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Pagt8 Heppncr Gazette Times, Thursday, May 10, 1956 Mustangs Bow To Umatilla And Stanfield By James Monahan Poor Heppner! When will It stop? Heppner's blue and gold baseball squad allowed the Stanfield Tigers and the Umatil la Vikings to Inflict the third and fourth straight losses on the Mustangs by 5-2 and 11-10 scores. Bill Meade, the Stanfield hur ler, stopped the horses cold on 4 hits while the big sticks from Stanfield slammed out six hits along with 3 Heppner errors to drop Coach Larry Dowen's squad 5-2. The "striped cats" opened the first by drawing two bases on balls on eight straight pitches. Corey of Stanfield then stole home after a play to second to score the first tally of the game. Heppner came back strong to tie the score as Griffith beat out a throw to first and was driven home on a terrific two base blow by Gentry Into left field. Both clubs played no run ball for the next three frames. Stanfield bunched together three hits In the fifth to score two more runs. Griffith tallied for Heppner In the same Inning as he took ad antage of two Tiger errors for Heppner's last run of the game. The last runs of the game came In the top of the seventh when Stanfield blasted out three singles to add up two more runs for a final 5-2 score. Big hitters for the day were Gentry who went 2 for 3 In eluding a one run double while Bowman hit 2 for 3 for the Tigers ' In winning their first baseball victory over Heppner In the his tory of UMC League, Umatilla had to rally in the last Inning to score 4 runs and 2 hits to edge the Mustangs 11-10. Heppner, after leading 10-7 into the bottom of the seventh, became careless and committed two big errors which resulted In the four important runs the Vik ings scored. Mustang hurler Mac Griffith scored first for the Mustangs when he was driven home by a 3-bag blast by Burke Gentry. Turner scored again In the second on a base on balls and a wild pitch. In the meantime, the "Vlks" slammed out four hits including a 3-run homer to Jump ahead of Heppner by a 6-2 score. The Mustang nine broke the scoring column wide open In the filth panel when they unleashed 2 doubles and a single to drive home five runs. Heppner added their final three runs In the seventh with two hits but could not quite total enough to retaliate the four big scores of the Vikings. Irrigon looms ahead as the Mustang's last encounter of the year. The Comets are still win less, and they have hopes of end ing that streak at Heppner's ex pense. o ELMO SMITH REPRESENTATIVE IN HEPPNER TUESDAY Charles F. Bollinger of Port land was in Heppner and Morrow county this week on behalf of Elmo Smith for Governor corn mi ttee. HOME ON LEAVE E. M. F. A. Raymond L. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Walker, arrived home Monday from San Diego where lie Just graduated from the Navy's electrician school He will report to Staten Island Navy base on May 20, where he will be assigned to duty on an Ice breaker. MORROW COUNTY Wheat Growers PLAN NOW TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL SPRING MEETING Of Your Association To Be Held At LEXINGTON GRANGE HALL TUESDAY, MAY 15-8 P. M. Th program will include an up-to-the-minute report on farm legislation in Washington, D. C. by Floyd Root, vice president of the National Association of Wheat Growers. Everyone Is Urged To Attend I lone Again Downs Heppner on Track; 7-B Beet Friday For the third straight time this year. Ione's Cardinals edged the Heppner thinclads in track events. The latest was the Wednesday Heppner lone track meet, which lone took by a score of 56.6 to 47.6. An important event for this weekend is the district 7-B track and field meet to be held on the Heppner field. Eight teams are expected to compete with Pilot Rock as the favorite . o Pilot Rock Tops in U-M Track Meet here By James Monahan Again for the second straight time the Rockets from Pilot Rock have dominated the Umatilla Morrow County Track meet as they completely ran away with the event with nine firsts and a grand total of 75Mi points com pared to runnerup lone who col lected 38Vi. Leading the Heppner thinclads was Mustang distance man, Mike Monahan, who swept both the mile and the 880 yard run to total 10 points for runnerup posi tion in scoring. D. Horn and D. Chapman of Pilot Rock tied for first with 15 points apiece. The only other "blue tag" win ner for Heppner was Skip Ruhl who captured the 410 yard run in a record time of 55.9 to break his old meet record of 56.8. Other Heppner cindermen who placed In the meet were: Skip Ruhl third, broadjump; Dick Ruhl third, High jump; Dick Apple- gate, fourth, 180 yd. low hurdles; Relay Team, (D. Ruhl, S. Ruhl, R. McCabe, D. Bright) fourth; D. Connor, fifth, Polevault. Placing Positions of Teams Pilot Rock , 75 li lone Weston . . Heppner . Umatilla . Lexington Helix ..3814 30 25 'a .21 .1214 .. 7 Golf Club Meeting Called For Monday A meeting of all members of the Willow Creek Country Club has been called for next Monday evening by John Williams, presi dent. The meeting will be held at the Elks ladies lounge at 8 p. m. All members are urged to be present as the purchase of neces sary equipment will -he one of the main items of business to be discussed. Much work on the course, a short distance west of Heppner, has been done during the past few weeks, officers reported. Work days are being held al the course each Sunday and it is expected that part of the course will be ready for use within a short time. o HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. George McQuiggan, Condon, a 8 lb. boy born May 1, named George Edward, Jr. to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Alstott, lone, a 7 lb. 13 oz. girl born May -1, named Kyde Marie. Medical Ida Olson, Heppner; Gary Stumper,. Kinzua; Charles Nelson, Fossil; Douglas Gundi'r son, Heppner; Paul Still, Fossil, dismissed; Sarah Trobaugh. lone; Lana Padberg, lone; Mary Wright, Heppner; Jessie Griffin, Heppner. Minor Surgery Delberta Me- New, Condon; Joe Nelson, Kin zua, dismissed. Major Surgery James Wil- helm, Heppner. Outpatients Alton Osmin Heppner; Joe Gommillion, Hopp tier; Douglas Reade, Spray; Wil liam Morgan, Monument. TB and Health Association Names Officers for Year The Morrow County Tuberculo sis and Health association held its annual dinner meeting Mon day night at O'Donnell's Wagon Wheel. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller of Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. V. W. O'Harra, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Angel, Mrs. Ken neth Peeler Mrs. W. W. Weather ford, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bedford, Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo, Mrs. Velma Glass, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Gribble, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Green, and Mrs. Mervin Leon ard. New officers elected were Mrs. Herman Green, president; Mrs. Lowell Gribble, vice president; Mrs. W. W. Weatherford, treasur er; Mrs. Keneth Peck, secretary; Mrs. Jack Angel, seal sale chair man for Morrow county. Mrs. Glass, county health nurse gave a report on the patch tests given in Morrow county schools, health publicity posters on dis play in first four grades of Mor row County school rooms and health pamphlets made available to school libraries throughout the county. She reported that of the 884 patch tests given, only1 3.7 were reactors. Letters were sent to these positive reactors in forming them of the availability of x-ray at the hospital. At the present time there is only one active case of tuberculosis known in Morrow county and he is In the hospital in The Dalles. Dr. McMurdo spoke briefly about tuberculosis and the pro gress which has been made in the treatment and cure of the disease over the past fifty years. Jack Angel outlined the x-ray program here and emphasized the fact that for two days each year, the hospital stands the ex penseof all free x-rays. He also stated that It is standard pro cedure to give an x-ray to all patients who enter the hospital for any kind of treatment, al though all of them do not take advantage of it. Angel 'said that not only does x-rays reveal tuber-1 Oome , , . j (jSSBWS T'tt ) , 1 Now there's a 4-door hardtop to fit every new car budget and look at the advantages you get when you pick your 4-door hardtop from the stunning Mercury Phaeton line. " . There's greater see-ability all around especially for rear-seat passengers. Notice that there is no view-cramping curve to the roof, no center pillars, Let us easy Annual Style Show Planned for Next P-TA Meeting Here The Heppner high school home making department will present its annual style revue the even ing of May 16 in the multipur pose room of the new elementary school, it was revealed this week. Th show will be part of the regu lar P TA meeting. The regular meeting of the P-TA, scheduled for May 9, has been changed to May 16 because of a conflict in the use of the multipurpose room. The public Is invited. Girls who belong to the Future Homemakers of America will be in charge of the revue and nar rators will be Laurel Allstott, Judy Collins and Joann Brosnan. Models will be Connie Ander son, Roseann Ayers, Wilma Both well, Judy Cochell, Caralee Cor bin, Bonnie Hannan, Mary John ston, Florence Morris, Carole Anderson, Peggy Applegate, Jo ann Brosnan, Marlene Geyer, Norma Geyer, Carolyn McDaniel, Joan Moe, Marie Robison, Judy Trowbridge, Phyllis Quacken- bush, Celia Boulden, Joyce Case beer, Judy Collins, Kay Keithley, Janice Martin, Susie McQuarrie, Mickey Nichols, Nancy Slocura Karen Valentine, Ruth Peterson, Christine Swaggart and Francine Francis. culosis but also cardiac and other diseases. Last year 121 x rays were given on hospital day and this year, 144 persons were x-rayed. Miniature x-rays are available all year to anyone de siring one for the nominal fee of $1.50 between the hours of 7 a. m. and 3 p. m. by appointment. The T. B. and Health Associa tion budget In the amount of $1,530.00 for 1956 was presented and approved by the group All monies used for DurDoses as out- lined above are obtained through the sale of Christmas Seals. Of the amount collected, only 26 goes to the State and National organization and the remaining ivo is retained in Morrow county. BEFORE YOU SAY YOU CAN'T AFFORD see our hardfops .now in 4 price ranges THE BIG M PHAETONS-Shown above Mercury offers you the newest, most advanced 4-door hardtop design with new, higher horsepower in every price range show you how it is to own Rosewall The accompanists for the show are Janice Martin and Phyllis Quackenbush. Following the show the P-TA will hold Installation of new officers. WILLIAM TURNER HAVE GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. William Turner had as guests over the weekend his brother and family, Mr. and Mrs.Robert Turner and three daughters of White Swan, Wash ington; her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H .L. Allgood of Bend and Stan Day of La Grande. Mrs. Jennie Allgood, who makes her home in Heppner with her daughter, Mrs. William Tur ner, returned to Bend with her son, H. L. Allgood for a visit. o CALLED TO DENVER BY ILLNESS Mrs. Floyd Adams left Monday by plane for Denver where she was called by the serious Illness of a daughter, Mrs. John Roscoe. Another daughter, Mrs. Ted Schaffeld of Ontario joined her mother in Boise and continued on to Denver with her. Mrs. Harry Duvall returned last week from a two weeks trip to Los Angeles and Pasadena where she visited relatives. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Lenna Waid of Stanfield. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Troedson were Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hager and Rev. Merlin Zier. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Troedson visited Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert LIndstrom of Morgan. Mrs. Seth Ried of Prescott, Wash, and two sons Tommy and Greg were guests at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koenlg Wed nesday and Thursday of last week. Mrs. Walter Wright Mrs. James Hayes, Mrs. John Bergstrom, Mrs. Sam Turner and Mrs. Kay Kono- nen went to Corvallls over the weekend to attend Parents Weekend at O. S. C. (1) The Montclair, (2) The Monterey, lie li Mm'Phaeton. THE BIG Motor Company HITCHCOCK TO SPEAK HERE ON SATURDAY Phil Hitchcock, Republican candidate for U. S. Senator, will speak and answer questions at a meeting Saturday morning at 10 a. m. at the multipurpose room of the Heggner grade school. o Mr. and Mrs. John Heltzel of Salem were overnight guests Fri day at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Barratt. They were en route to Pendleton where Heltzel attended the meeting of the Ore gon Bar Association. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith and children were in Portland over the weekend, visiting at the home of Smith's uncle, and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Marks. Mrs. B. C. Forsythe, who has been visiting at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dick, accompanied them as far as Portland enroute to her home in Ryderwood, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle were Pendleton visitors Sunday. Western jamboree From KEPR-TV FEATURING BIG WAYNE, LITTLE WAYNE PLUS OTHER TV STARS Fair Pavilion, Heppner FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 11 DANCING 9 TO 12 OPEN TO A 4-DOOR HARDTOP (3) The Custom, and (4) The Medalist no annoying "blind-spot" area in the rear seat. The arrangement of the ' Phaeton's doors and seats provides easier entry and exit. Distinctive styling touches distinguish the Phaetons from all other 4-door hardtops. See the Phaetons at our showroom, then choose the model that suits your budget best. Avoaabl h oil modU tqulpptd wild optional iMlERCURY Among those from Heppner at tending Parents Weekend at the Eastern Oregon College in La Grande were Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gonty and two sons, Mrs. Ervin Anderson an daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graham, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Privett and Mrs. Cor nett Green. Larry Moiahan, student at the University of Oregon, was home over the weekend. He was accom panied by Bienda Bengtson who was a guest of Meredith Thomson and Brent Bengston who visited Tom Driscoll. Joel Barnett hes moved to Seat tle where he is employed and Mrs. Barnett, (Marlene Duran) and two children will Jain him as soon as suitable housing is found. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fergu son have as their guest their granddaughter, Luanne Kelly of Everett, Washington. She will be with her grandparents for two weeks while her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly of Everett are in San Diego, Calif. o Gazette Times Classifieds Pay I ADMISSION $1.25 THE PUBLIC Co-op Mtrc O Malk Drlv.
