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Page 6 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 5, 1957 Mustangs Open Basketball Play Against St Joe By Jim Monis- Heppner fans will get their first chance to see the Heppner hifrh school basketball quintet In astion Wednesday night as the Mustang Five will journey to Umatilla where they will tangle with Umatilla's Vikings in the district 7-B basketball jamboree. Heppner will travel to Pendle ton Friday where they will lock horns with the St. Joseph Blue jays in a contest that should provide plenty of thrills. Saturday night will find the Mustangs at Arlington where the two teams will vie in a non-league tilt. Returning lettermen for the Mustangs this year are Ed Gro shens, Bob Laughlin Jim Morris, Dick Ruhl, Duane Alderman, Bob Huffman and Larry Prock. Also battling for starting berths are Larry Fetsch, Bob Mahoney, Steve Flug, Dick Robison and Tom Dris coll. A successful season is antici pated by the Mustangs and their coach Larry Dowen. With public support they hope to provide a winning season. December 13 and 14 the Mus tangs will be in Condon where they will play Sisters and Cul ver on successive nights. o Heppner Stores Listed Taking Part In Christmas Gift Game Following is the list of Hepp ner stores and businesses who are joining in the "We Feel Like Santa Claus" game which started last week. Each store will dls play a number in the store and has a free gift for the holder of that number: Heppner Variety Store. J. C. Penney Co. Peterson's Jewelry. Western Auto. Wilson's Men's Wear. Phil's Pharmacy. Connor's Dress Shop. Fulleton Chevrolet Co. Heppner Market. Ford's Tire Service. Case Furniture Co. Farley Motor Co. Gonty's. Heppner Flower Shop. Court Street Market. Humphrey Drug Co. Norah's Shop, Rosewall Motor Co. Electronic Service. Central Market. Heppner Hardware & Electric. Gilliam & Bisbee Hardware. o Lutheran Bible Series to Conclude The final evening in the series of 10 one and one-half hour dis cussions on the Christian faith will be held Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran church. Designed to encompass Christian teachings as revealed In scripture, the final discussion will consider "What the Bible says about death and eternity." The lecture will Include the basis for belief in imortality as out lined in the Bible. Included will be a 45 minute color film, "The Stones Cry Out" which will show the findings of the science of archaeology as It pertains to prophecy. The film contains an expedition into the Holy Land, ruins of Petra, Baby Ion, and the wall of Jerusalem. The same program will be giv en Wednesday night at 7:30 at the home of Robert Peterson In Gooseberry. The public is invtt ed. o Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Harshman and family of Dayton, Wash., spent the holidays visiting relat ives in Heppner. I'M SANTA Loyd Burkenbine Come Check My Lucky Number THISWEEK-YOU MAY WIN $5.00 IN OF if, ) if, if i i ift Oregonietns To Washington Governor Holmes, James F. Johnson, director of the depart ment of motor vehicles, H. G. Maison, superintendent of state police, and Harry Swanson Jr., chairman of the Oregon Traffic Safety Committee are scheduled to participate in the Oregon Traf fic Safety Committee of the Pres ident's Committee for Traffic Safety in Washington Dec. 9 and 10. President Eisenhower Is sched uled to address the opening ses sion. Following the conference, Gov, Holmes will join Oregon Centen nial Commission officlalls on De cember 11 to host a reception for envoys of other nations, a1 the na tional capitol's Army-Navy club With the governor to welcome the emissaries and invite their participation in Oregon's 1959 centennial celebration will be An thony Brandenthaler, chairman of the commission, members Glen L Jackson, Thomas Sandoz and Floyd Maxwell, executive direct or of centennial planning. The governor is scheduled to fly east on Dec. 6 and return Dec 13. Senate President Boyd Over nuise will occupy the governor' chair during the period. Stock Thefts Having been a Rood livestock rancher most of his life, Oregon's Director of Agriculture, Robert J, bteward, gets wrought up over cattle rustlers who have been ha ving too much of their own way in recent years. He s doing some thing about, and pronto! He has gangedup with Joe Dwyer, state Director of AgricuU ure for Washington and arranged a reciprocal agreement for the prevention of livestock theft. The agreement went into effect before the inked signatures were dry and provides that livestock cannot cross the state line with out an official brand certificate from the state of origin. Washington will hold any Ore gon livestock arriving in their state without such official certificate, until Oregon offic'als authorize or request the. release of proceeds from the sale of trrat livestock. If Washington officials believe the livestock Is stolen, they will detain the animals until release has been granted by Ore gon. Coyotes Top Killers Old slicker coyote persists In holding the record for being the most destructive predatory ani mal in Oregon, politicians includ- ed According to figures supplied Dy u. s. Korest and Wildlife Serv ice and the animal division chief or the Oregon Department of Ap riculture, almost half of the 1126 livestock and poultry losses re ported from July 1 to October 5, were attributed to coyotes. Responsible for other losses were foxes, bears, raccoons, bob cats, dogs, badgers, mountain li ons, opposums, skunks and eag los listed in that order. Discovered losses were 524 sheep six goats, 14 calves, 27 pigs, 40j chickens, 4 geese, 100 turkeys 35 ducks, 3 cuinea hens a ca iiens, 17 deer, 10 house cats and iL..-i-fj. . . -J W UKfaW tuyiuus neported Payrolls of the 27,397 firms un der the Orccon Compensation law totals s?.w. a wiviitu'iUTJUt'l L 022,471, in the first half of 1957, or $561,067 less than in the first half of last year, the commission reported Tuesday. Average unemployment was 310,126, or 3,736 below the simi lar of 195G. The commission said that the total payroll of all of 1957 might be as much as 5 percent below r GROCERIES YOUR CHOICE if Heppner Market LOYD BURKENBINE Auto Parts Bowlers " Fifth in League Play The Heppner Auto Parts bowl ing team is holding 5th place In the men's classic league at Pend leton so far this year with 11 wins against 13 losses. They hold third high team series for the season with 2099 pins and second high team game with 765. George Bradley holds second high individual game of 226 and Wavie Carter has high Individual series with 618. Last week s results were: (first, second and third games and tot al) Floyd Sayers, 154, 151, 158, 4G3; Dan Brutke, 156, 143, 144, 413; Wavie Carter, 191, 156, 189, 536; George Gradley 191, 166, 183, 540. Team totals were 692, 616, 674 and 1982. Radio Classes Are Changed to Tuesday Meeting time for the regular winter radio classes has been changed from Monday to Tues day evenings to avoid conflicts, it was announced this week. The class normally meets at the Stan ley Holm residence, but next week will be held at the Ray Smith home. About a dozen persons are now attending and others who might be interested are invited to attend, i here is no charge. o Elks Hold Memorial Service Sunday The Heppner Elks lodge con uucted its memorial service Sun day at 2 p.m. at the Elks temple to pay tribute to their absent fra ernal brothers. Exalted ruler William Labhart and the officers of the lodge pre sented the traditional service. For the musical program Victor Kreimeyer was vocal soloist and Mrs. J. O. Turner accompanist. J. O. Turner was the speaker. o Justice and Municipal Courts Floyd Herman Norman, failure t0 tag elk properly, $25 fine. Bill Grant Lynch, overlength load, $10 fine. Ralph W. Sikes, axle overload, $39 fine. Jerol. Dee Bailey, towing un licensed vehicle, $10 fine. John F. Newman, no PUC per mit $10 fine. William Edward Burgess, truck speeding, $25 fine. Gene A. Doherty, driving while under influence of liquor, case dismissed. Patrick Doherty, drunk in pub lic place, $25 fine. -o FARMERS TALK FARMERS UNION ORGANIZATION A small group of farmers met at the Newt O'Harra home in Lex ington Monday evening with H. D. Rolph Sr., vice president of the National Farmers Union and dis cussed with him their views and the program on agriculture prob lems, past, present and future. Al Bunch was chosen temporary chairman and O. W. Cutsforth temporary organizer until meeting is called for the election of officers. the all time record payroll of '56, Averaee employment in the ' lumber Industry in the first half 'of this year was 68,933, a drop of 9.6 percent from the first half of last year. The total wages In the industry declined 11.8 percent to $166,766,878. Postmark For Centennial Cancellations on outgoing mail from the governor's office will help advertise Oregon's 1959 Cen tennial celebration. The postmark, depleting a cov ered wagon snowcapped mount ains and a tall fir tree, carries the wording, "Coming, Oregon Centennial, 1859-1959." X .i ; 1 MRS. GEORGE REELECTED TO CEMETERY BOARD Mrs. Elaine S. George was un animously reelected to a three year term on the board of the Heppner cemetery maintenance district at an election held Mon day at the Heppner city hall. Only a very small representa tion of voters cast ballots. PARENTS OF GIRL Mr. and Mrs. Henry Happold have received word of the arrival of a granddaughter, Deborah Di ane, born at 12:30 p.m. Wednes day, Dec. 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hamilton of Klamath Falls. The young lady weighed in at 7 lbs. 11 ounces. CALLED TO ALBANY Mrs. Ealor Huston received word Friday of the death of her sister Mrs. Retta Davis in Albany Rev. Charles Knox and Mrs. Clive Huston took her to Portland to meet relatives on her way to at tend the funeral which was held Monday afternoon. ' o MARVIN SMITHS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith and family of Longview, Wash., form er Heppner residents, were here over Thanksgiving and spent the day at the Jack Van Winkle cab in on Willow Creek. Others at the cabin for the day were Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gard ner and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dick and family, the Smith and Van Winkle families. o ". GONTYS HAVE GUESTS Thanksgiving guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gonty were their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gonty and family of Renton, Wash., their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Blev ins, Heppner, and Mrs. Raymond Gonty's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Leibrand, The Dalles. o AT RUHL HOME Skip Ruhl, who Is attending Oregon State college, was at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ruhl for the Thanks giving holiday. He was accomp anied by a classmate, Charles Smith of Austin Texas. Other guests for Thanksgiving day were Mrs. Gene Gray and Florence Gray of Stanfield, mother and sister of Mrs. Ruhl and Mrs. Ot to Ruhl and Norman Ruhl, Mr. Ruhl's mother and brother. The Jim Valentine family spent Thanksgiving day at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Gor ham in Walla Walla. Thanksgiving guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Con nor were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rippee of Boardman,1 his mother, Mrs. Omer Luttrell of Hermiston, her brother and sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rippee of Condon, and their three sons and families, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Connor and baby. Forest Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Con nor and three children, Hood Riv er, Mr. and Mrs. Francis (Skip) Connor Jr. and one child. Visitors at the J. H. Angell home for Thanksgiving were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark O'Kelly, Prineville and Mr. and Mrs. Herb Taylor and two child ren of Vale. The Angell's daugh ter Mrs. Juanita Moore, returned to Prineville with her grandpar ents for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Les Grant and sons Mike and David visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Creswick Sunday. Mike has com pleted jump training at Ft. Ben ning, Ga., and is on furlough prior to being stationed in Germany. mfjfldependent Insurance JJ AGENT 1 1 1 V 1 1 T Oil jf 1 1 II I lin e HIT" Drive Carefully! Oregon's traffic record is Truly bad this year! It's enough to give anyone A real chill of fear! Each one must drive carefully! Not only for himself, But also keep an alert eye On everybody else! Be sure your auto liability Insurance is in effect! That coverage is right, in Case you're in a wreck! hr For All Your Insurance Needs C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY HEPPNER, OREGON Local News In Brief Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hasvold and three children, former Hepp ner residents, were In Heppner for Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Parker. Mrs. Tom Sargent was called to Sunnyside, Wash, last week by the serious illness of a grand daughter. Harry Dinges went to Enter prise Wednesday to attend an an ual meeting of Stockmen and County Assessors. Enroute to the same meeting, Mr. and Mrs. Ed win Goodrich Jr. of Prineville stopped at the local assessor's of fice to look over the new equip ment. Mr. Goodrich is assessor for Crook county. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scrlvner re turned Monday evening from Portland where they spent the Thanksgiving holidays with their son Robert and family. Mr. and Mrs. Don Wonderly of Salem, daughter and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Osmln, were home for Thanksgiving; Also at the Osmin home on Thursday, were Mr. and Mrs. Don White and son Ronny of Hermiston. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill spent Thanksgiving with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Knighten in Kennewick. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Knighten, another daughter and son-in-law of the Neills, spent the weekend in Heppner with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Slyter and three boys of Seattle were here for the Thanksgiving week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Chapin. Mr. and Mrs. Troedson and Mrs. Delia Corson of lone were Thanks giving dinner guests of Mrs. An na Smouse and Mrs. Minnie Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dick and family spent the weekend in Portland with her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack For sythe. Mr. end Mrs. Kenneth Green and family spent Thanksgiving in Union with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sullivan and son of Los Angeles were here to spend Thanksgiving with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mc Lachlan. The George Terrell family of Vale visited over the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clive Huston. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Pfeif fer had as their guests over the Thanks giving holidays, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Pfeiffer of Eu gene. Jerry Flug, who is a student at Oregon College of Education at Monmouth, spent the Thanksgiv ing holiday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Flug. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Blake re turned Tuesday from a visit to Portland and Eugene where they attended the University of Oregon Oregon State football game Sat urday. IONE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Bill McElhinney and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Rankin and duaghter and Mrs. Charles McElhinney, Salem spent Thanksgiving at the Norm an Nelson home. USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS If S Heater and Defroster. SEE IT-DRIVE IT TODAY! Farley Motor Co. HOOF & HORN CLUB The Hoof and Horn Livestock club met at the home of Diana Fulleton Nov. 29. 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