MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

Shang was pretty involved, I think, so he may have remembered it. Plus, Collinge isn't a last name that is...normal...I suppose.

[Warren Thompson]

I may know how to drive in those conditions, but no one else down there does!!! 8)

I'm an auto accident lawyer. No one down here knows how to drive in ANY conditions. And thank goodness for that. I got student loans to pay.

I'm a native San Antonian (in permanent exile in Pennsylvania), and I can recall busses and cars windmilling down the streets after a one-inch blizzard ....

Also a native San Antonian here and I remember the "blizzard" of 1984 which featured all of 2 inches of snow and got me 3 days off from school. Good times.

Three days off from school? I can understand that: the first day was spent wondering what that white stuff was; the second for removing all the wrecked cars; and the third wondering where all the mysterious white stuff went. 

[sac]

I have a brother in Columbus who refuses to drive when it snows there, its not as if middle Ohio is much better at dealing with snow.  In fact I was there over Christmas and they had a Winter Weather Advisory for 2 inches of snow in north central Ohio.  I had to laugh because such an event would be labled "flurries" up here.

I remember when Louisville got hit with 8 inches of snow and they couldn't cope, because they only have 2 snow plows for the whole city.

When I was in High School, one year we missed 9 straight Monday's of classes because of weekend snow storms in Michigan.  This was back in the days when no one worked on Sunday's........and we used to have Winter.

[Li'l Giant]

DC and Smeds:

Check this out:

http://www.wabashfirstumc.org/history_page3.html

It mentions the following:

In 1948, the former women's room was redecorated and furnished as a memorial chapel by the Fred Collinge family as a double tribute to Fred's father, John, who served as a minister in the Methodist church for 38 years, and to Fred's son, Captain Duane Collinge who died in World War II.

This is a chapel but in Wabash, Indiana, and not on campus at Wabash. And it doesn't mention where Captain Collinge went to college.

Also, this snippet from Otto Graham's website corroborates the Wabash, Indiana connection.

Passing on the Lions, Otto married college sweetheart Beverly Collinge from Wabash, Indiana and signed instead with Paul Brown's newly formed Cleveland Browns of the All America Football Conference.

http://www.ottograham.net/bio.html

[David Collinge]

DC and Smeds:

Check this out:

http://www.wabashfirstumc.org/history_page3.html

It mentions the following:

In 1948, the former women's room was redecorated and furnished as a memorial chapel by the Fred Collinge family as a double tribute to Fred's father, John, who served as a minister in the Methodist church for 38 years, and to Fred's son, Captain Duane Collinge who died in World War II.

This is a chapel but in Wabash, Indiana, and not on campus at Wabash. And it doesn't mention where Captain Collinge went to college.

Also, this snippet from Otto Graham's website corroborates the Wabash, Indiana connection.

Passing on the Lions, Otto married college sweetheart Beverly Collinge from Wabash, Indiana and signed instead with Paul Brown's newly formed Cleveland Browns of the All America Football Conference.

http://www.ottograham.net/bio.html

Thanks!  I promise never to refer to you as Li'l Bishop again. 

That's my (Great) Uncle Fred they're talking about; Beverly and Duane were his kids (he may have had others, for all I know; we're not a tight extended family.)

I'm still a little confused about how Shang Chadwick knew about this, if it had no connection with Wabash College.     (Although it does sound kinda Wabash-like to convert a ladies' room into a chapel.  )

I'll give you bonus karma (in 24 hours) if you can tell me how Uncle Fred came into all that dough. 

[Li'l Giant]

I can't tell you where your uncle got his dinero, but (at the risk of turning this into the Long Lost Collinge board) I found some other interesting stuff.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~inwabash/wwii-mem.html

F. DUANE COLLINGE Captain in the army air corps, was presumed dead by the war
department one year after he was reported missing while flying vital supplies
over the "hump" in northern Burma.  The transport plane of which he was co-pilot
crashed Sept 29, l943 between Assam, India and China.  Born in Beloit, Wis.,
Capt. Collinge was graduated from Wabash High School, studied at Indiana and
Purdue and enlisted on Thanksgiving day, l940.  He is survived by his widow, San
Antonio, Texas, a daughter, Patricia Louise, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Collinge, Wabash.

It appears he didn't attend Wabash. And his wife was from my neck of the woods?

I don't know how badly you want to solve this mystery, DC, but check THIS out:

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/TXBEXAR/2006-02/1138951147

Captain Frederick D. Collinge of Indiana was married to a Texas girl before his unfortunate death in World War II. They had a daughter, Patricia Louise Collinge, and her mother which we do not have the name. The daughter would be between 63 and 68 years old. Our goal is to find the daughter and wife if she is still living and present them with free photos of her father's name as it is engraved on the "Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
We welcome any information that would lead us to find the family of this Indiana hero.

Oh, and according to publicdata.com there is a Patricia LYNN Collinge who lives in Texas. If you want her info send me a PM.

[imderekpoe]

I hate to post off-topic on the Collinge family tree board, but apparently Tim Vandervaart is not recovering as quickly as hoped and will miss at least a few more games.

[David Collinge]

Yeah, I apologize for the ego-hijack. 

Vandervaart has a contusion in his calf.  We saw him walk across the court at halftime the other night and he was limping pretty noticeably.  Then again, and no offense intended to our worthy conference brethren, he's probably not going to be needed for a couple of weeks, and it's best to make sure he heals fully before risking anything.  No point in rushing him back into the lineup.  Plus it give us some more chance to audition the frosh (Geitgey and Elam anyway, and maybe others.)

[David Collinge]

Perhaps caught looking ahead to their conference showdown at Denison on Wednesday, Oberlin tonight was nipped at home by Anderson, 73-72.  Anderson led by 11 at the half and by 12 (68-56) with 2:38 remaining, but Oberlin hit six of their last seven shots (including three treys) to tie the score with 0:25 left.  After draining most of the clock, Anderson's Nick Cochran drove the lane, where he was fouled by Oberlin's Matt Godwin with just 0:04 left.  After missing the first free throw, Cochran sank the game winner to push Anderson to 8-6 and drop the Yeomen to 2-11.

Anderson shot a blistering 57.8% for the game and had three scorers in double figures.  Oberlin was led by junior Jordan Beard's 22 points, mostly from beyond the arc where he hit 6 of 8 attempts.  As a team the Yeomen shot 42.6% from the field and outrebounded the Ravens 25-23.

[pennstghs]

an interesting note of this past weekend-does the 2OT "weak" win by wittenberg at capital earlier in the year appear to be a better loss because of capital's upset AT ONU?/?/?

[smedindy]

DC - Don't you know that Maurice "Shang" Chadwick knows all, sees all, and tells all. That's why some people call him Maurice...

[Gregory Sager]

At least we now know that the pompatus of love is a Wabash man.

[Warren Thompson]

At least we now know that the pompatus of love is a Wabash man.

"Pompatus of love"? Impressive. Nice to see you up to speed on pop culture. 

[Li'l Giant]

At least we now know that the pompatus of love is a Wabash man.

It's not fair to break out songs from your prom.

[pennstghs]

i thought we were talking about basketball guys....................jk   

i thinkw e all learned some valuable lessons last night in which underdogs are viable and can come out at any time and prove everyone wrong. i guess if you give a team enough motivation and keep telling them that they dont deserve to be here, they will rise up. at least i dont have to hear obnoxious buckeyes all day