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sentations of merit badRes were the order of the evenln~ as Boys Town's Boy Scout Troops held th«:lr Scout Ni.:ht last month.

Msgr. Nichoias H . 'Vegner. di­rector of Boys Town. welcomed the Scouts. Scouters· and guests. and Mr. Roy Rasmussen present­ed charters to the three Boys Town troops.

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Boys Town Choir Is.Emharked On 18tlf. ual Tour

The Boys Town Concert Choir. under the direction of Msgr. Frnncls P. Schmitt. is now em­barked on lts 18th tour o! haUonal scope which takes them through the Midwest and East before returning home Dee. 9.

Father Wegner also tave special recognition to Mesca Dis­trict Scout Executive Kc.n Brown while Mr. Patrick J. Norton pre-

---sented recognition -to Mr.- Vem. Knoblauch. Post Advisor of Ship 37 • . <~nd Scout Executive Brown recognized Boys Town Ship 37. winner of the Covered

On the 1963 tour, the chorist­ers will present a total of 39 concerts in 32 clUes 1n Iowa. Minnesota. Wi.seonsln. Missouri. Indiana. Michigan, Ohio. New York. Massachusetts. Connecti­cut. Pennsylvania. Maryland and New Jersey. and Ontario. Cana­da.

BC!ore tliey· lett- on- to'UY.'""th·e--- · choristers also presented a pro­gram at West Point. Nebr .. . and taped a program for KUON-TV.

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Wagon Council Regatta. Awards to individual Scouts

were made by Mr. George No­vak.

One Ll!e Scout and one Star Scout award was presented. along with 17 First Class Scout ratln~s. 32 Second Class ratings. and 69 merit badges.

Al Lanxon and Gregg Novak. both of Troop 37. were advanced to Star and Life Scout ratings

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In other awards in Troop 37. the following received First Class rating:

Terry Costello. Steve Cholka, John Gadd. Rosrcr Rotzin~rer. Bon.lface Ruiz and Ed Spengler.

Receiving Second Class Scout rating were Ron Arotln. Larry Dooley. Jesse Duarte. Robert Griego. Mike Kiellsek. Fred Lemmo. Robert McVay, James Mills. Joe Norton. Jim Osborne. Larry Paquette. Kim Rasmussen. Joe Roth. Mike Rotztnger and Francis Stapleton.

Merit badges were earned by the followint members of Troop 37:

Ronald Arotln. Robert Griego. Joe Norton. Joe Roth. Roger &tzinger and Ed Spengler. all tor Citizenship in the Home. In addition. Rotzlnger received a merit badge for canoeing. and Spengler tor first ald.

Merit badges in canoeing were earned by Terry Costello. Jesse Duarte. John Gadd. Mike Kic­llsck. Fred Lemmo. Cal Mlllard. Jim Mllls, James Osborne. Larry Paquette. Kim Rasmussen. Vic Sokol and Francis Stapleton. Sokol also earned a merit badge for rowing.

Other members of Troop 37 earning merit badges were John Browers. Charles Lucas. both for cooking: Al Lan.xon. first aid and cooking. and Randy Ras­mussen. hiking.

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The BoyS Town Concert Choir. now embarked on Its 18th concert tour of national scope shown on stage of the Boys Town Music Hall in a picture taken shorUy before the 1roup left on toW. The Choir, under the direction of Msgr. Francis P. SchmlU, will travel through Midwestern" and Eastern state.s as far as New England before return lng home early 1n December .

the University of Nebraska edu­eallonal televl!ion stallon at r.tncoln.

Members of Troop 49 who re­ceived First Class rating were Roger Hendricks. William Laz­zari. Terrell Marley and Tim Woodhull.

ReceJvlng Second Class rating from Troop 49 were Jim Aaron. Ronald Bryant. Autry Chenault. James McMahon. James Martin. Maryan Novak. Curt Smith and James Ware.

Merit badges in canoeing were earned by James Aaron. Ron:ald Bryant. Autry Chenault. Ro~ter Hendricks. William Lazzari. Jim McMahon. Terrell Marley. Mary­an Novak. Curt Smith and James Ware.

James Martin earned merit badges tor canoeing and camp­illg. Tim Woodhull for canoeing and forestry .and Al Laborln and Larry McNair tor f.orestry .

First Class ratlne wu award­ed to the following members of Troop 89.

James Acklin. Jerry Arvieux. Donald Dowalskl, Phil Lemmo. Forest Neely. Peter Parra and James Pruneda.

Members o! the troop eamln~t Second Class raUng_ were &bert DeJaynes. David Delucantonlo. John GlelUl. Charles Hurd. Stan Lamb. Phillip Lemmo. David Miltenberger and Albert Padilla.

Merit badges ln canoeing were earned by Jerry Anderson. Ron Carle. David Delucantonlo. Dan Donovan. Charles Hurd. Lamont McCarthy. €layton Mohr. Albert Padilla and James Pruneda.

Other merit badges were earn­ed by James Acklin. and Nick Lemmo. for camping and cook­ing: Clarence Bollinger and DOn Kowalski, cooking; William Col­well. scholarship. first aid and forestry; Rchard Gleason. Dick Henderson and Mike Morales. canoeln gand first aid: and Peter Yungbluth. cooking and forestry .

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Neil Fennel Death

Up to the present tlme. the choir bas dven concerts .at De­Witt Iowa: Davenport. Iowa: a televised HJgh Mass at St. Cloud. Minn.: Hudson. Wls.; Stuart.

Boys1Town st•« members and Iowa: St. Louis, Mo.: matinee and eventnr concerts at Indlan-youn,e citizens are mo .. _,_ ... the lls Ind _,_,_. __ Mlch • ~ ~~ apo • .; .Pu.Ju.>~, . •• ~

death of Mr. Nell Fennell. a lonr- troit. Mich.: Sandusky. Ohio. time Boys Town coach. who died and Brantford. Ontario. Canada.

Members of the Boys Town recenUy o! a heart attack. The remainder of the itinerary high school varsity football team Mr. Fennell came to Boys is Naso;_o8~oL.:kewood Civic Audi: swept the elections for class offices 1n the upper classes. with Town in June. 1949, as a coach torium. Cleveland. Oblo. 8:15 aU oUlcers of the senior and 1n the llade school Dinnasium. p. m. junior classes being varsity grid- Before he retired ln 1958 be Nov. 11: St. Theresa Hall. ders. had tau&ht many hundredS of West Roxbury. Mass .• 8:00 p. m.

Boys Town cltiuns to swim Be- Nov. 13: L~ l4eu,orial Audl-In addition. the new presldennt~-=sl::.:d:.:es beinC a fine Instructor. he torlum. Sal~n&. Mass.,_ 8:15 p. m.

of the sophomore-class abo ls o IiO ··C:bea Ui ·- · - a·-sclf- 1 ·- Nov ... t4:. ·Hl~th-Scbool... Audi-thc varsity squad. ~vhn~~;~a~ams~ ~3 :rodu~ torlwn. North Andover. Mass.~

Elected senior class president many a pion 1n the Nebras- 8:~0~· Ts'· HJIIYh School Audl-wa.s DanJel Rlely. Grand Forks. ka-Iowa You t b Swimming ': · · ft ~ 8·15 N. D. A major letterman in toot- League. which be helped orta- torlum, Greenfield. ~uass. . · ball. playing the guard position. nlu. p. ~v. 16: Riftpowam m~ be also serves a.s a Councilman "' and as a Commissioner ln the the past three years. School, Stamford. Conn •• 8:0 Boys Town self-government pro- Carl Cook. Arllnlton. Va •• P·.J:;v. 18: High School Audl-gram. was elected president of the torlum. Honesdale, Pa. 8:00 p. m.

He also served as president of sophomore class. Carl 1s a sub- Nov. 19: HJib School Audi-his jWllor class. and is active in slltute end ~'l.r the

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Scouting. · has won fr...,..man etters ln AOOt-Senior vice-president is Dar- ball and track. as well as a major p.N~. 20: Memorial Auditorium.

rell Oswald. st.a.rtlng r ight half- letter in basketball. · Utica. N. Y •• 8:00 p. m. back for the Cowboys. Darrell. Jerry Mullen. Grand JuncUon. Nov. 22: High School Audl-who came from Mitchell. S. D .• Colo., wu elected sophomore torlum, North Adams. Mass .• ls in his second year as a regular class vice president. and Kenneth 8:00 p . m. on the football team. and also Suddeth. Columbus. Ga., was Nov. 23: High School Audi-bas a major letter in baseball. · named secretary. torlwn. Gloversvllle, N. Y .• 8:00

Like Riely. he serves as a Mark Dopson. I.as Vegas. Nev.. p. m. • Councilman and as a Commi.ss- was elected president of the Nov. 24: Lourdes Hid\ School loner in the Boys Town clty freshman class. while Vlc Sokol. Auditorium PoughkeC"Psle. N.Y .• government. · · What Cheer. Iowa. and Ronald 2:30 and 8:00p.m.

George Buckler. Waldorf. Md .• Allen. Peoria. m .. were named MNov.82050: Boys Club. Pittsfield.

is the class secretary for this vice-president and secretary; re- ass., : p. m. year. George is the starting full- speoUvely. (Continued on pqe two) back for his second year. and is the only two letter winner on the Cowboy squad th1s year.

He also has two major letters in track. participatin& 1n the sprints and the field events. In addition to athletic prowess. he has been a member of both the Boys Town Choir and the Boys Town Band for the past five years. and .is interested in dra­matics.

Jack Kelly. GrOllld ~pids. Mlch.. who plays fullback for the Cowboys behind Buckler. ls the new president of the junior class. In addition to a major letter in football. he won a major letter in track. and freshman letters in football and track. He is an assistant commissioner in the Boys Town government. .

Daniel Cheslre. Omaha. Nebr .• i.s the junior class vice-president .. A substitute halfback on the football team. be also bas minor letters in football and track. Dan

· is the youngest of five brothers who have been Boys 'Town clti­

'--' , zens. His older'brothers. Charles. Tom. John and James. aU have ~n graduated from the Boys Town high school.

Boys Town c1tlien Harry Carnes. seated ln front. provides in­formaUon to Red Cross workers before contributing to the Ameri­can Red Cross BloodmobUe on its 29th vl!it at the field house re­cently. The Bloodmobile payS a visit to Boys Town three times a year to take contrlbuUons from boys who are 18 years of ate, and

Junior c 1 a s s secretary is George Madara. Camden. N. J .• a substitute halfback who won a major letter last year. George broke an arm in an early season game. and has been lost to the team since. He hu been a mem-""- "' • ._,. 'R"••• ,.,.,..'"'"" 'Ron~ fnyo

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A recent visitor to Boya Town was Dr. Wllllam Fay. a member of the Parliament of the state of Besse, the Federal RepubUc of Germany, shown here receiving an Honorary Clt:Jzenshtp certiti­,..t_. frnm Mturr. Nlcholu H. Wemer. director of Boys Town. • •• •

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BOYS TOWN TIMES · Re,lstered ln U. S. Patent Office

Published Monthly at Boys Town, Nebraska, 1n the interest of U1e Jlomeless Boy.

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Concert Choir Now On Tour

(Continued !rom p:a~e one) Nov. 26: Gilbert School, Win­

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Nov. 30: Town Hall. New York City, 2:30 p. m.

Dec. 2: Fordham Prep, New York City, 2:00 p. m.

Dec. 2: Brandt Theatre, Yonk· crs. N. Y., 8:00 p. m.

Dec. 3: High School Auditori­um. Cumberland, Md .• 3:15 and 8:00 p. m .

Dec. 4 and 5: Histh School : . Auditorium, C:amden, N. J ,, · . 8:00 p. m. .._ , ~ . · ·:

Dec. G: Town ll:all, PhUndel- r . phin, Pn., 8:15 p. m. "*-· ·

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Dec. 8: St. Dominic Auditori­um, Cleveland, Ohio, 8:00 p. m .

Six former citizens of 'Boys Town n6w living· in the N cw Eng­land states recenUy fonncd a New En,land Chapter of the Boys Town Alumni Association. The six lads, shown here .. arc. !ront row, A1 LaLonde;- Jac.k Briggs and Al Courchene. Back row, Bob Wat­son Jim Watson and Arlstco CilsWlo. The charter meeting was held • • • at Greenwich. Conn •• on OcL 4.

After their return to Boys Town, the choristers will present a Homecoming Concert for· Boys Town citizens and sruests at the Boys Tqwn Music Hall on \Ved·

One of the most serious problems we face today is the nesday, Dec. 11. Alumni Association Has Chapter In East

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problem of mental illness. Hal! of all the beds in hospitals in They also wlll tape material the United States are occupied by the mentally ill. It is re- for a document.:ary movie now in liably estimated that about half of all patients have emotion- production !or the Northwestern

Bell Telephone Company, after f th M \,..,. f B T Shi al disorders, and that one out of eve'I'"V ten children born now A New England Chapter o c emucrs o oys own P

ill . " which they will plun~c into in· Boys Town Alumni Association 37 and Explorer Post 49 recently

w· some day visit a psychiatrist's office. tcnsive rehearsals for the busY lias been formed. enjoyed a week-end in the wilds. Th h h d Christmas season. 1 1n th H F ld 1 ht ose w o ave rna e a careful study of the problem are Present at a recent meeting to env JC · e omc r ay n It

generally agreed that these mental afflications ve'I'"V often establish the chapter were six and rctumin~ Sunday ni~ht. ·" · Members or Shio 37 canoed are rooted in the childhood experiences of the individual. Two 1963 Grads Sing former Boys Town clUzens now down the Platte River. while They do not come suddenly and without warning. To under- llvim~ in New En~tland. ' me.mbcrs of Post 49 acted as a

ta d th · f th t · f th · d" · d 1, I Bl J k Ch They were Albert Courchcnc. service unit for the ~roup, al-s · n .some lh~ ho e pas experiences o e 1n lVl ua · n Ue aC et oir '58, Somersworth. N.H.: Robert though several of the Post 49

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~"<per1ences w 1c frequently have all but been forgotten by 'Vatson. '48, Medford. Mass.: Jim members took a shot at canocln~. the individual himself. Two 1963 graduates of . tbe w·a~n. '51, East Boston, Mass.: ~etting a thorou~h dunkin~ as ·

The formative years of early childhood are most import- Boys Town high school now in Alfred l.al.onde. '5l, Gr,ccnfleld, their ·canoe overturned while t f tal d r 1 d" t t Th 1 military service with the U. S. Mass.: Arlstco Castillo, 59.-Dor- ne2oUating a rapids.

an ye~ . or men an emo lOn~ a JUS men . . e ove, Navy are members o! the Blue ~ester, Mass., and Jack Briggs, Members o! Ship 37 who made care, trammg, and example the ch1ld receives durmg these Jacket Choir at the u. s. Naval 51, Greenwich, Conn. the trlp were Mack Bailey, l.arry

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years set the pattern for his personality development. Many Training Center at San Diego. Chapter oWcers elec~d were .Littlejohn, Jim LaChapelle, Dave of the heartaches and frustrations of late.r life migp!_b~e_ayoid:. _£aTH

1f :_ i6l~..-:----~--rl·J!lck. Brig~s._pre~!~ent,!.. ~ Swanson.- Ed- Du!.fy,- Henry- So-----

---: --~-- 1cy arc Pa o eman ez and t;aOSffile, v1ce pres1iient: AriS eo kol, Vincent Jankowski, Ed Wil-- e1i~biit-fortne negl~ct-a~a ~istakes during childhood in Charles Baxter. both of whom casllllo. secretary, and Albert son

wh1ch they have theu beg1nnmg. were members of the Boys Town Courchene. treasurer. Bill Melton. Bill Colwell. Ron Th litU child ds 1 d aff t• if h · to · Concert Choir while at the Other Boys Town alumni now Rose, Ernest Fierro. Curt Smith. e e nee ove an cc lOD e 1S enJOY· H P bl . . rl living in· the New En~land area John Groshong, Peter Guild.

a wedsholesomethmentalh. and emotional adjustment. But be ~o Tg~:Al~m~ ~e~~.'~eJr~ ~0[~ were unable to be present at the Chris Urzan. ne more an t lS. He needs to have a feeling of secur1ty experience at Boys Town !or meeting, but have indicated John Browers, Jerry Mullen. beyond that which love and aflcction provide. This feeling !s their selection with the Navy their intentions of becomln~ Doug Charlie, Harry Carnes. Jim undermined in a home environment of parental bickering singing group. member' of the new chapter. Ware, David McConn and Mike and domestic tension. In such a situation the little child Another 1963 graduate who An interest~ !act about the Riordan.

d d. ' . ' bas found his musical experience six former Boys Town citizens Post members on the out~

un erstan mg far better than others realtze, becomes a at Boys Town of help to him 1n who were present at the mcctinst. were Adolph Barton. Robert victim of mixed emotions and conflicting loyalties. the Navy in Donald Penner. all of them. n~w making their Bagley, John Can.fleld, Wayne

n · •tr · thin h ts all t · Now in the Sea Bees stationed homes in New England. is that Lucas. Tom Schroeder, Ro£er d h

lSdsahi aglc b g w then Pf aren h 0 Y' presenf thwon;es at the Builder School at Port only one is a New EnJtlander by Sisson, Dennis Johnson. James an ar ps to o scure e uture appmess o e child. Hueneme Calif Donald writes birth. .He is .. President Jack Kruger, James Manning. Outside tensions and inequities which disrupt the harmoni· that .. Thanks ~ what I have Briggs, who came to Boys Town George Madara. Bob Mont­ous environment of the home create an atmosphere of in- learned ln the Boys Town Band. from Greenwich, Conn .• andre- ~ornery, ~rge Mcintyre, Paul

•t h" h · t d ti to h althful ti a1 I am in the drum and bugle corp turned to h1s home city after be- Marquez, Clark Freeman. Mike st~tuudrl Y. w thlc chlsilndo con uc ve e · em? on at- here. I enjoy it very much." lng gxaduated from the Boys Kennedy, Les Lilly, Cort Schal·

1 es m e · Another former citizen now Town high school · ble and John Straka. A c~ild brought up in such a home atmosphere may not serving in the Navy is Jose Cor- Of the others. James and Bob

bdecometa probthlemt ch~d orb a juyenilteddelintoquthent~h~ld.t Tthh;s doH~ :rft!~l~~dc=i> Pcndlc- :a~oisw~~~e ~~eraz:~~ Larry Paul, a Boys Town hlJtb oes no mean a ser1~us . arm 1S n~ one e . .e ton, Calif., that upon jolnlng the Nebr. Albert Courchene came school junior from Albuquerque,

real damage may remam hidden until years later when 1t !S Navy he became a hospital from Pueblo, Colo.; Alfred La- N. M., was one of 277 students brought out by some mental or emotional crisis the individu- corpsman. Upon graduation from Londc came from Hazel Park. from 49 Nebraska hhth schools al is unable to resolve. It ~ay very well take the form of the hospital corps school he went Mich., and Arlstco CastUlo came who attended the third annual some mental illnMs• to field medical school and wu to Boys Town from· El Paso, Governor's Youth Sa!ety Con-

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cribed as an unhappy youth, and his unhappiness may stem He then went to Okinawa !or back to the home environment of his early childhood. The duty wlth the Marines. Durin~

. his tour of duty on Okinawa he cause of delmquency cannot be found nor the cure pre- went to Jaoan. Korea. the Phil· scribed by a study of surface factors alone. It goes muoh llpine Islands, Hong Kong, Alas· deeper than this. It involves the whole being, body and soul, kn and Hawaii. as well~ environm~~tal factors of many kinds. . . dl~~nnf;' ~s~J~n~t~.:t~~:n~-

It 1S not surpr1smg that the present upward trend m mental iJJness and juvenile delinquency has paralleled a similar upward trend in social, economic, and political ten- Music Students At sions. Living from crisis to crisis makes wholesome mental and emotional adjustment more difficult. But even under Symphony Concerts these conditio~ it is possible to rise above this difficulty if proper beliefs and goals are cultivated and acted upon.

The fact that outside interests often disrupt the tran­quility of the not'nlal home environment does no mean that such must necessarily be the case. More often than not it means that the parents themselves have not been able to make a satisfactory adjustment and so are not able to aid the child. In any event, both the child and society are left to suffer the consequences

Acknowledgement of these facts places added emphasis upon the responsibilities of parenthood. The home exists for the child, not the child for the home. Fortunate indeed is the child whose parents realize this and who make a conscious attempt to place the interest of the child above their own personal inter.ests at all times. . • .

All of these considerations must be taken into full ac­count in ord& to appreciate the magnitude of the problem and the difficulty that confronts us in finding a solution:A wider understanding of this will help to make life happier and more fruitful for pare.nts and children alike. It is un­thinkable that parents having such understanding could fall to make proper use of it. ·

In order to give Boys 'Iown music students a wider apprec­iation of fine music, it has been the custom in recent years to provide an opportunity for a number of such students to at­tend concerts by the Omaha Symphony Orchestra at the Civic Auditorium Music Hall.

Attendlng recent concerts of the SYTnphony have been Steve Cholka. Billy Davis, Ed Sempck. Joe Wilkes, Lauren Carlson. David Hill. J o h n Browcrs, Charles Beckius, Rcnato Korus, Eugene Hudson, Mike Rippling­cr. Jerry Floyd and Stan Noggle.

Two members of the Boys Town music department staff are members of the Omaha Sym­phony. They nrc Mr. Carl Lyon. head of the strings department, who plays first violin. and Mr. James Bell. assistant director of the Boys Town hlsth school band. who olav~ c:l.Arinrt

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ball game between the Cowboya'and Omaha BLshop Ryan at a pep rally held on the Boys Town field a.fter school prior to the game. The Cowboys won the game, played at the Omaha Municipal Stad· hnn ?n.1? ·

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The followlns: article was written by Mr. Wally Provost. SPOrts Editor of The Omaha World-Herald. l)rior to the foot· ball ~tame between the Boys Town High School and Omaha Bishop Ryan High School. It ls reprinted here ln Its entirety by special permission. A hearty "Thank You" from Father Flan­agan's Boys' Home. Mr. Provost!

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WITH only four Nebraska schools on lts 10-game schedule. Boys Town is" not elis:iblc for The World-Herald's top 10 hiJth school football ratings.

That should not obscure the fact that Boys Town may have the best team in the state.

Victims to date include David City Aquinas. 38 to O: Omaha Tech. 30 to 7. and Plus X of Lincoln, 55 to 14.

'Ve'll have an even more solid gauge of Cowboy strens:th after this week's tussle with unde­feated Bishop Ryan. currently No. 2 In the state.

The ~nmc wlll be Dlnyed Thursday evening at 7:30 at Mu­nicipal Stadium.

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Advance RYAN bas knocked off Belle­

vue, 12 to' 6; Scottsbluff. 20 to 6, and North Platte, 28 to 0.

Ryan replaced Omaha West­side as the top 10 runner-up to unbeaten Creighton Prep after Bellevue "licked Westside. 26 to 12.

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A pass interception by M.lchael Adams set the· stas:e for· a 55-14 B · 20. 12 s victory over Plus X HJgb School y - core of Lincoln, Nebr .• as the Cow-boys scored early and often to 1 detent a tough Thunderbolt club. Conch Skip Palrang's CowboyS

Slx plays brought the ball downed a tough Omaha Bishop !rom the Boys Town 40 to the Ryan team, ranked ns the No. 2 Pius 15. Dave Keeder passed to team in Nebraska, 20-12. before Darrell Oswald. but the ball was e crowd of more than 7.000 at caught past ' the end zone. Hurrl- the {)maha Municipal Stadium. cane McCane lost a yard on U1c I The Knl&hts. taking the open­next play, and . Keeder again in' kJck-oU, started out strons:. passed, with Oswald as h1J tar- . chalking up 33 yards good for get. and this Ume it was good, three first downs belorc the with haU the first quarter gone. Cowboy delcnse stWcned. For

Pius was unable to make the rest of the first half. tile downs and punted. The Hurrl· Knights netted only two more cane fielded the kick and ran 69 yards. yards for the next score. . I The first Cowboy tally came

Again the Thunderbolts faUed early in the second frame when to make downs and punted. On George Long recovered a Ryan the first play George Buckler fumble on the Knl&hts' 21-yard sprang loose for 53 yards and the line • third tally. I· ·Five plays later HW'rlcane

McCane and Jack Kelly and Byron McCane went the final Arnold Johnson scored for the seven yards for the first of his Cowboys in the second quarter, three touchdowns of the evenlne. to make the half-time score"42-o.l The Cowboys got two more

The Thunderbolts. who 1ained points late· in the second Quarter only 32 yards nsshln~t and 23 when the Knights, back on thelr yards passln1 in the first ·halt. own 11, had to punt, but the ball setuea down to hard-nosed foo~ salled hls:h into the end zone for ball in the second half. a Boys Town safety. •

Each team scored twice in the McCane went the final two ... ~..,. .... ~ second haU, the Cowboy touch- yards to climax a 44-yard Boys

I downs being by Ed Wickliffe Town march midway In the third and Dave Keeder, and the Plus quarter to make it 14-0 !or the

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Hurricane Byron McCane, veteran haUback for the Boys Town Cowboys. is brought down alter a sizeable gain in the Cowboy game against Omaha Bishop Ryan, then No.2 team in the state. at the Omaha Municipal Stadium. The fleet-footed back scored all three touchdowns in the Cowboys' 20-12 victory over the Knights The other two points came on a safety by Tackle George Long.

pass !rom Mike Kobza. and a run I Ryan made its first touchdown by Bill Dean. Churchill made after officials ruled that a Ryan one extra point .on a pass from punt had touched a Cowboy Kobza, and Kobza ran the other. player and the Knights downed

The Cowboy extra points came the ball on the Boys Town 18. on six placements by Geor~e Len Borcya of the Knights went Buckler and a run by Dan. Che- the final three yards to make it sire. : 14-6.

25 yards in a ."50-yard march to The complexion of the J[ame the goal "for ·tOe first of his two chan•e<J,~:fidly on the first play

Airman First Class . Arthur B T D touchdowns.'. ... 1 of the frame, as Bill Cor-Mason, USAF. a 1955 graduate oys 0Wfi owns Four minutes later Darrell coran rWed a long pass to Adrl-of the Boys Town hhth school. . Oswald snatched a a1.yard pass an Fiala, the pass-run covering ~ocwnently. visited .friends at Boys Pitlsb h F · from Dave .Keeder In the end 68 yards for a second Ryan ..L' urg oe , zone for the.Second tally. On the I touchdown to make it 14-12.

Arthur has sPent the past two previous play. Hurricane Byron After the ensulna kick-off. the years of his mllitary service at .. McCane• a ~touchdown jaunt.. bad Cowboys marched 68 . yards ln Altus AFB, Okla. . In Benefit. Game been nuUI!led by a penalty. nine plays, with HW'ricane Mc­

George Buckler, the powerful Cane 1olng the final ef~tht for Sh f · Cowboy fullback. added a third his third touchdown, to make 1t Or age The Cowboys unleashed a TD 1D the second frame with a 20-12 in favor o! the Cowboys. UNFORTUNATELY, B

0 Y s crushing offensive attack coupl- 10-yard run, and scored again in I

Town never has been able to ed with a bruising delcnsc !or the third quarter with a !our- R C b OF BOYS TOWN'S 19 touch- "ain admission to the Inter.Clty their fifth victory of the season. yard plunge. The touchdown had ampaging OW OYS

downs to date, nine have been ,.. a 38-0 win over South Hllls been set up when Oswald re- . scortd by Byron McCane. a 190- LeaJ:Ue. There lm't even room Catholic. defending chamDiOns of covered a Plttsbur&h fumble on R k u s· lh w· •

pound six-footer !rom Cleveland. for ~ys Town in the expanded the Pittsburgh Class AA Catholic the Cowboy 46. aC p lX m Obi H in ,_ th -"' ~ d metropolitan conference planned League. , The Cowboys scored twice · ho~ toe t!Jce~: soci~ ~~~~ for introduction in 1964. more in the final frame both Coach Skip Palrang's Co bo

The quarterback 1s Joe Smith. It appears the Cowboys are 10~~ f::;"it l~~-cdSta~?ri.e tallies coming as a"-result o! pass staved oU an early threarbyy: Sprlns:fleld, Ohio. who 1s learn- being squeezed completely out was the annual benefit for the interceptions. determined crew !rom O'Gorwan ing the trade of tailor. of the metro football l)lcturc. ' Pittsburgh Firemen's Widows' Kenneth Geddes. sophomore . Rlgh of Sioux Falls. S. D., to

Teamln~ with McC .. ftA at half- That makes Thursday Dlrht s Pension Fund end, pWered a Rebel pass early rack up their sixth victory of -- • ow'" ---- appearance at Mulclpal Stadl- · in the frame, returnin& it 50 the season 25·0

back lJ Darrell Oswald. Mitchell. um a rare and spec:W occasion. The Cowboys roamed almost yards to the South Bills 30 . • ·

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S. D.. a cottage commissioner U you don't have school kids at will against the Rebels. while Johnston went over from the siX: The Knights were inside the -----~d. a_«:9~Cl).n}BJ\J~ _ .1..A.IILyour_own_to..root.!or-thls sea-. tbelr_defense...hel~the...PJ)DOnents -A-few_minutes- later-Keeder. q~!..bo~-~h·~ardPllnre )!}._ th

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seU-government proJO"am. son. Skip Palrang's boys would ":'ithout a first down unW the intercepted another Rebel pass. utu ~er ~ en a """g ey re-•

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No. 1 man al fullback is welcome your support at this fmal play of the third quarter. ret~ from the Cowboy 45 · covered ~- Boys Town fumble on Gcor"e Buckler, a husky from important contest. The Rebels only had two more to the South ums 18. On ' the : the Cowboy·35. A pass from Ol­Wnldorf. Md., who bas partici- There always 1s a shortage of first downs, all three coming on next play Keedcr fired to Me- :.son to Co&ley put the ball on the pated In band and choir the past parents In their pep section. passes. . Cane on the five, from where 20, and four rushing plays five years and also Is Interested Wally Provost. The Cowboys struck early, as the Hurricane went over !or his brought the ball to the Cowboy in dramatics. Sports Editor Arnold Johnston raced the final 13th touchdown of the year. I eighT t. Robb'-- thr

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Reminder THE FAME of Boys Town is

such that a mother recently sent two sons halfway across the nation by bus. askln.: that they be placed ln the home directed by Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner.

The city's heart went out to the youngsters.

Perhaps the incident was a

incompleted pass on fourth down gave the Cowboys the balJ on their own 14. ·

I With the ball on the ~. Dave Keeder uncorked Ule first o! three touchdown passes. this to Halfback Darrell Oswald. who c:auaht the ball 25 yards down field and scooted the rest of the way for the first score~

That was all the scoring !or needed reminder that Boys Town .•. ~ the first hal!. .

In the third Quarter Oswald c:a.rrled to the O'Gorman one.

1' where be was hit hard. the ball ,...":.111'"' ;. , squlrtlna !rom his bands to be

is populated by lads of slmUar ' backs:round~"boys w h o arc homelC$$. nc.:leeted or under­

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Misfortune COACH SI{D) P ALRANG'S

starting lelt end is Tom LaBlanc who came hCTe from Minneapolis in December of lOGO a!ler spend­inn nine ye.ars in 1>rphanages and boarding homes.

The left JtUard assl2nment is held by Daniel Riely. who ar­rived at Boys Town in Septem­ber, 1958.

He was one of six chihlren in a Grand Forks, N. D .• family. Because of the mother's Ulness and an Industrial ac:cldent in whlc:h the father lost a le.:. it was Impossible to ~P the brood together.

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recovered by the Knl&hts. The set-back was only temP­

~~~~~~r· orary though. as moments later ~ Fred Newman Intercepted a

Knight pass on the 13. Geors:e Buckler carried to the three. and

. went over on the next play to · I make lt 12·0. •

r. Kecder's passins: arm brou$tht the third tally early in the final flame u he hit Kenneth Geddes In the end zone from 30 yards out and Buckler kicked the ex­tra point.

Hurricane Byron Mc:Cane, used sparinlly because of a bruised

Senior lettermen on the Boys Town Cowboy football team, who serve as ~am captains during shoulder, failed to score !or the' the season. are shown above with Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner. director of Boys Town. and Athletic first time this season. but he set Director and Head Coach Maurice B. "Skip Palra ng. Kneeling are End Tom I.aBJanc: and Halfback up the final touchdown as he Hurricane Byron McCane. StnndlnJ: are Quarterback Joe Sm1th. Tackle Geor~e Long, Coach Pal- raeed 32 yards to the 20. from rang, Guard Dan ·Rlely. Father Wegner, Fullback George Buckler. Center Larry Lowell and HaU- where Keeder threw to Oswald back Darrell Oswald, Mlsslng when the picture waa taken was Tackle Tom Robbins. with 15 seconds left.

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BOYS TO\VN TIMBS •

November 8, 1963 •

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Eighty-Five Boys Have Birt-hdays

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During November One o! the lars:cst groups in

Boys Town history will cele­brate their birthdays durin.: the month o! November.

Elghty-flve citizens. repre· senlln~: 25 stntes. comprise the November $:roup. Included arc 24 grade school pupils and 61 high school students.

The ~rade school celebrants are:

Nov. 2: Keith Hyde. ChiCJl$tO. Ul.. Donald Kowalski. Colwn· bus. Nebr., and Robert Sackett. Hopkinton, Iowa.

Nov. 3: Edward Kolbn. Bay City. Mich. .

Nov. 5: Michael Barton, St. Paul. Minn.

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· Nov. 6: Bill Dover. Kansas City. Mo. · Nov. 7: Charles Ripple, Fre-mont, Ohio. ·

Nov. 10: James Acklin. Cham­paign, W., and James Cllber, Altoona. Pa.

Nov. 11: Joseph Ortiz. Kansas . City, Mo. ··

Nov. 13: John MsHugh. Des Moines. Iowa.

· Members and leaders of Boys Town Ship 37 who won the Fall Regatta ~Covered Wagon Coun· cll recently. Kneelln~. trom left to right. are Doug Charlie, Larry LitUejobD, James LaChapelle and Assistant Crew Leader Ed Duffy. Second , row. Dave Swanson. Mike Riordan, Assistant Crew Leade.r Ron Rose. John Browcrs. Assistant Crew Leader Jerry Mullen. William Colwell, Skipper Mr. Joseph Bonncmler. Senior Crew Leader Chris Urzan. Deputy Senior Crew Leader Harry Carnes. First Mate Mr. Rudy Vlcek, Commlttee Chairman Mr. Verne Knoblauch, Vincent Janko.wsld and James Ware. Back row, Bill Melton, Peter Guild, Crew Leader Dave McConn, Harold WUson. As· slstant Crew Leader Ernesto Fierro and Curt Smith. Missing from the picture. but ass1stlng with the Reptta, were John Groshong and Crew Leaders Mack BaUey and Henry. SokoL

Nov. 16: Ron Presnell. Salem. Ore.

Nov. 18: L3wrence Staley. Charles City. Iowa.

Nov. 19: Patrick O'Reilly. De­troit. Mich.

Danny And Ronnie Are Home At Last

Nov. 21: Andrew Jaskiewicz. Two yo·ung lads whose mother Chicago. m. sent them halfway across the

Nov. 22: Pat Coggins. Denver. nation so they could have a home Colo. at Boys Town are now cltl:rens

Nov. 25: Kenneth Freeman, of Father Flana~an·s B o y ~ Caruthersville, Mo. Home.

Nov. 27: Roger Boyd, Kansas They are Danny Presnell. 12. City, Mo.; Robert Gorist. Omaha. and Ronnie. 10, whose mother Nebr .• and Michael Taylor, St. put them on a bus at Salem. Ore .• LoN~~. w::· Gary Engel. Bay City, with a letter to M.sgr. Nicholas Mich .• and \Vendell Wright. Opa H. Wegner requesting the Boys Lo k Fl Town director to .provide her c a. a. ith h

Nov. 29: Joe Pappan, Omaha. sons w a orne. Nebr. The mothers' letter to Father

Nov. 30: Jim Wolfer. Kansas \Vegner sald: City, Mo. .,With the ·a:raoe of God I

B!Kh School Boys . would be in deep appreciation if The high school celebrants are: you would care and «Uide my Nov. 2: John Kelch. Worthing- chUdren, Danny and Ronny.

ton. Minn.: Joseph Krzyzanlak, "I am in poor health and un· Elyrb, Ohio, and David Loar, able." Davenport. Iowa. Arriving at Omaha during the

Nov. 4: Robert Calderon. Des night of Sept. 19, Danny and Moines. Iowa: Robert caldwell, Ronnie were turned over to Denver. Colo.; Kelvin Jensen. Doudas County Juvenile Court. Fort Dodge, Iowa. and Dennis asking that Boys Town be per­Johnson, Omaha. Nebr. mitted to provide the boys with

Nov. 5 Jerry Blllinesley Grand a home. in accordance with their Junction. Colo. mother's wishes. ·

. Nov. 6: Louis Grucza, Buffalo. Jud$tc Hart ruled, however. N.Y .• and Daniel Irslk. St. John. that the boys. were under the ~v. 7: Emesto Fierro. El jurisdiction of his court. and Paso. Texas: 'Russell Wiese. that a formal hearing would be Everly. Iowa. and Bracy Young. :;~~before placement was Enid. Okla. J d H ..~ ed Nov. 8: James Geisler. Peoria. u ge art tran~err the

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At Ak-Sar-Ben Fete Sea Explorer Post 37 o! Boys

Town again this year was select· ed to usher at the coronation ceremonies of the King and Queen o! Ak.Sar-Ben at the Ak.Sar-Ben Coliseum in Omaha recently. ·

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Cowboy Roadrunners Win Two Dual Meets

Boys Town's cross country runners, directed by Coach George Pfeifer, have made a name for themselves and .for Boys Town durin.: recent weeks at three meets. wlnnln$t two dual meets. and placlnsc fourth in the Metropolitan cross country meet.

In a dual meet with Bellewe. Bob, Walsh took first place, and Frank Rodriquez was second.

Other Cowboy nznners placing we.re Vern Juan, 4th; Clem Mar­quez. 5th; Mel Gardner. 6th: Mack Bailey, 7th. and Dave Loar was lOth.· .

Three Scout l'roops . Enjoy Weekend Outing

Members of Boys Town's three Boy Scout troops, Troop 37. Troop 49 and Troop 89, enjoyed a week-end camporee recently. The Scouts left the Home early Saturday· morning, in an area on the Boys Town Dounds. close enough so ·they CQuld return for religious services Sunday morn­ing.

A1ter services they went back to their camp. returning home for lunch Sunday. ·

The boys hlkcd to their se­cluded camplng spot. set up the.ir tents. and spent the week~d as Scouts should--5COUTING.

Post Advisor Ralph Bock and a few of hls Explorers of 'Post 49 brought alonst their cook wagon and provided the good food. Fresh alr and acUvlty pro­vided the appetites, and all had a wonderful time.

The next project !or Boys Town Scouts ls the annual Scout torium. •

At this year's Exposition. Scout troops will show their skllls hi Scouting and merit badge sub­jects.

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Unusual Exhibit One of the most unusual stamp

issues in the world . ls that of. Ton$ta, .. The Friendly Islands'' ln the South Pacific.

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round stamps. prlnl~d on s:old foil. commcrnoraUns:'' the first ROld coinage of Polynesia. The Boys Town PhllnMatlc Center has a set o! these stamps on dis· play, a portion of which are pictured elsewhere on this page of The · Times ..

There are 13 values. Shown are the fronts and backs of the three values of a Quarter Koula. Half Koula and One Koula.

Stamp collectors in the United States can buy the stamps and Import them for their collections but coin collectors cannot import the gold coins, of which the stamps are a replica.

The restrlcUon acainst the gold coins 1s the result of the United States· gold act of 1933 which makes it unlawful to 1m· port into the United States any gold coins minted after 1933. Also, it is Wegal for Unl~ States cltluns to own such coins. either in this country, or abroad. The United States is the only country in the world with such a law. .

At the tlme of the issue of the Tonga coins, it wa.s thought their importation· into the · United States might be permitted be­cause of their numismatic value. but Mr. Leland Howard, Director of the OUicc of Domestic Gold and SUver Operations. ruled otherwise.

So many requests !or per­mission to import the coins were received by Mr. Howard's o!fice that a forzn letter was dlstrl· buted by that offlce stating .,A decision has been made that these coins do not meet the cri· teria established by this office !or the importation of gold coins under the provisions of SecUon 54.20(d) of the Treasury Depart­ment Gold Regulations."

Tonea. the only country in the world with no lnternal or ex­ternal debt. sUll Issues gold coins. By the Gold Act of 1933, .the United States government in· tended to stop the flow of gold from this country, but coin col· lectors were not permitted to buy them in this country.

Stamp collectors. on· the other hand, can buy as many sets of stamps as they can afford. which ls equivalent to sendlnc money outside the country !or the gold coins.

By issuing the stamps.· which arc replicas o! the gold coins. on

• W.: 'Villlnm Hayden and David boys on Sept. 24 to the home of Hollins. Council BhaHs. Iowa. the Rev. WUUam Pounds: assist­and Larry McNair, Santa Fe. ant rector of St. Andrews Epis· N M. copal Church in Omaha. and on

- ·- -:Nov .. 9: Ralph.Harper,..Bowllng. J)~t. 28 _to_J!oy~~OYfll_O_n_a_~m:. . Green. Ky .• and Michael Mo- porary basis. L

gold foil, the ~overnment o! Ton­ga profits from the receipts of money from American collectors. ~~lle.ba1t_tJ)~-~m.~_ft.!~1ed· ~~O~P: __ _ precia e amount o go eaves

rales. Omaha. Nebr. At the formal hearing, held Nov. 11: }.fichael Goad. Chi· Oct. 9, Judge Hart approved per-

cago, Ul. manent placement !or Danny and Nov. 12: Joseph Buckler, Wal· Ronnie at Boys Town. where

dorf, Md.: Richard Posko, Chi· they now have joined 900 other cago. Dl.; Levi 'Vebster. Omnha. la~ as citizens of Father Flann­Nebr .. nnd Harold 'Vilson. Twin gan s Boys' Home. Fallis. Idaho.

Nov. 13: Mike Adams. Peoria, 111 •• and John Summers. Lincoln. Nebr.

Nov. 14: Santiago Hernandez. Laredo, Texas. and Richard Mot­fit. Hobbs. N. M.

Nov. 15: Richnrd Dickey, Os­kaloosa. Kens.: Steven Melville. Valdosta. Ga., and Roger Rose. PonUac. Mich.

Nov. 16: Raymond Morris. Ot­tawa. Ill., and Earl Simms, Au­burn. Nebr.

Nov. 17: Ray Allen. Peoria. Ill.: :Mike Briard. Omaha. Nebr.: Harry Jenkins. Alexandria. Va .• and Fred Newman. Yakima. Wash.

Nov. 18: Robert Van Nett. Minneapolis. Mlnn~

Nov. 20: Frank Dolincheck. Barberton. Ohio. and William Vinton. Tombstone. Ariz.

Nov. 21: Jim Coyle. Cblca$to. Ill.: Lawrence Dunham, Council Bluf1s. Iowa; Robert Garcia and Lawrence Karlow. Chicago. m.: Enrl Sanders. Ashland. Nebr .• a.nd Kenneth ·Schieber. \Vabasb. Ind. .

Nov .. . 23: Clement Marquez. Pueblo. Colo.; James Simmonds.

Mike Kennedy Is '63 Taple ~ennis Champ ·

Mike Kennedy is the 1963 Boys Town high school table tennis champion. ~

In the finals. Mike defeated Tom Campbell, 2-18 and 21·15.

Others reaching the semi­finals were Jerry Carle and Mike Goad. . ·

Van Dam, BatUe Creek. Mich. Nov. 24: Bill Dorrah, · Sioux

City, Iowa. · Nov. 26: Tommy James. Al-

buquerque, N. M. · Nov. 27: Ed Caraveo, Phoenix,

Ariz.: Dennis Diemert. \Valhalla. N. D.: James Melville. Valdosta. Ga.: John Peetz. Albuquerque. N. M .• and Michael Pykola, Chi· casco. m. ,

Nov. 28: Ronnie Chavez. Del Norte. Colo.: Glander Garcia. Albuquerque. N. M.: Milt Moss. Pueblo. Colo.. and Henry Sokol. What Cheer. Iowa.

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One of the most unusual stamp Jssues in the world is that of Tonga. •'The Friendly Islands" in the Pac.Wc. The stamps, some of which are pictured here1 are printed on gold !oll, and are replicas of ~.ha! co~t:r.Ts _Jold COJ:DS· The Boy~ :f9~ PhllaMaUc Center has

that country.

Three Students Get On-The-Job Trafuing

Three Boys Town students are g a 1 n in g valuable on-the-job training in production printlnst. -They are Lewis Barnes. Jim Freeman and Jim Garringer, who have been working in the production shop in which Tho Boys Town Times is printed, and other printing !or the Home 1s produced.

Barnes. a junior from Augusta. Ga., is a presman on the crew. With two years o! trainin~ in the Boys Town trade school print shop. be spent the summer tlme working in· the production shop. and now, in addition to his trade training, he spends several hours · each night a1ter school in the shop. .

Freeinnn, a senior !rom Kan­kakee, Ul.. is pressman and lino­type operator. With two years of training . in the trade school. be spends his 1ull period of trad~ training on the job. .

Tbe third member o! the crew 1s Jim Garringer, a junior trom Kansas City, Mo., who is the­machinist and also J.s leamln~ the pressman's trade. His recular-•- · ...... ..... -··-'-·-··-

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