Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1960 — Page 2

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The School Reporter

WAMM CENTBAL HK.H By M**dy ****** *ad Umno g*Bß**i**ro “IVen*g<* prob ten'*" *•• the pfObtem (BacuawM by Owtrala Btbte dub *t U*‘ r u *‘ January IL Patwl members were Dave Haggard. J anta Yodef. Judy' Toder. Nroey Btrory. Karen Rich. And Alike* Wultiman. —A C H S — Extr*' Extra! Hey. d o ** * forget to buv ywr ad* for the *ccti<»n*l Aawa at the Greyhound Oarette yter ada aell from 15 cents to S 3 Spicer. —A.C.H 8 — I , Central trounced the Hartford Gorilla*. SS-4S Friday night The tin was the 10th victory for the Brood* in 14 games. The re--won 4140. Good work, minds! -ACHE- • | ■Whew' One down and one to go," exclaimed Central s students gs the first semester of the 1*5040 School year game to a close. —A.C.H.B.— ! Monday. January 15. started the boys’ intramural basketball tourdey. The Sparkplugs were Mon-' day's winners; the Bombers. Tuesday's winner The results of the tpurney will be listed in next ♦eek's column and may the best team win! £» jj g : “Goth! What will Mom and Dad Ay?" wondered worried students tthey paced the hall this week you can guess. Central wtll ( receive their third six weeks report cards Friday. —A.C.H.S.— 1 Dwight Moser and Junior Lantz Will accompany Mr Watson, ff.F.Au sponsor, to the F.F.A. sectional meeting at Walnut Grove, January 17. —A.C.H.S.— • A.C.'s freshman team was defeated 57-17 by Lancaster Thursday night January 11. Better luck rtext time! —A.C.H.S.— ; The Greyhounds came through dgain Tuesday night by defeating tje Union Center Badgers 54-43. This is the 11th victory for the Greyhounds. ’ —A.C.H.S.—

DECATUR CATHOLIC . By Pat Kinta and Bonnie Hake

? Silence and concentration on spiritual matters are the order cf the school day at D.C.H.S. these days as Father Joseph Lima, C.P.P.S., conducts the annual retfeat for the students. —D.C.H.S.— This is the week that semester

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L report cards ar* tetel i»«*d The »tudvnt» her* at DC HB. will not i mh> their report card* until they arrive at their home* through the ' mall t * —DCH.B — I ■ Amelia Zamora, a senior at DCHB. ha* applied for admia«km at Fort Wayne Commercial i College and ha* been accepted Amelia wiU begin training aa a junior accountant early in June. I -DCHBThe February issue of the HiI Ught will be In the making Just I a* anon as the January issues are I sent out. Much “end-of-the-aemes-I ter" reports will be in the Issue • of the Hi-l-ight. J —D.C.H.S.— . On Friday night the Commodores I will meet Berne, county champ*, in a home game. Go Commodores. | Go! , —D.C.H.S — i Last Saturday night the ComI modores second team lost to Bishop I«uers by a score of 70-47 The game was played at Bishop • Luers. . -D.C.HB.I Have you any old religious Christmas card* or other greeting cards? Pat Kintz, chairman of the mission committee of Our Lady’s ; sodality, or any member of her | committee will be happy to accept I them for Father Ambrose Lengerich's mission in South America. Grade school mission groups are , also collecting used stamps of all kinds.

—D.CHS.— The civics and American history students will be writing essays this quarter on topics related to these courses. Although the essays are not due until April, the assignment is such that the work must be begun soon. —D.C.H.S.— Every year the Knights of Columbus sponsor a national oratorical contest for high school boys. The participants must prepare and deliver a speech entitled. “One Nation Under God." Don Baker. Sev Schurger. Jerry Gillig. Jim Heimann, and Mike Ehler are entering the contest this year. —D.C.H.S — Final entries for the typing contest must be finished this week. The contest requires a five minute copy with no errors. This is a test of accuracy. - D.C.H.S.— A class is being organized for some of the seniors who want to review their math. This course consists of a modified review of the principles of algebra, geometry. and trigonometry. The course is designed to help those who plan to enter college in the fall but who

tall that they 00ed • thorough review U math. -dc mA fi.h frv will be I*w Feb » in the Drvatur Catholic achool auditorium, it will begin pm and rod at • 50 P m TWr* I will be band concert* at 0 » a®d' I?.30 pm Adult ticket* ar* «M j dollar and chlidrro 71 *rota. Tb* 1 public la Invited Tkto eroßl la being »ponaored by tb* band «*»» i ben and their parrot* Tkd pro- ! cceda will g« to lb* band fund -DCHBDE4 ATUI HIGH By Jan Aamana Your second irmwtM school reI porter, on tvhalt of tb* student bodv of DH 8 . would lika to compliment Alic* Allwela on tb* fine y»b of representing the school. Job well done. Alic*! -DH.BThe *nd of the. first semester l ended with the distribution at report cards. Sixty-six D.H.B. students made the honor roll this final six-week* Nlca going! Keep I up the good work! -DHBThe Yellow Jackets were defeated by the Kendallville Komets last Friday. Everyone would like to welcome Jim Gay back on the i varsity. Go Jackets. Go! —D H 9 — This Friday the Jacket* will travel to Angola. Saturday evening the Jacket* will be hosts to I the Huntington Vikings. Good luck team! The cheering bloc to behind I you all the way! —D.H.B.— The B-team tourney was SaturI day. North Side came out "on 1 top.” The Jackets were unable to' match the foe’s forces and surrendered to the Concordia Cadets 4031. The Jackets did come through in the consolation game defeating , Elmhurst. 52-37 Nice going fellas! | —D.H.B.— Thursday evening the boy's sec-| tion of the Rotary speech contest ; was held, with Terry Strom repre- ! senting D.H.S. The student body of D.H.S. would like to complimgab Terry on the fine representation I he gave. —D.H.S — The student body is being urged to bring 01 to school between February 1-12 for the Lincoln foundation. The principal object of the Lincoln foundation is to build a memorial to Abraham Lincoln, I at Lincoln City. Spencer county, ' Indiana. Everyone start saving to help make D.H.S. have a successful drive for this worthy cause. —D.H.S — Attention all D.H.S. students! Year book subscriptions are now being sold in the office. Buy your i subscription now! All sorts of new and different features will be add- ( ed to this one, being the 50th year book. —D.H.S.—

HOAGLAND HIGH By Lorine Bultemeier 2? th< Hoag-®; , Wlllh'.itfeated the in the fourth of the A I 1 e county basketball t o u r n a m ent. W That was the third time the Cats overpowered the Cubs this basketball season. Hoagland won by 14 points. —H.H.S.— During the Hoagland-Monroeville game of the tournament. Jack Braun, one of the mighty Wildcats, was injured. He received a cut in his right eye and needed four stitches. His eye is still bandaged. —H.H.S.— When Hoagland and Leo met in the semi-finals. Leo outscored the Wildcats by a margin of six points. Stan Behrman, a powerful forward, injured his ankle during the game. —H.H.S.— Monday, January 25, started a new semester at Hoagland. Everyone is determined to do better this semester. ~ ~H.H S.Betty Bowers, a junior at H.H.S., is a patient at the Decattir hospit-

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•L Wa all hope dm ■uh* 8 *pa*dy recovery W* ar* happy to tear* that Mr* I*»w«a. th* Wife of our »< huol principal. ha* broß ralrorod ft**" th* Parkview hmpital after a aucaaaa ful *urg*ry Wa all hop* aba ha* a cumplate recovery at horn*. Thi* coming Friday night Hoag land ha* a gama. which will probably be the biggeat chalteng* of the »ca»on Wa play the New Haven Bulldog*, who are the 1000 Allen county champ* Os course. It would be a great thrill to defeat them —H H - We are proud to announce that two of our powerful Cat* were yetocted a* member* of the alltourney tram Thoae choaen are Jack Braun aa a forward and Bob Saalfrank a* a guard. Don Rcisgle* won an honorable mention. -H.HS.-

MONMOUTH HIGH By Fat Kroaeheberg second »e- ■ ,: “ l u ' ,h wßSSggf I"!'-' '■"> "■ ■ k 1 ' 1 :i ' 1 ■' : k ■' ■WlllßlSl' *■ reporting th *■ news of Monmouth high. Let us hope that her successor. P*t Krueckeberg. c*n fill the mighty •big shoes" which Margaret fags bequeathed.

-MH.B“They’re finally over." Yes, the last of the semester tests were given Friday. To some, the finals may have spelled "doom.” The . report cards were distributed Tuesday. Congratulations to those persons’ making the honor rolL - M.H.S.— The Monmouth “five" was defeated by the Berne team last Fri- ■ dav night It is the hope of the entire M.H.S. student body that this will be the last loss of the season. The second team was also defeated Friday night. —M.H.S.— Class meetings were held the first period Monday’morning. The seniors were busy with graduation arrangements, choosing a baccalaureate speaker as well as program covers for their activities. —M.H.S.— The freshmen decided to have a car wash as their money-raising scheme, while a roller-skating | party will be the project for the sophomore class. -M.H.S--The annual magazine sales campaign was the number one item of for the juriiors. Thishas always proved to be a “rfioneymaker” for the long anticipated senior trip. Juniors are very interested in renewing subscriptions of former customers as well as finding many new subscribers. By contacting the school office or any junior—you can get speedy and reliable service. . —M.H.S.— The students in speech class are giving their constitution orations this week. Many hours of preparation have gone into these speeches, and the results have been good. One has missed something if he hasn’t had the thrill of addressing a group for 10 long minutes. —M.H.S.— A new course, economics, is being offered this year to seniors. This subject should be very interesting because it deals with money —how it is earned, and distributed. There are approximately 40 pupils enrolled in this class. —M.H.S.— Monmouth will meet Lancaster in a home ball game tomorrow night. We hope to see a large turnout at the game, “Claw ‘em Eagles." • ' --■ -- —M.H.S.— Following the Monmouth-Lancas-ter game, the student council is sponsoring a dance. Admission price is 25 cents, and tickets may be purchased at the door. . —M.H.S.— ’ A number of vocal and piano students will be participating in the N.1.5.8.0.V.A. contest to be

*l4 •< 0«.u.l Mfk to] ; Fort Weyw Baturtev, W« wUh tbro> th* b*rt «t Mck fLRARANT MUX* HIGH By J*4y Rb**f t Last '’ ’ ’ " ' '• mMf l>.. t II «• „r»t 11 nx- ««••*■ wm;' .mt for - I’MHH - WL The .nrtrnt Ixidv and faculty wiUmn a hearty welcome to Mre Roy Price, who la the naw study hall teacher Now the kid. «- hurtling down to study. —P MII.S . — New machine* have been tnrtancd tn the grade, and high school. Thev consist of paper, pencils, I pens, etc Kids, let’s put these i machines to good use. —rMHs— The junior high basketball team lost to Monmouth last Thursday ; after school. The boys played a swell game and will earn a victory ' if they keep up the good work. —P.M.H.B.— This Friday night the Spartans will seek revenge from Willshire, Ohio, when they play the Bearcats. Go get those Bearcats and bring back a victory. Good luck, team! -PM.H.S — This Thursday noon, the Bible club will meet. The Rev. Boyd of Winona Lake will be guest speaker. He is holding services at the Mennonite church in Berne. Mel Johnson, song leader, will be leading singing and will furnish special music. Janet Rupp will give a vocal solo. The students are to bring questions they would like answered on various subjects. -PM.H.S — | Various singing groups will travel to Fort Wayne Central high school Saturday and plan to partake in the N.1.5.8.0.V.A. contest. The groups are as follows: girls ensemble; double sextet; the mixed quartet—Sharon Bebout, Carolyn Luginbill. Sherman Archer, and Larry Jackson; the girls quartet—Carolyn Luginbill. Sharon Bebout. Kathy Shoaf, and Janet Rupp; the girls trio—Susie McCullough. Beverly Myers, and Sharalyn Bollenbacher; the junior high chorus—Miriam McAhren, Jane Girod,, Judy Hakes. Judy Myers. Kate; Hindenlang, Ronnie Mefferd. Kenneth Wagner. Roger Rupp, Rex | Funk. Gary Clouse, Ed Sprunger, and Jerry Kelley. The piano solos, ' are as follows: Carolyn Luginbill, I Gale Riley, and Judy Hakes. The vocal solos are Janet Rupp, Kathy Shoaf, and Ronnie Mefferd. bring back top ratings. Good luck, kids! t —PM.H.S.—

Plan Clinic Here On Bible Schools The Associated Churches of Decatur are sponsoring an administrative clinic for pastors and directors of daily vacation Bible schools. The clinic will be held at the Decatur Baptist church, Fourth and Adams streets, Friday. February 5, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Lyle Harvey of Indianapolis will serve as instructor for the clinic. Dr. Harvey is director of religious education for the association of Christian churches (Discinles of Christ) in Indiana. He will, come to Decatur representing the Indiana council of churches. Dr. Harvey is wellqualified in the field of Christian education and will provide excellent instruction for the clinic. Among the topics to be discussed are the following: the vacation church school committee and its work; discovering and training workers; the finances of the school; organizing the daily program; and, texts and missionary projects. The Associated Churches of Decatur are inviting vacation church school directors and pastors of Decatur and Adams county, and the surrounding, area to participate in this clinic. This will be the only session on DVBS administration given by the Indiana council of churches in the area this year. A nominal fee of $1 will be charged for each church represented at this clinic.

When is GOD S WILL to be done on earth What is God’s will for man and the earth? Will this generation see it done? Public Address By A. A. Catanzaro Representative of Watchtower Society SUNDAY, JANUARY 31 3 F.M. National Guard Armory Pork Av®. 4 Jefferson St. Hartford City, Ind. Yon Are Invited to Attend. All Welcome Ko Collection

Gold Bar Presented County Rural Youth A gold awerd her was prraeatrd tu Uw Adaitw cuualv rural youth ' club Thursday at state rural youth , day held at Purdue University. jOnc of only »l> roustto in th< 'state to reerive thia top award | the prrM-ntatlon was made by i Meredith Bswicher. I9MI state rural youth prciddrnt. and Carl Elchc. Prairie Farmer-WLS sponsors of the award, to lx-gora Markle, county president during the past year. The gold bar will be attached to the plaque hanging In the eatonsion office and wa» awarded to the club for its outstanding program in 1959 The Ad ams county club has received an i award for the past ten years, six of which have been gold, two silver, and two bronze. I Approximately 4<>o rural youthers from over the state were welI corned to Purdue University by director L. E Hoffman in the opening morning session of the state I day program. The highlight of the morning program was the I. F. Y. E. spectacular which included international farm youth exchange students from Indiana who have visited in lands abroad, and also several Greek students studying at Purdue. Kelso Wessel, former I. F Y. E.. directed the spectacular With the recently returned IFYE's telling and showing slides of their experiences abroad. Entertaining during the morning and afternoon sessions was Ella Jenkins, from Chicago George Doup. president of the Indiana Farm Bureau and first | president of Indiana rural youth, was the featured speaker during i the afternoon session. Doup spoke of rural youth experiences and [rural living. Group discussions were also held 'during the afternoon session in ■ which the members discussed varj ious ways of public relations and gained many ideas of how to help their local clubs. The evening banquet program was highlighted by the appearance of Birch Bayh. who was speaker of the house of representatives -at the last session of the state legislature. Bayh is a former rural youth member and urged rural youthers to think seriously about citizenship and what it means to all. He also spoke briefly of the work of the state legislature and discussed the school reorganization act. The friendship party and dance was held in the ballrooms immediately following the banquet. Adams county members attending the day’s program were: Legora Markle, Carolyn Moore, Ted Kipfer Sally MsCuUough, Gloria Koeneman, Clair Inniger. Manrey Sponhauer, and Leo N. Seltenright, extension advisor.

Trailer Is Involved In Two Accidents A truck trailer was involved in two separate accidents, four hours apart, in the same spot Thursday Evening in a freak situation according to deputy sheriff Charles Arnold. The heavy and dense fog was instrumental in the mishaps. One driver was slightly injured. A truck-trailer driven by George Harrison, 60, of Losantville, failed to negotiate the curve just south of the city limits on U. S. 33 at 8:10 p.m. Thursday. Harrison picked up another trailer in Fort Wayne and continued on his way, leaving the empty trailer at the scene of the accident, some 12 feet off the highway. At midnight, a car driven by Gerald David McCullough, 28, of route 6, Decatur, followed the exact path of the truck driver in leaving the highway, striking the dormant trailer. Damages amounted to S6OO to the car and trailer. No damage had been done to the trailer in the first mishap. Police report that if McCullough’s car had been 2 feet over to the right, it would have gone under the trailer. McCullough was treated for a slightly injured nose, which required several stitches to close the wound and was kept last night for observation. He complained of a chest injury. He was released from the Adams county memorial hospital this morning. Damages to the Harrison truck in the -fist mishap amounted to •;?00. It was reported that Harri<on and. the truck were involved in a third mishap in Mercer county early this morning, again with fog being instrumental in the misstate Trooper Dan Kwasneskiassisted deputy Arnold with the midnight investigation.

r-Less Breakage Put the new glassware into a pan of cold water and heat gradually until the water has reached the boiling point. Then remove from the stove and allow the glass to cool in the water. This treatment will decrease greatly the chances of breakage. Revived Vegetables Vegetables that are a little old can be made more tender if a small amount of baking soda is added to the water used for boiling.

THF CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD hour quartet. P! clur *' d t s s‘- ~ weeklj rad?o program, is produced by the Church of God and tr “J n a7e“ U S al K V a rdaUkc. first tenor; Phil Fair, second tenor;- Stan Kirkpatrick, baritone,* Randall Childers, bass, and Don Mitten, pianist.

State Detective Is Appointed Sheriff LOGANSPORT. Ind. <UPI» — Indiana State Police Det. Sgt. Bernard Leavitt. 48. *' as appointed sheriff of Cass County today by county commissioners to fill a vacancy created by the death last week of Sheriff Lonnie Hall. Hall was a Republican. Leavitt is a Democrat with 23 years service on the state force, mostly with the West Lafayette post.

CE Week Services Will Open Monday Christian Endeavor week services will be held in the United Brethren in Christ churches on the Wren circuit next week, beginning Monday, with services each evening at 7:45 o’clock through Saturday, Feb. 6. r* Services Monday and Tuesday will be held at the Liberty church, six miles east of Wren. Monday will feature a singspiration, led bv Mrs. Donald Turner of Van Wert 0., with her husband as pianist. The Rev? Dale Riggs, pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church of Van Wert, will speak on “Thou Art. Thou Shalt Be,” at the Tuesday service. “ Services Wednesday and Thursday will be in the Greenbrier church. % mile south of Glenmoe. O. The Wednesday service will feature the Gospel Crusaders from Berne, and David Rhoades of Convoy, 0.. will present pictures of the Youth for Christ conventions in Mexico and Washington, D.C. Thursday evening. The Friday and Saturday services will be Field at the Wren chufch. Miss Barbara Gilliland, graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, and Bible teacher in public schools of Van Wert and Paulding counties, will speak Friday evening; and the Limberlost Lads, quartet from Pleasant Mills, will sing at the closing service Saturday.

- PREVENT CRIPPLING DISEASES JO Mgbj \ i|bX ' ; wMEwBojCSIvsHEd w WgS'w 'IH 1 ' The Mothers March Tonight! Between 6 00 and 7:00 o'clock TURN ON YpUR PORCH LIGHTS! GIVE GENEROUSLY! Adorns County Chapter Notional Foundcftion

FRIDAY. JANUARY ». UW

Lois Jean Gerke Is * Scholarship Winner Miss Lois Jean Gerke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gerke, route 5. and a senior at Decatur high school. Is this year's winner of the Decatur zone Lutheran laymen’s league scholarship to Valparaiso University, according to an announcement made today by Rudy Meyer, zone scholarship chairman. Miss Gerke will major in elementary education. Active in 4-H club activities, she won an Indiana 4-H trip to Washington and I New York. She was also honor girl at the Indiana state fair. She attended an eight-week biologycourse at the science institute at Purdue University sponsored by the national science foundation. j She serves as a Sunday sahool taecher at St. Petdr’s Lutheran church, where * s a ' so secretary of the local Walther league. She is also secretary-treasurer of the inter-river zone of the Walther league. Valparaiso University authorities reported a record number of participants in this year’s examinations, with 3531 competitors, indicating an interest in die various national, district, or zone awards throughout the country. Students in this area.are eliigble to win any one of three scholarships. The test itself is administered by educational testing services of Princeton. N. J , and this independent organization ceritifes its results to Valparaiso and the ' league. The exams are designed [ to indicate native abilities and apI titudes to handle college work I rather than measure past grades i in high school. I Money to provide the scholarship is contributed by individuals from each of the 10 Lutheran congregations in the Decatur area.