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tUt PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE EIGHT Monday, March 8, 1954 Margin Marrows Era Pin Loop; Oilers Sn Front A three-game reep by Myers Grocery, coupled with the Le- The v. F. W. continued its pions iwo game win over Ofeivmu .rHthA n,) mnvPH rvi w,. 4 ... . j , v-"" i.u -- . v.. Vi IU. WiiC iUUI iCilU Ui me into th number four snot. The Oi.men to two games with the J Veterans led by Harold Austin cioe o. p.ay last weeic m the i smacked Eagles Lodge three Plattsmouth Bowling League. ctrnioht. Austin with heln from T"hf C rrnf- rVT; ctnirir VinrH OM rH T Tnrfron con in. nt Ernie's Bar to lake the three games to bolster their season's record at 41-22, while the two fame loss left Ofe's out front a 221 game in his Charles Janecek 530 led eluded series. Eagles. Sweeps were also recorded by Maree tz Elmers and Catalytic Don Eaton and J. Wiles joined - construction Company. The forces to lead the Grocers in Bartenders took their three the three game sweep while Les games from VVoster Shoe Stcre Steinbach was the sole support i as Harold Mrasek and Norma with a 43-20 mark. cf Ernies. Meanwhile the Oilmen were well under par as the Legion used a 60-pin handicap to take two of their three games. Cecil Karr and Don Warga led the Legion while Leonard Rakow was the big gun for the oil men. Bryant Motors in third place, packed up one game, and trails by only three. The chanics took two games from TUn's bar as Cliff Meisinger and Bob McClanahan led the attack. McClanahan included a 233 game in his series. Gene Nolting led Tim's. THOMAS WALLING CO. Abstract of Title Title Insurance PLsttsmouth, Nebraska ! Mrasek set the pattern of play. ! Cataiytic's victim was Konats : Bar. L. Eaton and L. Shrimpton i gunned the Construction crew, I while Louis Swoboda and S. ! Harold led the Bartenders. i In other games of the week I Tastee Shop vacated the cellar ! by tripping Plattsmouth Paint now j store twice, Eunice rsuecmer if a Me- ! the Waitresses while Clayton i Pierce and Dale Eledge were 1 leading the painters. ! Hotel Bar continued to move ' away from the cellar spot, tak- ing two from Stander Imple- ment. A. Davis and K. Barr were ; top pin-getters for the Hotel S men, while George Born led the Implement dealers. Hotel Bar 620 C95 594 Stander Imp 569 544 666 High game, George Born, 171; Ernies Bar 674 583 C03 High game, J. Wiles and Don Eaton, 179; high series, D. Eaton, 432 Bryant Motors 634 724 728 Tim's Ear. 667 678 717 High game, Bob McClanahan, 233; high series, McClanahan, 495. Tastee Shop 654 719 660 Paint" Store 611 670 692 High game, Clayton Pierce, 187; high series, Clayton Pierce, 475. V. F. W 760 692 709 Eagles 674 570 663 High game, Harold Austin, 221; high series, Austin, 530. Legion 631 669 747 Ofe Oil Co 618 687 722 High game, Leonard Rakow, 172; high series, Rakow, 445. Marge-Elmer 639 648 616 Woster Shoe 560 573 531 High game, Howard Mrasek, 162; high series, Howard Mra sek, 450. Catalytic 684 760 657 Konats 638 665 640 High game, . L. Shrimpton, 186; high series, L. Eaton, 467. evi rs B STANDINGS W Ofe Oil 43 Myers Grocery 41 jBryant Motors 40 V. F. W 33 Ernies Bar 37 Paint Store 37 Catalytic 35 Marge-Elmer 35 Tim's Bar 32 Stander Implement 28 Konats Bar 27 Legion 26 Hotel Bar 26 Woster Shoe 20 Tastee Shop 20 Eagles 18 high series, A. Davis, 439. Myers Grocery .702 674 612 ml GROVE 601 Main Guaranteed Watch Repairing Diamonds Gifts Elgin, Bulova and Hamilton Watches GREEN STAMPS WE GIVE S & H Jewelry and Watch Repairs Phone 228 L 20 22 23 25 26 26 23 28 31 35 36 37 37 43 43 45 I - , "'v? s- V x vw.8 I Vx 3 fc ''' - - X 4 1 I? vr -"i - ivL- I - - A v : S- - 3 f gts' s'&Pss ---i ' 1 ienny Flak i r i . . .f ow in uismcr Chiefs Hit Platters 46-35; Ptak Sparks Stevartmen Hutt 1 1-2 1 Ruby J Stinson ' 2 0-0 2 J. Wherry ...2 3-3 1 T, Wherry 0 2-4 U Plattsmouth 7 Tecumseh , 12 14 12 10 18-24 11 9 7-35 10 14-46 i . .in i i v . ';. 1 'v'l chassis of your car 1 - SThea the squeaks and pleads for attention. drive in for our Sinclair Indexed Lubrication Service. It stops squeaks, saves wear. Better yet, stop in regularly every 1000 miles ... for smooth, 5uiet car performance ' C. l She enba rger Sinclair Dealer Plattsmouth, Nebraska 1 1 Chamber to Have Banquet For Athletes Plans for the annual Athletic banquet, a report of membership progress, and a discussion of Chamber business office facili ties marked the regular month ly meeting of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce Thursday night. Meeting at the Lions building, the Chamber directors learned that the annual membership drive, launched a month ago, running somewhat under expec tations. General progress is noted however, and Chamber di rectors voted a strict policy to ward recognizing 1954 members. Red, white and blue decals have been distributed to business places that have paid up mem bership for the year. Definite arrangements for the athletic banquet await word of Skip Palrang, Boys Town ath- -i.- b o- , - -r TV 1 JA cipal speaker at the event. Two dates, April 1 and 8, are being considered for the annual af fair. Along with football and bas ketball team players, members of the Pen Club will also be euests at the banquet this year. The banouet will be held at the Lions Building nnd will be served by the Lions Club. Announcement was also made of the quarterly meeting to be held the first Thursday in April. Regular meeting night of the board, the directors will handle routine business at a 7:30 ses sion with the membership meet in?: slated at 8 p. m. Reports of other committee chairmen wrere also heard at the directors' meeting. SET Nothinn Worth So Much a ill i iX. r-M,. l sir, STEINKAMP RE-ELECTED Ed Steinkamp, of Weeping Water, was re-elected to a 3 year term on the Cass County Noxious Weed District Board, at their annual meeting held March 3, at Weeping Water, A fourth quarter press was too much for tne piattsmoutn ca gers to cope with Friday night and the Blue Devils bowed out of district cage tournament ac tivity, losing 46-35 to Tecumseh Battling the favored Chief tains on even terms through three periods, the Devils were unable to handle the 4th period Tecumseh press and dropped the tournament semi-final clash Tecumseh went on to defeat Ho ly Name Friday night and earn a berth in the State Tournament at Lincoln this week. Led by Denny Ptak, Platts mouth oressed 7-12 after one period and was on the Chief's tail 19-22 at intermission. Ptak hit eight points during1 that first half . battle, while Finne f rock, and Wood were each chip ping in four. Though trailing throughout the first half. Coach Merle Stew art's cagers rallied in the third period. It was the only time the Devils were in front. They tied at 28-28 and 32-32 before the Tecumseh press began to tell the difference. Tecumseh led 32- 28 at the three Quarter mark Bob Finn, Tecumseh flasn, spelled the difference in the first half. The Southeast Con ference all star hit 8 points the first period and six in the sec end quarter enroute to a 15 point scoring performance. He had help from orother, Steve, with 6 points and Ruby with 3. Ruby and Stinson sparked the sec ond half Tecumseh drive. Impressive for Plattsmouth was the play of forwards Den ny Ptak and Byron Finnefrock. In addition to leading Platts mouth scoring, the duo combin ed to do a good job under the boards. Jon Schuetz and Lyle Wood also came through with seven points each for the Dev ils. Jim Jacaues was held to a slim two points. The loss ended Plattsmouth's season with a 15-5 record. All losses were to teams rated in the top ten Class B chart in the state. Tecumseh used free throws to build up the late margin of vic tory over Plattsmouth. Though outscoring the Devils only 14 to 13 from the field, the Chiefs hit 18 of 24 possible free throws mostly in the closing minutes of play. Plattsmouth connected on 9 of 18 gift attempts. Plattsmouth 35 FG FT F Nielsen 1 - . 0-0 0 Ptak 4 2-4 1 Jacques 1 0-2 1 Finnefrock 3 1-4 3. Schuetz 1 5-6 4 Pierce ...0 0-O 1 Wood 3 1-2 5 13 9-18 14 Tecumseh 46 FG FT F B. Finn 6 3-4 4 S. Finn ..'...0 6-8.. 2 Higgins ..ft 0-0 0 Sgh Goering On Leave Following Duty in Korea Sgt. William Goenng arnvea home for a 30 day furlough on March 2. He has been, stationed in Korea the past year. After his. leave, Sgt. Lroenng will return to Camp carson, where he will be reassigned un til his discharge on June 17. He will be on leave unui npru i. TROOP SELLS BULL A Brown Swiss breeder, JacK M. Troop of Plattsmouth, has re cently sold the bull, Hotspur's Charger, 117357, to james j. Houdek of Ulysses, according to Fred S. Idtse, secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle, Breeders Association. Two Plattsmouth Airmen End 2Vi Years in Japan Airman Second caass Norman E. Geschke and Cpl. Buddy White, both of Plattsmouth, ar rived over the week end to start month-long furloughs after re cently returning from Japan. . Geschke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Geschke, returned Satur riav to start a 35-day leave. At the end of his leave, he will re port to Ellsworth Air Force Base, at Rapid City, South Dakota. Geschke spent two and one half years in Japan. Home also after two and one half years in Japan is Cpl. White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob White of Plattsmouth. He will report to Andrews Air r ui cr dh uj Maryland at the end of his leave. The two youths were together throughout v their service in Japan. 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