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r. 1 I 1 F I Z2 kufevy tee ree carries Top Teams in Only three games separate the first eight teams in the Platts niouth Bowling league as loon activity ended this week until after the first of the year. Three teams are knotted for first place with 24-12 marks, one. separata Eight ovhng League Gene Nolting blazed tne trail for the winners. Jerry Fulton led the Grovers. Ofe Oil remained in thp nm. VAA W A A mug Dy takmsr Standings w. Myers Grocery 24 -Ofe Oil Co 24 Bryant Motors 24 Paint Store 23 Marge-Elmers '.22 Catalytic 22 Tim's Rnr 99 has a 23-13 record, three have Jastee shop with Boy Weyer and stander Imp 19 22 wins and another has 21 wins, j Daniel leading the parade. ; v. F. W. '. '. . '. '. '. '. '. .'l6 Kiaius liiu tup are Meyers Gro- r' "uc'-A11Ci anu ueraiame wood eery, Ofe Oil Company and Bry- i lecl the Waitresses week, V. F. W. won two from Hotel Bar as Carl Sell and Har old Austin led the attack. A. Davis led the Hotel Bartenders. Catalytic struck twice against Marge & Elmer's with R. To- bm and LeRov Wilson leariino- Ai Fairfield led the Mechan- ".paQe. . ics with a 533 series including ' Zander Implement stayed on games of 202 and 198 while Les heeLs of the leaders with two Jacques, Finnef rock Lead Devils to Conference Top L. 19. Plnttsmmith pndpd its rre- 12 ! Christmas case campaign well 12 out in front in the Ark-Sar-Ben 13 ' conference race, as Center Jim 14 Jacaues led a 58-35 win over 14 College View Thursday night managed to connect for 14 points, after owning a 44-29 margin at the three v quarter mark. Pirates Return To Stride in 50-36 Win Elmwood bounced back into the win column by taking a non-loop battlt from Ceresco 50-36 with Merle Backemeyer and Dick Woods setting the scoring pace. The duo combined ' for 29 points as the Pirates battled THE PLATTSMOUTii", NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, December 21, 1953 Section B .... PAGE FIVE time. Dorothy Brachhage with 5, and Martha Stolz and Rae Jean Bornemeier with 4 each led Elmwood. - ICO-Years-Old Gun Still Useful Sometimes an old gun is a safe and potent weapon. Cecil Rogers of Bridgeport re cently bagged a deer in western Nebraska using a rifle over 100 SCHEDULE Tuesday, December 22 Otoe at Avoca Murdock at Papillion Eagle at Palmyra Waverly at Weeping Water Louisville at Syracuse Journal Want Ads Pay! to a one-point first period lead years of aEe which fired home- made bullets. The cap and pall ant Motors. Bryant Motors made the big jump during the week's play with tne only sweep of the week. The mechanics, last year's loop winners, hit Ernie's Bar three time to climb from third to snare the lead btembacn and John Cechal gunned the Bartenders. Meyers Grocery slipped dur ing the week and lost sole pos session of the top rung. The Grocers dropped two games to Tims Bar as Fred Tschirren and A GOOD investment! Well Selected NEW REAL ESTATES In Fast Growing Section of a Prosperous Community. Low Priced . . . High Quality Homes These Are Good Income Investments . . . We Have a Waiting List of Tenants for These Properties. Inquire at 1604 HILL STREET VALLEY VI EW ADDITION BLODGETT & KRAGAC1C Plattsmouth, Nebr. Dial 7113 wins over Eagles Lodge. L. For rest and Ivan Boombery led the assault wnile R. Abel led the locsers. Walt Eledee and B. Tschirren gunned Konats to two wins over Knoat's Bar 1 . . .15 Legion . 14 Eagles . 12 Tastee Shop 11 Hotel Bar 10 Woster Shoe 9 fluff anrt 'Rill TVnrcfoln ct?j- 14 Jacaues bucketed 22 points as and then broke awav. The S the ?!vlls tooki the-L third,on 10 and 11 points respectively, count stood 20-14 at mtermis- muzzie loader has been in Mrs. xi- anAigui, iiuxnc win wxuu a Roughness can be told by the . s- x . i Rogers' family for over a cen- ?? It a t, r 45 fouls called in tne game- 27 1 tg0 J game in- tury Rodgers said the rifle was 2.1 Jacaues and Denny Ftak gun- i pniiotro 7axrr creased in the final two Deriods i ion . . - Vll fc- s W TV . 1J UU 11C1L11L1 " lllIUH At IllirLIlIlC: 111 lUtlU. itpnm pnnitnii7PH nn tHo froo as Bill Mickelson's crew eradu- Devil Reserves Win 47-43 Here Thursday Coach Eugene Shield's Re serves had to fight off a late rnf oiore, ieu Dy Mane night to keep its 1953-54 string ? nr Mar OponneU; intact. Plattsmouth edged the and the Plattsmouth Paint Store invaders 47 to 43 in what was stopped the American Legion probably the best game on the twice. Dale Eledge, Les Apple- i local court this season, gate and John Parkening paced, center Dan Huebner, and l 1 t ers wnne uon wau 16(1 Guards Terry Ernest and Don conyers led the Plattsmouth as- An Ark-Sar-Ben loop tilt, the win gave Plattsmouth the con ference led with a 3-0 mark. while the Viewmen dropped into the cellar with an 02 record. Plattsmouth 58 FQ Nielsen 0 the Legion. Results: 'Paint Store 699 722 625 Legion 541 719 728 High game, Don Wall, 174; high series, Dale Eledge 451. Tim's Bar 665 717 677 Myers Groc. .. 645 792 624 High game, T. Cruckovich, 197; high series, Jerry Fulton, 459. Konats 636 577 636 Wosters 534 613 556 High game, B. Tschirren, 154; hign series. Walt Eledge, 408. Stander Imp 650 619 627 Eagles ...592 565 745 High game, F. Hobbs, 192; high series, R. Abel, 440. Bryant Motors 757 773 761 Ernes Bar 684 703 729 High game, Al Fairfield; high series, Al Fairfield, 533. Ofe Oil Co 628 686 730 Tastee Shop 669 667 627 High game. Bob Weyer, 186; high series, Bob Weyer, 460. Catalytic 629 690 628 Mage & Elmer 649 556 568 22 ! ned an early Plattsmouth drive 24 25 after one period. Jacaues hit 7 26 and Ptak 6 as the Devils roared 27 i to a 19-10 first period margin. Eight more points by Jacques in the second quarter moved the Devils well awav from the invaders as the halftime score read 33-21. Fifteen cagers saw actien, nine entering the scoring column, as Coach Merle Stewart shifting his lineup through the game. Much of the second and fourth quarters were manned by re serves. , Lyle Wood and Byron Finne-r frock joined Jacques in the scor ing procession. Wood hit 11 while Finnef rock added 9. Schuetz and Finnefrock were es pecially effective under the boards along with Jacques. Eugene Dasher filled in well at ' " forward spelling Ptak as Denny X";;?. " TTIrrr cVimirorJ nrnmlco of crviorA IWlljcri U Dasher exhib ited his top game of the season throws. Plattsmouth hit 17 of auy movea away, ine score- 3.0Unces and does not have 42 and College View hit on 15, board read 34-2d going into the mucn bounce or kick. It is of 27. .final period with Backemeyer t about five feet in lentrth. dunung rour buckets during the Rodgers ghot deef w mUes P6!100; .. . southwest of Bridgeport. He tjacKemeyer nit, lb points to f ired f rom a distance of about Dasher Cundall Ptak Ernst Jacques Huebner Finnefrock Rhoades Schuet Pierce Wood ... Hirz 1 0 3 0 8' 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 sault, along with forwards Eu gene Dasher and Grover Cundall, for the varsity back out after a weeks layoff, ited his too erai College View held the Junior both with the Reserves and the FT 0-0 2- 3, o-a 0-7 0-0 6-11 0- 0 3- 5 1- 1 0-2 0- 0 5-7 1- 4 0-2 0-0 0 nin. Royal Halvorsen and Jerry Devils to an even count after few minutes he was on duty one period with the scoreboard !with the varsity, reading 10-10. , j Lacking height, College View Plattsmouth moved out front ,; had to rely on speed and hustle at the halftime 21-17, and after !to stay in the game with the the intermission zoomed into a ! Blue Devils. As a result the 39-27 margin. But a 15 point game at times became rough and production in the final quarter ragged. Stewart on two occas moved the invaders well toward ions pulled his starters to get Knotting tne count, iney ieu them to slow the tempo A last 19 17-42 18 College View 35 ; four points short however. Huebner topped Plattsmouth scorers with 9 points, while Ernst and Cundall were each adding 7. Dasher and Conyers hit 6 each. Brown gunned the invaders with 15 points. Plattsmouth B 47 FG FT Dasher 2 Cundall 3 Rhoades 2 TTirrh o-nmp T? fnhin 173- hicrh iligenDerger U series, R. Tobin and Howard , Huebner 4 Mrasek, 383. " igravs 1 V. F. W 613 657 631 S.rauf TTrto1 Rar filfl ATI R9 HirZ U High game, Harold Austin 160; high series, Carl Sell, 428. Conyers 2 2-4 1-6 1-4 0- 2 1- 6 2- 3 0-0 3- 8 2-2 quarter control ball game by the Devils changed the pace some what and the Devils still FG jDuff 3 Moffit 1 Hatcher 0 Reed .0 Ehrlich 0 M. Hoy 0 Thierstein .....4 G. Hoy 1 Porter 1 Madden 0 FT 4-7 1-4 0-0 0- 0 1- 1 2- 5 3- 3 4- 7 0-0- 0-0 F 5 3 1 2 5 1 1 4 3 2 Backemeyer also saw duty Isaacson, Rudeen and Nelson each hit 8 in leading Ceresco. Dave Godbey led Elmwood to a 32-23 reserve win after the Junior Pirates had trailed 6-8 after one period. It was 17-17 at halftime and 30-18 after quarters. Bob Hall hit 8 and Ronnie Abrams 5 for the win ning Pirates. A defensive game featured the Elmwood girls volleyball win. The score was 28-15 after the Pirates had led 8-5 at half- deer on the first shot. lead the Pirates while Woods 75 t0 10n yards and killed the coniriDULea io. jveun jjru.K.e hit 8, Virgil Goracke and Or ville Bogenreif 4 each, and Dick Apt 5 for the Pirates, while Dale Kunz. Dave Godbey, Dale Lan Journal Wanp Ads Pay! REAL ESTATE LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for each monthly payment Plattsmouth Loan & Building Asa'n. 10 15-27 27 17 13-38 25 College View 43 FG FT TAKE HOME PAY the United States, beginning u"e" f Jan. 1; 1954; will increase slight- i Hatcher i ly. Withholding taxes will be at' Mook 3 therate of 18 per cent instead of Harvey 0 the present 20 per cent, but So-!grown cial security taxes will be high- ted l er the rate being two. per centjShaw o on iUn fircf t1 RAH nf ctilarv in- EPD 0 stead of V'z per cent as at pres ent. Ryan 0 i Dietrich ..2 I Leslie 0 3- 13 4- 5 1- 5 2- 4 3- 5 1-6 0-2 0-2 0- 0 1- 2 0-0 IWIC E-A-DAY SERVICE Omaha and Plattsmouth including Bellevue,. 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The 1952 taxes were $153.33. The land is clear from all encum brance, inspect it at any timf Write-wire-call auction eers for comDlete sale bill. .'-ie land may be offered di vfded The land POSITIVELY SELLS TO THE'HICHEST BIDDERS CR BIDDER WITHOUT LIMIT, MINIMUM OR RESERVATION ! t 1 . H. POLLOCK, Owner. Plattsmouth, Ncbr. Nehawka Nabs Loop Top in 47-38 Victory Nehawka's . one - two - three combination did it again Fri day as Ted Schiessler's Indians scalped the Weeping Water Warriors 47-38 in a feature Cass County Conference tilt. The win put Nehawka atop the confer ence standings with a 4-0 mark. .(Ray Mayfield, Bill "Mehrens and Tom Johnson formed the triple assault as they scored 42 points as Nehawka registered its fourth win" against a single loss for the season. Schiessler's crew jumped in to a il-9 first-quarter margin and held at 23-17 lead at the intermission as Mayfield spark ed the first half drive. Bill Mehrens took over in the third period as the two teams I 14 15-44 22 battled evenly to go into the (Plattsmouth '....10 11 18 8 47 final period with Nehawka out ! College View ...10 7 10 15 43 front 37-31. Nehawka scored i I heavily from the free throw 1 line in the closing quarter to , move away. Mayfield topped the Nehawka scoring with 17 points while Mehrens had 15. Johnson finish ed with 10 and Jed Snyder and Dick Ehlers added 4 and 1 re spectively. Ned Snyder and Rex Simonds also saw action for PnarVi TlnV TViricr'5 Alvn OrinlPS Nehawka. moved another step nearer its Game scoring honors went to goal in defense of its Cass Coun- Weeping Water s Jim Stacey ty Conference Basketball crown with 19, while Luhrmg added with a 68-23 win over Union 13. Thursday night on the Alvo ma- NehawkU outhit the Quarry jles. iCity lads 13-22 from the field Bud Herrmann personally ac-'and converted 21 of 39 gift toss counted for the win with a 28- es to 14 of 24 for Weeping Wa point scoring spree, five more ter. Two Weeping Water play points than the opponents were ers left the game early on f ouLs. able to collect. Q Nehawka also copped the re- The Orioles broke away early serve game 29 to 25 by the ; in the initial period and were Weeping Water volleyball girls I never threatened. Herrman hit score a 39-16 win. 1 7 of his points in that initial j ' i stanza as Alvo commanded a' n f . , 1 11-6 margin. He added 8 more Y re-WrfhNStmClS VQQG led at the intermission 23-11. Dick Clark powered the third period drive of the Orioles and they went into the final period with a 42-21 margin. Coach Bob Gaston Yankees from the southeast corner of the county had little chance to stop Alvo's surging Orioles. Jim Tur ner, guard, tallied 11 of the Un ion points however as he mus tered the only offensive threat of the Yankees. Union, minus a suitable home court plays all its games on the road. Alvo tallied behind Herrmann RESULTS Westside 62, Louisville 52 Nehawka 41, Weeping Water 38 Plattsmouth 58, College View 35 Plattsmouth B 47, College View B 43 Journal. Want Ads Pay! Proper Amount Let this agency help you to determine the proper amount of fire in surance you need. Phone us at your earliest convenience. Steve Davis Phone 6111 2nd Floor Bank Bldg. 5th & Main Plattsmouth g GIFTS for all the FAMILY . . - Wednesday Is Double Sfamp Day Yes! You can enjoy EXTRA SAVINGS each Wednes day, with DOUBLE GREEN STAMPS given with each purchase of $1.00 or more. MUG Your Friendly Drug Store" Dial 6117 Alvo String Stretched at Union Expense ; 3orai see ires First- and only low-priced car to bring you all these new features and advantages! 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