Mustangs Hold
.Leadership In
Hoop League
Heppner's Mustangs, defending
champs of the Wheat league, served
notice that they again would play
a challenging role in the defense of
their title. Opening league play last
Friday night, the Mustangs edged
out their old rivals, the Arlington
Honkers, by a 19 to 17 score, at the
local gymnasium. This is the fifth
straight win of the current season
by the Mustangs and runs their
string of wins to 44 out of 49 games
Played. , i
Coach Lyle Swenson's Mustangs
grabbed the lead early in the game,
and, although hard pressed through
out, never did yield the lead to the
Honkers. It was a great defensive
contest and neither side could get
in close enough for decent shots,
having to cast away on long shots
the entire time.
Arlington nearly caused the game
to go overtime, as McClaskey shot
a field goal just after the final gun
was fired.
In the preliminary game, the un
der dog Heppner grade school five
upset the freshmen by a 26 to 22
score in close fast playing, gku
zeski led the winners with 12
points.
The next home game will be with
the Boardman Yellowjackets, win
ners over Arlington and Hermiston,
Jan. 19.
SOME WHEAT INSURANCE
PAID IN BIG CROP YEAR
Although Oregon's 1942 wheat
crop was the biggest in many years
from ,the standpoint of per-acre
yields,, growers still collected 65,
450 bushels in indemnities on federal-crop
insurance policies, Clyde
Kiddle, crop insurance assistant at
the state AAA office, reports. '
Of the 4010 insured growers, 568
collected for losses, Kiddle said.
There were 19 causes of loss in all,
with excessive moisture, frost, in
sects, plant disease and drouth do
ing the most damage. Most of the
losses were small, and the total in
demnities paid were the lowest for
any year since the program was
started in this state in 1939.
With March 15 the final date for
insuring 1943 spring wheat, Kiddle
reminded growers in spring wheat
areas that they might sign for in
surance with their AAA commit
teemen during the farm war pro
duction drive now in progress.
Heppner Oddfellows
Visit Lexington Lodge
A delegation of Heppner Oddfel
lows visited the Lexington lodge
Friday evening and participated in
initiation ceremonies in which four
candidates completed the mysterious
road to Oddfellowship. The Hepp
ner group included N. D. Bailey,
Harold Hill, Ernest Hunt, Comett
Green and Lee Howell.
It was the regular meeting night
of both the Oddfellows and the Re
bekahs and following the ritualistic
work both groups enjoyed a feed
put on by the Rebekahs.
POWER OFFICIALS VISIT
Officials of the Pacific Power and
Light company calling on the local
office, Kenneth House manager,
Friday included Homer Beale, dis
trict manager, Pendleton; William
Freitag, district chief clerk, Pendle
ton, and Arthur Thrasher, local
manager at Hermiston.
WOOL GROWERS SCHEDULE
WAR MEETING JAN. 20-22
The 47th annual convention of
the Oregon Wool Growers associa
tion at Baker Jan. 20-22 will take
the form of a "war production con
ference," announce Mac Hoke, pres
ident and Walter A. Holt, secretary
of the association, both of Pendleton.
Producers of lamb, mutton and
wool are to devote themselves to
a working conference in which
they will discuss such subjects as a
supply of wool bags for the 1943
clip, control of predatoiy animals,
retaining an adequate supply of
sheep ranch labor, and practical
operation of livestock marketing
control, the officers announce. High
est production possible is the goal
for 1943.
' One matter causing concern is
how to obtain an adequate supply
of ammunition to allow range
stockmen to control coyotes, par
ticularly on or near the new bomb
ing ranges Indian lands, and other
federally controlleld areas where
they are now showing an alarm
ing rate of increase. Gasoline and
tires for necessary war production
travel will be considered, as will
present or proposed ligeslative ac
tion concerning the sheep industry.
Committees will meet the after
noon of Jan. 20 in advance of the
formal convention program on
Thursday and Friday.
NEW GRANDSON
Leonard Carlson, in town Satur
day, left a note at the Gazette
Times office conveying the infor
mation that an pound boy was
born to iMjr. and Mrs. John DarKl
young man wast welcomed into the
on Jan. 6 at Auburn, Wash. The
world by his grandfather, Dr. John
Darst Mother and child were re
ported doing nicely, according to
word received by Mr. Carlson from
Mrs. Carlson, who was with her
daughter in Auburn.
To buy, sell or trade, use the G-T
CHANGE OF NAME SHOULD
BE NOTED ON SS CARD
La Grande, Jan. 13, (Specialj
Every woman who has married
since she last worked and now is
contemplating re-entering employ
ment should have her social se
curity account corrected to show
her legal name, according to Ver
non A. Welo, manager of the La
Grande social security board office.
"You can do this," said Mr. Welo,
"by going to the nearest field office
of the social security board and
filling out an application for a dup
licate account number card. The
completed application is, then sent
to Baltimore, Md., where social se
curity wage records are kept, and
a duplicate account number card,
bearing the same number as the
original but showing your married
name, will be sent to you."
Welo placed emphasis upon the
fact that a woman should keep the
same account number throughout
her working life, although her
change of name should always be
reported.
More than 2,200,000 extra pairs
of pajamas can be made from ma
terial saved by the simplification
program for men's and boys' pajamas.
When Eating in The Dalles
REMEMBER
JEFF'S CAFE
GEORGE COOK, Prop.
Basketball
HEPPNER
vs
BOARDMAN
Tuesday, Jan. 19
7:30 p.m.
High School Gym.
Prices; 15c, 25c, 50c
Men In Uniform 25c
Boardman has defeated
Arlington and Hermiston
FOR VICTORY-BUY WAR BONDS STAMPS
NINE YEARS OLD FRIDAY!
Friday, January 15, 1943 marks the ninth
anniversary of the Heppner Branch of The
First National Bank of Portland.
Time has justified the foresight and the con
fidence of the people of Heppner and Morrow
County and this bank in providing complete
banking services to this community.
To our customers and friends who have
built this bank we are sincerely thankful
and appreciative Without this support and
community goodwill ve would not have been
able to progress.
As we begin another year, we again invite
livestock operators, business enen and those
who make up the life of this community to
talk over their financial problems with us.
B. G. PINCKNEY, Manager
HEPPNER BRANCH
T
OF PORTLAND
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NATIONAL
BANK