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1 1 IX ART u or o IUOENE. ORE 07403 Mustangs Capture Condon Tourney Title Romping In a Ml 51 victory ivrr Wheeler County high .f Fll In tlm final Wrtrrday nlirht, Heppner lllgh'a MuMangs won lhi ( onriori Invitational Holiday Hkelbal Tournament tn the Condon UUh bvhi. Th Montana had defeated Condon High the prrviou filuht, Mt lu Thin back to bark victories fa-fur rapacity crowd each nlK'il Rave th lieppner llli-h Iram the tournament trophy and rxtcndcd It aeaton' lee onl In tlx wlm against 0110 de feat. t'ondun look thin! place In the tournament ty defeating Sherman County. Wheeler coun ty IihiI top-d Sherman county on Tuewtay nli:ht to gain the final with Heppncr. J Mae llmklna, lanky center,! ii thi Mk Run In tli llrip ner attack Wednesday tilght with 21 Nlnta on 10 field goal and four fre thru. Thla cave taste rr.aulii. WiIkIh of Wheel- r kn heroin! ItiL'h tilth 1 anil Allen i.r Wheeler had II. Only man fa-aide okiti 011 thtt Heppner iuad In double fie- urea hm (n Hulikrr Willi Ki. Tim Muftlanea trailed I I In (hit flrot quarter fa-for they shifted k-f. and Willi lliwkln lirovldinir II10 kt'orlnir nmuli thrv nulled awav la 17 11 firtt quarter lead. II V half lime. I lie ttlnnrri hait the content pretty well wrantird up with a 17-lolnt lead. 4 to XI. Ileliker and Hum Kllkrnny started hitting In llir period alon with lliMklna. At the end of the third quar Iter, the MuHrtiita w In front 1 51 to :w. Coach Itl flour h jut'd every man n hla travel Inir auad Tha winner colled !d ; fii cn in the game ja airalnul M for the l jllrppnrr hit 14 of 23 free throw mr a im avrriK while vwieci er connected on 15 of 27 at tempi fur a .V5 mark. Sere; WHEELER II Allen 5 1 IkMiiwiri 2 4 Uve 4 3 Alien I 2 Wright !V 5 lull 1 0 Chaa 0 0 I'crkin 0 0 nttrntn u If T 4 II 1 H 4 11 1 4 3 15 2 2 0 0 1 0 Total 18 15 16 51 r Ft it tp ;no j 3 3 7 (lark 2 0 0 4 li.-kii.a 10 4 2 24 llr!tk 3 4 4 HI Itohfrly 2 0 4 4 iHlaroll 112 3 Warriblaat 1 1 O 3 Olx.nnHI 10 2 2 Hal 0 0 0 0 Warrrn 0 0 0 0 r.ray 0 0 1 0 Kilkenny 4 119 Total 24 II 19 m 7 7, fit i By quarter; 1 2 3 Hrppner 17 2-1 11 15 14 Wticlrr 11 12 15 1341 82nd Year Number 44 w THE ETTE' 3PPBIER TIME Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 30, 1965 10 cents 34 Prizes Isf Bum Ttilrly four rlin await the find baby born In I'loruif Mem orial hospital after midnight fruiay, pifpmwr 31. The-e are irhen In the annual Find Baby Contest wllh wme rolnn to the new urrlval and other of the Klfta Rolnjr to the parents. Mm. Ilene Wymnn ni the hos pital report that 1.1 babies hud lH"en born there In the month of December through the 21lh, omethlnir of a record In Itself. Average for a month runs about five, she snld. Lat ycar'a winner, Todd Jameit Asher, aon of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Ajdier pf Spray, will oDM-rve- His rirst tilrthUav on New Years Day. He claimed the prizes In the 1!5 event. Full pnjM" announcement of thl year'a contest Is printed on pajs'o five. Donor In the con teft and their prizes are as fol low: lloncer Memorial hospl t a 1, 25 off on the hospital ex pens- en: Bank of Laslern Oregon, W avlnca account; Case Furniture, 5o In mercnanui.se; Central Mar ket. case of baby food; Colum Dia Basin tueetrie, 53 orr on January light bill for mother nnd dad; Dol's Market. Lexlng ton, case of baby food; L. K. Dick, S5 In cash; Kconomy Mar ket, $5 worth of baby food; Kl ma'a Apparel, $3 In baby clothes. First National Bank, $." sav ing account; Fulleton Chevro let, surprise gift for dad; Guard ner' Men' Wear, shirt for dad; (.onty's, haby'a first shoes; Hel en Cox Flowers, floral arrange ment for mother; Heppncr Au to Parts, electric bottle warm er; Heppncr Cleaners, 55 In cleaning; Murrays Itcxall Drutf, S- in merchandise; Jeanne's Beauty Shop, $5 hair service for mother by Jan Cecil; Jacks Chevron, 10 gallons gasoline for dad. Lois' Beauty Shop, hairdo for motner by Yurie Richardson; Lotts Electric, S3 savings ac count; M 4V R Company, $-1.50 savings acount: Gazette-Times, one year subscription; MlLadles, $5 Jn merchandise; J. C. Penney Co., one dozen diapers; Peter son's Jewelers, stoxllng silver baby cup with name engraved; Thomson's Grocery, 12 regular size cans of milk; Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., quart of paint; Turner, Van Marter and Bryant, $3 in cash; Wes' Richfield. 10 gallons gasoline for dad: West ern Auto, covered container and diaper pall; Vans Variety, piece Home from the Hospital set; Phil's Pharmacy, evenflo bottle sterilizer; and Pettyjohn's Farm and Builders Supply, $5 in merchandise for mom and dad. 1 --n; i ... I :f)x If Q I . . w . i 1 k 1 mi i cm'-mmm L" 111 11 ii 11T1. ' 11 1 r ii' 11 ' nur JACK LOCKE HARLET SACER Locke to Go to New Post; Sager Promoted at Bank Jack Locke, general loan of ficer of the Heppncr Branch of urst national Bank of Oregon, will leave January 12 for a aim II11 appointment at the bank's Gresham offUv, It was announc ed by Manager John Venard. Venard at the same time an nounced the appointment of llarley Sager. now Installment credit loan officer, to replace Locke as general loan officer at the bank. Moving in to fill So ger's position Is James Wlshart. who currently Is operations and Installment credit loan officer nt the Union branch. Wind Gusts Cause Power Troubles On System Here John Venard Named Rodeo Secretary John A. Venard, manager of the lieppner branch, First Na tional Bank, was chosen secre tary or the Morrow county ro deo board at Its December meet ing held recently, Jack Locke, retiring secretary, announced. Locke has served for the past 18 months but will leave the position as he Is being trans ferred to Gresham in January. Members of the board with E. II. (Tad) Miller, Jr., as chair man, expressed regret at losing Locke but were happy that a man of Venard's ability would agree to accepting the position. Locke did an exceptionally good Job In this position, the board members agreed. While much of the state was raked by rain, snow and wind storms over Christmas week end and In the days following, lieppner and southern Morrow county escaped relatively un scathed except for some strong winds. Street lights In Heppncr were out Friday morning from about l a.m. until 7 a.m. when wind broke a lead to the street light system, llarley Young, manager of the Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, said. Some other trouble was exper ienced late last week, too, with rural outages In the upper Rhea creek. 'The fun really started Mon day," Young said. Wind snap ped a pole on Jones hill near the Hlnton Creek highway above the Don Greenup place. This caused a five hour outage in me area. Another pole on line six that feeds from Rhea Creek to Rock Creek was also snapped by the wina ana caused a tour hour outage in that area. Other less severe troubles were caused In a number of places when wind short-circuit-ad power lines by whipping them together, Young said. All In all, however, the trouble was light and the power comuanv felt fortunate in not havlne weather as bad as that In some parts of the state. While heavy snow was blank etlng the Columbia Gorge and valley points were getting dous ed with rain Monday, a minor dust storm kicked up its heels in the southern part of Morrow county. Official weather report for the week of December 23-29 is as follows: i.ocKe came to Heppncr In M-tv.'inM. from the bank's head inure iTcoir department In Port land, where he was section su pervlsor. A First National em ployee since 19.V). he worked In various capacities in Portland ivancncs rr or to the hind f flee appointment He was pro motrd to uro a&slstant fnUt.. in jy.vi and assistant cashier the following year. VWUIe In Heuoncr he hm hwn active in a number of civl nr. ganlzatlons, nervine as treasur. cr of the lieppner-Morrow Coun- ly tnamner or Commerce, see- retary of the Morrow County Ro deo and campaign chairman for the Morrow County Chapter American Red Cross for 1965. nager joined the bank in Nv. sa In 1955 and was promoted to pro assistant cashier and onnrn. tlons officer In 19ai n fni. lowing year he was promoted to assistant cashier, and In 19G2 he became operations officer nt the Heppncr banking office. His appointment as Installment credit loan officer dates from October. 1!H3. He also Is active In cornmu nity affairs, serving as chair man and treasurer for the Ore Ron Heart association, Morrow County treasurer for the Orernn ouvu-iy ior crippiea children ana Adults, inc., and state dir ector for the Morrow County juiuur vnamoer 01 commerce He is past president of the Mor row county Jaycees. Wlshart Joined First National in Hood River In 1950 and served there for five years before being uaunii-rreu 10 me operations ana installment credit loan do partment at the Union Branch His appointment as ooerations ouicer dates from Februarv. His activities in Union inelud ed serving as president of the Union Commercial Club and as a member of the school board and the union volunteer fire ueparimcm. rie aiso served as treasurer for the March of Dimes, Oregon Heart Fund, and me rirsi Baptist cnurch, and was active m the Eastern Ore gon Livestock Show. Harley Young Named President Of Chamber Here Harley Young, manager of Columbia Basin Electric Cooper ative, was elected president of the Heppncr-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce at a board of directors meeting of the organization Monday. He lias served as rirt vice prei d-nt durln" 1MV5 and will sue (cccd Randall Peterson, retiring ; liresin -ni, ai me coming meet lag Monday. Herman winter, attorney, was ricciea urn vice president. He has served as second vice presi dent during the pat year. Wes .Nhcrma:i. publisher of the lieppner Gazette-Times, was elected second vice president. Secretary and treasurer of tht organization are appointed by the toll ices.. Jarry ..'wei-ney of Sweeney 1oriuary has-served" as secretary during the past year ana win dc asked to serve In that capacity again. Jack Locke ol the Urst National Bank, has been treasurer since he came to lieppner about 18 months atro but will leave the position as he transiers to Gresham. Harlev Sager, also of the First National Bank, will be asked to serve as treasurer, Young said. The new president said that he will hold a meetlnsr of of ficers some time next week to decide on committee appoint ments and to plan for the com ing year. e . L : J aaiaMMMM ateavBMHMiiaavaaiwnaHMHBBHi mmmmmmmmimmmmmammmmmmwmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmm ?',U.DSPN' n,P1T of Kloiuo Corporatioa. rwraiM a blv turkey o Central Maxktt as ea " t jith awrm oj w itiBDtr company la recognition of tbm mill crW excaUaot oJtf record Don roaaa (rtabt) and Emt McCabo (in background) daurerod the rarkora at tb Btoro. Tbov war oil aon thla mif m ik .mnin... . ,1.,,. , .. u.,. , -1, ' , " - w 1 ww m Mnu 1 if uwu houuot Arbuckle Ski Bus Signup Started Applications for enrollment on the Arbuckle Mountain kl bus started last week, according to boo ifenry, manager or the ski course for Arbuckle Mountain Corporation. The bus will run on Satur day from Condon to Lightmile, and from there across to lone. Leaving lone, it will go through Lexington and Heppncr to the ski run. At the run, free ski lessons will be available. There is no age limit to enrol lees. However. students must be at least eight years of age. Those who wish to enroll ma v HM out the coupon elsewhere In rnis paper and mall it to Box 97 lieppner. A full data sheet of particulars and bus schedules will be mailed to the applicant Cost of the bus rides and tow ucKets lor Z Saturdays, starting January n, is per student- In order to offer this low Drice. Bill Flatt of Condon is providing the dus at cost. Donations from ser vice organizations and business men, together with croceeds from the Dunk Tank, and bake sales at thr last Sidewalk Ba zaar. will make up approximat ely 13' t of the cost of oDcratlntr me dus. The ski corporation is also giving a very special price on the tow ticket to the bus riders. Henry said. Ski equipment " rentals and food service are not available on the hill. Henry states that anyone on the route from Condon. lone. Lexington or Heppncr is wel come. However, only one bus, with a capacity -of 40 persons. will be available. Henry was named manager of the ski operation this vear bv the directors at a breakfast meeting Friday. Chapin Grandson Helps Rescue Girl from Icy Lake One of the Camas, Wash., basketball players who saved the life of a 7-year-old girl Tuesday night by rescuing her from a car that had plunged into a lake near Camas was Mike fciyter, grandson of Mr. and M.-s. Ambrose Chapin of Heppncr. Slyter, son of Mr. and Mrs Clayton Slyter, is a senior at Camas high. With his coacn and other members of the school basketball team, he was en route home by bus af ter playing Evergreen. A near hysterical woman, Mrs. Larry Chamberlain of Washougal. nagged the bus and told them that her car had plunged Into the lake and that the girl. Shelley, was still inside. Mrs. Chamberlain had managed to escape with another daughter. The coach. John H. Stahl, Slyter and Brian Ostenson, an other player, jumped into the lake and swam to the car. The vehicle was partially floating In water presumed to be at least eight feet deep. The coach managed to pull the girl from the car, handed her to Slyter, and he In turn hand ed her to Ostenson who gave her to Ed Huston, another player, who was near the bank. It was pitch dark and the water wa ice cold. Within minutes after the rescue the car sank. Ostenson lost his wrlstwatch and contact leases In the epi sode an Stahl lost a watch. The team had already lost its basketnjll game to Evergreen. Mike, 18, is a frequent vis itor to Htppner. His parents are Mr. and Mrs- Clayton Sly ter, and his mother Is daugh ter of the Chapins. Mr. and Mrs. Chapin are with the S!y ters at the present time, going down for a holiday visit. Mrs. Chamberlain's car left the highway and plunged into Dead Lake when it struck water on the road and veered into the lake. Frank Robinson Goes to Viet Nam i'ic. iranx v. Kobinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robin son of Lexington, Is now sta tioned in Viet Nam., accordinz 10 word received by nls parents. He had been at Okinawa after shipping out November 11. Pfc. Kobinson entered service in June following graduation from Heppner High school. His address Is Pfc. F. D. Rob inson. 2138971. L Company, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines. No. 23 FMF Co.. FPO. San Francicso, Calif. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Hi Low Free. 44' 22 .11 42 22 36 21 42 32 .01 55 42 58 32 .05 43 31 ,02 Viet Nam Soldiers To Get Paper Free Parents of any Morrow county serviceman on duty in Viet Nam are invited to give their adoresses to the Gazette Times which will send them the hometown paper without charge as long as they are on duty there, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman, publishers, an nounce. First such subscription to be started is that of Pfc Frank Robinson of Lexington who has just gone to Viet Nam. Unknown to the publishers there may be others on duty there. The paper will be sent to them upon receipt of the addresses. 1,4 , I. !U r. v huf it f a. m ,.r aaTHfcam IliaiTi'' 1 't" mjY" ir""" I I aliilliM 1 ; i-i.f' . , . . .... , -v 1 - -v. ! X 1 iatuwiiitniinw i.ii.i.T n I Hoopsf ers Face Acta Next Weed J I, ; . : .: '. y CHAMPION WOMEN BOWLERS In a tournament recently snonsored In Pendleton hv Pacific Co. operatives received their trophies from Joel Engelroan, manager of Lexington Oil Co-op. at FI sta Bowl during the week. From left are Iris Campbell, Erlene Miller, Vesta Kilkenny, team captain; Engelman. Roxle Lovgren and Yvonne Lovgren. Each received a pen set trophy in addition to the large trophy for the team. (G-T Photo) Women Keg lers Win Go-op Tourney Topping entrants from the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, a five-member wom en's bowline team representing Lexington Oil Co-od won the 7th Annual Pacific Supply Co operatives handicap bowl Ins cnampionsnip at Pendleton re cently. Joel Engelman, mana ger of the Lexington Co-od. said. With Vesta Kilkenny as cap tain, the team rolled a score of 2905 and thereby won over some 25 other women's teams In the tournament. Others on the team were Yvonne Lovgren, iris Campbell, Roxie Lovgren and Erlene Miller. Each of the members received an individual trophy, and the team was presented with a large team trophy. The individual trophies were pen sets, each with statuette of a woman bowler also mounted on the base. The winning quintet was one of two women's teams to repre sent the local cooperative and three local men's teams enter ed the men's competition. While none of the men's teams won a top place in the tournament, several placed high in aouDies and individual scor ing. Al Bunch and Paul Brown were ninth in mens doubles with 1234. Jim Miller was sec ond in singles with 683, Dean Hunt was fourth with 674, and Engelman was seventh with 651. In men's all events, Jim Miller was ninth with a 1899 score and Vernon Munkers was 15th with 1854. All were handi cap events. One men's team, the Lexing ton Co-op Sparkplugs, won high scratch game with 941. Includ ed on this team were Pat and Fritz Cutsforth, Jim Miller, Bob Kilkenny and Ken Turner. On the Lexington Co-op Dir ectors' team were Engelman, uean Hunt. John Ledbetter. and Arcnie ana Vernon Munkers. lne intra mens team was caned the Lexington Co-op Gas- sers and members Included Al Bunch, Paul Brown, Bob Camp bell, Marcel Jones and Jim Bloodsworth. The Lexington Co-op Ladies. second women's team entered from the local concern, included Betty Brown, Maxine Cox. Ber tha Hunt, Lavonne Bloodsworth and Lorene Ledbetter. There were 35 men's teams In the tournament 75 pairs of doubles, 150 singles and 132 en tered in all events. Following the holiday season. basketball teams of Heppner and lone High schools will swing into regular action again next week. The Heppner Mustangs will travel to Pilot Rock Tuesday night for a return same with the Rockets, having defeated them on the home floor on De cember 11. Jayvee teams will open the evening's program at 30 with the Heppner young sters yet to taste defeat this season. On Friday, January 7, the Mustangs will be hosts to the Enterprise Savages in a doub leheader. Their opening win of the year was at Enterprise and they hope to make it two in a row at- the upcoming contest. Ione's Cards, resting through -the holidays while Heppner was piaymg in the Condon Holiday tournament, will go" back to the maplecourt on Friday, January 7. at Stanfield. hopine for their first win of the league season. They came home the following night, Saturday, January 8, to face Helix in another league contest. Following these weekend games, the two Morrow county teams will face each other in their next outings with Hepp ner being host to lone In the second game of their home-and-. home series on Tuesday, Janu ary 11. New Years Events Set for Weekend Holiday season is drawing near to a close with New Years coming Saturday, and school students and teachers are due to return to the classroom Mon day morning. Regular sched ules In all schools will resume at that time. Most businesses will be closed on New Years Day, and prob ably most residents will enjoy staying at home to watch bowl ' games and the Rose Parade on television. New Year's Eve events will include church watchnight par ties, a New Years dance at the Elks club with Gene Rietmann'3 orchestra, a dance the same night at the fair pavilion open to the public with The Hench men furnishing the music, and a party at lone with the Lions club. Legion, dance club and other organizations participat ing.
