Eagles Squeek by Valentine 52-51; Win Revenge for Earlier Trouncing A one-point difference gave O’ Neill high school a 52-51 victory over Valentine Friday evening on the home boards when both teams presented a hard-fought game with plenty of thrills for the spectators. It was a revenge game for O’ Neill as the Eagles were given their first defeat of the season by Valentine ui a 59-39 loss January 12. Jerry Kilcoin was high point man in the Friday game with 17 followed by Rich Hill, who had 16 points before fouling out in the fourth quarter. Stan Schmeichel scored 10 points. It was Dennis Nelson with 17 for Valentine and he also fouled out in the fourth. Don Nelson had 13 points and John Mullin had 12. Scoring was tied several times during tiie game with both teams talcing the lead earlier in the evening. However, the local boys held the lead in the latter pari of the game with Valentine slow uig narrowing the difference un til „ the gun sounded with the Eagles one point ahead. Score by quarters. O’Neill 10 11 20 11 52 Valentine 10 12 11 18 51 Class C Tourney Opens Monday; Spencer Seeded Monday evening at the Lynch auditorium will be the opening game of the Class “C” District basketball tournament which will continue through the week, Feb ruary 19, 20, 22 and 23. Spencer Is seeded first in the tourney followed by Tilden, second; O’Neill, third, and At kinson, fuurth. First night action will be be tween Spencer and St. Mary’s at 7 p.m., followed by Atkinson and Springvie-w at 8:30. Playing Tuesday night will be Ewing and Tilden at 7 p.m., and ©utte and O’Neill at 8:30. Winners of Monday night’s games will play at 8:30 p-m. Thursday and Tuesday night’s winners will have the early time Thursday at 7 p.m. Finals will be gin Friday at 8 p.m. Leonard Campbell and Jerry Neely will be officials during the tournament. Admission prices are $1 for adults and 50 cents for children Spall Named as Hunter-Safety Instructor Harry 9pall, State Game Com mission officer, has been certi fied as a hunter-safety instruc tor by passing his National Rifle association qualification test giv en by John Meierj-urgen, state re presentative of the NRA, and Chet McClain, land management bio logist for the commission. The Holt county officer, and other law enforcement officers of the State Game Commission, will instruct volunteers in the pro gram to become hunter-safety teachers. He will also hold cour ses for students. Name Bowling Tourney Winners The annual men’s city bowling tournament ended Sunday with George Hammond as the all events winner. His total score was 1,765. Lewis Pierson was second with 1.751 and Elwyn Robertson, Chambers, was third with 1,748. Top three winners in the singles were Chuck Hamik, Atkinson, 656; John Hynes, 637, and Kenneth Heiss, Page, 620. Winners in the doubles were Byron Grenier, O’ Neill, and Fred Moore, Inman. 1.193; Nyal Rowse and Zane Rowse, both of Chambers, 1,166. and Dale Wilson, O’Neill, and Pete Schleusener, Orchard, 1,155. Dick’s Bar won first place in the team division with 2,883, fol lowed by Mac’s Bar, 2,810, and O’Neill National Bank. 2,796. Mrs. Donald Graham will be in charge of the women’s city tour nament which will be held Sun day. Stuart Whips St. Joe 59-43 STUART — A 59-43 victory was garnered by Stuart Friday night when it entertained St. Joseph of Atkinson. Outstanding offensive players for the local team were G. I. Medcalf and Larry Wedige who scored 17 and 15 points, respec tively. Mel Schmaderer, Carl Clements and Jerry Steinhauser were good on the boards, and George Bigelow, Wedige and Mel Schmaderer had outstanding de fensive plays. Tilden Hands Cardinals 12th Loss of Season In a game played Friday night at Tilden, the state’s number one ranked Class “C” team spurted to a 56 to 33 victory over the young SMA squad. Tilden, the only remaining un defeated Class “C” team took ad vantage of the visitors cold shoot ing and after a nine to nine tie at the end of the first quarter, shot ahead. With four of the first five hit ting the basket for at least two points, the Cardinals wound up with a tie at the first quarter end. Means and Rethwisch fired the nets with 8 points each the next quarter and pushed the heavily favored Tilden team to a 26-16 half time lead. The third quarter started bad ly and wound up that way as the home team shot ahead by out scoring the Redbirds 20 to 8 in that period and wound up with a third period lead of 46-24. St. Mary’s hustled back the next quarter but the Tilden neo phytes had built up a lasting lead. With Spitzenberger and Get ter furnishing the fireworks, SMA battled Tilden on even terms the last period. Floor mistakes were not so much the deciding factor in this game as was the shooting per centage. The Cards got their hands on the ball 59 times and could cash in on only 10 field goals to send the usually 40 per cent shooting Cards to defeat number 12. The Tildenites featured a high geared, well-balanced team, pac ed by the 13 points each of Means and Rethwisch, and followed by Hash with 10 to provide the down fall. Scoring honors for SMA went to spitzenberger with 11, backed by Pruss wth 8, and Oetter chimed r. BOX SCORE SMA FG FT TP Spitzenberger 4 3 11 Pruss 248 Setter 2 3 7 Hammond 12 4 Belina 10 2 Sindelar Oil TJLDEN FG FT TP Hethwisch 5 3 13 Means 5 3 13 Hash 4 2 10 Dekert 4 0 8 Grubb 2 15 Brown 10 2 M'nndt 0 11 score by quarters: sMA 9 7 8 9 rilden 9 17 20 10 Eagles Defeat Plainview 65-48 OHS added another win to its string Tuesday evening when the Eagles defeated Plainview 65-48 in the O’Neill gymnasium. It was O’Neill’s game all the way with Jerry Kilcoin leading with 17 points, including some nicely-executed lay ins. Rich Hill had 15 points followed by Stan schmeichel with 13 and Ivan Hur ley, 10. High point man for the Pirates was Ron Weber with 17. O’Neill’s next game will be Friday night when they seek re venge for an earlier defeat to Bassett. IULA7KJ -**-" —* m wvu» V/ .1 CU1 M UK UWMC Wrestling competition Friday and Saturday at Cozad. Members of the team are: (1- to r. back row) Mike Hand. Ron Knoell and Steve Peterson; (front) Don Havranek, Lonnie McKim and Mick Miller. BKi RICH HILL adds two for O’Neill in Friday night’s thrilling 52-51 victory over Valentine. Spencer Takes Niobrara Valley Conference; Verdigre is Second IvYNiClT-T — A harH fm icrht thrill. u i iNvn — n naru iougnx inrin er was played here Friday night when Spencer won the champion ship of the Niobrara Valley Con ference tournament by defeating Verdigre, 58-55, after vanquishing a 19-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Niobrara defeated Center 59-57 for the consolation berth in ano ther crowd pleasing contest. The Verdigre Hawks had Spen cer down in the first three quar ters and led 47-28. The Hawks came on in the fourth quarter to build a 22 point lead before losing several of their first five via the foul route. This paved the way as the Spencer Pirates ga thered an amazing 30 points to take over the lead and the crown. Ron Kopecky led the Spencer scoring with 17 points, followed by Leonard Kopecky with 15. Ver digre’s top scorers were Leland Timmerman with 18 and John Mastilar with 16. In the consolation game Nio brara, after leading by five points at halftime and only one point at the end of the third quarter, bare ly squeaked out a win when Cen ter started connecting and scored 16 points to Niobrara’s 8 in the last quarter. A record attendance was pre sent at the tournament this year. Thursday evening, 1,100 tickets were sold, and Friday night 1,250 were sold. Score by quarters: Spencer 10 12 6 30 58 Verdigre 17 14 16 8 55 Center 17 13 11 16 57 Niobrara 21 18 12 8 59 Verdigre Plans 75th Anniversary For July 12-15 VERDIGRE — A Diamond Jubilee celebration is being plan ned at Verdigre with four days of special events set for July 12, 13. 14 and 15. The Verdigre Improvement club, after several meetings, has appointed a committee which ap proved the hiring of a profes sional firm which will plan the jubilee celebration. There will be a charge of $5,400 by the firm in charge. Since this wall be a non-profit event, the Verdigre Diamond Jubilee organization will incorpo rate. Nine major productions are planned for the four-day cele bration. Betty Schultz Pledges Alpha Phi at K. U. Betty Lou Schultz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kersenbrock. O'Neill was among 346 women, most of them freshmen, who pledged 13 social sororities Tues day. Feb. 6, at the University of Kansas. Under rushing rules begun in spring. 1959, freshman women pledge during the spring semes ter. The new pledges will move into the sorority houses next fall. Miss Schultz, a junior, pledged Alpha Phi. Frank Pickard Dies At Hillsboro, la. Relatives in O’Neill have re ceived word of the death of Frank Pickard Sunday at Hillsboro. Ia. He was a brother of the late Mrs. Albert Klingler. Survivors include two sisters, Dorothy Pickard. Los Angeles. Calif., and Mrs. Sam Warson, Tarpon Springs. Fla., and a brother. Dr. B. H. Pickard. Mc Allen, Tex. Royal Landmarks Are Being Razed ROYAL — Two landmarks in Royal, the hotel building and the depot, are being razed. The hotel building, which was constructed about 50 years ago by the late Silas W. Lytle, was used in later years as a school dormitory, a residence and then an apartment house. Both struc tures being torn down are owned by C. E. Rundquist. Spalding Clips Cards 46-42 The O’Neill St. Mary’s basket ball team took the floor against Spalding Tuesday night and went down to another defeat by the score of 46-42. The game was close all the way as the Cardinals displayed a better floor game and more hus tle but the home court advantage and Dunning’s 25 points kept the Cardinals trom winning number 2. The first quarter found some fancy shooting by the home cagers but SMA fought back to within 2 points at the first quarter which wound up 11 to 9 for the Shamrocks. In the second quarter Oetter kept the Cards in the game with 10 points here but Dunning of Spalding was just as hot for the Shamrocks pumping in 10 points to push his team to a still slim hall time lead of 25 to 23. After the intermission St. Mary’s came back and still stay ed close, and at one time shot to a 7 point lead, but with Oetter being the onlv on*> tr, consistently, the Spalding cagers still held their 2 point advantage at the end of the third period 37 to 35. The fourth quarter proved the disastrous one for the visiting Hilltoppers as they were outscor ed 9 to 7 in providing the final 4 point margin. The St. Mary's floor game showed improvement, but the de ciding factors were tips and re bounding strength. Spalding 11 14 12 9 SMA 9 14 12 7 Gen. Paul Harkins To Command Post Gen. Paul D. Harkins, whose wife is the former Elizabeth Con ner, Ewing, has been named to head the United States military assistance command in South Viet Nam. General Harkins has served as chief of staff for the late Gen. George S. Patton, and also has served under Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor. President Kennedy’s per sonal military advisor. A 57-year-old native of Boston. Gen. Harkins has specialized in plans and operations both in war and peace. His combat record in cludes eight major campaigns in World War H and two in Korea. His decorations include the Dis tinguished Service Medal. Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star. The couple, married in 1333. has one daughter. Royal Again Without Village Barber ROYAL — The little village of Royal is without a barber, and the tonsorial parlor, fully equip ped for business, is idle. Visiting barbers served the vil lage for several months but re cently have discontinued this practice. Verdigre Church Plans Rally For Feb. 18-22 VERDIGRE — There will be an open house and week-long evangelism mission conducted at the local Lutheran church Febru ary 18-22 in conjunction with simi lar observances by over 70,000 members of the Lutheran Mis souri Synod in Nebraska, Iowa and Wyoming. The Rev. A. H. Ziegler. Jeffer son. Mo., will conduct the ser vices in the Verdigre Bethlehem church Sunday morning and dur ing each evening of the week. A rally will take place at the Plain view high school auditorium for Lutherans in this area Sunday afternoon. Members of the committee panning this event are the Rev. Bernard Gortenz. Donald Stoural, Dave Alder and Willard Horst man. Youth Fellowship District Rally Held at Atkinson A large attendance was present for the District Rally of the Youth Fellowship of the First Methodist church held in Atkin son Sunday. The Page group was in charge of the opening of the meeting,' and O'Neill had the closing ses sion. Mrs. Carroll French, Page, showed slides on missionary work in Africa and presented a talk Lyman Anderson, Wausa, dis trict president, gave a talk on the MYF mission tour of the southwestern states last summer and showed slides. Dinner was served by the WSCS. Randall Anderson, Wausa, was a guest. Towns represented at the meet ing were Page, Ewing, O’Neill, and Atkinson. Attending from Ew ing were Cathy Kirschmier, Kay Hahlbeck, Roslyn Spragg, Evelyn Snyder, Florence Black, Jane Spragg, Marie Davis, Robert and Karen Woeppel, Mrs. Stanley Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Wa^do Davis. Karen Harris, Kay and Connie Nissen, Caroline Max, Juanita Ragland, Alvin and John Crum ly, Kent Stauffer, Linda Albers, Bonnie Heiss, Diane Kemper, Peggy Sue Kelly, Becky Beelaert, Darrell Heiss, Mrs. Merwyn French jr., and Mrs. C. French were present from Page. O’Neill persons present were Kenneth and Curtis Peacock, Ruth Ann Walker, Christine Her- | ley, Dianne Gillespie, Richard j Hill, Evan Steele, Esther Young, 1 Linda Gildersleeve and the Rev. and Mrs. Glenn Kennicott. CHAMBERS — Ronnie Young, Boise, Ida., a former resident of Chambers, has completed Ids boot training at San Diego, Calif., and has been transferred to Treasure Island where he is at tending electronics school. His sister, Mrs. LaVera Hoerie, resides at Chambers. Boy Scout Drive Collects $1,308 Total money collected for the Boy Scout Finance drive was $1,308.03, drive Chairman Bill McIntosh said this week. Century club members in O’ Neill are L. D. Putnam, who also is the Century drive chairman, D. R. Mounts, James Earley, Esther Downey, Alan Van Vleck, C. R. Foree, O’Neill National Bank and William Froelich. Persons, organizations or firms who will receive Friends of Scouting awards for contributions of $12 or more are: O’Neill Chamber of Commerce, O’Neill City Council, Lions club, Julius D. Cronin, Dick’s Bar, Gillette Dairy, William Griffin, Virgil Laursen. McIntosh Jewelry, The Frontier. George Carstens, NW Bell Telephone Co., O’Neill Grain Company. Robertson Motors, D. C. Schaffer, Shelhamer Equip ment and Spelts Lumber. Drive and Scouting officials ex pressed gratitude for the con tributions to the drive, explaining that the Sandhills District has expenses of more than $10,000 per year. Justice Court— Feb. 8—Fred Brethauer, Gree- - ley. Colo., Over gross Interior Group of Axles, fined $70.00 and $4.00 — Officer, Clifford Kizzire. Feb. 12 — Robert Cole, Driver for Dan Snyder, Atkinson. Nebr.. No. 1 — Overgross Weight No. 2 — Overweight Capacity Plate fined $50.00 and $4.00 — Officer Clifford Kizzire. Feb. 12 — Norman Wilson — Driver for Colonial Pacific, Storm Lake. Ia., No Reciprocity, fined $10.00 and $4.00 — Officer Kizzire. Feb- 12 — Roger Lebsheir. Dri ver for Piilsbury Co., Des Plains. HI- N'o Reciprocity fined $10.00 and $4.00 — Officer Kizzire. Feb 14. Harold Alexander, Dri ver for Intemationel Transport Co., Rochester. Minn. Overweight on Axle fined $80.00 and $4.00 — Officer Donald Richardson. OTTO <)lent the weekend visiting his mollier, Mrs. Charles Luben. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lulien and family, Fre mont, were additional weekend guests in the Lulien home. Saturday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Kelley and daughters were Ned Kelley, Omaha; Llnelle Tompkins, Lin coin, and Mr. and Mrs. Jame* Kelley and Mrs. Ethel Tompkins, i Inman. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Charles Luben were Mr. and Mrs. Don Lulien and family, Win ner; Merlin Luben, Oak; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Luben anti fami ly, Fremont; Mr and Mrs. Jim Holes and fnmily, Ewing, and Mr. and Mrs Norbert Clark and family, O'Neill. Mr. and Mrs Dick Clark and family, O’Neill, were Sunday evening supper guests of Mrs. Violet Sholes, Ralph and Ruf. Bill Butterfield, who is em ployed at Norfolk, spent Sunday and Monday with his family here. Too Late to Classify NOTH *E One of the lop SEED CORN com panies has an oftening in the area for 1 or 2 farmer salesmen. Those interested contact Stan Pennington, Great Plains Supply Co., Bassett, Nebr., Phone 335. _ 43-44 c A COMMUNITY MACHINERY AUCTION sale will be held on Saturday, March 17, just east of the O'Neill Drive-In theatre If you have anything to sell bring it or list it so that I can ad Vern,,n Gorgen, Phone 582 J13, O'Neill. 43c I OR SALE House to lie moved in O’Neill. For information call 286 at O'Neill. 43c FULL OR PART TIME I>ealer of complete line of feed, silage pre servatives and veterinary sup plies. Write Box %rj. 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