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TOP SCORERS FOR I960, Steve Higgins of St. Mary’s, and Jerry
Kilcoin, O’Neill high, provide a top notch strength for their teams
tills year. Both are seniors with fine experience and ability. Higgins
led his teammates with 44 points in the scoring department last
year, and averaged 115 yards per game. Kilcoin was voted the most
valuable player in ’(>0 by his team, and led with H7 |s>ints in scoring.
O'Neill and Area Schools Open
Football Season this Weekend
O'Neill High
Coach Jake Hawley looks for
a tough game Friday night whe
the Eagles meet Valentine on the
opponents field at 7:30 p.m.
For the convenience of those
planning to attend the game, Va
lentine is about 110 miles from
here.
Last year when the O’Neill
team played Valentine, it was
a bard, fast game with plenty
of thrills, ending with a 0*0 score.
There were several threats dur
ing the game to O’Neill’s opening
of an undefeated season.
Coach Hawley has named the
following players for his probable
starting lineup: Jack McGinn,
senior, qb; Curt Larson, co-cap
tain, fb; Jerry KilcQin, senior,
Ih; Don Havranek, freshman, rh.
Stan Schmiechel, senior, le;
Mike Fletcher, senior, It; Steve
Peterson, junior, lg; Rick Devall,
junior; center; Mike Hand, co
captain, senior, rg; Ray Fox, sen
ior, rt; Rich Hill, junior, re.
Others looking good in scrim
mage and who will see plenty of
action this year are Ivan Hurley,
end; Ken Peterson, guard, and
Charles Hill, tackle. All are
freshmen.
Terry Kurtz, still out with a
sprained knee, may be lost for
the entire season. Rolland John
son is out for the year due to a
fractured ankle.
Ewing High
EWLNG — Twenty-nine candi
dates reported for football work
outs at the Ewing high school last
week, according to Coach Gary
Tessmer. .
Practice sessions are in pro
gress in preparation for the op
ening game September 8, at Butte.
Tessmer’s eight lettermen are
Joe Tagel, Duke Hobbs, Vic
Thoendel, Clayton Hoke, Tom
Finley, Don Hahlbeck, Larry Nof
fke, and Dan Rotherham.
Other material consists of Jack
Kropp, Jergen Verhunc, Tom Sis
son. Jerry Spangler, Larry Ml
narik, Eddie Rotherham, Joe
John Schindler, Jerry Stamp,
Mike Beelaert, Larry Blunt, Lon
nie Eacker, Frank Eppenbach,
Rill Lofquest, Ron Sisson, Julian
Sojka, Dick Wanser, Terry
Wright, and Arthur Pelletier.
The schedule: September 8, at
Butte; 15, Spencer, at Ewing; 29,
at Battle Creek; October 6,
Springview, at Ewing; 13, St.
Mary’s at Ewing, 20, at Tilden;
25, at Newman Grove, an Novem
ber 3, Atkinson at Ewing.
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s defeated the
Bronchos last year and they are
looking for a repeat when they
meet Stuart at 7:30 p.m. Friday
on the home field.
Both teams have seven regu
lars returning plus plenty of ot
her lettermen. Stuart has good
speed and a fine running attack.
The Cards, with some fair-siz
ed backs and linemen, hope to be
able to maintain their usual
steamroller ground game and al
so hope to bolster their air at
tack as both quarterbacks have
been throwing in practice.
Probable starters for SMA are:
Tom Wanser, le, Terry Tomjack,
It; Lynn Gallagher, lg; Cal Peter,
c; Rich Pongratz, rg; Mike
Kamphaus, rt; Owen Donohoe,
re; Jim Spitzenberger; qb; Steve
Higgins, hb; Ray Belina, fb, and
Gene Shoemaker, hb.
Stuart High
STUART — Twelve lettermen
are returning to the Stuart high
school football team this year,
according to Coach Don Farley.
They are Jim Schmaderer,
Mel Schmaderer, Denny Wallin
ger and Bob Givens, backs; Jer
ry Steinhauser, Leon Weichman
and Jim Doolittle, ends; John
Stech, guard; Fran Obermire,
Larry Wedige and Bob Kaup,
tackles, and George Bigelbw, cen
ter.
Friday marks the first game
for Stuart at O’Neill with St.
Mary’s academy. The remainder
of the schedule is: September 22,
at Ewing; October 6, at Atkinson;
13, Butte; 20, at Springview; 24,
at,Bassett; 29, Spencer, and No
vember 3, at Tilden.
Baseball Players
Honored at Picnic
ORCHARD — Tom Rundquist
was elected an “all arbund’’
player and received a Richie
Ashbum baseball at a picnic held
for baseball players Thursday
evening at Grove Lake.
Those attending the picnic were
the boys who played in the base
ball tournament held recently at
Schuyler. The picnic was given
by the families of the players.
THIS 14-POUND NORTHERN' fell victim to a wobbling spoon '
Sunday evening at Fort Randall. Reed Herley said the 39-inch pike
fought about half an hour before giving up and took out all the line j
on the reel five times before he was landed. Fishing with Herley was .
Vern Lorena. |
Clearwater Schools
Report 80 Enrolled
CLEARWATER — An enroll
ment of 55 students was made for
high school and 25 for junior high
when Clearwater schools opened
August 30.
The grades have an enrollment
as follows: Sixth grade, 16; fifth,
19; fourth, 16; third, 17; second,
17, and first, 19.
Casper Engelhaupt is superin
tendent of schools.
Verdigre Hawks
Open Season
With Osmond
VERDIGRE — Supt. Robert G.
Sheckler announced an enroll
ment of 235 students at the Ver
digre public school opening day,
an increase of 34 over last year.
Football Coach William Harder
has checked out 25 suits to
players this year. Lettermen re
porting for practice are Allen
Boelter, Douglas Miller, Dennis
Mott, Marvin Soucek, Larry Su
kup, Johnny Mastalir, Robert
Frank, Alfred Cernousek, Johnny
Famik and Paul Dittrick.
Those showing promise this
season are Larry Viterna, Le
land Timmerman, Ken Sonder,
Quinten Hospodka, Ray Kounov
sky, Davey Vesely, Lawrence
Vesely, David Jacot, Ronald Wal
ton, Ronald Pavilk, Dennis Darr,
Robert Kment, Neil Uhlir,
Jerome Forman and Larry So
kol.
On September 7, the Verdigre
Hawks tangle at Osmond and
September 28 the Niobrara team
comes here for the first home
game.
Royal School
Opens With
62 Enrolled
ROYAL — The enrollment in
the Royal schools is 62 this term
with six teachers signed for in
structing.
Faculty members are Supt.
Louis Carter, Miss Julia Streeter,
Miss Luettie Snyder, high
school; Mrs. Oscar Bartsch,
seventh and eighth grades; Mrs.
Eleanor Reimer, intermediate,
and Mrs. A. Kasim, primary. L.
H. Sawyer will be in charge of
the music program.
Eleven boys have reported for
baseball, and five or six games
will be played during September.
Senior class officers have been
elected as follows: Tom Rund
quist, president; Bruce Meisner,
vice president; Marlene Rader,
secretary, and Max Heiter,
treasurer.
Majorette Bowlers
Make Rule Changes
Members of the rules commit
tee of the Majorette Bowling
League held a meeting Saturday
evening at the home of Mrs.
Ralph McElvain. Little change
was made in the rules from last
year.
The bowling team formerly
known as the “The Town House”
and sponsored by Mrs. Joyce
Clinkscales, will be under a new
name and sponsor this year. Tljg
team will be sponsored by Bill
White and will go under the name
of “White’s Trenching”.
Members of the team will be
Captain Dorothy White, Jean
Hynes, Anita Ellston, Donna Ev
eritt and Marianna Hermson, for
merly of Omaha.
Don Schmaderer, Stuart, is list,
ed as returning letterman for
football at Chadron State college,
and John Kurtz, O’Neill, is nam
ed among the freshmen showing
great potential in first practice
sessions, according to Coach Bill
Baker.
The Chadron team starts Sat
urday, Sept. 9, against South Da
kota Southern.
Amelia Home Entered;
Thief Steals Pennies
AMELIA — While Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Stoecker were out-of
town last week someone entered
their home and caused con
siderable damage to their deep
freeze refrigerator and stole ap
proximately $10 in pennies.
Mrs. Stoecker was in New
castle. Wyo., visiting her son,
Fred and family, and Mr. Stoec
ker was in Atkinson at the time
of the breakin.
Judges Named
For Ford
F B Contest
Mr. Jim Luft, O’Neill Public
School teacher, has been named
Director of Competition for the
O'Neill Punt, Pass, and Kick pro
gram, to be held Oct. 14 at O'
Neill.
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Mr. Luft was made by
Del Robertson. Manager of Ro
bertson Motor Co., Inc. local
sponsor of the competition. Mr.
Robertson also announced that
judges for the new competitive
event for boys aged six through
10 will be Arlen Miles of the
Holt Co. Independent; Mr. Mar
vin Miller, principal, O’Neill
Public School; Vern Carpenter,
Guidance Instructor.
In the competition boys will be
judged on the distance and accu
racy of their passing, punting
and place-kicking. Top winners,
one from each age group, will
receive football uniforms and
may have the opportunity to
compete in the national elimina
tions, depending upon their
scores. Warm-up jackets and
footballs are prizes for the win
ners of second third place, re
spectively.
Scores of the top winners in
the O’Neill competition will be
compared with scores of otlier
winners in this area, and the best
five youthful football specialists
will pass, punt, and kick for na
tional honors at a home game of
the Chicago Bears in November.
O’Neill boys within the age lim
its now may register at Robert
son Motor Co., Inc., O’Neill, Ne
braska, when accompanied by a
parent or guardian.
The P. P. & K. program is be
ing sponsored natiomilly by the
Ford Division o f Ford Motor
Company.
Celia News
Mrs. Merrill Anderson
Schools Continue to
Open in This Area
More schools in the area are
starting this week. Frances Chaf
fin will be teaching in District
102, starting Monday. Mrs. Emil
Colfack began teaching in District
246 August 29.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Frickel,
Lincoln, were overnight guests
Friday with Mrs. Frickel’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Pacha. They spent the weekend
with Ronald’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Conrad Frickel, returning to
Lincoln Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller,
Omaha, spent the Labor Day
weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. David Rahn.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Anderson
visited at the Austin Searles
home Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Collins
and son, Mark, Omaha, spent
Thursday and Friday here visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Con
rad Frickel and Mr. and Mrs.
George Collins.
Quite a few of the Celia resi
dents attended “Dr. McKee Day”
in Atkinson Thursday. Darrel and
Dale, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Focken, featured in the
parade. There was one other set;
of twins, Linda and Larry O’Con
nel, Atkinson, also in the parade. I
Kurt Frickel celebrated his
birthday Saturday with his cou
sins, Bonnie, Beverly, Glen and
Rodney Frickel “dropping in” to
help him eat the cake and ice
cream provided by his mother,
Mrs. Conrad Frickel.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Jensen,
Hayden Lake, Ida., called recent
ly at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Hendricks. They are for
mer residents of the community,
and lived on what is now known
as the Heiser ranch.
Friday evening guests at the
Mark Hendricks home were Mr.
and Mrs. Omer Poynts and Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Klinger and
son, Terry Nolan.
Mr. and Mrs. Merlyn Anderson
and daughters, Debra Jean and
Nancy, O’Neill, visited at the
home of Merlyn's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Merrill Anderson, Sat
urday evening. They have just
recently returned from a trip
through the Black Hills, and vis
iting relatives and friends at
Martin and Clearfield, S. D.,
where the Andersons lived sever
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al years ago.
Mr. aud Mrs. Robert Hen
dricks, Becky and Bobby, left Fri
day for a few days sightseeing in
the Black Hills. Rhonda is stay
ing with Mrs. Ivan Wayman at
O’Neill and Ricky is staying with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Hendricks. Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Klinger are caring for
die chores while the Hendricks
are away.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Frickel
and son, Kurt, visited at the Mer
rill Anderson home Wednesday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Focken
and family visited at the Mark
Hendricks home Monday evening.
Tuesday evening visitors were
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and
son, Dennis.
Mrs. Omer Poynts and Mrs.
Mark Hendricks helped the
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Phipps
move their household effects to
the camp dwelling Monday. The
new pastor of the Wesleyan
Methodist church, the Rev. and
Mrs. Elmore Blain, moved into
the parsonage Tuesday.
Dinner guests Sunday at the
Mark Hendricks home were Mr.
and Mrs. Omer Poynts, Stuart.
Spending the evening were Mr.
and Mrs. Poynts, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hendricks and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Klinger and
son, Terry, and Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Hendricks and family, Man
hattan, Kan.
Friday evening visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Chaffin were Bruce Hoffman,
Reece, Kan., Phillis Lewis,
James Mellor and Mary Rent
schler.
Wednesday dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Kilmurry were her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Gutchewsky and daughters, Jean
Marie, Lucille, Mary Theresa and
Carole, Omaha. The Gutchewsky
family has also been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. August
Troshynski at Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Anderson
attended the Brown County Fair
and Rodeo at Johnston Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wool
strum, Kearney, spent the Labor
Day weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. David Adams.
Called to Missouri
By Relative's Death
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Coventry
Mr. and Mrs. James Coventry
and Mrs. James McMahan went
to Tipton Mo., Saturday, being
called by the death of their bro
ther-in-law, Sherman Grazier.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon.
Inman News
By Mrs. James McMahan
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark left .
Monday for Pine River, Minn.,
where they will spend a few days
vacationing.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Clark and
family, O’Neill, visited Ralph, Vi
olet and Rjf Sholes Sunday af
ternoon.
Mrs. Ray Siders left Saturday
for Grand Island where she spent
the weekend visiting her daugh
ter, Marilyn, a student at Grand .
Island Business school.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean DeLong and
family, Omaha, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd DeLong over the
weekend.
Linelle and Roger Tompkins left
Wednesday for Waverly and Lin
coln after visiting their grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tomp
kins, for a few days. They will
enter Nebraska Wesleyan this *
year as senior and sophomore,
respectively.
Bert Smith and Dale Lines,
who are employed at Alexandria,
spent the weekend at their homes
here.
Mrs. Violet Sholes and Sue El
len Sholes visited Wednesday
with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Clark
and family, O'Neill.
Mr and Mrs. William Dohnal,
Poitei, visitea a lew days last
week with his mother, Mrs. John
Dohnal and daughter.
Karen Brown and Geue But
terfield, students at the Business
College 01 Grand Island, spent
the holiday weekends with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Buttei held.
Julie Stevens, Ainsworth, visit
ed from Thursday until Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Butter
field and family.
Ronald Coventry. Norfolk, came
Friday to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Coventry and
Bob.
Mr. and Mrs. William Watson
and family returned to then
home in Omaha Monday after
spending a few days visiting Mr
Watson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl L. Watson.
Sam Watson left Saturday for
Lincoln where he will enter his
senior year at Nebraska Wes
leyan university. Sain is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Wat
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stevens
and family and Mrs. DeWayne
Stevens and family, Norfolk, vis
ited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Bui Buttertield and family.
Lorraine Butterfield returned
Saturday from Ainsworth where
she spent 10 days visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Eldon Stevens and fam
ily.
DeWayne Stevens, Norfolk, is
spending a few days in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Butterfield
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. DeBolt, O’
Neill, and Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Brady, Omaha, were Friday eve
ning dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Abney. Mr. and Mrs.
Abney, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Smith, Inman, and Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Lorenz, O’Neill, were
Saturday evening guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Hansen on the
birthday anniversary of Mr. Han
sen.
Dick Coventry, Omaha, spent
the weekend at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Coventry.
Margaret Pruss, Clearwater
public school teacher, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr. I
and Mrs. Henry Pruss.
Kei.h Kivett left Monday for
Wayne where he will enter
Wayne State Teachtrs college.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Vadeo Kivett.
Mr. and Mrs. Ermand Keyes
and family, Newport, visited Sun
day with Mr. Keyes’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Keyes.
Hospital Notes
ATKINSON MEMORIAL
ADMITTED: Aug. 28—Henry
Miksch of Stuart and Mrs. Harry
Snyder of Inman. 29—Mrs. Vernon
9chleusener of Orchard; Mrs. Al
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Liedtke of Chambers; Frank Wil
son of Stuart and George Fro
hardt and Mrs. Michael Wenner
of Atkinson. 30—Eugene Hickok of
Atkinson; Mrs. Delsia Crommett
of Bassett and Floyd Whitaker of
Chambers. 31—Mrs. Celestine
Leach of Page. Sept. 1—Mrs. Rus
sell Gustafson of Chambers. 2
Mrs. Larry Donlin and Mrs. Jay
McConnell of O’Neill. 3—Mrs
Hershal Wilson of Bassett; Will
iam Herring of Ainsworth ami
Mrs. Pete Ramold of Atkinson. 4
—Mrs. Loris Anderson of Uutte.
DISMISSED: Aug. 28 - Robert
Campbell and Mrs. Bernard Kel
ly of Stuart and Mrs. Paul Babl
of Newport. 29—Ralph Mlinar of
Stuart. 3b—Chris Westrom of Stu
art; Mrs. A1 Liedtke of Chambers
and Mrs. Michael Wenner of At
kinson. 31—Frank Wilson and
Henry Miksch of Stuart. Sept. 1—
Mrs. Vernon 9chleusener of Or
chard. 3—Mrs. Ethel Kelly of
Long Pine; Mrs. Larry Donlin of
O’Neill and Mrs. Celestine Leach
of Page.
EXPIRED: Sepi. 3 — Mrs. Har
ry Snyder of Inman.
SACRED HEART
ADMITTED: Aug. 28 — Harry
Snyder of Spencer and Mrs. Onie
Hood of Butte. 29—Mrs. Charles
Glazier of Spencer. 31—Mrs. Mar
vin Hampal of Bonesteel, S. D.;
Baby Roger Blare of Monowi and
Edward Kocain of Bristow. Sept
1—Master Timothy Davy of
Lynch; Henry Maly of Si>encer
and Mrs. Mamie O’Neill of O’
Neill. 2—Glen Mahlendorf of
Spencer 4—Albert J Rathovec of
Spencer.
DISMISSED: Aug. 28 — Cecil
Milacek of Bristow and Mrs. Al
bert Schindler of Monowi. 29—R.
H. Zink of Butte. 30—Mrs. Earl
Allen of Spencer. 31—Mrs. Clar
ence Worth of O’Neill and Mrs.
Onie Hood of Butte. Sept. 2—Mas
ter Timothy Davy of Lynch and
Baby Roger Blare of Monowi. 3—
Mrs. Charles Glazier and baby
and Glen Mahlendorf of Spencer.
4—Mrs. Marvin Humpal and baby
of Bonesteel, S. D.
THANK YOU
I WANT TO thank all who sent
cards, flowers and visiled me at
the hospital and thanks to Dr.
Carstens and the hospital staff for
the good care I received while at
St. Anhony’s.
Anna M. Thomsen 20c
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Services Planned
Frida/ for
Ivan Cone, 77
Ivan Cone, 77, died, at St. An
thony’s hospital at 2:15 a.in Wed
nesday following a stroke suffer
ed about three hours earlier at
his home.
Funeral services wiLl be a sun
set service held Friday at 6 pan.
at the Seger Funeral home in
Atkinson. Burial will be in the
Atkinson cemetery. The body will
lie in state at the Seger funeral
home until the service time.
Ivan Cone was born August 23,
1889. He came to Holt county 45
years ago. He was married to
Gertrude Miller April
18, 1917 at O'Neill.
They resided in the At
kinson area until 1933
when they moved to
the Page area where
they farmed until 1947.
At this time the couple
moved to O’Neill.
He is survived by
his wife, Gertrude;
two sisters, Mrs.
(Blanche King, Charles City, la.,
and Mrs Floyd Johnson, Esther
ville, la., and one brother, V. W.
Cone, Waterloo, la.
At The Courthouse
COUNTY COURT—
Aug. 31 Elmer Diel, Sterling,
Colo., day speeding, fined $25 and
costs, officer R. L. Gude.
Sept. 5 Melissa Foote, New
York City, N. Y., night speeding,
fined $35 and costs, officer R. L.
Gude.
Sept. 5 Bud Pinner, Page,
petit larceny, ordered to make
restitution of $8.16 to the Lee
Store, fined $50 and costs, com
plaint signed by Garlan Schoen
rock.
Sepr. 5 Gary Gillespie, reck
less driving, fined $30 and costs,
officer Milford Coats.
Sept. 5—Roy Bridge, O'Neill,
reckless driving, fined $30 atid
costs, officer Milford Coats.
JUSTICE <tOURT—
September 2, Herbert G. Blay
lock, Chicago, 111., driver for
Pirkle Refrigerated Freight
line, Chicago, overgross interior
group of axles, fined $60 and
costs; Officer Clifford Kizzire.
Stuar
At O'Neill
GAME TIME 7:30
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