BAN <i ELAND TRACK CHAMPIONS, the O’Neill high school
learn, took the top score of 107Vi points to win the meet Tuesday on
the borne field. Team members are (top row, L to r.) John Strong,
Terry Kurtz, Mike Hand, Darold Firmer, Rich Hill, Jerry Dexter,
Bon Schineichel and Bill Nelson; (middle row) Russell Sprague,
Gary Brewster, Kurt Larson, Jack McGinn, Leonard Havranek,
Jerry Kilcoin and John Kurtz; (front row) Larry Liefo, Mike Miller,
Keith Krugman, Denny Drayton and Lonnie MeKlm.
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PROl DLY DISMAYING their two mile relay trophy won at the Rangeland track meet Tuesday on
the home field, are these O’Neill high school athletes, (1. to r.) Jerry Dexter, Mike Hand, Rich Hill
and Terry Kurtz. Their time for the relay was 9:04.1.
ROSS ARMSTRONG, director of athletics at Ghadron State Teachers college, Is shown here as he
addressed the St. Mary’s academy and O’Neill public high school athletes at the Sports Banquet Thurs
day evening at the Legion hall. The athletes from the two schools were introduced at the banquet. The
Chamber of Commerce sponsored the affair.
Bernice Colman
Named to
Gateway Team
INMAN—Bernice Colman of In
man high school has been
selected on the first team of the
Sandhill Gateway Volleyball
team.
Bernice was selected by the
conference coaches because of
her steady play for the last three
years at the center-center posi
tion. She is a four year letterman
in the sport and only missed one
game in he- four years of high
school and that was due to the
fact that she received a concus
sion in practice three days be
fore the final game of the year.
Cbach Bill Miller credits Miss
Colman’s steady play on defense
and her accurate serving ability
for earning the spot on the first
team.
Ruth Ann Hansen, a junior,
was given honorable mention by
the coaches at the center-net
position.
O'Neill High Downs Foes
To Win Rangeland Title
O’Neill high gathered 107%
points in the Rangeland track
meet held Tuesday to win top
honors in the class A competition.
Valentine placed second with
67% points, Ainsworth was third
with 33 and Bassett placed fourth
with 14%.
In class B competition Ains
worth won first with 74 points,
O’Neill was second with 66, Bas
sett was third with 46 and Va
lentine placed fourth with 41.
How they placed:
CLASS “A”
Discus—l.Havranek, O’Neill; 2,
Herring, Ainsworth; 3, Mullin,
Valentine; 4, Hill, O’Neill; 5,
Smith, Valentine. Distance 126’ 8”
Shot Put—1, Herring, Ains
worth; 2, Schmeichel, O'Neill; 3,
Kurtz, O’Neill; 4, Smith, Valen
tine; 5, Bartlett, Ainsworth. Dis
tance 41’ 4%”
440 yd. Dash—1, Dexter, O’
Neill; 2, Osburn, Valentine; 3,
Grooms, Valentine; 4, Creitman,
Bassett; 5, Hand, O’Neill. Time
55.1.
100. yd. dash—1, Kilcoin, O’
Neill; 2, May, Valentine; 3, Hav
ranek, O’Neill; 4, Stichka, Valen
tine; 5, Chicoine, Valentine. Time
10.3.
High Jump—1, Tie, Dexter, O’
Neill, Nelson, O’Neill; 3, Tie,
Witte, Valentine, Nelson Valen
tine; 5, Ermer, O'Neill. Height
5’ 6”.
Pole Vault—1, Tie, Nelson, O’
Neill, McGinn. O’Neill; 3, Tie,
Schmeichel, O’Neill, Sawyer, Va
lentine; 5, Richard, Basset and
Stichka, Valentine. Height 10’ 9”.
Broad Jump—1, Kilcoin, O’
Neill; 2, Ermer, O’Neill; 3,
Barnes, Valentine; 4, Hering,
Ainsworth; 5, Stichka, Valentine.
Distance 20’ 8” New school record
Mile Run—1, Cobl, Valentine;
2, Coleman, Ainsworth; 3, Boje,
Valentine; 4, McAleby, Valentine;
5, McQuire, Bassett. Time 5.13.
120 yd High hurdles—1, Plamon
da, Ainsworth; 2, Schmeichel, O’
Neill; 3, Larson, O’Neill; 4, Nel
son, Valentine; 5, Sanger, Bassett.
Time 16.4.
180 yr. Low hurdles—1, Sch
mejchel, O’NeilL; 2, Ermer, O’
Neill; 3, Larson, O’Neill; 4, San
ger, Bassett; 5, Herring, Ains
worth. Time 22.5.
880 yd. run—1, Bartlett, Ains
worth; 2, Copeland, Bassett; 3,
Coburn, Valentine; 4, Polen, Bas
sett; 5, Peterson, Valentine. Time
2:08.8.
220 yd Dash—1, Kilcoin, O’
Neill; 2, May, Valentine; 3, Hav
ranek, O'Neill; 4, Stichka, Valen
tine; 5, Nelson, O’Neill. Time
23.1.
2 mile relay—1, O’Neill; 2, Bas
sett; 3, Valentine. Time 9.04.1.
880 yd relay—1, O’Neill; 2, Va
lentine; 3, Ainsworth. Time 1.37.
Mile Relay—1, Valentine; 2,
2, Bassett; 3, O’Neill. Time 3.39.
CLASS “B”
Discus—1, Zoerb, Ainsworth; 2,
Brewster, O’Neill 3, Connick, Bas
sett. Distance 109’.
Shot Put—1, Hill, O’Neill; 2,
Butter, Bassett; 3, Nouman.
Ainsworth. Distance 39’ 5”.
440 yd Dash—1, Greder, Ains
worth; 2, Connick, Bassett; 3,
Hill, O’Neill. Time 56.0.
100 yd. Dash—1, Kluender, Va
St. Mary's
Scores 63
to Cop Meet
St. Mary’s Cardinals scored in
every event at the triangular
meet here Friday, totaling 69
points to defeat Lynch, the run
nerup with 49 points, and Spen
cer with 31.
Larry Lanman of Lynch posted
three firsts, both hurdles and the
high jamp, to be top individual
scorer at the meet. Bob Mulhair
of Lynch was second with two
wins, the shot put and the discus.
Winners of the events are as
follows:
Shot put—1, Mulhair, (L); 2,
Fox, (S); 3, Schienost, (S); 4,
Lanman, (L). Distance 42’ 11”.
220—1, Haun, (S); 2, Micanek,
(L); 3, Higgins, (SM); 4, Orhi,
(S). Time 24.4.
High Jump—1, Lanman, (L); 2,
Hynes, (SM); 3-4, Orhi, (S); Don
ohoe, (SM); Shoemaker, (SM);
Stewart, (L). Heighth 5’ 6”.
High Hurdles—1, Lanman, (L);
2, Shoemaker, (SM); 3, Hynes,
(SM); 4, Boettcher, (S). Time
16.6.
Discus — i, Mulhair, (L); 2,
Schienost, (S); 3, Higgins, (SM);
Spitzepberger, (SM). Distance
123’.
iw—i, ivncanes, a,); 2, Haun,
(S); 3, Spitzenberger, (SM); 4,
Ohri, (S). Time 10.7
Pole Vault — 1, Shoemaker,
'(SM); 2-3, Oetter, (SM); Stewart,
(L); 4, Sullivan, (SM). Height
9’ 9”.
440—1, Spitzenberger, (SM) ;
2, Wanser, (SM); 3, Higgins,
(SM); 4, Sealer, (S). Time 55.7.
880—1, Murphy, (SM); 2, Ham
mond, (S); 3, Kamphaus, (SM);
4, Claussen, (L). Time 2.21.6.
Mile—1, Stewart, (L); 2, Fish
er, (S); 3, Sullivan, (SM); 4,
Tomjack, (SM). Time 457. 5.
Broad Jump—1, Hynes, (SM);
2, Higgins, (SM); 3, M'alhair, (L);
4, Lanman, (L). Distance 18’ 7”
Low Hurdles—1, Lanman, (L);
2, Hynes, (SM); 3, Wanser, (SM);
4, Shoemaker, (SM). Time 22.6.
880 relay—1, SMA; 2, Lynch.
Time 142. 6.
-Mile Relay—1, SMA; 2, Spen
cer; 3, Lynch. Time 3.57.6
Seniors Have School
Activities Coming Up
CLEARWATER—Seniors in the
Clearwater high school have been
busy with school activities in
cluding sneak day Saturday and
their class play Friday evening.
They presented their play,
‘‘The Travelin’ Ghost” in the
high school auditorium under the
direction of Donald Dufphey.
Cast members were Tom Patras,
Ricky Wiegand, Donna Sanne,
Shirley Yates, Beverly Harriman,
Joan Sabatka, Helen Snider,
Gary Taylor, Richard Twiss,
Cheryl Rice, Carl Nore and Ara
Hague.
lentine; 2, Greder, Ainsworth; 3,
Sprauge, O’NeilL Time 11.5.
High Jump—1, Tie, Zoerb, Ains
High Jump—1, Tie, Zoerb, Ains
worth and Peterson, Valentine;
3, Heyne, Bassett. Height 5’ 2”
Pole Vault—1, McKim, O’Neillr
2, Miller, O’Neill; three way tie
for third. Height 10’.
Broad Jump—1, Zoerb, Ains
worth; 2, Greder, Ainsworth; 3,
Peterson, Valentine.. Distance 20’
1”.
Mile Run—1, McNally, Ains
worth; 2, Krugman, O’Neill; 3,
Porter, Bassett. Time 5.28.7.
60 yd. High Hurdles—1, Zoerb,
Ainsworth; 2, Leib, O’Neill; 3,
Williams, Ainsworth. Time 8.9.
100 yd Low Hurdles—1. Leib,
O’N; 2, McKim, O’Neill; 3, Will
iams, Ainsworth. Time 13.0.
880 yd run—1, Eby, Valentine;
2, Peterson, Bassett; 3, Drayton,
O’Neill. Time 2.23.2.
220 yd dash—1, Kluender, Va
lentine; 2, Zoerb, Ainsworth; 3,
Butter, Bassett. Time 24.6.
880 yd relay—1, Ainsworth; 2,
Bassett; 3, O’Neill. Time 1.42.3.
Mile relay—1, Valentine; 2,
Ainsworth: 3. O’Neill Time 4:00 1
O'Neill Seniors
Enjoy Trip
To Chicago
Twenty-nine O'Neill high school
seniors and their sponsors joined
about 400 other high school stu
dents on a special Burlington
tour to Chicago Friday evening
until Sunday morning, in ob
servance of Sneak Day.
The train left Omaha at 10:30
p.m. an<l arrived in Chicago
about 8 a.m. Saturday. The
group was taken on a sight
seeing tour of Chicago’s busi
ness district in busses, in each
of which a guide pointed out
various places of interest.
The first stop was at the
Museum of Science and Industry,
where the young people were
given two hours to view the many
exhibits and demonstrations in
the huge building. From there
they were taken to lunch in the
Merchandise Mart, the second
largest office building in the
United States.
The day was climaxed by a
cruise on the Chicago River and
Lake Michigan, during which the
pilot pointed out the lighted build
ings along the Chicago shoreline
and several large freighter and
Navy ships that were anchored in
the harbor. The guide also ex
plained to the group the workings
of the locks which enable large
ships to enter the Chicago har
bor through the St. Lawrence
Seaway.
The students returned to O’
Neill Sunday afternoon. The fol
lowing adults accompanied them
as sponsors: Mrs. Bob Kurtz,
Mrs. Dick Tomlinson, Mrs.
Newt Mullendore, Mrs. Harvey
Tompkins, Stanley Williamson
and Marvin Miller.
Juniors and Seniors
Enjoy Banquet April 27
PAGE—‘‘A Rendezvous of
Stars” was the theme of the
junior and senior banquet Satur
day evening at the Page high
school.
Guests, besides the students,
were the faculty members, their
husbands and wives and other
school personnel.
Program participants were
Joyce Grass, Jerry Collyer,
Alvin Crumly, Norman Wettlau
fer, James Melcher, Marilyn
Parks and Aletha Rutherford.
Highlight of the evening was
the croning of the king and
queen, Dennis Ickes and Bonnie
Crumly. Their attendants were
Alvin Crumly and Marilyn Parks.
An evening of dancing was en
joyed following the crowning
ceremony.
Mothers of the juniors fur
nished the food, and the sopho
more boys served the banquet.
Eagle Band Parents
To Meet Monday Eve
There will be a meeting of the
Eagle Band Parents club Monday
at 8 p.m. in the public school
band room.
All members are urged to be
present.
Country Club Dues Are
Due; Delinquent May 15
Country club membership dues
for 1961 are due and will be
come delinquent after the May
15 stag.
Committee members in charge
of the stag will be A. J. Jasz
kowiak, chairman, Fred Appleby,
Bob Forwood and Ted Kyster.
Chambers Honor Roll
Led by Five Students
CHAMBERS — Five students
made the honor roll with all A s
during the past six weeks at the
Chambers high school.
They are Dennis Walters,
senior; Carole Hoffman, Danelia
Whitaker and Venita White,
juniors, and James Kruse, sopho
more.
Placing on the honor roll with
As anu B's were Roseanne
Blake, Karen Farrier, Art Win
termote and Dairy Swanson,
seniors; Dale Adams, junior;
Roger Waldo and Ledean Weller,
sophomore, and Elaine Dankert,
Deborah Eisenhauer, Peggy
Gerke, Susan LaRue, Lana (let
ter and Darla Waldo, freshmen.
Two Page Sophomores
Place in Essay Contest
PAGE—Connie Nissen and
Carolyn Max, sophomores in
the Page high school, placed
second and third in an essay
contest, “Total Abstinence,”
sponsored by the Nebraska Tem
perance league.
The students will receive
awards at Lincoln when they will
be guests of honor at a banquet
and will be taken on a tour of
the state capital and the gover
nor’s mansion in the afternoon.
Connie is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Don Nissen, and Caro
lyn’s parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Max.
Oratory Contest
Slated Saturday
A 4-H Speaking contest will be
held in the courthouse annex Sat
urday opening with registration
at 9:30 a.m.
Two divisions of the contest will
be held. The junior division will
consist of members under 14
years of age, and the senior di
vision will be made iuip of those
who are 14 years old and over.
Boys and girls will both compete
in the contest.
These contests are held to en
courage members to take part
in group activities. In addition,
the members learn habits of good
speaking. Topics related to 4-H
activities and experience are se
lected by the members, and the
speeches are to be eight minutes
or less in length.
The contestant receiving a pur
ple award in the senior division
will compete in the district con
test at Bassett in June. Winners
there go to the state contest
where awards include University
scholarships.
Trv the Frontier Want Arts
Exams Slated
July 10 for
Academy Posts
At the request of Senator Carl
T. Curtis, the Civil Service Com
mission will hold an examination
July 10, to give all young men
interested in an appointment to
the Naval, Military, Air Force
and Merchant Marine Academies
an opportunity to qualify.
These appointments will be for
entrance to the Academies in
July 1962. In order to be eligible
a boy must have passed bis 17th
birthday but not reached his 22nd
birthday by July, 1962. He must
also meet certain mental and
physical requirements and the
results of the examination will
be one of the main factors con
sidered by Senator Curtis in
making his nominations.
The Senator is entitled to
nominate one principal appointee
and five alternates to the Naval
Academy; one principal and
three alternates to the Military
Academy; one principal and ten
alternates or eleven boys to com
pete for the Air Force Academy
vacancy and ten boys to com
pete with boys nominated by the
other members of the Nebraska
Congressional Delegation, to com
pete for the three vacancies ac
corded to the State of Nebraska
by the Merchant Marine Acade
my.
Write Senator Curtis at the
New Senate Office Building,
Washington 25, D. C., advising
him of your interest in compet
ing for an appointment. Your
letter' must reach him no later
than June 9, 1961, in order to
take the July 10 Civil Service
Commission examination.
Ewing Juniors
Entertain at
Annual Banquet
EWING—Members of the
junior class of the Ewing high
school entertained the seniors and
the school faculty at a banquet
Thursday evening at the gym
nasium of the public school.
The theme was “A Song in My
Heart” and miniature musical
decorations were used in the
colors of pink and silver.
Larry Noffke, president of the
junior class and master of cere
monies, gave the welcome. Fred
Wright, president of the senior
class, gave the response. Others
taking part in 'the program were
Karen Mlnarik, James Kay,
coach, Supt. G. D. Ryan and
Thomas Finley.
Mrs. Downey Is Hostess
At Dinner for Seniors
O’Neill public high school
seniors, their sponsor, Mrs. Har
vey A. Tompkins, and Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Miller, were din
ner and theater guests of Mrs.
Esther Downey Monday evening.
The dinner was held in the
Newt Mullendore residence. Fol
lowing the dinner the seniors at
tended the theater.
LeRoy Ernst Is Hired
As Clearwater Coach
CLEARWATER LeRoy Ernst.
22. of Duncan has accepted u
contract for physical education
and industrial arts instructor at
Clearwater high school.
Ernst is a graduate of Duncan
high school and will receive his
secondary education degree at
Wayne State Teachers college
this month. He is not married.
There are still vacancies
on the faculty, a commercial and
music and two elementary
teachers.
Verdigre FFA
Holds Annual
Parents Banquet
VERDIGRE—Arthur llrhek sr.,
and Edward S. Pavlik received
honorary chapter farmer degrees
Thursday evening when the Ver
digre FFA Chapter was host to
121 parents and guests at the an
nual Parent and Son Banquet.
The chapter president, Marvin
Vonasek, opened the meeting
and Marvin Soucek was toast
master. Participating on the pro
gram were Mrs. Walter Tuc.h,
Ted Ward, vocational agri
cultural instruceor. Gene Mar
shall, chapter officers, Robert
Frank, Neil llhlir and Artis Nel
5KHI*
Mr. Ward presented awards,
assisted by the FFA Sweetheart,
Marlene Soucek, to the follow
ing members: James Janak,
David Hrbek, Gene Marshall,
Melvin Sukup, Larry Sokol, Law
rence Vesely, Dean Frank, Mar
vin Soucek, Arthur Hrbek jr.,
Arlie Nelson and Marvin Von
asek.
Citations of appreciation were
presented to Leonard Vonasek,
father of Marvin Vonasek, 1961
State Farmer; Otto Uhlir, father
of Arden Uhlir, 1960 Star Far
mer of America, and William
Dufek, stepfather of Jack Welch,
1960-61 State FFA treasurer.
Young Uhlir and Welch were pre
sented desk sets as token ap
preciation of the chapter for the
record achieved by the two mem
bers.
Installation of officers con
cluded the program The new of
ficers are: Marvin Soucek, presi
dent; Larry Vitema, vice presi
dent; I^arry Sukup, secretary;
Robert Frank, treasurer; Nell
Uhlir, reporter, and Paul Stoural
jr., sentinel.
Former O'Neill Girl
At Festival April 27
Mardele Johnson of Norfolk,
formerly of O’Neill, a student at
the University of Rochester
Eastman School of Music, will
appear with the school’s top
ranking student orchestra, the
Eastman Philharmonia, at the
Inter-American Festival April 27
in Washington, D. C.
The Philharmonia is one of
only two orchestras from the
United States to perform at the
week-long Festival and the only
student orchestra represented at
the event.
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