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Tourney Visit. . .
By REVA B. EVANS
of The Gordon "Journal
How to keep from growing old! ;
Want to know the secret form- j
ula? Just accompany a bevy of I
high school youngsters on a bas- I
ketball trip—share their mercur- j
ial emotions, one moment ecstat- j
ic joy, the next apprehension i
and despair effervescing into j
gaiety again. Although your hair
is sprinkled with “dust from the
road of life’’ and the hand of
time restrains you from entering
the magic circle, just being on
the outer fringes infects you with
enthusiasm and zest. The spirit
lifts and dull care slinks aorund
the comer to await another day.
Nothing again, can quite equal
the fun “we” had on our trek to
the basketball tournament at O'
Neill last weekend. Of course
there were minor inconveniences
such as
a) A ruined tire costing enough
precious minutes that we reach
ed our destination barely in tirtfe
for the game Thursday night,
and
(b) No hotel reservations in
advance, so six girls had to sleep
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(?) in one room—but who said
that didn’t come under the head
ing of fun?
To visitors from Gordon—O’
NeilJ will always be remember
ed as the city ^hospitable.
Everyone with whom we came
in contact—at the hotel, in res
taurants, in stores—was gracious
and friendly, each doing his ut
most, it seemed, to make us feel
welcome and at home. After the
game Friday night, when Gordon
by a two-point margin had blast
ed O’Neill’s hopes of, the state
tourney, a representation of Pep
club members ran across the
floor to our girls and through
tears of disappointment, con
gratulated them. “Of course we
hate not winning,” they said in
effect, “but if we had to lose,
we’d rather Gordon beat us than
any other team in Nebraska!” I
hope our girls will always show
that brand of sportsmanship.
And we were proud of our
young people. “Well behaved,”
“mannerly” we heard them de
scribed. Mr. Ledford was treated
to a steak dinner on Friday be
cause the restaurant where our
baskeiball boys had their meals
wanted to show appreciation for
their good conduct and absolute
lack of rowdyism. People at the
hotel likewise commented on
these attributes of the Gordon
team.
Spectators at the games lauded
the sportsmanship of the Broncs
—here is a typical observation
written by an O’Neill merchant,
“You have a fine clean bunch of
bovs.”
That, to me, is worth vastly
more than all the championships
in the book.
Mr. Ledford was constantly
paged at the O’Neill hotel to re
ceive another sheaf of telegrams
from Gordon well-wishers and
sports fans. Those messages were
definitely morale - boosters and
had a bolstering effect, I think,
on the Broncs’ determination to
win. They knew the folks at
home had confidence in their
ability, and they were out to jus
tify that confidence.
Wayne Taylor, beating, twist
ing and wringing his hat through
the tensions of the Friday night
game. Later, viewing the wreck
in surprise, he ruefully remark
ed, “Guess I’ll have to buy a new
hat, but it was worth it!”
After the Plainview game
Thursday night, one Bronc fa
ther, tears streaking unashamed
ly down his cheeks, leaping over
several tiers of seats to clasp the
hands and thump the backs of
the victorious lads. Other days
in the week dignified and delib
erate, he could not understand
right afterward how he did get
to the floor so quickly.
A phenomenon I never expect
ed to see — my daughter and
three of her pals practically
speechless for once in their lo
quacious lives. So excited were
they that they didn’t know
whether to laugh or cry, so they
did both at the same time. No
wonder when they were con
fronted with a mike in the hands
of a radio reporter, George Ham
mond of the “Voice of The Fron
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tier,” who was tape-recording
proceedings, they were hard put
to stammer out their names be
tween gulps and sobs. But when
he asked how they felt about the
victory they fairly blasted the
instrument right out of his grasp!
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Fact or Fiction? . . .
(Creighton News)
To the west of Knox county is
Holt county. In that county js a
town—O’Neill. In O’Neill there
is a newspaper—The Frontier.
The editor and publisher of The
Frontier is Cal Stewart—known
as “snow editor” of Nebraska.
Knowing Cal rather well we can
vouch for the fact that he is one
of Nebraska’s most progressive
weekly newspaper men. And
when there is no storm he is as
normal as any newspaper man
can be. Unfortunately O’Neill is
located so that it catches the
worst of any snowstorm in Ne
braska. We know that is true
because Cal says so in his paper,
even though our nine-foot drifts
keep us at home so we can’t get
to O’Neill to see those 18-foot
drifts.
Cal, at one time, wanted to de
velop some angle rather than
snow, so he conceived the slogan
something like this: “O’Neill is
the buckle of the hay belt.”
But Cal forgot to get the coun
ty assessor lined up on his side,
or else the state tax commission
er made an error in compiling
statistics.
It seems that, according to as
sessment schedules, Holt county
ranks 24th in the state in? num
ber of tons of hay in 1952. Even
poor old Knox county, which
can’t muster as much snow, has
more than twice the amount of
hay — 10,605 tons. Then there’s
Antelope with 4,721 tons and
Pierce with 5,433 to beat Holt.
Yes, there are 23 counties pro
ducing more hay than Holt
county, according to assessors’
statistics.
(The Frontier editor’s note:
The “hay buckle” is a Lions
club product, and, if you
please, Mr. Creighton Editor,
we’d have O’Neill known as
“America’s Winter Sports Cap
ital.”—CWS.)
Mrs. Derickson Hostess
to Star Club—
The Star Get-Together club
met on Tuesday, March 10, at
the home of Mrs. Sammie Der
iekson with Mrs. Derickson act
ing as hostess. There were 12
members and two guests present
and there were five members
absent.
Roll call was answered by each
one bringing their baby picture.
The lesson was on “First Aid”
and it was given by Mrs. Dale
Revell and Mrs. Albert Derick
son.
Entertainment consisted o f
playing games. At the close of
the meeting a lunch was served
by the hostess.
The next club meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Lysle
Johnson and the lesson will be
on “Shopping for Furniture,”
given by Mrs. Ben Miller and
Mrs. Elmer Juracek. — By Mrs.
Nels Linquist, news reporter.
Sunday callers in the Ralph
Leidy home were Mr. and Mrs.
Rodney Livings and Jan of Sioux
City.
435 Attend 4-H
Fun Night Event
Some 435 4-H club members,
parents and leaders braved ad
verse weather conditions Satur
day night to attend the annual
4-H family fun night party at
the O’Neill high school auditor
ium. The evening was spent en
joying musical games and songs.
Numbers were put on by the
various clubs throughout the
county, but many clubs were un
able to give their numbers due
to lack of members being there.
Climax of the evening was the
awarding of the awards for 1952.
Following is the list of awards;
Gold watch—Benton Mellor,
state winner on yard beautifica
tion. Since Benton is in the arm
ed service, he wanted this watch
presented to his father, J. B.
Mellor. o
Melba Dobrovolny, food pre
servation; Carol Schultz, frozen
foods; Lois Puckett, food prepa
ration; Doris Pierson, homemak
ing; Mary Schmitz, homemak
ing; Doreen Gleed, homemaking;
Frances Ernst, homemaking.
Mary F. Vit,t clothing; Jackie
Taggert, dress revue; Lois Puck
ett, dress revue; Darlene Grimes,
dress revue; Karen Garwood,
dress revue; Gary Braasch, field
crops; Joellyn Backhaus, meat
animal; Jerry Hickman, beef;
Jackie Rees, poultry; Clarence
Gokie, poultry; Bobby Ries,
poultry.
mcnara ouyie, garaen; \jary
Holcomb, garden; Matthew Be ha,
garden; Frances Ernst, garden;
Jim Ries, tractor; Joe Livingston,
tractor; Jerry Hickman, tractor;
Raymond Wagman, tractor.
Helen Martha Vitt, health;
Ber.ton Mellor, home grounds:
Alice D. Whaley, leadership;
Carol Schultz, girls’ record; Ken
neth Backhaus, boys^ record:
Darlene Harley, achievement;
Irene Brown, achievement; Jen
nie Halsey, achievement.
Melba Dobrovolny, Foley mill;
Mary Schmitz, sifter; Carol
Schultz, chopper; Joanne Lans
worth, fork; Mary F. Vitt, juic
er; Lois Puckett, Foley mill; De
Marus Wefso, sifter; Doris Ward,
chopper; Bonnie Burival, fork;
Helen Vitt, juicer; Clover 4-H
club, beef, Gooch trophy; Gary
Holcomb, set of tools; Gary Hol
comb, 6” crescent wrench.
Riverside, health certificate;
Clover club, recreation and rural
arts certificates; Riverside Com
munity, recreation and rural arts
certificates.
South Fork 212, recreation and
rural arts certificates; Up and At
It, recreation and rural arts cer
tificates; Inman Boys and Girls,
recreation and rural arts certifi
cates; Sandhill Billies, recreation
and rural arts certificates; Nifty
Needlers, recreation and rural
arts certificate.
Doris Pierson, Foley mill; Al
ice Young, sifter; Mary Schmitz,
chopper; Doreen Gleed, fork;
Frances Ernst, juicer; Mary Ag
nes Boyle, newswriting certifi
cate; Richard Boyle, club week
trip; Gary Holcomb, Ak-Sar-Ben
service awards.
Leaders who have headed
clubs for five years are: Frank
Beelaert of Page, Stanley Lam
bert of Ewing, Mrs. M. B. Mar
cellus of O’Neill, Mrs. Lois Miner
of O’Neill, Mrs. Vern Sageser of
Amelia, Mrs. Frank Vanek of
Amelia, LeRoy Holcomb of
Chambers, Mrs. LeRoy Holcomb
of Chambers, George Mellor of
Atkinson, Mrs. Grant Peacock of
Emmet, Mrs. Clifford Sobotka of
O’Neill.
Leaders who have headed
clubs for two years are: Roy
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Backhaus of O’Neill, Mrs. George
Colman of Inman, Mrs. Francis
Curran of O’Neill, Mrs. Quentin
Hickok of Stuart, A. H. Kaup of
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In addition to the members and
leaders receiving recognition, all
the clubs that have been reor
ganized for 1953 were' given spe
cial recognition. They are as
follows;
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Cleveland, Mrs. Herb Sweet,
leader; Clover, Helen Martens,
leader; Curly Q’s, Mrs. John
Babl, leader; Eagle Creek, Mrs.
Francis Curran, leader; Eagle
Hustlers, Roger Bowen, leader;
Elkhom Valley, Mr. and Mrs.
Grant Peacock, leaders; Ever
green, Mrs. Art O’Neill, leader;
Ewing Golden Gleaners, Mrs.
Robert Tams, leader.
Fancy Ropers, Mrs. Lois Mi
ner, leader; Green Valley Blue
birds, Mrs. Herman Gans, lead
er; Happy Girls, Mrs. Alice Wid
man, leader; Happy Helpers,
Mrs. Lloyd Gleed .leader; Happy
Hollow, Mrs. Lionel Gunter,
leader; Hoosier Hot Shots, Mrs.
Kenneth Braasch, leader; Kitty
Clover, Mrs. M. B. Marcellus,
leader; Lucky Clover, Mrs. Guy
Hull, leader; Martha, Stanley
Lambert, leader; Nifty Needlers*.
Msr. Melvin Held, leader; River
side Community, Mrs. John Vitt,
leader; Sandcreek Livewires,
Mrs. Quentin Hickok, leader.
Sandhill Billies, Mrs. Blaine
Garwood, leader; South Fork.
Community, George Fullerton,
leader; Silver Star Sisters, Mrs.
Stanley Lambert, leader; Steel
Creek, Dale Revell, leader; Sun
nyside, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Col
fack, leaders; Sunshine Valley.
Mary Agnes Boyle, leader; 212
South Fork, Mr. and Mrs. LeRov
Holcomb, leaders; Up and At It,
Mrs. C. M. Pierson, leader; Vic
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Sawyer, leader; Wide Awake,
Mrs. J. W. Walter, leader; Will
ing Workers, Mrs. A. Neil Dawes,
leader.
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