Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1959 — Page 12

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School Reporter The vocal music departments at the seven Van Wert county schools held their vocal musie festival Tuesday, April 7, in the Convoy Union high school Gymnasium. The program was comprised of selections by individual choruses of the representative schools, and also a large all-county massed chorus composed of selected students from each school. It was compiled of about 230 voices. Willshire choir selected the numbers “Early One Morning” and “Holy, Holy, Holy.” Professor Louis H. Diercks, director of Ohio State University, was selected as guest director. — W. H. S. —. Reports of the every pupil tests have come back. Listed are the high-ranking students. Grade eleven English: Ist, Nita Hoblet; 2nd, JoAnn Webb: Plane geometry; Ist. David Leighner; 2nd. Gloria Agler; algebra 1, Ist, Bill Clouse, 2nd, Tom Gibbons; physics: Ist Ji m Cowan; 2nd, David Duff and Leslie Leighner I tie). _ W. H. S. - Listed are the perfect spellers In the third nine-weeks county test. Grade nine: Diane Kuhn. Becky . Dellinger. Deatra Riley and Alice Lautaenheiser Grade ten: Junior Miller, Phyllis * Steiier, Tom Clouse, Jane Byer, Gloria Agler and Deloris Frank. Grade eleven: George Buchanan and Shanin Hamrick. Grade twelve: Walt Maken, Rose Baumgartner, Jo Allmandinger, Judy Kuhn, Marlene Dietrich. Rose Byer and Jim Cowan. — W. H. S. - WREN HIGH \ By Jo Ann Lichtensteiyer

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Spring is here and going! The freshmen held a spring dance April 4. T h e seniors picked the material for caps for graduation, which isn’t too far away. And, of course, the baseball

team played the first game of the season Monday with Paulding. — W. H. S. — The Van Wert county music festival was held last Tuesday. Each of the county choruses presented two numbers, varied in nature. Wren’s mixed chorus sang “Mister of Human Destiny” and Spookie Boogie” very fetchingly done with coffins, ghosts and all. A select group out of each chorus sang in the mass chorus under the able direction of Mr. Dierks, choral directar at Ohio State University. Each song added to a delightful musical treat. — W. H. S. - Saturday will find some Wren Tnusicans biting their nails. Yes, April 11, is the date of the regional music contest. Those who received a superior rating at district contest and are eligible to compete are: Elaine Springer, soprano; Judy Darr, mezzo soprano; Ardith Yoh, clarinet; and the girls ensemble consisting of Elaine Springer, Carolyn Germann, Judy Darr. Anne Moser, Anne Bowen, Ardith Yoh and Jo Ann Lichtensteiger. — W. H. S. — ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH by Shirley Osterman

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Fish sandwich-i es, hot dogs, ice! cream, an d! homemade cakes | and pies are! just a few of the items on the' menu for the Music Loyalty

club's supper and auction Friday. Yes. for their first, money-making project the band boosters are going to sponsor this supper-auction at the Adams Central gym, April 10. The supper will begin at 8 p.m. and the auction at 7:30. Items for the auction will be donated by the public. Anything of use will be appreciated. —AC.HS.-~ Seventy-five men and women either have been, or will be, busy working on the fish fry Friday evening. The men of the Music Loyalty Hub will be frying the fish right at the school. Mrs. Rufus Sommer is the project chairman. She is

FREE Dance SAT. APRIL 11—9-1:00 Sponsored by J " Lakeshore Ballroom Celina, Ohio ' (formerly Edgewater Pavilion) Especially to introduce our new swinging band under the direction of LONNIE LEDGERS. Dancing Every Saturday Night.

assisted by Mrs. Orval Neuenschwander, Harold Moser, Mrs. Wilson Mann, and Mrs. John Mishler. —A.C.H.S.— A nice turn-out was seen at the Skating Rink last Monday, evening for the juniors’ spring skating party. Two bus loads, plus those who drove, made for an enjoyable evening of skating “ups and downs.” —A.C.H.S.— Central’s first track meet of the season saw Central capture first place last Friday from Hartford and Geneva. Team scores were AC, 634; Hartford, 47; and Geneva, 464- Central had five firsts including: high hurdles, Alan Habegger, 17.7 seconds; 100-yard dash, Tom Heyerly, 10.7 seconds; 440-yard dash. Bill Hoffman, 58 seconds; and pole vaulting. Max Egley, 10 feet 6 inches. Alan Habegger also received a first oh low hurdles, 22.5 seconds. - A.C.H.S.— Seconds in last Friday’s threeway track meet were recorded as: mile run, ‘Sidney Schwartz, 5:23 minutes; 440-yard dash, Loren Habegger. 59 seconds; 220-yard dash, Tom Heyerly, '24 seconds; and high jump. Bill Hoffman, 5’6”. Central’s relay teams also placed second. These boys were mile relayers: Ralph Parrish, Duane Arnold, Lloyd Knittie, and Loren Habegger; 4-mile relayers: Tom Heyerly, Bill Hoffman, Jack Wulliman, and Alan Habegger. Times on the mile and 4-mile relays were 4:13.2 and 1:46.9, respectively. —A.C.H.S.— Os interest to record-watchers might be the fact that Max Egley and Bill Hoffman tied two school records in the Geneva-Hartford-AC meet. Max’s 10’6” pole vault and Bill’s 5’6” high jump tied the current school records. —A.C.H.S.— Volleyball teams from Monmouth and Hartford won the girls’ and the boy’s county volleyball tourney, respectively, last Tuesday evening. The was played at the Monmouth gym and had seven schools participating. Centrrfl's girls team defeated their first foe, Pleasant Mills, but then went down in defeat to Decatur Catholic. Monmouth continued on to take the girls volleyball trophy. The boys' team played in the finals against Hartford, but lost two of the three games necessary to win. —A.C.H.S.— Those participating in Tuesday night's volleyball tourney were Bill Hoffman, Tom Heyerly, Larry Foreman, Dave Isch, Tony. Sharp, Max Egley, Fred Mann, Jerry Hirschy, Alan Habegger, and Bob Hart. Girls qualified to play were i Karen Nussbaum, Gyneth Schnepp, Carolyn Fake, Marian Zimmerman, Sandy Strickler, Linda Hirschy, Carol Hamilton, Helen Hirschy, Dixie Smith, Brenda Sommer, Judy Yoder, Marcia Zimmerman, Karen Brandt, and Shirley Osterman. —A.C.H.S.— DECATUR CATHOLIC HIGH by Theresa Laurent

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“Hurray for our teams!” While the D. C. H. S. boys and girls volley ball teams did not bring home any | titles, they can be proud of their excellent performances ini the volley ball I tournament held

high last Tuesday. After downing Hartford, the girls went on to conquer the Adams Central girls, but lost to the Monmouth “six” in the finals. The D.C.H.S. boys’ squad defeated Genea, only to ousted by Adams Central. You did well, kids, and D.C.H.S. is proud of you. —D.C.H.S.— On the 10th, the Commodore baseball squad will play its first game of this spring’s baseball season. Under the direction of Coach Al Lindahl, the team will meet with Bluffton. To be played at the local McMillan field, the contest will get under way at 4 o’clock. How about giving the boys the support they deserve.

For t(ie passer-by who is wondering what is “brewing” in front of the Monroe street entrance, the tree sftimps are being removed to be replaced with a cement slab. It's wondered how many eager artists will try their hand at cementery. —D.C.H.S.— Next week, grades one through eight will partake in the annual Stanford achievement tests. To determine on what grade level each student is working in all phases of his education is the purpose of the examination. In dividual scores of the nine devisions of the test will be available to the parents and students while each participating child will be issued an individual profile chart for his permanent school record. —D.C.H.S.— Before the week is ended, another D.C.H.S. group will have had an opportunity to test its intelligence, Sometime this week the sophomores will find out where they stand when they take IQ tests.

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Just where do the “Wise fools” stand? —D.C.H.S.— Footbtolt Prospects \ LORAIN, Ohio (UPD—High school football coaches may be missing a lot of gridiron talent by ignoring the coeds, says Ivan P. Lambert, a public school psyschiologist. Girls are in better physical condition to play football at the ages of 16 and 17 than boys, according to Lambert. Their muscles develop earlier and their joints are “smoother off” at the 16-year level, the psychologist explained. He didn’t advocate, however, that girls take up football. Thank Gl's for Griping PHILADEPHIA <UPI) — IVs nothing new when Gl’s complain about sore feet after a 20-mile hike but it is new when their gripes draw a sincere vote of thanks.

Two Doctors Claim Aspirin Dangerous By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor NEW YORK (UPI> — A longsmoldering medical controversy over aspirin has broken into open flame with a flat charge that this most heavily used of all medicines, manufactured and consumed by the ton, is “a dangerous drug.” It is dangerous “particularly for those in whom it causes indigestion and in those with peptic ulcer,” said Drs. A. Muir and Isabel A. Cossar in reporting that of 106 persons brought to their hospital with severe internal bleeding, 57 had just taken aspirin. Th- originated either in the stomach or upper intestine. But none had been healthy in those regions. Most had ulcers there and the remainder had a miscellany of potentially bleeding

disorders. The question was, had aspirin set off the Heeding? U.S. Heaviest User Drs. Muir and Cossar suggested it had in most of the 57 after questioning a like number of hospital patients in whom there was no internal bleeding. Only 12 per cent had taken aspirin within 48 hours. By bringing in older statistics, they suggested that one gastri hemorrhage in every eight is caUsed by aspirin. They are English and make their charge in the technical journal. The Lancet. In. Britain, an. aspirin controversy has been building for several’.years, with a small group pointing with alarm and others coming to aspirin’s defense. But up to now there had been no flat, sweeping indictment of the favorite pill of the man in the street. In the United States, the world’s heaviest user of aspirin, there has been hardly a medical peep. This lack oi interest is based on so mirfh ox the stuff being used with so little “side effect.” A recent

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whisky.** “Before frightening the public into giving up .their favorite home remedy for occasional familiar pains, should we not warn them that their taste for condiments is probably quite as dangerous? he asked. “Or can we be reassuring on the present findings, provided, as always, that they practice moderation?” Social Club for Indians LOS ANGELES (UPD-There is an active social club in Southern California dedicated to keeping big-city Indians from getting lonely for their reservations and tribes* The Drum and Feathers Club holds a monthly Pow-Wow which features different tribal ritual dances, singing and lots of talk. Its membership varies from 25 to 50 Indians. The club was founded three years'ago by Victor Roebuck, an electrician. Many of its members, such as Foster Hood, appear often in film and TV productions.