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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1956)
Ainsworth, Stuart Next for Quintets Th<- O'Neill high Eagles will be entertaining the Ainsworth BuU dogp here Friday night in a North-Central conference basket ball game. It will be the second exiting for the Eagles and the in itial go in conference play. Meanwhile, the St. Mary's aca demy Cardinals will be taking the the road, traveling to Stuart to 1 arc the Broncos. Stuart will be out to avenge a €-51 netback administered last year by the Cards. On Saturday night the Eagles will entertain the Albion Cardin als in a non-conference engage ment, and next Tuesday, Decem ber 18, will tackle the Ord Chan ticleers at Ord. Next Wednesday evening the Cardinal* will host the Inman faigb Tigers, who have piled up five early season victories The Tigers feature the high - scoring duo in the Kelley brothers—Ned and Neal—and a potent perform «*r in Sammy Watson, IToreeds will be split by the 3wo clubs. Ewing Tigers Lose to Tilden EWING—Coach Fritz Reifert’s Ewmg high Tigers dropped their season's opener to Tilden, 35-27. Reifert, at the cage helm here for his first season, has five let termen Delbert Carl, Jack Sis son, Bob Tams, Virgil Potter and Itay Turner. Promising material includes: Dennis Scheer, Stanley Bartos, Gene Sisson, Larry Larson, David Wright, Larry Wragge, Larry Rotherham and Jerry Hahlbeck. VACUUM CLEANER WITH COMPLETE SET OF ATTACHMENTS • ROUS EASILY • CLEANS EASILY • STORES EASILY • ALWAYS READY FOR ACTION SEE IT TODAY I GILLESPIES O’NEILL ■i ' ' ~TT^ Basketball Scores THURSDAY At Ainsworth 75 Atkinson 55 ribAy St. Mary's 38 O'Neill 26 At Niobrara 59 Verdigre 56 At Burwell 58 Bassett 41 At Spalding Academy 53 St. Bon. (Elgin) 52 At Orchard 48 Elgin 47 At Plainview 73 Creighton 57 Inman 85 at Brunswick 25 At St Ludger (Cgtn) 44 Royal 23 , At Spencer 51 Lynch 24 At Ainsworth 55 Stuart 37 TUESDAY At Page 66 Ewing 39 At Orchard 55 Page 53 I Stuart 46 at Bassett 37 | At Center 78 Butte 25 ; Atkinson 61 Valentine 47 Tankers Lose to Orchard Towners The Orchard Towners defeated the Company D Tankers, O'Neill national guard quintet, 70-54, Sunday afternoon at O’Neill. It was the Tankers’ first game of the season. The guards led at the end of the initial period, trailed by five points at the half. Larry Heiss led the Tankers with 23 points while Wilmer j Young was collecting 21 for Or chard. The Tankers are anxious to acquire additional players. Any one interested may contact a member of the guard Broncos Put Down Strong Bassett Bid STUART — The Stuart high Broncos successfully put down a late rally by the Rock county high (Bassett) cagers Tuesday 1 night at Bassett and won it, 46-37. The Broncos led all the way with Don Minnig collecting 19 points. The Bassett girls’ volleyball team won over the Stuart gals, 37-20, in a prelim. Orchard Wins Over Page in Thriller ORCHARD — The count was tied 46-all at the end of the first overtime period here Tuesday night in the traditional Page-Or chard game. And the score was tied, 53-all, at the end of the second overtime. Orchard high’s Orioles connect ed in the “sudden death” phase and won it, 55-53. Ininan Gals Win Volleyball Opener— INMAN — The Inman high ; school’s volleyball girls won their first game 49-26. Bonnie Banks was the high scorer for Inman. The girls played at Clearwater Wednesday, December 12, and will meet Page on the home court Friday evening, December 14. The basketball teams play ( Clearwater at Inman Tuesday night and will meet the Page Eagles at Inman Friday night. Omahan Attend* Party— Mrs. A. J. Frenking of Omaha, arrived Tuesday to visit her sis ter Mrs. John Melvin. She at tended the Martez Christmas par ty as she is one of the charter I members. Auction Calendar Saturday, December 22: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Laub, northeast j of Atkinson, 240-acre improved Holt county farm; some personal property; Col. Ed Thorin of O’ Neill, auctioneer-real estate bro ker. __j — Ward Tax Service * 9 Auditing, Bookkeeping and Tax Returns 9 MORGAN WARD GOLDEN ANNEX 9 ACCOUNTANT O’NEILL, NEBR. 9 Specializing— 9 Federal Income Tax — F-state and I Gift Taxes I Good Tax Service Doesn’t Cost, 9 ... IT PAYS! 9 Knit Dresses Sites 10 - 20 2498 to 34.98 Many colors to choose from Munsincwear Hose Gowns Pajamas Slips Dusters 3.98 to 14.98 1 Nylon, Rayon or Cotton Winter Coats Sizes 7 to 15 — 8 to 20 2498 to 48.98 Parses 2.98 to 5.98 pins tax Scarfs Gloves Jewelry 1.00 and up Hie O’NEILL STYLE SHOP Leona Hynes Mrs. M. A. Schelkoff The Frontier SPORTS Cards Gain City Cage Title, 38-26 Both Teams Ragged; Packed House Sees Intracity Show The city basketball crown was wrested from the O'Neill high Eagles Friday night as the St. Mary’s academy Cardinals won the annual intracity classic, 38-26. Both teams suffered jitters in the opening phases as a packed crowd looked on. It was St. Mary’s second start of the season; the first for Coach Bill Edwards' Eagles, who could muster only one regular from last year’s team. Coach Don Templemeyer’s Scarlet held the upper hand through the first half and relin quished the lead only once during the evening. That was a 17-16 in terlude early in the third period. But from that point on the par ochial quintet slowly moved a head. St. Mary’s was in front, 28-23, at the start of the fourth period. The clearing the boards work of Tom Schneider and Jim Froe lich helped the winners in ball control, especially during the fi nal period when the Eagles were restricted to only three points while the Cards were finding the range often enough to account for 10. Bob Young and Jim Larson did commendable longrange firing for the Blues, each accounting for eight points. Schneider and Froelich were potent offensively, too. Tom bucketed 14 points while Big Jim came through with 10. The game was characteristic of intracity clashes of yesteryear, neither team able to settle down and both clubs exhibiting ragged edges aplenty. It was a doubtful affair until the final stanza, when S M A boomed ahead. The game never had earmarks of being a free wheeling demonstration. The academy reserves bopped the junior Eagles, 70 - 30. Gary Holly and Bill Craig led the Scar let attack with 19 and 10 points respectively', before taking to the bench midway in the third. Boxscore: O'NEILL (26) fg ft pf pts Young 4 0 3 8 y Smith . ... 0 1 5 IE McKim 0 0 3 0 6 Fred Eby 1 0 1 2 h D. Laursen . 0 0 0 0 y McKenny . 2 0 5 4 Parks . 0 1 0 1 K D. Dexter. 0 0 0 0 6 J. Larson 4 0 1 8 g Oetter . . ..... 1 0 “ tf L. Petersen 0 0 0 0 » Bob Eby 0 0 0 0 I Totals 12 2 17 26 | SMA (38) fg ft P/ Pts | Becker . ... I 0 * j $ Tomlinson 2 0 0 4 y Schneider 4 b J H S Jry. McGinn 2 J} f. f Jim McGinn .1 0 0 2* Froelich -3 4 0 10 g /"Vairt 0 ^ * * If O’Neill 0 0 0 0 | totals ■ . . . j. 1» « S8 I County Court Levi Lower of Valentine, De- v cember 4, speeding night, fined y $19 and $4 costs, officer—E. M. » ^Gerald Sazama of Fremont, | December 4, speeding night with & truck, fined $10 and $4 costs, of- y ficer—E. M. Hastreiter. * Donald G. Krueger of Elgin, 111. Jf Decemoer 5, speeding night, fined y $10 and $4 costs, officer • • „ SEid E. Miller, of Gothen- jj burg, December 6, speeding night, y fined $25 and $4 costs, officer— g R. L. Gude. % Wiiliam F. Hoppe III of Lincoln, y December 6, speeding night, fined * $13 and $4 costs, officer—R. L. y Gude. , _ .. 6 Floyd E. Wilkinson of Bassett, g December 6, speeding night, g fined $13 and $4 costs, officer— g E. M. Hastreiter. & Clarence J. Worth of O Neill, * December 6, speeding night, fined y $13 and $4 costs, officer—E. M. g Hastreiter. w Donald M. Shonka of Atkinson, y December 6, speeding day, fined g, $18 and $4 costs; officer—Donald y j. Fiala. 5 Bernard B. Gribble of Chamb- y ers, December 10, speeding night, y fined $10 and $4 costs, officer— ^ R. L. Gude. f. Bernard P. Herron of Vancou- g ver, B. C., December 10, over- ^ weight, fined $50 and $4 costs, of- y ficer—Donald Jenny. City Court Pete Peterson of O’Neill, De cember 8, overparking, fined $1 and $1 costs, officer—Charles R. Johnson. _,, Evelyn Stannard of O Neill, December 10, overparking, fined $1 and $1 costs, officer—Verlyn Gibbs. Justice Court Larry Brookhouser of Orchard, December 10, speeding, fined $10 and $4 costs, officer—John N. Schmit. „ . . ,, Nelson Gibson, December 12, making an improper U turn with semi-truck, fined $5 and $4 costs, officer—John N. Schmit. Sewing Di»tributed to Member*— Monday evening the St. An thony’s hospital auxiliary heard Sr. M. Perpetua speak on faint ing and medicines. Mrs Ira Moss, new president, took charge. Mrs. Floyd Wilson, Mrs. Vernon Lorenz and Mrs. James McMahan of Inman were h Meanwhile the St. Anthony’s hospital staff held the annual Christmas dinner at the hospital Tuesday evening. There were about 20 people present. Inman Tigers Waltz Against Brunswick. INMAN—The Inman high Ti gers came home with a triple vic tory over the Brunswick Bluejavs Friday night. In the first team game, Inman defeated Brunswick, 85-25. Sam Watson was high scorer for In man with 24 Ned Kelley followed with 19 Pochop collected 12 and Wells 13 for the losers. Inman took an early lead and was not troubled during the re mainder of the game The score! by quarters: Inman .22 38 58—85 Brunswick 8 13 17—25 In the second team game, the score was 60-10. High scorers for Inman were Tom Cunningham witlv 16. Harold Sobotka with 14, and Roger Tompkins with 12. Snodgrass collected four to lead Brunswick. This was the fourth straight victory for both Inman teams. Chorus, Band W ill Present Program The O’Neill public school mu- ! sic department will present a program on Christmas music Sunday, December 16, starting! at 3 p.m. The chorus will do a cantata oi familiar Christmas music, j “Childe Jesus”, by Clokey and Kirk. The band will be heard in “Christmas March", by Goldman; “Carnival Suite", by Lang; “Sky | Pilot”, by Havlicek; “Christmas Rhapsody”, by Long. Richard B. Smithson is direct ing the program. There will be no admission, and the public is urged to attend and enjoy an af ternoon of music. Former Chambers Resident Expires CHAMBERS—Mrs Lydia Har ris. 86. a former resident of this community, died Monday. De cember 10, in Antelope Memor ial hospital at Neligh. Funeral services will be con ducted at 1:30 pan.. today (Thursday) at the Methodist church in Neligh Burial will he in the Chambers cemetery. The late Mrs. Harris res'ded northwest of Chambers, on the farm now owned by Mr. and Mrs E. R. Carpenter, until the death of her husband in 1923. The couple had no children.! However, they raised a boy— Amos Eeklev of Neligh. Survivors include two neph ews, T E Alderson of Cham-1 bers and Guy Alderson of Til den. O’NEILL LOCALS Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Henry Martin and Allen were Mrs. Carrie Keating and Miss Barbara Mlinar of Atkinson and Rev. Francis R. Price of Emmet. I 20% off all small appliances. Use our lay-away plan. Gillespies Mr. and Mrs Loyal Hull and Mr and Mrs. Marion Woidneck visited with Mr and Mrs. Duane Booth in Lincoln on Sunday. Mrs. Rosa Bowers visited last week with friends in Pilger, Beemer and Norfolk. Clarence Benash and daugh ters, Dorothy, Lorraine and Betty, and Thelma and Ralph Wagner, all of Beatrice, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benash. 20% off all small appliances. Use our lay-away plan. Gillespies The Janawa club held its an nual Christmas party Tuesday evening, including a dinner at a restaurant. Cards followed at the home of Mrs. Edward Schmidt. On Maneuvers Marine Pfe. Leonard E. Ritts (above), son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ritts of O’Neill, recent ly participated in an amphi bious ship-to-shore maneuver with the Ninth, marine regi ment of the Third marine di vision. The exercise took place on the tiny volcanic is land of I wo Jima, famous World War II battleground. Highlight of the maneuver came November 12 when part of the landing forces, using small landing craft, hit the beach while other leathernecks hopped over the simulated beach defenses in helicopters onto an inland site. INMAN NEWS The elementary grades and band will present its annual Christmas program Thursday night, December 20, beginning at I 8 o’clock. School will be dismissed at noon December 21. Postmaster James M. McMahan has announced that the windows will remain open on Saturday, December 15, until 5 p.m. to ac-' comodate the patrons with their Christmas mailing. Fresh Snow Blankets Region Approximately 3U inches of fresh snow fell late Tuesday an*d early Wednesday at O’Neill. Atkinson received between 3 and 4 inches; Stuart. 3; Bassett. 3; j Clearwater. 2; Inman, 4 The Chambers locality received j barely an inch. Butte. Spencer. Lynch a n d Creighton also reported snow ear | ly Wednesday. An estimated five inches of snow fell early Saturday east of Ewing. Motorists traveling be tween O’Neill and Omaha report- r cd the most snow at Ewing. Between three and four inches covered the Chambers locality j The snow was light and quick- ! ly settled. Snow extended south from 1 Chambers to near Greeley hi lo prec 1 Dec. 6 15 5 Dec. 7 17 3 T , Dec. 8 24 11 01 Dec 9 49 7 Dec 10 57 25 Dec. 11 47 20 Dec 12 29 0 .21 ! O'M ILL LOCALS All are invited to attend a Christmas program and box so cial Tuesday, December 18, at 8 p. m., at district 5 ????? given by Miss Helen Thonta.- and pup ils. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hagensiek expect their son, Donald, home Friday evening for a visit. Donald has been attending officers’ can didate school at the U.S. Naval school in Newport, R.I. 20°o off all small appliances. I'se our lay-away plan. Gillespies Mrs. Loretta Hynes, Bob and Miss Helen plan to leave 'Satur day for a suberb of Los Angeles, Calif., where they will visit her son, Edward Hynes, Mrs. Hynes and family. They will be driving. Rooney Resigns from Hereford Position The Holt County Hereford Breeders association met in O’ Neill on December 10. l’laus were completed for the spring sale, which will be held on Tuua day, February 19, at the O'Neill l avestock Market. Charles Corkle of Norfolk will cry the sale. Officers elected were: George Reuse of Chambers, president; Roger Bowen of Page, vice - president, Keith Abart of O’Neill, secretary-treasurer; S R Robert - son and Harley Larson of O’Neill, directors for two year terms. Henry Wood of Ewing and Har old Melcher of Page are hold over directors. James W Rooney, who had served as secretary-treasurer of the organization since its organi zation in 1937, presented his res ignation. Mr. Rooney stated that he had enjoyed working with the association members and regreted that time did not permit his con tinuing. The board voted to purchase a gift for Mr Rooney in apprecia tion of his long service to the as sociation. The Holt association is the sev enth oldest Hereford association in the state of Nebraska Tom Becker, Jack U-onart, Bud Price, all of Wayne, came Sun day afternoon to visit their friend, Jimmy McGinn. RECORDS | 1 Saw Esau Ames Brothers When The White LiUes j Bloom Again Helmut Zachnrias True Love Bing Crosby m ! A Rose And A Baby Ruth ! George Hamilton IV Green Door I Jim l/'we Goodnight My Love McGuire Sisters The Money Tree Patience and Prudence Just Walking In The Rala \ Johnny Ray | Love Me Tender Elvis Presley On London Bridge Jo Stafford Auetloneer Leroy Vandyke REMEMBER OUR RECORD ij CLUB Gillespie’s (wrap UP A'MERRY CHRISTMAS I WITH A NEW FRIG! DAIRE GILLESPIES ... O’Neill __ _ i. HnywwwiWfi<Wtfuifaiiiift.Vh v-yr^vw*».vjo •- ■> ■OrtOuAv'* . ^ A 1 f. Assure a Merry Christmas at Your House... j 1 & to} /i % A I ! i i / i j Central Finance Corp. C. E. Jones, Mgr. HARMON BLDG., O’NEILL — OFFICES ALSO IN NORFOLK AND NELIGH