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In 1869 and 1870, union services were held with the Methodist Episcopal Church congregation.
THE NEW BAPTIST CHURCH - 1906 The original Baptist Church, across the street and a lit- tle to the east had been purchased by the up-and- coming Lutheran congregation and is shown in the account of their formation.
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BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL MAR. 1416
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On April 8, 1878, they voted to rent the new Methodist Episcopal Church in Gifford for services. They met every other Sunday and at other times when it did not conflict with the Methodist Church services.
The name was officially changed to First Bap- tist Church of Gifford on August 7, 1886.
The Ladies Helping Hand Society was organ- ized on November 6, 1886.
In December of 1886, the congregation voted to build its own church on land donated by Mr. Charles Wesley Ellis. On August 14, 1889, the Gif- ford Baptist Church was dedicated. It was 32' x 40' plus baptistry, and had cost $2,000. The church was debt free.
A few interesting notes from their minutes: May 4, 1889, the ladies' organization of the church loaned the men enough to finish paying off the bill for the lightning rods for the church. (The total cost of the rods was $44.79.) The men gave a straw- berry and ice cream festival to pay off their debt. A bell was ordered on November 30, 1889. On November 12, 1899, seven anonymous persons donated the church organ.
One of the "red letter days" for the church was the visit of the famed evangelist, Rev. Billy Sunday, who preached in Gifford on October 2, 1905. As a result of his evangelistic meetings in Ran- toul and Gifford, many new members were brought into the church. In late 1905, the congregation voted to erect a new church.
The Ladies Aid Society was first mentioned in minutes of July 29, 1908.
The parsonage was built in 1909. Mr. and Mrs. John Clark donated $500, Sister Gleason $250 and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wooldridge donated the paint
for the church and parsonage. The Young Ladies Organization (later known as the World Wide Guild) was forined in 1914.
As the small congregation of Baptists was about to fail, providentially C. A. Garst, Principal of the Gifford Public School, and an ordained minis- ter of the Church of Christ, offered to fill the pulpit every other Sunday, and moved into the parsonage in 1924.
The loss of the parsonage, by fire, on January 23, 1925, was another very discouraging blow to the small congregation. The townspeople insistently offered their assistance and said they would rebuild the parsonage IF it could be done before spring work began. A committee, composed of Perry Stewart, C. A. Garst, Mrs. Frank D. Hamilton, Mrs. Ed Carley and Homer Hamilton were appointed as a building committee. The present parsonage of tlie United Methodist Church on Main Street is the result of the generosity of the congregation and many kind citizens of Gifford.
On July 31, 1928, the small congregation of the First Baptist Church of Gifford officially sold their church building to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Gifford as their church had been des- troyed by fire. The members of the Baptist congre- gation continued to worship in the church jointly with the Methodist congregation. In 1950, the Bap- tist Church was officially disbanded. Most members then joined the United Methodist Church of Gifford and continue to worship there.
(Compiled by Ruth Ann [ Barnes] Zook from the hand-written minutes of the church dating back to 1868, and from other sources.)
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HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Lutheran worship services in the Gifford com- munity go back to 1892 when Pastor H. Bergstaedt of St. John's Lutheran Church, Royal, served the East Fresian German Lutheran families who had settled north of Gifford. The Reverend L. Seehase of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Flatville, (founded in 1874) served these families in 1894 and then the Reverend E. Moehl accepted the call to be the pastor of the Flatville congregation and continued the pastoral ministry in the Gifford area until 1906.
Services were held on Sunday afternoons in various homes, in the public school and later, in the Christian Church which was located on the north side of Plum Street between Main Street and Park Avenue. According to oral tradition, the janitor would place an extra piece of wood in the stove in the winter time so that the building would be warm for the Lutheran service in the afternoon.
In 1906 the group bought the old Baptist church building just east of the present church structure for $800. After remodeling, it was dedi- cated in October, 1906.
THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GIFFORD purchased from the Baptist congregation in 1906
The Reverend H. Haferman of St. John's Lutheran Church, Royal, took over the preaching place in 1906. The small group of 16 families met on May 21, 1906, to organize the Evangelical Luth- eran St. Paul's congregation. The constitution, for- mulated by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of lowa and Other States, to which the pastors who served this group belonged, was adopted. It was signed by the following twelve members: J. F. Oehm- ke. Henry Ackerman, Hajo Onken, Christian Schoon,
Wilhelm Schluter, Meenke Saathoff, Lubbo Pann- backer, Andreas Eilers, B. M. Behrends, Habbe Sage, Gerhard P. Park, and Michael Rassler.
On July 2, 1907, the congregation called the Reverend Friedrich Mutschmann of St. John's Lutheran Church, Boscobel, Wisconsin, as its first pastor. He was offered a salary of $500 a year, free housing and free fuel for the heating stoves, $50 a year for feed for his horse and $1 per month from each child for teaching summer school. On July 31, 1907, when he accepted the call, the house west of the church was purchased for a parsonage. (It is now part of the home of Robert Buenting at 513 S. Park Avenue.)
Land was purchased on the east side of the church property in 1908 from Christian Schoon to build a parochial school house, It was completed April 15, 1909. The 18' x 18' x 10' building was enlarged to almost twice its original size in 1915. The shoolhouse was in the middle of the present parking lot.
AN EARLY MISSION FESTIVAL - ABOUT 1912
By 1928 the congregation of 80 families was too large for a building of that size. The congre- gation decided to build a new church. It was to be debt free. The pastor, who was past eighty years old, together with two members were directed to obtain pledges for the building from the members of the congregation only. A list was made out. It was the middle of July when the pastor called in the two assistants and said, "Brothers, we have a diffi- cult assignment; we are to collect money for build- ing our church. Hence, let us kneel here at the altar and entrust the matter to God who has power over the hearts and purses of men, to open both." In one week's time $37,000 was subscribed. The subscrip- tions ranged from $1,200 per family downward. When the pastor reported this to the congregation, everyone was filled with joy.
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At the end of August, 1928, the Building Com- mittee (Oltman Busboom, Gerd Flesner, Meenke Saathoff, and Harm Schluter) came to the pastor and asked the pastor to conduct a ground-breaking ceremony the next morning. They planned to be on the building site with horses and all necessary equip- ment early the next morning. The congregation too, was invited to be present. Pastor Mutschmann writes, "And truly everything was at hand! The horses carried their heads high, and the people had their hymnals open. We sang 'Jesu, geh voran' (Jesus, Lead Thou On). Then I read a Psalm, gave a short prayer, and the congregation joined in the 'Our Father.' Then with a 'Forward' 1 gave the signal for work to begin.'
Within a week the basement was excavated. The construction of the church progressed without obstacles through fall, winter, and spring-until May, 1929, and it was completed. The complete building and furnishings were valued at $45,000. The value of the material and building of the basement raised the valuation to $50,000. All of this was pledged for by dedication day, June 16, 1929, with the exception of $3,000.
What Pastor Mutschmann said on dedication day (in part) still holds true today: "The Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Church has its doors wide open and room for everyone. All are cordially invited for communion of Saints, for prayer, for Word and Sacraments, who in the true Christian faith yearn for holiness and a blessed end. May peace abide in this House of God and with all who prayerfully go in and out."
The first week in September, 1929, Pastor Mutschmann resigned and retired as pastor after having served St. Paul's for 22 years as the first resident pastor. Pastor Weet A. Harms, Waterville, Minnesota, was called to be the second pastor. He arrived in January, 1930. He introduced the first English worship service in July, 1930. He also began the Sunday school and organized the Luther League and Brotherhood.
Pastor Harms was stricken with bronchial pneu- monia and died on January 27, 1939.
The Reverend Edward Keller of Jonesboro, Illinois, was called and installed as the third resident pastor on June 7, 1939. In 1940 the present parson- age was built for $9,000. Mr. Heiko Kuhlmann was
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THE NEW ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH - 1929
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OUR BELOVED FIRST RESIDENT PASTOR, FRIEDRICH MUTSCHMANN, and his family-1924
the contractor and Johnson Hardware was the plumbing and heating contractor. Parsonage build- ing committee members were Harm Schluter, John Emkes, Reiner Heien, Louis W. Schluter, and Heiko Kuhlmann. The congregation at this time numbered 216 confirmed souls. Pastor Keller began the Junior Mission Band and initiated a vigorous teacher- training program.
When Pastor Keller resigned in April, 1947, Pastor W. J. Ferne of Blue Island, Illinois, was called and installed in June, 1947. In 1947 the con- gregation numbered 431 baptized and 317 con- firmed souls.
The church was re-decorated in 1949 and again in 1967. The Schulmerich Bell System was installed in 1951 at a cost of $5,780. The congre- gation hosted the American Lutheran Church, Illi- nois District Convention in 1951. Modern fold doors were installed in the church basement in the early 1950's.
On June 27, 1954, the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the church was celebrated. On May 27, 1956, the 50th anniversary of the organization of the congregation was celebrated. The guest speaker was the Reverend E. E. Mutschmann of Cleveland, Ohio.
The Sunday school building was started in 1959 and dedicated on May 29, 1960. The cost was $91,000. It has 13 individual classrooms, an office, choir room, and rest rooms. The building committee consisted of E. H. Bergman, A. F. Busboom, C. W. Saathoff. E. H. Ackerman, and A. J. Freese.
The Reverend W. J. Ferne closed his ministry of 20 years on December 1, 1967.
Pastor Melvin C. Blobaum has served the con- gregation since that time.
In 1970 the parsonage was remodeled and en- larged at a material cost of $7,000. All labor was donated by members of the congregation.
The congregation today numbers 668 baptized and 505 confirmed members.
The congregation has two sons ordained in the gospel ministry. They are Paul Hesterberg (ordained June 24, 1961) and Ervin Hesterberg (ordained February 8, 1970). Both are sons of the late Arthur and Mareka Hesterberg.
In 1934, under the leadership of Pastor W. A. Harms, 25 women of St. Paul's Lutheran Church formed the "Aid and Missionary Society." Of the 25 charter members, eight now remain: Mrs. George Buenting, Mrs. Heye Busboom, Mrs. Gerd Duden, Miss Marie Duden, Mrs. William Duitsman, Mrs. Carl Roessler, Mrs. William Schluter and Mrs. Richard Sjoken. The Society has been of great help to Lutheran Home in Muscatine, lowa, with food, clothing and equipment, and it has served as hostess to Luther League Rallies, Pastoral conferences and other meetings held in our local church. The name was changed to American Lutheran Church Women in 1960 and the group was divided into smaller "circles."
Courtesy of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Gifford
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GIFFORD CHRISTIAN CHURCH
There is very little information available with regard to the Christian Church. It was built in 1892 on Plumb Street between Main and park on land donated by Hanford Reynolds. A Reverend Stipp conducted the dedication service and a Reverend B. Anderson later served the congregation, but the group disbanded in 1914 and the building was eventually torn down.
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Schools
Our school is surely the institution which most nearly unites all of our residents, past and present. Not everyone belongs to the Lions Club, or to the Methodist Church, but as the decades roll by, almost every family has, or has had some connection with the school. The school also boasts a longer unbroken history of service to the community than any other institution in town, though that long history is not all well documented.
The first school house in Gifford was a two- room, frame structure built in 1879 at the same location as our present school. It became inadequate for the growing town in 1896 and was moved to 532 South Main Street where, with much remodel- ing and repair it is now occupied by the Ronald Ryan family. We have one picture of that old school, presented here in spite of the fact that we are not able to identify many of the persons shown.
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THE OLD, TWO-ROOM SCHOOL - EARLY 1890's
Left to right Front Row: -- , a Perring Girl, --- , Margaret Wood, -- -, Maude Davis, -
Addie Davis, G. Wood, Addie Walker
Second Row: -, Gene Wooldridge, Frank Bohlen, Lola West, -, -- , Mrs.
Billings, Lottie Cook, Nellie Ice, --- , Fred Carlson, --- ,
Third Row: Laura Ice, Irvin McMaster, , Frank Wool- dridge,- -- ,
Back Row: --- , Frank Hennessey, --- , Walter Wood, Bert Bohlen, -, - -- , Roy Perring, Lola Perring, Bertha Billings, --- , John Miller
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Gifford had quite a time about schools then, for a few years. The new, four-room school built in 1896 burned in 1898. So they built another school house in 1898 and it burned before it was ever occupied. For a couple of years teachers lec- tured their pupils in second floor rooms downtown, above the present Schenck's Hardware Store and above tlie old George Parks General Store. Both buildings had outside stairways to the second floor
so that "school" and "business" did not necessarily interfere. Another school was completed for use in 1900-two rooms on first floor, two rooms on second floor with coat closets, stairway, entry hall and partial basement. Two more rooms were added to it later, north of the entryway and connected to it at both floor levels. This building served until 1940 and appears in several of the accompanying pictures.
Front Row, L to R: Bruce Morse, Harley Jeakins, --- John Hoch, , ---- , Har- lan Hamilton
Second Row: LaRue Lytle, , Essie Hoch, --- , Keith McHenry
Back Row: --- , Miss Thorn- ton, Chuck Polin, Char- lie Wooldridge, janitor,
SOME OF THE LOWER GRADES, ABOUT 1912 Note: Compare this with the other pictures on this and the next page to see where the addition was built.
Front Row, L to R: Warren Lytle, Harley Jeakins, - Harold Hylbert
Second Row: Essie Hoch, Bruce Morse, May Heffington, Merle Morrison, Daisy Kelso, George Herbert
Back Row: Laura Mellwain, Ted Siddens, Harlan Hamilton, Chuck Polin, Miss Newlin, Forest McCartney, Keith Mc- Henry
THE UPPER GRADES, ABOUT 1916
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PART OF THE GIFFORD GRADE SCHOOL IN 1917, OR THEREABOUTS The few identifications we can make are Left to Right:
Front row: Viola Morrison, --- , Zora Belle Adams, Lorene McGinley, - --- , Second row: Chris Rocker, John Sheuring, --- , Lee Sheuring, Harold McDonald, Garneth Waespe, -
Back row: -, Lela Carley, --- , , Sarah Fox, Emma Steward-teacher, Margaret Fox
And the little guy peeking out the window:
THE FIRST AND SECOND GRADES - ABOUT 1922 Front Row, L to R: Stanley Means, Mary Margaret McGinley, Dorothy Cole, Draper Williams, Beatrice Wright, Lila Sheuring, Paul Wright, Opal Means, Laura Morrison Second Row: Nellie McCoy, --- , Reba Waespe, Robert Wooldridge, Jarret Hylbert, Jewel Price, Hope Carley, John McDonald Back Row: Johanna Sage, Annie Franzen, John Reitmeier, Wilke Emkes, George Sjoken, Everett Adams. Inez Cloud, Maudie Alcorn. The teacher-Mrs. Pierce
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There follows a full presentation of the Gifford School as it was in 1935. Forty years represents a huge step back into our hundred year history. The pictures show our present day fifty-year-olds- grandparents in many cases-as they looked at the age of 10. Our thanks to Mae Spalding who taught English at that time, and to the young people whom she assisted in putting together the 1935 yearbook. Gifford had a three-year high school at that time with just five pupils in the graduating Junior Class. Two of them were the twin sons of the principal, R. J. Walston.
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FACULTY - 1935 Left to Right: R. J. Walston, Principal; Mae L. Spaulding, Finley Morse, Dorothy Salden
Lindel Walston
Joseph Wright
Clara Harms JUNIORS - 1935
Linden Walston
Clinton Funkhouser
SOPHOMORE CLASS - 1935
First row, left to right: Eleanor Grimm, Gladys Ewbank, Frances Carlson, Rita Herbert, Willis Siddens Second row: Eugene Hoch, Roy Hall, Paul Longenbaugh
FRESHMAN CLASS - 1935
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First row, left to right: Pauline Swan, Freda Roessler, Marjorie Funkhouser, Sadie Frerichs Second row: Arthur Busboom, Raymond Burdette, Clarence Crozier, Charles Wright
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MR. VANBLARICUM'S ROOM - 1935
First row, left to right: - Wells, Elsie Harms, Ruth Ann Barnes, Bernard Emkes, Glenn Jeakins, Junior Siddens.
Second row: Vivian Wells, Helen Waespe, Dorothy Longenbaugh, Doris Ewbank, Harriet Siddens, Barbara Crozier, Raymond Saathoff, Stoffer Frerichs
Third row: Arnold Ackerman, Gordon Watson, Paul Alcorn, Louise Kuhlman, Marie Frerichs, Effie Fox, Esther Mae Carlson, Mr. J.O. Vanblaricum
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MISS STEWARD'S ROOM - 1935
First row, left to right: Doris Alcorn, Dorothy Emkes, Helen Crozier, Edna Harper, Junior Hoch
Second row: Dennis Vanblaricum, Billy Barnes, Loren Walston, Johnny Hoch, Donald Wise, Theodore Grimm
Third row: Helen Dahl, Ana Curtis, Helen Fox, Helen Knospe, Arnold Schluter, Lloyd Longenbaugh, Elmer Kuhlman, Wayne Funkhouser.
Fourth row: Madeline Crocetti, Helen Harms, Helen Vandervort, Ivan Beasley, Robert Al- corn
Fifth row: Miss Steward
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MISS EMKES' ROOM - 1935 First row, left to right: Marie Alcorn, Mildred Siddens, John Harper, Geneva Otis, Irene Harms, Mildred Aldrich, Lois Kelso Second row: Henry Crocetti, Ernest Busboom, Edward Bruns, Nancy Longenbaugh, Beverly Bartel, Dick Ackerman, Helen Siddens, Walter Roessler Third row: Robert Busboom, Irene Kuhlman, Donald Ewbank, Margaret Hancock, Miss Emkes.
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MISS JOHNSONS' ROOM - 1935
First row, left to right: Nina Fox, Junior Roessler, Barbara Wells, Charles Aldrich, Robert Bunting, Robert Swan.
Second row: Ruby Alcorn, Charles Hoch, Margaret Doan, Arlene Wright, Ruth Harms, Edna Grimm Third row: Esther Eilers, Paul Carlson, Eugene Longenbaugh, Ellouise Bunting, Mildred Ewbank Fourth row: Harry Fox, Carl Saathoff, Harold Ewbank, Miss Johnson, Jimmie Varner, Henry Schluter
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"OLD FAITHFUL"
MR. CARLEY
Gifford's fifth and present school building was first used in 1940, starting with four class rooms upstairs and music room, assembly room and other facilities in the basement. The gymnasium was added in 1949, the unit of classrooms to the south-
west was added in 1959, and the cafeteria and the rooms above it were added in 1963-to keep pace with the growing population and the influx of pupils brought in by the consolidation of school districts.
MISS EMMA STEWARD AT THE TIME OF HER RETIREMENT
No teacher ever served longer in the Gifford School, or was better known or more widely loved by her pupils and their families than Miss Emma Steward. She began teaching in the country schools when one could begin teaching on the basis of an eighth grade edu- cation-in the days when teachers walked to their schools, or rode a horse, and when teach- ers built their own fires and swept their own school room floors.
Miss Steward taught for nearly fifty years in all. and was encountering the third genera- tion of pupils in a few Gifford families when she retired.
Shown with her, presenting gifts and ex- pressing their high regard for her, are Hollie G. Wise (center) and Jack Bouse.
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GRADE CLASE
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THE EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATING CLASS IN THIS CENTENNIAL YEAR
Front row, left to right: Barbara Gehrt, Brenda Jones, Laura Fuller, Sandra Hesterberg, Larry Roberts, Pat Herbert, Lorraine Porter, Pam Chalk, Ann McDaniel and Penny Hiles
Second row: Robert Hinderer, Scott Denius, Kevin Emkes, Denise Schmidt, Rhonda German, Michelle Irvin. Kristi Buck, Cheryl Cacy. Brian Brownfield
Back row: Mike Hedge, Mark Schnepper, Jeff Buenting, Robert Elliott, Mark Balcer, Dave Vermillion, Sean Ryan, Jonathon Emord, Marty Shelefontiuk, and Da- vid Osterbur. Not shown-Jack Morris
Instructors: Albert Dale Shepherd, at left; Thomas Veihman, and Randall Wolken, at the right
BASEBALL TEAM - 1973
The Gifford Grade School baseball team ad- vanced from their regular season play of 9 wins and 1 loss to district play. At that level, Gifford defeated Homer, 24 to 1 and Flatville, 4 to 0.
With these wins, they moved on to sectional play. Their first game was against Bismarck-Henning which Gifford won, 9 to 0. Then they scored a vie- tory over Rantoul J. W. Eater Junior High, 4 to 0. This gave Gifford a berth in the final eight. They won over Greenup-Cumberland, 12 to 3, in the quarter-finals played at Oakland.
The members of the team, managers and coaches traveled to Jacksonville for the State Cham- pionship. They stayed at the Holiday Inn and played
the next morning at 9:00 a.m. The enthusiasm of the loyal fans was tremendous. In a most exciting contest, our team bowed to Rochester 7 to 6 in 10 innings in semi-final play. They then lost that after- noon to Normal Chiddix Junior High, 6 to 1 to fin- ish fourth in the State.
The team was met at Rantoul by the County Police and escorted to Gifford where they were met by the fire trucks and about 500 fans. After a parade through the town an assembly was held in the gym- nasium and cake and ice cream was served in the cafeteria. The 1973 Gifford Baseball Team was the first team ever to make it to State Tournament, and they were number one in the hearts of the com- munity.
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BASEBALL TEAM - 1973
Front row, left to right: Mike Hedge, Robert Rauch, Rodney Buhr, Neil Bruns, Deon Mennenga, Derald Mennenga, Pat Herbert, Greg Johnson
Back row: Mark Balcer, Manager; Mark Busboom, Ran- dy Wolken, Coach; David Henry, Scott Richey, Todd Franzen, John Busboom, David Vermillion, Tom Vieh- man, Coach; Jeff Buenting, Marty Shelefontiuk, Man- ager
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BASKETBALL TEAM - 1974
The 1974 Class "B" basketball team was the first ever to make it to the State Tournament. They went undefeated for the regular season before enter- ing tournament play.
Gifford hosted the district and in the first game defeated Danville Diamond, 72 to 14. They then won over Bismarck in the district finals, 51 to 47.
The sectional was held at Rantoul J. W. Eater and Rantoul Myna Thompson was Gifford's next victim by a score of 61 to 38. The next night Gif- ford scored a win over J. W. Eater in the sectional finals, 42 to 34 to earn the right to advance to the I.E.S.A. Class B Little Sweet Sixteen.
On Saturday, February 23, Gifford defeated Chatham-Glenwood in the first round, 40 to 30, be- fore a large group of enthusiastic fans at Olympia High School. On the following Monday, they won over Carmi, 40 to 36, then lost a heartbreaker to Pontiac the following night on two last second free throws. The next night, they lost to Bradley, 60 to 56, in overtime to finish fourth in the State.
A celebration followed at a steakhouse in Bloomington for all the players, coaches, cheer- leaders, parents, and fans. Gifford ended a very suc- cessful season with a record of 19 and 2.
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Front row: Bobby Rauch, Jeff Hedge, Derald Men- nenga Second row: Pat Herbert, Rodney Buhr, Alex Richey
Third row: Mr. Veihman, coach; Mike Hedge, Deon Mennenga, Larry Roberts, Neil Bruns, Tom Johnson, Mr. Wolken, coach
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BASKETBALL TEAM - 1975
After the 1974 basketball season, the 1975 basketball team knew they had a rough act to fol- low. But they were determined to achieve a success- ful season. As the season went by they continued to win game after game and found themselves with a 16 and 1 record at district time.
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