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Does anyone remember Coach Hess at DHS from the 1930-50s Era ??   He coached track & XC, and maybe some football & basketball.    Joe Kagy & Ed Hockrein coached with him in track....

Do you have a newspaper clipping or such, that could be scanned & posted? Local history is always fascinating!

I was reading the old 1887 Courier at the library recently-----it was a weekly paper.   I will make a point to put a picture of the paper articles on here, when I can get back to it.   I had an extra hour yesterday because sports practices were cancelled,

Those fair grounds & race track we had were pretty special, it seems.....

Came across what may have been the very first football game ever played in DuBois.

October 29, 1887  at the fair grounds.    3pm............ The game was between Houtzdale and Beechtree.   Admission was 25 cents, but all ladies could go for free.   It was considered a draw in scoring.

Does anyone know of an earlier game played in DuBois??

I wonder if that Al Roberts is the same guy that used to work for United Electric, lived out by the Thunderbird..   Retired in late '90s early '2000s.

 

Or maybe his name was Al Robertson?, cant remember..  been way too many years.

 

 

Not sure.

 

This team began in 1937, and was undefeated (12-0) after the first two years.  At the time this was thought to be the most successful sports team ever at DHS.     DHS had no sports at all until about 1894.

Most area citizens do not know that DHS had a rifle team in the late Depression Era.  It was a good team that rarely lost.   It had an even greater challenge finding other high school teams than we do today, and they were willing to travel 2 or more hours to compete, although we had our own range.  Most of the time the DHS team competed in prone position only, but the first time they went to standing position they still won.

Does anyone recognize one of these 6 members of this early DHS squad??

-----Dave Beer

----Bob Milliron

----George Wilcox

-----Bill Monroe

----Frank Bentley

----Al Roberts

I have done this for years----very effective.

Good for Vick.  He is probably doing more to help animals than all his critics put together, and most of his critics are probably hyppocrites.

Christmas is a time we remember many things that Christ taught, and one of them is forgiveness.

I cannot imagine a "weed-killer" that is not a cancer risk.

Snakes are the problem with joggers in the woods....

http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_26079041/dna-tests-show-bigfoot-hair-samples-from-bears

 

I know this will disappoint some

I am extremely disappointed that any accredited university would waste it's time and money even considering such idiocy.  For 50% of the price I would have been happy to have given the same results.( that I was aware of for the last 60 years.)     Good grief.

Pennsylvania Bigfoot Day Draws Enthusiasts

May 26, 2104

CLEARFIELD (AP)  Bigfoot enthusiasts converged on a northern Pennsylvania town to swap theories about the creatures.

The Patriot-News reports that about 50 Bigfoot enthusiasts met Saturday in Clearfield, and they fell into one of three camps. The town is about 120 miles northwest of Harrisburg.

The first group believes that Bigfoot is a "cryptozoological hominid creature." The second group thinks Bigfoot is an extraterrestrial with ties to UFOs or other aliens. The third group believes the Bigfoot types envisioned by the other groups are two different creatures.

Eric Altman, director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society, traces the legend of Bigfoot-type creatures back to pre-Colonial Native Americans and newspaper accounts of "wildmen" as far back as 1838. But he says the term Bigfoot wasn't used before 1958.

What kills me is the same people who believe in Bigfoot are the same people denying global warming.........unbelievable

While reading a 1905 "Morning Courier" from DuBois I ran across the very first track meet to every happen at DHS.  It was at the Driving Park in May.  we won.   The hammer was thrown. No Javelin or discus.   The "running broad jump" event went 19 feet.  The "running high jump" went 4' 11.5 "  The pole vault went 8'  1"  The Athletic Association" at the school put it on.  The coach was "Bob" Reed.  Our biggest winner was a "J. Harrington" who took 4 firsts.  Schools attending were DuBois, Reynoldsville, ridgeway, and Clearfield.  DuBois scored 58 out of a possible 101 points.  "Patchell" of DuBois won the mile in 5:38.  Harrington threw the shot 35'

By 1906 all the locker rooms were at the driving Park, and the teams would celebrate with a dance at the pavilion there, after the meet.

No one has fallen for anything, we report it and you can decide. Its not as bad as falling for some crooked politicians lie or local snake oil salesman!!

Perhaps not, but it is the REASON a person can fall for those things.  I'm thinking "no wonder".....

Honestly, anyone who falls for any of this Bigfoot stuff has GOT to be a real sucker.  I have a Yeti in my backyard for sale, by the way.