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VOLUME 69—NUMBER 5 O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JUNE 9. 1949 PRICE 7 CENTS
RAGGEDNESS GONE
IN 2ND ROUND
Niobrara and Center Go
10 Innings; Pofahl
Wins Stick Laurels
(Special to The Frontier)
The teams in the North-Cen
tral league have evidently
shaken early season raggedness
and nervousness as some of the
games were won by_ slim mar
gins this week. Creighton B
slid past Brunswick 5-4 and by
the same score. Center got
past Niobrara.
Pofahl Knocks 2 Doubles
and Single in Elgin Win—
ST. JOHN’S — Elgin took a
daylight game at St. John’s, 8
2, in the North-Central league
with both teams getting sev
en hits. .
Elgin took a one run lead in
the second frame and was nev
er in danger thereafter. Their
big inning came in the third
bracket when they punched a
cross four runs. St. Johns man
aged to get their two runs in
the fifth, committing seven
costly errors. Elgin erred only
three times, thus giving Beck
man credit for the win.
Beckman struck out 10 while
the losing pitcher snuffed nine.
Max Pofahl got two hits for
four for St. John’s and Schmitt
got three hits for five trips to
the plate with two doubles and
a single.
Summary: H H E
Elgin ..014 010 002 8 7 3
St. John’s 000 020 000 2 7 7
Batteries: Elgin. Beckman
and Schrage; St. John’s, Syl
vester, Bauer and Filsinger.
Niobrara and Center
Go 10 Innings—
NIOBRARA— A 10 - inning
tilt here Sunday afternoon was
necessary for Center to win
over Niobrara, 5-4.
Niobrara tied the ball game
three all in the last half of the
ninth. In the tenth Center ek
ed out two tallies with the Ni
obrara team only able to gar
ner one, thus losing the ball
game.
Collow got credit for the
Center win with Ripple and
Breece dividing the pitching
chores for Niobrara.
Glover, of Center, took bat
ting honors by getting two hits
for three times up.
Summary: H R E
Center- 5 5 11
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LIGHTER THAN MERINGUE . . . Robert Sterling, Westing
house chemist who developed the substance, compares a chunk
of his new lightweight plastic with a panful of fluffy pie mer
ingue. Despite the difference in mass, the two balance each
other at five ounces. Termed "the world’s lightest solid,” the
new plastic foam was developed for use as an insulating mater
ial. One of its chief advantages is that is can be transported In
liquid form and foamed into Diace whenever needed, thus sav
ing considerable shipping space.
Ready Plans for
Golf Tourney
All is in readiness for the an
nual O’Neill invitational golf
tournament to be held Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday, June 19,
20 and 21. Henry Lohaus and
Joe McCarville, jr., are in charge
of arrangements.
In addition to the champion
ship flight, there will be at least
five other flights, McCarville
explained Wednesday. Entries
already are being received.
“There will be flights for be
ginners as well as experienced
players,” McCarville said.
Dean Christopherson, of Nor
folk, is the defending champion.
Qualifying rounds will be
played on Sunday and pairings
will be made Sunday night. A
dance is scheduled for Sunday
evening. __
Niobrara --- i, - 4 1 4
Batteries: Center, Ripple,
Breece and Andres; Niobrara,
Collow and Becker.
Creighton Swings
Into the Win Column—
CREIGHTON—The Creighton
“B” team took a close game
from Brunswick Sunday by a
score of 5-4 on the Creighton
diamond.
The biggest inning for the
Creighton “B” team came in
the fourth frame when they
scored two runs.
Summary: B H E
Brunswick 111 000 010 4 9 <.
Cr’ght’n “B” 000 201 101 5 3 5
Batteries: Brunswick, Pischel
and Snodgrass; Creighton “B”,
Berman and Burke.
Petersburg Shortstop
Fractures Ankle—
ORCHARD — Orchard on
their home field was able to
score three runs in the eighth
inning to win the ball game,
6-3, after Petersburg had made
a vain effort in tying it up in
the seventh.
Petersburg shortstop, Ives,
suffered a compound fracture
of the ankle in the first frame.
Summary: R H E
Orchard - 6 12 3
Petersburg —. 3 6 3
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Wiblemo, Fairfax,
Tosses No-Hitter
(Special to The Frontier)
All teams in the Interstate
league saw action Sunday with
an outstanding no - hit ball
game being chucked by Wib
lemo, of Fairfax. The Nebras,
ka-South Dakota loop enters its
sixth round of play next Sun
day.
Butte Took Early
Lead and Wins—
BONESTEEL — A hustling
Butte team downed Bonesteel
Sunday evening, 8 to 4, b.,
taking an early lead in the
second inning and going on to
win.
Hermson, of Butte, was cred
ited with the win while Dvorak
was pinned with the loss.
Butte had two big frames. In
the third and fourth brackets
the Butte team shoved across
three runs in each, accompan
ied by three hits apiece.
A. Elwanger, of Butte, got
three hits for five trips to the
plate while Hotchkiss got two
for four.
Summary: R H E
Butte ._ 013 300 010 8 7 .
Bonesteel 000 110 011 4 7 6
Batteries: Butte, Hermson
Elwanger and Mahlendorf:
Bonesteel, Dvork and Eross
huesch.
Dakotan Earns
Hall of Fame Ticket—
SPENCER— Fairfax won its
second game in a row Sunday
by shutting out Spencer, 6-0,
with Wilblemo pitching a no
hit ball game.
With Wilblemo pitching no
hit ball, the Fairfax team col
lected seven hits and only one
error.
*i.H^Imer was charged with
the loss with the Spencer boys
bungling the ball four times.
Summary: R H E
Fairfax 002 110 200 6 7 1
Spencer ... 000 000 000 0 0 4
Batteries: Fairfax, Wilblemo
and L. Koenig; Spencer, Hel
mer and Pelc.
Pickstown Gets 8
Runs in Third—
LYNCH—Visiting Pickstown
smothered Lynch Sunday eve
ning 12-2 with the Pickstown
boys gathering nine of their
scores in the third frame.
Mendenhall was the winning
pitcher while Edwards was
handed the loss.
Summary: r ;
Pickstown 109 001 100 l*>
Lynch ... 000 200 000 2
Batteries: Pickstown— Men
denhall and Kramei; Lynch—
Edwards, Carson anci Christen
Verdel Stretches Wins
to 2 Games—
WINNER— Verdel stretched
its winning streak to two j
games Sunday b y clipping
Winner 6-2. The losers could I
only collect two hits and bun- !
gled the pill five times. The
errors cost Winner the game
Verdel got seven hits with on
ly two errors.
Summary: R H E
Verdel . 6 7 9
Winner 225
CAFE CHANGES
r-iC?A^PERS—Mr- and Mrs.
Clyde Elkins sold their cafe to
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Thornton on
Tuesday, June 1. The cafe was
closed for redecoration until
Saturday afternoon, when it was
reopened with free coffee and
doughnuts and a treat for the
kiddies. The firm will operate as
Rose’s Cafe. Mr. and Mrs. El
kins and son have moved to
Wisner where they have em
ployment on a farm.
Kansans Here—
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mur
phy, of Ford. Kans., arrived
in O’Neill last Thursday. They
visited Mrs. Ed Ferris, Mrs
Murphy’s sister, and Elias
Clark, and returned to Ford on
Saturday afternoon with Sarah
Timmerman, another sister of
Mrs. Murphy’s.
Original street lights were
fiber torches.
ROCKETS COP
OPENER 7-2
Valentine, Stuart and
Ainsworth Win in
Third Round
(Special to The Frontier)
All four games were played
Sunday in the Nortn - Central
day - and - night league. The
weatherman had intervened on
first and second round games.
O’Neill licke Page. Valentine
sped past Chambers, Ains
worth smothered Ewing, and
Stuart won from Atkinson in
the only close one for the day.
O'Neill Crew Outhits
Page. 16-6—
PAGE — O’Neill copped its
initial baseball game in the
North-Central day and night
league, Sunday afternoon, by
beating Page 7-2.
It was the first game the
Rockets have been able to
play. Others have been cancel
led because of the weather.
The Rockets collected 16 hits
while Page could get the
range for only six. Both
teams committed five errors as
Graham was credited with the
O’Neill win.
The Rockets’ big inning
came in the fourth frame,
sending four of their seven
runs across the plate.
Asher and Heiss tossed for
Page with Kennedy handling
the catching duties.
Helmer did relief pitching
for the Rockets with Tomjack
behind the plate.
Summary: R H E
O’Neill _ 7 16 5
Page _2 6 5
Batteries: O’Neill— Graham,
Helmer and Tomjack; Page —
Asher, Heiss and Kennedy.
Chambers Loses to
Valentine in Wild Game—
CHAMBERS— Another Sun
day game saw Valentine over
run Chambers 17-6 in a wild
ball game. Valentine got 17
hits with 7 errors while Cham
bers collected 7 hits and had
12 errors.
The big inning for the Val
entine team was the ninth.
They scored 5 runs, knocking
out 3 doubles during the rally.
Beemen took credit for the
win while Harkins $ot 3 for 5
at the plate for batting honors.
Summary: R H E
Valentine 034 202 015 17 17 6
Chambers 010 500 010 6 7 1?
Batteries: Valentine, Beeman,
and McCormack; Chambers,
Walter, David and Kenneth
Oetter,
Ainsworth Smothers Ewing
For Initial Win—
AINSWORTH— Sunday eve
ning, Ainsworth tromped Ew
ing to the tune of 11-1, getting
14 hits with only two errors.
Don Richardson took credit
for the win, getting seven
strikeouts, with Earl Clark do
ine the Ainsworth catching.
Clem Schrad, of Ewing, was
tagged with the loss with Oet
ter in behind the plate. Schrad
struck-out seven. The Ewing
team got two hits and com
mitted five costly errors.
Summary: R H E
Ewing _ 1 2 5
Ainsworth - 11 14 2
Batteries: Ainsworth, Don
Richardson and Earl Clark;
Ewing, Schrad and Oetter.
Stuart Takes Close
One from Atkinson—
ATKINSON—Stuart g*>t to
Jerry Troshynski, of Atkinson,
for 10 hits to win the ball
game 7-6. Sunday evening.
Atkinson connected for only
four hits and bungled the bail
five times.
Howard Tielke was the win
ning pitcher and J. Troshvns'ki
was tagged with the loss.
Bill Tielke and Leo King,
both of Stuart, got three hits
for five trips to the plate.
Summary R H E
Stuart 7 10 g
Atkinson 6 4 5
Batteries: Stuart, Howard
Tielke and Leo King: Atkin
son J Troshynski and B. Tro
shynski.
Nuptial Shower
for Mrs. Barnes —
INMAN — A post-nuptial
miscellaneous shower was
given in honor of Mrs. Ralph
Barnes, of Amelia, the former
Miss Jeanette Hopkins, on Wed
nesday afternoon, June 1, at the
WSCS parlors.
Mrs. Barnes received many
gifts to use in her new home.
Refreshments were served in
late afternoon, Hostesses includ
ed: Mrs. Karl Keyes, Miss Mil
dred Keyes. Mrs. James Coven
try, Mrs. Jennie Crosser, Mrs.
Donald and Mrs. Merlin Luben,
Mrs. A. N. Butler and Mrs. L.
R. Tompkins.
Miss Doris Aim, of Bismarck,
N. D., and a friend spent the
Memorial day holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Aim, and family.
THE SCOREBOARD
NORTH-CENTRAL DAY
AND-NIGHT LEAGUE
W L Pet.
Valentine 2 0 1.000
Ainsworth 1 0 1.000
O’Neill 1 0 1.000
Stuart .. 10 1.000
Atkinson 1 1 -500
Ewing 1 2 .333
Chambers 0 2 .000
Page 0 2 .000
Result* Sunday, June 5:
Valentine 17 .. .at Chambers 6
O’Neill 7.at Page 2
Stuart 7 ... at Atkinson 6
At Ainsworth 11 . . . Ewing 2
Games Sunday, June 12
Page at Ewing.
O’Neill at Atkinson.
Ainsworth at Valentine.
Chambers at Stuart.
NORTH-CENTRAL LEAGUE
Team W L Pet.
Center ... 2 0 1.000
Elgin ... 2 0 1.000
Niobrara 1 1 .500
Petersburg 1 1 .500
Creighton “B” .... 1 1 .500
Orchard 11 -500
Brunswick 0 2 .000
St. John’s 0 2 .000
Results Sunday. June 5
Center 5 at Niobrara 4
At Creight'n “B” 5 Bruns. 4
At Orchard 6 Petersburg 3
Elgin 8 at St. John’s 2
Games Sunday. June 12
St. John’s at Orchard.
Elgin at Petersburg.
Brunswick at Creighton "B”.
Center at Niobrara.
INTERSTATE LEAGUE
Games Sunday, June 12:
Bonesteel at Winner.
Piekstown at Fairfax.
Butte at Verdel.
Lynch at Spencer.
Results Sunday, June 5
Butte 8_at Bonesteel 4
Fairfax 6_at Spencer 0
Verdel 6_at Winner 2
Piekstown 12 — at Lynch 2
Disaster Loans
Available Thru FHA
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles Brannan last week
designated 51 Nebraska coun
ties as areas in which blizzard
disaster loans can be made to
eligible farmers by the Farm
Home Administration.
Holt is one of these counties.
To be eligible for loans, ap
plicants must certify they suf
fered damage as a result of the
disaster and they are unable
to obtain adequate credit from
commercial or cooperative
sources.
Other Niobrara basin coun
ties included in the disaster
loan area are: Sioux, Bo:
Butte, Sheridan, Cherry,
Brown, Rock, Knox and Keya
Paha.
Ben and Jessie Mae
Coming to Gambles
Ben and Jessie Mae, of radio ,
station WNAX fame, will enter
tain patrons at Gambles store
today (Thursday) and Friday,
according to Mgr. Gene Cant
Ion.
The appearance of this mu
sical duo is in connection with
Blue Grass Days, a sales event
running today through Satur
day.
A new air-conditioning unit
is being installed in the store.
Teacher Attends Summer
Session at Wayne—
Mrs. Florence Schultz, a
teacher in the O’Neill public
school, left Monday to attend
the Summer session at Wayne
State Teachers’ college.
North Dakotans Here —
INMAN — Mr. and Mrs. Cal
mer Halverson and daughter, of
Condo, N. D., spent the May 28
29-30 weekend in the George
Sobotka home.
J. D. Cronin, H. J. Birming
ham and Frank Froelich left
Wednesday for St. Louis, Mo.
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O’Neillite Gains
Albion Semi-Finals
Don Bridge, of Norfolk, Sun
day defeated Jim Harkrader,
also of Norfolk, one-up to win
the championship of the Al
bion golf tournament. Bridge
ousted Scovie Jaszkowiak, of
O’Neill, one-up in two extra
holes in the semi-finals in the
championship flight.
Ten O’Neill golfers were en
tered in the meet. Tom Harty
finished in runnerup position
in the third flight and was a
warded a radio.
Harkraer also was obliged to
go overtime to gain the finals.
He got a birdie on the first
extra hole.
Golfers from O’Neill entered
in the meet, besides Jaszkowi
ak, were: J. L. McCarviHe, jr.,
Ben Grady, Henry Lohaus,
Max Golden, Pat Harty, Tom
Harty, C. J. Gatz, Eddie Camp
bell and Chick Cronin.
Among the spectators from
here were: Mrs. Jaszkowiak,
Mrs. McCarville, Mrs. Grady,
Mrs. Lohaus, Mrs. Golden, Mrs.
P. B. Harty and Mrs. C. J.
Gatz.
Thompsons Entertain —
INMAN — Sunday, May 29,
dinner guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thompson,
sr„ included: Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Thompson, of Norfolk, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Thompson, jr.,
and son, Dickey, of Watertown,
S. D., Mr. and Mrs. Pete Cooper
and son, Jimmy, of Orchard, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brittell and
daughter, Betty Jean. Mr. and
Mrs. Plen Nickels, of Page, were
afternoon callers in the Thomp
son home.
American Legion Junior
Team Schedules Games—
STUART—Bud Kunz, mana
ger of the American Legion
Junior baseball team announc
ed this week he had scheduled
four games.
Two will be home games
and the other two away.
Bill Strake will manage the
American Legion midget base
ball team. So far no midget
games have been scheduled.
Gillespies, Frigid ai re
Sponsor Cooking School
Gillespies will sponsor a Frig
idaire cooking school at the Am
erican Legion auditorium on
Tuesday, beginning at 1:30 p. m.
W. B. Gillespie, of the Gillespie
firm, said the school is the first
of its kind to be held here in
years.
Mrs. Opal Rice, Frigidaire
district home economist, will
conduct the school. Highlight of
the afternoon will be Mrs. Rice’s
simultaneous cooking of four
meals on the same range.
Food products to be used will
be provided by Shelhamer
Foods.
G. R. Nickolas has recently
joined the Gillespie firm and
will serve as an outside sales
man. (Details of the cooking
school may be found in adver
tisement on page 6, section 1.)
Bible School Closes
with Program —
PAGE—Bible school closed
Saturday at the Methodist
church with a dinner at noon.
The mothers of pupils were in
vited to attend. Sunday evening
the children gave a program at
the church. Work the pupils had
done during the week was on
display.
Mrs. Leon Kaiser and daugh
ter, Shirley, of Atkinson, vis
ited Sunday with Mrs. Herbert
Kaiser and daughter, Esther.
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