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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
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THE
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.