The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, March 9, 1945 Page: 4 of 4
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THE OPTIMIST
Friday March 0 1045
Sophs Down Fish; Juniors Win Intramural Badminton
From Seniors In First Games Meet Places Eight
Students With Firsts
The boys' Intramural basketball
tournament got underway Monday
afternoon with the sophomores liv-
ing up to expectations by downing
the freshmen 21-0.
Shipp was high point man for the
sophs with ten points and Cano
was the leading scorer for the fish
with three points.
Tuesday evening the juniors won
a rough game from the seniors 99-
20. The juniors were leading 21-10
at the end of the third quarter but
were outscored by the uppcrclass-
men in the last period.
Dub Behrens was the leading man
for the juniors with fourteen points
and Harry Pickup led the seniors
with 10 points.
Box scores are as follows:
FISH Fg Ft Fls Pts
Clement 0 0 10
Carter 1 0 0 2
0 0 1 0
1 1 1 3
1 0 2 2
1 0 0 2
Ju&t OGout you
Clarke
Cano
Curry
Sorrels
TOTALS 4 1 5 9
SOPHS
Brown 3 12 7
Shipp 4 2 2 10
Allen 0 0 1 0
Roberts 1 0 2 2
Nichols 10 12
TOTALS 9 3 8 21
SENIORS
Lawson 1 4 2 6
Duncan 1 0 0 2
Hearn 0 0 3 0
Tittle 0 0 0 0
Pickup 4 2 1 10
N. McLeskey . ..1032
TOTALS 7 6 9 20
JUNIORS
Dacus . .5 1 2 11
Nicks 2 0 1 4
Behrens 6 2 2 14
Ewell 0 0 2 0
Conway 0 0 0 0
Richardson 0 0 0 0
Grounds 0 0 10
TOTALS
13
8 29
Exes Around the World
Miss Essio Rambo has been visit-
ing her niece Ruth.
Natllio Smith and Doris Jcanno
Glonn went to Big Spring for the
week-end.
Ami Kirkpatrick spent the week-
end in Fort Worth.
Maxilce Jordon went to Sweet-
water. Bottyo Kinnard went to Wichita
Falls for the week-end.
Kitty Hanks went to Midland
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Castlobury
of Elk City Okla. have been visit-
ing their daughter El Wanda.
Flossio Luthor spent the week-end
with her sister at San Angelo.
Pat Bennett went to Seymour to
visit her cousin who has recently re-
turned from overseas.
Jo Iris Cathoy and Carolyn Mc-
Clondon went to Tyler for the week-
end. Lav inn Williams and Larry Bon-
ner went to visit in the home of her
parents in Houston.
Llla Marie Sedbury went to Ham-
lin for the week-end.
Norma Leo Andorson. Gao Moore
and Margaret Wicker spent the week
end at Throckmorton with Blllio
Bird.
Wanda Lou Middloton and Edna
Landers spent the week-end at Hale
Center.
The intramural badminton tourna-
ment Saturday evening uncovered
some promising talent and produced
a few surprising upsets. Eight of the
twenty-nine participants will be
awarded blue ribbons for winning
first place in the open division
Neal McLeskey and Freddie Gard-
ner were crowned champions in
singles; Jack McKinncy and Ray
McGlothlin won the men's doubles;
Rose Petty and Marie Chenault were
winners in womens' doubles; and
Shorty Lawson and Jackie Morris
took the mixed doubles.
Rose and Marie defeated Martha
Jane Jones and Mildred Rampy 15-
1 15-2; Freddie won from Anne
Ramsey 11-0 11-1; Ray and Jack
defeated Gordon Clement and Noel
Ellis 15-9 9-15 15-5 and then took
Jack Curry and Gilbert McLeskey
in the finals with 15-6 18-19 15-11;
Shorty and Jackie won by default;
and Neal beat Wayne Kee and Mel-
vin Weldon 15-7 12-15 11-15 and
5-15 15-0 15-13 respectively.
Beginners' Bracket
In the beginners' bracket Bob
Page and Kitty Hanks defeated Bill
McLeod and Ruby Griffin 15-5 15-
8; Mahney took Enysenger 11-2 11-
5; Kyle and Holden beat Corder and
McDanicl 15-13 15-12; and Morris
Scott won from J. C. Eubanks 15-5
12-15 15-11.
Get A Glimpse Of School
At ACC During Summer
From the Lennos Norton's (Ruth
Smith of 814 Myrtle Avenue Ingle-
wood Calif.: "Lennos is an experi-
mental and research chemist for
Shell Chemical Company here at
their synthetic rubber plant We
heard the ACC homecoming program
last night and enjoyed it very much."
Lula Riloy Johnson lives at Carls-
bad N. M. she is a member of the
exes chapter there and is a regular
financial helper of the ACC Ex-Students
Association through the med-
ium of the Carlsbad chapter. "My
heart is with the work and I hope to
be able to help even more" she says.
Major Bud Drydon piloting a C-47
over the hump in Burma has been
awarded the Distinguished Unit
Badge for outstanding achievement.
Part of the cargo that Bud had to
freight over was mules.
Elmer Womack paid the Ex-Tra
one of the nicest compliments its
ever had: "I have been sitting here"
he said "pondering away trying to
think of a way in which you could
improve the Ex-Tra and I can't
think of a thing .... I believe for
exes in the service it is the greatest
morale builder that can be had . . .
It is the newsiest little paper ever
published." Elmer is active in the
work of the church at Ontario Calif.
where he is stationed as S-Sgt. in
thhe army.
Lou Zoo Dent is now living at
Springlake where the Dents have
purchased the Packard flour mill;
besides her connection in this work
Lou Zoe also works in the County
Clerk's offico at Olton.
Girls' Training Class
Studies Proverbs 31
Tonight At Meeting
aX&Li.j&1&. M2rV. V a
Wanda Jean Ackers went to Clyde
Saturday.
The thirty-first chapter of Prov-
erbs will be the subject for discus-
sion tonight at the meeting of the
Girls' Training Class according to
Ncdla Jean Milliken leader.
Shirley Harrcll will be leader of
the forum discussion.
Judy and Violet Simpson's parents
of Hawley visited them Saturday.
SWINNEY GLASS and
PAINT
1166 N. 2nd Phone 912S
Abilene
PIGGLY WIGGLY
STORES
Royal
Crown
Cola
Best By Tasi Test
U-u-mmm. Watermelons. Potato chips. And though not pictured
there are gobs and gobs and gobs of food cold drinks' ice cream cookies
olives piclcs. All that makes a picnic a picnic. And thero's also lots of
exercise baseball hiking and just a good placo to walk and talk. Taken
at one of the summer school picnics last year this picture depicts the fun
side of school at ACC during the months of l.uno July and August
THURMAN'S
"The House of
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See
C. M. PRESLEY
Jeweler
209 Pine
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Use Our Lending
LIBRARY
New ACC Pennants
ACC BOOK STORE
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Send Flowers
Boquets
Corsages
Pot Plants
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Fraternity
Rings and Pins
Visit
126 Pine St.
Abilene Texas
Phone 5785
See Our Selection Of
SPRING HATS FELTS AND
STRAWS
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TOASTS BETTER
TASTES BETTER
TEXTURE'S BETTER
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2o e o More Vitamins and Minerals
D O OThan Usual Enriched Bread
TAYSTEE BREAD
All lined up nicely (?) in rows but who can have fun lined up all nice
in rows. That's why they're not all so neat They've just had a rough and
tough and good time at Cobb Park at one of the picnics of last year's sum-
mer school session. Such picnics such good times such fun lay in wait for
you at summer school this year too. Why not make your plans to attond
ACC this summer?
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, March 9, 1945, newspaper, March 9, 1945; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91758/m1/4/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.