The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, February 23, 1961, Image 5

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    Cardinals Down Springview 69-54
In Class C Tourney at Atkinson
The Class “C” district tourna
ment at Atkinson saw the St.
Mary’s Cardinals take a 69-54
win over a surprisingly stubborn
Springview quintet. Norman Mud
. lpff led St. Mary’s in scoring with
18 points, he received fine sup
port from Gokie, Donohoe, Pet
er, and Spitzenberger who collect
14, 12, 12 and 11 points respec
tively.
St. Mary’s led all the way but
was pressed by the all around
play of Rodney Billings, who ga
thered 32 points. St. Mary’s led
at the end of the first quarter
21-13 as all five of the starters
hit the nets. St. Mary’s streng
thened their lead by outscoring
the Indians 20 to 11 to take a 41-24
lead at the half. The second half
was a repetition of the first as
the Cards had to hustle but al
ways kept a good lead. In the
last quarter Coach Templemyer
cleared the bench.
St. Mary's Cards
Drop Page 56-48
Tint St. Mary’s Cardinals, play
ing one of their best games of
the season upset the highly re
spected Page Eagles by the score
of 56-48. In a game played Thurs
day. The hot shooting of Dono
hoe and Spitzenberger combined
with the hustle of Mudloff, Gokie
and Peter brought a well deserv
ed victory.
Jerry Gokie, besides his 12
points, blocked numerous shots in
a well played game. Donohoe
poured through 6 points to lead
•the first period scoring. Donohoe
and Spitzenberger got most of
their 15 points in the first half.
St. Mary’s enjoyed a 27-19 half
time lead.
At one time in the third period
the Cards held a 16 point lead in
a determined effort to grab the
victory. Spitzenberger fouled out
late in the third quarter but St.
Mary’s still held a comfortable 45
32 lead as the third period ended.
The fourth quarter showed Page
coming up a little but a full court
press failed to stop the Cardinal
victory. The only bright spot for
the visiting Eagles was the 15
points each of Harvey and Cronk.
Eagles Tromp
Bassett 86-58
O’Neill High Coach Chuck
Smith juggled his starting line
up Friday night and made good
his show of bench strength as
the Eagles downed Bassett here
86-58. Bill Nelson and Larry Go
del, two seniors starting for the
first time this season, turned in
fine performances along with the
rest of the OHS squad. Jerry
Dexter It'd the agressive Eagles
under the boards during the open
ing quarter and racked up 15
points to lead all scorers the
first half.
The visiting Tigers were appar
ently hotter than usual during the
first quarter as they kept up
with Dexter and company. The
first period ended with O’Neill
leading 19-18. Freshman Bob Van
Norman and sophomore Jim
Gonnick both had 6 points in the
opening stanza to lead the Tiger
men. In the second quarter the
visitors were unable to keep up
with the Eagles and they drop
ped behind at half time 45-30.
After being recharged with
vigor during the half time break,
O’Neill continued pulling away
from their opponents behind the
even scoring of six Eagles. The
reserve squad went into the final
quarter leading 69-43 and hiked
the final score to 86-58.
Dexter's 20 points led the
Eagles' even scoring. John Kurtz
followed with 18 and Rich Hill
contributed 13 to the winning
cause. Senior Darold Ermer turn
ed in a fine second half perfor
mance for the Eagles as he hit
for 9 i>oints after the half way
break.
Connick led the Tigermen with
20 points and Clark Anderson had
16.
O’Neill’s record now stands at
16 wins, 2 losses. They will play
host to St. Paul Friday to wrap
up play before the district tourn
ament at Ord.
RESERVES
Harvey Colfack paced the win
ning reserves with 11 points.
The final score was O’Neill 50,
Bassett 25.
THE ST. MARY’S CARDINALS, in one of their best games of the
season, upset the Page Eagles 56-48 in a game played here Thursday.
St. Mary’s enjoyed a 27-19 lead. Donohoe and Spitzenberger led the
Cards with 15 points each and Harvey and Cronk led the Page crew
with 15 points each.
ATKINSON CLIPPED EWING 62-53 in their game in class C com
petition at Atkinson. Cliff Juraeek, (30) of Ewing and Herman Gro
the (40) Atkinson are shown here as they grab for a rebound. Also
shown are Dick Galyen (14) Ken Claussen (52) and Charles Braun
(42) of Atkinson.
JACK McGINN OF O'NEILL will pack up his gloves ami head for
Chicago Thursday to fight in the Golden Gloves. Jack, shown here
as he decisioned BUI MUler of Sioux City, went on to whip Salvador
Franco of Scottsbluff to win the flyweight title at the Omaha bouts.
Jack, who won the toughest fight at Omaha, received a five minute
ovation from the crowd of nearly 4,000 following his bout with
Franco. Jack’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McGinn and his sister
Donna will go with him to Chicago.
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THE O’NEILL HIGH EAGLES whipped Bassett 86-58 Friday eve
ning in a game played here in O’Neill. Jerry Dexter led the Eagles
with 20 points followed by John Kurtz with 18. O’Neill’s record now
stands at 16 wins and 2 losses. They will meet St. Paul Friday in the
last game before the district tourney at Ord.
THE ST. MARY’S CARDS downed Springview Tuesday evening in
the class C district tournament at Atkinson, 69-54. Jerry Gokie and
Cal Peter are surrounded by Springview players as they go after a
rebound. Gokie was high point man for the Cards with 14 points.
4-H Club Notes
The Willowdale 4-H Club met
at the Bill Hansen home Friday
night. Glen Miller presided and
Marsha Slattery called roll and
read the minutes of the last
meeting. Rodney Hibbs was ab
sent with the flu.
After the treasurer’s report, we
decided to take a field trip to
Boys Town on Sunday, March 5.
After we adjourned Mrs. Hansen
served lunch.
Vicki Hansen, news reporter
HAPPY HOMEMAKERS
The HHH Cl'ub met at the home
of Mrs. Vearl Tuttle Thursday
with 12 members present. Meet
ing was opened by Mrs. Louis
Funk. Roll call was answered
by each stating something about
George Washington.
Pennies for friendship were ta
ken. Parliamentary Law skit was
given by Mrs. Jerome Tuttle and
Mrs. Donald Kurpqeweit.
We received our bed table for
any member of the club to use.
Lunch was served by the hos
Mrs. Donald Kurpgeweit.
Weed Study Held
A demonstration on “How to
get rid of weeds and why’’ was
presented by Terry R. Brown at
the regular meeting of the Eager
Beavers 4-H Weed club at district
No 33 school, January 23. Every
one present told what he thought
was the most helpful weed. The
next meeting will be held Febru
ary 20. They have started their
weed books by preparing the cov
er and hope to have it completed
by the next meeting. Terry R.
Brown, reporter
Inman News
By Mrs. James McMahan
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins
have received word of the death
of Mr. Tompkins’ sister, Mrs.
Edward (Ethel) Loucks of Long
Beach, Calif. February *14.
Mrs. Violet Sholes visited Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Clark and family
at O’Neill Wednesday.
Dick Clark of O’Neill was a cal
ler in the Rufus and Violet Sholes
home Tuesday.
Mrs. Gerald Snyder of O’Neill
and Mrs. Marvin Hawk of Or
chard were overnight guests of
Mrs. Ray Siders and Marilyn
Wednesday evening.
Harry Moore returned Monday
from St. Anthony’s hospital in O’
Neill where he had been a med
ical patient for several days.
George Conard returned Tues
day from several weeks in Ore
gon where he visited his brothers,
Ed and Martin.
The pupils of Willow Lake
school district 111 entertained
their mothers at a Valentine
party and classroom exercises
February 14. Presentations were
given by several pupils. Valen
tines were distributed, games
were played, then a lunch was
served by the pupils to all in
attendance. Mrs. Majorie Kelley
is the teacher.
Earnest Trowbridge spent Tues
day and Wednesday at Ewing vis
iting his brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sawyer
and family of Atkinson visited
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Sawyer and
Mick Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins
spent Thursday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kiltz at
Chambers.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Engelhaupt
attended funeral services for
Mrs. Harvey at Chambers Sun
day afternoon.
John Gallagher returned to his
home Friday afternoon from St.
Anthony’s hospital in O’Neill
where he was a patient tor a tew
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Watson spent
the weekend in Lincoln visiting
their son, Sam, a Nebraska Wes
leyan student, and their son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Largely and daughter. The
Watsons attended homecoming at
Wesleyan University over the
weekend.
Ivan Couch, who is employed at
Geneva, spent the weekend with
his family.
Mrs. Gaines Rzeszotarski of At
kinson visited Mr. and Mrs.
James Banks and John Schrunk,
Friday afternoon.
James Sholes and Charles
Young spent Tuesday in Sioux
City on business.
Joe Peters, who is employed at
Norfolk, spent a couple of days
last week with his family.
Mrs. Albert Anthony entertain
ed members of the TOPS club
Wednesday afternoon at her
home.
Mr. an.l Mrs. Harvey Tomp
kins attended homecoming at Ne
braska Wesleyan over the week
end. They also visited their
daughter, Linelle, and son, Roger,
who are students at Nebraska
Wesleyan.
Harold Sobotka left Saturday
for Valentine where he will be
employed with the radio station.
Little Dean Buhlmann of Bart
lett spent from Thursday eve
ning until Sunday visiting his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Banks, while his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Buhlmann,
attended the Golden Glove fights
in Omaha.
The Zions Daughters of the
RLDS church met Tuesday af
ternoon with Mrs. Lloyd Smith
for their lesson. Three guests,
Mrs. Violet Stewart, Mrs. Don
Robinson and Mrs. Melvin Michae
lis, also attended. At the close of
the afternoon the hostess served
lunch.
'Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anthony
and family were dinner guests in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Matschullat at Page Sunday. Ot
her guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Matschullat and family of
Page. The occasion was the
birthday anniversary of Dale
Matschullat.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reynolds
and family spent Sunday visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hull at Red
bird.
The Inman Workers Project
Club met Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Lewis Ko
pecky jr. The lesson, given by
Mi's. Albert Anthony and Mrs.
Leo Harte, was “Parents and
Purse Strings.” Thirteen mem
bers were present. Mrs. Kopecky
served a delicious lunch at the
close of the afternoon.
Albert Anthony accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat
of Page to Norfolk Tuesday.
Vern Wrede of O’Neill was an
Inman visitor Tuesday afternoon.
Bill DoLong, Lyle Gillogly and
Robert Ruther, who attend busi
ness college at Grand Island,
spent the weekend visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merle De
Long, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gillogly,
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert W.
Rather.
Mrs. Ray Siders received word
Monday of the death of her mo
ther, Mrs. Anna Taylor, 92, on
Monday morning at Moscow, Ida.
The Taylors were residents of
the Minneola community from
1911 to 1940 when they moved to
Colorado and later to Arizona.
Mrs. Taylor has made her home
at Moscow near a son, John, for
several years. Eight children
survive including Mrs Siders of
Inman and Jack Taylor of O’
Neill.
Mrs. Clarence Jurticek and Kim
of Orchard visited Tuesday af
ternoon with Mrs. Juracek’s mo
ther, Mrs. Ray Siders.
Mrs. Ray Siders visited Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Tayloy at O’Neill
on Tuesday morning.
VERN SAGESER OF AMELIA is shown here with the Champion bull at the annual Hereford sale
held here Tuesday. The Champion bull was sold for $710 and the reserve champion, shown by Harold
Meleher brought $600.
THE CHAMPION HEREFORD FEMALE at the sale Tuesday was shown by George Rowse. Second
and third place honors went to Whitaker and Whitaker of Chambers.
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At Public Auction
TUESDAY. FEB. 28.1961
Sale Time: 2 p.m. on Premises
104 Acres of Land
Known as the Mary Kelly land located in the NWV6, Sec. 29, Twp. 29,
Range 11. The land is located just east of the northeast edge of O'Neill.
The land will be offered as a unit of 1 04 acres, more or less; or as an im
proved unit of 4 acres, more or less, located in the O'Neill city limits; or as
100 acres of farm and pasture land, more or less. The land will be sold
whichever way it brings the most most money, as a unit or in separate
tracts.
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Improvements on the 4 acres consist of a 7-room 2-story modern house,
a garage and hog house. There is a barn on the 100 acres.
Property will be sold to the highest bidder or bidders. Terms are cash.
25% down the day of the sale, balance due on delivery of good merchant
able title and abstract. Possession will be given on March 1, 1961.
St. Patrick's Church, O'Neill, Nebr.
Owner
Wally O'Connell, Auctioneer Ed Campbell, Broker