Coyotes Finally
Snag Cage Victory
CHAMBERS — The Chambers
bigh Coyotes Friday night fash
ioned their first basketball vic
tory in two dry seasons. They
Dwpped the visiting Oakdale high
team, 67-39.
Bill Young led the Coyotes with
H9 points and Ronnie Chipps ac
counted for 16.
Chambers led 17-14 at the first
quarter, 38-26 at the half, and
commanded a 54-32 lead at the
tend of the third.
Sehroeder’s Talk
tern Be Heard—
When Norris Schroeder finish
ed his speech at the American
JLx&on club here last spring in
connection with the opening ban
quet of the seven-state meeting
«f the National Association of
Soil Conservation District offi
cials, many people expressed the
desire that they wished more peo
ple might have had an oppor
tunity to hear the address. Their
witsh will be granted on Tuesday,
December 27, at 12:45 p.m., when
the tape-recorded speech given
by Mr. Schroeder will be broad
cast over KVHC.
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Hot Center Team
Defeats Cardinals
CENTER—The St. Mary’s aca
demy Cardinals trailed the hot
Center high basketball crew most
of the way Wednesday night, De
cember 21, in a Niobrara Valley
conference basketball game. Cen
ter won, 63-57.
The Cards were cold during
the first two periods and the
hometowners built a substantial
lead.
SMA narrowed the margin in
the closing minutes after trailing
14-28 at the half.
Center went into the game hav
ing been six times victorious.
Jim Froelich of SMA was chas
ed from the game via the foul
route early in the fourth, and
Tom Head went out on fouls with
less than a minute remaining.
Their removal broke down the
SMA rally.
With two minutes remaining,
Center was in front, 60-53. With
45 seconds remaining, Dave
Schaffer hit a one-hander to
match a Center fielder, making
the count, 62-55.
With two seconds remaining,
Jim Becker left via the foul
route, and Johnson of Center
cashed in on a freethrow, making
the count 63-57 as the final gun
sounded.
Jim Becker led SMA with 19
points. Schaffer followed with
15 points. Jerry Schmidt tallied
9; Head, 8, and Froelich, 6
Center’s big center, Magill, was
the big show, rolling up 33
points.
The Cards play St. Joe at At
kinson tonight.
DATE IS CHANGED
ATKINSON— Date for the an
nual cage clash between the St.
Joseph’s hall Bluejays and the
Atkinson high Balers, originally
scheduled for Tuesday, January 3,
has been postponed until Wednes
day, January 4. This was an
nounced Tuesday by Baler Coach
Marv Boesen.
Truck Jack-Knifes
in Ditch—
OSMOND— Considerable dam
age was done to the tractor of a
nearly new truck owned by Ev
erett Gorgen of O’Neill on Fri
day, December 2, when the outfit
jack-knifed at the U.S. highway
20 curve near the Osmund Gun
club.
The westbound truck swerved
to avoid hitting ac ar and landed
in the ditch.
Here from Wyoming—
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davidson of
Casper, Wyo., have been visiting
Mrs. R. R. Morrison.
Ewing Tigers
Drop Pair of Games
EWING—The Ewing high Ti
gers were defeated at a game at
Meadow Grove on Friday night
when they played the Meadow
Grove team, score 54-48. This was
Ewing’s first loss in four games.
Meadow grove hit a torrid scor
ing streak to hold a 17-16 lead at
the end of the first period. Ewing
Tigers scores 11, Meadow Grove
13 in the second quarter, to make
the count 30-27 at intermission.
Ewing collected 12 points and
Meadow Grove 11 in the third
quarter which ended 41-39. Mea
dow Grove put the contest in the
deep freeze with a 13-point burst
in the final quarter in which Ew
ing scored 9.
Roger Horn and Larry Berg
each scored 15 points to lead
Meadow Grove. Sonny Carl led
Ewing with 15 and Ron Rother
ham hit 14.
EWING (48) fg ft pfpts
Carl . 7 3-1 4 15
Hobbs . 4 4-2 5 10
Koenig . 2 3-1 2 5
Rotherham .... 4 4- 4 4 12
Sisson . 3 1-0 4 6
Koenig, G.0 0-0 1 0
Totals .20 15- 8 20 48
MG (54) fg ft pf pts
Horn . 7 4- 3 3 17
Waver . 2 4-3 1 7
Berg . 5 4- 3 2 13
Horn . 0 0-0 1 0
McClatchey .... 3 5- 3 5 9
Totals .18 23-18 18 54
Holy Trinity
Whips Ewing—
EWING — The Trojans from
Holy Trinity of Hartington de
feated the Ewing high Tigers.
48-41, in a cage game played
Tuesday evening, December 20, at
Ewing.
Meyer was the best point col
lector, getting 14 for the Trojans.
Sonny Carl and Ron Rotherham
potted 13 each for Ewing.
The Ewing reserves triumphed
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It was the Tigers’ final showing
until after new year’s.
Score by quarters:
Holy Trinity .. 13 11 14 10-^8
Ewing .12 13 8 4—41
O’NEILL JUNIORS COP
O’Neill junior high’s basketball
team Wednesday afternoon de
feated the Atkinson junior high,
41-8, in a game played at Atkin
son. James Luft is the O’Neill
grade school coach.
Basketball Scores
Friday Night
At Meadow Grove 54
. Ewing 48
At Chambers 67 .. Oakdale 39
Atkinson 47 .... at O’Neill 43
Saturday Night
O’Neill 37 . at Albion 32
Tuesday Night —
Holy Trinity (Hartington) 48
.! at Ewing 41
Wednesday Night
At Center 63 .. St. Mary’s 57
Ewing Teachers in
Gift Exchange—
EWING— Wednesday evening,
December 14, the grade teachers
of the Ewing public school enter
tained the high school faculty at
a Christmas party and gift ex
change. Pitch was played and
high score prizes were won by
Elmer Grim and Mrs. Elmer
Grim. Low score prizes went to
Floyd Black and Mrs. L. M.Car
ter. Mrs. Grace Thomsen receiv
ed the traveling prize.
Refreshments were served.
Entertain Club—
PAGE—Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Steinberg were hosts to the Pi
nochle club Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. William Walter
mann held high score. Lunch was
served. Mr. and Mrs. Watterman
will entertain the group January
7.
RIVERSIDE — Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Napier were Sunday dinner
guests at the Lynn Fry home.
Little Miss Sheila is slightly im
proved after being sick two or
three days last week.
AMELIA — The temperature
reached 10 degrees below zero
Monday morning. Several homes
reported water systems frozen as
a result of the arctic blast.
! OHS Eagles Split
Double - Header
Lose to Balers but
Win Over Albion
Coach Elmer Murman’s O’Neill
high Eagles split a weekend dou
ble cage bill.
The Blues were spilled by the
visiting Atknison Balers, 43-47,
in a game played here Friday
night. On Saturday night the
Eagles won a rough-and-tumble
affair from the Albion Cardinals,
37-32, at Albion.
Murman has loosed his kids for
the Christmas holidays, and the
Eagles will return to action on
Tuesday, January 3, when they
take on the Burwell Longhorns
in a game to be played at Bur
well.
Atkinson 47; O’Neill 43
O’Neill held a slight edge dur
ing the first half in Friday’s set
to with the ancient western Holt
foes. But the Balers assumed
command in the stretch during a
nip-and-tuck game.
Phil Davis and Frickel led the
winners with 15 and 10 points re
spectively.
Jim Johnson and Larry Conarro
paced the O’Neill scorers with 18
and 15 points, respectively, while
Fetrow was the evening’s top re
bounder.
The Atkinson reserves came
from behind to stop the O’Neill
reserves, 17-16. Eby was high for
O’Neill with eight while Wallen
got six for Atkinson.
Boxscore of main event:
O’NEILL (43) fg ft pfpts
Young . 1 0-2 4 2
Johnson . 8 2- 3 2 18
Lieth . 0 0- 0 3 0
Fetrow . 2 4- 6 2 8
Conarro . 7 1-3 2 15
Porter . 0' 0- 1 1 0
Totals .18 7-15 14 43
ATK. (47) fg ft pfpts
Purtzer . 3 3- 9 2 9
Zaruba . 3 3- 7 5 9
Davis . 7 0-1 314
Tooker . 2 1-2 1 5
Humphrey . 0 0- 0 0 0
Frickel . 4 2- 3 310
Totals .19 9-22 14 47
Score by quarters:
12 3 4
O’Neill .16 28 34 43
Atkinson .12 26 35 47
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O’Neill 37; Albion 32
Saturday night the Eagles
turned back Albion in a wild ex
hibition of basketball. Poor offi
ciating soon turned basketball
into a carbon copy of a football
game.
The Blues led throughout but
relied on an 18-point thud quar
ter to pave the way. In a low
scoring first half, the Eagles had
a 13-12 advantage.
Conarro and Fetrow paced the
O’Neill scorers with 11 and 10
points, respectively, besides con
trolling the boards.
Conarro was tabbed as a star
of the week by the Omaha
World-Herald for his Albion
performance and has received a
certificate.
Hanson was high for Albion
with six points.
Boxscore:
O’NEILL (37) fg ft pfpts
Young . 2 5-8 1 9
Johnson . 0 2-4 1 2
McKenny . 0 2- 4 5 2
Lieth . 0 1-2 5 1
Fetrow . 5 0-1 2 10
Conarro . 4 3- 4 0 11
Porter . 0 2- 8 4 2
Totals .11 15-31 18 37
ALB. (32) fg ft pfpts
Morgan . 1 3-11 3 5
Stillinger . 1 2-3 1 4
Hanson . 2 2- 2 5 6
Lough . 0 2- 3 3 2
Beakenhauer .. 1 0-0 0 2
Ridgeway . 1 2-3 1 4
Myers . 1 3-4 2 5
Pittenger . 1 0-0 2 2
Williams ...... 1 0-0 0 2
Qualsett . 0 0- 0 2 0
Young . 0 0-0 1 0
Total . 9 14-26 20 32
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Many Out-of-Towners
at Pruden Rites
EWING — Among the out-of
town relatives and friends, who
attended the funeral of Oscar
Pruden, 53, at Clearwater on
Thursday were: Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Clinch, Dick Pruden, all of
Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Clinch and son of Duncan; Mrs.
William Malone of Briggs, Calif.
Henry Pruden of Orvilie, Calif.;
Ed Pruden of Phillipsburg, Mo.;
Terl Pruden of Sioux City; Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Roberts, Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Persons, Mrs.
Miriam Custer, Mrs. Belle Carl
son, all of Norfolk.
A number of these people visit
ed Ewing relatives.
Lynch News
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mueller
and family of Bedford, Mass.,
came Friday, December 16, to
visit at the parental, Thomas
Courtney, sr., home. Also many
other relatives. They plan to re
turn to Bedford after January 1,
where Mr. Mueller has employ
ment in building an army air
force base.
Airman Bud Spelts came Fri
day, December 16, from Virginia
on a 15-day furlough with friends
and relatives.
M. and Mrs. Glen Hull motored
to Omaha Friday after their son,
Dickie, who came home for a
holiday furlough from his air
force duties.
The Boyd County Knights of
Columbus 3720 entertained all
Boyd county Catholic children at
the community hall at Spencer
Sunday evening, December 18.
After a program St. Nicholas
made his appearance and treats
were passed out. A huge crowd
attended from all parts of Boyd
county. This is an annual affair.
Mr. and Mrs. William Mulhair
and children were Saturday shop
pers in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. George Courtney
and daughters visited friends in
O’Neill one day this week.
Rev. and Mrs. Anna Nelson vis
ited with Mrs. John Hewitson at
Bristow Thursday.
Page News
ivir. ana Mrs. narry Harper re
cently entetained their son-in-law
and daughters, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Beelaert and Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Stauffer^ and their famil
ies. The occasion was the birth
day anniversary of Mr. Harper.
Mrs. A. O. Weber was hostess
to a pre-Christmas party at her
home Friday evening. Guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Hen
derson and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Trowbridge, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Trowbridge and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Trowbridge
and Teri Ickes.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Trowbridge
and Mrs. Weber will go to Engle
wood, Colo., for Christmas with
the William Fink and Esmond
Weber families. They will be
joined there by the Richard
Trowbridge family, who will
spend the winter months there.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Trow
bridge and her mother, Mrs. A. O.
Weber went to Wayne Sunday
where they were guests in the
home of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Copple, and daughter, Lew Ann.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Zellers ac
companied Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Heiss and Alvin to Omaha Friday
where they were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. King and daugh
ters. Elonna King, who has spent
several months with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merle
'Rapp of Denton, joined them
there on Saturday and they en
joyed a pre-Christmas party to
gether. They all returned to their
homes Sunday.
Inman Juniors
Present Play—
INMAN — The junior class of
Inman high school presented a
three-act play Friday, December
16. The play was under the direc
tion of Mrs. Marjorie Allen, jun
ior sponsor.
Cast of charcters included
Beverly Smith, mother; Sharon
Cunningham, Jan Elliot; Helen
Sobotka, Nicki Elliot; Edith But
terfield, Miss Tilby; Garry But
terfield, Albert Elliot; Larry But
terfield, Thaddeus; Jeanette
Wolfe, Ruby Rainey; Dick Coven
try, “Goofer” Godfrey Peterson;
Jim Sawyer, Jack Westmore;
Norma Kopejtka, Caroline Pratt;
Rodrick Hughes, Whitcomb Pew
berry.
Donald Hagenslck, who attends
college at the University of Ne
braska, Lincoln, arrived home
Saturday to spend the holidays
with his parents. Miss Helen Ha
gensick of Lincoln, his sister, will
arrive this weekend to spend the
holidays.
Rock Falls News
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Vequist were Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Morrow and
children and the Raymond Ve
quist family.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Duane Sanders includ
ed Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Taylor
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Sanders and Sid Farewell of
Chambers, who is Mrs. Duane
Sanders father.
Mrs. Elwin Benson of Omaha
and her daughter, Oily Salcheg
gery were weekend visitors at the
Blake Benson home. Miss Oily is
the teenage daughter of Mrs. El
win Benson, and just recently ar
rived in the U.S., from Vienna,
Austria, where she had been liv
ing with her grandparents.
Dave Molar informs us that
while being temporarily snow
bound, for pastime he has been
trapping coyotes, and has caught
a couple during that time.
Some excuses for reporters
failure to get items in: Part-time
snow-blocked roads and poor
telephone service; late shopping,
wrapping and mailing packages;
making Christmas candy, cookies
and cakes; club meetings, parties,
and last but not least, grandchild
ren begging you to come to their
school program and sack lunch,
their Sunday-school program in
town the next night and on
Christmas eve; the services at
church after which, all members
of the respective families meeting
at said reporters home for the
opening of packages which have
been piling up under the tree
since it was first set up. These
are a few reasons. We hope you
will excuse us.
Bar Group in
Dinner Meeting—
ATKINSON —Members of the
Fifteenth judicial district of the
Nebraska Bar association conven
ed here Monday evening for a
dinner meeting at the Sale Barn
cafe. Atkinson attorneys were
hosts. Attending from O’Neill
were Judge D. R. Mounts, Julius
D. Cronin, William W. Griffin,
Ira H. Moss, John R. Gallagher
and Norman Gonderinger.
Mrs. Siebert Heads
Dorcas Society—
ATKINSON — Mrs. Louis Sie
bert was elected president of the
Dorcas society of St. John’s Luth
eran church last week.
Others elected were: Mrs. Ralph
Ries, vice-president; Mrs. Vernon
Siebert, secretary, and Mrs. Har
old Mlinar, treasurer.
Rev. E. W. Danitschek conduct
ed a Bible study.
A new surface of ice is now
ready for skating at the O’Neill
rink, west of the old race track.
Skating was prohibited Tuesday
and Wednesday while the fresh
water “set” into a new layer of
ice.
3 High Schools
Recognized—
Inman, Ewing and O’Neill high
schools are among the 98 schools
in the state to receive recognition
from the University of Nebraska
department of English for quali
fying a high proportion of stu
dents for the advanced freshman
English course.
More than 25 percent of last
year’s graduates attending the
university from these schools
qualified for English 3, the ad
vanced course.
The students are Rirhard Dom
inic Bohn of Inman, Diane Eliza
beth Baum of Ewing, and Alice
Young of O’Neill.
Service School
Held at Creighton—
NIOBRARA — The executive
committee of the American Le
gion district 2, at a meeting held
recently passed a resolution fa
voring that three or four service
schools be held in district 2 with
Albert Sommer, district service
officer and Madison county’s full
time service officer, in charge.
The first of these schools was
held on Sunday afternoon, De
cember 18, at the service club at
Creighton.
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