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Page 8 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 16, 1956 Mustangs Open Grid Practice On August 26 Heppner high school coach James Mallon announced today that football practice for the Mus tangs will start Monday, Aug. 27 and that equipment will be Is sued Sunday, Aug. 26. He also reminded grid hopefuls that phy sical exam slips should be ready by the 26th and that local doc tors can supply them. According to O. S. A. A. rules, players to be eligible to play In the first game Sept. 7 must have completed ten practice sessions, and Mallon said the rule was njade for the protection of the boys. He also said that boys participating in the fair and rodeo can miss two of the sche duled practices and still be eli gible, but the boys should plan accordingly. Many positions on the team are still open as the squad lost seven of the first 11 from 1955. There will be however, 11 return ing lettermen and Mallon looks for a good first string. There Is a lack of depth on the squad with the worst shortage being In the backfield as Ron McCabe has moved to Brookings and Jim Morris is sporting a cast on a broken arm. The first game the Mustangs will play is with Wallowa on Sept. 7 and It promises to be a dandy as the Wallowa team Is expected to finish first In the league. Season tickets for the five home games are now on sale by all members of the chamber of commerce. Th schedule includes: Sept. 7 Wallowa, here Sept. M Hermiston JV, here Sept. 21 Maupin, here Sept. 28 Umatilla, there Oct. 5 Stanfield, there Oct. 12 Elgin, there Oct. 19 Pilot Rock, here . Oct. 26 Moro, there Nov. 11 Eclio, here O ; Fair To Offer Several New Divisions (Continued From Page 1) record book keeping. A number of premiums are being offered by the fair board for Junior and senior 4-H club members In agri culture, home economics and miscellaneous projects, as well as the best set of record books from a club and -the best secretary's record book. Added this year were trophies from the Jordan Elevator company for champion livestock showman In the junior class. Trophies will be provided of dulry, beef, sheep and swine showman to encourage younger boys and girls in club work. Received this week were the special donations made annually by members of the Hynd family, with donations this year exceed ing those of the past. Checks were received from Hynd Broth ers company to be used in home economics, from W. G. Hynd for the fair, from W. G. Hynd for the pony races and the Morrow county derby, from David Hynd for street parade awards and special rodeo awards. Total contributions amount to $125. Friday's annual horse show will again feature the junior calf rop ing contest, with awards to be provided by Jack Van Winkle, J. COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS (Continued from Page 7) Fund 3.00 Harold Dobyns, Coyote Bounty Fund 60.00 Pete Campbell, Coyote Bounty Fund 6.00 R. G. McMurtry. Coyote Bounty Fund 3.00 LeRoy Gardner, Coyote Bounty Fund 6.00 tJ I I tX VALUES W m Is your hit-sent fin Is your present geared to the current erly? If not. heite reel a situation wlii loss. Let us cheek it Turner, Van Real Estate Phone 6-9652 "h $ L A tv v mm CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC convention platform committee. Rep. John W. McCormack, Massachusetts (right), greets Al UHman, Democrat. Ullman, Democratic candidate lor conaresa from this district, is ains at Chicago this week in a group including Gene Conklin, Ppnrfieton. and ludae Llovd Rea, Baker, official delegates, and Lvle R. Wolff and Ullman, both came acquainted with Rep. McCormack, house majority leader, when the Eastern representative actnveiy woricea lor news tan yon legislation at the recent session of the congress. C. Penney company and Tarrel Saddlery. Morrow county ama teur calf roping contests will vie again this year for the Heppner Pine Mill's saddle, with second and third place award provided by Tum-A-Lum Lumber Com pany and Wilson's Men's Wear. Farley Motor Company will again provide the trophy for the winning team of the three horse flag race. High in line of rodeo events is the Northwest Amateur bucking contest which will be held for the second time here this year, with the traditional saddle made and donated by Hamley and Company. The Mor row county chariot race, new this year, and the Morrow county derby are attracting many en tries. A partial list of judges for the show are available at this time: Mrs. Russell McKennon, Mrs. George Alkio, and Mrs. Kern Tel lefson, Umatilla county house wives will again judge the 4-H home economics divisions at the fair. Mrs. John Alexander and Mrs. John Parker, also of Pen dleton, will judge open class and school exhibits, Catering to the flower fanciers, a special quali fied flower judge who will have only that resonsibility, was se lected this year from the list pro vided by the Oregon Federation of Garden Clubs. Miss Aim Rohrman of Pendleton will be the judge. E. M. Nelson, Wasco county agent, The Dalles will again Judge fruits and vegetab les, hay grain, wool, poultry and rabbit exhibits. J. L. Marks, Fos sil, will handle open class and 4 II livestock exhibits and con tests. Judge for Friday's horse show has not yet been announ ced. o Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Huddle ston, son-in-law and daughter of Frank Turner, and their three children who have been visiting here and in Montana and Califor nia since June 15, left this morn ing via Portland and Seattle to return to their home in Valdez Alaska. ' Mr. and Mrs. Lee McRoberts and sons Timmy and Terry of Seattle are visiting at the home of his mother, Mrs. O. A. Devin Mrs. Alex Green accompanied Mrs. Edna Turner to Portland on Wednesday of last week. She was driven home on Saturday by her grandson, Richard Green of Gres ham. They were met here by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Green and they all went to the mountains to spend Saturday night and Sunday. They were joined there by Mr. and Mrs Joseph B. Green and family of Pendleton. Mrs. Mary Clark Riggs oi Eu gene and Mrs. Marjorie Clark Ridings of New York were visit ing and attending to business Better Check It for Size insurance coverage. value in f your prop- lake ;i is now to eoi li could result in serious with mi. Martcr Cr Bryant Insurance Heppner one of four youthful East Oregon of Baker, alternates. Ullman be Practice Starts For All-Star Game; Heppner Boy on Squad Under 90 degree weather, two Shrine All-Star teams got their first workout Monday when the coaches started active prepara tion for the Fifth Class B game to be held on the Round-Up grounds at Pendleton on August 25. Sunburn proved to be an occupational hazard, especially for the West team, but head coach Connie Sproul of Siletz and ass't -coach Tom Van Etten of Monroe expressed their satisfac tion on the condition of the team. Sproul summed up .his team with these words, "barring Injur ies, we will be able to show any team a rough evening by game time." Of the four games played to date, the West has won three, two of them by one point mar gins. The rough practice session will be interrupted Saturday when the teams travel to Port land to watch the A game and make a trip through the Shrine hospital. A street parade at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon will start the pageantry that has become an interesting feature of these games. The field pageantry will start at 7:30. A policeman's ball will follow the game in Pendle ton's new armory adjacent to the Round-Up grounds. One Morrow county boy, Ed Brosnan, tackle on last year's Heppner high school team, left last weekend for La Grande where he is practicing for the East team. He is the only Mor row boy on the first squad. though Skip Ruhl was chosen as an alternate. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Ball, Boardman, an 8 lb. 4 oz. girl born Aug. 10, named Linda Lou. Medical Karen Ramsey, Hepp ner; Cheri Carlson, lone, dismis sed; Cheri DeMoss, Nyssa, dis missed; Barbara Peterson, Hepp ner, dismissed; Rose Bergevin, lone; Dee Slzemore, Kinzua; Col leen Greenup, Heppner; Lois Lyon,, Kinzua; Merle Carmich ael, Lexington, dismissed; Jesse Zemmer, Kinzua; Quincy Tripp, Fossil. Minor Surgery Betty Hausler, lone, dismissed; Mildred Win ters, Heppner. Major Surgery Ellen Camp bell, Heppner. o Poultry Listings Expanded For Fair Mrs. W. W. Weatherford, In charge of the poultry exhibits for the Morrow county fair, an nounced this week that the poul try listing has been expanded for the fair this year in that one bird can be exhibited where in the past only pairs and pens were accepted. It is hoped that this opening the exhibit to single entries will increase the number entered Also arrangements have been made to water and feed all chicken, duck, geese and turkey ntries. She also announced that egg mirtons will be furnished to all who bring eggs to exhibit. o Mrs. W. E. Irwin of Spokane, was here the last or last weeK isiting with her sister, Mrs. El bert Cox. LIVESTOCK MARKET Cattle Hogs Sheep SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 Noon On U. S. Hlway No. 30 NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOC1 COMMISSION CO, JO 7-66SS Hermiston Oragea Frank Wink & Sons. Own en Don Wink. Mar. Res. HermUton JO 7-3111 Cattle Prices Continue Climb HERMISTON Cattle prices continued their steady climb while hog prices took a slight dip at the weekly Hermiston Livestock Commission Co,, sale Friday. For the fourth straight week grass fat steers posted a record high for the season, this time with a mark of $24.40 cwt. com pared with $19.70 cwt. for the preceding week. Also setting new highs were veal, $20.00 cwt. com pared with $17.50 cwt. for the previous week; grass fat heifers, $19.75 cwt. compared with $16.30 cwt for the previous week; and dairy cows, skyrocketing to $121.50 a head for the top cow compared with $113 for the best animal the previous week. Fat hogs, at a top of $18.50 cwt, were slightly under the season's high mark of $19.10 cwt. posted the previous week. Manager Delbert Anson de scribed the sale as "fast moving all the way" with 90 consignors placing 344 cattle, 82 hogs and 102 sheep on the auction block. The session featured the special sale of 75 Holstein grade A dairy cows. More fed cattle and feeder cattle are on the "wanted list" for next week's sale, Anson an nounced. The market: CATTLE: Baby calves, 7.50 to 16.00 per head; steer calves, 16.10 to 17.90 cwt.; heifer calves, 14.80 to 16:30 cwt.; veal, 18.20 to 20.00 cwt.; stocker steers, 15.40 to 17. 10 cwt.; feeder steers, 17.10 to 18.20 cwt.; grass fat steers, 18.20 to 20.40 cwt.; grass fat heifers, 15.20 to 19.75 cwt.; dairy cows, 114 to 212.50 per head; commer cial cows, 11.40 to 12.80 cwt with few young cows to 13.40 cwt; util ity grades, 9.90 to 11.15 cwt.; can ners and cutters, 7.80 to 10.10 cwt.; shells, 4.50 to 6.90 cwt.; and bulls. 11.40 to 13.10. HOGS: Weaner pigs, 4.50 to 8.75 cwt; feeder pigs, 14.20 to 15.75 cwt.; fat hogs, 17.90 to 18.50 cwt.; boars, 2.50 to 6.00 cwt; and sows, 11.25 to 14.90 cwt. SHEEP: Ewes, 2.20 to 6.00 cwt.; feeder lambs, 14.20 to 16.00 cwt; and fat lambs, 18.10 to 19.00 cwt. 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We want you to drive and listen-drive and feel. That fine-car quiet results from sound WOW A with AIR COKMTIOXING costs less than many medium. nvn priced cars without it. TRY 0E TODAY! yI!?! Rose Barratts Attend Dinner For Baldock Judge and Mrs. Garnet Barratt returned Sunday from Portland and Salem. Thursday Barratt at tended a meeting of state high way engineers in Salem and pre sented to R. H. Baldock, retiring state-engineer of the Oregon state highway commission, a resolution of respect and appre ciation in behalf of Morrow county for his help and cooperation in matters pertaining to road con struction. Friday evening Judge and Mrs. Barratt represented Morrow county at a testimonial dinner for Baldock in the grand ballroom of the Multnomah hotel. The dinner was sponsored by seventeen or ganizations from all parts of the state, including the League of Oregon Cities and the Associa tion of Oregon Counties. Baldock served with the state highway commission for 41 years. About 500 attended, Barratt said. DICKS TRAVEL OVER WEEKEND Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dick and family spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Forsythe at Ryderwood, Washing. ton where Kevin and Stewart remained for a weeks visit. Enroute there they took their nephew, Lynn Forsythe who had been visiting here, to his .home in Portland and attended the sum mer show of the Norge line and saw the all star baseball game. o CURBING AND PAVING COST LOWER THAN EXPECTED The cost of curbing and pav ing of Gale street between Wil low and Center streets, which was recently completed, was done at a cost of only $2.80 per running foot, much lower than was expected, it was revealed this week. The average cost to lot owners was $180 for the work. The improvement will elimi nate much winter mud and it is reported that several other resi dents' on Gale street urging con tinuation of the improvement o Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hem rich and three sons and Mrs. Radford of Orcutt, California ar rived Tuesday to visit with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gonty. i insulation under the hood, under the roof, in door and body panels the most insula tion in any car at anywhere near Ford's low price. Some other things that contribute to that smooth, silent, luxury-car ride are things which Ford's leading competitor certainly can't boast: Ball-Joint suspension with wide base control arms for better steering, more stabilized wheel alignment . . . shock absorbers that are mounted to the frame rather than the body. "Sure," you'll say as you drive along the road. "Feels pretty good-but after all, this car is new." Well sir, when you come in from your drive we'll show you why Ford will stay like new for a long, long time. We'll show you how Ford has five cross members (including a "K" member) in its frame. Ford's leading competitor only has wall Motor Company ALL LOOKOUTS NOW HAVE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS Forest ranger Vic Kreimeyer re ported this week that the service has just completed the installa tion of large aerial markings on all lookouts in the mountains. The numbers and letters, similar to those seen on tops of build ings throughout the country give locations to airplanes. LEGION CAMPAIGN ON The magazine subscription drive started recently by workers for the Crowell-Collier Publishing company under the sponsorship of the Heppner American,' Legion post is about half way com pleted, it was revealed this week, and officials expressed apprecia tion to the general public for their response. The drive will last about another 10 days. The Legion post will use the money to purchase hospital equipment. o CITY BUYS POLICE CAR Fulleton Chevrolet company was the low bidder on a 1956 V-8 4-door sedan which the City of Heppner will use for a police car, The base bid was $1899. McMURDOS HAVE GUESTS Sunday guests at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo were Mr. and Mrs. David Baum and three children, La Grande; Dr, and Mrs. Fred Otten and three children of La Grande; Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McMurdo and three children, Portland; Scott McMurdo, Corvallis; Miss Connie Riegal, Corvallis and Miss Lulu Hager of Heppne'r. Peggy McMurdo and Charlie McMurdo are staying for a visit of a few weeks with their grand parents. o Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Peterson left Tuesday morning for a vacation in Montana. Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Wagoner and sons Jerry and Mike left Sunday for a two week's vacation at the coast. Mrs. Madge Bryant end. Mrs. Mary Cason were in Portland last week. Mrs. Bryant went on to Silverton to visit with relatives and they both returned to Hepp ner on Saturday. Mrs. Luola Bengtson and child ren Brenda, Brent and Hilda visi ted in Heppner over the weekend. They left for their home In Eu gene on Tuesday. FORD goesfast Local News In Brief Mrs. Loyd Burkenbine and children returned Friday from a visit with her sisters, Mrs. Evan Rill of Connell, Wash, and Mrs. Fay Kiser of Nespelem, Washing ton. They made a trip into Can ada while there. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flack, formerly of Heppner, are parents of a baby daughter, born Sunday at The Dalles. Her sister, Mrs. Gene Hall and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ball have gone to The Dalles to be with her. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koenig, and Mr. and Mrs. Max Barclay and their children and Miss Mary Jean Havves left Tuesday for Sea side for a week's vacation. Robert Dant of San Francisco. Mr. Boyd of Yakima, Maurice Hitchcock and Charles Benauti of White Swan were luncheon guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koenig Tuesday of last week. Dr. Wallace Wolff. Jack Angel and Dr L. J. Whalon returned on Sunday evening from a weekend fishing trip on the Deschutes river at Grass Valley where they were guests of Al Payne. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ball have returned to their home in Hills boro after spending several days last week visiting his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ball and his sister, Mrs. Glen Fames. Mrs. Roger Steiger and daugh ter of Portland are spending two weeks in Heppner, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ball and her sister aryl brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Van Mar ter. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney and Bob"" and Shannon left Tues day for several days at Priest Lake, Idaho. Printing Is Our Business I See Us For Your Next Printing Needsl Long Distance Nation-Widc Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans Penland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 August It Saving Seaion al your Ford Dealer1!. Bag i deal while he dean his decks for the '57 models. v ' two. We'll show you the toep-block Y-like engine design which enables Ford engines to take it. Now what you've been waiting for. How can you save hundreds of dollars by taking a Ford Test Drive? Simply by proving to yourself that there really is a fine car in the low-price field. You see, the reason a Ford does not cost hundreds of dollars more than it does, is Ford's huge production and the huge volume which we Ford Dealers sell. But enough of this talk. Come in. And you do the driving and the talking. Bring the family, too.
