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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1954)
■ ’ Lofty Bloomfield Quint Rolls, 55-39 Eagles Off to Poor Beginning Bloomfield high rolled to an easy victory over the O'Neill high Eagles Friday night in a contest waged at Bloomfield The tall Knox countyan crew, heralded ds one of the better northeast Nebraska teams, un nerved the Eagles at the outset, * built a 15-7 first quarter lead, and breezed to victory. Puncturing the Blues’ defens ive early and often BTomfield converted the game into a no contest affair — the Blues never being able to get back on their feet. Forward True, Bloomfield hot shot, poured in 27 points. O’Neill . converted 17 out of 40 freethrow attempts, and thus failed to im press at the freethrow lane. Bloomfield sank nine out of 17 gratis tries. Forward Larry Chaee led the O’Neill effort with 16 . points. Bloomfield led 37-15 at half time; 50-27 at the end of 1 he third. In the preliminary game, the Blomfield seconds earned a 32 28 decision over the O’Neill re serves. Boxscore of main event: O’NEILL (39) fg ft pf tp Chace .. 5 6 1 16 Gatz . 1 2 2 4 Dexter. _ 0 0 10 Gaskill . 0 0 0 'J Miner __ 3 2 4 3 Sanders 0 10 1 Booth ..13 3 5 Alton ....: . 12 14 Seger . 0 10 1 Strong ..._ 0 0 0 0 Totals _11 17 12 39 BLOOM. (55) fg ft pf tp True _12 3 3 27 Eggen ... _ 3 3 3 9 Hadley _ 2 0 2 4 Harms _2 13 5 Krohn_3 13 7 Schmeckpeper_10 4 2 Louejoy _ 0 0 3 0 Anderson _0 0 10 Skrwan___ 0 0 2 0 Mullen __ 0 10 1 Totals _23 9 24 55 Josies Whip Inman Tigers — INMAN—St. Joseph’s of At kinson scored an impressive 73 47 basketball triumph over the Inman high Tigers Wednesday night, January 13, on the Inman court. A laige crowd attended. Three Josies each scored 14 points: Schmit, Slattery and Ries. Kelley of Inman was high man, however, with 19 tallies. Renti ers added 10 for the losers. St. Joe led 37-15 at the half. Mrs. Olive Dexter began work ing Monday as an assistant to Dr. Edward F. Gleeson, DDS. Formerly she was employed at . Gambles. _ Ewing Tigers Post Victory EWING—The Ewing high Ti ! gers posted their first home bas ■ ketball victory of the year Fri I day night, 43-27, turning back the | invading Inman Tigers. The game was close and hard fought all the way. Except for a few seconds in the third period, when Inman gamed a one-point lead, the home team led throughout the second half. Inman’s inability to hit the freethrows cost the game, scoring onlv two out of 10 tries. Deb Carl and Jack Sisson tal lied nine points each for Ewing. The junior Tigers won over the Inman reserves, 35-15. Volleyball, Cage Benefits Staged STUART—A polio benefit vol leyball game was staged between the Newport businessmen and the Stuart businessmen on Friday I night, Janharv 15, at Stuart, fol j lowed by a basketball game be tween the high school Broncos i and the town team. The high school Pep club also | sold coffee and cupcakes. The ladies’ Community club willl sponsor a community card party on Sunday afternoon, Jan uary 24. Lunch will be served and proceeds will go to combat ! polio. Inman News - -- ; Joan Coventry of Omaha spent j the weekend visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Coventry, and Bill and Kay. Larry Sawyer of Stuart spent I the weekend visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Sawyer, ! and sons. Pat Hartigan of Ainsworth | spent the weekend visiting his i mother, Mrs. Marye Hartigan Dean Banks, who attends Mid land college at Fremont, spent the weekend visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Banks, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Meyers and family have moved from the Sam Regan farm southeast of of Inman to O’Neill where they will be employed. Bonnie and Jackie Tomlinson of O’Neill spent the weekend visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tomlinson. The women’s departmeent of the RLDS church held a bake sale Saturday afternoon at the locker plant. The YM club met Tues. Jan.12 with Mrs. T. D. Hutton. Dinner , was served at nocn and the ; afternoon was spent informally, j Mrs. James Coventry, Mrs. H. E. Smith and Miss Faye Brupck horst were guests at the meeting. Mr. and Mis. Floyd Keyes of Valentine spent Thursday even ing and Fridav visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hansen and fam ily Mr. and Mrs. Karl Keyes and | Mrs. Verle David attended the Rebekah installation at O’Neill Friday evening. _ Semifinals . . . In semifinal games to be play ed tonight (Thursday) in the an nual Holt county prep basketball tourney, the Page Eagles will take on the Atkinson Balers at 7 o’clock, and at 8:30 the O’Neill Eagles will measure the St. Jo seph’s hall Bluejays. * * * First Round . . . Tuesday Night Games: Ewing, St. Joseph’s hall At kinson) and O’Neill high were winners in the first three games of the annual Holt county high school basketball tournament olayed here Tuesday inght. There was standing room only in the auditorium as the mercury flirted with the zero mark and winds howled. Ewing 53; Chambers 35 The Ewing Tigers lei the Chambers Coyotes 12-8 a t.he> first quarter, and Chambers en joyed a 22-19 advantage at the half. The Tigers forged ahead, 36-30, during the third period and in the final stanza pulled away to a 53-35 victory. It was a ding-dong game until the fourth period. Forward Carl led the Tigers’ offensive with 1*8 points. G. Ad ams was best for the Coyotes with 13. Boxscore: EWNIG (53) fg ft pfpts | Hand, f _ 5 3 2 13 Carl, f . 8 2 4 18 Pruden, f _ 4 4 3 12 Libby, f_:_;_113 3 Sisson, c _ 2 115 Rotherham, c _ 0 0 0 0 Hobbs, g _ 0 2 0 2 Christon, g . 0 0 10 William’n, g._ 0 0 0 0 Totals _ 20 13 14 53 CHAM. (35) fg ft pfpts G. Adams, f _ 4 5 5 13 Edwards, f __ 0 0 0 0 Tangeman, f_ 2 2 5 6 Strong, f _ 0 0 0 0 D. Strong, c-6 1 2 13 Woods, c_—_ 0 0 10 Haake, g _ 10 12 Urban, g--- 0 0 0 0 Brown, g _ 0 0 2 0 Taggart, g-0 111 Totals_,_13 9 17 35 St. Joe 45; Stuart 28 The St. Joseph’s hall Bluejays of Atkinson served stern notice they were to be reckoned with in the 1954 Holt cage classic by outlasting a stubborn Stuart Bronco team, 45-28. The Josies didn’t break the Broncs’ back until the final period and all the Jays, except the waterboy, got into the scoring column to get the job done. Stuart led 8-6 at the first quarter and the Josies moved ahead 14-9 at intermission, never again to relinquish the lead. Boxscore; ST. JOE (45) fg ft pfpts Schmit, f_ 5 0 4 10 Slattery, f-;— 10 12 Gokie, f _ 4 0 2 8 Verzal, f->0 0 0 0 Ries, c_ 3 2 3 8 DeWeese, c _ 4 4 2 12 Miller, g_0 111 Lee, g _0 3 13 Penry, g_0 0 10 17<h Strictly Amateur GOLDEN GLOVES TOURNEY Sponsored by t Norfolk American Legion and The Norfolk Daily News Wednesday and Thursday, January 27-28 Bouts Begin at 8:15 P.M. Sharp Norfolk Municipal Auditorium ADMISSION: Ringside seats, $2, tax incl.; reserved seats, $1.25, tax incl.; general admission, $1, tax incl.; students under 12 vrs. 50c, tax incL Seats now on sale at Stefan’s Gigar Store, Norfolk. Mail orders accepted. ENTRIES: Should be mailed to Charles Scheinost, P.O. Box 169, Norfolk, on or before January 25. MIDWEST TURN. & ftPPL. Phone 346-J West O Neill * Thursday Star Special * Nationally-F amous SERT A a * “Love Seat” Davenport Folds out into a comfortable full-size bed for two. ★ Guaranteed coil spring construction. ★ Covered in best wool frieze. ★ Choice of red, beige, green or grey. Regularly 159.50 Thursday Only..89.50 (P.S.: Don't let cold weather slop you from saving $70 on this davenport.) Cleary, g _0 111 Totals - 17 11 16 45 STUART (28) fg ft pfpts Shald, f_0 6 15 Timmermans, f_ 0 0 10 Paxton, f _ 0 0 0 0 Hytrek. f _ 2 2 16 Batenhorst, c _i— 0 0 5 0 Mitchell, c _ 0 0 0 0 D. Brewster, g _ 1 2 3 16 Seger, g_0 0 10 Wewel, g_ 0 0 2 0 A. Brewster, g _ 0 0 10 Totals _ 9 10 15 23 O'Neill 56; St. Mary's 39 O’Neill’s hotshot Forward Lar ry Chace, who had been ill for two days, managed to poof a bushel of shots but managed to tally 21 points to lead the O’Neill high Eagles to a 56-39 triumph over their intracity foes, St. Ma ry’s academy Cardinas, in Tues day’s nightcap. O’Neill led 17-10 at the first quarter, 27-14 at halftime, and moved into a 41-25 advantage at the end of the third. Best for the parochial team were Terry Wanser and Dick Graham, each with 10 points. It was the second win of the season for the Eagles over the Cards, the Blues having won, 60-39, in early December. Boxscore: O’NEILL (56) fg ft pf tp Chaoe _,_ 9 3 1 21 Gaskill _..._ 0 5 0 5 Gatz_3 13 7 Dexter _ 0 0 0 0 Miner_ 3 3 3 9 Sanders _0 10 1 Booth _ 2 2 2 6 Alton_2 0 14 Seger _ 0 3 0 3 Strong _ 0 0 0 0 Totals _19 18 10 56 ST. M. (39) fg ft pf tp Bazelman _ 0 0 4 0 Cuddy - 10 3 2 Wanser _ 4 2 4 10 Weier_ 3 2 3 8 Schaffer -- 0 0 0 0 Graham _ 5 0 0 10 Head___ 3 12 7 London_10 12 Totals :_17 5 17 39 * * * Wednesday Night Games: Atkinson high Balers knocked off Ewing, 42-39, and the Page Eagles poured it on the Inman lgers, 68-42, in Wednesday night play. Atkinson 42; Ewing 39 The Ewing high Tigers finish ed strong but couldn’t overhaul the elongated Atkinson high Balers paced by Dobrovolny and Huston with 12 points efth. Atkinson won it, 42 - 39. At kinson owned a 12-8 first quar ter lead and stayed in front, 21 19, at halftime. At the end of the third the Balers were ahead, 35-29. Best for Ewing was Guard Sis son with 11. Boxscore: ATK. (42) fg ft pfpts Dunn, f _ 0 0 10 O’Connor, f _0 0 10 Frickel, f-2 4 18 Withers, f__ 2 4 5 8 Huston, c _ 5 2 2 12 vlulford, c_ 0 0 0 0 Dobrovolny, g _ 3 6 2 12 Small, g ..__... 0 2 0 2 Totals. __12 18 12 42 EWING (39) fg ft pf pts i Hand, f __ 2 15 5 ! Carl, f _ 3 3 5 9 i Pruden, e 1 2 2 4 Libby, g . 1 2 0 4 Sisson, g . 4 3 2 11 Rotherham, f _ 3 0 0 6 Williamson, f_ 0 0 0 0 Christon, g ..0 0 0 0 Shane, g _ 0 0 0 9 Totals 14 11 14 39 Pago 63; Inman 42 Larry Heiss, sharpshooting Page forward, turned in the best individual scoring performance in the tourney todate with a siz zling 20-point total as the Eagles walloped Inman, 68-42. The Page total was the fittest team scoring mark also in the tourney. Heiss rolled in points dur ing the first-half alone. Best for Inman was Bob Reimers with 15. Page led 15-11 at the first quarter; 32-21 at the half, and 48-30 at the end of the third. PAGE (68) fg ft pf pts Heiss, f __ 11 6 3 29 Walker, f ___ 5 2 2 12 Frahm, c —*_ 3 3 2 9 Troshynski, g _ 3 2 3 8 Kemper, g __ 0 0 0 0 i White __ 12 0 4 Stewart . 2 0 0 4 Edmiston ... - 10 3 2 Totals ........ 26 15 10 68 INMAN (42) fg ft pf pts Kelley _ 3 4 5 10 Davis _ 2 13 5; Couch - 4 3 4 11 Reimers _ 7 1 4 15 Wolfe ... 0 10 1 Totals __16 10 16 42 Chambers News The Happy Homemakers ex tension club met Friday evening at the home of Mrs. George Smith with Mrs. Frank Spath as cohostess. The meeting was call ed to order by the president, Mrs. Stanley Lambert. Following the business meeting, the lesson on low calorie meals was presented by Mrs. Bayne Grubb. The next meeting will be on February 19 at the home of Mrs. Frank Spath. Walter Lemelke of Lynn, Minn., visited last week in the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mi*, and Mrs. Neils Mikkelson, and family. On Monday, Januaiy 11, Mrs. Mikkelson and Mr. Le melke visited relatives in Em met and on Tuesday they visit ed at Litchfield. Joyce Mikkelson accompanied them on the Tues- j d-v trip. Recent guests in the George i Thomson home were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boshart and family and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Backhaus and family of O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Backhaus of Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Grossnicklaus and children, Mr. and Mrs. Wil lard Thomson and family and Mrs. Hattie Tibbets, all of Cham bers. The occasion was in honor of the birthday anniversaries of Mrs. Thomson and Miss Jean Backhaus. Mr. and Mrs. John Honevwell were recent dinner guests in the home of her brother and h’s .vife, Mr and Mrs. Ed Urban, at E\ving. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Rubeck and Katherine of O’Neill and Mr. and Mrs. Vearl Tuttle and family of Clearwater. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley E'kins and boys drove to Wisner Sunday where they visited in the horn; of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. Owen McCord. Other guests were his brother, Harold Elkins, who nas recently been discharged from army ser v:ee. He had Served four years, three of which were in Germany. Mr. Elkins plans to visit in Chambers this week. Mr and Mrs. Clyde Elkins and son were also guests in the McCord home on Sunday. Mrs. Pete Sorensen has return ed home after spending 10 days helping her daughter, Mrs. Loy Fluckey. The community bake sale held Saturday at the Shavlik hard ware amounted to $77.76, Mrs. Hubbard, chairman of the Cham bers march of dimes campaign, reported. Mr. Shavlik donated ——— heat and lights. On Tuesday, January 12, Ru ben Peltzer and Mrs. A. A. Wait er, twin brother and sister, ob served their birthday anniversa ries with a dinner at the Walter home. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Peltzer, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Walter and daughter. John Walter and Mrs. Marjorie Eisert, all of Chambers, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kirkland of Atkinson. Monuments of lastinq 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. 37lf Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Walter and Raymond Walter drove to Nelign and Oakdale last Thursday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Louis • Neilson, Mrs. Halloway and Mrs. John Wintermote were Sunday dinner quests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cook. i 'OK' j I ... on a used car tells you you can t I buy with “new - car” I " confidence! ( Six Ways Better! > ™ 1. Thoroughly Inspected. 4 2. Reconditioned for Safety. ) 3. Reconditioned for Performance, f 4. Reconditioned for Value. P g 5. Honestly Described. a " 6. Warranted in Writing. " 4 Look at These Used Car Bargains! | , 1852 Pontiac Chieftain Eight Deluxe 4-door, radio, heater, . g sun visor, hydramatic. One of the real nice ones ... $1,195 P f 1950 Chevrolet 4-door Fleetline Deluxe, radio, heater, sun ) ™ visor, sparkling maroon finish. 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Heifer calves were in good demand, bringing $17.20 to $18.40 which was the day’s top on some 385 pound ers. Cheaper kinds sold from $15.00 to $16.50. There weren’t any yearling steers with the quality to com pare with last week’s newly-established highs, however, all kinds sold well, mosty fr-om $18.00 to $20.50. The more com mon stockers were selling from $16.00 to $18.00 cwt. We had two nice strings of yearling heifers, pretty good for quality, weighing just under 600 pounds, selling up to 16.70 cwt. The usual run of butcher cattle found the best beef cows bringing $10.50 to $12.00. Canners and cutters at $8.00 to $10.00, bologna bulls at $10.50 to $12.50 cwt. For the next two weeks’ auctions we have done some special advertising in advance — list your cattle for these well advertised sales. Remember, the Barmore Bros. Sale at Springveiw Jan. 28th—400 Herefords plus usual equipment. SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Atkinson Livestock Market . j«4 Phone 5141 Atk'nson, Nebr. <SOli • > One of Nebraska’s Richest Marketing Areas red . ,, • * served by North Nebraska's fastest-growing newspaper * O’Neill is North-Central Nebraska’s largest city (pop. 3,050). It is situated at the gateway to the sandhills and is the biggest re tail, wholesale, communica tions, hay, bluegrass and farm produce center in all North Nebraska; also one of the ranking cattle and hog markets in the state. The FRONTIER’S circulation has been grow ing by leaps and bounds, because of its well edited news and edi torial policies and because, in a single year, it has published more pictures than many other papers in the area combined! Your message in The FRONTIER will enter ranch, farm and city homes where folks enjoy far-above average purchasing pow er .. . where your story is welcomed and wanted. » < t * Biggest ABC circulation in nine counties. 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