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Page 8 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 11 , 1 951 Prairie City Falls Before Heppner50-0, Umatilla Next Heppner's Mustangs opened things with a bang Friday when Wendell Connor took Prairie City's opening kickoff and gal loped 84 yards for the first touch down to set the tempo of the game. The Mustangs wound up the afternoon track meet on the long end of a 50 to 0 score. Coach Hal Whitbeck used re serves entirely during the 2nd and 4th quarters, and at other times during the game which was played on the Prairie City field. Ball carriers on touchdown plays were Jack Sumner (2), on drives of 14 and ,6 yards. Jack Wagner (2) on runs of 28 and 4 yards. Lynn Rill, 13 yards; Ro land Taylor, 1 yard and Gary Connor on a 17 yard pass from quarterback Jim Smith. The Mustangs tackle Umatilla Friday In their second home game scheduled to start tit 2:15. Whitbeck stated he expects a close game as it is usually a grudge battle and will probably be a passing game on Umatilla's part. Heppner won last year 19-6. All Heppner boys are In good condition and a wide-open game is assured. From where -, People around here need lots of small change these days what with candy, gum, cigarette and soft drink machines . . . pay phones . . and those penny sales taxes. Used to put a strain on our bank. Changing money took up a lot of time. Then the Chief Teller Happy Wilson, read about another bank uuingf a "help yourself" change system. The directors de cided to see if it would work here. Thoy set out some big shallow bowls full of nickels, dimes and pennies with a sign saying "makb your own change." Works fine, Copyright, Fire Prevention ft, J 1 Fire INSURANCE Has Changed, Too! Today Broad-Coverage Policies Cost You Less Money Modern fire protection plus a growing awarness of fire safety on the part of owners and the public has acted to cut down fire losses so that today you can pay considerably less for fire insurance. Here you can pay fire and casualty insur ance, short term or long term, tailored to fit your individual needs. We'll be glad to talk it over with you without obligating you, of course. Marvin R. Wightman FERTIL HEPPNER STATION Morrow Co. Grain Growers Lexington Appliance Dealer Wins Cuba Trip In Sales Contest Mervln "Red" Leonard, man ager of the Lexington Implement company received word early this week that he had won a trip to Cuba for he and Mjs. Leonard as a prize in a statewide sales con test for International Harvester freezers and refrigerators spon sored by the Harper-McGee com pany, Portland distributors for the appliances.' The Leonards will leave Port land by plane November 3 for Miami, Florida where they will be joined by other district winners and from there will be flown to Cuba for a three-day stay. The tour will end back at Miami November 12. The Leo nards will return home via New York and Chicago and will be away from Lexington about three weeks. The Lexington firm was In com petition with dealers throughout Oregon and southern Washing ton. AdmrtUtmmt I $t...Jy Joe Marsh Our Bank Says "Help Yourself loo. At the end of the day the totals are never more than a couple of cents under or over the right amount. From where I sit, folks every where are pretty much alike, al though they may seem different Farmers and city folks, Republi cans and Democrats, those who en joy a glass of beer occasionally and those who prefer something else we all usually try to live up to the trust others have in us. 1951, United Statet Brewers Foundation Week October 7 to 1 Wightman Agricultural APPLY NOW NOW AVAILABLE 20 NITROGEN Jit ACROSS COUNTRY the seven room house shown on the truck was moved nearly three quarters of a mile last week when Gordon Westwood of Pendleton picked it off a basement on the Howard Cleveland ranch on Willow creek and set it down on the Wilkinson ranch. It was necessary to cross the creek twice on the trip, but not even a brick in the fireplace show ed any damage. It will be occupied by Dick and Virginia Wilkinson. 4-H Club Winners Continued from page one nert received a camera which is presented anmaally to the high est scoring individual In the con test, by Country Gentleman, farm magazine. She also received a full scholarship to the annual 10-day 4-H club summer school from the P-I management. Summary of team placings: FIRST, Morrow county, Oregon: Ronald Currin, 15, Deane Graves, 15, and Eddie Brosnan, 13,. all of Heppner, 1,849.1 points. SECOND, Lincoln county,. Washington; 1, 826.3 points. THIRD, Kittitas county; Washington, 1,795.2 points, FOURTH, Sherman coun ty; Oregon, 1,787.4 points. The Morrow county team also placed two of the three members among the top ten in individual placing. In fifth place was Ron ald Currin with 636.3 points and Deane Graves who placed ninth with 628.3 points. There were also numerous Heppner and Morrow county 4-H clubbers who placed in the 4-Hi wool exhibits at Pacific Inter national, among them were: One-half blood, First, Johanne Wilson, Heppner, who also won a seventh in this class; fourth, Marvin Wightman; eighth, Peg gy Wlghtman; tenth, Janet Wightman. Three-eights blood, Ronald Baker, lone placed fifth and Johanne Wilson 6lxth. 3 Be Careful ! ' Service Heppner IZER yz ' - . 4 nn Crawford Funeral Continued from Page 1 uating from Heppner high school. He was a past Exalted Ruler of the Heppner Elks Lodge. He was married to Frances King In 1938 and they have one son James, who during recent years has been living with his mother In Portland. Besides his son and former wife, he Is survived by five sis ters; Mrs. Everett Hayes, Joseph; Mrs. LeRoy Jones, Hoquiam, Washington; Mrs. J 0. Turner, Mrs. R. B. Ferguson and Mrs. Leo nard Schwarz all of Heppner, two brothers, William Vawter Crawford, Boise, Idaho and Ar thur Crawford of San Francisco, California. Services were held at the Phelps Funeral Home in Hepp ner with Rev. Earl L. Soward offi ciating. Interment was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. HOSPITAL NOTES NEW ARRIVALS To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dex eter, Condon, a baby girl, born October 5, weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. To Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Olson, Heppner, a baby boy born, Octo ber 7, weighed 8 lbs. 84 oz. To Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Culver, Heppner, a baby girl, born Octo ber 10. MEDICAL Robert Burns, Monument, dis missed; Marvin McNeill, Kinzua, dismissed; Mrs. Cora" Foshee, Spokane. MINOR SURGERY Mrs. Edith Massey, Heppner, dismissed. OUT PATIENT Robert Huntington, Fossil. Mr. and Mrs. Al Hiatt their daughter, Mrs. Pauline Wales and son and daughter-in-law of Hebron, Indiana arrived Tues day for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hastings. Mrs. Hiatt is a niece of Mrs. Sam Mc Daniel, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Les Wyman will go to Portland Friday evening to attend the football game between the University of Washington and University of Oregon. They will also attend the Pacific Interna tional Livestock Exposition be fore returning to Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Van Hubabrd are in Portland this week to at tend the Pacific International Livestock show. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Beavers, nee Patricia Mahoney, are the parents of a son, William Patrick at Hollywood Presbyterian Hos pital, Hollywood, California on Monday, October 1. Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Keene and family returned home October 3 from Grand Forks, B. C. with his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell who had spent the summer with her daughter, Mrs. Effie Crow. She will be at the home of another daughter, Mrs. Arnie Keene. Mrs. Mary Van Stevens return ed Monday from The Dalles where she spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Ruth Shane. Mrs. Francis Mitchell motor ed to Hood River Saturday to vi sit her brother, Vawter Parker and family. John Brosnan is a patient at St. Anthony's hospital in Pend leton. 1 A. E. Glidewell OR A. R. Walls PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS At Hotel Heppner First Wednesday of every Month 2:00 pan. to 4:00 pjn. Office In Lobby BepreMnting ELMER FBTTZKE ACCOUNTING SEHV1CE 244 Main St Phone 6441 HennUton. Oregon Mr and Mrs. Robert Kelley re turned early this week from Nor folk, Va. where he recently re ceived his discharge from the navy. Mrs. Kelley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ferguson. They plan to run the Ferguson ranch on Willow creek. Mrs. James Boland and daugh ters Mary and Theresa, of The Dalles are here this week to vi sit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pirl L. Howell. The Bolands are mov ing to Portland soon where- he has been transferred. Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Boland spent Tuesday shopping in Pendleton. Weekend guests of Mr.- and Mrs.. Fred Parrish were their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Parrish- and son, Ricky, and Corlan Thompson of Portland. . Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ferguson. Rosemary and Kevin visited at the Gene Ferguson home. Dick is to report to Seattle next week to serve In the Navy as Aviation Electronics Technician. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tetz and son, Stephen, of Independence spent the weekend in Heppner with their daughter, Mrs. William Labhart and family. Mrs. Earl Gilliam left Sunday for Portland where she will spend the week attending buyers mark et. She was taken to Arlington by Mr. Gilliam. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker re turned Sunday evening from Portland. Mrs. Baker spent the past week in the city and Mr. Baker drove down after her Fri day evening. Returning by way of the Evergreen highway they visited the museum at Maryhill. Mr. and Mrs. James Johnston returned Sunday from a vaca tion trip to California. In Portland they visited with his sisters, Mrs. Frank Gentry and Mrs. Dick Sperry and their families. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vince Stingle who stayed in Heppner looking after the Johnston child ren, have returned to their home in Arlington. For the past year, automotive writers, engineers and owners have been raving about a new kind of automatic driving and here's why you get it only in Ford Cars: All the power you need Th automatic drivt torn can offer you b a torau converter which multiplies toraue with out the in of jean, hi advantage a a smooth flow of power. It disadvantage it a tmaller range of torque multiplication which requires more power from the engine and an uneco nomical axle ratio which Increases costs. Other cars offer an automatic drive that automatic gears (as illustrated in simplified form at right) Instead of a torque converter. The advantage her Is more "go," more con trol and greater economy. The disadvantage b that this system b not as smooth, nor at erk-free as o torque converter. Sea our selection of I USED CARS Rosewall Motor Go. GT OFFICE CLOSED The Gazette Times office will be closed this weekend from 2 o'clock Friday until Monday mor ning. The publishers, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penland will leave Thursday for Portland to attend a meeting of the Ad manager's division of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers association. Copies of the paper will be a vailable at the hotel. ' o Mrs. Howard Gilliam and daughttr, Mary Kay, returned to their home in Baker Saturday after spending several days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake and with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gilliam. Mrs. Les Wyman drove to Pendleton Thursday to spend the day on business and pleasure. Here from Monument Thurs day were Mr. and Mrs. Milton Morgan and sons and his mother, Mrs. William Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pyle of Brighton arrived in Heppner Thursday to visit for a few days with his sister, Mrs. Allen Case and Mr. Case. Charles Peterson, Portland, re turned to the city the first of the week after spending a few days here deer hunting. Mr. Peterson was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown and sons made a business trip , to Pendleton Friday. 1 I HIBBBiVBHBBBHIiLBHHflEBIHBSEflHI Sunday shows continuous from 1 p.m. . All shows except Sunday start at 7:30 p.m. Ticket office open every evening until 9 o'clock Thursday - Friday - Saturday The Fireball Mickey Rooney, Pat O'Brien Excitement . . . thrills . . . hilarity ... on the Roller Raceways! Sun-Mon Rich, Young and Pretty Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, Fernando Lamas; A treasure of a tune-filled, Tech nicolor, romance. Tues-Wed Air Cadet Stephen McNally, Gail Russell; Uncle Sam's Birdmen in action. PLUS Football Thrills Movies Are Better Than Ever when you need itl uses en, ecnuohu ond km r? n n rrw-NT- Joe Snyder who recently under went a major operation at St Vincent's Hospital in Portland is convalescing at the home of his niece, Mrs. Oscar Kayler in Mo llala. Mrs. Snyder is there with him. They expect to return to Heppner in about a week. . Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beckett and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson left Tuesday by motor for Coos Bay where they will spend some time with Mf. and Mrs. Tyndall Robi son. The Robisons, former Hepp nerites, lived in Mt. Hebron, Cal. until July of this year when they moved to Coos Bay and are now operating a tourist court there. Mrs. Clara B. Gertson and Mrs. Pearl Devine were among those from Heppner attending the flow er show sponsored by the Garden Club at lone on Sunday after noon. Ray Baker motored to Hills- boro during the weekend after his wife and their foster daugh ter, Lynn Lyons. Mr. Baker is employed by the county and they will make their home in Hepp ner. Mr. and Mrs. George N. Perry of Pendleton spent the weekend in Heppner visiting her son, Jesse C. Payne and Mrs. Payne. George Hinton of Ordnance stopped briefly in Heppner Satur day en -route to Wilson Prairie for deer hunting. THEATRE ALSO Cavalry Scout Filmed in Color; Rod Cam eron in a dandy western. It gives you instant "GO" It practically drives itself I 1 ButFbdotnctfo Yet. Faro-oman? km a torque converter plus automatic gears. It brings you only the advantages of both drives. Unlike cars with only a torque converter (which start and cruise all in one drive gear), Fordo matic starts fast and smooth in Intermediate Gear then shifts itself into Drive Gear. w cto.i;. iriw' Mr.,. F.f '
