Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1961 — Page 2

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The School Reporter

DECATUB IBCW By Karen Dmmeman

The Yellow j Jackets ended! their regular I season Friday! night with al victory over the I Winchester Fal-j cons by a score! of 64 - 51. This! gave the Jack**

ets an overall record of 10-10. The team has the school’* congratulations for the fine spirit shown. —D.H.S— John Cowan, senior center, received the rebounding award and Tom Grabill, senior guard, received the most assists and breakup” plays award for Friday night's game. Congratulations, boys! —D.H.S— Early Saturday morning, February 18, the double trio made a trip to Butler University at Indianapolis. They received a rating <rf excellent. Members of the double trio are: Peggy Hill, Janet Miller, Joyce Helm, Suzie Mayclin, Barbara Harden and Kathy Shoaf. Karen Grice also won an excellent rating for a piano solo and saxophone solo. Congratulations, girls! —D.H.S— Last week William Small, personnel director of Central Soya, Decatur, gave a talk to the student body about obtaining positions; what the educational background should be and what an employer, as a rule, expects from his employees. —D.H.S— After the game last Friday night, the freshmen sponsored a dance called "T” Thanks freshmen, for a nice dance. —D.H.S— An extra “special” issue of the Jacket Journal was distributed Wednesday afternoon to the student body. Thanks go to Judy Brodbeck and John Patterson for a good issue. —D.H.S— Monday night, Mrs. Worthman started the girls’ intramural volleyball games. Captains were chosen and later this week the teams will be selected. —D.H.S— Tuesday night D. H. S. had a pep rally. Talks were given by the coaches and team members. Excitement ran high for the game Wednesday night, as we are all hoping for a victory. A sock hop was held in the gym after the pep rally. —D.H.S— Monday afternoon George Laurent, supervisor of employe relations of General Electric, Decatur, gave a talk on “What Does General Electric expect of its applicants?” to the student body. —D.H.S— The art club is responsible for the decorations which are now being displayed in the halls. They are very colorful and are enjoyed by all. Thanks, art club. —D.H.S— The students of D.H.S. wish to thank L. E. Anspaugh for the purple and gold megaphones that he gave to the cheering block. —D.H.S— The halls of D.H.S. have that ring of a sectional chant of “Go you Jackets, win those games!” Students! Get behind your team and cheer them on to a sectional victory! —D.H.S— _ _ HOAGLAND HIGH By Beverly Scherer

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Hoaglana is I now the scene' of great antici-! pation and excitement. Mrs. Woolsey and the cheerleaders are exerting great effort to demonstrate a well or-

ganized and enthusiastic pep block. Hoagland met Chester Center at the Bluffton gym Wednesday night to touch off the start of the Sectional tourney. The team spent Monday morning practicing at the Bluffton gym, preparing for the tourney. We all wish them good luck, 1 — H.H.S.— The Wildcats and their fans journeyed to Lancaster Central Friday night to meet the Lancaster of Wells Bobcats in a stirring game. Hoagland was defeated by the score of 65-61. This placed Hoagland with an overall record of 13 losses and 7 wins. —H.H.S.— The senior basketball players and the student managers received their Wildcat jackets Friday as a token of the good work they did this year. Those who received them were Don Neireiter, Jack Groog, Lon Rebber, Jim Schuller, and Eldon Bergdall. —H.H.S.— Also, Friday, the seniors, looking forward to their coming graduation, received their invitations and name cards. They have been ordered for about a month. —H.H.S.— The Indiana state NISBOVA contest was held Saturday at Butler University in Indianapqlis. Only those who received superior ratings in the district contests held twp weeks ago were allowed to attend. - JoAnn Jones, Deanna Reynolds, Judy Bergdall, Mr. Marr, and Mrs. Jones attended. They started at 6:45 that morning. “Bonita” was the selection that JoAnn and Deanna played in a flute duet, with Judy accompanying on the piano, used for gain-

ing their superior rating. JoAnn also received an excellent with her playing of “Witch's Dance.” Congratulations go to them for representing Hoagland in a very fine way. —H.H.S—MONMOUTH HIGH By Janie Cook

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The mighty* Eagles wound up] their best season] in years with a] bang Friday] night. They de-| seated the Mont-] pelter Pacers,] 62-61, in a nerve-1 wracking over-! time. Thia?

gives the Eagles a record of 11 wins and 9 losses, and a .580 percentage. Our boys have played fine ball and the fans have shown excellent spirit and sportsmanship; next year the Egales should be even more succesful. —M.H.B— ' The Eagle team will meet the Hartford Gorillas at ? P-m. the Adams Central gym Thursday. We’re all behind you, boys—let’s give the Gorillas the same treatment we gave them earlier In the season! —M.H.S— The Booster club has been busy preparing for the sectional. All members will wear black sweaters and black skirts or slacks, with a gold chrysanthemum on the left shoulder. Many thanks to the cheerleaders and to Mr. and Mrs. Don Elder for all the extra time and effort they’ve spent in making the Booster club a real success. —M.H.S— Tuesday night the high school gathered for a rip-roarin’ bonfire pep rally. After a rousing pep session around the fire, the students were served delicious refreshments in the cafeteria. There was also a record hop in the gym. This was the first bonfire MHS has seen for a long time; we all hope it will become a traditional sectional custom. —M.H.S— The NISBOVA district winners distinguished themselves again at the state contests at Butler University last Saturday. Winnie Rafert and Roger Spencer received a superior rating with a vocal duet; Margaret Cook won a superior rating on her clarinet solo; and Jeanie Cook received a superior rating with a flute solo. Terry Marker, Jack Miller, and Melvin Fast were awarded an excellent rating on their trumpet trio number; Elaine Weidler and Eileen Keuneke received an excellent rating with a flute duet. Congratulations on a fine job, kids. —M.H.S—PLEASANT MILLS HIGH By Pat Johnson

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Saturday, nine, students from! Pleasant Mills I went to the state’ NISBOVA conr; test and eight returned receiving superior medals. The ’ girls’ sextet mmnosed of Sue

composed ui oue II I, ■I. .!■ nil in McCullough, Pat Johnson, Beverly ! Myers, Virginia Wolfe, Kathy * Brunstrup and Sharalyn Bollenbacher received superior ratings with their vocal work on the song, “I Believe.” Congratulations! —P.M.H.S— The two solos receiving superior ratings were Ron Mefferd’s “1 Love Life,” and Gale Riley’s piano solo, “The Little Negro.” —P.M.H.S— The senior class recently received their name cards and are busy exchanging them with classmates. —P.M.H.S— The Pleasant Mills Spartans won their first game of the season, defeating the Topeka Bears. The cheering bloc was at its best. As the spirit of the crowd cheering 1 lifted the team, they took heart and lifted themselves to victory. Nice work everyone! -P.M.H.S— Ron Daniels was the high point man for the 1960-1961 basketball season for the Spartans. Nice going, Ron. _ —PMHS— Dave Currie came out on top with the honor of having the highest percentage of free throws

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made. Good work, Dave. —P .M.H.S— The second team won tis eighth game last Saturday evening and I the junior high team won, also. 1 Keep up the victories next year! ] -P.M.H.B- < i ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH | By Barbara Tinkham

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The Grey-4 hounds gave ths|l tough Bluffton I Tigers a real battle Fri d ay night before going down to defeat, 79 - 66.1 Bluffton held only * one-point edge, 17-16, at

the first quarter but increased its lead to 38-31 at the half. Claude Striker lead the Greyhounds with 19 points, tallowed by Lloyd Knittie with 13 points. —A.C.H.S— Debbie Echelbarger, a student jn Mrs. Griffith's first grade, underwent surgery recently, but she is reported to be getting along fine now. —A.C.H4J— Saturday, February 18, the girl’s ensemble, Rosalyn Mishler, and Donna Shoaf traveled to Butler University in Indianapolis, to to participate in the state music contest. These were the results of the contest: Donna Shoaf, superior; Rosalyn Mishler, excellent; and the girl’s ensemble, excellent. —A.C.H.S— This -is the fifth consecutive year the Adams Central Greyhound Gazette Staff has published a sectional issue. Since 1957 the Gazette staff has put forth extra effort in order to provide you with statistics, information, and past and present facts about the sectional. Because this issue will contain pictures, a charge of 10 cents will be made. Be sure not to miss this issue! —A.C.H.S— Central drew the Geneva Cardinals in the upper bracket of the sectional and they played in the second game Wednesday night. Good luck, team! —A.C.H.S—---“Go! Fight! Win!” is the cry that can be heard coming from the Pep club from the time of the first ball game in November to the last gun shot of the sectional. For the sectional the Pep club will wear their red and white outfits with their vests, which were new this year. The organization purchased a ribbon for them to wear during the sectional, and they will also have red and white shakers. There are approximately 150 members in the Pep club. —A.C.H.S— Once again it’s sectional time. Since Central is the host school again, we would like to welcome all schools. Central has been host for the past six years and Herman Frantz has been sectional manager for the past four years. Even though Frantz has a tough job. he should be commended on a job well done. —A.C.H.S— Central would like to extend good luck to all the teams participating in the sectional. Good luck, teams and may the best team win! —A.C.H.S— Midwest Democratic Conference In April MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. (UPD— Governor Matthew Welsh and Democratic senators and congressmen from Indiana and 13 other midwest states have been invited to the annual 14-state Midwest Democratic Conference here April 7-9. Theme for this year’s conference will be “the midwest stake on goals for ‘America’,” Ray Hemenway, DFL national committeeman from Minnesota announced Wednesday. Gov. Welsh, Amberg To Speak To Press INDIAN APOUS (UPD — The Hoosier State Press Association announced today that Governor Welsh and newspaper publisher Richard H. Amberg of St. Louis will be the chief speakers at its annual convention April 14-15. Welsh will speak at a noon luncheon Friday and Amberg, publisher of the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat, at a luncheon Saturday.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1961

DECATUR CATHOLIC HIGH By Michael Foret

Susan KellerH and Mary Ellen! Walters went tel Indianapolis in! order to serve! as pages in the! Indiana senate! last Monday. U| was an informa-B Uve as well asj an exciting trip®

for the both of them. —D.C.H.S.— Tonight the mighty DCHS Commodores will meet th e ?e™®:?®* r , s in our first game of toe sectional. Let us have all the fans out and cheer the team on to victory. —D.C.H.S— The patrol mothers had an important meeting at DCHS Wednesday where the ideas for behavior and conduct at noontime and after school .were discussed. Three new R’s were considered extremely important. They are not the three R’s you may be thinking of; “Readin’, Ritin’, and Rithmetic. The new three R’s under discussion were respect, responsibility, and reverence. It might help with one’s grades if one paid some attention to the new three R’s. - D.C.H.S— The scholastic aptitude test results are back for the seniors. Hope they were good, seniors. —D.C.H.S— There is a slight buzzing around school about the possibility of another play this year. Rumor has it that it will be even bigger and better than last year. —D.C.H.S.— Colder Weather Is Forecast In State By United Press International “Much colder" weather faced Hoosiers today with the prospect of snow flurries replacing showers and balmy temperatures in the north portion of the state. Forecasts called for high readings today ranging from the 50s to 64, with the chillier trend developing tonight and sending the mercury to a range from the 20s to the 30s except in the far south. While readings around 50 will prevail in the southwest Friday, the highs will generally range from 35 to 42. Rain, fog and drizzle produced a smattering of precipitation all around the state Wednesday. More was expected today and tonight—and possibly in the extreme south again Saturday. Highs Wednesday ranged from 51 at Fort Wayne to 65 at Evansville, and overnight lows were in toe 40s. -2:. Precipitation totals for the 2 hours ending at 7 a.m. today included .20 of an inch at Fort Wayne, ?17 at Indianapolis. .11 at Evansville, .08 at South Bend, and .04 at Lafayette.

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