Cardinals Finish In Fifth Place;
McEwen Nabs Tourney Title
lone High school's basketball
team missed the championship
and high placings In the district
7-B tournament at Pendleton
Thursday througn Saturday, but
it inreaienea to go an the way.
The two teams who defeated the
Cardinals McEwen of Athena,
the eventual champions, and the
Weston Tigers had to call forth
all out efforts to subdue the lone
basketeers.
After defeating Monument, 62
to 42, Thursday, the Cards lost to
Athena in a stirring battle, 55 to
44, and then bowed in consola
tion to Weston after leading
through most of the contest, 58
to 56.
The big test of the tournament
was against McEwen, champions
of the Umatille-Morrow B lea
gue, Friday. The Cards had
thumped them in the last regu
lar game of the season and were
bent on doing it again. They al
most did.
The Cardinals jumped to a 17
11 lead by the end of the first
quarter, and a ding dong battle
ensued in the second period be
fore the Umatilla county five
pulled into a halftime tie, paced
bv Bob McMillan and Mike
Shields, at 29-29.
In the third period, the Scot
ties started to edge away, and
went into the last period with a
seven point margin, 42 to 35,
holding the lead the rest of the
distance.
Ron Crabtree, the tournament's
second high scorer with a total
of 54 points, drilled seven field
goals and two free throws for 16
points for lone, one of three
Cards in double figures. Jim
Martin had 12, and the Rollie Ek
strom, third high scorer for the
lone Wins Trophy
For Sportsmanship
Although they lost two
heartbreaking games that
would have meant the district
7-B championship, lone High
school was judged the best in
sportsmanship at the tourna
ment at Pendleton Thursday
through Saturday. The school
received the sportsman ship
trophy, given by the Pendleton
Chamber of Commerce.
The Award was presented by
Earl Ferguson, Weston, tourna
ment director, to Tass Morri
son, student body president.
Ferguson compliment e d all
schools and participants for
the sportsmanship they displayed.
meet with a total of 50 points,
had 10.
McMillan, the McEwen floor
ace, had 17 for game high
honors, followed by Shields with
13 and Coppock with 10.
The battle for third place was
one of the tournament's most
thrilling games and proved to be
a heartbreaking loss for the Car
dinals. Weston naa been upset
by Riverside, and lone 'had lost
to Athena. The losers met in the
game just before the champion
ship contest Saturday night, and
the Cards were out to skin the
Tigers. Through three periods
they held the lead, but Weston
fought back in the fourth quar
ter to tie the count, and the
game winning basket, fired by
Walt Clark, was in the air as the
final horn sounded.
With Crabtree ana Ekstrom
blazing away at the bucket at
better than .500 percentages,
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lone dominated the first half,
leading at the end of the first
quarter, 17-9, and at intermis
sion, 31 to 23. Weston outpointed
them in the third period, how
ever, 16 to 11, and went into the
fourth quarter trailing by only
three.
The winners were behind as
much as 12 points at one time
during the game, but with one
minute to go in the last quarter
they tied it at 55-all when Jim
Hutchinson hit from the floor.
He made it a three-point play
when he sank a free throw. An
Icne free throw knotted the
score at 56 each, and it looked
as if it would go into overtime
until Clark put up the shot that
went through the hoop as the
horn went off.
Crabtree was high point man
in this one with 22 on eight field
goals of 15 attempts and six free
throws. Ekstrom also had eight
on 15 tries from the floor, but
only had two chances on the free
throw line and made one good.
Vaughn Darrow led Weston with
18, firing nine field goals.
lone, which had placed third
in the league standings, opened
the tournament with a decisive
win over Monument, 62 to 42,
winning all quarters and stead
ily surging ahead. The winners
held halftime lead of 28 to 20.
Sam Howell of Monument, how
ever, was high scorer with 24,
followed by Ekstrom's 23. Crab
tree had 16.
In capturing the tournament,
Athena downed Mt. Vernon, lone
and Riverside, winning over the
Pirates in the finals, 52 to 34, for
the championship. Coach Ted
Talbott's Pirates proved to be the
darkhorses of the tournament as
they reached the finals and
played fine basketball.
Prairie City won fourth place
in consolation, beating the Mt.
Vernon Bears, 59 to 39.
Walt Clark of Weston topped
the scoring in the tournament
with his 66 points, followed by
Crabtree at 54 and Ekstrom at
50.
Athena will face Lowell in the
first round of the state B tourna
ment at Bend on March 14.
Although the result of the
tournament was somewhat dis
appointing for lone because of
the two close losses, it capped
an excellent year for the Cardi
nals who came on strong
through the season after getting
off to a slow start in league play.
Climax was their defeat of
Athena in the last game of the
regular season, the only loss the
Scotties suffered by a B school.
Ion?" 16 12 18
Monument 12 8 9 1342
IONE 62
Fg
2
8
5
1
1
10 0
2 0 2
1 1 3
0 0 0
Martin
Ekstrom
Crabtree
Klinger
Heimbigner
J. Halvorsen
Akers
Padberg
Mrogan
Ft Pf Tp
2 3 6
7 5
6 4
2 2
2 3
23
16
4
4
2
4
3
0
Totals 21 20 22 62
MONUMENT 42
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Capon i n i t
Gienger 3 2 2 8
Enright 0 13 1
Howell 11 2 4 24
Vandetta 1 1 S d
Fleming u l l
Harris 0 0 3 0
Chittock 0 10 1
Totals
lone
Athena
17 S 22 42
17 12
11 18
6 0 44
13 1355
IONE 44
Martin
Ekstrom
Crabtree
Klinger
Heimbigner
Akers ,
Padberg
Totals
McEWEN 55
Smith
Coppock
Shields
McMillan
Whitney
Morasch .
McEwen
Kellar
Fg
5
4
7
1
1
0
0
Ft rt Tp
2 0 12
2 4
2 3
0- 3
2 2
0 0
10
16
2
4
0
0 0 0
18 8 12 41
Fg
3
4
6
7
3
0
0
0
Ft Pf Tp
1 5 7
2 3 10
1 1 13
3 1 17
2 2 8
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
.Totals 23 9 12 55
lone 17 14 11 1656
Weston 9 14 16 1958
IONE 56
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Martin 2 13 5
Ekstrom 8 1 3 17
Crabtree 8 6 2 22
Padberg 0 0 2 0
Akers 3 2 3 8
Heimbigner 10 12
Klinger 10 3 2
M. Halvorsen 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 10 17 56
WESTON 58
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Lieuallen 10 3 2
Darrow 9 0 3 18
Hutchinson 2 2 0 6
Sloan 0 0 3 0
Clark 4 6 1 14
Turnev 3 4 1 10
Meier 12 4 4
Benzel 10 0 2
Laurence 10 0 2
Totals
22 14 15 58
Onlv one family in our New
York neighborhood lives with
in its income. They borrow
money to do it.
lone Church Sets
Auction June 8
Members and friends of the
lone Community church are
making plans for an auction to
be held Saturday, June 8. A
mong items that may be sold
are furniture, tools, machinery,
household items. SDortincr P.
quipment, canned foods, baby
furniture, electrical appliances,
good usable clothing, books,
yarn or yarn scraps, yardage,
toys, jewelry, sewing equip
ment, musical instruments, re
cords, camera equipment, chil
dren s outdoor play equipment,
garden tools, lawn furniture,
livestock and mlscellaneo u s
items.
The committee is seeking to
develop a tentative list of
items to be auctioned as soon as
possible. Those who -have us
able items they would like to
have picked up should call
Mrs. Bill Rietmann (phone
422-7296).
The auction will be in lone,
and there will be a barbecue
held on the same day. There
will also be a snack bar open
during the auction.
Don Winks of Hermiston will
be auctioneer.
Committee chairmen are as
follows; John Jepson, arrange
ments; Glenn Biehl, publicity;
Mrs. Norman Nelson, snack
bar.
Other members of the plan
ning committee are Bob Jep
son, Mrs. Bill Rietmann, Mrs.
Garry Tullis, Jack Barak, Omar
Rietmann, Mrs. Ella Burgoyne,
Melvin Melena and Mrs. Mark
ham Baker.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, March 7, 1963
Relatives Travel Here
Several out-of-town relatives
and friends were here last week
for the funeral services of James
O. Hager on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 27.
A daughter, Mrs. C. A. (Har
riet) Shaw, came by train from
Washington, DC; a son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Homer E. Hager were here from
Hermiston. Others here for the
day were Scott McMurdo, Corval-
lis, and Ted McMurdo, Portland,
both nephews; Mrs. Frank Mc
Kenzie, Hermiston, a cousin;
Mrs. La Grande Guild, Sno
homish, Wn a niece; Mrs. A.
S. Shaw and Mrs Otis Hampton,
both of Pendleton, and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Monahan, Condon.
Mrs. Shaw stayed at the Hager
home for the week-end. Mrs.
Hager and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
accompanied her by train to
Portland the first of the week.
On their return to Hinkle Sta
tion Wednesday, she continued
on east and Mrs, Hager and Mrs.
McMurdo completed their trip
home by car.
Needy Children
Grants Increased
Federal grants of approxi
mately $5,770,900 for aid to Ore
gon's needy children and aged,
onna, and oisaoied adults in
the quarter beginning January
1, 1963, were announced today
Dy . w. nunter, Kegionai Di
rector of the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
in San Francisco.
By program, the Federal grants
are: old-ace assistance. $2,672.-
000; aid to families with depen
dent children, $2,258,500; aid to
the blind, $63,000; and aid to the
permanently and totally disab
led, $777,300.
The amount of grants is based
on Oregon's estimates of how
much it will spend in the cur
rent quarter. Over-and under
payments will be adjusted in
future grants. The Federal share
is determined by a formula in
volving States' per capita in
come. Remaining costs are paid
from State and local funds.
Federal grants to all states for
this quarter amounted to $673,
426,000, an increase of about $44
million over the same quarter
one year ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Newt O'Harra,
Lexington, left by car Wednes
day for Tucson, Arizona, where
they expect to spend at least
three weeks vacationing. With
added tours in the south, they
plan to be away five or six
weeks.
Night Phone Toll
Reduction Coming
A plan providing new, lower
long distance rates on station
to station calls within Oregon
between 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m.
was announced Fridav bv Pa
cific Northwest Bell, Dale Slush
er, manager in Pendleton, said.
The night time calling plan
was filed with Oregon Public
Utility Commissioner Jonel C.
Hill Friday, to become effective
on April 1.
Slusher said the plan will
mean reductions of from five
tents to 45 cents on station calls
in Oregon. The lower rates apply
on station calls 91 airline miles
or more placed between 9 p.m.
and 4:30 a.m.
For example, a niuht station
call from Heppner to Baker now
costs $.55 for the first three min
utes. New charges for the same
call would be $.50. A night sta
tion call from Heppner to Med
ford now costs $.95 for the first
three minutes. New charges for
tne same call would be $.65.
The phone company also filed
with the Public Utility Com
missioner minor revisions in
both day and night person to
person long distance charges
within Oregon.
These adjustments will mean
small decreases in some person
to person call charges, no chan
ges in others, and small in
creases in others, manager said.
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the Gazette-Times.
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