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Page 8 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 1 , 1 955 Two Morrow Boys SwansonandGroves Get Trophies For Shrine Game Play w in All-Star Grid Awards Although the west team showed that history could repeat itself last Saturday night at the Pen dlcton Round-Up stadium in the fourth annual Shrine East-West B all star football game, three of the awards for top players went to members of the East team and two of them to Mor row county boys. Chosen top lineman of the east team was Dennis Swanson, of lone. The other Morrow county player to receive a trophy was Larry Groves, Lexington back field star. Both boys played i major part of the game. Chosen the most valuable player from both teams was Harold Duncan of Moro. The East team which finally lost the came by a 7 to 6 score carried a six-point lead through out a good share of the game, having punched over a touch down in the opening period but missing the point. The west finally put over touchdown after setting up the final series of touchdown plays with a long 3 yard pass which ended up on the 8 yard line Two offside penalties against the east gave the west the ball with a first down on the two yard line. Afler punching over, the game-winning kick went square ly between the uprights. Striking back in the last min utes of the game, the east's Dun can got away for a long run to the West 2-yard line only to have the play called back to about the 3o because Duncan stepped out of bounds. Swanson, who has been a star on the lone grid squad through out his high school career, re ceived his trophy at after-game ceremonies, from Shriner Kit Conrad. Groves played an outstanding game and his ability to play regular 11 man ball after having played .only 6-man football dur ing high school caused consider able comment. He had had only two weeks of training with an 11-man squad. Two other Morrow county grid ders also played on the East squad. They were Ralph Mar latt, Heppner and Malcolm Mc- Kinney of lone. Northwest Bucking Continued from Page 1 has the best set of doggin Steers in the northwest, which gives in dication that cowboys will put on a top performance with the stock. Ring said he has 30 calves here for ropers, only 10 less than is normally used In the Pendleton Round-Up. Ring, who runs one of the best string of rodeo stock in the county, has been supplying stock for shows since 1939. Music for the Saturday and Sunday shows as well as the grand parade on Saturday morn ing will be furnished by the Heppner and Irrigon bands. There may be others, but those are cer tain, it was said. Grounds in Top Shape A large crew . of workmen under the direction of rodeo chairman Jones and other mem bers of his committee as well as the fair committee under the direction of R. B. Ferguson, have spent the last two weeks getting the arena, grounds and barns in If-1-.-' i v Tin! BEST BACK on the East team in the All-Star contest was Larry Groves of Lexington high school. Presenting the trophy is Tom Burton, Elgin, Shrine game chairman. (Howdyshell Photo) ''. V-..J ir ZD Zif il - - X T J it - if : ANNUAL HORSE SHOW TO BE TOP EVENT OF FRIDAY FAIR PROGRAM The fourth annual Morrow county horse show, sponsored by the Wrangler's riding club, will be one of the feature events of this weekend's fair and rodeo. It will start at 10 a. m. Friday and will continue throughout most of the afternoon, Fred Mankin, superintendent, has announced. Early entries for the show give Indications that a large number of the county's top horseflesh will be seen by visitors. Mankin said that books will close tonight and that an even larger number of entries than last year's 165 is expected. Any horse or contest ant within the county Is eligible to enter, providing the horse is shown or ridden by a resident of the county. Mankin said with nine sepa rate performance, halter and working classes scheduled. Add ed to this year's show will be a grand stock parade before the County Picnic Set Saturday Noon The annual county picnic, spon sored jointly by the chamber of commerce and the county court will be held at noon Saturday following the rodeo parade Bradley Fanchcr is chairman for the event. The picnic, to be a potluck af fair this year, will be held at the courthouse park, and the spon soring organizations will provide complete meals for visiting royal courts and band members. Ice cream, coffee and punch will be supplied for all visiitors, also it was announced. The picnic is open to the pub lic and plenty of tables will be available for visitors and local residents. grandstand at 1 p. m. Friday. Judge for the show will be Gar net Best of Enterprise. Howard Bryant will act as ring master for both the halter and perform ance classes. A complete schedule of the divisions will be announced prior to the show admission to which will be by fair button. o in Parade Prizes to Draw Many New Entries One of the top attractions of fair week, the grand rodeo pa rade which will be held in down town Heppner at 10 a. m. Satur day, promises to offer an even greater collection of floats, rid- Mrs. Avent (Continued from Page 1) times on empty chambers, and twice on live shells. Sheriff Called First First witness to be called by the prosecution, which was handled by George Corey, Pen dleton and Wolf von Otterstedt, an assistant attorney general, was sheriff C. J. D. Bauman who arrived at the cafe shortly after the shooting.. Others to testify were Bradley Fancher, Morrow county district attorney, who was excused from trying the case be cause he had previously repre sented Mrs. Avent as an attorney; P. W. Mahoney, Heppner attor ney; state policeman Laurence Keezer, who was the first officer on the scene of the shooting; Sgt. David Brizendine of the state police. Brought to the stand on Tues day by the prosecution were Ralph W. Prouty, firearms expert with the state police in Portland; Mrs. Vivian Elder; Mrs. Wayne Prock; Russell O'Donnell; Ernest L. Parrish, a cook at O'Donnell's who witnessed part of the af fair; Mrs. Verla Carr, a waitress at O'Donnell's; Carl Doe; Mrs. Mary Snow, who gave a detailed ing organizations ana interesting ; description oi me suuuung entrants than ever before, BUI eluding some of the conversation BEST LINEMAN on the East team in the Shrine All-Star football game last Saturday at Pendleton was Dennis Swanson of lone. He is shown here receiving his trophy from Shriner Kit Conrad. (Howdyshell Photo) top shape for this weekend. The entire area has been watered heavily during the past several days, and Jones said today the rodeo arena would be in first class condition. Reserved seat tickets have been on sale for, two weeks and can now be obtained at mils Pharmacy for both the Saturday and Sunday shows. General ad mission tickets for the Saturday night show, at $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for children are also available. Tickets will also be on ale at the grounds. Daily programs for the Satur day rodeo will be on sale early Saturday in downtown Heppner or may be purchased at the field. They will also be avail able for the Sunday show. The committee in charge of the 1955 rodeo is Floyd Jones, chair man, Billy Healy, John Eubanks, Howard Bryant, Bill Smetluirst, Jack Loyd and Jack Van Winkle. Fair committee members are R. B. Ferguson, chairman, Alvln Death Calls Mahoneys To California City . Mr. and Mrs. P. W. . Mahoney left Tuesday mornng for Santa Barbara, California being called there by the death of his brother-in-law, Dr. Irving A. Mathers. Dr . Mathers was principal of the Heppner high school during the years 1922 to 1924, from here he went to Prairie City as super intendent of schools. Until his death he was a mem ber of the faculty of the Univer sity of California, Santa Barbara branch. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Mahoney Mathers and one daughter, Patty Jo. o Miss Esther Bergstrom and Mrs. Edna Turner returned this week from an extended European tour. Bunch, Bernard Doherty, Mrs. John Graves. Mr. and Program of Events Friday, September 2 9:00 A. M.-Finish of 4-H Agricultural and Home Eco nomics judging 10:00 A. M.-Judging of Halter classes in Saddle Horse Divisions 1 :30 P. M.-Grandstand attraction - Saddle Horse Show, sponsored by Wranglers-Parade of livestock before grandstand 7:30 P. M.-4-H Pig Scramble and Fat Auction Sale Saturday, September 3 10:00 A. M.-Big Street Parade 12:00 Noon-County-wide picnic at Court House lawn 1 :30 P. M.-Rodeo 7:30 P. M.-Special Night Show-Morrow County Calf Roping, Calgary Roping, Wild Horse Races Sunday, September 4 7:00 A. M.-Cowboy Breakfast served by Wranglers Riding Club at Club House on Fair Grounds 1 :30 P. M.-Rodeo Two Men Escape From Arlington Jail Sergeant David Brizendine, Oregon State Police at Arlington, supervisor of Gilliam, Morrow and Wheeler counties reports tnat between ( ana 9 p. m. on Satuday, August 27, two men escaped from the Arlington city jail where they were being held. They are: Nolan Ray Jackson, 34 years of age, 5 feet, six inches. 165 pounds, brown hair. Was wearing a gray shirt, gray trousers and was very dirty and needed a shave. He was being held on vagrancy for fur ther investigation having admit ted he served 13 years in New Mexico state penitentiary for murder. He was a passenger in a stolen car at the time of his arrest' and was riding with the other person to escape, Charles Warren Carter, 34 years, wearing a dirty gray suit, maroon shirt, 5 feet 9 inches, 145 pounds, brown eyes, brown hair. He was being held for larceny of an automobile from the state of Georgia. Both men left by way of a door after picking a lock. A general search has been made of this area without results and police ask that anyone seeing two men answering the descriptions con tact the state police or any sheriff's office o Ham Radio Station Fair Feature A feature of one of the com mercial booths at the fair will be a completely installed and operating ham radio station, it was announced today by Glenn Way, Heppner dealer for Hoff man television. Way said the station will be available for examination and that any licensed radio amateur will be welcome to stop in and operate the station. CHUKCH MEETING POSTPONED The regular monthly board meeting of the Christian church has been postponed from Thurs day Sept. 1 until Thursday Sept. 8. Smethurst, general chairman in-j dicated this week. A grand sweepstakes prize of $50 for the best float will again be offered. It is part of the $400 in prize money which awaits winners in the many divisions. Prizes are put up by local busi nesses, and this part of the event along with the judging is under the direction of the merchant committee of the chamber of commerce. Known to be coming for the parade are the royal courts from the Pendleton Round-Up, the Ukiah rodeo ande Umatilla fair. Among the riding clubs who have accepted invitations to par ticipate are the Evergreen Riding Club from Ukiah, the Umatilla Sage Riders from Hermiston and the Heppner Wranglers. A large delegation from Pendleton, in cluding a group of about 35 Main of Mrs. Avent just prior to tne shooting; and Dr. Clifford Wag ner, who examined the dead law yer shortly after the slaying. Ex-Husband Testifies Brought into the case on many occasions were references to Mrs. Avent's ex-husband, Fred Avent of Portland and he was brought to the witness stand Wednesday morning by the state to tell of the difficulties he and Mrs. Avent had had in the past. He told that he had been unable to hold a job for seveial years be cause of injuries and what he called "harassing" by the de fendant which prevented him from holding a steady job which would bring him enough money to make support payments to his ex-wife which had been ordered by previous court action. During cross examination, Avent was asked why he didn't to see his nd his daughter, Mrs. Howard E. Heym of Concord, California. The 12-man jury which handed down the verdict of guilty was composed of Garry Tullis, lone, foreman; J. J. Hayes, Heppner; Jasper Meyers, Heppner; Wallace Matthews, lone; Darl E. Hudson, Heppner," John Hanna, Jr., Hepp ner; Forrest Thomburg, Lexing ton; Roy Lindstrom, lone; John Eubanks, lone; Edward C. Skou bo, Boardman; Marcel Jones, Heppner; and Edwin H. Miller, lone. Their decision was unani mous. o ADMITS TAKING SIGN Oliver Devin,s 18, of Heppner pleaded guilty in justice court Tuesday to removing two Hepp ner highway entrance signs dur ing recent weeks. The large signs had been torn down and thrown away. Both state and city police had been working on the case. Devin was placed on proba tion for two years by judge J. O. Hager, and was ordered to reim burse the state for the cost of the signs which cost $45 each. Street Cowboys is also expected. make some attempt All the usual parade divisions ! former wife and his son person have been established for this j ally when he was in Heppner on years parade. Smethurst said, ! June 4 with Lessard. He told the and several blocks in North Heppner will be reserved for as sembling the floats and other organizations. A map of the de signated lineup positions appears elsewhere in today's paper. At the conclusion of the pa rade, Queen Carol and her court as well as visiting courts and bands will be guests at the an nual county picnic which will be held at the courthouse park. The picnic is a potluck affair and the general public is invited. New Restaurant Opens Here Today The Heppner Grill opened its doors to the public today noon under the management of Fong Foo, formerly a restaurant opera tor at Umatilla. The eating place is located in the hotel building at the former location of Easter's Grill. Foo stated that he will feature fine American and Chinese foods and emphasized that it will be a family-type restaurant. Regu lar business hours after the opening day will be from 6 a. m, to 3 a. m. Two Held on Calf Killing Charge One man is in the Morrow county jail and another is free on $1,500 bail on charges of lar ceny of livestock resulting from the killing of a calf belonging to Jack Glavey, of Heppner. Held in jail is Hugh Olsen. of South Carolina. Implicated with him is Robert Pechin, Milton Freewater. The charges were filed by Edgar Albert, state live '....lift llrjf Vn u-ric afruid in nn tn her home because "he was afraid he would get shot." He claimed however, contrary to previous de fense statements or inferences, that he made no attempt to get his son to go back to Poitland witli him. One of the state's final wit nesses was circuit judge for Multnomah county, Virgil H. Langtry, in whose court both Mr. and Mrs. Avent had appeared in prior trials concerning non-support charges. Defense Claimed "No Crime" The main argument offered by defense attorneys was that "no crime was committed" and tried to show that Mrs. Avent was be ing crushed by the cigarette ma chine before she fired either of the two shots. The defense at torneys also claimed that the dead attorney had no right to act as he did in trying to confer with Mrs. Avent. Debate Becomes Heated Throughout the trial, which was conducted in a usually crowded courtroom, the debate between attorneys frequently became heated and on several occasions judge Wells recessed court for a few minutes to settle points of law concerning objections made by the attorneys for one side or the other. In the final sum ming up of testimony by de fense attorneys numerous accu sations were made concerning witnesses or other persons men tioned during the trial. Present during most of the trial were Mrs. Avent's mother. Mrs C. A. Whitney, and her daughter. Mrs. Wayne Erickson, Portland.! Also present during the last s;ages of the trial were Lessard's HOSPITAL NEWS New arrivals To Mr .and Mrs. Robert Rosenberg, Condon, a 8 lb. 6 oz. boy born Aug. 26, named James Robert. To Mr. and Mrs. John Reser, Condon, a 8 lb. 8 oz. Joseph. To Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Car boy born Aug. 30, named James ter, Heppner, a 8 lb. boy born Aug. 30, named Jon William. To Mr. and Mrs. Keith Lillie, May ville, a 7 lb. 10 oz. girl born Aug. 31, named Dona Pauline. Medical Dorothy Edwards, Fossil, dismissed; Marjorie An gell, Lexington, dimisssed; Dr. Tracy K. Johnson, Fossil; Lois Lyon, Kinzua, dismissed; Creed Owen, Heppner, dismissed; Rita Piper, Heppner, dismissed; Wilma Nicholson, Fossil, dismissed; Glenn Hayes, Lonerock; Harold Bennett, Condon; ' Lola Ferrel, Kinzua; Daniel McNabb, Fossil, dismissed; John Medlock, Kin zua; Margaret Madsen, Heppner; Jim Cowins, Heppner. Major Surgery Hazel Wiles, lone, dismissed; Alfred Huit, Heppner; Joan Lippert, Monu ment. Minor Surgery Joanne Warren, lone, dismissed; Mary Rigby, lone; Verna Tate, Condon; Pat rick Leo, Fossil, dismissed. Out-Patients Kay Davis, Spray; Etta Huston, lone; Julius Liehr, Heppner. LEXINGTON TEACHERS RECEPTION The Lexington P-TA will hold the annual teachers reception on Friday evening September 9 at 6:30 p. m. in the IOOF hall din ing room. This is t obe a potluck dinner and all interested persons are urged to attend. o SANS SOUCI REBEKAHS TO MEET Sans Souci Rebekah lodge will hold their first meeting of the fall, Friday evening September 2. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gonty were in Portland to attend a Capehart television showing and returned home Monday evening accom panied by her father C. F. Hem rich of Beaverton' and her sister, Mrs. Bernard Altishin and daugh ter of Portland. Guests here for the week at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Mc Murdo are their grandchildren, Peggy and Charles McMurdo, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. ! Charles E. McMurdo of Portland. stock theft investigator and: brother, Ray Lessard of Seattle sheriff C. J. D. Bauman. The theft and killing of the calf allegedly occurred last fall. Long Distance Nation-Wlde Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans Penland Bros. T3ANSFE3 CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 33 lTA STOP RIOHT Era know and use correct hand signals MRS. GREEN RETURNED FROM WEDDING Mrs. Alex Green returned from Portland where she visited her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Owen MeCaleb and attend ed the wedding of her grand daughter, Doris Green to Frank Bartholomew, Jr. Others attending the wedding from here were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Becket and Sally Pal mer. Mr. and Mrs. Josep B. Green and son Paul of Pendleton also went down for the wedding. WRANGLERS COWBOY a a " say STOP AND SO, the Safety Twins Mrs. L. D. Boulden and Celia motored to Milton-Freewater on Sunday afternoon to visit Mr.' and Mrs. W .C. Either. Mrs. Alta Cubforth has receiv. ; ed word of the birth of a grand- j daughter, Judith, born August 16. ' The baby, born in New Britton, ! Connecticut is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zita of New i Britton. BREAKFA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 CLUBHOUSE LAWN SERVING a. m. to 10 a. m. ADULTS SUS CHILD'S PLATE 50c
