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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1949

Page

3

Comets Dominate Muscatine 60-44 In Semi Pro Showdown

Sport Shop Comets rebound from a slump with a 60 to 44 win over Muscatine in a Mississippi Valley semi pro game. Norris scores 29 and Martin adds 11 as the Comets take a 29 to 20 halftime lead. Muscatine’s Riges tops their side with 11. Next, the Comets head to Moline January 14 for another league clash.

Sport Shop Comets Muscatine Wahicn Comets Burlington Norris Martin Riges Moline Mornerye Chamberlin T Es McFarland al ” Keisey Read g__McConnell TP McIntyre Byrnes Causey Leach Howell G J Atkins Enie Riggs Weber Officixis Bowman

Hoopers Beat Redlingers In Low Scoring Tilt

The Hoopers girls basketball team beat Redlingers 22 to 16 on the YMCA floor. They led 19 to 11 at halftime with Donna Reim top scoring for the winners and Marsha Bailey adding six points.

Hoopers Redlinger Sextet YMCA Donna Reim Marsha Bailey

St Marys Quintets Lose Doubleheaders

Riverside January 5. St Marys high school boys fall to St Wenceslaus Cedar Rapids in both games. First team 44 28 with St Wenceslaus leading 23 12 at the half. J Soda scores 17 high for the visitors and Norton 12. Waldschmidt 11 and Schneider 9 lead St Marys reserves 18 23 in the nightcap.

Riverside, Jan St. Mary's High School Riverside Riverside High St. Wenceslaus School Cedar Rapids J. Soda Norton St. Mary’s Elmer Waldschmidt Dick Schneider St. Wenceslaus

Gloves Tourney Plans Bloom in Washington

Wayne Chamberlin announced plans for the second annual Golden Gloves tournament to be staged in Washington in late January. Local amateurs begin workouts Monday and Thursday at the YMCA under Dr Karl Frederick, with entry applications being prepared by the Marine Corps League officials.

Wayne Chamberlin Marine Corps League Washington Marine League YMCA Karl E. Frederick League

Redlingers Edge Rival as Kels? Leads Scorers

Patterson and Neill led Redlingers with high scoring as Marilyn Kels? contributed in the notices style ads remnant.

Marilyn Kels Patterson Neill Redlingers

Smart Cagers Edge Flyers In Final-Second Tip-In

Smart Implement clinched a hard fought YMCA Independent league win over the Flyers on a last second tip-in after a missed free throw. Dunwoody led Smart with 29 points while Brown and Leeper paced the Flyers with 17 and 14. The game stayed tight throughout with a 32 30 halftime score.

Smart Flyers Dunwoody Brown Leeper YMCA Smart Implement

Crawfordsville Leads YMCA League After First Round

Crawfordsville tops YMCA standings with seven wins and no losses. Wayland trails with six wins and one defeat as eight teams complete the first round. second round starts next Monday evening.

Crawfordsville Wayland

Nazarene WEMS in Meeting Wednesday

The Church of the Nazarene WEMS met with Mrs. Lester Butterbaugh on Wednesday evening. Devotions were led by Mrs. Opal Kratzer and prayers offered by several members. President Mrs. Cecil Gieselman conducted the business meeting and a Christmas greeting from Rev. Spurgeon Hendrix was read.

Church of the Nazarene Wems Lester Butterbaugh Opal Kratzer Ross Gault Kratzer Lucy Kelley Cecil Gieselman Spurgeon Hendrix Argentina Minetta Wilson Gieselnan

Sunshine Club Meets With Mrs. Thompson

Seven members attended the Sunshine Community club meeting at 2 PM Wednesday in Mrs. Clyde Thompson's home. President Mrs. Pete Koehler led the session with a topic on emergencies and a Will Richards quiz reading by Mrs. Jesse Stout, planning a family New Year dinner for a future date.

Sunshine Community Club Clyde Thompson Pete Koehler Koehler Will Richards Jesse Stout

Harmony Club Elects Mrs Woodburn Leader At Meeting

Mrs Dale Woodburn was elected president of the Harmony club at its Wednesday gathering at 2 pm in Mrs R J Kleese's home. Mrs LeRoy McGraw was named vice president and Mrs Francis McConnell secretary treasurer. The roll call drew 16 members.

Dale Woodburn Harmony Club R. J. Kleese LeRoy McGraw Francis MccConnell James Brooks Marvin Williamson Iowa City W. H. McConnell, Jr YMCA Lester Mertz McGraw Paul Mayer

Social gathering highlights with floral display

Mrs Kleese co hostress Mrs Francis McConnell and Mrs Williamson attend a buffet event featuring white chrysanthemum arrangements and white candles on a red tablecloth describing a festive decor setting.

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