O Neill High, Lynch Win Honors
Tuesday in O'Neill Invitational
Ten class A records and 11 class
B records fell Tuesday at the an
nual O’Neill Invitational track
meet. Winning top honors in the
class A division was O’Neill with
113% points. St. Paul copped se
cond with 44, Crofton placed
third with 40 and Ainsworth was
fourth with 37.
In class B competition Lynch
won high honors with 56 3/4 points
followed by St. Mary’s with 32%,
Chambers had 29, Springview 21
Vi, Niobrara 21, Stuart 10, Page
9%, Clearwater 8, Verdigre 7,
Spencer 7, St. Joe 6, Tilden 4,
Bassett 3, Butte 6. Atkinson 3 %,
Ewing 2 and Inman did not score.
Results in each event are:
CLASS “A” FIELD EVENTS
Shot—1, Smith, Ci fton; 2,
Kurtz, O’Neill; 3, Herring, Ains
worth. D. 43’ U%”.
Discus—1, Havranek, O’Neill;
2, Hill, O’Neill; 3, Beard, St.
Paul. D. (School and meet re
cord), 137’.
High Jump—1, Ermer, O’Neill;
2, Plamonda, Ainsworth; 3, Dex
ter, O’Neill and Walters of Crof
ton. H. 5’ 8”.
Pole Vault—1, Nelson, O’Neill;
2, McGinn, O’Neill; 3, D. McKos
ki, St. Paul. H. (School and meet
record), 11, 4”.
Broad Jump—1, Herring, Ains
worth; 2, Kilcoin, O’Neill; 3, Er
mer, O’Neill. D. (Meet record),
20’.
CLASS “B” FIELD EVENTS
Shot Put—1, Liska, Niobrara;
2, Barnes, Lynch; 3, Mulhair,
Lynch D. (Meet record), 48' 6V.
Discus—1, Liska, Niobrara; 2,
Judge, St. Joe; 3, Higgins, T.,
SMA;. D (Meet record), 134' 8%”.
High Jump—1, Peters, SMA;
2, Lammen, Lynch; 3, Anderson,
Butte and Timmerman, Verdigre.
H. (Meet record), 5’ 8”.
Pole Vault — 1, Shoemaker,
SMA and Cronk, Page; 3, Hall,
Page. H. 10’ 3”.
Broad Jump—1, Darnell, Lynch;
2, Swanson, Chambers; 3, Nelson,
Verdigre. D. (Meet record), 2't’
7V4”.
CLASS “A” TRACK EVENTS
100—1, Kilcoin, O’Neill; 2, Rif
ffenrath, Crofton; 3, Havranek,
O’Neill. T. (Meet record) 10.2.
440—1, Snow, D., St. Paul; 2,
Scarborough, St. Paul; 3, Greder,
Ainsworth. T. 55.3.
880—1, Dexter, O’Neill; 2, Bart
lett, Ainsworth; 3, Francel, St.
Paul. T. (School and meet re
cord), 2:06.8.
St. Mary's - Mile Relay
Chambers - 880 Relay, Class B
O'Neill High - Mile Relay
W HWBte
Crofton - Two Mile Relay
High Hurdles-1, Schmeichel,
and Ermer, O’Neill; 3, Larson, O'
Neill. T. 16.3.
Low Hurdles—1, Schmeichel,
O’Neill; 2, Larson, O'Neill; 3, Er
mer, O’Neill. T. (Meet record by
Herring in Prelims 21-8), 21.9.
220—1, Kilcoin, O’Neill; 2, Rief
fenrath, Crofton; 3, Havranek,
O’N. T. (Meet record, ties school
record), 22.6.
Mile—1,Gentry, Crofton; 2, Mc
Koski, St. Paul; 3, Svoboda, St.
Paul. T. (Meet record) 4.53.
880 relay—1, O’Neill; 2, St.
Paul; 3, Ainsworth. T. (Meet re
cord), 1.39.
2 mile relay—1, Crofton; 2, St.
Paul; 3, O’Neill. T. 9.12.5.
Mile relay—1, O'Neill; 2, St.
Paul; 3, Crofton. T. (School and
meet record), 3.39.7.
CLASS “B” TRACK EVENTS
100—1, Patras, Clearwater; 2,
Adkinson, Springview; 3, Nelson,
Verdigre. T. (Meet record) 10.6.
440—1, Reinohl, Niobrara; 2,
Kopecky, Spencer; 3, Spitzenber
ger of SMA and Billings of
Springview. T. 55.4.
880—1, Brewster, Stuart; 2,
Peck, Tilden; 3, Frickel, Atkin
son. T. (Meet record), 2.08.
High Hurdles — 1, Darnell,
Lynch; 2, Swanson, Chambers;
3, Lanman, Lynch. T. (New re
ord by Swanson in Prelims, 15.2),
15.4.
Low Hurdles — 1, Swanson,
Chambers; 2, Darnell, Lynch;
3, Adkinson, Springview. T. 21.5.
(New record by Darnell in Pre
lims, 21.3.
220—1, Brady, Lynch; 2, Jar
men, Chambers; 3, Richardson,
Springview. T. 24.3. (Meet re
cord in Prelims, 23.4)
Mile—1, Stuart, Lynch; 2, Lid
gett, Chambers; 3, Sullivan, SMA.
T. 4.59.7.
880 relay—1, Chambers; 2,
Lynch; 3, Springview. T. (Meet
record) 1.38.4.
Mile relay—1, St. Mary’s; 2,
Stuart; 3, Butte. T. (New record),
3.48.6.
Lynch Defends
Championship;
Score 871/2 Points
Defending champion, Lynch,
successfully protected their tro
phy when they won the Niobrara
Valley Conference track meet
April 19 at the O’Neill field.
Lynch scored 87 ¥2 points for
first place. Verdigre had 52 for
second place and Spencer was
third with 31. Other partici
pants at the meet were Niobra
ra, Butte, Center and Naper.
Members of the Lynch team are
(picture was carried in last
week’s issue of The Frontier)
Fritz Holz, Larry Wickersham,
Lyle Stewart, Steve Chvala, Rudy
Classen, Les Holz, Loren Mulhair,
Bruce Schollmeyer, Marlin
Barnes, Rick McGeorge, Jim Er
lenbusch, Larry Lanman, A1 Bra
dy, Dennis Darnell and Joe Mi
canek. Paul Wilson is the coach
and Roy Howard is assistant
coach.
First, second and third lace
winners of the different events
are as follows: 120 yard high
hurdles, Darnell of Lynch(16.1—
pre. record), Lanman of Lynch
and Anderson of Butte; 100 yard
dash, Boelter of Verdigre, (11.0)
Brady of Lynch and Reinoehl of
Niobrara; one mile rpn, Stewart
of Lynch (5:04.5), Fisher of Spen
cer and Redowl of Niobrara.
The 440 yard dash, Farnik of
Verdigre (55.3—a new record),
Kopecky of Spencer and Reinoehl
of Niobrara; 180 yard low hurd
les, Darnell of Lynch (22.5—new
record), Lanman of Lynch and
Anderson of Butte; 880 yard run,
Frank of Verdigre (2:13.6), Fran
cis of Spencer and Viterna of
Verdigre.
The 220 yard dash, Brady of
Lynch (24.6—new record) Boelter
of Verdigre and Bob Haun of
Spencer; 880 yard relay, Lynch,
Darnell, Lanman, Micanek and
Brady (1:40.4—new record), Spen
cer and Verdigre; mile relay,
Butte, Walth, Walth, Anderson
and Lewis 3:52. 3—new record).
Verdigre and Niobrara; shot put,
Ken Liska of Niobrara (45’ 2 and
3/4”), Barnes and Mulhair of
Lynch, tied.
Discus, Mulhair of Lynch (117’
■IV2”), Scheinost of Spencer and
Kibby of Naper; High jump, Lan
man of Lynch (5’ 6(6”), Boelter
of Verdigre and Darnell of
Lynch; pole vault, Stewart of
Lynch (9’), Armfield of Butte,
Jim Erlenbusch of Lynch, Dittrick
of Verdigre and Skokan of Nio
brara, all tied with 8’ 6”; broad
jump, Darnell of Lynch (18’ 10
%”), Nelson of Verdigre and
Brady of Lynch.
A MIGHTY EFFORT but Bill Hynes of St. Mary’s failed to clear
the bar in the high jump Tuesday afternoon. However Cal Peters
was successful in his effort and set a new record as he cleared the
bar at 5’ 8”.
Little League Baseball Schedule
Set; Eight Teams to See Action
Approximately 180 boys of ages
7 through 12 years have signed
up to play little League baseball
this summer.
Teams have been arranged
and practices will get underway
this week for most of ibe teams
Practice times will be announc
ed in newspapers and over the
radio.
Following are the team mem
bers: Yankees—Jr. Adamson,
manager, Michael Anderson, John
Anderson, Gary Lee Klusman,
Donald Klusman, Eddie Bright,
Pat Grutsch, Jack Clyde, Joe
Fuhrer, Paul Corkle, Terry Hast
reiter, Michael Jackson, Mike
Fuhrer, John Adamson, Tom
Hunt, Dennis Lee Jeffery, Mike
Verzal, Don Clyde, Chuck Apple
by, Stanley Clyde and Kelly Fu
hrer.
Giants—first practice Friday at
6:30 p.m. at the Indians field.
Jim Butts, manager, Dale Hal
lock, Dan Holsclaw, Mike Schmit,
Earl Joe Peterson, John Hum
rich, Randy Curran, Mike Cimfel,
Steven Strube, Dick Martin, Jer
ry Wray, Bob Hovey, Rick Lee
Baack, Ronnie Schmit, Chas. N.
Gonderinger jr., Jim Janousek,
Jim Hallock, Owen Zastrow, Greg
Janousek, Steven Whitwer, David
Sprague and Dewey Schaf
fer.
senators—r irst practice Tues
day, May 2nd, 5:00 p.m., Phillies
Field, Duane Philbrick, manager,
Richard Mace, George Grutsch,
Mervin Olberding, Eddy Grenier
Jim Davidson, Tommy Anderson,
Edward Rauterkus, Daryl Raute
rkus, Ricky Spall, Jim Forwood,
Steve Forwood, Garry Philbrick,
Jim Wilson, Danny Anderson, Bil
ly McKay, Billy Richardson, Ber
nard Grutsch, Bob McKenny, Den
nis Rauterkus, Danny Kirkpat
rick, Michael Moore, Jerry
Parks, Tommy Davis, Kerry Er
ington and Danny Philbrick.
Northeast Cardinals — Dale
Fr nch, Mgr., Rick Cradit, Dave
Cradit, Casey Tomlinson, R. John
son, Bob Donohoe, Tim French,
Bill Artus, John Richter, Randy
Nickeson, Dick Stuifbergen, Mike
McCarville, Bob Gallagher, John
Gallagher, Doug McKenzie and
Larry Davis.
Northwest Indians—Dick Enke,
Tom Coker, Jeff Eymann, Lee
Longenecker, Randy Miller, Doug
Laarsen, Danny Strong, Jeff
Hammond, Dick Lieb, Bernard
Fritton, Jerome Gilg, Carroll Pea
cock, Ronnie McKay and Teddy
Fritton.
Tigers—Lewis Coker, Manager,
first practice, Thursday, April
27th, 6:30 p.m., Indians Field, Dale
Krugman, Robert Abart, David
Melena, David Kipple, Gary
Reynoldson, Jim Enke, Steve
Foree, Craig Hesson, Clinton
Zastrow, Richard Butts, Robert
Miles, James Kloppenborg,
Marvin Bartos, Stanley Longe
necker, Terry Cleveland, Jim Me
lena, Leonard Parkinson, Phil
Gildersleeve, Randy Eymann, Bob
Wilson and Bruce Morrow.
Dodgers—Practice Fri. Apr. 28,
4:00 p.m., Card Field, Bill Artus,
Mgr., Bob McCarville, Michael
Johnson, James Johnson, James
Grady, Richard McIntosh, Char
les Artus, Mark Thamish, Pat
Mattern, Tom Stevens, Russell
Deriekson, Dick Gallagher, Jer
ry McKamy, David Bartos, Scott
Stewart, Terry McManus, Robert
Osborn, Bruce Wecker, Donald
Johnson, Ronnie Harshfield,
and Mark Mattern.
White Sox—Reggie Pinkerman,
Mgr., Tom Wolfe, Jack Riley,
David Dawes, Eugene Winkler,
Larry Wolfe, Clyde Neal, Loren
Schaaf, Allen Tooker, Richard
Streeter, Robert Waldo, Jack
Everitt, Bob Kersenbrock, Gary
Paulsen, Shamus Cavanaugh, Joe
Langan, Jim Langan , David
Winkler, Jim Boyle, Michael
Cronin and Jim Farrier.
O'Neill Locals
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Clyde were
dinner guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Henderson at
Orchard Sunday. Weekend guests
there were the Hendersons’ son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Leiding of Weeping
Water.
Dinner Meeting Held
BCA members met Tuesday
evening at the Town House for
a 7 p.m . dinner, followed by
cards at the home of the hostess, j
Mrs. Vern Reynoldson. Winners
in bridge were Mrs. Winnie Bar
ger and Mrs. Leigh Reynoldson.
Tour Lincoln
Mrs. Lois Miner and two pupils,
Wally and Eddie Fick, of school
Dist. 215 spent the weekend in
Lincoln sightseeing. On Monday
evening they attended the Shrine
Circus. They tourned many plac
es of interest, including the state
capital. Antelope Park Zoo and
the Indian Council Cave.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady sr. re
turned Tuesday from a week’s vis
it to Ottawa, Kan., with her sis
ter. They accompanied Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Pickering as far as
Kansas, while the Pickerings con
tinued on to California where they
visited their son, Lorelle and
wife.
NCNC Track Meet
Slated Tuesday
Tuesday will be the day for the
NCNC track meet at O’Neill,
with morning and afternoon
events. Field events will be at
9:30 a.m.
The administration and coach
ing staff of O’Neill high school
expresses their appreciation to
the O’Neill Chamber of Com
merce members who served as
judges, timers and inspectors at
the Invitational track meet held
here April 25.
McIntosh Jewelry store and the
Bulova Watch company provided
watches for official timers.
Inman High Has
Annual Banquet
INMAN—High school students
met Saturday evening for their
junior and senior banquet and
prom which was carried out in
the “Southern Planation” theme.
Ruth Ann Hansen was toast
mistress at the banquet and in
troduced the following program
participants: Bob Pribil, Keith
Kivett, Kay Kelley, Garnett Gil
logly, Boh Morrow and Mr. Mil
ler.
After the banquet the group ad
journed to the gym where 300
"magnolia” blossoms were used
in the decorations. Georgia Iler
old and Phillip Breiner were
crowned queen and king. Their
attendants were Georgia Fick and
Bob Morrow. Crown bearers wi re
Kathy and Kenny Musil.
The banquet was prepared by
mothers of the juniors and
served by Warren Hansen, Bill
Coventry, Joe Harte and Richard
Keil, sophomores. Dance music
was furnished by The Rockets.
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O'Neill High - Class A Team Champions
i 11 I ■ n
O'Neill High - 880 Relay, Class A
Lynch High - Class B Team Champions
Clearwater Holds
Athletic Banquet
CLEARWATER - “Moonlight
and Roses” was the theme of the
Athletic banquet held Tuesday
evening in the Catholic Parish
hall for the Clearwater high
school students.
Highlight of the evening wivs
the crowning of the queen ami
king, Joan Kabatkn and Carl
Nore. Miss Sabatka is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Sabatka, and Nore is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Nore.
Attendants were Chellie Nolze
and Ronnie Sanne. freshmen;
Richard Herley and Bonnie Dam
me, sophomores, and Marie An
derson and Jack Kalhoff, juniors.
On the program were Beverly
Harriman, president of the Pep
club, Ara Hague, Donna Sanne,
D. Mackey and P. McKeever.
Mothers of the freshmen,
seniors and sophomores served
the dinner.
New District Manager
Gene Bird, district manager of
the Mobile Oil company, has been
transferred to Des Moines, la.,
and has been replaced by Alan
VanNice.
Mrs. Bird will join her husband
in Des Moines as soon as their
two daughters have completed
their school term.
Mr. Van Nice is renting an
apartment at the present time.
He plans to be married next
month and his fiancee is now at
tending college. Following their
marriage they plan to live in
the residence at 207 North Third,
in which the Birds are now re
siding.
Pony League Play
Organized Thursday
CHAMBERS—Baseball players
met with their parents and of
ficials Thursday evening in the
grade school building to organ
ize for Pony League play this
summer.
The Chambers team will par
ticipate in new Sandhill League
organization. A little League
team was also organized at this
time, and equipment was pjr
chased from money donated by
Chambers residents.
Lloyd Hilligas will coach the
Pony League.
Atkinson Names
Honor Students
ATKINSON -Honor roll stu
dents during the past six weeks
have been announced by Princi
pal William L. Edwards of the
Atkinson high school.
Following are the students with
high scholastic averages: Roma
Fundus, Mary Keithley, Ileverly
Meyer, Sharon Hayden and Mar
jorie Winings, seniors; Julie
Fetherston, Iris Fundus, Neal
Smith, Dennis Spence, Janice
Sweet and David Green, juniors;
Bonnie Clifford, Bonnie IXv
brovolny, Marlienne Fetherston.
Garold Frickel, Doreen Manzer,
Judy Mohr, Arlene Wallen,
Cheryl West and Roger Green,
sophomores.
Dennis Crippen, Everett Gar
wood, Renee Hitchock, Mona
Randol and Cheri Stevens, fresh
men: Judy Enbody and Cheri
Paddock, eighth grade, and Or
lan Braun, Nancy Griffin, Gre
gory Quick, Louise Slaymaker
and Bradley Kemiek, seventh
grade.
Seven Counties to
Meet at West Point
The board of directors of the
Elkhom Valley Water Resources
association will meet today
(Thursday) at the city auditorium
in West Point, starting at 7:30
p.m.
Seven counties, Holt, Antelope,
Gumming, Madison, Pierce, Stan
ton and Wayne are represented by
the Association The Association
strives for the most profitable
and economic use of soil and
water resources of the Elkhom
Valley and the watersheds of its
tributaries.
Mrs. F. C. Neal
To Teach at Neligh
CIJsARWATER Mrs. F. C
Neal, who has taught in Holt a«d
Antelope county rural schools,
has been hired by the Neligh
board of education to teach in
the elementary grades at the
Neligh public school next fall.
She is a 1953 graduate of dear
water high school, has taken col
lege work at Norfolk junior col
lege, Wayne State Teachers col
lege and the University of Ne
braska.