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Here's a team that could whip you - using their rules or perhaps your rules. It's a 1944 Triplett Corp. women's basketball team. This squad won its eighth consecutive win when this photo was taken. 

Click on the image for the identification of players. They are familiar names: including Basinger, Howe, Schmidt, Kohler and Montgomery.

At the bottom of this story is an attachment that tells more details about the team.

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From the November 1944 Triplett newsletter - Here are photos of employees who were on the job every day since Jan. 1, of that year.

Upper left: Kathryn Frehse, Leanna Niswander, Helen Foltz, Loa Jean Vance.

Upper right: J.O. Blome, Floyd Hardwick, Willis Cummins, Garland Basinger.

Lower right: Mabel Minck, Gaynell Basinger, Nellie Decker, Grace Carnahan, Glen Noe, Cloyce Bame, C.W. Elliot.

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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.

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Just when we think we've seen every classic old photo of Bluffton, a new one like this appears.

It's from the July 1945 Triplett Electrical Instrument newsletter. The identification of the Triplett employees is on the photo. Sorry, the youth in the picture are not identified, but our guess is that they would be in the late 70s or early 80s today.

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In 1944, the Triplett Corp's softball team was the team to beat in northwestern Ohio. The team compiled a 16-1 record, losing only to a Tiffin team.

Some familiar last names on the team included: Burkholder, Swank, Eikenbary, Ream, Gratz, Deppler, Berkey, Geiger, Luginbuhl, Moser and Basinger. The members are identified in the photo.

For a complete summary of the season with read the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Are your grandparents in this photo? The photo is from the decade of the 1940s and is part of the historical photo collection of the Bluffton Public Library.

The scene is from the Triplett Electrical Instrument Co., specifically  the former Readrite Meter Works (later known as Triplett plant 2) building. The building is no longer standing. It is now part of the parking lot north of Harmon Field on East College Avenue.

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