Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1958 — Page 9

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1«, 1958

The School Reporter

ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH By Shirley Osterman

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Adams Central! Came in second! in the EIC cross! country meet af| Decatur last Fri-F day. Hartford’ was first with a score of 54, AC followed with 65,

then came Montpelier with 71. Other schools competing and finishing in order were Bryant, Berne, Monmouth, Geneva, and Lancaster. Individual scoring for Central included Alan Habegger, 11:06; Dick Steiner, 11:14; Roger Schlickman, 11:19, Bill Hoffman, 11:23; and Joe Lambert, 11:36. The next meet was at Franke Park this afternoon with New Haven and Fort Wayne Central. —A.C.H.S.— All six of Central’s twirlers traveled to Columbia City Saturday to participate in the annual NISBOVA baton twirling contest there.

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The girls who were entered in Division II and received second place medals were Jeannie Smith, Arlene Zimmerman, Shirley Osterman, and Janis Yoder. Toni Rupert and Sharon Mattax were entered in Division IV and were judged first and second place medals, respecively. These medals were given for solo baton twirling. —A.G.H.S.— Chester Cwiertnia and his concert trumpet were present were present at Central last Friday for the first massed assembly program at Central this year. Cwiertna was enthusiastcially acclaimed for his concert appearances at Orchestra Hall and other important musical centers in the Middle West. He held the undivided attention of his audience at Central for an hour. Other of his most popular numbers on the trumpet, as far as Centralites were concerned, was “Sugar Blues.” Besides

being very talented on a trumpet, Cwiertnia is also an accomplished tenor, and sang many numbers including "Donkey Serenade,” Around the World,” and “Trees.” —A.C.H.S.— Report card time !! Yes, last week ended the first grading period for most of the schools in the area. With the handing out of these cards came the hard truth as to standings of classes. What’s yours? —A.C.H.S.— Larry Foreman is the newly elected president of the national honor society which had its first meeting during club period Friday to elect officers. Tom Heyerly fills the position of vice president. Wanda Neuenschwander and Jeanne Kaehr are secretary and treasurer, respectively. Also at this meeting, committees were appointed to plan for an induction ceremony, schedule projects for the chib, and state business of the club’s next meeting. Induction ceremony committeemen are Bill Hoffman, Shirley Osterman, Dave Isch, Jeannie Smith, and Loren

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Habegger Project committeemen are Olin Moeschberger, Roger Schlickman, Dixie Smith, Terry Witte, and Doveanna Nussbaum. Planning the next meeting are Jim Hoffman, Evan Yoder, and Jim Brown. —A.C.H.S.— Fifteen boys at AC Will receive baseball letters this year. They will also be given a baseball emblem stating Adams county champs and Northern EIC champions 1958. Max Egley, Dave Isch, Alan Habegger, Fred Mann, Tom Heyerly, Bob Hart, Larry Foreman, Jim Brown, Sidney Schwartz, Jerry Hirschy, Claude Striker, Clayton Strickler, Jerry Rowden, Lloyd Knittie and Darrell Maitlin are the boys who will receive these baseball awards. —A.C.H.S.— Last week the members of the senior class met for a discussion and a vote on their favorite choice of graduation invitations. The invitation finally decide'd on by the class of ‘59 has a “Dutch fold” and room for name cards. Other tentative items the seniors may

think of purchasing are different styles of name cards, thank you notes, and a permanent invitation for their parents. —A.C.H.S.— Saturday, the marching band of Central will compete in the Berne fall festival parade along with approximately 11 other bands. The parade which starts at 1:30 p.m. lists prizes of $75, $55, $45, and $35. A few of the out-of-county bands participating are Petroleum, .Willshire, Bluffton, Bryant, and Wren. > — A.C.H.S.— Annual group pictures have started to be taken for the 195859 Cen-Trails. Pics scheduled for Wednesday were the national honor society, the first eight grades, Sunshine Society, and FFA. —A.C.H.S.— Get your Greyhound sweat shirt! ! ! Are you really a Greyhound booster? If so, prove it by buying a sweat from the Sunshine Society for $2.50. They are white with red lettering and a red Greyhound on the front. Orders must be in by Friday, October 17, and money is collected when the

shirts arrive. Don’t worry about size — they come in small, medium, large and extra large, too. Orders are being taken by Barbara Arnold, Phyllis Biberstein, Twila Arnold, Lana Mcßride, Rosalyn, Carolyn Yake, Marilyn Stucky and Joyce Haggard. —A.C.H.S.— Next Tuesday evening all the county schools, except Decatur and Berne, will assemble at Adams Central for the county music festival. Director for this massed band, chorus, and twirling concert will be Al Stodden from Fort Wayne Central high School. Admission will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for pupils. A new feature for this year wil linclude presenting this program to the public formally. —A.C.H.S.— A two-day vacation is coming up next week for Central and all of the other county schools. Teachers’ institute will provide for either resting or studying time for Thursday and Friday of next week. Better spend Y<wr time to a good advantage an<Pe»joy yourself! The

next vacation will not be until Thanksgiving. —A.C.H.S.— DECATUR CATHOLIC HIGH By Theresa Laurent

With eyes directed toward the American flag, the students of Decatur Catholic, along with other participants, watched eagerly as the beloved flag was hoisted to the place of honor j

on the flag pole. The playing and the singing of “America the Beautiful,” immediately followed by the presentation and blessing of the flag, opened the Columbus Day celebration here last afternoon. Proceeding a short talk by the senior class president, Kathleen Kohne, was the raising of the flag along with the Pledge of Allegiance. The Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Scimetz then spoke to the group, stressing the significance of Columbus Day; he was followed by representatives from the Holy

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Name society and the Knights of .Cplumbus, George Tricker and G. Remy Bierty. Closing the rites, the participants sang the "Stars Spangled Banner.” Al Lindahl coni ducted the program. D. C. H. S. This is "hold your endings” month; that is, for the chorus and choir groups. Sister M. Margarette, director of the choral groups, is setting aside month-long periods, during which her groups will stress certain points connected with better singing; this month’s goal being "hold your endings” month. Through constant reminders placed in the paths of her pupils, Sister has managed to put across, quite successfully, her plan for ■conquering various faults which the groups insist on hanging on to. Sister has noticed an improvement; have you? D. C. H. S. A few hardy juniors with little more than an hour’s time, turned the gymnasium irito a brightly colored dance room. Make-beli-eve autumn leaves hanging from the basketball nets, letters and leaves on the wall spelling "Junior