Music News - Wednesday morning, February 22, the parents' music club is sponsoring another band breakfast and bake sale at the town hall. This week we had another vocal group started, mixed sextet; Betty Taylor, Daisy Maxwell, Loretta Swaim, Peggy Kloppenborg, Elliott Partridge, and Rex Morrison.
Girls Basketball Sectional Tournament at Colo: First round - Collins overwhelmed Cambridge 77-18. Collins held an easy lead throughout the game and the reserves helped in the victory. Lineup: Sandra Carley (f) 17pts.; Betty Spooner (56) (f) 22 pts.; Georgiann Briles (58) (f) 10 pts.; Beverly Christian (f) 4 pts.; Donna Frerichs (57) (f) 0 pts.; Jill Kilgore (57) (f) 21 pts.; Dorothy Hand (58) (f-g) 3 pts.; Janice Heintz (57) (g); Mary Jo Shultz (g); Saundra Smith (58) (g); Myrtle Kloppenborg (57)(g); Sharon Stratton (59) (g).
Semi-finals - Collins won a decisive victory over Colo, 59-31. Collins' reserves again helped complete the victory. Collins led 9-2 at first quarter 26-8, halftime, 45-14 at third quarter, with final 59-31 score. Lineup: Sandra Carley (f) 16pts.; Betty Spooner (56) (f) 14 pts.; Georgiann Briles (58) (f) 10 pts.; Beverly Christian (f) 3 pts.; Donna Frerichs (57) (f) 0 pts.; Jill Kilgore (57) (f) 16 pts.; Dorothy Hand (58) (f-g) 0 pts.; Janice Heintz (57) (g); Mary Jo Shultz (g); Saundra Smith (58) (g); Myrtle Kloppenborg (57)(g); Sharon Stratton (59) (g).
Finals - Collins girls won the championship trophy in the sectional tournament, defeating Maxwell 54-36. After losing to Maxwell in the county tourney, the Clipperettes were determined to win this game. Collins took the lead in the first quarter 19-9, and held a lead throughout the game. The Collins reserves also helped in the victory. Lineup: Sandra Carley (f-g) 2 pts.; Jill Kilgore (57) (f) 27 pts.; Betty Spooner (56) (f) 12 pts.; Georgiann Briles (58) (f) 13 pts.; Beverly Christian (f) 0 pts.; Donna Frerichs (57) (f) 0 pts.; Dorothy Hand (58) (f-g) 0 pts.; Janice Heintz (57) (g); Mary Jo Shultz (g); Saundra Smith (58) (g); Myrtle Kloppenborg (57)(g); Sharon Stratton (59) (g).
The district tournament will be held at LeGrand, starting next Monday. Collins drew a first round bye and will play the winner of Van Cleve - New Sharon game.
Junior High News: Seventh - In Math, we have learned what sales slips, monthly statements, bills and receipts are. In Civics, we are studying about satisfying our needs as a community, a family, and individual. In English, we are building sentences and are having capitalization, punctuation, and sentences that are inverted with double subjects. Eighth - In English, we have been writing autobiographies. We are finding out the attempts to improve society in the 1870's in History.
Humor - Jim D.: "Aren't you the fellow who sold me this car a couple months ago?" Sam P.: Yes, sir." Jim D.: "Well, tell me about it again. I am discouraged."
Assembly - The grade school and high school attended the Al Bell program entitled "Sons of Chinook." He and his family had spent part of their summer on a large cattle ranch. They filmed some of Canada's wonderful scenery, Indian dances, Calgary stampede, wild life of the forest, and worked in a uranium prospecting mine.