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Page 6 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 15, 1955 Mustangs Split In Last Weekend Basketball Play By James Monahan Heppners' fighting Mustangs came battling through Saturday night from an early quarter 5 point deficit to post a 54-45 win their first of the season, over a scrappy Scottie quint from Mc Ewen after they lost their season opener 47-57 to a tall St. Joseph team the preceding night. High man for the weekend was Skip Ruhl as he pumped in a total of 27 points for the two games. Cutting the nets for 13 against the towering Bluejays was not quite enough as "Big Bill' Doherty scored 7 of his 30 points to lead the Jays to a 14-3 first period lead. John Piper caged two goals for four points while Tibbies and Rhul dumped in a 2 pointer apiece. Doherty poured on 17 tallies the second quarter to give the blue and while cagers a 23-31 halftime lead while the Mus tangs tallied 15 among themsel ves. Second panel scores for the horses were Turner and Ruhl who each dropped in 6 and 5 counters respectively along. with single baskets by D. Ruhl and D. Alder man. Heppner drew the gap closer by the end of the third period as the score stood 43-37. The Mus tangs dumped in 9 free throws and 2 dueces while the St. Joe basketeers fired in 3 goals and 6 charity shots. Early third period score gave the Mustangs 32-31 dead but 5 fouls on Tibbies and J. Piper hurt the Heppner squad and the Bluejays took the lead for the rest of the game. The Jays gradually Increased their lead to the game winning margin and held the Mustangs to eleven points with Tibbies tallying 6-of these. St Joe Jordan, 5 Cargill, 2 Doherty, 30 Quampts Pete Quaempts, 14 Heppner D. Piper, 2 D. Ruhl, 5 D. Alderman, J. Piper, 8 L. Tibbies, 9 L. Turner, 8 S. Ruhl, 13 The Jays shot a 62 of their gift shots while the Mustangs were close behind with 61. Fouling hurt the Mustangs In the 1st half ns they were called 5 times to the Jays 6 infractions McEwen's D. Ingalls led the Scottles with a long jump shot that connected from 20 to 30 feet out to get a quick 5 point lead but It rapidly diminished as the Mustangs rallied with six field goals and 2 gift shots. Skip Huhl put the Mustangs in front for good with a 33 footer with less than 3 seconds to 6 In the ini tial period. Collecting 17 points in the se cond stanza the blue and gold squad rolled to a 31-19 halftime lead. Ruhl .and D. Piper collected 6 points apiece while Turner, Alderman, and J. Piper each caged a bucket from the field. Heppner's firing attack cooled down in the last half and the McEwen Scottles dumped in, 26 talleys to the Mustangs 23. Minutes after the second half opened the Heppner quint jump ed to a 17 point lead and from here the "Scottles" whittled away to a 46-33 third quarter score. The last panel of play was the closest scoring period of play as the Mustangs were held to a meager 8 points to the Scottles 12. Steelhead Fishing Poor on John Day; River Very Muddy State rjolice reported Wednes day that warm weather during the past few days in the John Day river area has caused a heavy runoff which has raised the river nearly to flood stage. The stream is very high and muddy which has stopped all steelhead fishing, it was reported. Police said, however, that a few of the fish are being taken from the Columbia in the Boardman and McNary areas. o Sage Riders List Top Point Winners A recent meeting of the Uma tilla Sage Riders was highlighted by the awarding of trophies and ribbons to the high point winners of the year. Winners of the senior trophy was Clyde Nobles, Sr. This is the third straight vear he has won the award and thereby gains per- m;innt tinsisession of the trophy. Clarence Frederickson, president of the club, came in second In total points, and Altha Kirk, a former resident oi Heppner anu secretary of the Sage Riders, won third place in the senior division and was highest woman point winner. o School Officials Attend State Meet .Imp stnwart. superintendent, ami v nick, chairman of thel school board attended the State School Board Association meeting in Eugene Dec. 8, 9, and 10. inis meetine had the largest attend ance ever held by the association. Reports were heard on "school insurance problems," "citizen participation in planning for school needs", "professional sal- aries for teachers , "trenas in school architecture", and "basic school support." Governor Paul Patterson gave, a report on the White House con- j ference and Alan Tom reported on the work of the legislative Interim committee. The highlight of the conference speeches was "School Boards are Big Business" given by O. H. Roberts Jr. from Evansvllle, In diana, president of the National School Board Association, Other speakers on the program were Dr. Meredith Wilson, presi dent of the University of Oregon, and Rex Putnam, superintendent of public Instruction. o F. F. A. SELLING TREES The Heppner F. F. A. chapter is again selling Christmas trees from the lot on Main street along side the Heppner Auto Parts. The boys revealed they will have more trees available this weekend. Heppner J. Piper, 10 D. Piper, 18 D. Ruhl, 0 S. Ruhl, 14 L. Tibbies, 2 L. Turner, 8 McEwen Ingalls, 20 Haumiester, 5 Bunch, 16 C'oppock, 0 Darrow, 4 Betts, 0 D. Alderman, 2 JVs Get 2 Wins The J. V.'s turned in a perfect performance for the weekend as they edged out the baby "Jays" of St. Joe 28-26 for their first vic tory over the "Jays" In 2 years and drooned the little "Scots" 45-31. With 3 seconds to go Dick Applegate dropped in 2 tree throws to ice the game. The little "Scots" were tied but once with the Heppner squad and from there the J. V.'s ran rough shod over the Mc Ewen teams. - Pilot Rock plays host to the Mustangs this Friday night and the touring Mt. Vernon Bears stop at the Mustang "maples" for a Saturday night performance. These will be the last games for the Mustangs until after the Christmas holidays. Came time for the Mt. Vernon tilt is scheduled for S:0U The preliminary starts at 6:15. f 1 WHY Does 'Northwestern' Have A Larger Run of Good and Choice Quality Cattle Each Week? The answer is because farmers and ranchers rseeive from $1 to $2 cwt. mora for their stock at 'Northwestern than In any other place or manner of selling. WHY DO THEY RECEIVE HIGHER PRICES (AT LESS COST) AT 'NORTHWESTERN'? The answer is because buyers in large numbers from a wide urea recognize 'Northwestern' as a dependable source of clean sanitary, well-handled cattle. Consign Your Cattle to the Market Where Open Competition Among Many Buyers on Hand Assure You the Top Dollar . SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 NOON NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK in con On U. S. Hiway No. 30 Hermiston, Oregon Frank Wink & Sons Don Wink. Mgr St Williams Ph. 6655 or 3111 Ph. 6532 Stores To Remain i Open Friday Mights Nearly all Heppner stores will remain open the next two Friday nights, December 16 and 23 until 9 pm. for the convenience of Christmas shoppers, it has been announced. Most stores observed the spe cial opening hours last Friday for the first time this Christmas sea son. . o U of 0 Journalism Students to Hear Professional Men UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Journalism and pre-jour-nalism majors will have a chance to hear professional men in newspaper, radio, and adver tising fields during a series of assemblies sponsored by the Uni versity of Oregon school of jour-' nalism. These assemblies will be set up on a bi-weekly basis dur ing the winter term. j Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, univer-, sity president, will be the sole exception to speakers representa tive of the profession when he speaks at the first assembly on January 5. Already contacted for speaking engagements'are Malcolm Bauer, editorial writer for the Oregonian; Carroll O'Rouke, account execu tive, Cole & Weber advertising agency, Portland; and Paul Wal den, manager of KODL, The Dalles, and president of the Ore gon State Broadcasters associa tion. The purpose of the new pro gram is to bring all journalism students together to hear men working in the field, Charles T. Duncan, acting dean, said. In the past professional journalists have visited the school but not all students have had the oppor tunity of hearing Jhern speak. o HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Geer, Fossil, a 8 lb. 6 oz. boy born Dec. 9, named Charles Maurice. To Mrs. Edward Yenne, Fossil, a 8 lb. 12 oz. girl born Dec. 12, named Violet Verenta. To Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Merriman, Heppner, a 7 lb. 1 ,oz. boy born Dec. 14, named Robert Joseph. Medical Gladys Chambers, Condon; Vivian Haguewood, Heppner; Hazel Kandel, Kinzua; I Hugh Owen, Heppner; Dee Ann 'Angell, Lexington; Barbara ! Adams, Spray. I Minor Surgery Alvira McDon ald, Heppner. Major Surgery Marilyn Sch wlsow, Condon, dismissed; Clar ence Moore, Kinzua. Out-Patients Rohda Buchan an, Lexington; Charles Buchanan, Lexington; Bernice Yenne, Fossil; Usrula Cottmier, Condon; Eddie Huston, Heppner; Nestle Davis, Monument; Leona Smallwood, Heppner. o LONEROCK TO DECORATE TREE A Christmas coffee cloche will be held at the Lonerock grange hall and annex when women In the district meet on Tuesday evening, December 20 to trim the community Christmas tree. o Mr. and Mrs. Earle Blake and Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy have gone for a short vacation to the Blake's beach cabin at We coma, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith left Sunday for a vacation at the coast. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hisler and Mr. and Mrs. James Sumner visited Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Bris tow and family in Portland over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rosewall were in Portland the first of the week. Judge and Mrs. Garnet Barratt left today for Pendleton where Judge Earratt will attend a two day meeting of the State Water Resources Board and the Upper Columbia Basin Commission. o Printing Is Our Business! See Us For Your Next Printing Needsl A 1955 SPECIAL? At some time, everyone is given To slight procrastination! Occassionally so thoroughly It causes consternation! Does some of your family have A Life Insurance need? Why postpone a job like that? It's not a strenuous deed! The longer you wait to get it, The more it costs you! So, don't put off until '56 That little job to do! hi For All Your Insurance Needs C. A. RUGGLES Heppner, Oregon Phone 6-9625 Box 611 HO NEED TO SHOP AROUND. . . FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS AT HEPPNER MARKET ARMOUR'S STAR 1 LB. 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