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age 8 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 8, 1953 Echo Again Drops Mustang Hoopsters Heppner high school's Mustang basketball squad began play after the holidays by dropping their first game to Echo 54-45 and then winning from Boardman 54-47. In the Echo encounter the local boys showed much improvement over their previous game with the Cougars which they lost 67-33. The first half of the Echo game was close with Echo gaining a 1510 lead at the end of the first quarter, but with both squads scoring 10 points in the second. Heppner dragged its feet after the half to fall behind 45 to 32 but came back strong in the final stanza to dose the gap to 54-45 nt the end. High point men for Heppner were Jack Sumner with 1G and Mike Grant with 12. The B squad won their game 41 30 with Dick Kononen potting 14 points for Heppner. On Tuesday the Mustangs traveled to Boardman and came out on top the Yellowjeckets with a score of 54-47. The game was close until the half with BoanJ- man having a two point edge ai the whistle, 2018. During the 3rd quarter Heppner gained, though and coasted during the last quar ter. Jack Sumner and Bill Hughes each made 11 points for the vic tors, A Big Wheat League contest is scheduled for this Friday when the Mustangs host the Rufus five. Tuesday night the Heppner squad meets Boardman on the floor with the Rufus game sche-1 zation. Ponies Train For Echo Tilt Saturday The Heppner grade school Ponies took to the basketball court again last Tuesday in pre paration for the Echo grade school squad who will play them here next Saturday at 2 p. m. The Ponies, who have wins over Irrigon and Lexington against one loss to Condon, will face a tough, well balanced five. The holiday vacation was cost ly to the Ponies when Jerry Doherty, who has scored 41 points in the three games, cracked his right ankle and will be sidelined for at least C weeks. Also, in juries to Bobby Huffman, a B string forward, brought gloom to the squad. With the loss of Dougherty, coach Jim Peterson has switched Dean Connor back to guard and Vic Groshens to forward. Dick Ziegler, a B guard has been moved up to the A team to replace Dougherty. Peterson will probably start Ed Olson at center, Vic Groshens and Dickie Applegate at for wards, and Dean Connor and Louis Sayer or Dick Ruhl at the guard spot. o Pfans Laid For 1953 Livestock Program Meeting at the County Agent's office Tuesday afternoon, newly elected officers and committee chairmen of the Morrow County Livestockgrowers Association laid plans for an active livestock pro gram for 1953, reports N. C. An- local I derson. secretary of that organi- duled to start af 7 o'clock, and the latter at 8 p. m. Probable starting lineup will be Haguewood and Grant, forwards; Sumner, center; Taylor and Hughes, guards. o Scouts Set Theme For Coming Year This year's theme "Forward on Liberty's Team" stressing the "Whole Scout Family" Is being used by the Scout Units of the Covered Wagon District, Blue Mountain Boy Scout Council. The Covered Wagon District includes all the Scout Units of Gilliam, Morrow, and Wheeler counties January themes for the Scout Unils are "Transportation" for the Cub Scout Packs, "Fun in Handdi- craft" for the Boy Scout Troops and "Winter Sports" for the Ex plorer Crews. Also, this month the Scouts are busy planning and preparing for their Unit s activities for Boy Scout Week scheduled for Feb ruary 7-1 1th. Activities all the Scout Units are planning to par ticipate in are: Scout Sunday on Feb. 8th when Scouts and mem bers of their families will attend church together; Scouting pro grams for their sponsoring or ganizations, school assemblies, ciiurcn groups, service cams, Chamber of Commerce, or their meetings; Scouting exhibits on skills and handicrafts in store windows or schools; window de monstrations on Feb. 14th; and wearing the Scout Uniform throughout Boy Scout Week Among projects to be given pri ority, this year, are signs declar ing open range in Morrow County, tightening down on trespass and animal livestock losses by hunt ers, attempts to establish grub control districts, trial seedings of dryland alfalfa's and final clean up in Bangs disease test program with eventual Bangs free area en forcements Committees appointed to carry through this outlined program were Game Laws, Gerald Swag- gert, chairman; Everett Harsh man, Herbert Hynd, Luke Bibby, Howard Cleveland, Claude Bus chke. The Morrow County Ang lers and Hunting Club will be asked to appoint a member to serve on the committee. Insect Control: Frank Ander son, chairman; Floyd Worden, Don Greenup, Paul Webb. Disease Control: Kenneth Peck, chairman, John Graves, Bernard Doherty, Ralph Beamer. Marion Finch, R. B Ferguson, Marion Krebs. Range and Pasture Improve ment: Steve Thompson, chairman, Jack Hynds, Oscar Peterson, Newt O'Harra, W. W. Weatherford. Committees will meet in the near future with a general meet ing of the Morrow County Live stock Growers Association sche duled to be held at Heppner on January 28. Recommendations of some committees will be heard at that time. Officers for the new year are Don Robinson, president; Ray mond French, vice-president; John Graves, treasurer; and N. C. Anderson, secretary. A member ship committee will be appointed Conservation District Supervisors Meet Meeting Monday afternoon, supervisors .of the Heppner Soil Conservation District heard Frank von Borstei, Oregon State College, discuss agriculture in New Zea land. Illustrated by colored slides. Mr von Borstel's talk cen tered around practices in that country which practically elimi nate erosion. The country is one with an agriculture based on a grass-legume pasture economy. Plans for the annual meeting of the district were made with the date set for February 2. The meet ing will be held at the Lexington Grange Hall. Tentatively, speakers appearing on the pro gram will discuss grass and le gumes for pasture and hay and soils. The annual report of the district was formulated and ap proved by the supervisors. New advisory supervisors re cently appointed and present at the meeting were Marion Krebs, Cecil; Raymond Lundcll, lone; Don McElligott, lone. Appointed but not present was John Proud foot, lone. The progress report of work done in the district during De cember revealed that conserva tion surveys were completed on 8,068 acres; two farm plans to taling 1,006 acres completed; five farm ponds completed, and 112 acres land leveled, completed. Supervisors of the district are Chas, Carlson, lone; John Wight- man, Orian Wright, W. E. Hughes, Heppner; and O. W. Cutsforth, of Lexington. o State 4-H Club Agent To Meet With Leaders Crow, Magpie Porky Hunt Awards Due Mr. and Mrs. William Kilkenny of Pendleton were guests at the P. W. Mahoney home for the New Years holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson spent Christmas with her brother and family In Walla Walla, Washington. Mr .and Mrs. Roy Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Les Wyman went went to Prineville Friday to get his mother Mrs. T. J. Wyman and bring her to Heppner for a two weeks visit. Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bailey re turned Friday evening from a fortnight's visit In Centralia, Wn.Jdays. Other holiday guests at the Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turner depart- with their son, Harold and family. Green home were Mr. and Mrs. ed Wednesday morning for a: Other members of their family, Robert Hagerman of La Grande month's motor trip to Las Vegas, from nearby points were in Cen Nevada and other points. They'tralia to visit them during their plan to return via California and.,' stay there, visit relatives and friends en Dr. and Mrs. James Brown were route home. over from pendleton to spend New Mrs. John Wagner of Medford Year's with her brother-in-law A meeting of the Morrow county Hunters and Anglers will be held next Monday, January 12 at 7:30 at the Heppner Legion hall, Dr. L. D. Tibbies announced this week. One of the purposes of the meeting is to award the prizes to the winners of the crow and mag pie contest and the special porcu pine contest held during the past year. Prizes for the Porky con test have been donated by Kinzua Ti:-n n:n t i r LumuLY . visited over the holidays in Hepp- and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Don Rob pany, Frank Wilkinson and An-i ,ltK w nr X . ,, dresen's Sporting Goods. j p I j uiK run Ian jius reiuxucu iw tained as a part of the program. . . "d ,. nftin Th'l hnn, nftprth(l hnlMav fn hp. " 0 j sign has an all white background ner with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I I l ID' 'and new black letters so that Fred Parrish. L0C3 11 hflPl I't may be easily seen from a dist- Mr. and Mrs. John Bergstrom. iiviu i-niuiiance Gerald Bergstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Wright flew, Charles Osmin and Miss Marilyn from Kodiak, Alaska to spend Bergstrom were in Hermiston on Christmas with relatives. They j Thursday where they were dinner visited with her parents, Mr, and; guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. All Mrs. C. N. McLaughlin. stott, Jr. Mr and Mrs. William McCaleb and daughters left Friday for their home in Reedsport. Mrs. Mc Caleb has been in Heppner for the past five weeks with her mother, Mrs. Alex Green. McCaleb, who teaches in Reedsport high school, came up for the Christmas holi- In addition special Troop events are being planned as Parent's nt the next mooting, in the mean jNignis, tamer amwon Banqueis11mp memberships can "be oh tta treasurer. Cal Monroe, state 4-H club agent, Oregon State College. Is scheduled to meet with Morrow County local 4-H leaders next week. This is their annual lead ers training conference and will be held during the day and even ing of Wednesday, January 14. Leaders in the Heppner, Lexing, ton, lone, areas will meet at 10:30 a .m.; with Boardman and Irrigon leaders to meet that evening at 7:30. South Morrow county load-1 ers will meet at the club house in Heppner, North Morrow leaders to meet at the Greenfield Grange Hall at Boardman. All leaders, agricultural and home economics, are expected to attend. General 411 organiza tional and operational discussions will be the main topic of the day. Subject matter material will be touched upon during the con ference. Leaders are asked to bring one question with them concerning a problem in their club. The ones tion will admit them at the door, says N. C. Anderson, county agent, and will be discussed dur ing a time set aside for these specific problems. o HOSPITAL NEWS Medical Alex Payett, lone; Mrs. Betty Rose Gale, Kinzua dismissed; Mrs. Rae Juanita Stod dard, Condon, dismissed; Debra Reed, Spray, dismissed; Mrs Elizabeth Davis, Kinzua; Clare Collins, Kinzua; Elby Akers, lone. Minor Surgery Glen Cook, Kin zua, dismissed; Fred Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Reid and children have returned to their home in Eugene after spend ing the holidays 1iere with her mother, Mrs. Ella Bleakman, and other relatives. During their stay here, Reid sold his apartment house on Green street to Marvin Casebeer. SSgt. and Mrs. James Wagner and children left Friday for Cali fornia after a holiday visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Haguewood and his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wagner. Wagner is sta tioned at Camp Pendleton and has just recently returned from Korea where he has spent several months with the Marine Corps. ... Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Chapin spent the Christmas holidays in Seattle with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tate Slyter and two boys. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones spent the New Year holidays in Dayton, Washington with a daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grabeal He is the minister of the Christian church there. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shunk, Sr. and sons Dale and Karl of Great Mills, Maryland spent the Christ mas holiday at the home of his parents the Albert Shunks. and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Green of Pendleton. Mr and Mrs. Jos. J. Nys have returned from a holiday trip which took the to Portland and Seattle where they visited Mr. Nys daughters. The Capitol Building in Wash ington is open every clay but on Christmas and New Years. rw for all occasions MARY VAN'S FLOWER SHOP An Invitation You Are Cordially The Showing Invited of The To Attend New 1953 BUICK On January 9. It is the Greatest' Buick in 50 Great Years FARLEY PONTIAC CO. forlds new estffl powers TTERE you see pictured the Colden Anniversary Roadmaster engineered, styled, powered and bodied to be fully worthy of its paragon role in this fiftieth year of Buick building. A quick listing of simple facts will reveal just cause for celebration. Troop Courts of Honor, Troop Out lugs and Troop ood-Turns. The big event for all Cub Scout Packs will be their annual "Blue and Gold Banquet" In February featuring "The Family". o Dale O'Hara. Condon, adminis trator for the Wheeler-Gilliam County Public Welfare Commis sion, was a business visitor in Heppner Friday. Ted Thomson came up from San Francisco to spend New Year's day with his mother, Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson. Thomson Is a pilot for a private company making regular trips between the Bay area and Tokyo, Japan ..,,! v, nt,.t L i, e, iHeppner, dismissed; Martha, Mike h ' and Pat Tiemey, Condon, dismis sed. STEELHEAO BITING Andresen's Sporting Goods this week received a report from Carl McDaniel that strelhead were biting fairly well in the John Day river in the vicinity of Monument. He said that reports from the lower river had not been too good the last few days. o Mr. and Mrs. Frank . Adkins spent the holiday week in Grants Pass visiting their son Earl Chris, mon and family. They also visit ed with the brother of James Dris. I coll and saw Sadie McCorn. Major Surgery Mrs. Mary Lorraine Burns, Lexington; Mae Anita Hendrickson, Condon, dis missed; Roger Asher, Spray. Out-patients Eugene Wilson, Heppner; Charles Nelson, Sr., Fossil. New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. F. S, Thombcrg, Lexington a 9 lb. io'i oz. boy born Jan. 7, named William Ellis. o - RHEA CREEK H. E. C. The Rhea Creek II. E. C. will meet at the home of Evelyn Far reus, Heppner, Thursday January 15 at 1:00 p. m. BOIOKS GREATEST CARS I GREAT YEARS It has the world's newest V8 engine. Vertical valves; 12-volt electrical system; 180 pounds lighter; entire engine ts so compact, a new, more maneuver' able chassis has been built around it. k It has 188 Fireball horsepower. A new Buick record; engine horsepower per pound increased 40. ir It has a compression ratio of 8.5 to 1. Highest compression on the American scene today, bettered fuel economy. fc It has a dynamic-flow muffler. For the first time in automotive history, a muffler with zero power loss. It has a new Twin-Turbine Dynaflow Drive. Now adds jar swifter, quieter, more efficient getaway to tnjinue smoothness at all speed ranges. i( It has new braking power. Most powerful braking action of any Buick in fifty years; plus the new ease of Power Brakes, optional at extra cost. I finer ride. The softest, !t buoyantly level ride that advanced engineering has produced. steadiest. STAR THEATER, Heppner Thursday-Friday-Saturday, January 8-9-10 THE LION AND THE HORSE Sieve Cochran, moppet Sherry Jackson and Wildfire, the Wonder Horse. Here is pulse-pounding outdoor action, a beast battle without equal, and warm, human interest. In color. plus BRAVE WARRIOR Jon Hall in a really beautiful Technicolor drama centering around two brothers 1'ecumseh and the Prophet, vying for leadership of the Shawnee Nation. Sunday-Monday, January 11-12 PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE Spencer Tracy, Gene Tlerney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn, Dawn Adams, Llovd Bridges. The screen's biggest adventure! The stirring story of men and women who took Inspired by Ernest Gebler's sensational a supreme gamble with Fate and won novel, hilnied in Technicolor, Sunday shows at 2 p. m. :20 6:40 9 Tuesday-Wednesday. January 13-14 KANGAROO Maureen O'Hara. peter Lawford, Finlav Currie. The first American motion wicturo is laden with sweep and spectacle filmed in Australia, in Technicolor, of a rugged era. a story Thursday-Friday Saturday, January 15-16-17 BIGJIMMcLAIN John Wayne, Nancy Olson. A semi-documentary cops and crools drama told with humor and romance. Plus WESTERN I ' HUICH pl L I .jLJliil'l'"'1'11" Television Ittal-lhe BUICK CIRCUS HOUR-tvery ourfi Tutsday. mi stmii M0M0BIUS M BOUT BUM Ml BUILD MM It has, also, wondrous handling ease, with Power Steer ing as standard equipment. It has superb comfort. It has sumptuous fabrics and tailoring. And its acoustics are so thoroughly mastered that it may well be one of the world's most quiet cars. But no listing of facts can do true justice to this phe nomenal automobile, or to its brilliant brothers, the 1953 Supers and Specials. And no words can really tell you the beauty you see, the comfort you feel, the excitement you experience when you look at and drive any one of these big, beauti ful, bounteous Buicks for 1953. YH11 you come in and see for yourself that these are in simple truth, Buick's greatest cars in five brilliant decades? Elptipment. anatorit; trim and models ore tubjtet to chariot without notict. jjFarley Pontiac Company
