Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, February 04, 1960, Page 8, Image 8

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    HtftHtn OAXriTX TIMII. Thursday, february 4 1160
James W Wheeler,
Ex-Heppnerite, Diet
At Fori Angolci
Jsmes W Wheeler. M. of Port
Angeles. Washington died Jan
uary 23 after an intended 111
nes. Fur. era I services were held
January 2 and burial wit In
the Mt Angeles cemetery at Port
Angeles.
Mr Wheeler wit born April
13. 1B73 at ElltJay. Ga. When a
vounir boy ne moveu 10 rc
vllie. Tenn and later started
traveling In the United States
and Canada at a collector for
a machinery firm.
He was married Sept 3. 1911
to Lula W Wllllama In Heppner.
They homesteaded land In Sand
Hollow and later moved to idano
Heppner Again
Goes 50-50 For
Week's Hoop Play
By NEAL PENLAND
Coach Clint Asee'a Mustangs
played two tlfht garnet and a
gain split the weekend by
squeezing by Umatilla 38 to 54.
but on Saturday night got clip
pod by Echo 37 to 52.
Friday night both teama atart
cd fast but couldn't get more
than a two point margin In the
first quarter when It ended at
11 to 10 for Heppner.
In the second quarter Heppner
m n m b rwnA a nn( Iff rvs( nta
Umatilla's 13 and at half time """ Y. y . T .
rney reurea ana muvin i iwi
Angeles In 1913.
He It survived by his wife,
whole Heppner team being red Lu, 1 daughter. Mrs ' Mtrg.r.
i.... J. ... let Kesler: two sons. James W
,Z . . Tr I . . T, .r, nd Alwyn C Wheeler, all of Bob Steagall. Maydays with
cooling off but extending their J Angeles; a sister. Bertha other clubRolce Fulleton. John
leal to 4H to 31. Heathco. Council. Idaho; three .Kubanks. Harold Krwln. Merlyn
ai me start or tne lourtn per- brothers. John and Mark Wheel- Robinson, uvernigni riue ai
lod was almost a miss for the L. v.,u ' Tnnr,n nrf ifarv Fetsch. Harold Krwln. Charlie
Mustancs when thev could not l.i-Vi... nn-h,,. niv uh Dalv. Cal Sumner. Ribbons and
get tne ball past the half way rtm((.h,dr.n an, five great
mark but they managed to get grandchildren.
iu wiius to umauiiu irrmen
dous 23.
Valentine to
Head Wranglers
The Morrow county Wranglers
this week named new officers
wlih Jim Valentine chmen
prrtldent. Others Include Harold
Krwln. vice president; One
lerve. secretary: "d directors.
Dimple Munkrra, Charlie Daly
Rule Fulleton. Al rtc and
Bub Steagall.
Tlie following commlttte
Mere alw appointed:
AdmUdon to rodeo Lincoln
Nash. Bud Wllon Junior race
Harold Krwln. Herman Green,
Bill Healy. Senior races Bill
Smel hurst. Floyd Jones. Ralph
Beamcr. Roping Howard Pry
ant. Corentt Green. Charlie Daly-
Cow riding Bob Steagall, Bud
Wilson. Ray Papineau. Girls
Texas barrel racing for the top
hree contestants for 1900. a tro
hv and nrlze money will be
awarded by Bl -County Chemical.
rolnt system B e v t r I y and
Mr and Mrs Harold Peck andj
daughter Marlorle of
Tom Drlscoll and Dennis Do-Lent to Port Angeles to be with
herty led for Heppner with 19 the family.
and 15 while Tracy had 17 for
the visitors. c n C A.L.
On Saturday night the Echo
Cougars showed too much fori (Continued from Page 1)
Heppner when thev downed the Everett DeMars. chairman of
Mustancs 57 to 52. Save Our Sae. Inc.. said the
Heppner again Jumped off to organization is made up of vol-
a fast start when they dunked unteers who serve witnout pay,
18 points to Echos 13 in the but the time has come to pay
first quarter, but in the second for an office, a secretary and a
ell behind 31 to 27 at half time. file. He also stated that the way
At the start of the second half to repeal the law is to go dir
Heppner managed to ect thead ectly to the legislature and ask
again for lust a short time then to introduce a bill to get It off
fell behind for the remainder of the books.
the game but managed to tie I Gene Tay lor, chairman of fl
buckles. Harold Krwln, Rolce
Fulleton. John Eubanks, Merlyn
Robinson. Horse show Fred
Heppner Mankln, Kathryn Itager.
It was announced the point
system will give six points for
work days, attending meetings
and play-days, rides and parades.
In events six points will go for
first, four for second and two for
third.
Play-days for the year will be
April 21, Ralph Beamer; May
15. Fulleton and Brlndle; May
22, Don Evans; June 5, Hey Day;
June 12. overnight ride; June 19,
Dougherty's; June 26, Valentine
and Jones. A date for the Daly
play day will be set later.
the score once in a while.
Doherty and Ron Gray led
Heppner with 19 and 11 while
Steve Spike led the Cougars with
20.
Next week Heppner has only
one game scheduled and that Is
with Stanfleld on the home court
Friday night.
Chess, Checker
Cfub Open to All
The Heppner Chess and Check
er club met Tuesday evening at
the city hall with two new mem
bers, Tlmmy Loyd and David
Anderson present. The club Is
for members of all ages and
others who might be Interested
In playing are invited to the next
meeting, Tuesday at the city
hall.
MARINE RECRUITER COMING
Acting gunnery sergeant
Thomas O McGehee, Marine
Corps recruiter for this area will
visit Heppner Friday, Feb. 12
from 3:30 to C p m. He will be
at the Heppner post office.
THE JAYHAWKERS are coming!
Towering Technicolor Spec
tacle. Star Theater, Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday.
nance committee or. tne local
chapter, Boardman, explained
the officers hope to have a mem
bership of 5.000 to assure meet
ing minimum expenses of $800
a month.
Ray Engberg, Gladstone, leg
islative committee and member
of the board of directors, and
Henry W Nodurft, Beaverton,
also a board member, were pres
ent at the meeting.
Within the audience of over
100 there were representatives
of each community In Morrow
county and some communities
in Gilliam. Umatilla, Wallowa
and Union counties.
Dewey West, president of the
local chapter, was In charge of
the meeting and introduced the
speakers.
Other SOS, Inc meetings have
been held during the past week
at Lexington and Weston.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrival Ta Mr and Mr
William L Mrh!l. Heppner,
sn I lb 1 i4 fill tx-in Jn 3J.
r.afticj Cethrrme Ann
l'tirM Paul Pfun. Hp-piw-r.
diimlurtt; Virgil Gillette,
Heppner. deea-d; Clinton Mc
Quarrle, IK-ppnrr. d Untitled;
J.rphln Arnold. May tile; VVil-
bam Struilurs. Ibipmr; Mr-
finU Smith. lone; MiIj' Oln,
Heppner: Lu .Marie Renaley.
Klnus.
Legion Auxiliary
Names Officers
ISticky Tongues .Justice and
Aid March of Dimes Municipal lourr
Early Week Winds
Cause Little Damage
The Mronj;et.t wind .f the
A Inter blew mmt tt the day
Mndy but a far at can be
V-terrnined, they caused little
or no damage. ru rain accom
panied the storm.
The blow, which brought ex
tremely heavy winds to the Ore
gon coast and caused me dam
age In the Msnon rreewau-r
area, brought with them the
owet barometer reading teen
In Heppner for nearly two years.
It read an unofficial 29 H.
A few tree limbs were broken
and several buildings lost sec
tions of roofing paper which
ould have caused trouble had
rain accompanied the storm.
Weather reports call for more
fairly strong wind with possible
rain during the next two days.
A
plier
Eleht llitle 4 11 glrlt of Hep- Albert Leon Parent, excewive
'.Kiwi ended up with tUkv ton- rer overhang, $10 fine,
I n,i flncert but all fori John Owen Botta. recklest
tibial meeting of the Hep- a good caute. Early In January (drlvlng. fine.
i Aoilharv hy n1 mped 1 Kogcr Allen Kincald. violation
American Legion Auxiliary ' .i, .ni!f restralnlnu order, case tend.
, i 3 1 i ; m " r - - -' -
Mat held last week with Mrs
Kemp DUk. Kt pienldent in
rharge. New officvrs were eiec.
ted with Mrt Earl Soward being
named president; Mrt Turn Sar-fe-eiit.
fUM ke president; Mrt
Frank Hamlin, second ke pret-
Ident; Mr Harry Tambly n. tec-
Iretao: M' Jrn Angell, treasur
er; Mrt Gene Ferguson. hUtor-
Ian; Mrs Durward Tasih. tcr
eeant at arma and Mrs Kemp
Dick chaplain.
District president. Mrt frank
(Leona) Wllllama of Athena, and
department of Girls' State chair-
man. Mrs II G f Marian) wur
chlfon were guestt and Mrs Wll
Hams Installed the newly elected
officers.
sent them to the citizens of
Heppner during the January
drive. The girls are members of the
Heppner Kookeaes 4 11 club led
by their diminutive leader, Mrt
Herbert Cate. Thlt It their sec
ond year as a club.
Ing.
la Portland for the weaksnd
were Mrt Darrell Schel and Mrs
Robert Pfvlffer visiting their re.
sportive parents.
Mr and Mrs Jim McLaughlin
and four children of Spokane
Each 4 H club Is encouraged to were hero for the weekend visit-
perform a community service
PLEDGED TO
SCHOLASTIC HONORARY
Robert William Salter, son of
Mr and Mrs Hugh Salter of lone,
has pledged the Theta Delta Phi
Gamma chapter, men's scholas
tic honorary at Eastern Oregon
College
Students Again Ask
Clothing Donations
The student council at Hep
pner high school Is again taking
an active part In the annual
World Clothlne Week drive to
collect clothing an dis asking
residents of the Heppner area to
gather up usable old clothing
and call 6-9138 or 6 9108 for
pickup.
In a letter recently received
bv the student council from Le
land D Carmack, he said, "I
wish students could see the ex
presslons of persons who receive
clean, warm and sturdy clothes
to replace the tattered rags on
their bodies. Then you can rea
lize the significance of World
Clothing Week."
HEC TO MEET Students are also working on
. . rr March of Dimes and Heart Fund
The Rhea Creek Grange HEC.1 Hennner school
Harry E Cool,
Former Morrow
Resident Claimed
ill meet Thursday. Feb 11 at
the home of Mrs Harold Wright.
There will be a potluck dinner
at noon with a business in the
'afternoon,
GRANGE SETS MEETING
FARMERS UNION
SCHEDULES MEETING
The Morrow county local of the
Farmers Union will hold a reg
ular meeting Tuesday, Feb 9,
at 8 p m at the Al Bunch ranch.
It was announced that Max Bar
clay has been appointed the
Farmers Union Insurance agent
and a district agent from Port
land will attend the meeting.
Harry . toot, a iormer resiueni , rr.lk France will meet
of Morrow county, passed away Sunday Feb 7 starting with a
January j in uin, i:30 iKHIuck dinner,
ton.
He was born November 8, 1879 Among those from Heppner at-
In Denver, Indiana and was mar- tending the game Saturday
rled to Bertha Jackson in Den- evening at Echo were Mr and
ver March 6, 1901. He was a Mrs jack Van Winkle, Mr und
lifelong member of the Baptist m,s LeRoy Gardner, Mr and Mrs
church. p W Mahoney. Mr and Mrs Low
Surviving are his wife, Bertha; ,.11 Cribble. Mr and Mrs Oliver
five sons, Alvln and Jim of Chel- creswick, Mr and Mrs Merrltt
an, John of Mead, Wash, Del-1 Grey, Mrs J R Huffman and Mr
bcrt of Poison, Mont., and tiuen and Mrs Otto Ruhl
- . i. I
of Joseph, Oregon; lour uaugn- Mr nd Mr, pverett Harsh
ters. Mabel Miller, Osburne, man were , Seatti0 for seVeral
Idaho; Opal Smith, Grangevllle, (,avg on a buyjnf, trip, Mr Harsh
Idaho; Bernlce Dizney, Madras; ' r.rnill th(, nf! f)f th
and Maude Cool. Joseph. He also , k , Harshman left
leaves 21 grandchildren and U. juneau. Alaska where she
great-grandchildren. wln vislt for two weeks at the
Attending the services from h of hcr son and daUEhter-
this vicinity were, Mr ana mrs , , Mr and Mrs Gay narsh
Howard Crowell, lone; Mrs A C
Crowell, Cecil; and Mrs Mardlne
Patton, Cecil, a granddaughter
of Mr Cool.
Burial was at Chelan.
man.
The Lincoln Nash family were
dinner guests at the Marion Fal
mer home Saturday In lone.
Dr and Mrs Lyle Vester of
Cardan McCouah of Walla P nce, iiuino v.sueu otl i.iKi.i
Walla was in Heppner Monday Friday at the home of Dr and
.Hiltini th hnm Mr mid Airs . iv dcnaiuus.
Mrs Howard Cleveland and Mr
and Mrs Paul Webb.
CLOSE OUT OF BRUCE MOTOR
TIRE STOCK
CASH - PRICES INCLUDE TAX
MTO & PASSENGER TIRES
20750.14 Tbla. B 15.95
8750-14 Tblt. WW 17.95
5750-14 Tbls. WW NTlon .... (Sold) 19.95
1750-14 Tbls. Supreme WW 23.95
3800-14 Tbls. Black 17.95
3800-14 Tbls. WW (Sold) 19.95
1 640-15 Tube Type Black 1335
2 600-18 6 Ply 15.65
4670-15 Tblt Black 15.95
5670-15 Tbls. 6 Ply 18.95
2670-15 Supreme WW 20.95
1670-15 Tube Type 15.95
1600-16 4 Ply (Sold) 14.95
3 71015 6 Ply 17.95
1710-15 Supreme 18.95
TRUCK TIRES
2 750 18 6 ply - 32,93
28:17.5 6 ply (Sold) 35.95
1750 15 8 ply 32.95
1 700-15 6 ply - 21.95
2 750-20 10 ply (Sold) 39.95
1750 16 6 ply (Sold) 31.95
1-670-15 6 ply
1700-17 6 ply (Sold) 23.95
13:22.5 10 ply 59.95
1650 16 6 ply (Sold) 19.95
1700-15 Nylon 6 (Sold) 23.95
RECAPS
ASSORTED RECAPS
30 (670-15. 710-15. 760 15. 750-14. 800-14 etc.) Some Winter Treads ALL MUST GO
$11.95 EACH
SALE LIMITED TO TIRES LISTED ABOVE
Ford's Tire Service
"Tour General Tire Dealer"
Mrs Robert Penland left Sun
day for a short visit with her
parents, Mr and Mrs Roy Neal,
Coos Bay.
Spending last week with Mr
and Mrs Marion Olson and fam
ily were Mrs Olson's niece and
nephew and sons, Msgt. and Mrs
William Rochford, Keith Allen
and Allen Eugene. They had
Just returned from Germany and
were on their way to Fort Law
ton, Wash where he will be sta
tioned.
drives but the Heppner school
has always taken a strong Inter
est in World Clothing Week and
solicits the support of local residents
during their club year, accord
ing to Esther Klrmls. Morrow
county extension agent. Mrs
Case contacted Gene Pierce,
chairman of the March of Dimes
drive In Heppner. and asked If
her girls might help. Needless to
sav. Mr I'lerce weicomea ineir
assistance.
We had a regular assembly
line." commented Mrs Case,
"Two srlrls stamped the Inside
envelope with "Postmaster'
three girls stuffed envelopes;
and three girls put on the pos
tage. In two hours we naa me
lob completed!"
The project not only assisted
th- March of Dimes, but also
made each little girl conscious
of the work performed by this
national foundation and en
couraged the support of her par
ents for this worthwhile cause.
411 cirls that furnished the
girl power" Included: Linda
Warren. Betty Angell. Melanie
Bailey. Kathy Melby, Joyce Nol-
and, Claudia Noland, Yvonne
Howell and Sharon Greenup.
PARENTS OF DAUGHTER
Word has been received of the
birth of an eight pound five
ounce daughter, Denise Rae, to
Mr and Mrs Duane Gentry of
Milton. Denise Rae was born
Friday, January 29.
The grandparents are Mr and
Mrs Oliver Creswick .
ing friends and relatives
Shan Applegate, who attends
Gonzaga Prep at Spokane was
here for the weekend visiting
his mother. Mrs Gertrude Apple
gate. Marilyn Calvin and Bob Ma-
honey are home for the weekend
from Pacific University.
Bob Huffman of Whitman Col
lege was home visiting for the
weekend.
Terry McLaughlin and Hank
Pointer who attend Gonzaga
University at Spokane were here
for the weekend at Mr and Mrs
Don Pointer.
Mrs Cy Flack and three daugh
ters Donna, Denise and Doreen
of Livcrmore, California are here
this week visiting her parents,
Mr and Mrs A C Ball and other
members of the family.
Mr and Mrs Florence Becket
left for Portland Sunday. Homer
Easter accompanied them and
will remain there for surgery
at the Providence hospital.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Creswick
and sons were in Walla Walla
Sunday to visit their daugnter
and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs
Duane Gentry and to see their
new granddaughter.
THE SIGN OF A GOOD TIME,
Star Theater, Thursday. Fri
day, Saturday, SIGN OF THE
GLADIATOR plus LITTLE
SAVAGE high adventure and
eye appeal.
Mormon pioneers in Utah
never dreamed of the vast min
eral wealth beneath their feet
and did not care about mining
"We cannot eat gold and silver
said Brigham Young. Today-
Utah is second on the list of
States producing nonferrous met
als.
N. Main
Phone 6-9481
Range-Ready
Bull Sale
v. . .. r . i a
OU Non-Fitted Bulls
Sar., Feb. 13
1:00 P.M.
Bulls Available for Inspection
Feb. 12.
SPONSORED BT
BAKER COUNTY
LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION
at Baker Livestock Exchange
For Catalog. Write
LeRoy Wright. Secretary or
John Os-bora. Sale Chm..
Baker. Oregon
1960
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