Earlier this month we posted a photo of the famous 1944 Triplett men's softball team. We've now uncovered the 1945 team, with many of the same players. After seven games this team was undefeated, according to the report in the Triplett employee newsletter.
By clicking on this photo you'll see the names of the players (Lynn Carmack is the team mascot in the very front).
Open the attachment below to read additional information about the team.
Noah Bricker gets a cup of water in a relay race during Community Vacation Bible School. The VBS is going on during evenings this week at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Icon viewers are invited to join forces with communities nationwide for the 31st annual National Night Out (NNO) crime and drug prevention event. Bluffton observes the event on Tuesday, Aug. 5.
Sergeant Matt Oglesbee of the Bluffton Police Department is the local coordinator.
Misha Groman is part of the busy staff of managers and lifeguards at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool. Stay tuned to the Icon for daily photos of staff members.
Attention alumni of Suter's Produce. Does this scene look familiar? The crew just now (7:45 a.m.) came in from the field from where they started picking sweet corn at 6 a.m. The bags of corn are loaded on trucks to be sent to those red barn stands across Allen, Putnam, Hancock, Hardin counties and beyond.
Gary Kirtland says he bought his first car at age 15. Conner Stewart sold him the car. At the time Stewart owned a Sohio gas station at the corner of Main and Jefferson Streets (now owned by Kirtland).
“I told my dad that I wanted this car – a 1954 Ford – and I bought it,” said Gary. Stewart let Gary park the car on his Sohio lot.
Since he wasn’t old enough to drive, after school he’d go start it, rev up the engine and mess around with it. He eventually blew the engine simply by revving it up too much.
