The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 February 1972 — Page 32

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BEAVER DAM HIGH SCHOOL, now part of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation. had several excellent teams, winning championships and striking terror in the hearts of their opponents. Shown here is the 1930-31 team, from the left: Orval Kern, Vernon Cumberland. Charles Kern. Chester Ballenger. Edison Tucker. Merl Shunk, Leo Bennett. Robert Heighway, Ronald Creakbaum. Carl Griffis. In front are the coach, Walter Kindy, and the principal. Byford Cox. Photo courtesy Robert Heighway

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TALMA, also part as the Tippecanoe Valley Scheel Corporation with part of its students going tn Mentone and part to Akron, also had a series of good teams. And did yon know that la the ’3Ss they were known as the Hickories? Shown here are members of the IM3-S4 Talma Tigers. Front row. from the left. Coach BUI Schroer, Harold Smith, Dennie Duxenhery, Jim Meredith. BUI Richardson. - Back row: Student manager Larry StavedahL Harold Meltaa, Dale Ladaea, Fred Kindig, Lyle Vandermark aad Student Manager leanir Woodcox. Photo coartuy Lyle Vandermark

Consolidations Change Tourney Pairings

The coming of school consolidation has changed tourney pairings throughout the state of Indiana. All of the schools participating in the Warsaw tourney are the results of consolidation, and the four schools featured in this section of this special edition — Akron, Mentone, Rochester and Triton — represent the merging of ten

schools. Etna Green, Bourbon and Tippecanoe have formed Triton. The Rochester Community School corporation is composed of Rochester and

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Richland Center schools. The Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation maintains two high schools, one at Akron and one at Mentone, but is also composed of Beaver

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BURKET HIGH SCHOOL is now part of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation. Some of the students from the area attend Mentone High School and others go to Akron. Members of the 1945-46 basketball team are: Front row. from the left. Bob Mattix, Brooke Doran. Second row: Hersbel Taylor, Gordon Hackworth, David Jamison, Byron Doran and Dick Parker. Back row: Bruce Brown, student manager, Seward Heckaman, Bob Tucker, Howard Shoemaker, Edson Sarber and coach Frank Sanders Jr. Picture courtesy Byron Doran

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RICHLAND CENTER had many outstanding basketbaU teams, including this IMS sectleaal championship team. The school has naw been consolidated Into Rochester Community School Corporation. Members of the IMS team are: Front row, left to right: David Kanouse, Gene Evans, George Halterman, Dick Alber, Wayne Alber. Backrow: Dea Burkett, Bob Goodman. Edgar DeWitt, Leßoy Smith and Floyd Palmer. Photo courtesy Edith Barker Harper

Dam, Burket and Talma schools. Because so many former schools are represented in this tourney, it seemed only appropriate that pictures of some of those teams be featured too, hence the old pictures from all ten schools.