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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 22, 1955
Two More Hoop Mustangs Add Wins
By James Monahan
Coach Larry Dowen's Mustangs
captured their second and third
straight wins of the year last
weekend as they edged Pilot
Rock in an overtime and squeak
ed by the Mt. Vernon Bears 51-49.
Behind 6 points wih only 2:17
minutes left in the Mt. Vernon
tilt the Mustang quint rallied as
"Stretch" Tibbies dumped in two
markers and hit on two charity
tosses while John and Del Piper
gathered four points to post a
winning margin of two points.
Ruhl stole the ball on the open
ing jump but missed on a layup.
J. Piper took the rebound and
layed it up again for a success
ful cripple. Heppner had the
opening score of the game.
Piper scored on two gift shots
and ripped the cards for a duece
from the floor Del Piper dumped
in two points from the four lane
to conclude Mustang scoring
while Mt. Vernon tallied ten to
edge onto a 10-8 first quarter
lead.
Outscored by a meager two
points in the first quarter play
the Mustangs edged ahead in the
second period scoring column by
2 counters to balance the totals
at 21-12 at the halftime. Three
seniors took care of all scoring
chores in the third period as Del
and John Piper scored 8 and 3
respectively and Skip Ruhl tal
lied a lone bucket from out the
front court.
Don McKrolo, Mt. Vernon cen
ter, dumped in 9 of his 15 points
in the 3rd quarter but the Mus
tangs matched the Bears point
for point to keep the game dead
locked for the final stanza.
The Bears edged ahead with
less than five minutes left and
their lead jumped to 6 points.
Blue and Gold cagers stepped
up to the free throw line 4 times
before their last minute rally and
missed 4 straight charity tosses,
any of which would have helped
ice the game.
McKrolo and Helm both earned
trips to the showers as they both
made 5 Infractions late in the
final period.
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Livestock Commission Co.
Northwestern Livestock Comm.
Co. offered approximately 500
head on this preholidny market.
Several classes were Insufficient
ly represented in numbers to
fully establish price trends and
test demand. Generally the mar
ket was recorded as fully steady
with last week. Commercial
grade cows including odd heifer
ette types brought from $12 to
$13.85; utilities $9.50 to $11.75;
canners $8 to $8.75; cutters $7.25
to $7.75 and shells $1.50 to $5.50.
Odd small drafts of feeder cows
sold at $7.50 to $8.25.
Commercial grade heifers
carrying fairly good condition
moved briskly at $13.50 to $15.00;
utilities $9.50 to $12; cutters $7 to
$8.50 and stockers of medium
and lower quality $12 to $14.50.
A few odd heavy steers sold
from $13.25 to $16; 7-900 lb.
weights $12.50 to $16.10;; 5-700
lbs. $13.25 to $15.85 and 4-500 lbs.
$15 to $17.10 quality in all in
stances medium and below.
NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK
COMMISSION COMPANY
On U. S. Hiway No. 30 Hermiston, Oregon
Frank Wink & Sons
Don Wink. Mgr. Si Williams
Ph. 6655 or 3111 Ph. 6S32
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Mt. Vernon's last bucket was
with 4 seconds in the game and
the Bears were still 2 points
down.
Heppner Mt Vernon
J. Piper, 17 D. McKrolo, 15
D. Piper, 17 Hehn, 9
S. Ruhl, 11 Spriggle, 10
L. Turner, 0 Bond, 2
L. Tibbies, 6 Kirchner, 8
Randell, 5
Pilot Rock Beaten
Skip Ruhl sparked the Mus
tangs in their overtime victory
over the Rockets of Pilot Rock as
he scored the highest total in
two years with twenty points,
four of which came in the over
time period.
Del Piper opened the overtime
scoring with a long set shot for
20 feet. John Piper added a jump
shot and Ruhl caged in another
shot from the field while the
Rockets were held to one last
minute by Chapman.
Holding a 2 point lead going
into the second stanza the 'Rocks'
fell behind as J. Piper hit the
hemp for eight points to lead all
second quarter scoring and the
Mustangs comforted a 6 point
mid game lead.
A fiery battle developed In the
second half when the Rockets cut
the Mustang lead to four points.
The Mustangs hit three free
throws and the same number of
field goals.
The Rockets continued their
torrid pace until they came with
in two points of tieing the con
test, and at this point with 25
seconds left reserve guard Dar
rell Horn deadlocked the game
with a short jump shot.
High for the night despite
Ruhl's 20 points was Ladd Mc
Gowan who totaled 22 for the
scoring crown.
Oddly enough both Piper bro
thers tied for high point honors
in the Mt. Vernon fracas' with 17
apiece.
Ed Groshens was the hero of
the J. V. squads 29-28 victory over
a tall second string Mt. Vernon
team as he put the Mustangs out
ih front by a point with a last
minute twisting jump shot.
Each Week by the Northwest
Sales Yard at Hermiston.
Steer calves grading good
brought from $17 to $17.80 in
carlots, slightly lower than simi
lar quality last week. Medium
grade steer calves returned $16
to $16.50 and common kinds $11
to $15.
Medium was the top grade of
heifer calves offered they topping
at $13.90 and bulk from $13 to
$13.75. Common heifer calves in
chilling dairy types brought from
$8.50 to $11.
Veal continued in good de
mand at prices from $16 to $20
with odd tops to $22.75. Demand
and prices on slaughter bulls
dropped slightly with bulk bring
ing from $11.50 to $12.50 and
scattered sales to $12.70.
A general strengthening of de
mand and prices on all western
markets has given a more en
couraging tone to the livestock
picture. Many men, closely as
sociated with the industry, pre
dict marked improvement in on-the-hoof
prices following this
holiday season.
Ours is a regular old-time Christmas greeting .
the kind we hope you enjoy
remembering . . . and with it comes our
sincere thanks for
all your many past courtesies.
NORAH'S SHOP
to String
The J. V.'s were behind all the
way except for a first quarter 4
point lead. The squad coached
by Jim Mallon started their dra
matic 10 point comeback with
5:09 remaining to play.
Friday nights encounter with
the babe "Rocks" of Pilot Rock
was another overtime thriller In
which the little Mustangs lost by
1 point after they had been the
dominating team during the re
gular game play.
Knappa, State Basketball
Champions of 1955, will meet the
Mustangs on the Mustang map
les the 29th of this month for
the Heppner quints fifth encoun
ter of the year.
Led by big 6' 6" Bob "Pudgy
Hunt", the Loggers will be
slightly favored as they have
been undefeated except for 1 loss
in the Astoria Jamboree.
Telephones On
Increase in Area
With one telephone, on the
average, for every three persons,
the United States had more than
half of the world's 94.5 million
telephones on January 1, 1955.
This information was released
in Oregon this week by the paci
fic Telephone and Telegraph
Company from figures compiled
by American Telephone and Tele
graph Company in its annual
survey, "Telephone Statistics of
the World". It takes a year to i
compile the report.
The state of Oregon, Pacific
Telephone officials in Portland
indicate, was right in line with
the national average. At the
first of the year, the population
of the state was just about 1,
662,680 persons. The telephone
population Pacific company and
independent companies com
bined was 536,576.
Pacific Telephone's 1954 growth
in Oregon, in number of tele
phone instwments installed was
about 4.4 per cent from 416,564
to 435,238. About 5.3 million
telephones were added through
out the world during the same
12 months.
The company's growth in Ore
gon, through November of this
year has been even greater. The
birthrate of new telephones jump
ed to 6.1 per cent in November
Pacific Telephone had 461,959
telephones installed throughout
the state, as compared with 435,
238 on January 1, 1955.
Locally, telephone growth has
also been good, according to Pa
cific Telephone manager D. A
Short. In the Pendleton area the
number of telephones has in
creased 6.1 per cent the past year,
from 12,683 to 13,465.
Telephones by towns in the
Pendleton area through Novem
ber of this year were:
Pendleton, 6012; Stanfield, 263;
Weston, 224; Milton, 2085; Ath
ena, 478; Echo, 200; Heppner,
693; Hermiston, 2447; lone, 187;
Lexington, 124; and Umatilla,
762.
Despite telephone growth lo
cally, and throughout the na
tion, Iceland has replaced the
United States as the second talk-
ingest nation in the world, Ameri
can telephones annual report
indicates.
Canada, with 417 conversations
per person, is in first place for
the third consecutive year. Ice
land is next with 394, and the
United States, 393 per capita.
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Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fergu
son left Tuesday for Everett,
Washington where they will
spend Christmas with their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Kelly and new
granddaughter, Luann. x
Family Arrives
For Holidays
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Singer and
children arrived Tuesday to
spend Christmas with her par
ents, Ml and Mrs. Earl Blake.
The Singers have just returned
from fifteen months spent in San
Paulo, Brazil. After the holidays
i they will be located in New York.
Other Christmas gussts of the
Blakes will be their son Donald,
who tttends the University of
Washington and another daugh
ter Joan of Portland.
Also expected on Friday are
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gilliam
and children of Portland who will
spend the holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gil
liam and Mr. and Mrs. Blake.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrival To Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Grover, Fossil, a 7 lb. girl
born Dec. 17, named Sandra Lynn.
Medical Marie Monahan,
Heppner; Francis Gilliland, Fos
sil; Bert Cork, Heppner; Vernon
Perry, Kinzua; Ezra Adkins, Kin-
zua, dismissed; Hilma Vieg,
Heppner (deceased); Claude Cox,
Heppner; Grace Turner, Heppner;
Ola Ruggles, Heppner; Thomas
Steagall, Lexington, dismissed;
Paul O'Meara, lone; Russel O'
Donnell, Heppner.
HERMISTON SALE
CATTLE: Baby calves, 1.50 to
12.00 cwt.; steer calves, 15.60 to
17.20 cwt.; heifer calves, 13.60 to
16.30 cwt.; veal, 16.50 to 18.30
cwt. Stacker steers, 12.10 to 13.50
cwt.; feeder steers, -3.50 to 14.80
cwt.; no fat slaughter steers or
heifers; Dairy cows, 82.50 to 105.
00 a head; stock cows, 79.00 to
120.00 a head; commercial cows,
10.60 to 12.00 cwt.; utility cows,
9.10 to 10.60 cwt.;canner cutter
cows, 7.10 to 8.20 cwt.; shells,
4.50 to 7.10 cwt. Bulls, 10.20 to
12.20 cwt. HOGS: Weaner pigs,
3.50 to 5.00 cwt.; feeder pigs, 9.50
to 11.60 cwt.; fat hogs 10.60 to
12.70 cwt.; sows, 8.40 to 10.20 cwt.;
boars, 3.50 to 4.20 cwt.; SHEEP:
Feeder lambs, 14.50 to 15.30 cwt.;
no fat lambs; ewes, 4.50 to 6.50
a head; no bucks.
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Top Local Cattle
Consigned For
Hereford Assn. Sale
Two local stock growers, Kirk
and Robinson and Floyd Worden,
have consigned some of their top
stock to the sixth annual Oregon
Polled Hereford Association show
and sale to be held in Redmond,
March 2 and 3, according to word
from Gordon Durham, Corvallis,
secretary of the association.
Kirk and Robinson will con
sign ons bull and two females
and Worden two bulls and four
females.
According to Dunham the sale
committee of the association has
just completed a four-day trip to
inspect consignments to the
spring sale and he said the as
sociation is making every effort
this year to assemble the highest
quality group of polled herefords
cattle ever offered in a state as-,
sociation sale. j
Irvin Mann of the Double M
Hereford Ranch, Adams, will
judge the show and Hi B. Sager,
Bozeman, Montana, will be the
auctioneer.
Boardman News
The Garden club met Monday
night at the home of Mrs. Rolin
Bishop, with Mrs. Arthur Allen
as co-hostess. There were 17
members present and Shirley
Earwood was a guest. Follow
ing the business meeting there
was an exchange of gifts, and
Mrs. Nathan Thorpe read "The
Night Before Christmas".
I he Lnristmas program was
presented at the Community
church Sunday night, in which
all Sunday school children took
part. The program was based op
"Meeting the Characters of
Christmas" and What Would You
Do with God's Son." Special
numbers were a trombone and a
cornet duet "Star of the East",
by Martin and Douglas Shattuck;
a vocal duet by Sandra Thorpe
and Gwendolyn Fussell; and a
duet by Miss Jean Scott and Miss
Zelma Cowan.
Mr and Mrs. George Wiese and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen at
tended the square dance party
at the Recreation hall in Hermis
ton Saturday night.
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