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The members of the Jasper Volunteer Fire Department are completing their plans for the annual Firefighters Ball, which will be held at the Country Music Festival on the eve of Thanksgiving, November 21. Boyd Bennett and his famous radio and television orchestra will provide music for the dance. Fire Chief Roman Foss announced that there will be multiple attendance and door-to-door prizes. Attendance prizes will include an AM-FM radio, a universal automatic coffee machine, a deep fryer and an automatic toaster. Three well-dressed turkeys will be presented as door prizes.
Henry Huff, the head of Ferdinand State Forest, announced this morning that he will close the forest to the public due to the high fire risk currently prevailing in southern Indiana. He said that the forest will remain closed until the danger passes. He and Clyde Andry of Birdseye, the district fire chief, reported this morning that the fire risk in the area is the highest in four years. Although there have been no reports of forest fires or bush fires in Dubois County so far, a series of forest fires broke out on private lands in four southern Indiana counties on Sunday and Monday, which were attributed to the fact that hunters did not Smoking carefully.
Jasper Wildcats, coached by coach Nip Wuchner, defeated French Lick Red Devils 59-44 at the JHS goal last night, kicking off the heir's 1956-57 basketball campaign with a sweet note. Jim Eckerle of the Wildcats leads the two teams in scoring with 20 points. At the same time, coach Howard Sharp's Huntingburg Happy Hunters defeated Cliff Murray's Petersburg Indians with a score of 39-38, thus kicking off their 1956-57 basketball season. Denny Stetter led the Hunters with 11 points.
Members of the Jasper City Council held a regular meeting at the City Hall on Wednesday night. City Councillor Godfrey Lampert presided over the meeting in the absence of Mayor Ed J. Lorey, who was unable to attend due to illness. Two Girl Scout leaders, Miss Sarah Knies and Janice Schmitt, appeared before the Parliament and demanded that street lights be installed near the swimming pool building in the Armory Park. They said that the recreation room in the basement of the building was used to hold Girl Scout meetings, and the parents were unwilling to let their daughters fumble to go to the building. The city council stated that they were in favor of lighting some lights.
Spurgeon Cardinals defeated the Irish team 54-50 last night and scored their first goal difference in four games. Hunter and Williams each scored 17 points, winning the highest scoring honor for the Cardinals. Coach Dimp Stenftenagel's boys showed a balanced scoring offense and Ronnie Dodson scored 14 points. Bartley and Schmidt each completed 10 marks. Spurgeon's second team won the preliminaries with a score of 44-26.
The Jasper Wildcats made a brilliant sniper in the third quarter. They made 11 of their 19 field goal attempts. They buried the Dutch Dutchman 78-48 at the Jasper concierge last night, winning for JHS The second victory of the season. Jasper's five "Js"-John Hoffman, Jim Eckerle, Jerry Birge, Jody Giesler and "Junie" Schnarr-all contributed to the basket in the scoring frenzy. Jerry Birge (Jerry Birge) ranked the top of the two teams in scoring with 21 points. He also performed very well on the rebounds, grabbing 14 rebounds, and ranked first in the department of the two teams. Holland was led by Bill Roesner, who scored 17 points.
The picture on the front page of this issue is a picture taken by the Bishop of Evansville, Francis R. Shea, when he blessed the Memorial Hospital. At 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, Bishop Shea is the main presiding officer of the private dedication mass, which is held in the New Universal Church in the west wing of the hospital, which is being dedicated. Also attending the mass were the former Jasper pastor, now Evansville pastor Bill Dilling, the bishop representative of Evansville Parish Hospital and the pastor Alfred Nihaus of St. Mary’s Hospital, as well as the pastor of Evansville. Pastor August Fichte of Vinceville. St. Joseph's Church in Jasper.
Although the United Mine Workers’ Union and coal companies across the United States announced the signing of contracts on Sunday morning, the Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company is still urging to protect electricity and natural gas. SIGECO reported last week that if the coal strike continues, its coal supply will be exhausted on November 17, and it requires its customers-including those in Huntingborg, Ferdinand and the Netherlands-to continue to use the power-saving measures issued last week. And natural gas.
The 12 World War I veterans in this issue of photos held a program to honor the members of the Post-147 American Legion who had 50 years of continuous membership at the Post House on Veterans Day (November 6) , They are present. Winners include George Vollmer, CU Gramelspacher, Herbert A. Lueken, Ambrose Kuebler, Othmar E. Eckerle, Benno F. Blessinger, Claude Line, Virgil Gramelspacher, CA Nicholson, Linus G. Bohnert, Hobart McDonald and John L. Eckert.
KEEPING SCORE column from Jerry Birge: On Wednesday afternoon, officials from the IU Sports Department presided over the opening day of the New Hall. Bob Simos, the voice of WITZ sports, me and I ventured to Bloomington to see the Indians’ new arena and to see the first operation this year under the leadership of former Army boss Bob Knight The "new look" Indians. The 16,666-seat hall is impressive. I have to admit that we found that many seats are located behind the protective railing, which interferes with people's vision. It is impossible to watch the game from multiple upper deck seats. Tom Miller, IU's director of sports information, said he was unaware of this situation. He did state that the upper balcony would only be used in rare circumstances.
The picture in this issue shows Wayne Place, the coordinator of the Governor's Conference at the Sheraton Lick Hotel in France. The location is shown sitting in a car of Andy Granatelli. Three Jasper men (Carl Gehlhausen, Frank Buechlein and Kenny Bohnert) completed the arduous task of sending the car into the hotel lobby. The hotel’s restaurant is decorated with a track theme, and the track’s president Anton "Tony" Hulman is the host.
Tom Nicholson, 6-3 senior, playing in the shadow of four other Jasper basketball regulars a year ago, started his last season in an impressive way on Friday night, leading Jasper The Wildcats defeated the Washington Axes 64-46 in Washington. Nicholson, who has extraordinary jumping ability, scored 28 points and grabbed 23 rebounds, giving the Wildcats a right foot lead.
Jasper and Heritage Hills both hit the brick wall in the semifinals of the Jasper Volleyball semifinals on Saturday, as the second-ranked Martinsville and the 15th-ranked Seymour entered the championship with two victories. Artesians (37-3) defeated the Owls (33-4) 16-14, 15-10 in the championship to win the state finals. The Wildcats ended their season with a record of 31-6; Heritage Hills ended their campaign with a record of 27-10.
At least two senior Southridge students were mistakenly barred from voting in the close-matched Southwest Dubois School Board elections last week. However, before the noon deadline today, no one filed a petition questioning the election results. The candidate for the school board, Bill Songer, lost to Phillip Fischer by only 54 votes. He said he did not think this error would affect the results. Two 18-year-old students live in Patoka 6 district. According to county clerk Janet Sendlvik, a voting technician mistakenly told election officials that high school students were not allowed to vote in school board elections.
Now that the chemical dependence service of St. Joseph’s Hospital has been closed, community members are looking for alternatives to care for those who use drugs and alcohol. Due to lack of funding, the St. Joseph Center closed on November 1 and is the only inpatient alcohol and drug treatment program in Dubois County. Members of the Dubois County Substance Abuse Task Force pointed out that the closest facility for those in need of internal dependence treatment is the Paving Stone Recovery Center in Evansville. Judge Elaine Elliott, a member of the working group, said that this is not feasible for many people who work for Du Bois and have family members.
South Alabama men's basketball coach Bill Musselman announced on Wednesday that Jasper native Chris Jones has been appointed as the team's assistant coach. Jones most recently served as an assistant coach at Moberly Community College in Missouri. Prior to last season, he served as an assistant coach at Olney Central College, West Virginia Wesleyan College and Rose Homan Institute of Technology. Jones graduated from Indiana State University with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
The residents of Lockhart Township transformed the old Stendal School Gymnasium into a modern community center, which is needed in the rural corner of Pike County. "It's so beautiful," said Pallie Coleman, the township trustee. "We are not done yet, but we are almost done. We will have a much more building than ever before. Had it not been for the town of Lockhart to receive a $300,000 Ministry of Commerce grant a year ago to protect the deteriorating Gymnasium, there will be no other public meeting halls in southern Pike County. This grant is used to demolish the old school and renovate the 1949 gymnasium.
There is nothing in this regional thing. On Friday, Heritage Hills easily defeated Charlestown 62-14, winning its first ever 11-win season. Quarterback Jade Winchell rushed for two TDs, shot another, and made the fans shine with a crazy 65-yard punt return in the first quarter. Next week, the Patriots will host a wonderful semi-state matchup: Heritage Hills (11-1) vs. Zionsville (12-0).
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