Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
TRIBUTE PAID THE
STATE CHAMPIONS
CITIZENS OF AUDUBON PRESENT
FITTING REMEMBRANCES TO
GIRLS BASKET BALL TEAM

Quite a number of our business
men were present at the chapel
meeting held in the auditorium of
the high school building last Friday
morning at eleven o'clock, when
fitting tribute was paid 20 the Au-
dubon high school and to the men,
bers of the basket ball team who
won the state championship at Des
Moines the latter part of March.
When the girls team brought
such signal honor to the city Of Au-
dubon, the citizens of the town were
determined to give them fitting
recognition. What that was to be
was not decided until about four
weeks ago, when a committee of
citizens was appointed to determine
what action should be taken. They
concluded nothing would be more
fitting or substantial than to pre-
sent the school with a plaque on
which would be engraved the names
of the state champions, the names
of the substitutes, and the names Of
ten other players. Aside from this,
each of the regular players was to
be given gold bar pin in the CEN
ter of which was a basket ball with
the year 1921 engraved upon it.
These articles arrived the fore
part of the week and immediate ar
rangements were made to hold
mass meeting at the school building
at which these tokens were to be
presented.
II. J. Hoogenakker was chosen to
make the presentation to che school
and to the individual players. A
short program was carried out.
Supt McIntire presented each of the
players the letters to which they
were entitled for having won the
proper credits in athletics. These
letters were presented to both the
sboys and girls. Supt. McIntire then
turned the meeting over to Mr..
Hoogenakker, who after making a
short address, presented the plaque
and the pins.
The names engraved on the
plaque, in the left hand column, are
as follows: Dorcas Andersen, Oh
livene Hansen, Margaret Weighton,
Grace Mclaughlin, captain; Dor
othy Beason, Reland Spencer, Miss
Hazel Olsen, coach; Daisy Johnson,
Wynona Masterson, Gertrude Bar
entsen, Lois Johnson and Supt. Nc
ntire, each of whom also received a
gold bar pin. In another column are
names of the other players, as fol-
lows: Beatrice Siemsen, Violet
Hoffman, Nettie Lane, Juanita
Keith, Mable Christensen. Helen
Farnham, Leolat Ellis. Mary Ken
nedy, Christina Jorgensen, Louise
Gore and Bernice Kness.
The gifts came as quite a surprise
to the students of the public school
as we'll as to the champions, but
they were appreciated nevertheless.
The greatest surprise of the
morning came when Mr.. Hoogen-
akker directed his attention to Supt.
McIntire and in a few well-chosen
words presented him with a gold
watch chain and charm on which
was engraved a basket ball and the
year 1921, the same as that on the
bar pins for the players and the
coach. 1t isn't often that Mr.. Nc
Intire is surprised, but Friday
morning his surprise was so COM
plete that he could not hide It from
the large audience.
Following the presentation, Ar
thur Farquhar, a member of the
board of education, made a splendid
talk. He spoke of his pleasure in
seeing the honor come to the pub
lie school and to the individual, and
urged all of the students to con-
tinue their work IN athletics and
other activities in which they were
engaged. His address was strictly
to the point and was much appre-
ciated.