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‘B’ Tourney Gets Underway Tonight The district class *B” basket ball prep tourney that was to have commenced Wednesday evening, March 8, here was postponed, and the first round of the 3-day tourney will get underway tonight (Thursday) at 5 p. m. at the O’Neill high, school gym, according to Tour nament Director Ira George. The cage meet will continue through Saturday evening, March 11, George said. First round pairings and time of games are: Neligh v?. Basset*., 5 p. m.; Valentine vs. Plainview, 6:30 p. m.; Ord vs, O’Neill, 8 p m.; Burwell vs. Ainsworth, 9:30 p. m. Semifinals and the final night’s games, including the third place playoff contest, are slated to get started at 7:30 p. m. Friday and Saturday. St. Joe’s Playoff Tilt Rescheduled ATKINSON — St. Joseph’s hall, which copped the class •*C” championship in the district prep basketbal tournament here Friday, will tangle with Har tington Friday night, March 10, at Plainview, The tilt will decide which team will represent North-Cen tral Nebraska in the class “C” state high school cage tourna ment at Lincoln. Originally the contest was to have been played Tuesday, March 7, at Plainview. However, because of the inclement weath er and road conditions the play off tilt was postponed. Martha Club Has 4 New Members— The Martha Calf club met at the Martha school Monday, February 27. The meeting was called to order by the president, Char lotte McVay. On account of bad roads, several did not attend. Ten were present, including 4 new members. They are Marjorie, Lois and Jimmy Brewster and David Roby. Our leader, C. E. McVay. handed our project material and discussed the various pro jects of the new members. It was decided to have no day time meetings until the weather is more settled. The next meeting will be at the Martha school the evening of March 23 with no other busi ness to discuss, the meeting ad journed.—By Dale Wood, news reporter. Here for Weekend Miss Mary Ann Gallagher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Gallagher, visited her par ents over the weekend She is in nurses training at St. Cath erine’s hospital in Omaha. An other student at St. Catherine’s, Miss Marilyn Fritton, also visit ed her aprents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Fritton. Visit Norfolk. West Point— The Misses Hilda and Helen Gallagher were in West Point and Norfolk for the weekend. GET YOUR HYBRID SEED CORN NOW! Norman L. Rabe DEALER Phone 3930, Orchard At Orchard Implement Co. on Saturdays At Old Conoco Station at Page on Wednesdays k. -________ ST JOSEPH’S COPS CLASS V TITLE Bluejays Defeat Cardinal* In District Class ‘C’ Tourney, 35-29 ATKINSON A powerful St. Joseph’s hall, of Atkinson, breezed through the state dis trict class C prep cage tourney held here last week and Friday annexed the championship when the Josies defeated St. Mary’s academy Cardinals, of O’Neill, 35-29. It was the second tournament basketball championship the Josies have copped during the current cage season. Late in January the Blujays took the class C championship of the state Catholic high school meet held at York. In taking the crown here from St. Mary’s, Coach Louis Wewal’s parochial cagers sank Ewing in the first round, 42-38; then turned back Springview, 50-20 in the second round' dumped Stuart, 51-31, to gain the finals. i he undefeated Josies Friday night had a tough first quarter with Coach Jack Arbuthnot’s Cards as the count at the end of that period was deadlocked, 7 all. Johnny Uhl, St. Mary’s guard, carried the load for the O’Neill kids, while Dexter and Schaff, of Atkinson, shared the load for the Josies. But as the second period com menced, the superior Josies shot into the lead and main tained a small margin for the rest of the contest. Sparking the second stanza spurt for the Bluejays were Slattery, a for ward, and Dexter, the slot man. As the teams went into the locker rooms for the intermis sion, the St. Joseph crew held a 19-14 lead over the Cards. In resuming second half ac tion before a jam-packed house of O’Neill and Atkinson fans, Wewal’s kids continued their superb offensive action. Schaff, Dexter and Slattery tallied for St. Joe and stretched the Blue jay lead to 25-19 as the final quarter rolled around. Pat Hickey and Shorty Miles started a short-lived rally but the victory-bound Bluejays pot ted 10 points before the final gun sounded. Dexter won high scoring hon ors for the champions as he chalked up 5 buckets and a trio of charities for a 13-point total. Uhl dropped in 5 baskets and one free toss for 11 points, the best for the runnersup. Boxscore: ST. M. (29) fg ft pf tp Miles, f _ 1 1-243 Wills, f 11-243 Hickey, f 3 3- 3 5 9 Gatz, c 0 0-140 Mangan, g — 11-313 Uhl, g . 5 1-4 3 11 Totals 11 7-15 21 29 ST. JO. (35) fg ft pf tp Troshynski, f 0 1-341 Slattery, f 3 1-337 Dexter, c 5 3- 5 2 13 Vogel, c 2 0- 0 0 4 Tushla, c 2 1-235 Schaff, f 2 1-615 Totals . 14 7-19 13 35 Results of other games played: Second round — St. Mary’s dropped Lynch, 50-27. Semifinals — St. Mary’s de feated Butte, 35-30. EMMET NEWS Mr. and Mrs Joe Luth and Mr. and Mrs Wayne Fox spent j Monday at Sioux City. The South Side Improvement : cub met Wednesday, March 1, with Mrs. Joe Winkler. Ten members answered roll call by naming their favorite holiday. A covered dish luncheon was served at noon. It was decided to give $10 to the Red Cross. Mrs Rose Tenborg visited Mrs. Geary Enbody Monday afternoon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Write: Box 481 or Phone 180 O'Neill, Nebr, Don’t Forget The BOY SCOUT FUN FAIN i i I and PIE SOCIAL i ; Wednesday, March 15th, 8 P. M. American Legion Auditorium Admission: 1 Pie ' - V; A 500 WITNESS IMPLEMENT SHOW . . Five hundred men and women gathered Wednesday, March 1, at the American Legion club here for the annual John Deere day entertainment, sponsored by Lloyd Collins Implements, of O’ Neill. Feature film was entitled “Roots in the Soil.”—The Frontier Photo by John H. Mc Carville. j. This hayrack and load of hay were ignited by exhaust sparks from a tractor or by a cigaret thrown by a passerby. Scene: A few roads west of the cemetery corner.—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarrille. O’Neill Firemen Answer 2 Calls CyNeill volunteer firemen answered a pair of calls this week. On Saturday at 12:05 p. m. a load of hay owned by Joe Gokie, of O’Neill caught afire just north of the cemetery on highways 281 and 20. Firemen dumped the hay on the road and extinguished the blaze. A bout 1 ton of hay was destroy ed. Firemen said the cause of the blaze was probably from tractor exhaust sparks or from a cigaret thrown by a passerby. Sunday at 3:45 p. m a truck caught ablaze near Tri-State Produce company in south O’ Neill. No damage resulted. The owner or the driver of the truck was not identifieed. DELOrr NEWS Most of tlie neighbors and1 many others attended the sale at Bill Schindler’s on Wednes day, March 1. The weather was veryy unfavorable. The Catho lic ladies served lunch. Lyle, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bartak, star ted in kindergarten at Deloit on Monday. 2Joe Ann Huffman is also in the class Mrs. Anna Sehi, of Elgin, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Sehi and family visited at Leo Funk’s a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ray, of Omaha, visited Tomjacks re cently. Mrs Jewell returned with them and is visiting her sister at Pender. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Huff man, jr , spent Sunday in Al bion. Mrs. Bill Schindler was hos ess to the pinochle club for Mrs. Ralph Schindler recently. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer, Marlene and Elayne were guests Sunday at W. E. Wulf home in Ewing. Harold Milliken, instructor at the Nebraska Chnstain col lege in Norfolk, was in charge of services at Fairview Sunday. Howard Manson is working on the new sale barn in O’Neill Adolph Baraks were in O' Neill on Saturday. Ferdnand Hupp of Omaha is preparing his fartm home for the new tenants the Earl Van Ostranda 24 Boy Scouts Are Advanced— At a district court of honor, 24 Boy Scouts were advanced in rank here. About 75 parents of Scouts attended the impres sive event held Wednesday, February 22, Scouts advanced were: To life — Eddie Tomlinson, Dale Strong, Bill Malloy, Fred and Paul Fetrow. To Star — George Tomlinson and Bill McElvain. To first class — Edward Gatz. To second class—James Tom linson, Richard Davis, Carroll Grenier and John Bowen. To tenderfoot—Charles Ash er. Roger L. Chambers, James LaFrenz, Michael London Don ald Malloy. Skippv McKenna, Norman Osborne. Benny Flem ing, James Rodman. John Smith. Kenneth Taylor and Donald Davidson. Out of Old Nebraska . . . State’s Admission Creates Great Stir With Nebraska quietly pass ing its 83rd birthday March 1st, it is a little difficult to realize the extent of the con troversy which raged around admission of tlhe state into the Union in 1867. That controver sy was national as well as lo cal. Nationally, the struggle ov er Nebraska’s admission was part of the post-war conflict between President Andrew Johnson and the Radicals. The Radicals, who controlled Con gress, insisted that Nebraska include no restrictions on vot ing because of color in its con stitution. Johnson, who oppos ed tying up the admission of a state in this fashion, had yet another reason for opposing Nebraska’s entry — Nebraska’s two Republican senators (al ready elected) would be sure to throw their weight against him in the struggles that were to follow Locally, the population was split along lines of the national controversy, with the Demo crats opposing admission and i the Republicans favoring it. In addition, local Republicans pointed to the advantages that would accrue from statehood while local Democrats argued that a state government would be too expensive. Reaction of Nebraskans to | admission is reflected in the editorial columns of the news papers of that day. The Nebraska Herald, .a Re publican paper published at PUttsmouth, heralded ne w-3 that the act of admission had been passed over President Johnson’s veto with the fol lowing; “Up with the flag — fire die big gun—Nebraska a state —Nebraska is no longer a territory, but assumes, from this day henceforth, the proud position of a state in tire great American Union; not only a state, but a free state, recog nizing the rights of all men, whether white or black. . . ” J. Sterling Morton’s ardently Democratic Nebraska City News greeted the announce ment with sarcasm; "Accord ing to the promises made to her inhabitantss they will now enter upon a career of unex ampled prosperity. Taxes will be low. The prices of labor will be high. Flush times will drive out lean times, wealth will be the rule and poverty the ex ception among our people And the total expense of ciis ben eficient change, will not ex ceed, remember, according to the eloquent advocates of statehood who perambulated Nebraska and harangued her people during 'the pleasant months of May and June, 1866, the inconsiderable sum of 12 thousand dollars each year. The Nebraska Advertiser, pub ished at Brownville, hailed word of statehood as "glorious news.” and predicted: “Ne braska . . . will grow in impor ! tance and strength henceforth and forever.” Mrs. Robert Wagner Shower Honoree CHAMBERS—An open-house shower honoring Mrs. Robert Wagner was held Sunday af ternoon at the Clair Grimes home. About 50 guests were present. Dean Farrier sang “I Love You Truly,” with Lela Corcor an as pianist Lela Corcoran was in charge of the guest book, Mrs. Richard Smith poured. Refreshments of •coffee, canapes, candy and nuts were served. Mra. Wagner was formerly Luella Crandall. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wagner came Tuesday, February 28, to visit her mother, Mrs. Louise Crandall, and sister and hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, and family. They plan to leave in a few days for Mountain Union, Pa, for a vis it with relatives. Mrs. Wagner is well - known in Chambers where she taught school for several years. She has* been employed at the Camp Pendle ton marine base at Oceanside, Her marriage to Robert Wag ner, of Oceanside, Gal it, took place on December 31 at the Methodist parsonage. They plan to make their home on the East coast. They were ac companied by his brother, Sam Wagner. ,i Other Chambers News Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Johnson and family, of Emmet, and Ar nold, Marie and Errna Zuelka were Sunday dinner guests in the L. V- Cooper home. Pete Brown moved to the Chris McGinn place, west of town, _ last week. The Ray David faimily, who were on the place, moved to Creighton. L. W. Taggart left Sunday for Cheyenne, Wyo., to visit a few days with his daughter, . Ann Taggart, who has been ill. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Cooper, of Winner, S D., came Sunday to visit relatives and to attend the funeral services for Daniel Perkins Monday afternoon. The Sunday - school of the Methodist church honored Mr and Mrs. Dean Stevens at a farewell party at the church parlors on Thursday evening, March 2. A musical program, under the direction of Mrs. Lee Mitchell, was presented. About 60 were present. A lovely gift was given Mrs. Stevens in ap preciation of her work in the Sunday - school. Lunch was served. August Kruger moved from Chambers to his farm north east of town last week. The American Legion auxil iarfy held its regular meeting at the Legion hall Friday eve ning About 25 members were present. Mrs. Tillie Walter con ducted the business session. Plans were made for a Legion birthday party to be held on , Friday evening, March 10. Le gion and auxiliary families are all invited. Committees were appointed. Plans were also dis cussed for a special Pan Amer ican program and lunch at the regular April meeting. Re freshments of sandwiches, pickles and coffee were served by Mrs. L. V. Cooper, Mrs. Richard Smith and Mrs. E. R Carpenter. The Kellar Presbyterian Aid* will meet next on Wednesday, March 15, at the home of Mrs. Ernest Young. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mitchell and children drove to Hastings Saturday. They returned that evening. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stevens and children moved Friday, March 3, to their new home at Atkinson. Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Dale and children were Last Thursday evening guests in the H C. Walter home. Sunday dinner guests in the J. W. Walter home were Mr. and Mrs. Irven Walter and son, John Robert, of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Brion and boys, of Neligh; and Mr. and Mrs Lyle Walter and family, of Chambers. Melba Edwards and a friend of hers from Winner, S. D., vis ited her grandmother, Mrs. Va lo Edwards, -Sunday and at tended services at the Baptist church. They returned that evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Honey well and Raymond Urban at tended a dinner Sunday in honor of their nephew, Bud Urban, who is home on leave from the navy. He has been stationed at San Diego, Calif. The dinner was at the home of Mr and Mrs. Donald Pader at Ewing. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bollwitt, Mrs. Millie Bollwitt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Urban and family, Ed Urban and Mrs. Elsie Otter, all of Ewing; and Mr. and Mrs. Verle Tuttle and family, of Clearwater. Milton Grimes and Norman Renninger came up from Lin coln for the weekend with j their parents. The senior Ladies club held a dinner at the home of Mrs Charlotte Honeywell c/n Tues day, Februatry 28, with 10 members present. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Gen evieve Bell on March 26. Need printing done? Prompt deliveries . . . The Frontier, adv. I william w. Griffin j ATTORNEY First National Bank Bldg. J O'NEILL ------- | W. F. FINLEY, M. D. OFFICE PHONE: 28 i First National Bank Bldg, j O'NEILL | 2 Holt REA Sessions Are Slated Wiring, planning the wiring systems and the utilization of electrical power will be discuse sed at Holt county rural elec- 4 trification meetings by C. S. Crane, chief inspector of the REA. Inman high school was to have been Thursday's meeting place at 2 p. m. The other session will get underway’ at 2 p. m., Friday, March 10, at the Amelia high school Roy De Rose, extension en gineer from the University of Nebraska, and Edward Wilson, manager of the Niobrara Val ley’ Electrical Membership cor poration, will be on hand to assist. Spokesmen for the group said it would be an opportune- 1 ty for farmers and ranchers who will be getting REA in the near future to discuss their needs with experienced per sons. CARD OF THANKS I WISH to express my appre ciation to the American Leg ion and Auxiliary, the Rebek ah lodge, the WSCS, and all other kind friends and neigh bors for their gifts, cards and cheerful messages I received while in the hospital. Many thanks to all. 44p50 MRS. CLARA THORIN. SAND CREEK NEWS ' Linford Sweet called at the O. A. Hammerberg home Tues day morning, February 28. Janice Sweet entered school at district 52 on Wednesday, February 22, as a beginner. tiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiMiiHiHiiiiiiimiiHiiinfimniimuniuiniHiimuitUitthi. The Gift EKRY GSMAATE MATS F AN ELGIN WRIST WATCH ELGIN'S SPECIAL OFO ON GRADUATION WATCHES FOR MARCH ONLY! *■ *■ *■ Ladies’ and Men’s • All American Youth Series • 17 Jewels • Deluxe Model Now Only $45 and $39.751 (Formerly $49.75 and $45) I Offer Expires April 1, 1950 ★ ★ ★ SEE . . NEW SPRING STOCK OF LADIES' JEWELRY NEW ASSORTMENT OF LADIES' EARRINGS McIntosh Jewelry “Where Price & Quality Meet” O’Neill Phone 166
