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Blue Devils Defeat Tekamah, Ashland; Reach r.500 Rating THE PLATTSMOUTH, NTBRASKA, SFMI-WEEKLY JOUHNAL i'AGE SIX Monday, February 25, 1963 .... ' ? i 1 i ; 1 11 Lhyi A -:-J Plattsmou!h won two games, one with difficulty and one eas ily, last weekend to pull up to an even .500 won-lost mark lor the season. The Blue Devils made their record 7-8 at Tekamah Friday i.ight wi.h a 46-42 w.n in a foui full contest they won with a fourth-quarter rally. They became 8-8 here Satur day night with a coasting 67-44 win over Ashland. Dan Schuitz was high scorer In both games, getting 14 at Te kamah, 17 here agamst Ashland. The Friday night game was whistled to a halt 52 times for persoi.al fouls. The teams com bined for 68 points, although they scored only 27 field goals. P atf mouth was outgunned from the field, 14-13, but was better at the gift lire, 20-14. i Neither team was too efficient free throw shooting, Platts mouth missing 18 and Tekamah, 17. The last quarter when Platts mouth came from a 29-38 defi cit to win. Roger Lanum and Roger Beverage contributed two ! baskets each and Schuitz three points. Saturday night, Platttmouth got off to a 17-8 first-quarter lead and was ahead 34-19 and 46 28 at the other stops. Ashland was never in the game. B-'uce Hosic scored 17 to keep his team from complete ob livion. Nine Plattsmouth pln.yers got In on the scoring. Next for the Blue Devils is the regular season finale, Friday night at Bellevue. 1 4 fit 'lYi lV Plattsmouth Draws Papillion In 1st Round of B' District THE LINTIP The AVhites had to stand in line to wait their turn to get a crack at one of the Yellows during the brief future i Stars game at halftime of the Saturday niisht hlfch sc hool game I here. Playing were two teams of boys from I uh Scout Pack 3!t9. The Whites won. i Plattsmouth High Saturday drew Papillion as its first-round opponent In the Class B Dis trict Basketball Tournament at Nebraska Wesleyan University In Lincoln March 4-7. The Blue Devils defeated Pa pillion, 60-48, in the regular season's opening game. The Plattsmouth-Pa pillion contest is March 4, Monoay, at 8:30 p.m. after the other teams in the same bracket, Falls City and Ral.tton, have met at 7 o' clock. March 5, Auburn meets Sy racuse at 7 pm. and Ashland play Univerlty High of Lincoln at 8:30. Semifinals are March 6 and the championship game March 7. Pairings were drawn at a meeting of coaches at Wesleyan Saturday morning. The coaches seeded Falls City No. 1, University High No. 3. Plattsmouth No. 3 and Auburn ; No. 4. Frosh Finish Season with 4-6 Record HE CAN HAVE IT! Mike Carpenter (No. 25) of Ashland has his hands all set to take the ball but Plattsmouth's Dan Schuitz (alongside him) didn't mind because he'd just stuffed a rebound in for two points. No. 23 is Bruce Hosic, No. 54, Roger Beverage. .. - 1 ft " ' ', . Jjri -ftsl'f ij'J': ix twn 4H Mill II ! . nA -- 1 ..jfc. I Plattsmouth (46) fg ft pf Beverage 4 0-1 4 Pritchard 0 2-2 1 McClanahan ... 2 4-72 Lanum 3 3-4 5 Schuitz 2 10-19 4 Nettelmann 0 0-1 2 McOraw 0 1-2 0 Heedum 1 0-1 4 Hansen 1 0-2 1 totals . 12 20 37 23 Tekamah (42) Schmidt 3 3-7 5 Coleman 0 0-0 1 Fleharty 1 1-1 5 Moore 0 0-2 4 Georgeson 6 6-8 3 Shamburg 3 1-4 4 Stork 0 1-2 4 Plattsmouth High'.s Freshman basketball team finished its reg ular schedule Thursday with a 4-6 won-)ast record, bowling to Weeping Water High's Frosh. 42-32, there. The game wa.s close down the stretch and It was only in t h e p ji'asi mmuies max weeping wa 8jter pulled away, hitting three 2 1 straight goals, two by B. Rat 8liff who was the game's high 9 scorer with 16 14 I T. Mee.ike added 11 for 'VWep oling Water. 1 1 Dick Osterholm was high for 2 j Plattsmouth with 10. 2i Plattsmouth Frosh (32) fg ft pf Wuelling 0 Nbw Vehicle Titles Re- last 46 9 0 3 0 18 7 1 totals 14 14-31 29 42 Platts-nouth ... 7 12 10 17 46 Tekamah .. 11 10 17 4 42 pts 4-5 5 4 Bourne 0 0-0 0 0 O-sterholm .... 4 2-2 4 10 Arnold 1 1-2 1 3 Glup 0 0-0 0 0 Fulton, c 1 1-2 1 3 Aschenbrenner 2 0-0 2 4 Mahan 0 0-0 0 0 Spangier 1 0-2 2 2 Clark 0 0-0 1 0 Wilson 2 2-4 1 6 Story 0 0-0 1 0 The following new vehicles were titled recently by the Of fice of County Clerk here (own er, dealer, make): William J. or Ada L. New ham, Kirks Mtrs., Plymouth; Jesse M. or Carolyn M. Baier, McFaydens, Inc., Ford; Rich ard N. Meisingir, Lukin Chev. Co., Chevrolet; Ted Cooper, Laune Chev. Co., Chevrolet Pickup; Carole J. Burrill, Zessin Mtr. Co., Ford; Clarence H. or Laura L. Stohlmann, Kahland Mtrs.. Pontiac; Robert P. cr Maurine Hilt, Merlow Bros., Ford; Arthur or Eunice Ort:ieb, Sterner Olds., Oldsmobile; Joy or Phyllis Henry, Panama Auto Co., Ford Pickup. Reserves Split Weekend Games Plattsmoufh High's cage .verves divided two games weekend, bowing at Tekamah, 48-33. Friday night, and winning, 69-47. over Ashland here Satur day night. Ed Frazier hit 25 points Satur day to lead a scoring parade for 10 Plattsmouth players. The Blue Devil second Jumped to a 24-8 first-quarter lead and en larged on it in the last quarter after halving the middle two pe riods. Ron Richards was second high for Plattsmouth with 11. Dave Schofield got 11 for Ashland. , At Tekamah, Fmzicr scored 13 ana Uary c.hriiensen nine, i Tekamah won with a 23-12 sec j ond-half margin. Plattsmouth Res. (33) ! fg n pf i Frazier 4 j Wuelling 0 : ; ' ' j - ' . 1 '. x ; ( i L i ; .,' , ' . . k ft - ' -;f S i V : ; ' V - ;.''!., . .;..,,.?v . , 1, 'i ' , .5 . Jl r' , ' , v. ' - , .t - ' 'i , ' !" ; I J ' - -V'V f'j. i v. ' 1 s ' - i' - ' i ' ( ' I I , 5 , "i ' , ' V' ' Ashland (44) fg ft pf pts Carpenter 0 5-8 2 5 Schofield 0 0-0 1 0 Campbell 3 1-5 2 7 Shimonek 0 3-4 4 3 Ho.slc 7 3-6 5 17 Tennant 1 1-1 P 3 Hageman 2 3-5 3 7 StooUberry 0 0-10 0 Lydiatt 0 2-3 5 2 totals 13 18-33 22 Plattsmouth (67) Beverage 3 3-4 1 Pritchard 4 0-0 2 McClanahan ... 4 3-61 Taylor 0 0-0 0 Lanum 2 0-1 4 Frazier 0 0-0 0 Schuitz 8 1-8 4 Nettelmann ... 2 3-54 Heedum 3 0-0 3 McOraw 1 1-2 2 Hansen 0 2-2 1 Richards 0 0-0 0 totals, ...U 10-17 18 W. Water Frosh (42) Moore 2 2-6 1 Mather 0 0-0 0 Ratliff 7 2-6 2 Clark 1 0-1 0 Wright 2 0-0 1 Meeske 4 3-4 4 Hanes 0 1-1 0 Murphy 0 0-2 4 Michelson ..... 0-1 2 32 Chr'.stcnsen ... 3 Larry M. or Jovce Carnlcle, : Bierl 1 Sapp Bros. Ford Sis., Ford; , Osterho'.m 0 Jacob or Wllma E. Hammer, i Smitn 0 Sapp Bros. Ford Sis., Ford; I Richards 1 DoLor or Keith Swartz, Pal-lTavlor 3 myra Auto Co., Ford; Benjamin i Span"k'r 0 r. ttowara, Laune Chev. Co., Chevrolet; Stanley or Lyle 8parks, Stander lmpl. Co., In ternational Truck: William A. or Katherlne Metzger, R. V. Bry ant Kffr Homhlnr. U,.tw TII' I nn,.t.. ' ' b. ki. "unci 5-10 4 O-O 0 3-8 0-1 0-1 0- 0 1- 4 0-0 0-0 pis WINS 4TII STRAIGHT Larry Toothaker, former Plattsmouth High distance runner, Saturday won his fourth consecutive two mile race for the t nlversily of Nebraska, in a triangular indoor meet at the I'niversily Stadium field house. Toothaker came home in front by about 15 yards in 9:14.2. It was not his best effort. He 13 1 had been ill two days last week. The former Plattsmouth milers 0; best time was 9:42.6 a week earlier. He ran the mile In 4:31 as a 9 prep Kludent here but was converted into a luo-miler by toarh 2 Frank Savigne. The photo above was snapped by Plattsmouth 0.' football Coach Nurris Hale just after Toothaker won his race. 0! 3 Oi Or Pete R 6IAuto Co., Ford; City of Alvo. q Sapp Bros. Ford Sis., Ford Fire J8' Truck; Francis Stander, Sapp 2 Bros. Ford Sis., Ford Truck. 4 Harold H. cr Phyllis Jean L. 11 Hauschild, Hauschild Mtr. Co., 1 Ford Pickup; Harold H. or Phyl- 0 i 11 Jean L. Hauschild, Hauschild 2j Mtr. Co , Ford: Frederic Hobbs. H et H Chevrolet. total . . Tekamah ;Chatt 1 ! Coleman 3 Stork 0 ...... . 4 Moore 1 Donche.skl 4 Hall ... 9 12 9-24 14 lies. (48) 0-0 0 0-3 0- 0 1- 1 3-6 0-2 0-2 33 Nebraskans Need Boating 2 Safety Course LINCOLN If the number of totals 22 4-14 16 48 Platrs. Res. ... 9 12 7 5 33 Tekamah Res 12 Ashland Res. fg Chevrolet; Pallas 3 44 totals 17 8-22 13 42 James D. or Janice L. Gross- Scheel 1 Platts. Frosh ... 4 7 14 7 32 , h8"". Omaha Volkswagon. I Welgart 1 9;W. Water Frosh 4 12 10 16 42 J Volkswagon; Merle W. or Math-lMoller 0 8! I ilda or Wm. Lone. Faris Rrns Schofield 4 Mtrs., Pontiac; Lanny E. oriRung 2 Betty A. Spurtock, Baxter Ply-iBreyer 1 mouth, Plymouth; Frank e. 'Sikyta 1 Koterzina, Jr., Luken Chev. Co.JL. Breyer 1 cnevrolet; Charles H. or Fran ces M. Boedtker, Novak Cad., Cadillac. 11 0 4 0 17 7 Maple Grove Club With Mrs. Pollard NEHAWKA iSprctali Mrs. Ivan Hansen gave the lesson, Repairing Garments, Clothing Quii k Trick? at the meeting of the Maple Grove Club Thurs day afternoon. She demonstrat ed the In.set patch for overalls, lapped patch, clastic bandj, how to si w on buttons, snaps and hooks ana eyes. Mrs. Arthur Wolph presided. She and Miss Evelyn Wolph 13 12 11-48; to 17 accidents. 6 deaths, and 9 t5ave a rePor' 01 lnc m M injuries the year before. prt'siciems aim council mecuiig The increase came In finite nf ' Weeping Water. the fact that the Oame Commis- Mlsi Evtlvn WoIPh ave slon has civen boatin .-ifetv in- devotions, members read Mrurtion to more than 1.000 Ne- ,I(,me braska youngsters In high schools, 4-H grouns. and scout 6 0! 5! 8 18' boating accidents Li any Indica tion, Nebraskans need further; instruction in boating and wa-' ter safety. I Last year in the state 27 boat-! Ing accident,! resulted In 6! deaths and 12 Injuries compared i totals 27 13-28 22 67 Technical foul Ashland 8 11 7 18 44 Plattsmouth . . 17 17 12 21 NO SCORE Ashland's Dave Schofield, No. 45, didn't have much luck in this try for a goal with Gary Christensen, No. 34, and Ed Frazier, No. 40, of Plattsmouth giving him a bad time. Plattsmouth Reserves won handily, 69-47. BOWLING WOMENS LEAGIE W L Marge St Elmer' 45 21 Doll Hou.5e 41 12 24' Austin's 41 25 Beauty Box 37 ft 28' Bob's Bar 37 29 Culligan's 35 31 Corner Bar 34'2 31 Ms Soennichsen's 34 32 Ruse Motors 33 V2 32 '4 Hinky Dinky 33 33 State Farm 30','2 35H 7 Up 29 '2 36 Vi Bowlero 27 39 Ray's Welding 26 '2 39 'i Kent? Cafe 22 V2 43 V2 Lyman Richey 20 46 Hi game and series, K. Egen berger 212 and 486; hi team game, Austin's 748; hi team ser ies, Beauty Box 2.085. Tractor Savers The Tractor Savers 4-H Club, held its 4th meeting at the home of Douglas and Brian Stander. All members were present but one; roll call was on the number of carburetor settings. A demonstration was given on the setting of a carburetor by Kirby McGill. Mrs. Stander served lunch. Gene Tschirren, reporter. - Journal Want Ads Pay Basketball Scores Plattsmouth 67, Ashland 44. Plattsmouth 46, Tekamah 42. Plattsmouth Res. 69, Ashland Res. 47. Tekamah Res. 48, Plattsmouth Res. 33. Weeping Water Frosh 42, Plattsmouth Frosh 32. Hastings 74, Beatrice 60. Pawnee City 55, Auburn 54. Ashland 53, Missouri Valley 42. Bellevue 50, Boys Town 48. Crete 57, Seward 50. Elmwood 67, Bennet 55. Falls City 57, Tecumseh 48. Johnson 59, Nehawka 41. Holy Name 51, Blair 40. Pawnee City 60, Alvc-Eagle 58 (overtime). Weeping Water 59, Bennington 49. York 66, Beatrice 52. University High 47, Pius X 48. Nebraska City 57, Omaha Cathedral 53. Bellevue 69, Falrbury 59. Lincoln NE 61, Falrbury 51. University High 64, Ralston 48. Auburn 68, Humboldt 56. Panama 52, Murdock 45. Syracuse 62, Louisville 55. A Classified Ad In The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. County Teams In Class C, D Districts Cass County Class C and D basketball teams make their bids in District Tournaments this week. The schedules: Class C at Milford, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; Tecumseh vs. Nehawka, Adams vs. Exeter, Friend vs. Milford, Wilber vs. Weeping Water; at Millard, same days; Bennington vs. Omaha Sacred Heart, Platte vlew vs. Millard, Omaha St. Joe vs. Louisville, Gretna vs. Wav erly. Class D at Lincoln North east, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; Elmwood vs. Mur dock, Malcolm vs. Garland, Avoca vs. Palmyra (Eagle-Alvo plays winner). Busy Bees 4-H WEEPING WATER (Special) The Busy Bees 4-H Club met at the home of Mrs. Arnold Det- g 1 nier. 3 1 This is the eighth year that 2 ! this club has been organized and Mrs. Detmer will again serve as the leader. Election of officers resulted as follows: president, Dorothy Parson; vice president, Mar garet Lorensen; secretary, Mar ilyn Schmadeke; news reporter. Mary Louise Detmer. Other members are Beverly Finley, Patty Patterson, Dlann Rector, Judy Lee and Carol Sch lueter. The girls maeie final decision on the projects they will carry this year. As in the past, the projects will be In the areas of Food, Clothing, and Home Liv ing. Mrs. Detmer served refresh ments at the close of the meet ing. Mary Louise Detmer, re porter. E. Wayne or Wayne Leon Lewis, Rubin Auto Co., Ford; Oary or George H. Rleke, Arm bruster Mtr. Co., Dodge; Robert H. or Kathleen C. Morris, Rubin Whitacker 0 Ballou 0 Burr 1 (47) ft pf 1- 2 0-0 0-2 2- 2 3- 4 3- 7 4- 8 0- 3 3-5 1- 1 0-0 0-0 pts 7 1 2l 2 2; totals 15 17-32 30 Plattsmouth ties. (69) Frazier 9 C. McClanahan 1 Farrell 0 Auto Co., Ford Falcon; Rogers ! Christensen DISTRICT COURT In District Court here Friday, Judge John M. Dierks: Issued a divorce decree In the case Dola H. Tucker Jr. vs. Judith Tucker and awarded him custody of three children. Issued a divorce decree in the case William H. Trlggs vs. Florence Triggs. Small World Isn't It? Why be surprised that the modern world keeps shrinking. Isn't It In hot water most of the time? The Marshalltown (Iowa) Timea-Republican. Guests Clubs Here For Square Dance Plattsmouth Promena ders held their regular dance, F'riday night. The Ralston Checkerboard Square and Jacks and Jills Club of Omaha were guest clubs for the eve ning. Several couples from Ne braska City joined the merri ment. There were 29 couples in all. 1 The Plattsmouth dancers plan to go to Nebraska City Tuesday night and bring home the ban ner. Final plans are underway for the third Annual Square Dance festival to be held March 8 at the High School Auditorium. Hosts for the evening were Oeorge and Dorothy Pohlmeler and Dick and Ronnie Royer. Farm population dropped by one-third from 23.1 million to 15.6 million deom 1950 to 1960. On the average, at least a mil lion people left the farm every year through the 1950'a. 1 farms, Hulac Chev. Co., Chev rolet; Darrel Sudduth, H Si H Chevrolet; Danny E. Stohlmann, Vanlce Pontiac-Cad., Pontiac; Abner Rubin, Rubin Auto Co , Ford; Wayn . E. Schneider, Rubin Auto Co., Ford; John J. or Mildred A. Stones. Rasmus sen Bulck Co., Buick; Willie a. Thacker, R. V. Bryant Mtr. Co., Rambler. Wuelling 0 Bierl 2 Spangier 0 Osterholm 1 Taylor 2 Bourne 0 Richards 3 Smith 1 7-15 1-2 0-0 3-4 3-7 0-0 3-4 0-0 3-5 0-0 5-10 0-1 11 ! troops over the state. 7 1 Dudley O.sborn, Game Com 6 mission boating supervisor, 2 ; noted that it is the adults, how 5 : ever, who own the boats and do 1 mo.st of the operating. 0 Each year the number of boats 2 on Nebraska waters Increases. In 1962 the Commls-sion regi- 47 stered 17,416 boats over a thousand more than the 16,153 25 registered during 1961. 3 The most frequent boating vlo 0 latlon last year was operating 9; a boat not adeouatclv eaulDned 3 i with annroved life lackets. the the Extension Club Creed, Miss Wolph read the club col lect by Mary Stuart and con cluded with the Prayer, at New Year by Helen Marshall. Mi.ss Eleanor Easter told sev eral safety slogans. Mi-ss Evelyn Wolph presented a flag to the club in memory of the late Mrs. Christina Chap pell. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs, Oren Pollard with Mines. Malcolm Pollard and Elizabeth Miller assisting. Nehawka WSCS NEHAWKA (Special Mrs. 4 1 Law enforcement officers and w Nutzman presented the de 3 the Information and Tourism I votions and program at the 2 j Division of the Commission are : met-ting of the WSCS hela Wed nesday anernoon at tne cnurcn. totals 22 25-48 22 69 Ashland Res. .. 8 14 13 12 47 PlattB. Res. .. 24 14 13 18 69 7 helping to promote boating and 0! safety in the field and through the ma.ss media. These efforts, however, cannot eaiure the safety of tho.se afloat. Individuals In a boat determine their own safety, the Game Commission warned. -V "" ',. r r : , , . . .' - ;fc '. ' 1 ! 7 fTTT t , ";;fi7 ' - :. , At . - KOREAN EXERCISE Seventh Infantry Divkion troop debark from a CH-37 MOJAVE helicopter durlnf EXERCISE SEVEN SEAS. The recent exereUe, held near Seoul, Korea, proved once wain tha ability of the modern Army to deploy men and equipment rapidly. The helicopter la a!(ntd to tha 19th Transportation Company at Camp HumphrlM, PyonrUek, Korea. ile-r Scripture reading wus taken from 13th chupte-r-lst Corin thians; 1st John 4-20-21. The program topic was Teach ing Our Children About Race. It pertained to the teaching of color and race to children. Mrs. Floyd Joerger presided. She announced the annual State Conference of the WSCS at the St. Paul Church in Lin coln March 20-21-22. Mrs. Jocr ger is the delegate. Mrs. Harvey Barkhurst gave the results of the Co-op dinner served recent ly. Mmes. Stuart and Robert Sch lichtemeler, John liarkhurst arm Gilbert Fornoff will be the hostesoes for the family night on March. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Nutzman, program chairmen, will present speech and music pupils of the school. Hostesses were Mmes. Charles Bates, Boyd Mayfleld and Har bld Dodson. CAMP FIRE NEWS The Cha-may-kl-ya Camp Fire group met at the home of their leader, Mrs. Richard Jones. President Mary Brink con ducted the business meeting. Next meeting each girl is to bring recipes. We played spin the bottle and Diane Farrell served lunch. Ju dith Ohnoutka,, Scribe. The spending program of the nation may give the next Pre sident many headaches, but the tens of millions of taxpayers will be fellow aufferers. fc -w- v4 .1ya.-J. 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