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Outstanding Athletes ! i.'i ..iV;: 4 & & A' 1 i-wi" '""ilrt Selected as the outstanding football and basketball players at Plattsmouth high school during the past seasons were Willard Christenson, left, and John Ahrens. Christenson earned the foot ball trophy and Ahrens the cage award. Trophies were presented ner, Ahrens was the most con by Vic Schreiner. president of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com- j sistentscorer on the cage squad. merce at an athletic banquet held at Eagles Hall Tuesday night. I . other awards presented at the ti ti banquet went to sports captains ed by Coach Merle Stewart, min iature medals went to Jon Schuetz and Tom Conis. co-captains, football; Tom Conis. bas ketball captain: John Blotzer, baseball: and DeWavne Noell. I track. Medals were miniatures of emblems of the sport for which each player was captain. But while Chamber members and men of the community were paying tribute to the athletes Awarded Trophies At Athletic Banquet Tuesday Willard Christenson and John Ahrens, both seniors, have been named the outstanding football and basketball players at Plattsmouth high school during the past cam paigns. Christenson earned the football award and Ahrens tha cae trophj. Trophies were presented to ; the two athletes Tuesday night by Vic Schreiner, president of ,'the Plattsmouth Chamber of j Commerce, during ceremonies of ; the annual Athletic Banquet, ; sponsored by the Chamber. 1 Christenson, offensive center j and defensive .inebacker on the Plattsmouth grid machine last . fall, earned the award by a vote ! of his teammates. He was es- ; pecially effective as a defensive player. Ahrens earned the vote of his I mates for an offensive play with i the Plattsmouth basketball '. team. He led scoring during the ! season with 229 points in 18 ! games, a two-year letter win- ! Tvenly Carry PHS Track Hopes In Triangular Track mentor Eueene Shields t..'" "1,e J.1 this mnrninr nnmH ori-ma ' i uesuay lugni, - O & .maj. w ll W , Hutton Leads Junior Marksmen Tuesday Night ' Scores ranged from 72 to 17 ! out of a possible 10 as youngsters ' continued to pick away at tar- i gets on the 40 & 8 club range ! THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, March 26. 1953 Section C PAGE ONE Friday Night Meeting To Decide Softball Program ! Bobby Hutton set the pace on i Sports fans and players alikei AII-SDorts" Proa ram To Be Staged At School Here Something different in an arsmthhiSig1 team owes the school next Wednesday night 1 As 'such, boys and girls, as well wnen an "all-sports" program, J as participating instructors, will featuring a variety of activities pay the ten cent admission price, and team arrangements will be f lik eve one f the f ans sponsored by the 'P' club, an, indications are that both organization of high school let- !contestants and fans will be in termen. j for a lot of fun at the 'all sports- Coach Merle Stewart, armoun- ! pr0 am If it proves successfful. cmg tentative plans for the pro- . the Letter club may develop the gram said that the events wil proeram as an annual event, be staged in the high school stewart said gymnasium starting at 7:15 p.m. I : After reviewing a number of! D-irAitll Hyaf SfA the sporting events to be cerried gJCtJwUClll I I ulElVv I f yhnte colsrPlamoS' ; SJe " ?KS i pSSE f By attending the Frid ni.ht nign scnool into a triangular RtV'oUiT ' month nn Pririnv nieht March meeung 31 ine v" r- w- C1UD- track and field meet with Neb-1 frald- t fans in Plattsmouth can raska City and Falls City this thTer sc0es if, evening ; 21, he n ai norgi anwational meet- tn community of a sum. afternoon V eLarI Cundall 68; Norman ; ingjuul be held at the V. F. . athletic program well worth Waiting to the last minute !fic"L D' iNew ""i"- I their while. before naminc the t-avplino- lljUre Aoman. oa, uun mc- ; purpose 01 tne meeting is to; i squad Shields said ! he nfanTtn' Kulsy, 50; Cliff Lugsch. 47; : determine the interest in, and i t-rTi.oS T Billy Long. 45; Bob McKulsky. 1 the Dotential suDDort. of a soft-i 43, Ron Kruntorad, 30; Lawrence : ball league in Plattsmouth dur- ! Spaneler, 29; and Leroy Mulan-' ing the coming summer. '; ax, 17- . Basically the group hopes to j Some 30 youngsters, are now . establish a night Softball league receiving instruction in han5- ; for play tw0 or three nights a ! ling firearms at the club range ; w-eek at Memorial Athletic Field, each Tuesday and Friday night, i Tne ieague size would depend 1 somewhat on the number of ath- ; ; enter as many in each event as I win oe anowea. J He proposed to enter the fol ' lowing cindermen in these events: High hurdles Jim Graves (and Willard Christenson. 100-yard dash DeWayne Noell, Loren Topliff and John Blotzer. Record Week Is 220-yard dash De Wavne ; prtf J pl ' Noell. Torn Livingston and Don ' IS-ePriea in OllCC Tn . 1 m M M V L,ourt March 1 4th Police Magistrate J. H. Graves tvv'o-week report to the Platts- competition and interest throughout the summer. By organizing at this early Coach Bob Faris Freeburg. Low hurdles Graves and i Christenson. !i 440 Livineston. Bob Parri- ott, Melvin Wilson and Bob I mouth City Council Monday ; elate, sponsors also hope to have Karr. nieht showed fines and costs of all the machinery operating by ! 880 Melvin Todd and Eugene i S70 collected in the court dur- i June h probable starting date Dasher. in? the period ending March 21. : for league play. That'll mean j Mile John England, Terry; r,rqvpc. ,pnnrt cu0wPfl finPS ; arranging for lights, umpires, 'Ernst, Bruce Jacobs and Vern- n2ffs 96 for Se w"ek establishing rules, and league ;on Kaffenberger. "iTf S4.V 1; ora t regulations, obtaining necessary S Shot Dut Jon Schuetz. John 1 fpams ,Marcf? ,ana. Ior .equipment, and in general com- wtc iuu.s spieling every ceian 10 eliminate The March 14 week was the ;snagS when play actually gets heaviest on record in the police ; underway. court Col. E. S. Tarr Assigned Post a! Washington, D. C. Col. Eugene S. Tarr. 43, of Lincoln, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rhoden of Elmwood in strength to insure continued ; has been assiened adjutant gen letes interested in competing. Generally sponsors are hoping to keep teams lairly well even NOVEL SENTENCE Even judges sense the fact that people like variety or so a sentence given by a Howard County judge seems to indicate. He gave a Cushing man, 'found Will Start at PHS on Monday Journal Want Ads Pay! Robert Faris freshman coach at 1 uilty or selling beer to minors, the University of Nebraska, ac- 30 days in jail with the fare cused the Main street quarter- every other day to be bread and backs of '"picking out the mis- ' water. takes." He pointed out that foot- ball and basketball players make j hundreds of decisions during a j game, in a split second. They : 1 are bound to be wrong 'some- i tunes, rans said. But he pointed out that, on the whole, "these players prob ably come up with the right de cision more times than you and I do." Carper, Byron Finnefrock and Grover Cundall. Discus Schuetz. Finnefrock and Cundall. Broad jump Graves. Noell and England. High jump Noell, Graves and Dasher. 880-relay Noell, Graves, Livingston, Freeburg or Top liff. Mile relay Karr, Parriott, Wilson, Christenson or England. ihe meet is eral of the Military District of Washington on the staff of Maj. Gen. E. K. Wright. MDW com mander. Col. Tarr was previously as signed in the adjutant general's office at the Pentagon. A 1929 graduate of Summer field, Kansas high school, he at tended the University of Nebras ka and was emploved as an ac countant for the U. S. Treasury deDartment in Lincoln from i 1936 until called to active duty SURPRISE TO HER Honolulu Going to her doc tor for an examination. Mrs. afternoon, Thursday, at ka City. teams, a chance for some prac tice sessions before putting the squad under fire, and fans a Annie McShane 33 of Honolulu, ) get d f tn , nt complained, "There s something rams wrong with me. I don't know j Pas experience has shown what it is but co ahead and ihnt snfthnil psmes will ho in- being held this i check me up." Three days later, j pcrted in Plattsmouth. but in At the same time it will give I u-ith tho Armv in Januarv 1941 players more time to organize j During World WTar II. lie was Nebras- For A Good Buy Give the Journal Classifieds a try. i jviis. :vu;oiia.iie gave ui w a recent vears lack of oreaniza ; 6-pound, 6-ounce boyher first tion failed to create interest i in 17 years of marriage. The : early enough in the season to I birth was perfectly normal, the get the necessary support when ' physician said. play was actually ready to start. adjutant general for the 41st Infantry Division in the south west Pacific, taking part in th? New Guinea. Biak island, Min danao and Palawan campaigns. Mrs. Tarr is the former Rubv Rhoden. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rhoden of Elmwood. The Tarrs reside in Washington, D. C. A Classified Ad in ihr Journal costs as little as 35 cents. ily understood why Lettermen selected the April 1, 'April Fool's' date. Sports fans will have an op portunity to witness a basket- 1 11 1 M 1 "? . L 3 th ro otL Ti,n ! Weather conditions being fav- 5,? l.tnei5.Aadt- ! crable. baseball drills will get e tnomC ' underway on Monday for Platts- boys challenging male members ; m h enthusi" Coach of the faculty and Junior boys ; 1 St" rt said todav challenging women members of! M"le btea" "way. the faculty i Stewart, who will handle the In addition. Stewart said the , rei Ar the diamond squad. Freshmen and Sophomore boys ; sal h,atL although no definite will meet in a three-legged bas- I schedule has been completed as ketball game and a blind boxing j the Devils will participate match will be staged. m several games with teams in Av,icci fnn tho oii.ctvii-tc i this area and will also be a nighr program wiU be 10 cents j contestant in the-state baseban individuals and institutions.- to everyone, including partici- w"t. 1 . ' Fundamentally he called upon pants. Stewart said that the; wnat tne proDaDie strengtn 01 the younger kids. 7th and 8th tne team win De wonioe aeier- 1 graders, to participate in sports mined actually until a few prac- , whether they make the first tice sessions are held. Generally ; team or the third team. "You ll the team is expected to be ;iear a jot about teamwork, co stronger than a year ago. operation and spirit." the Neb Bleachers have been moved raska coacn explained. te?.An,. "Li Ln. " I Earlier, each of the athletes , Vh. ot,H tvic Wpl- ' was introduced by Coach Merle work on the grounds this week Rt.orl. AttnrT,' Hnmiri t end, the field will probably be in shape for the opening of drills Monday. He asked the adult quarter backs to be less critical of the players decisions and to eive the players credit for what they do. Pointing out that athletes spend many hours in preparing for an contest, he explained that this preparation is based J on a will to win in competition. If the same preparation would be used in a history assignment, a lot of difference would be noted, Faris said. However, 5,000 fans wouldn't be watching the history test, nor would there be the ODen competition between money will go into the Letter club treasury to pay for medals and to finance a party which RADIATOR REPAIRING ONE -DAY SERVICE Plattsmouth Motors Washington Ave. Ph. 287 Stewart. Attorney Harold Le- bens was toastmaster and Fath er Raphael Chonta gave the in vocation and benediction. 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