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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Monday, January 7, 1952 County Athletes Sport Good Record In 1951 Activity in county sports re- sumed this past week end as high schools throughout the county attempt to set an even more impressive record during 1952 than was recorded last year. Oenerally that will be a big task, for in the county as a whole, an outstanding record was achieved during 1951. Locally. Coach Merle Stewart's athletes enjoyed a better than average year in sports. The baseball and football teams both posted good records, while the basketball and track teams fared almost as well. During 1951 cage activity held the early spotlight. The PILES Hurt Like Sin! But Now I Grin urk pyTAi . v v- r Amazing formula developed by famous 7f--ar-oId Rectal Clinic bringa f"t palliative relief from nagc-inff pain, itching, aore ma. Help nature nhrink twellinic. soften hard parta. 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The Blue Devils were undefeated at home and allowed opponents only one touchdown on the lo cal field. They wound up in third place in the conference, although holding; league lead ing Wahoo to a 14-14 tie. An early loss to College View and a short conference schedule ruin ed the Blue Devils chances for league honors. Around the county, other schools boasted good records. Alvo's six-man club was the rage of Eastern Nebraska. Coach Ollie Mayfield's team went un- y I I You Get More Than You Expect At Our Store The "S & H" GREEN STAMP WAY We Give Double Stamps every Wednesday on all Purchases of $1.00 and over. Shop and Save the Green. Stamp Way! FELDHOUSEN DRUG "Your Friendly Drug Store" Dial 6117 1 HI ! lip H g 1 s 11111 a defeated through the season but dropped a post-season game to the number one team in the state. Lincoln Cathedral. Alvo has been selected to play in the Stephen Epler classic at Chester next fall. Elmwood's six-man team also boasted a good 1951 record and in addition Elmwood won the Cass county basketball tourna ment and placed in a second place tie with Murdockand Avo ca in the county basketball league. Eagle won the confer ence race with an 8-1 record. Eagle was also winner of the district tournament played at Elmwood, but bowed out in the regional. Over at Louisville, the Lions experienced their first winning season in years under the tutor ing of Darrell Brandenburg. The Lions were second in the South eastern Five football conference. They dropped only two contests during the season. Track honors during 1951 went to Weeping Water, winner of the conference meet. Murdock again placed second in a conference race. A red hot basketball race will keep interest in sports at an all time high during the early part of 1952. Weeping Water Will Play Here Wednesday Gleason's Article December Issue Of Iowa Engineer "The Cooperative Plan,"' an article advocating combination of study and practical experi ence for engineering students, written by Burton J. Gleason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gleason of Plattsmouth, ap peared in the December issue of '"Iowa Engineer," college pub lication at Iowa State College. An associate editor of the magazine, Gleason in his three page article explained the de velopment of the cooperative plan as used in some American colleges and pointed out the ad vantages of the plan to both students and employers. Timely and illustrative pic tures accompanied the article and clearly and cleverly brought out the advantages of the co operative plan. Material for the article was partly gathered from interviews with employers in the engineering field. Gleason is also managing edi tor of Spindrift at Iowa State College where he is a sophomore and a member of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity. Basketball Scores Greenwood 75, Union 25 Louisville 37, Murdock 32 (overtime) Nehawka 46. Otoe 35 Coach Merle Stewart's Platts mouth high school cagers will be host to Weeping Water Wednes day night. The Blue Devils are seeking win Number 3. The Reserves will open Wed nesday night at seven o'clock in search of their fifth consecu tive win without a loss. The varsity game Will start at eight o ClOCK. Anon-conference clash for Plattsmouth, the game promises to be another good intra-county tilt. The Blue Devils halted the Indians 43-36 a year ago. Following a three week layoff, during which time the local cag ers mixed cage practice sessions i A Classified Ad in The. Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Walter H. Harold R. Smith & Lebens At torneys-at-Law Donat Bldg. Plattsmouth TEIIB I(D)W1(DW1W S COSTING AMln. 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(QlQnMk 52 B(0)3D)(taiES NOW ON DISPLAY Tractor Meetings Slated At Nehawka And Murdock Soon Tractor meetings announced last week will be held at Mur dock and Nehawka, County Agent Clarence Schmadeke re vealed today. The Murdock meeting will be held at the Royal Neighbor Hall at 9:00 a. m., and the Nehaw ka meeting will start at 1:30 at the Knabe Livestock Arena in Nehawka. Both, meetings will b held January 16. man paced the winners with C and 5 points. Miller and Kupke each with 4, were the only Mur dock scorers. In another close one, Louis Mile won the volleyball game 25-22. with their Christmas vacation, Kitchen, extension agricultural and a week of steady drills fol- r.f tMnr f,,oio h owing resumption of school last tractor maintenance, the county Wednesday, Stewarts cagers are agent saitL The public is in. expected to be rested and anx-,vited t0 attend th meetings. ious for the contest. , . . , I Two similar meetings w?ere Both teams have only average neld during 1951 at Murray and icwiua uumiB cuiij- aetisuu vimwnnfi and nroved verv dodu- games. Plattsmouth has won two. both East Seven Nebraska conference clashes, while bow ing to Omaha South and Glen wood. Coach Merle Stewart will probably stick with the same starting lineup that has broken ev?n in four games. Stanley Cole, leading scorer, and Bob , Wondra will hold down the for ward posts. Hodge Eaton will probably get the nod at center, and Tom Conis and Cliff Ken nell will be in the back court. Weeping Water with five games under its belt has won three while losing two. Showing rapid improvement, the Indians have won their last three games. Nehawka and Avoca were the latest victims. Probable starters for the In dians will be Hermann and Friesel at forwards, Krogh at center, and Bickford and Ever ett at guards. Bickford Is the leading scorer of the Weeping Water Redskins, with Everett and Krogh consistent point makers. Games This Week Monday ' ' Gretna at Alvo Otoe at Weeping Water Tuesday Louisville at Ashland Avoca at Greenwood Raymond at Murdock Unadilla at Nehawka Wednesday Weeping Water at Platts mouth Friday Greenwood at Alvo St. Bernards at Avoca Murdock at Eagle Elmwood at Walton ' Nehawka at Louisville Plattsmouth at Pawnee City South Ashland Mrs. Ivan E. Armstrong V. MWK AOT MOTOR CO. 125 North 5th Street Plattsmouth, Nebr. lar, Mr. Schmadeke said. Louisville Takes Overtime Tests From Murdock Don Headley's field' goal with seconds to go enabled Louis ville to tie Murdock at the end of regulation playing time and paved the way for the Lions' 37-32 overtime win. Bob Webel and Jack Schlater meshed the nets for overtime baskets that provided the win. It was a Cass Count yConfer ence clash. Battling on even terms throughout, the two teams were never separated by more than a few points. Louisville, play ing on the home court, held an 8-6 first quarter lead but trail ed 13-14 at halftime. Coach Buzz Gakemier's team stretched its lead to 27-23 at the three quarter mark. An uphill climb was climaxed with sec onds to go as Headley fired from the center of the court and hit paydlrt. Bob Webel and Bill Engelke mier shared scoring honors with 11 points each. Other Louisville cagers to hit the scoring column were Jack Schlater. 7: Chris Salberg and Jack White. 3; and Don Headley. two very import ant ones . McDonald was high for Mur dock with nine. Wilken had eteht. Rieckman, 7, Peters 6 and Thiel 2. Louisville made it a. triple vic tory bv winning the B team game 26-8. Embury and Worth- Wildlife Films Will Be Shown At v Gun Club Meeting Wildlife films will be shown at a meeting of the Plattsmouth Rod and Gun Club to be held Tuesday nipht, January 8, 1952, at the 40 & 8. The meeting is slated for eight o'clock. Six films depicting different phases of wildlife and fishing and hunting will be viewed at the meeting. Members of the club are urged to attend. Louisville Miss Helena Lau has been ill the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chriswisser were Wednesday evening guests at the Richard Berner home. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Alva Couple Are Wed At Alvo Wednesday Pfc. Willis Brannon and Janet Reuter were united in marriage at the "Alvo M. E. church Wed nesday evening. Dec. 19th. AlVU Mr. Jess Hinds of Chadron, visited here during the week with his sister, Mrs. Grace Copple. and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Edwards of Scottsbluff are visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ed wards, and other relatives. Mrs. Copple visited her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Norris on Sunday. Mrs. Grace Linck, Mr. John Yager and daughter Beulah vis ited Mrs. Edith Braun on Sunday. Journal Want Ada Pay' o it' Amazing How Quickly Bookkeeping Problems Vanish WHEN USING Tho IDEAL SYSTEM Bookkeeping and Tax Record M Ftdarol end Stol To low Simplified -Easy to Keep INEXPENSIVE-ACCURATE Spatiol Book! fori Mrdoi Routy Shops JwUrt ond Wolchmokr Formari ond Ronchr Cof ond Raitourontt Gorogtt Groetn Sarvica Stations Profwlono! 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Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Roeber entertained a group of friends at a TV party at their home on New Year's Eve. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Nalson and Janice were New Year's Eve guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Nelson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Cortls Lemon and John were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Ziegenbein of Ceresco were hosts at supper. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Donal Ziegenbein and son, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ziegenbein and family, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Hauschild and family and Mr. and Mrs. Louie Hauschild and daughters.' Mr. and Mrs. James Carson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Don Deal, Mr. and Mrs. Louie Timm and family and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Timm and Darlene were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brauckmuller near Waver- ly- Harold Strode and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hall in Valley New Year's Eve. Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Woitzel ! and Willard attended a family dinner at the Richard Olesen home in Lincoln. The dinner was held Sunday, celebrating the New Year. Dicky Bachman spent th holiday week end with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Woitzel. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Boiler entertained at a New Year's Eve supper. Their guests were Oli ver Boiler and family and Mrs. Gertrude Boiler. Don Rau and family were guests at the Edward Rau home in Omaha. Major and Mrs. Al len Blum of Denver were also guests. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Richards were hosts to a group of rela tives New Year's Eve and the new year. They included Mr. and Mrs. Glen Fosnot and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ziegen bein and son, the Misses Eliza beth and Joan Richards, Orville Sandy and Eddie Sarkissian. A PLENTY IN 61 GASOLINE OCT fcv t Be Sure You Have The Power Needed To Get Top Performance From Your Car These Cold Mornings A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstracts of Title "Title Insurance" Plattsmouth, Nebraska Call us today for Tank Wagon De livery Service. 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