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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1953)
■ Eagles Knockoff Atkinson, 61 • 53 Whistle - Happy Refs Slow Game The Atkinson high Balers, who had registered four successive pre-holiday triumphs, came to town Friday night with a green and gangly crew. They tossed a humdinger of a scare into the O’Neill high Eagles, but Coach Paul Baker’s OHS crew emerged victorious, 61-53. The lead changed hands 'ump teen times before the Eagles, breezing along on Larry Chace’s marksmanship and Duane Booth’s steady passing, pulled away in the final canto. Coach Sonny Retziait iosi three via the foul route and the lack of reserve strength im mediately registered on the scoreboard. • At the outset the refs stopped I the game to tone down some; rhubarb originating in the south balcony. The rough stuff isn’t j condoned anytime, but plenty of j fans thought the refs were whis- j t!e-happy later on. Eighty-one j freethrows were attempted.' The refs seemed to concentrate on Atkinson violations for awhile, then switch to the Eagles. Chace, who played basketball for the Balers during his fresh man and sophomore years, pour ed in 11 fielders and 10 out of 16 -1 BIGLIN'S Funeral Directors O’NEILL Day Ph. Night Ph. 38 487-R or 200 ^*********************» freethrows to set a classy indi vidual performance pace. His deception and speed made points for O’Neill all evening. Atkinson scored first and stay ed ahead until midway in the opening stanza, which ended 15 11 in favor of O’Neill. The Blues were ahead 31-27 at the half. Well along in the third Atkin son held a 41-39 margin. Harold Dexter’s free throws made it 41 all. Atkinson’s Houston hit a fielder and O’Neill’s Duane Al ton countered, making it 43-all. Fred Dobrovolny hit a fielder for Atkinson. With three seconds left, Chace scored a FG and one freethrow, giving O’Neill a 46-45 margin at the end of the third. O’Neill led throughout the fourth period by various mar gins: 49-45, 52-48, 56-49. 56-51, 58-52, and the final—61-53. The straw that broke the Balers' back was when big Mulford went to the showers with five minutes gone in the fourth and the score 52-48. Retzlaff relies heavliy on his big boys—Houston, Dobrovolny, Mulford and Dunn. Proof that the pep gals might be doing as much work as the players was evidenced when Kay Dvorak, Baler noisemaker, faint ed. The game was stopped while she was carried to a classroom where a doctor could attend her. The week before one of the O’ Neill cheerleaders passed out at Ainsworth. Kay was still in the Atkinson hospital four days later. O’Neill used a man-to-man de fense! the first half. Accumula tion of too many personals oblig ed Baker to switch to a zone. O’Neill seconds won the pre lim, 46-43, over the Baler scrubs. The junior Eagles had built a substantial margin, 41 - 29. The visitors then went to work. Had the game gone on another min ute or so the outcome might have been different. Eighty-five freethrow tickets were issued. | The prelim game didn’t end until 8:35 and the varsity game didn't get underway until 8:54— roughly an hour too late. Boxscore of main event: O’NEILL (61) fg ft pf tp Chace _11 10 4 32 Gatz .... 0 0 0 0 Dexter_13 5 5 Gaskill _ 10 12 Miner_ 2 4 5 8 Alton _ 2 2 3 6 Booth ...2 12 5 Seger - 115 3 Totals _ ...... 20 21 25 61 ATK. (53) fg ft pf tp Frickel _ 0 0 10 O’Conner ___ 3 0 5 6 Dunn ... 7 5 4 19 Rothchild _ 0 0 0 0 Houston ___ 4 5 2 13 Mulford _ 0 15 1 Dobrovolny_ 3 2 5 8 Small .. 2 2 3 6 Meyers _0 0 10 Totals _19 15 26 53 Referees: Marion Hicks of Bassett and Senat of Bassett. Norfolk, O’Neil! I Catholic Quints Lose Gokie Leads Attacks for St. Joe ATKINSON — Sharp-shooting Donald Gokie led the St. Joseph’s hall Bluejays in two impressive cage victories during the oast week. In a Friday night battle with the Sacred Heart Knights of Nor folk, Gokie rolled up 38 point', and the Josies won, 70-47. In a I Monday night 'meeting with St. Mary’s of O’Neill, Mr. Gokie was held fairly well in check, but still led the assault with 15 points. The Josies won that one, 53-31. Both games were played or. the Atkinson court. St. Joe 70; Sacred Heart 47 Don Gokie was hitting the ring from all angles, registering 17 fielders and four freethrows, as he led the up-and-coming Josies to a relatively easy win over Sa ! cred Heart (Norfolk). Gokie col | lected six fielders in the first quarter, and four each in the second and third periods. He “cooled - off” to a mere three buckets during the final stanza. The Bluejays led, 32-17, at in ! termission. Best for the Norfolkans was | John Lawler’s 15 points. The St. Joe reserves turned back the Knight nubbins, 27-26, after leading, 16-14, at halftime Boxscore of main event: S. HEART (47) fg ft pf tp Mock, f _ 12-212 i Vincent, f_ 0 0- 2 0 2 | Corkle, f _ 0 0- 0 3 0 ! McMahon, f 0 0- 5 3 0 Henn, c.. 3 4-10 2 10 Jonas, c _ 0 0- 0 0 0 Kent, g 4 3-4 1 11 Armbruster, g2 1-1 4 5 Lawler, g_ 6 3- 8 3 15 Totals ...17 13-32 17 47 ST. JOE (70) fg ft pf tp Gokie, f_17 4- 8 4 38 Lee, f _ 0 1-15 1 Schmit, f _ 6 0- 0 3 12 Miller, f _ 0 0-120 Slattery, f _ 0 0- 0 0 0 W. Ries, c _ 3 3- 5 2 9 Cleary, c _ 0 1-13 1 Verzal, g _ 4 1-1 0 9 Bouska, g_0 0-1 0 0 Penry, g _ 0 0-010 Mack, g _0 0-130 J. Ries, g __ 0 0-010 Totals_30 10-19 24 70 Officials: Galyen and Mancuso St. Joe 53; St. Mary's 31 Coach Pat Miller’s Josies buill a 16-18 first-quarter lead Monday night against the St. Mary’s academy Cardinals (O’Neill). Mil ler proceeded to use 12 players throughout the remainder of the game. The Cards narrowed the gap to 21-31 at halftime, but coulan t cope with the Gokie-Schmit-Ries combine that gathered 40 points The Cards muffed 22 attempts from the freethrow lane; the Jo ! sies fizzled on 21. Terry Wanser’s eight points was the best point-getting effort for SMA. By coincidence, both Coach Miller and St. Mary’s Coach Boh Berigan are former St. Joseph’s hall cage greats. Summary: ; ST. M. (31) fg ft pf tp Bazelman _ 12 2 4 Wanser .. 3 2 5 8 Weier _ 0 7 0 7 Graham - 112 3 Head _ 0 13 1 Cuddy --- 0 2 12 Tomlinson __ 2 2 4 6 London _ 0 0 3 0 Donohpe_0 0 10 Totals_7 17 21 31 ST. JOE (51) fg ft pf tp j Gokie_ 6 4 4 16 Schmit __— 6 1 5 13 Reis __ 3 5 4 11 Miller _ 0 2 4 2 Penry _1113 J. Slattery_ 2 0 0 4 Slattery -—— 0 12 1 Mack ----0 111 Totals _18 14 21 51 Bassett Dumps Valentine, 57-36— BASSETT — Bassett scored i 57-36 victory over Valentine hert I Fridav night for the locals’ sec ond victory of the season againsl one defeat. Marv Bussinger led Bassett’s scoring with 19 points, whilt I Mick Morton played an outstand ing floor game and contributed 12 points to the Tiger total. Lame i reaux scored 13 to pace Valen tine. Kelly, Couch Make Hay Against Cards Pour in 20 Points Each for Inman There was something less than standing-room-only Thursday at Inman as the Inman Tigers spank ed the visiting St. Mary’s acad emy (O’Neill) Cardinals, 63-49. The upcoming Tigers made hay after the even-stephen first quar ter, which ended 13 all. It was Forward Don Kelly and Center r’D"“ ^ouch who broke the Cards’ back. The duo accounted for 40 points. Inman had defeated the Cards, 48-43, in the season’s opener for both teams at O’Neill on Decem ber 1, and the customers were expecting a battle royal. Halftime score was 35-25 in favor of Inman. The Tigers main tained a 10-point lead—47-37—at the end of the third. Coach Bob Berigan’s kids ap parently couldn’t cope with the sharpshooting of Messrs. Kelly, Couch. Reipiers, Davis, & Co. Lofty Duane Weier. SMA center, was the main offensive threat for the Scarlet, getting five field | ers. i In a preliminary, the St. Mary’s 1 fledglings defeated the Inman re serves, 33-19. Jim Becker got 11 points for the winners, i Boxscore of the main event: ST. M. (49) fg ft pf tp Bazelman_.1 0 12 Wanser___2 3 3 7 j Weier-..._5 2 3 12 Graham __ 3 13 7 Head_3 3 3 9 Cuddy _L.l 0 0 2 ' Tomlinson _4 2 3 10 London - 0 0 10 R. Donohoe ... 0 0 0 0 Totals ____.19 11 17 49 INMAN (63) fg ft pf tp Kelly _ 7 6 4 20 Butterfield__, 0 0 0 0 Couch _ 8 4 2 20 Davis_ 3 12 7 Reimers -5 13 11 Sawyer- 0 0 0 0 Bohn_ 0 0 0 0 Wolfe_0 10 1 Jackson _ 12 5 4 Coventry _... ~_ 0 0 0 0 Totals _24 15 16 63 Balers Win Thriller from Chambers Quint ATKINSON — The Atkinson high school Balers scored a 48 47 victory over Chambers here Tuesday night. The score at the end of the first quarter was Atkinson 12, Chambers 6. At the halftime, At kinson had scored 20 and Cham bers 16. Dobrovolny led Atkinson's scorers with 16 markers. O’Con ner made 12 and Small nine points. Top players for Chambers were Strong with 18 points, Ad ams with 14 and Tangeman with 10. SOUTH OF STUART NEWS The Wednesday afternoon bridge club met with Mrs. Har old Givens, December, 16. Priz€fe were won by Mrs. Ben Engler and Mrs. Wilbur Moon. A Christ mas exchange was held and a lunch was served by Mr. Givens. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Coker of O’Neill were Monday evening visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Greenfield and family. The KC bridge club met Mon day evening with Mrs. Art Giv ens. Prizes were won by Mrs. A. M. Batenhorst and Mrs. George Wallinger. After the games a lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Evering ham of NewDOrt were Tuesday afternoon callers at the Roy Rhodes home. Rev. and Mrs. D. D. Su of Stuart were Sunday afternoon visitors of Mrs. Roy Rhodes. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Paxton and Larry and Mrs. Ella Cobb enjoyed Sunday evening supper with Mr. and Mrs. Murel Mc Clure of O’Neill. Mrs. Ray Greenifeld visited her mother, Mrs. Bell Hitchcock, Thursday afternoon at Atkinson. Thursday evening visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kunz and Jeanie were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Vogel and family, and Mrs. Joe Kunz and daughter, Joan. Gene Batenhorst drove to O maha Friday to bring his bro . ther. Navy Cadet Kenneth Baten I horst of Penascola, Fla., home for the holidays. F. J. Clark and Mary Ellen Cooney of Omaha ac eomoanied them to Stuart. Don Beckwith accompanied them as far as O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dvorak and family of Atkinson visited Sun day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kunz and Jeanie. SPENCER—Dr. J. M. Pucelik has been reelected president of the Spencer commercial club, and John R. Krotter has been reelected secretary-treasurer. An all-out push for new members is planned for the new yea * Wood Lake Spills Stuart Broncos, 50-43 STUART — The Stuart high Broncos failed to corral the Wood Lake high Longhorns Friday night, December 18, when they journeyed to Wood Lake for a game. Wood Lake won, 50-43. The first quarter found the Longhorns leading by one point, while at intermission the Broncos had the lead by five points, which Wood Lake whittled down to a one-point margin in the third quarter. In the last quarter Stuart slipped behind seven points with the final score read ing: Wood Lake 50; Stuart 43. Brewster and Shald tied for high point honors with 14 points each. The prelim game results were Stuart 35, Wood Lake 23. Boxscore of main event: STUART (43) fg ft pf tp Paxton - 3 10 7 Hytrek - 2 2 0 6 Mitchell _.0 2 12 Brewster -— 6 2 4 14 Shald -. 6 2 5 14 Wewel _ 0 0 0 0 Totals __ 17 9 10 43 < W. L. (50) fg ft pf tp Logerwell ___6 1 3 13 Swett -—— 3 5 3 11 Kenan - 6 1 1 13 Kistler -3 2 18 McAndrews- 0 0 2 0 Herron - 2 115 Totals _20 10 11 50 __ Inman Tigers Meet Elgin-Orchard Victor INMAN — Supt. James Run nalls and Coach Joe Zowada at tended the drawing for the Elk horn Valley and Sandhill Gate way tournament at Brunswick Saturday morning. The tourna ment is set for January 4, 5, 1 and 8, and will be held at Bruns wick. Three games will be play ed nightly on the first two nights and there will be two games nightly on the last two nights. The first games will begin at 6 pm.; the second games will be gin at 7:30 p.m., and the final games will begin at 9 p.m. Inman will play its first ganw at 7:30 p.m., on January E against the winner of the Or chard-Elgin game from the night before Center Busiest Deer Check Point CENTER—The town of Center Nebraska’s busiest deer checking station during the December 7-11 season checked almost as manj deer as the town has residents. A total of 107 deer was sealec by the Nebraska game commis sion at the courthouse in Center That town’s population, accord ing to the most recent census, is 148. Man at Clearwater Suffers Face Cuts— CLEARWATER — George Nea] suffered painful face cuts Wed nesday, December 16, when he was struck by a timber as he was working the chute while dehorn ing cattle. He is recovering at his home. Ten stitches were required to close the cuts. By Laws Adopted by District 17 P-TA— The regular meeting of district 17 jrarent-Teaeners’ association was held at the school on Thurs day at 8 p.m. The meeting was called to or ! der by president, Mrs. Boyd Boel- ; ter. Group singing of Christmas carols was enjoyed. The by-laws for the P-TA were read and approved. The secretary was appointed to act as news reporter. Games were played and lunch was served.—By Clinton Harmon, news reporter. Rites at Orchard for Mrs. Van Horn ORCHARD — Mrs. John Van Horn, 77. died Friday at the home j of Mrs. Fred Tiede in Orchard, where she had been cared for re cently. She had been a resident of the Orchard community since 1937. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Mondav afternoon here. Iona Bell Hight was born Sep tember 24, 1876, at Walker, la. I Her family moved to a farm near ! Oakview park when she was a year old, where they remained until she was 18 and then moved to Bristow. She was married to John Van Horn of Walnut February 24. 1897, at Butte, and they observed their golden wedding day in 1947. Two children were bom to them. jvir. ana Mrs. van norn locatea on a homestead 1% miles south west of Bristow shortly after their marriage. They were mem bers of the Bristow Methodist church. In 1937 they moved to a farm two miles south of Orchard, where they lived until recently, when they moved to Orchard. A month aftor they moved into town Mr. Van Horn died, ^ut Mrs. Van Horn continued to live in their home here in the north west part of town. Mrs. Van Horn’s survivors in clude: daughter — Mrs. Henry Seevers of Norfolk: son—Artie E. of San Diego: grandson—Vernon E. Schlecht of Norfolk; sisters— Mrs. Ina Bell Bardon, her twin, apd Mrs. Ada Varcoe, both of SDencer; and brother — John jHight of White River. S. D. Be sides her husband, five sisters ' and three brothers preceeded her in death. Learn About Masonic Home from Resident— EWING—There was a good at tendance at the Past Matrons club and Star Kensington when the group met Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Grace Briggs At the business meeting, greet ings were read from several ab sent members who are spending the winter out-of-state and from farmer members, one of whom was Mrs. Minnie French, who wrote an interesting description of the Masonic home at Platts mouth where she now resides. Army Pvt. Edward Bridges ar rived Saturday from Ft. Riley, Kans., to visit his mother, Mrs. Alice Bridges, and his brother, Army Pfc. James Bridges, who is here for the holidays from Ft. Bragg, N. C. Edward was one of three chosen from his regiment for a recent commendation. He is being transferred to Ft. Sher- 1 idan, 111., where he will attend ‘ Fifth army band school. News | Edward McCarthy returned home Monday from the naval air station at Norfolk, Va., to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mc Carthy. Lt. Allen Porter returned home Sunday from Tyndall Field, Fla., to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter. Mr. Porter drove to Sioux City to meet him. Mrs. Mattie Johnson is staying at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. Victor Johnson, while her daughter and son-in-law are in California visiting. Monuments of lasting beauty made by skilled craftsmen of the J. F. Bloom Co. . . monu ments from the factory to the consumer. — Emmet Crabb. O' Neill. phone 139-J. 37tf A/3c Delbert Rouse is spend ing a Christmas furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. How ard Rouse. He is stationed at the Lockborne air force base near Columbus, O. Mr. and Mrs. William Hubby of Neilgh were Wednesday din ner guests of his mother, Mrs Carrie Borg, and Marvel. Venetian blinds, prompt deliv ery, made to measure, metal or wood, all colors.—J. M. McDon aid's. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Huebert of Wichita, Kans., came Tues day night to spend the Christ • . mas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Streeter, and with his mother, Mrs. Edna Huebert. A/3c Allen Walters is spend ing a Christmas furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters. He is stationed at the Lockborne air force base near Columbus, O. Mr. and Mrs. John Claussen left Sunday for Los Angeles, Calif., to visit their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Claussen, and their son* in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Yamell. I DWe really do hope this will be the merriest £ Christmas ever. May your life be filled with the joys of many I friendships. J DR. G. R. COOK ! 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