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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1954)
Future Subscribers FOX—Mr. end Mrs. Leonard Fox of Orchard a daughter, Lin da Jean, weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces, bom Saturday, January 9, at the Plainview hospital. She is the third child in the Fox fam ily and the 26th grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Zakrzew ski of O’Neill. Linda Jean was the first baby bom in the Plain • view hospital in 1954. CHRISTON — Mr. and Mrs. Bod Christon of Denver, Colo., a daughter, Mary Lucinda, bom Tuesday, January 5. She joins a brother, Larry, and sister, Kathy. Tlie parents are known at Ewing. RUDOLF—Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Rudolf of Newport, a son, Terry Ray, weighing 6 pounds 13*6 ounces, born Thursday, Jan uary 7, at Atkinson Memorial hospital. hOFFMAN — Mr. and Mrs Charles Hoffman of Stuart, a son, Terry Lee, weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces, bom Thurs . day, January 7, at Atkinson Me ijioi lal hospital. BURGE— Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Euige of Amelia, a son, Bruce Allen, weighing 9 pounds 13 ounces, born Saturday, January 1at Atkinson Memorial hospital. FLUCKEY—Mr. and Mrs. Loy Fiucitey of Chambers, a son, Calvin Lee, weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces, born Friday, January 8, a. ot. Anthony’s hospital, O’Neil;. DONOHOE — Mr. and Mrs. James Donohoe, of O’Neill, a daughter, Carolyn Marie, weigh ing 9 pounds !6 ounce, bom Mon day, uanuary 11, at St. Anthony’s hospital, O’Neill. j on a SON—Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Johnson of Spencer, a daughter, weighing 8 pounds, bom Satur oay, January 9, in Sacred Heart hospital, Lynch. Pictures Shown— Mr. and Mrs. Blake Benson en ter unnevi at 7 o’clock dinner Sat urady night, January 2- Mr and Mia. Melvin Steward of Fairfax, S.D., Mr. and Mrs. John Cassidy of Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nemic of Spencer, Miss Lynda Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Benson. The evening was spent with music, also movie pictures ana slide pictures taken in Green land, California, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Ed Earley arrived Tuesday for a few day’s visit here. He has been residing at North Bend. ^ Sick & Injured AMELIA—Mrs. Belle Widman, who has been in the O’Neill hos pital for several months after breaking her hip in a fall, is re ported to be improved enough to be walking around some. . . Mrs. Gloria Landrum suffered a badly sprained foot when her ankle turned with her as she was stepping out the door at her home. She has been on crutches. . . . Ralph Rees was on the sick list Sunday, January 3. He enter ed the O’Neill hospital that eve ning. ... Zoellyn Gilman submit ted to an emergency appendecto my on Saturday afternoon, Jan uary 2. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gilman and is the teacher in the Berry dis trict. RIVERSIDE — Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Napier and Glenda Lee went to Omaha over the week end where Mrs. Napier went for a physical checkup. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Pete Carson and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hanel of Blair. Mrs. Hanel was formerly Bernita Wilcox. . . Norman Pol lock underwent a tonsilectomy in the Neligh hospital Saturday. . Mrs. Art Busshardt entered and Omaha hospital Monday for a physical checkup. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pollock, are caring for her two little daugh ters. . . Mrs. Bert Fink went to McPherson, Kans., Friday where she was called because of the serious illness of her little grand daughter, Billie Lee Hall. EMMET—Ed Winkler was dis missed from St Anthony’s hos pital Monday. . . Mrs. Frank Foreman underwent major sur gery Monday, January 4, at the Lutheran hospital, Norfolk. Her condition is good. She planned to stay at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mre. James Foreman of Battle Creek, for a few days after leav ing the hospital on Monday, Jan uary 11. . . Rev. A. A. Urbanski was taken quite ill and had to be taken by ambulance to the St. Joseph’s hospital, Omaha, Sat urday, January 9. His condition is “quite serious.” O’NEILL—Laurence Jonas re turnerd last week from Imman uel hospital, Omaha, where he had been a patient. . . . Miss Zitella (“Tillie”) Kestenholz, who has been ill for several weeks, was removed Saturday from the V J Towle residence to St. An thony’s hospital. She is suffering from a sinus infection. . . . Gene Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, fell on the ice recently and injured the tendon in a fing er. His hand was placed in splints which he will be Qbliged to wear for two more weeks. . • Mrs. Francis Gilg returned Monday from Omaha where she was a patient in St. Joseph’s hospital. CELIA—Verdon Smith, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith, has chickenpox. INMAN—Mrs. Mick Gallagher and son returned Friday from St. Anthony’s hosptial. CHAMBERS— Mrs. Ed Deed | has returned from St. Anthony hospital in O’Neill. __ _ , r a M i-— * f i ■ ■ JOHN R. GALLAGHER • Attorney-at-Law First Nat’l Bank Bldg. J O’NEILL PHONE 11 j Benefit Polio AUCTION II SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 | Next Door to Tom-Tom Cafe (In the event of bad weather, the auction will be moved to H the public school gym) ff Auction Sponsored by O’Neill P-TA |j If you care to consign articles to this sale, contact . BILL H BREWSTER, phone 204-R. or RALPH SIMPSON, phone H 5 359-W. Items you wish to donate will be picked up on local tt | pickup on the morning of the sale (Sat., Jan. 23.) | COL. ED THORIN, Auctioneer § People axe asked to donate any saleable items such as furni- H 5 lure, canned goods, chickens, eggs, calves, wagons, trailers, S j | tires, oil drums, or what have you? ^ j| PAGE—Chester Bridge, a for mer resident of this community, is a patient in the tuberculosis hospital at Kearney. His family is living in Albin, Wyo. He hopes to be dismissed from the hospital some time this spring. |. . . Sterling Albright, MMFN, has returned to his ship, the Hig bee, at Long Beach, Calif, after convalescing m a U.S. naval hos pital following surgery. . . Henry Eickhoff, who suffered a heart attack last week, is still confined to his home. . . Mrs. Ed Stewart has been confined to her home the past week with pneumonia. Her condition is improved. . . Mrs. George Park received word that her sister, Mrs. Cora West of Norfolk, was a patient in the Jennie Edmudson hospital at Council Bluffs, la. Mrs. West for merly was from Page. . . Miss Lois Brewster of Chambers, who had been staying at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Park, since Mrs. Par c re turned from the hospital, sub mitted to an appendectomy at St. Anthony’s hospital, O’Neill, Fri day. LYNCH—Frank Cranford has been on the sick list the last week. . . Gordon Barta of Dorsey was brought to the Lynch hos pital Wednesday, January 6. . . Saturday, Mrs. Ivan Johnson of Bristow came to the Lynch hos pital to visit Mrs. Axel Johnson, who was a patient there. Mrs. Johnson got out of the car and slipped and fell in such a waj as to fracture her right leg. She also was then hospitalized in the Lynch hospital. CHAMBERS — A/lc Richard Harley recently has been releas ed from a hospital at Liverpool, England, where he had been a patient for eight weeks follow ing a car accident. . . Wayne Harley, small son of A/lc and Mrs. Richard Harley, has been ill the past week with bronchial infection. EWING—Susan Huffman, who has been ill with a throat infec tion, is now confined to her home with chickenpox. Warriors Win Thriller, 56-55 The Neligh Warriors grabbed j an early lead which was enjoyed throughout the first half Friday 1 night at Neligh, and they finally I ends downed the O’Neill Eaglets, 56-55, in a cage thriller. Score at the end of the first period was 13-10 and at the end of the half, 26-23. When the end of the third rolled around, the Eagles got on top, 41-38. In the prelim, the Neligh sec onds downed the O’Neil Eaglets, 46-44. There were two overtime periods. Bonds, Auction Spur Polio Drive (Continued from page 1) Mrs. Kenneth LaRhe is the ] Martha campaign director. A square dance was held in the American Legion ballroom for the benefit of the march of dimes. All help and materials were do nated. The gross freewill offering of $71.08 goes to fight polio. Those responsible were: Shel hamer’s Foods, Council Oak store, Bright’s Red and White, New Outlaw" and Fourth Street Mar ket. Mrs. D. D. Debolt donated cof fee and supplies. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Wallington furnished the music and advertising materials. Miss Patty Pierson of the O’Neill public school spoke in behalf of polio fund needs. The Saddle club jointly assisted the Square Dance club in sponsoring the affair. Polio contributions by mail are being sought by the Holt chapter officials. Broncos Lose to Page, 44-56— STUART—In a thriller played Tuesday night on the Stuart court, the Broncos led the Page Eagles 9-8 at the first quarter, 22 20 at the half, and 34-33 going into the final frame. But Larry Heiss was going great for Page and led :be Eagles to a 56-44 win. Heiss tailed 23 points. Page reserves won ths prelim inary, 44-38. The St. Mary’s academy grade school basketball team defeated the Stuart graders, 27-15, with Garry Holly collecting 12 points for the winners. DR. H. L. BENNETT VETERINARIAN Phones 316 and 304 NEBRASKA SAVINGS ... BUILDING NEBRASKA Occidental Building and Loan Association does business in » communities just like yours all over the state. Farsighted Nebraskans placing their savings with the Occidental creote a fund for loans to prudent borrowers. The same funds you invest are frequently the means to home* ownership for your neighbors. For more than a half century . . . • SAFETY FOR SAVINGS • A CONVENIENT, FRIENDLY HOME LOAN SERVICE Building & Loan Association I Organized 1889 Heme Office: Omaha • m p i—M —i up ii" n» iniipjwbh : f See Yeur Local Agent 1KIETH A. ABART 108 No. 4th St. — O’Neill * * World Series Films tc Be Shown— Sound motion pictures of the 1953 world series baseball games, played between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodg ers, will be shown at the Knights of Columbus hall tonight (Thurs day), starting at 7 o’clock. There is no admission charge and the public is invited to see the 37-minute baseball feature. Page Eagles 3d in Loop Tourney Heiss Gets 32 in Consolation Tilt PAGE—In the first round of competition in the annual Elk norn Valley - Sandhill Gateway conference basketball tourna ment, Page had little difficulty nanging a 52-31 defeat on Mead ow Grove. The Eagles presented a well - balanced attack which saw five players getijng eigat or nore points each. Larry Heiss tallied 14 for Page, Jerry White 10, Edwin Walker, Marlin Frahm and Hugh Troshynski, eight each. ' Joe Sanne led Meadow Grove with 11. In the second round, Page trip ped Chambers, 56-42. Heiss pot ted 25 points to pace the Page victory with Troshynski tallying 12 and Edwin Walker 11. The Chambers offensive attack was led by Don Strong, who tallied 18. In the semi-finals played last Thursday night, Brunswick squeezed by Page, 50-48. In a ding-dong battle, Brunswick man aged to take a 10-7 lead over the Page Eagles at the end of the in itial period. Page led by a small margin at the half and at the end of the third quarter. Heiss caused Brunswick the most trouble in both the second and third peri ods, and led all scorers with ‘13 poirits. Although Page at one time had a five-point margin, Brunswick finally caught up and tied the score 43-43 with two minutes left. Jerry White hit h bucket to give Page a 45-43 lead, but Dick Meuret again knotted the count at 45-all with a half minute left. Meuret then hit a free toss, missed his second at tempt and Wally Howell tipped the ball through the hoop, mak- | ing it 48-45 for Brunswick. Nor- I ris came through with a free throw to give the Bluejays a four-point edge. Two free tosses by Heiss made it 49-47, after which Meuret and Heis each got another free flip to wind it up, 50-48, with Brunswick the victor. In the finals on Friday night, Page squeezed by Ewing 52-51 for third place honors. Heiss cl Page obviously weighted the scales for Page by meshing 12 field goals and eight of 10 free tosses for a brilliant 32-point to tal. Marlin Frahm was next with nine. Walter Hand led Ewing with 20 points, Marvin Carl got nine and Melvin Pruden eight. O’Neill, Atkinson, St. Joe, Page Seeded O’Neill, Atkinson. St. Joseph’s and Page were seeded in the pairings for the Holt county tournament to be held in O’Neill during the third week of Janu- I ary. The pairings were made by Holt county school men at a meting held in Ewing. St. Joseph’s drew Stuart for first round opponent Tuesday. January 19. O’Neill drew St. Ma ry’s, Page will play Inman, and Atkinson will play the winner of a Chambers-Ewing first round ; fray. Holt Entries Kayoed Early in Hastings Meet— Holt county entries took it on the chin in the annual statewide Catholic prep tourney held last week at Hastings. The St. Mary’s academy Card inals were beaten in first-round play by St. Cecelia’s of Hastings, 73-37, on Wednesday, January 6. The following night the St. Jo seph’s hall Bluejays of Atkinson were subdued by St. Cecelia’s, 43-68. Lack of Scoring Punch Costs Game Spearman Shines for Ainsworth Coach Paul Baker’s O’Neill high Eagles were unable to mus ter a scoring punch on the home maples Tuesday night, and the Ainsworth Buldogs breezed to a (?4-46 victory- It was the worst cage humiliation handed the Eggles in four seasons. Center Spearman, Ainsworth’s skyscraper, led the individual scoring competition with ?4 points. The visitors had O’Neill's Larry Chace fairly well bottled at times. He accumulated only six fielders—considerably below his usual par for the course. The Eagles showed no of fensive punch at any time. Ainsworth rolled up 11 points before the Blues got into the scoring column. Ainsworth led 15-7 at the first quarter mark: 34-20 at intermission, and 45 28 at the end of the third. Some erratic passing didn’t help the O’Neill cause and lofty Ains worth players controlled both backboards. The Ainsworth var sity has been beaten only once by Gregory, S.D. In a prelim, the Ainsworth re serves scored a 45-35 victory. A big crowd was on hand. Boxscore of main event: O’NEILL (46) fg ft pf tp Chace - 6 7 3 19 Gatz_ 0 0 0 0 Seger - 2 0 14 Dexter .. 114 3 Miner _ 3 2 2 8 Sanders -0 2 12 Booth - 2 4 3 8 Gaskill _ 0 0 0 0 Alton--— 10 12 Strong_ 0 0 0 0 Totals ___..15 16 15 16 AINS. 64) fg ft pf tp Alberts _ 7 0 5 14 Meyers _ 0 0 0 0 Galbert _ 3 3 2 9 Brady ---— 0 2 0 2 Spearman —-— 10 4 3 24 Brede —_:_._ 0 0 0 0 Anderson _L-— 13 15 Hurless-0-000 Kirkpatrick--- 4 2 5 10 Osborn _ 0 0 0 0 Totals _25 14 Id 64 Atkinson Balers Triumph at Stuart STUART— A capacity crowd saw the Stuart Broncos drop their game to the Atkinson Balers Friday night, January 8, on the Stuart floor. The Broncos were cold and with Shald out of town and the loss of Brewster via the foul route, Atkinson had easy pick ings. At the first quarter the score was tied 11-11; at the half Atkin son led Stuart, 29-23; third quar ter: Atkinson 47, Stuart 32; with the final score Atkinson 58, Stu art 46. Atkinson won the prelim game by one point. 35-34. Boxscore of main event: ATK. (53) fg ft pf tp Frickel _ 6 4 2 16 O’Connor __— 0 0 0 0 Dunn _ 0 0 2 0 Withers _ 1113 Huston _ 8 1 3 17 Dobrovolny _10 2 4 22 Small _ 0 0 10 Totals..25 8 13 58 STUART (46) fg ft pf tp Paxton _ 2 2 16 Hytrek _ 7 0 1 14 Timmerman - 0 0 0 0 Mitchell_0 10 1 Brewster _ 4 2 5 10 Seger -_ 3 0 16 Wewel _ 4 14 9 Totals _ 20 6 12 46 Frontier for printing! MILLER THEATER - ATKINSON - to ON J THE SCREEN YOU'VE EVER HEARD ABOUT OR SEEN CAN COMPARE WITH VINCENT PRICE-FRANK LOYEJOY PHYLLIS KIRK SKT 5 - BIG DAYS - 5 Sun. - Mon. - Tues. - Wed. - Thurs. January 17-18-19-20-21 Prices: 50c and 75c Slate Quii Features P-TA Program— The regular meeting of district 17 P-TA was held on Thursday, January 7, at 8 p.m., with 12 members present. The meeting was called to or der by the president, Mrs. Boyd Boelter. A committee was named to purchase playground equip ment. Miss Thelma Young and the pupils led a quiz about the state of Nebraska. Games were play ed with Mrs. Johnson in charge. Sandwiches, cake and coffee were served at tne close.—By Clinton Harmon, news reporter. Mr. and Mrs. Parnell J. Dono hue of Bonesteel S. D. spent Sunday at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Gleason. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF O'NEILL Claims allowed on general fund, January 11th, 1954. Gillespie’s, Lamp Cord $ 3.00 (All Employees), Dec. Salaries .. 5,755.63 D. E. Nelson, Travel Ex pense ._.. 25.U0 Henry J. Lohaus, Travel Expense _ 7.50 The Frontier, Supplies 2.50 Amer. School Board Journal, Subscription 5.00 Ginn & Company, Work books _ 10.24 T. G. Nichols Co., Inc., Books __ .. 7.16 Omaha School Supply, Books _ 1.89 Servall Towel Supply, Towel Service_ 14 40 Ira H. Moss, Frt. Cgs. & .... \WM‘, Postage 12.52 Kent Transfer, Frt. 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