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Mustangs Whip lone Cardinals -With 51-46 Win By James Mcnahan Heppner Mustangs toted heavy weapons Saturday night when they dumped the high flying lone Cardinals 51-46 after run ning up a lopsided 48-18 score over an underma'nned Yellow jacket '5" from Boardman the preceeding night. Rallying from a 3 point deficit a tthe third quarters end the Hustangs offensive unit caged 13 oipnts. The defense squad put up an iron man defense to hold the Cardinals to two goals from the field which came in the last 54 seconds of play on desperation shots. The blue shirted Mustangs pulled up with Echo for a lea gue lead with whom they meet this Saturday night for the lea gue championship. Rusty Morlans "buzzing bees" found out their sting was not quite potent enough as the Hepp ner cagers ran up an early 7-0 lead and a steady pace rolled to a 16-5 first panel lead. Reserves played the major role in the second quarter and turned in an additional 7 points for a comfortable 23-11 mid-game lead. Foor ball handling that has become a Mustang trademark for Friday night games was conspicu ous through out the tilt as the Heppner quint tried unsuccess fully to break the game wide open by a massive score, quint went into the third per- Larry Dowen's game starting iods action and increased the blue and gold cagers lead to 8 more tallies by collecting 8 points on a field goal barrage while the Ruhl brothers shot I.OOq from the charity line. Fourth period play saw reser ves in action again as they dunked in 7 of the Mustangs last 13 scores. Heppner's ever improving de fense held the Bees to 4 field goals and a poor 10 out of 21 attempts from the gift line for a total of 18. Although by far the largest swamping the Mustangs have dealt a team this season it was probably the poorest played game of the year. Lance "Stretch" Tibbies pulled the Heppner hoopsters out of the fire In a tight contest with the lone Cardinals as he turned in a last half shooting, rebounding, and all around basketball spree Loug Distance Nation-Wide Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans Penland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 OLEO- Kraft's Parby 4 IBs. $9d ORANGES -SNOWBOYS LB. Cood For Juicing FREESTONE PEACHES O CANS QZp PlnAaa Kn 01.. Pmi XM XM 4 WHITE BEANS PINEAPPLE Standby Dessert Cuts No. BEEF GRADE 33c ( BURKENBINE'S) Heppner Phone MARCH OF DIMES (Continued From Paso 1) $925 for unpaid patient care. One new case was reported in the county in 1955. Following an appeal last Sep tember the county chapter sent $1000 to the National Foundation for emergency use from which Umatilla county received emer gency funds, the Rev. Lester Boulden, president of the county chapter, reported. Local chairman in the current drive are Clem Stockard, city chairman; Mrs.Olive Hughes, as- Lsistant county chairman; Robert Penland, publicity chairman; Jack Flug, entertainment chair man; Mrs. Velma Glass, county drive- treasurer. Robert Ferrell is county chapter treasurer. Community drive chairman are Mrs. Ruby Robert, lone; Mrs. F. McClintock, Cecil; Mrs. Emma Breshears, Lexington; Mrs. Flos sie Coals, Boardman and Mrs. Stella Faulson, Irrigon. A benefit basketball game is expected to be held during the January drive. La Verne Van Marter is sports activities chair man. by canning 8 points and pulling down 22 rebounds to aid a game winning total of 51-46. Plavine an aggressive type ball game the Mustangs edged ahead 17-13 as Dick Rum pumpea in 7 Doints at the initial quarter's end. - Coach Larry Dowen's Mustangs started the second stanza with a foul campaign and before the halftime bell John Piper and Skip Ruhl were down to 4 in fractions and as an insurance move were benched for fourth period action. lone took advantage of the Mustangs fouling and canned 10 free throws and a long one from the field for a second panel total of 12. Throe 2 pointers and a poor 4 out of 9 gift shots was me oesi the Mustangs could achieve. Ernie Drake pumped in b points to lead the Redbirds to a 41-38 lead at the third quarter's end. John Piper and Skip Ruhl en tered the game for the Mustangs miint and gradually tne mus tangs pulled ahead. With 3:43 minutes left the Heppner cagers held a 10 point lead. Lone shot artists for lone came lnt tho came at this point but the viinlant defense of the Hepp ner squad held them to two long shots from 25 feet. In winning the Cardinal con test the Mustangs shot a low 25 from the field while the charity lino percentage was a poor 47. This week the Heppner basket ballers play two league contests of which will determine the league leadership. Lexington plays host to the horses Friday evening while Echo, last years UMC chamionp will meet the Mustangs on the home court which will be the big tilt of the week for Mustang fans. Game time is scheduled for 8:15 after the preliminary which begins at 7:00. 9c O LBS 9?C 2CANSfilC 2'a jtf MM T A BEEF LIB. (Ularket 6 - 9922 Heppner Gazette Times, L MR. AND MRS. JOHN HEMERY and daughter Van-ssa (center;, Scottish family who visited at ine home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Jones in Lexington over the weekend. (See story on page 4). Photo courtesy Wenatchee Daily World Heppner Men Top Calf Sale HERMISTON Three Heppner consignors ted the way in tne calf market at the Hermiston .... livestock auction Friday, sale manager Delbert Anson reported today. Orin Brace scored with seven Angus steer calves weighing 361Q pounds. Brace was paid $18 a hundredweight for the animals Elmer and Roger Palmer com bined to sell 14 Hereford heifer calves weighing 5110 pounds and earned $15.40 a hundredweight for their efforts. " B. J. Dougherty sold a baby calf along with a registered cow and raked in $142 for the pair. Anson said the market was "lightning fast" and that there just wasn't "enough stock to go around". Everything, including pork, sold .in the higher price brackets. Volume peaked at 301 cattle, 261 hogs and 23 sheep, with 117 consignors on hand. Anson said buyers are calling fur "a lot more fed cattle", veal, cows and stock cows. He said the auction will have 30 head of first half springer heifers on hand next week for sale. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Myles Martin were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Healy and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Martin and family, Mr. and Mrs. Randall Martin and Janice and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Martin and son of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Martin and son, Pat, of Portland were weekend guests of his mother, Mrs. Myles Martin. W. E. Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. Randall Martin spent Tuesday in Milton-Freewater. Judge Garnet Barratt and Mrs. Barratt left Tuesday on a trip through California, Nevada and Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. John Fisk of Im nah were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank An derson. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thompson returned Tuesday from Pendle ton where Mrs. Thompson was the guest of Mrs. Walter Moore. Thompson attended a meeting of the Pendleton Production Credit Association at Enterprise Satur day and a similar meeting in Pendleton Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gilliam. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake and Leonard Gilliam have returned after a ten tday fishing trip to the Oregon Coast. RUG CLEANING EQUIPMENT HERE A complete carpet cleaning set of equipment was purchased this week by the Case Furniture Co. Rugs may be cleaned either in the home or at the store, Allen Case said. CIRCUIT COURT TO CONVENE Circuit court will convene Wed nesday, Jan. 25, at 9:30 a. m. under Judge W. W. Wells at the courthouse. Slated to be heard is an accident case, Conboy, liases and Wheelhouse versus Joliiff. CHILI SUPPER SUCCESS About $115 was netted by the Parent Teachers association at the annual chili supper held on Saturday night at the school cafeteria. The supper preceded the Heppnerlone basketball game. LIVESTOCK MARKET Cattle Hogs Sheep SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 Noon On U. S. Hiway No. 30 NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO. JO 7-E65S Hermiston Oregon Frank Wink & Sons. Owners Don Wink, Mgr. Res. Hermiston JO 7-3111 Thursday, January 19, 4 New Books at Library Books recently received at the Heppner Public Library include "Lincoln's Sons" by Randall; "Long Rope", Wood; "Last Trail", "Young Forester", "Fighting Caravan", "The Short Stop", 'Wilderness Trek" and "Men of the Forest" all by Zane Grey. Painting and cleaning of the library is now being done by Mike Monahan and Vic Groshens and a new book case built by Keithly Blake has been installed. lone Town Team Loses Game The lone Town team played a close game with the Pendleton Grain Growers last week and got dumped by two points. The score was 68 t0 66. High point man for Pendleton Grain Growers was Hensley, while three lone team members Bob Peterson scoring 18, Larry Price 18 and Gene Doherty 16, were top scorers. The next game will be with the Pendleton Indians Monday, Janu ary 23rd at 8 p. m. at the lone gym. In the low-price field annd jJ Rosewall Motor Company 1956 T HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stephens, Kinzua, a 7 lb. 5 oz. girl born Jan. 13, named Deborah Jean. To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth LaFountain, Kinzua, a 6 lb. 12 oz. girl born Jan. 16, named Susan Ann. Medical Billy Hire, Kinzua, dismissed; Preston Medlock, Kinzua, dismissed; Frances Staube, Spray, dismissed; Johnny Williams, Kinzua, dismissed Denward Bergevin, lone, dismis sed; Allen Hughes, Heppner; Bes sie Livingston, Spray; Mary Ken nedy, Condon; Roger Hollomon, Kinzua, dismissed; Freda McCoy, Spray, dismissed; John Krebs, Cecil; James Robert Kline, Jr. Condon; Leo Flowers, Monument Mabel Tibbies, Salem. Major Surgery Bonnie Butler, Heppner; David Hunt, Fossil, dis missed; Einar Magnuson, Spo kane, Wash. Minor Surgery Ruby Mabe, Fossil, dismissed. Out-Patients Lorraine Ball, lone; Vester Hams, lone; Robert Crowell, Cecil, o Tommy King of Pendleton was a business visitor in Heppner on Monday. o n ' Jy : Awl 1 X rx3 Safety Talk Made At Civic League; Style Show Set ' "More children's deaths are caused by accidents in the home than by disease", Mrs. Velma Glass, county health nurse, said in a talk before the Heppner Civic - ... . a League Monday nignt ai me school.' , Education of the child by the parents is the main preventative of home accidents for children beyond the toddling age, said Mrs. Glass who pointed out that narents themselves should set a good example by observing safer measures. Various school heaun urograms, including hearing, dental and eye testing, were ex plained by Mrs. Glass. A pre-Easter sayle show will be held by. he group with Mrs. William LaT)hart, chairman, as sisted by Mrs. Phil Blakney, Mrs. James Norene, Mrs. Larry Dowen and Mrs. Bradley Fancher. Named as co-chairman of the spring rummage sale, were Mrs. Jack Van Winkle and Mrs. Magne Storro. Dates for both events will Don't run... ifir just reach 1 1 put a phone ' Ql lQ In your living room g,- And in every other room you Jlw use a lot, extension telephones ! save time and steps. Call our I I business office about it today. jJP Pacific Telephone. fJ Take fife easy .. . -C "Jjzz: ((jEsD) oc'1 x,en,ion Phon "' V"VtBf?fwSiwWi"" ( than a nickel a day J WhKM " ' 1 u Ford's Thunderbird V-8 engine, the standard "8" in Fairlanes and Station. Wagons, is the most powerful "8" in its field at no extra cost. Ford has built more V-8's than all other makers combined! Off mfjftdh n O In virtually every equipped the way more want it . . . costs less than any other full-sized car in America! Come in and Test Drive the Ford in vour future! be set later. A motion to incorporate the Leapu;? was earned and Mrs. Larry Dowen appointed to start the necessary action. A budget of $153 was adopted for 1956 to cover rummage sale, fair float and miscellaneous administrative costs. Mrs. Fancher was appointed to write Sam Gordon regarding a League sponsored refresher course in Heppner. Mrs. Fred Sanders, newly elected president, was in charge of the meeting. Refreshments served after the meeting to about 15 were fur nished by Mrs. Fancher and Mrs. Vv ailtfce vvuiii. i nc iicai mtrci ing will be Feb. 20 at the school. o Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney spent last Saturday in Pendleton on business. Dr. and Mrs. Dwight Miller and Lynne and Dr. and Mrs. K. L. Miller and Sharon of Pendle ton were visitors Saturday even ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith. Mr. end Mrs. Jack Angel were in Portland Monday and Tuesday of this week on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Shrock and three sons of White Swan, Washington were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koenig. model, a Ford . . . and more people Based on a comparison of suggested list prir. i I 1 C
