed at all quarters, rallied to close the scoring gap, which had never exceeded twelve points. In the last seconds of the game, the Central quintet came within one point of an overtime; but as the gun sounded that single counter gave victory to tbd Eagles. It was a heartbreaker, for sure, but well played and hard fought. Central can well be proud of Coach Arnold and the boys. — A. C. H. S. — Flash! Just before deadline time, came the news of Tuesday night’s varsity victory over the Decatur Catholic Commodores by a tally of 80 to 88. The Greyhound “B” team dropped one of the few games of their season by four points, 43 to 39. t ■ A. C. H. S. *•» Overtime — The word that brings edge-of-seat memories to any fan of Hoosier Hysteria! Fast basketball between the Central: Monmouth “B" teams brought those fervent. cheers from fans whd were “out there with the boya." At the end of the extra two minutM 4he Central’s seconds had pulled out in front l>y three points to win 48-45. Good work! — A. C. H. 8. — One more game chalked up onto the junior high win column is last Monday’s battle with Decatur, won by 41-32. Their record so far numbers eleven wins and four losses. With the season slowly closing. Coach Leroy' Cable’s team will tackle Wells county’s Lancaster tonight — A. C. H. S. — Aa a result ot. repent meetings with Principal John O. Reed, the student council has voted to retain the percentage method of rating students for valedictorlan-sal-utatorian honors. Winners of the scholastic award will be selected as they have in past years, by determining the percentage of their semester averages during the four years .of high school. The one amendment will permit students who carried five solids to choose the tour best grades from these years. — A. C. H. 8. — How long is a cubit? A fathom?