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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1956)
Valentine Billeter’s Gratis Eye Knocks Ainsworth; O’Neill Out in Semi’s Coach Bud Larsen’s Valentine high Badgers, owners of the North-Central Nebraska confer ence title gained in earlier com petition, breezed through the class B tourney at O’Neill last week, polishing off the contending Ains worth Bulldogs, 61-57, in Friday night’s title game. In the opening round, the Badgers dismissed the Burwell Longhorns, 68 - 48, and in the semifinals they ousted the Neligh Warriors, 62-56. Ainsworth gain ed the finals by sinking the Plainview Pirates, 53-48, in the first round and knocking off the O’Neill Eagles, 62-41, in the semi’s. Neligh won over the Bloomfield Bees, 64-54, in the first round, county high (Bassett), -(rf-z N and O’Neill eliminated Rock coun ty high (Bassett), 59-45, in the first round. Semifinals . . . Valentine 62; Neligh 56 The Warriors from Antelope county headed the title - bound Valentine team most of the first three periods. But the Badgers’ strong fourth quarter, which in cluded three fielders by Guard Bill Joseph and 10 freethrows out or 14 attempts by the entire club, scooted the Cherry countyans in front for the 62-56 finish. Bud Rilleter headed the Valen tine attack by rolling up 22 points. JeiTy Taylor, a transfer from Elgin to Neligh, paced the Warriors with 19. Neligh led 17 15 at the first q'tarter mark; 32 31 the half, and the count was deadlocked, 44-all, going into the fourth. Score by quarters: Valentine _15 16 13 18—62 Neligh .17 15 12 12—56 Ainsworth 62; O’Neill 41 The O’Neill high Blues had cooled off considerably after their rousing win over Bassett in the first round. In their semifinal showing they had serious trouble hitting the hoop and the Bulldogs had Larry Conarro pretty well bottled up—although the O’Neill ace managed nine fielders. Ainsworth built a 19-8 first quarter lead. O’Neill’s offensive didn’t do much better in the sec ond period as Ainsworth owned a 36-21 halftime advantage. Coach Elmer Murman’s crew outscored the ’Dogs in the third but it was all-Ainsworth in the fourth, the ’Dogs posting a 62-41 win. Roger Brede, an agile, loose jointed husky who gets off the floor and works well under both baskets, led the Ainsworth point getters with 21. Conarro’s 19 were best for O’Neill. Neither team looked good at the freethre w lane. Boxscore: O’NEILL (41) fg ft pf pts Fetrow . 1 5-2 2 4 Conarro ...... 9 2-1 4 19 Johnson .... Porter .1 Young . Champions of the class B district tourney at O’Neill- were the Valentine Badgers: Left-to right—Bob Smith (33), Bill Bowdish (15), Bud Billeter (30), Bill Joseph (00), Bill Kreycik (22) and an unidentified player (wearing jacket).—The Frontier Photo. McKenny . 0 0-0 1 0 Totals .17-18- 7 11 41 AINS. (62) fg ft pfpts Miller . 5 0- 0 2 10 Gabbert . 3 5-1 3 7 Brede .10 4- 1 4 21 Soles . 2 0-0 1 4 Haun . 6 4- 2 4 14 Kirkpatrick .... 1 0-0 0 2 Williams . 1 0-0 0 2 Lucht . 1 0-0 0 2 Totals .29 13- 4 14 62 Score by quarters: Ainsworth ...19 17 12 14—62 O’Neill . 8 13 13 7—41 Finals ... Valentine 61; Ainsworth 57 Ainsworth headed the title bound Badgers at the half, 29-27, but Valentine pulled ahead early in the third and was never again headed in winning the class B ti tle game, 61-57. Billeter sparked the win for the Badgers with 23 points while Brede’s 21 and George Haun’s 20 were best for Ainsworth. Eleven of Billeter’s points came via the freethrow lane with a remarkable demonstration of marksmanship. Ife missed only one try. Boxscore: AINS (57) fg ft pfpts Miller .... 5 0- 0 3 10 Gabbert . 1 2-0 4 2 Brede . 7 13- 7 3 21 Haun . »... 9 6- 2 5 20 Lucht .2 0- 0 2 4 Soles ... 4.... 0 0- 0 0 0 Totals A.24 21- 9 17 57 VAL. (01) fg ft pfpts Billeter f. 6 12-11 1 23 Bowdlah . 2 4- 0 3 4 Krevdk . 6 4-1 4 13 Rowe . 3 0-0 1 6 Joseph . 4 6- 4 3 12 Sofon . 0 0-0 1 0 Smith . 1 0-0 1 2 Lamoureaux ... 0 2-1 0 1 Totals .22 28-17 14 61 Score by quarters: Valentine _16 11 17 17—61 Ainsworth ... 14 15 10 18—57 • Mrs. John J. Harrington, jr., left Monday, February 20, for Grand Island where she is attend ing a week’s training school for the telephoone company. Fred Lucht (left) and Roger Brede accept the runnerup trophy in behalf of the Ainsworth Bulldogs at the close of the district class B tourney. Presentation was made by Tourney Director M. J. Baack of O’Neill.—The Frontier Photo. Cardinals Win 11 During Campaign 3 of 9 Losses by Narrow Margins Coach Don Templemeyer’s St Mary’s academy Cardinals fin ished their 1955 - ’56 bas ketball season with one of the best records in recent years. This season’s edition of the Cards won 11 and lost nine. Inman defeated the Cardinals twice by three points and O’Neill high downed the Cards once by that margin. Worst defeat was a 49-91 shel lacking by the Spencer Pirates, the class C champs in this dis trict Bright spots on the record in cluded a 51-36 win over the Stuart Broncos and a 13-point victory over the Ewing Tigers, who were runnersup in the Norfolk class C Meet SMA finished in the runnerup slot in the Holt county tourney, including a win over O’Neill high (breaking a seven-game jinx). The Cardinals outscored their opponents, 1,109-985, hit 35 per cent of their field goal attempts and 55 percent of their free tosses. Dave Schaffer led the scorers with 362 points followed by Jim Becker with 271, Tom Head with 127 and Jim Froelich with 111. Schaffer also led in field goal percentages with 45 percent fol lowed by Tomlinson with 38 per cent and Becker with 36 percent. In the free throw department Frosh Bill Craig led with 80 percent with Schaffer and Beck er with 67 and 62 percent, re spectively. The Cardinals will have three of their first five returning foi next year: Jim Becker, Jim Froe lich and Tom Schneider, plus a fourth returning regular in Larrj Tomlinson, a freshman, whc moyed into the starting line dur ing midseason and saw plenty oi action as a reserve. Up from the reserve .squad will be such pro spects as Gary Holly, sophomore Bill Craig, freshman, and Gem O’Neill, 6’2” junior. Attend Aunt’s Funeral Rites— CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs James Platt attended the funera last Thursday for his aunt, Mrs W. T. Sloan, 75, who died or Tuesday, February 22, in a hos pital at Sidney. Mrs. Sloan was £ sister of Mrs. R. K. Platt o: Chambers. Survivors include Widower; two daughters; sister— Mrs. James Platt; brother—Ralpl McElvain of O’Neill. The services were conducted at 2 p.m., Thurs day from the Methodist church a Potter. Notes 4th Birthday— Mr. and Mrs. Jorn Schleusene: of Orchard were Sunday, Febru ary 19, guests of their daughte: and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jot Sievesind and family. They al observed the fourth birthday anni versary of Debbie Sievesind. WMHIllHi . .. Inman Tigers Win Center D Title Face Hampton Tonite in Playoff PAGE—It was a renewal of old rivalry Friday night when the In man Tigers and Page Eagles squared off in the class D cage tournament finals at Center. And die Tigers, wielding the upper hand all season, finished in front, 72-62, and became eligible to compete in the class D playoffs. Inman faces Hampton, winner of the York class D tourney, in the second-half of a double play off bill tonight (Thursday) at Stanton. Game starts at 8:30 Dodge and Meadow Grove, win ners in their respective districts, meet at 7 o’clock. Playoff finals will be Friday night at Stanton. Inman gained the finals at Cen ter by punishing Long Pine, 108 30, in the opening round, and by defeating the Verdigre Hawks, 61-50, in the semifinals. Page reached the finals by lampooning Lynch, 75-45, in the first round and by rocking the Center Pirates, 67-59, in the semifinals. In Friday’s title game the Ti gers led, 23-20, at the first quar ter; 45-28 at the half, and 59-47 at the third quarter mark. Page couldn’t reduce the Inman lead in the final period. Inman competed in class E last year and won the district title and moved up to class D this season. Charles Butterfield led the Ti gers with 20 points while Bobby Reimer and Gene Couch each tal lied 17. Larry Parks was the in dividual top scorer for the eve ning, accounting for 29 for Page. Boxscore: INMAN (72) fg ft pf tp Buterfield, C. .. 8 2- 4 4 18 Couch, G.8 1-2 4 17 Kelley, Neal ... 3 0- 0 4 6 Kelley, Ned . 4 6 2- 3 4 14 Reimers, R. ... 5 7- 9 2 17 Totals .30 12-18 18 72 PAGE (62) fg ft pfttp Troshinsky, H. .6 0- 0 4 12 Roach, L. 2 0- 2 2 4 Parks, Larry ... 9 11-13 4 29 Parks, Loren .. 5 0- 2 2 10 Heiss, Lyle .... 1 3-5 1 5 White, J.1 0-0 2 2 Totals .24 14-22 15 62 Ewing Man Division’s * Soldier-of-Month’ EWING—Pfc. Eugene K. Lee, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anita Lee of Ewing, recently was nam ed “soldier-of-the-month” for the Tenth Infantry division’s medical battalion in Germany. A medical aidman in the bat talion’s clearing company, he was selected for his soldierly appear ance, knowledge of duties and military courtesy. Lee entered the army in Jan uary, 1955, completed basic train ing at Ft. Riley, Kans., and ar rived in Europe in September, 1955. He was graduated from Ew ing high school in 1954 and was employed by L. A. Hobbs and son. Leah Serk on Honor Roll— SEWARD—Miss Leah Serck of Emmet, sophomore student at Concordia Teachers college at Seward, was one of four in her class on the first semester honor roll. Twenty-six students on the overall honor roll represent 6.4 percent of the student body enroll ment. \ * 1 Cancer Cochainnen ; Are Named— A. Neil Dawes of O’Neill ana George Wettlaufer of Page will serve as co-chairmen for the Holt county cancer crusade this April for the American Cancer society, it was announced by Ferderick H. Wagener of Lincoln, state cam paign chairman. Sunday, February 19, dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ressel were Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ressel. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hines and Mr. ; and Mrs. Tom Ressel and family. Tentative Dates for Hay Days ATKINSON—August 4, 5 and 6 are the tentative dates selected for the 1956 Atkinson hay days celebration. Officers were elected and plans for the annual event were dis cussed when the Whisker club met. Mayor Willard S. Linville is president; John I. Henning, vice president; Ray Elsbury. secretary, and Earl Elsbury, treasurer. Mrs. John J. Harrington, sr., left Friday, February 17, to spend the week in Omaha with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Fraber, and Denise. Wild Ducks Noted in Deloit Locality Fresh Snow Falls in Community DELOIT — Wild ducks were seen in the community Saturday. Snow fell again Sunday night. Other Deloit News Anita Lee of Ewing and Mrs. Scott Clow of Denver, Colo., spent Friday at the Fred Harpster home. Mr. and Mrs. H. Reimer and Elayne attended the basketball tournament at Brunswick Monday evening, February 20. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rossow were Ewing visitors Wednesday eve ning, February 22. Mrs. Scott Clow of Denver, Colo., accompanied Mr. and Mrs. H. Reimer and Elayne to Hastings Saturday where Mrs. Clow boarded the bus for her home in Denver and the Reimers visited at the Howard Temple home. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hunter and family returned last week from Bakersfield, Calif., where they had spent several of the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Jenkins at tended the basketball game in Brunswick Monday evening, Feb ruary 20. r*ari nossow ana neiirj neimer were Burwell vistiors Friday. Sunday dinner guests at the Leonard Larson home were Mrs. Larson’s sister and family of Nor folk and her father from Stanton. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ziska and family of Atkinson were weekend guests at the home of Mrs. Ziska’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Funk. Kenneth Lee, who is in service in Germany, writes that this was the coldest winter in Germany for a century. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bauer vis ited their son, Leonard Bauer, and family at Hooper over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Pat McLain have moved from Grand Island to Ce dar Rapids, la. Pat works for Western Union. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tomjack wer guests Wednesday evening, February 22, at the Henry Reimer home. Ewingites to Attend Neligh Fashion Show EWING — Many from Ewing attended the first fashion show and tea of the Antelope Me morial hospital -auxiliary held Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Neligh high school auditorium. Among the models from Ewing were: Mrs. Gene Ruby, Mrs. Richard Edwards, Mrs. Charles Bartak, Mrs. Lewis Vandesnick, Miss Bernadine Rotherham, Miss Pat Bauer and Miss Marilyn Weyhrich. Others attending were: Charles Bartak, Mrs. Jerry Tomjack, Mrs. Elvin Hamilton, Mrs. Ralph Munn, Mrs. James Boies, Mrs. Hazel Kimes, Mrs Archie Tuttle, Mrs. Melvin Rexine, Mrs. Allen Pol lock and daughter, Patsy, Judy Wanser, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eack er, Mrs. Thomas Eacker, Mr. and Mrs. Kermitt Jefferies, Mrs. El mer Grim and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Telford Grim, Mrs. Leo Vandersnick and daughter, Win nie, and son, Lewis. Ralph Eacker was the winner of the door prize. Hoffman New Owner of Locker Plant CHAMBERS — The Chambers Locker and Ideal Market, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Fagan, was sold last week to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hoffman of Chambers. Mr. Fagan for the past several months has been engaged in overseeing and the loading and transporting of wholesale grocery products to retail dealers through out the area. Mrs. Fagan has operated the store with Melvin Emde and Charles Green handling the lock er and butchering. The Fagan family plans to re main in Chambers until the close of the school year. They have a daughter, Judy 14, and a son, Gary, 10. The Hoffmans, who have been engaged in farming northwest of town, plan to take possession about April 1. Other Chambers News Mrs. Everette Jarman returned Sunday from Wood Lake where she had spent several days visit ing her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ganser and children. A family gathering was held Sunday in the Andrew Gilbert home at Chambers honoring the four birthday anniversaries. Pre sent, besides the Gilberts, were their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Gilbert, and daugters of Stuart. The honored ones were Andrew Gilbert, who will be 78 on March 7; his granddaughter, Mickey Gilbert, who will be 14 the same day; an other granddaughter, Joyce Gil bert, who observed her birthday anniversary on February 18, and their son, Dale, whose birthday anniversary was February 21. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Sexton and Nadine visited her sister and daughter at Geneva February 26. Rev. and Mrs. Earl Schwenck left Saturday for Edwards, 111., to attend the funeral of his moth er, about 80, who died suddenly, She had been in “poor health” for some time. Mrs. Schwenck’s mother, Mrs. Warnecke, is stay ing with the Schwenck children. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Wiens of Omaha were guest speakers at the Memorial Baptist church Sun day evening. Both are returned missionaries from China. Mr. Wiens is at present an instructor at Grace Bible Institute in Om aha. Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Hoerle assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Sant Young entertained a group of about 22 young people Sunday evening in honor of the birthday anniversary of her brother, Bill Young. Mr. and Mrs. Berl Waldo and0 Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Waldo of Amelia were Sunday dinner guests in the Kenneth Werner home. The junior class of Chambers high school and their guests had a roller skating party at 'Neligh Friday evening. Mrs. M. J. Fagan went to Smith Center, Kans., recently to attend the funeral services there for a cousin. She returned Wed nesday, February 15. * James Taylor, teacher at Crof ton, and Lois Robinson, who teaches at Niobrara, were week end guests in the Gene Hobbs home. Vikki Dobbs celebrated her birthday anniversary Friday by entertaining the girls of the first and second grades at a party at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hoerle were supper guests in the LaVern Hoerle home Sunday February 19. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Art Miller and Glen visited Sunday, February 12, with relatives at Page. * «, . 1 ..i * _ FOR MELLOW MOMENTS... the mellow beer! Next time the moment’s right, pour yourself a round of mellow Country Club beer. It’s so smooth—and 1 so refreshing! Just one taste will tell you why so many folks every day ask for “Country Club—the mellow beer.'’ Why don’t you try Country Club today? i > --- -• At your tavern or store in bottles, cans and in handy six-pack cartons. M. K. GOETZ BREWING CO. ST. JOSEPH—KANSAS CITY, MO. i Ss^~U,: 3W \SSfrf9wJr* fj Household Goods >AT AUCTION ■» As I am moving to Oregon, the following described personal property will be offered at public auction on the premises, lo cated one block west of the New Outlaw store in O’Neill and '■ 2 Vi blocks south, on — Saturday, March 3rd — 1 P.M. — , \ \ Maytag Washer, near new ‘ Cupboards 2— Cabinets Kelvinator Refrigerator, like 5 new, good i 22-Cu. Ft. Coronado Deep Freeze, near new | Bookcase Writing Desk and Chair Chairs 3- Pc. Bedroom Set, new Beds and Mattresses \ Dressers Chest of Drawers Platform Rocker j City Gas Cooking Stove, good Record Stand Dining Table and Chairs Child’s Table and Chairs Fruit — Fruit Jars Coronado Washer | Dishes — Pans Ice Cream Freezer Lumber Power Lawn Mower Singer Sewing Machine 2—Barrels, 50-gal. Picnic Table 2—50-Ft. Garden Hose Table Lamps Library Table Davenport Many other articles too numerous to mention ■ TERMS: Strictly Cash. I I Mrs. Elvin 0. 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