I - KtrrMtl CArCTTt TTMra. Thursday. Mrch It IKS
Heppner in Fourth
Slate Tournament;
lone 2nd in 1961
CofUm!e! ffera rg 1)
Thli was the first time that
lone had ever gone to a state
basketball tournament.
KnapfM BI9 Rival
In the umt tournament,
llrppnrr had the misfortune of
drawing HarrUburc. the rvent.
ual champion, in the flrt
cime and lost by ten. 7 57.
Their one-nolnt ls to Knappa.
Mf In the second Rme put
them out with a seventh-place
finish. , .
Coach Trukoslts h atlll at
the helm of the Mustangs, and
he had prettv much the aame
quad at In the previous year
Mth Ruhl. Jensen. lUKuewood.
Haves. Grablll. Kononen and
Hujrhes back on the squad, but
he had lot two of the previous
year a tar Sumner and Tay
lorby graduation, ai well as
Grant and Case. Joining the var
sity In 19M were Jim CJrcen,
John riper, and Jerry Dough
ertv. Connor and Soward re
mained as managers. Kononen
was high scorer for the regular
season with 2-11. followed by
Grablll with 133. Bill Hushes
with 131. Skip Ruhl with 129.
Haguewood with 116 and Jim
Haves, lfc. thereby showing a
nrttv well-balanced outfit. i
Knappa Jlax Again Mate tournament, played In
Again In 1955 Heppner rolled ( Bond, the Cardinals showed their
through the district, clipping ! stuff and marched rlcht to the
Maupin. 51-26; Culver. 4SJ-42; flnali by dumping Huntington,
and St. Mans. 53 36. As In the ,2& and rowers. bl i. mey
Chapel Service
Held for Olson
Servh were held Tuesday,
March lrt. for a former Heppner
retdent. William iBilll Thomaa
tlwn. 41. at Sweeney Mortuary
vhirl. The kev. Karl Nrnani
officiated, with Interment In
Htppner Maonic Cemetery'.
Mr. OUon had mad hi home
In Heppner for Ifi year prior to
his moving to Klamath Kail
with his family two year ago.
He dtfd Krldav at a kiamatn
Falls hoNpltal following a heart
attack. He had been employed
as a carpenter.
Born March 6. 1924. at Pea
Moines, Iowa, he had lust passed
his 41st birthday. He waa a
veteran of World War 11. serv
Ine In the Coat Guard.
Survivors Include his widow.
Opal Lee. four daughters, hher
rle Let. Marlon Diane. Sue Ann
and IVbble Unn; two son. Wil
liam T. Jr, and Michael pale,
all of Klamath Falls; his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Olson:
two brothers. Richard Dale and
Kdgar Clyde; two sistera. Millie
Winters and Alice Anderson, all
of Heppner. and several nieces
and nephews.
Chuck Hudson came up with a
great team of Cardinals.
This squad defeated wesion
In the district finals. 52 50. af
ter knocking off Prairie City. .VJ
42. and Umatilla. 49 41. At the
1954 tournament, however, they
bumped Into the eventual cham
pions In the first same, their
old rival. Knappa. and lost. 41
38. Thus, they met Knappa in
each of the three tournaments
came close to walking off with
the state championship but lost
to Lowell In the title game, 52
49. On this squad, which has a
permanent place In Ione's ath
Spring Carnival
To Climax End
Of Ski Season
The traditional skier' Spring
Carnival, to be held at the Ar
buckle Mountain area Sunday,
March 2H, will mark the end of
the skiing seawn.
Skier are enpectcd to wear
costume and enter Into the
fun filled atmosphere of the
eent.
Highlighting the race to bo
M&R Curtails Store
In Temporary Plan
While reorganizing under tem
porary arrangements, the MAW
Floor Coveting and Healing to.
has annourwed that It store will
be open only brtwecn the hour
of 4 tun. and i p.m.. but a tele
phone answering service will
take a meuage amtime during
the Uav. Anune needing ser
vW U ah to rail tnti iMlrt
and leae their menage, or
name or phone numtn'r, and the
(tuner. Matt Hughes and Ray
Ayera. will set in touch with
them.
They will continue to handle
a full line of healing supplle.
fl.i.tr fNit'orl ttt llviiila-i!m. tile.
held at 2 pm. will the strU (ormct paint supplies, appll-
slalom, trie AroucKie -uowwmi amy, m)4ir and refrigeration, as
well as some lines of furniture.
Tt store will be open all day
this Friday and Saturday for the
Spring Opening in llepiner
store.
. (k. v.ru mnoilniri fh litlr annal wpro Pnn Prahtre.
tillU All lilt . ii i v - '.-- " ' - . - - - - - - - - . .
three-point spread In the m m MaricK. jonn swanson. 10m
classic was the widest spread
between them.
Once having- tasted defeat, the
Mustangs, now coached by Larry
Dowen. rambled through Prairie
City, 57-34. and Enterprise, 46-
37. to pick off fifth place.
Several of the Mustangs play
ed in all three of the state B
tournaments in the consecutive
vears Ruhl. Hayes. Grablll.
Kononen. Jensen and Hague
wood. John Piper played In two
tourneys. 1954 and 1955; and
Delbert Piper. Neil Be am or and
Lowell Turner went to the tourn
ament on the varsity only in
1955. Connor was manager all
three years.
Alter 1955. there nas oeen a
Martin. Francis Rea. Roland Ek
strom. Ralph Martin. Jerry Da
vidson. Jack Crum. Kenneth Nel
son. Jim Martin and Bill Akers
with Bruce Rigby as coach.
Swanson and Rea were unani
mous all-state first team choice.
Swanson was tournament high
scorer with 77 and Rea tied for
fourth with 51.
The trip by the Mustangs to
Coos Bay this year will be the
longest Journey to a state tourn
ament for a Morrow county
squad. In the days of yore the
B tournament was held at the
Willamette University gym. Sa
lem, but the 1961 tournament
was in Bend. The A-2 tourna
ment also was held In Salem in
(or hov. and the "no alibi
slalom race fr men over 3d
year of age. The rapid develop
ment of skiers' ability will In
sure plenty of action for the en-
Jin ment of spectators, and a
ull slate of entries Is expected.
Numerous fun races for young
er skiers will complete the ac
tivities of the day.
Ron Reld and Bob Henry will
co chairman the carnival. They
Invite everyone to come to the
mountain and help make the
day a success.
Arbuckle ski area will operate
Sundays only, beginning thl
Sunday, March 21. through the
remainder of the season. There
will be no bus transportation
on Saturdays. New snow in the
area this week will make tor
excellent crosscountry akllng.
and good conditions are expec
ted to hold for several more
weeks.
Anyone with Questions on the
carnival, transportation, or gen
eral ski program may set in
touch with Ken Peck. Lexington.
or Bob Henry'. Heppner
Services Held
For Pioneer Son
long drouth 'for Heppner on the ' the late "50's in the South Salem
state level, ended this year with
the "Cinderella" team, coached
by Bob Clough.
t Great For Ion
But a big year was vet ahead
for lone In 1961 when Coach
High gym but moved to Coos
Bay In 1959.
Money receipt books In dup
Vcate and triplicate are on sale
it the Gazette-Times.
A lifetime resident of the Lex
ington community. Walter John
Fvans. died Sunday. March 14.
on his ranch home, at the age
of 74 years.
He was born to his pioneer
Barents. Marion and Maleta
Browning Evans, on September
13. 1SJ0. in Lexington. His wife,
Stella, preceded him in death in
1938. He was a member or the
First Christian church.
Memorial services were held
Wednesday. March 17. at 2 p.m.
at the First Christain church in
Heppner. with the Rev. Kenneth
Robinson officiating. Interment
was in the Heppner Masonic
cemetery.
Surviving him are one brother,
Earl Evans of Heppner; a
nephew, Don Evans, Heppner,
and a cousin, John Evans ol
Everett, Wn. -
Skirt Making Studied
The Busy Beavers 4 II club
met at Kathv Crum'a home on
March 1. We tore the material
for our skirts. Mrs. Ruth Me
l's be visited us and gave a dem
onstration on how to make a
skirt. She also showed us how
to look on a bolt of fabric to
see w hat kind of material we are
getting. Mr. Crum served re
freshments. Our next meeting will be at
Kathy Crum'a home on April 5.
Karen Croweil. reporter
BOWLING
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29 15
27 17
25 19
21 23
21 23
20 21
1 26
15 29
Pin Spinner
Team
Peterson's Jewelry
Central Market
Bank of EO
Dels Market
Flma's Apparel
Heppner Elks
Jack's Chveron
P.Mll AngeU
High Ind. Game Marlvs Phcg
ley. 182; High Ind. Series
Gladys Ramberg. 491: High
Team Game Del s Market, 903;
High Team Series Bank of
Eastern Oregon, 2564.
Tours. Night Ladles
Team
C. Ed Cole
First Natl. Bank
MiLadies
L. E. Dick
C. A. Ruggles
Humphreys Drug
Wlshine Well
Phil's Pharmacy
Hieh Ind. Game Mary van
Blokland. 204 High Ind. Series-
Jo Ann Dyck. 494; High Team
Game C Ed Cole. VTi: tugn
Team Series CEJ Cole, 2673. ,
Bauman Selected
All-Star; Dick
Gets Stale Honor
Capt. Carl Bauman was cho
sen to the suhdttrlct all star
A 3 It4ikeiil (KM l-m (com
po4'd of plaver In the western
division of the Greater Oregon
league) at a league meeting
In La Grande Saturday. Athletic
Director IVte Glennle of Heppner
High announce.
Two of Bauman' teammate.
Wayne Evan and Gene llellker,
were selected to the second team.
Capt. Bauman U a senior, and
Evans and llellker are juniors.
Meanwhile, Stuart DUk. Mus
tang senior, was given honor
able mention by the Oregon
Journal in Its A-2 all star state
selections.
He was the only Heppner
player to get any recognition In
the paper's choice.
The four others on tne suo
district first team, all of whom
were unanimous choices, are:
Richard Mlkel. Pilot Rock; Larry
Kessel. Burns; Brad Ward and
Mike Conkltn. both of Grant
Union. Bauman received all but
one vote.
Seven were named to the sec
ond team. Besides llellker and
Evans were Dale Slate and Terry
Anderson. Itlot Rock; Cork
Palmer and Doug Berg. Burns;
and Jerry Harmon, Wahtonka.
Receiving honorable mention
were Mac liosKtns. ueppner;
Dave Hclscth and Bob Kunle.
Wahtonka: Ray Kakln. Daviil
Fnkln and Steve kntry. Sher
man: and Curt Mundy. Burns.
Commercial Lecrgua
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25? 8
25 11
19 17
19 17
16 20
16 20
14 22
7 29
Team w
Willow Creek Club 36
Bank of EO 31
First National Bank 24
Heppner Studs 22
St. Patrick's 20
Gardner's Men's Wear 17
A. L Daggett. Dlst. 16
tOOF 10
High Ind. Game Bill Slewert.
213; High Ind. Series Jim Myers.
5S2: High Team Game Willow
Creek Club. 10-10; High Team
Series Willow Creek Club. 2919.
Fiesta Women's Maor
Team W L I
Turner. Van Marter
and Bryant 29S 14'4
Padberg Machinery 29 15
Laird's Variety 26 'i 174
Lott's Electric 26 18
M. C. Grain Growers 254 184
Kinzua Corp. 20 21
Lexington Co op 12 32
Bristow's Market 74 364
High Ind. Game Earlene
Miller. 198; High Ind. Series
Earlene Miller. 533; High Team
Game M. C Grain Growers. 952;
High Team Series hi C Grain
Growers, 2643.
Gribble Presents
Talk on Chemicals
To Farmer's Group
An Interesting program was
presented to the Morrow Coun
ty Farmer's I'nlon. Local 2'.'7.
last Tuesday evening, March t,
at the Heppner City Hall.
After a short business meet
ing. Clarence Itosewall. program
director, Introduced Lowell Grib
ble and his son, IVnig, as special
guest. Mr. Gribble spoke to the
group on "the use of 2. 4 1) sprays
and fertilizer and the place of
their work In the community."
He spoke on how the farmer
have Increased their yield In
the pa'i 12 vear since he has
been here and used the chem
icals, but because of the lack of
capital for some, many have not
been able to use them to the
best advantage. He also discuss,
ed the dtffcn-nt price range of
chemicals and the more up to
date ways of using them. He em
phasized that with the better
methods of producing more food,
there should be better ways of
distributing It so that no person
In our country should be hungry.
The movie. "Food and Famine"
l available through the Inland
Chemical company, and anyone
Interested In using It 1 asked
to contact them.
Rev. Blunt Dies
In Victoria, B. C.
The Rev. Neville Blunt, form
erly vicar of All .Halnta' FpU
copal church here died March
11 In Victoria, U l- 'd funeral
service were held there Satur
day, according to Information
from Josephine Mahoney Baker,
Portland. , L.
He U survived by his wife,
France, of Victoria.
Tbo Rev. Mr. Blunt was horn
In England. He came from Nel
son. H. C. at the Invitation of
lit. Rev. William P. Remington.
ITnuieion, iini u .i..n
Oregon diocese, a vicar of All
Saints' Episcopal church.
He remained In Heppner for
several year where he did
much spiritual work He held
weekly clause In Bible study
which were attended by persona
of all faiths.
He was In Heppner In the
19-lO's.
With the assistance of the
Rev. Hennle Howe, pastor of the
M-thodit church, he
romp let el y remade the Interior
of All Saints' churcn.
Leaving Heppner. he and his
wife moved to Portland where,
he wa assistant priest at Trin
ity Episcopal church for several
year. Upon hi retirement there
they moved to Victoria, B. C
uh.M thi-v have made their
home for several years.
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Thank You!
Due to the fast rcsponso
and proper use of equip
ment at the fire Monday
potential losses to our logs
and plant were greatly min
imized by our efficient firo
department.
We extend a hearty 'thank
you' for the fine work.
BARNEY MALCOM
Heppner Lumber Co.
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