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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, February 20, 1364 lone Defeated By Foes In Close League Games Iono's Cardinal basketball five found the going rocky this week as thoy dropped two Umatilla Morrow league games, one at Echo Friday and one to Helix at lone Saturday. The twin losses icft the Cards In seventh place in the league with a record of 5-10. When the Cards invaded the Cougars' lair Friday night, th'iy found the opposition tough and dropped a close 62-61 contest. lone bolted to an early 17-9 lead in the first quarter of the contest and enjoyed a brief role as leader before the Cougars bounded back to outscore them in the second period and take a 41-23 halftime advantage. The Redbirds made a gallant comeback bid in the second half of the contest but fell short in their effort as the Cougars sped to their narrow victory. Jay Ball led the Redbird hemp crew as he poured 19 counters through the strings D. Flanagan paced the Cougars with 17 points. Grizzlies Claw Cards Saturday night the Cardinals were hosts for the Helix team but found their guests a bit un grateful as the Grizzlies blasted to a 59-51 triumph. The contest was close all the way as the clubs battled to the final buzzer to determine the winner. The story of the Helix win was told by the shooting percentages as the Helix five blistered the hoop at .491 pace County May Blade Hill to Arbuckle The county will try to get a bulldozer up to open the road better to Arbuckle Mountain for benefit of week end skiers, Coun ty Judge Oscar Peterson said af ter court meeting Wednesday. A delegation composed of Ed Dick, Oliver Creswick, Ken Peck, Orville Cutsforth and Arnold Melby appeared and asked that the road be cleared for benefit of heavy traffic now using the road. The Chamber of Commerce had recommended that such ac tion be taken. CASE FURNITURE HEPPNER a j. mm 1 Off!? More kitchens are painted with KEM-GLO than any other enamel Hi? ;jjREMl r & There's no other enamel like Kem-Glo! It flows on with brush or roller. Dries to a finish that looks and washes like baked enamel. Needs no undercoater. For kitchens, Latlirooms and woodwork through the home. Case Furniture Ph. 676-9432 and the Cards were able only to maintain a respectable .343. Helix led all the way and en joyed a slim 26-23 lead at the half. Mark Halvorsen and Jay Ball were the kingpins in the lone attack as they each counted 14 points. Harper was high point man for the game and for the Grizzlies as he peppered the hemp for 17 marks. Score ' ECHO (62) M. Flanagan 16, O'Brien 16, Billing 11, Reece, D. Flanagan 17, Myers, Akins 2. IONE (61) Heimbigner 17, Klinger 3, J. Halvorsen 2, M. Halvorsen 16, Ball 19, Hausler 4. HELIX (59) Liesinger 14, Straughn 12, Porter 10, Harper 17, Baysinger 6 IONE (51) Heimbigner 4, Klinger 4, J. Halvorsen 6, M. Halvorsen 14, Ball 14, Lindstrom 9. Burns, John Day Bring Jayvees' Streak to Halt Heppner's jayvee basketball team saw their winning ways come to a complete halt as they were up-ended by John Day, 51 to 60, Friday, and Burns, 56-60, Saturday, both games on the road. The Grant Union jayvees changed completely from the first time the young Mustangs played them as they took com mand of the game early in the fourth period and moved on to win. The Mustangs led early in the contest, 12-9, but the Prospector jayvees came storming back to hold a 28-30 advantage at inter mission. In the third stanza the Mustangs fought back and had the lead at the end of the period, 44-42. From then on, everything went wrong as John Day sank 18 pointers to the Mustangs' 8 in the final stanza. After this long night at John Day the boys moved on to tackle the difficult Burns jayvees. The game was close all the way until the middle of the third period, Burns then began to pull away and take the victory. Mark Brown led the Baby Mus tangs in the two-night campaign with 48, blistering the hoop with 30 in the game against Grant Union. Scores: HEPPNER JAYVEES (51) Hanna 4, Thomson, Driscoll, Clark 2, Barratt 4, Snyder 8, Hel iker 2, Wagenblast 1, Brown 30. GRANT UNION JAYVEES (60) A. Bond, Ward 9, D. Bond 14, Llssman 6, Logoll 8, Van Voorhis, Waterman 11, Williams 12. HEPPNER JAYVEES (50) Hanna 2, Thomson, Driscoll 8, Snyder 10, Barratt 5, Strait 2, Wagenblast 5, Heliker, Brown 18, Matheny. BURNS AYVEES (60) Tiller 13, Colantino, Miles 4, Soulo 14, Ear ned 12, Kinder 3, Rhen, Kowalski, Hillman, Wenick, Weare 1, Jenk in, Mundy 12, Jones 1. Get restaurant guest checks and salesbooks, both carbonized and non-carbonized, at the Gazette-Times. New Directories To Be Distributed By Phone Company Telephone directories for 1964 will start arriving at homes and businesses in Heppner, Lexing ton, lone and all other commun ities served by Pacific North west Bell in Umatilla and Mor row counties on Tuesday, Feb ruary 25, according to Dale Slusher, local manager for the company. The cover theme, "Oregon-Vacation Wonderland," is empha sized by watercolor scenes of the John Day Canyon, Odell Lake, a fisherman's camp near Broken Top in the Cascades, and the Umpqua Lighthouse below Win chester Bay. Slusher urged everyone to jot down emergency numbers in the space provided inside the front cover of the new directory. He said this is a good time to re view emergency calls with the children in each household. Children too young to read should be taught to dial the op erator in emergencies. Slusher emphasized that any one calling for help directly or via the operator should make sure that the location and type of emergency is clearly under stood. Nearly 28,000 directories were printed this year for the 10 ex changes served by PNB in North eastern Oregon. The postman will deliver about 19,000 to those exchanges next week with an additional 1600 going to other communities around the state and nation. Heppner, Lexington and lone customers will receive some 1450 copies, with a reserve held to replace worn-out copies and foi new customers during the year. Conference Set For Pre-School Hearing Clinic The 16th annual conference for parents of preschool age deaf and hard of hearing children will be held at the Oregon State School for the Deaf in Salem on March 8, 9, and 10. Dr. Priscilla Pittenger, Professor of Education, San Francisco State college, will be featured on the program. Doc tor Pittenger is director of teach er training for teachers of the deaf in San Francisco. She has had many years of experience in college teaching as well as in classrooms for deaf children. Purpose of the conference is to assist parents in working with their deaf or hard of hearing child and to acquaint them with the agencies in the State of Ore gon that offer services to ihis type of handicapped child. Par ents will have an opportunity to observe classes from the kin dergarten level through high school work. There will be dis cussion periods with audiologlsts, psychologists, employment coun selors and educators to help the parents in working with their child. Parents will spend one day in Portland visiting the Hos ford Day school for the Deaf, the Tucker-Maxon Oral school, and the Portland Center for Hearing and Speech. Parents should arrive on Sun day afternoon, March 8, by 3:00 p.m. These conferences have proven very helpful to parents in the past. Those who wish to attend should contact M. B. Clatterbuck, superintendent of the Oregon State School for the Deaf, Salem. We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat LexingtoD Ions, WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hors Tuesda Cattle . Wed., Thurs Sheep Any Day Follett Meat Co. Hermiston, Oregon Ph. JO 7-6651 On Hermtston-McNary Highway R 111 Vj7 J Jf Of Charge pjJ.f i Heppner, Widowhood Topic At Unit Meeting "Facing Widowhood," was the project lesson presented to the Heppner Extension Unit last Tuesday when the unit met for a business meeting and potluck luncheon at the home of Mrs. Creston Robinson. Leaders for the February pro ject were Mrs. Edna Turner and Mrs. Frank Connor. One of the decisions of the bus iness meeting was the schedul ing of a food sale for February 21, in the Red and White Store, beginning at 1 p.m. Heart Fund Month Is Special lime For Young Mother The month of February is a very special month for Mrs. Larry Deyoe of 7930 S. E. Mit chell St., Portland a 26-year-old mother who underwent heart surgery in the 5th month of preg nancy. There are two reasons why February is so special to her: 1) It was a year ago this month that surgeons repaired a tight mitral valve at Good Samaritan hospital here, and 2) February is Heart Month when the Oregon Heart Assn., seeks support for its programs in research, edu cation and service. A son, Larry Jr., was born to Mr. and Mrs. Deyoe a few months following the delicate surgery, and today they are both leading normal lives. The son is 8 months old. Mrs. Deyoe was four months pregnant when she suffered acute heart failure in January, 1963, apparently due to rheu matic fever in her childhood. Her physician advised surgery to re pair the valve, thus relieving chest pressure and allowing proper circul a t i o n of blood through the heart. Dr. James Metcalfe, who oc cupies the Oregon Heart assoc iation's chair of cardiovascular research at University of Oregon medical school, noted that 20 years ago it was extremely haz ardous for a woman with a car- Just In Time v. -k No Mail or Phono Orders Please All Sales Final k No Refunds No Exchanges No Charges or Lay aw ays Boardman News The Mothers Club of Board man Grade school met last Thursday afternoon at the school. Hostesses were Mrs. Harold Rash and Mrs. Gunnar Skoubo. Mrs. Delmer Hug gave a his tory of the uses of Heart Fund money that is collected each year. Mrs. Vernon Russell read a list of the usual questions that people will ask when asked for money, and appropriate answers for them. Mrs. Roy Partlow showed the film, "Pigtails to Ponytails," which is put out my Mattel Toy makers. The film is about good grooming in teenagers. Mrs. Claud Coats was honored on the occasion of her birthday Valentine's Day when Mrs. Charles Anderegg entertained with a luncheon at her home in Pendleton. Guests included Mrs. Zearl Gillespie, Mrs. Glen Carp enter, Mrs. Florence Root, Mrs. Louise Earwood, Mrs. Cecil Ham ilton and Mrs. Frank Marlow from Boardman, Mrs. Nathan Thorpe from Hermiston, and Mr. and Mrs. Nate Macomber and Charles Anderegg, Pendleton. The Boardman Tillicum club held its annual Sweetheart Din ner Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Walker for club diac problem to become preg nant. The associate professor of medicine at the medical school observed: "Heart disease is still the lead ing cause of death in expectant mothers but pregnancy is 10 times as safe for the cardiac woman now as compared to 20 years ago. This increase in safe ty can be attributed to improved medical care, surgical planning and better management." Dr. Metcalfe did not partici pate in Mrs. Deyoe's case, but funds contributed to the heart association in Oregon and throughout the nation have been used to finance research and studies that have led the many of the advances mentioned by Dr. Metcalfe. The Deyoe's have another son, Robert Lawrence. For Li JU February 21 Through March 7 Two Pair of Nationally Advertised Women or Girls Shoes For The Price of One Pair Choose From Such Famous Names As VELVET STEP and AIR STEPS Other Special Prices On Men's And Boy's Shoes members and their husbands. There were 16 present. A National School Assembly presenting Leo Gasco in a jugg ling and balancing act was held at the school gymnasium last week. Robbie Phillips of The Dalles was a week-ned visitor at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Bob Miller. Mrs. Louise Earwood went to The Dalles Sunday to attend the birthday celebration of her father, Herman Steinke, who was 89. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gillett and son John of Yakima, Wn. were week-end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Worden. Mrs. Herman R. Burg and son Steven has returned home from a three weeks' visit with rela tives in Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thornhill and son Randy of Junction City were week-end guests at the home of Thornhill's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thornhill. Sunday they all went to Hood River to visit another brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thornhill. Mrs. Florence Root accompan ied her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Al Macomber of Arlington, to Grandview, Wn., Sunday to visit at the home of another brother-in-law and sis ter, Mr. and Mrs. Max Deweese. Mr. and Mrs. Buck Templeton of Hermiston were Sunday vis itors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marlow. The Riverside Pirates will play their last game at home this season with Weston Feb ruary 22. An immunization clinic was to be held at the school Wednes day afternoon, February 19. New Business Opening GRAY'S SADDLERY We Invite Your Repair Work ic Saddles Custom Made Heppner Hotel Bldg. 136 E. Willow n April 18 Scheduled For Band Carnival Heppner Band Parents' annual carnival is slated for April 18 at the fair pavilion in Heppner. A supper will open the affair at 5 p.m. and the activities will follow. Band Parents' President, How ard Pettyjohn, announced this week that the band parents will meet Monday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the grade school band room. Committees to plan the function will be selected at this time. Pettyjohn said that people should start saving articles for the country store at the carni val. He said that the articles will be picked at a later date. Abrams' Grandfather Dies in Washington Mr. and Mrs. Bob Abrams traveled to Seattle last week to attend memorial services for his grandfather, Richard H. Abrams, who died at the age of 90 years. He was born and raised in Seattle and was a charter mem ber of the Elks Lodge there. Ser vices were last Wednesday, Feb ruary 12, in the Elks Temple. Accompanying them was Rich ard M. Abrams, Jr., of Longview, brother of Bob. Survivors include his wife, Martha; one son, Richard M., Sr., Seattle; three sisters, Mrs. J. F. Beattie, Seattle, Mrs. W. F. Mason, Tacoma, and Mrs. F. M. Ferguson, Seattle; six grand children and 1 great grand children. Boxboard for making signs and decorations at the Gazette-Times, available in white and colors. 45 RPM RECORDS 6 for $1
