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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1961)
THE O’NEILL HIGH EAGLES didn’t really need this one to win thi“ game with Pieree Friday night but it’s still nice to have the ball go through instead of perching on the rim of the basket. O’Neill dropped the Blue jays 58-52. O'Neill Eagles Clip Pierce 58-52; Enter Rangeland Tourney Tonight An even-scoring O’Neill High team won their eleventh game of the season Friday night as they defeated the Pierce Bluejays 58 52. Ron Schmeichel led the winners with 15 points, followed by Jerry Dexter with 14. Rich Hill had 13 and John Kurtz had 11. The home team Eagles got off to an 18-9 first quarter lead, but at this point the Bluejays ap plied an all-court press. Despite the loss of the ball on several occasions, O’Neill Used well de veloped offensive manuevers to establish a 36-25 half time lead. Dexter led the Eagles’ first half scoring with 12 points. In the third quarter a tighter Pierce defense held the Eagles to only 5 points but O’Neill still man aged a 41-33 lead going into the final quarter as they displayed some fine defense themselves. With the help of Rich Hill’s 9 points in the final period and Ron Schmeichel’s 7, the Eagles fought off a late drive by the Bluejays and wound up on the victor’s end of the final 58-52 score. Leading the way for the visitors was Larry Hoefener writh 14 points. The Bluejays collected 14 points on free throws as they hit 88 per cent from the charity line. The Eagles’ next game will be in the NCNC (now Rangeland) Tournament at Ainsworth tonight. O'Neill will take on the Ains worth Bulldogs at 7 p.m. Bassett and Valentine meet at 8:30. RESERVES The OHS Reserves came from behind in the closing minutes of Ponton Insurance Insurance of All Kinds and Bonds FLORENCE PONTON, Prop. Phone 106_Golden Bldg Electric Motors Rewinding — Rebuilding Call 243-W — 24-hr. Servloe Northwest Electric O'Nell] INCOME TAX For assistance in filing your self employment and tax reports, call on— GEO. C. ROBERTSON, Agency We work for your interest and appreciate your business. Downey Building, O’Neill, Nebr. Ph. 534 — Res. Ph. 161-W 37tf ! Dr. H. D. GILDERSLEEVE OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Phone 167 — O’Neill, Nebr. Hours 9-5—Mon. thru Saturday Closed Wednesday Paul Shierk INSURANCE AGENCY O’NEILL, NEBR. Insurance of All Kinds DR. D. E. DAVID OPTOMETRIST Complete Visual Care Contact Lenses Bv Appointment Phone 2101 Spencer, Nebraska play to take a 46-42 decision from the Junior Bluejays in the pre varsity game played Friday eve ning. Sophomore guard Terry Kurtz led the winners with 29 points while Gerald Buckendahl had 14 for Pierce. O’Neill’s Reserves led 14-10 at the end of the first quarter, but the score was tied at half time 18-18. Pierce led at the start of the final quarter 35-27. Thirteen of Kurtz’s points came in the last quarter. Pirates Down Cardinals 63-46 At Spencer Jim Sullivan The Spencer Pirates came back after a tight first half to take a 63-46 decision over the visiting St. Mary’s Cardinals to up their won-lost record to 12-1. The highly touted Spencer quin tet had a scare thrown into them when 9t. Mary’s, led by Gokie and Mudloff, pressed them with a late second quarter surge to come within 3 points at halftime, 27-24. St. Mary’s came out with a lot of hustle and spirit when the game opened, but the Kopecky brothers kept Spencer ahead to wind up with a 17-10 lead at the end of the first period. With St. Mary’s getting needed points on Charity tosses, the Cardinals outscored Spencer in the second period, 14-10. Inability of the Kopecky’s to hit in that period also helped St. Mary’s to go to the lockers at halftime with a 27-24 score. In the third quarter Spencer fi nally found the range, and out scored the Cards 21-10 for a 48-34 lead as the buzzer sounded for the end of the third period of play. Senior Jerry Gokie supplied 6 of his 13 points in that period. Leonard Kopecky also found the range in that quarter, hitting 8 of his 19 point final tally in this period. St. Mary’s, long on hustle and spirit forged back in the game in the fourth period, but the loss of Jerry Gokie hurt the Cards. Ronnie Kopecky took up the slack for his brother in this quarter, and ended up with 22 points for the high point honors. Cal Peters, promising junior, fol lowed Gokie with 11 points. RESERVES In a tight game decided in the last few minutes St. Mary’s, led by freshman Jerry Oetter’s 19 points, came up with a 41-37 vic tory over the Spencer reserves. Bowling Results Men’s League Streamline League W L Pfister Hybrids 8 4 Page Oilers 7 5 Pepperjppers 7 5 Methodist Men 7 5 Dankerts Warrengas 6 6 Redbird Warriors 6 6 Bowes Seal Fast 5 7 Fehrs Tractor & Eqpt 2 8 High Scores: Don Maw, 226; Jack Everitt, 542; Fehrs Trac. & Eqpt, 878 and 2439. Varsity League W L Old Home Bread 12 6 Dick’s Bar 11 7 Drayton Elevator 11 7 Johnson Jewelry 10 8 O’Neill Cleaners 9 9 Hamm's 7 11 Shelhamer’s Oil 6 12 Dodd’s Oil 6 12 High Scores: Ben Hanlon, 204; James Clifton, 530; Old Home Bread, 865 and 2436. Shamrock League W L Shonka Agency 61 27 Van Vleck Motors 50 38 Scovies Western Auto 46 42 Farmer Store 44 44 O’Neill National Bank 41 47 O’Neill Lockers 40 48 Atkinson Teachers 38 50 Virg Laursen Ins. 38 50 High Scores: Dennis Edwards, 219; Fritz Gilg, 558; Shonka Agen cy, 913; O’Neill Lockers, 2621 Champs League W L Pinkerman’s TV 10 2 KBRX 7 5 Court House 7 5 Ewing Conoco 6 6 Meadow Gold 6 6 Coast To Coast 5 7 O’Neill Co-Op 4 8 Gambles 3 9 High Scores: Ken Curren, 210; Lavern Stevens, 544; KBRX, 841 and 2331. Beef League W L Wick’s Body Shop 35 28 Sam’s Bar 35 28 New Deal Oil 34 29 Mac’s Bar 33 30 Page Oil Co. 32 31 Earley Oil Co. 31 32 O’Neill Auto Supply 29 34 Foree Tire & Supply 23 40 High Scores: Jack Everitt, 221; Vern Gorgen, 550; O’Neill Auto Supply, 844; Sam’s Bar, 2396 Classic League W L Legion Gold 40 26 K of C Green 38 28 Ten Pin Lanes 38 28 VFW Post 926 32 34 Ideal Cleaners 29 37 Cudahy Hams 21 45 High Scores: Levi Fuller, 198; Cecil Grenier, 541; Legion Gold, 811 and 2330 Women’s League Booster League W L Caterpillars 43 20 Dick’s Bar 37 26 J. M. McDonalds 32 ,21 O’Neill Auto 9j(pply 31 32 Town House < 29 34 Nite Owls 28% .34% Hunt’s Plumbing 26% 36% Ten Pin Lanes 25 38 High Scores: Jo Ann Wecker: 178 and 477; J. M. McDonalds and Caterpillars, Tie, 731; J M. McDonalds, 2004. k ^ ^ - 1 ■ » • ' I Strikettes League W? L Pinkerman’s TV 43 23 The Toppers 41 25 Coca Cola 34 32 Page Oil 32 34 Gillespies . 32 34 Checkerboards , , 31 35 Seven-Up 26 40 Candy Bill’s Cafe 25 41 High Scores: Virginia Tomlin son, 205; Marcelene SchWager, 526; Pinkerman’s TV, 734; The Toppers, Coca Cola, .Tie, 2012. Chambers High Names Students To Honor Roll CHAMBERS—Twenty-one stu dents at Chambers high school placed on the third six weeks honor roll. They are: Denny Walters, Larry Swanson, Karen Farrier and Roseanne Blake, seniors; Venita White, Danelia Whitaker, Coral Hoffman, Dale Adams, Beth Fullerton and Loren Blake, juniors; Jim Kruse, Roger Waldo, Ledean Weller, Donnie Swanson, Wilma Chambers and Elaine Whiting, sophomores, and Elaine Dankert, Deborah Eisenhauer, Susan LaRue, Lana Oetter and Darla Waldo, freshmen. Clearwater High Names Students to Honor Roll CLEARWATER—H o n o r stu dents have been announced at the Clearwater high school for the third six weeks of school. Placing on the list were Marsha Allen, Rochelle Nolze and Cathy Wiegand, freshmen; Bonnie Dam me and Richard Twiss, sopho mores; Sheryl Ahlers and Jack Hixson, juniors, and Tom Patras, Joan Sabatka and Donna Sanne, seniors. Military Rites Held for Former Atkinson Man ATKINSON—Military rites were conducted Monday at San Fer nando, Calif., for Henry Seger, former Atkinson resident, who died suddenly January 24 on the golf course at San Fernando where he had lived for many years, employed in Federal civil service work. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gus Seger who farmed near here. He graduated from the Atkinson high school in 1927 and attended the University of Ne braska where he was one of Ne braska’s star mile runners. After his University education he taught school for several years until World War II. During the war he was a Lt. Colonel in the army. Surviving are his wife and two children; two brothers, Harold and Darwin of O’Neill, and four sisters, Mrs. Rex Beckwith of Emmet, Mrs. Ralph Beckwith of O'Neill, Mrs. Vernon Keeney of Norfolk and Mrs. Lavern Beck-' with of Boulder, Colo. The sisters and brothers went to California to attend the services. Services Held At Orchard for Mrs. E. Sholes ORCHARD—Funeral services were held last week at the Hamilton mortuary here for Mrs. Ella Straw Sholes,.who died at her home in Orchard January 22 at the age of 87 years. The Rev. Duane Lenz con ducted the services. Burial was in Enterprise cemetery. Ella Straw Sholes, daughter of Reuben and Phoebe Straw, was born at Quasqueton. Ia., January 20, 1874. She came to Nebraska at an early age and on January 22, 1890 was united in marriage to Wil liam Sholes at Orchard. To this couple were bom four children. For many years they farmed four and one-half miles northwest of Orchard, then moved to M£d dlebraneh where they resided until seven years ago when they retired to Orchard. Her husband preceded her in death March 7, 1914. Survivors are her two sons, Frank and Charles of Orchard; two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Sch roth of Brunswick and Mrs. NeJJie Hamilton of Orchard; six grand children; four great grandchild ren; and one half-brother, Leo Mohririg of Independence, Ia. Pallbearers were Gerald War ing, Ray Stevens, Ray DaWson, Gail Brodie, Clarence Finch anti William Buxton. _■_ Rites Held at Verdigre for Frank Dusek VERDIGRE—Funeral services were held for Frank Dusek Janu ary 24 at the Verdigre St. Wenceslaus Catholic church with the Rev. C. J. Oborny saying the requiem high mass. Mr. Dusek died January 21 at the Creighton hospital where he had been a patient since 1955. Frank Dusek was born October 4, 1885 to Mr. and Mrs. Anton Dusek on the old homestead five miles south of Verdigre. He re ceived his education in the school district near his home. He grew' up on the farm helping his par ents with farming, later operating his own farm. He later moved to Verdigre ard purchased a home w'here he lived for sometime. Survivors include a brother and four cousins. Interment was in the parish cemetery northwest of Verdigre. Pallbearers were Anton Zila, Roy Rohrer, Fred Ayers, Rudolph Julis, Anton Shefl and Marvin Sukup. Bus Schedule Leave Sioux Cit> 11.30 a.m. Arrive O’Neill 3:30 p.m. Leave O’Neill 3:45 p.m. Arrive Sioux City 7:15 pm. Leave Winner 6:00 a.m Arrive O'Neill 9:00 a.m Leave O’Neil] 9:30 a.m. Arrive Omaha 3:50 D m Return Leave Omaha 8:30 a.m. Leave Norfolk 12:30 p.m. Arrive O’Neill 3:00 p.m. Leave O’Neil: 4:00 p.m. Arrive Winner 7:15 p.m i^eave Valentine 9:10 a.m. Arrive O Naill 12:15 p.m. Leave O’Neill 12:25 p.m.i Arrive Grand Island 4:05 p.m. Leave Grand Island 4:05 p.m. Arrive Omaha 7:45 p.m. Return Leave Omaha 7:45a.m. Arrive Grand Island 11:20 a.m. Leave Grand Island 12:30 p.m. Arrive O’Neill 4:00 p.m. Leave O’Neill 4:15 p.m. Arrive Valentine 7:15 p.m. Funeral Services Held Tuesday for Mrs. J. W. Conn SPENCER — Funeral services were held here Tuesday after noon for Mrs. John W. Conn, 78, of Spencer, who died Friday at the Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch. The Rev. Hugh Dowler of ficiated at the services in the United Lutheran church. Inter ment, arranged by the Jones Funeral Home, was in the Union cemetery at Spencer. Emma Dean Conn was bom in Iowa September 14, 1882 to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson (initials un known). She came to Boyd county in 1902 with her parents. On December 27, 1905 she was married to John W. Conn at Butte and the couple farmed near Spencer until 1912 when Mr. Conn was engaged in business at Spencer. In 1921 they moved to a ranch near Gross. Mr. Conn preceded her in death in 1924 and following this Mrs. Conn moved into Spencer where she resided until her death. She is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Joseph Fredrichsen of Spencer and Mrs. L. I. Redmond of Sioux Fall, S. D.; three sons, Floyd of Yankton, S. D., Orville of Gretna, La., and Dwight of El Cajon, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; four brothers, Elzy Johnson of Ray mond, William Griffiths of Mo sher, S. D., Alfred Johnson of Colville, Wash., and Arthur John son of Sandpoint, Ida., and three sisters, Mrs. Frances Reilly of Worland, Wyo., Mrs. Etta Bros sard of Brush, Colo., and Mrs. Louis Nelson of Lynch. Pallbearers were George Thompson, Chester Ross, Adolph Sedivy, Earl Conklin. Paul Woid neck and Chester Nelson. CAP Officers Propose O'Neill Cadet Program Several members of the Nebras ka Civil Air Patrol wing were in O’Neill Monday conferring with the local CAP. Dscussng the pos sibility of the O’Neill CAP unit starting a cadet program for the youngsters. This would include the 14 to 18 year old age group. Attending the meeting were Major Joe Brandstetter, CAP lai son officer, Lt. Col. Floyd Snel ler, Lt. Col. H. A. Stewart, com mander of the central group of the Nebraska wing, Lt. Albert Stoffer, Lt. Joseph Dvorak, Lt. Ernie Kloppenberg and Lt. Nor man Wayman. J. E. Flood Receives Degree at Fordham John E. Flood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Flood of O’Neill, has received his doctor of philosophy degree from Fordham university. Dr. Flood is the elementary science coordinator at Baldwin public schools in Baldwin, N. Y., and is vice president of the Bald win faculty association. Dr. Flood, a graduate of St. Mary’s academy at O’Neill and of Regis college in Denver, holds a master’s degree from Fordham university. He became science coordinator in September 1960 and currently has an additional assignment as television coordi nator. He has been a member of the professional staff since Septem ber, 1955, having taught at Plaza school for four years and at Pro spect school for one year. Prior to coming to Baldwin, Dr. Flood taught in New York City and was an executive with R. H. Macy, New York. He holds the rank of major in the army reserve. a.**!! I • rigs iMiiea in Blaze at Inman INMAN—An unknown number of pigs were killed when the barn in which they were housed was destroyed by fire Thursday night at the Harry Kestenholfz resi dence in the west part of town. Virg Laurssns Attend National Stock Show Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Laursen and Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Reynold son left Friday for Fort Worth, Tex., where they are attending the national stock show. They plan to return to their homes in O’Neill Thursday. Security Agent to Visit Butte Feb. 9 James B. Hoffman, field re presentative for the Norfolk so cial security office will be in the court room of the courthouse at Butte from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9. i — Check Charge Goes To District Court A preliminary hearing was held in county court last week at which time Emmet P. Dean of Stuart was bound over to Dis trict court on a charge of writ ing an insufficient fund check in the amount of $558 on the Tri County Bank at Stuart. Hutton and Hutton are attor neys for the plaintiff. Receives Emblem William MacKinlay, load dis patcher at Consumers in O’Neill, has been awarded an emblem for 10 years of service with the company. He became local dis patcher January 15, 1951. Attend Workshop ATKINSON — The Rev. E. Keuhn, A. Max Karo and Richard Poessnecker attended a 33- j county workshop session at the' Zion Lutheran church in Albion ] January 22-23. Dr. Otto Hoibert and Dr. E. W. Mueller were speakers. OOPS! The Married Gals put up a good fight b ut went down 30-28 before a classy O’Neill Girls Volleyball team Friday night in a benefit game for tin* polio drive. The Married Gals are on the right of net. Attendance at the Friday night event, whi eh featured also a basketball game between the fifth and sixth grades and another cage contest between the O’Neill All-Stars and Grand Island, netted $140.45 for the March of Dimes. Wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfi:* * mm wmmmmmmmm " WHAT’S IT GONNA DO? This question seems uppermost in the minds of these O’Neill grade school youngsters as they watch the progress of the basket ball during Friday night’s polio benefit game be tween the fifth grade and sixth grade teams. Sixth grade won the contest 26-13 in a content that mw spirited play on both sides. The grade contest was the opener of three athletic contests scheduled an fund raisers for the charity drive. Players, officials anti spectators alike |»aid 50c to the March of Dimes bring in a total of $140.45. Month for Birthdays February is a busy month for Consumers personnel as far as birthdays go. Six persons there will celebrate birthdays this month. R. V. Carlson’s big day is February 7; T. L. Liddy, 9; K. L. Van Voorhis, 14; Dan C. Sutton, 19; Janice Farrier, 25, and L. J. Olsen, 28. ♦ ; / . Youngsters Read 12,000 Books in Year at Library Grattan Township youngsters out-read their parents almost four to one during 1960, according to a report by Librarian Bernadette Brennan. Added to the library to broaden the reading scope of residents were 349 new books during the past year. Another addition to the library were bookcases for children’s books. These cases were con tributed by the O’Neill Woman’s ■ club and financed by money raised in the club’s fall hobby show in 1959. Some books became so badly worn during the year that they were sent to a bindery for re-: novation. Of these. 66 have been completed and returned while 88 still are at the bindery. In addition to books, the library regularly subscribes to 21 magazines and periodicals. Fifteen of the 35 magazines re commended by Reader’s Guide are kept on file for three years to provide research material on news events and recent history in the world. -— MORGAN WARD ACCOUNTANT & AUDITOR INCOME TAX SERVICE Good tax service doesn’t cost— —IT PAYS Golden Hotel Bldg. Phone 414 _40-43c SEE Bankerslifeman — Ernie Brinkman IN ATKINSON About what could happen to your farm if something happened to you COMPANY DCS MO'NII. IOW* Ainsworth Gets District Judges Office Location After 70 year& of being home base for the judge of the' 15th judicial district, O’Neill has re linquished its claim. District Judge William C. Smith is the first judge for the district to re side in Ainsworth. All three pre decessors have lived injb’Neill. District court chambers |at Ains worth are located in th&; hew Brown county courthouse! And from the looks of things, the judge’s office will stay In Ainsworth for sometime if past performance Is any indication. Judges Harrington, Dickson and recently retired Judge Mounts served an average of over 23 years each. Judge Smith is a native of Long Pine. His grandfather moved there in 1881 and operated a general store, later taken over by the judge’s father. ■ U l. - Judge Smith earned a law degree in 1934 and returned to Long Pine where he practiced until 1946 when the family moved to Ainsworth. He served as county attorney for BrOwn county for 20 years. Judge and Mrs. Smith are the parents' of n daugh ter, Mrs. Robert Clem of Stmzx City, and a son, Bob, who is a freshman at Ainsworth high school. 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