Thorpe urges faster play at Monroe dinner
The 1946 Monroe High School gridiron dinner in Eugene featured Jim Thorpe advising coaches and players to let the quarterback call signals openly and speed up play. Honorary captains Roy and Gene Beach addressed attendees as the undefeated Monroe team received major letters and a commemorative plaque.
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Jim Thorpe
Monroe High
Eugene
Thorpe
Chicago
Monroe High School
Lytceum
Kiwanis Club
Monroe Hotel
Carlisle Indian School
Oklahoma Territory
Roy Beach
Gene Beach
Monroe
Young
Rabehl
M. C
Alvin C. Rabehl
Mitchell, Simpson
Amstutz
Paul Alston
Herbert Baumgartner
Herman Christen
Eugene Davis
James Disch
Loren Elmer
Herbert Flannery
Edward Gibbons
Leo Hilfil
1946 gridiron dinner honors championship squad
Verne Wickersham, Robert Able man, Daniel Courtney, David Eley, William Moon, Clarence Soddy, Charles Blum, Fred Huber and managers George Erwin and Karl Bregenzer receive gold footballs. Coach Huddleston led a final roll call of the championship squad marking the curtain on the event.
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Verne Wickersham
Robert Ableman
Daniel Courtney
David Eley
William Moon
Clarence Soddy
Charles Blum
Fred Huber
George Erwin
Karl Bregenzer
Huddleston
Eddie Gerber Honored On 74th Birthday by Kansas City Friends
Eddie Gerber of this city, longtime Kenn's restaurant bartender, was toasted on his 74th birthday by Kansas City friends. A group of business and professional men took time to honor him as a skilled courteous old-time bartender, with a cake and an envelope containing 74 one dollar bills as a birthday surprise.
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Eddie Gerber
Kansas City
The
Keith & Perry
Ninth and
Walnut Streets
Eddie
Eddie the teetotaler bartender marked by fifty three years
Speeches praised Eddie for friendship and capacity to listen. Friends toasted with soft drinks as he, a Kansas City veteran of about thirty years at the bar, gave a brief speech, blew out a cake candle, and returned to work. His wife Katherine Marie Gerber attended at 4506 Main Street.
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Eddie
Kansas City
Katherine Marie Gerber
Main Street
College basketball scores mixed across the season
Bucknell edged Penn State in extra time 38 to 34. Muhlenberg beat Newark 86 to 34. Pennsylvania defeated Swarthmore 53 to 34. Syracuse toppled Boston University 73 to 46. Vermont beat Yale 61 to 59. Cornell won 50 to 45 against Niagara. Illinois won 73 to 40 over Marquette. Louisville defeated Hanover 64 to 43. Kansas beat Idaho 42 to 28. Drake won 64 to 51 against Central. Tulane edged Houston 63 to 49. Clemson beat Erskine 58 to 30. Washington State won 50 to 49 against Brigham Young. Lehigh triumphed 40 to 25 over Scranton. Other results listed include North Dakota State, Minn Teachers, and many more.
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Prineston
Rider
Syracuse
Boston
Vermont
Yale
Cornell
Niagara
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Brown
Bates
Bowdoin
West Virginia
Carnegie Tech
Columbia
Kings Point
Illinois
Marquette
Louisville
Hanover
Kansas
Idaho
Defiance
Findlay
Wartburg
Doane
Drake
Central
Luther
la Crosse
Augustana
Knox
Gustavus Adolphus
Minot
Tulane
Houston
Clemson
Erskine
American
Johns Hopkins
Howard Payne
Stephen F. Austin
Washington State
Brigham Young
Lehigh
Scranton
Monroe Will Face Watertown Twice This Season
Monroe high school adds two non conference games with Watertown high school to reach a 20 game schedule approved by the WIAA. The Cheesemakers host Watertown on Friday night December 27 and travel to Watertown on January 28.
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Watertown
Monroe High School
WIAA
Milwaukee
Don Huddleston
Cheesemakers
Lee Mitchell
Gosling
Huddlestone
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Red Ryder
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Sara Hunt
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Allis- Chalmers
W. E. Gould
Thorp Finance Corp
Kansas Citions
Harvey S. Stauffacher
White Block
Frank Ludwig
22Nd Ave
Monroe, Wisconsin
F. Earl Lamboley
Chester Ludwig
Strahm
Wisconsin
Prince
Bucknell
Penn State
North Dakota State
Moor
Minn
Muhlenberg
Newark
Pennsylvania
Swarthmore
Wiota
Orangeville
Woodford
W. H. M. Bayne
Blumer's Drug Co
Ilinois
Next Car Finance
Goetz Theatre
Mueller
Hilltop Inn
Mile E
Pronto Pups
Robert F. Babler
Rosabel Friedli
Turner Hall
16Th Ave
J. C. Penney Co., Inc
Martin's Appliance Store
W. A. Wagner
Orangeville Rock Grove Road
Truman Estate
Jane Truman
Clarne Township
Franklin School
Browntown
Harold Lelle
Ralph Shaffer
Col
F. L. Buchschacher
Reger & Johnson
MR. and
Mrs. Farmer
Ward's
Montgomery Card Farm Store
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