HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Tburdor. April 14. 1966
Speech Students Win
3 Firsts in District Meet
Sovcn Hoppnor High school .commentary with Linda Clark
KiwHH-h students, who tilaced atiplariric second in the event.
the district tournament at Ten-1 Nonda Clark took fourth In
dloton Saurdav. will advance to poetry and IVrsv Snyder placed
the state finals at Eugene, fourth in humorous reading.
Heppner. with one third the rep- Credit must be given to Kathy
resentation. finished second1 to j Melby who did not place be
Ontario in total points. Heppner j cause of the trouble the Inex
took nine students to rendleton perienced timekeepers had
and seven advanced to stale. I They flashed the wrong time
Nine schools competed, and 'card and she cut her speech
Heppner took three firsts out of short.
eicht. Heppner. Hermiston, La The state finals will be held
Grande. Athena, Vale. Pendle-'at the I'niversitv of Orecon
campus April 21. Zl ana -J.
tor. Helix. Ontario and Milton-
Freevater. Wallowa, and Wes
ton entered teams.
Marsha Sowell. Mike Sween
ey, Margaret Green and Martha
Teck paced lieppiuT High. Mar
sha took iirst in oratory and
third in poetrv. Margaret Green
and Martha Peck were first in
debate with two victories over
Athena and Vale.
Mike Sweeney won the radio
H-Men Post Win
In Big Salem Meet
State Convention
Calls FBLA Girls
An eight man contingent
'from the HHS track squad trav-
ieled to Salem for the annual
Willamette Relays Saturday,
April 2. Included on the team
were Tim Driscoll. Tim Tullis,
Simon Winters. Mickey Kindle,
I Mark Brown. Jim Jacobs, Dave
I Hall, and Dean Kindle.
I Outstanding was Heppner's
win in the Small Schools Div-
llsion (under 300 of the two
Five members of the Heppner , njile relay-. The team which in
High school chapter of Future clujl Driscoll. Tullis. Brown
Business Leaders of America will and took an early lead
leave Friday with their advisor, land hold ,0ne Unih with
Mrs. Bernire Struckmeier. for . a i'1"0 8:4o.6.
the state convention in Corval-1,. The Sn) yd. relay team took
j first In Us heat and second
Joan Stockard, Jean Healv. ' over-all in the division with a
Jan Hager. Trisha Farley, and:"? 1:. which is only .8
Gavle Battv represent the l jcal , fronds off the school record,
organization at the meeting. The The team is composed of Ja
five girls will participate in tht ??.bs- Driscoll. Hall, and Dean
parliamentary procedure contest ' kindle.
at the convention, while Trisha I . Running against stiff compe
Farlev and Gavle Battv also will tition. Hall turned in a 16.4
compete in the spelling contest. the senior division of
The convention is held on the ;the,h,ch hurdles, which earned
nmnnc r,f DrKonn ita TTnivor. a third in his heat. Dean Kin-
uie, a iresnman, luuninx in me
novice division of the highs,
captured a first in his heat with
a time of 17.4.
The Re ays. which draw num
erous Oregon high schools as
well as college teams from all
over the Pacific Northwest, was
the scene of a blistering mile
run by ex-Oregon star Dyrol
Burleson. Running Into a mile
headwind, he clipped off a
3:575 mile, which broke the
standing meet record of 4:06.
sity on April 15 and 16. j
Mustangs Lose
League Opener
By ROGER LEONNIG
The Wahtonka Eagles out
lasted the Heppner Mustangs
in opening baseball league play,
13-7. in The Dalles last Satur
day. Bill Snyder pitched for
Heppner until he was replaced
by Gene Heliker In the sixth.
Gary Ricketts went all the
way for Wahtonka while giv
ing up nine hits.
Mike Alsup got the big blast
of the day for Heppner by
smacking a home run, but since
no runners were on base, only
one tally resulted.
The Jayvees were also down
ed by Wahtonka. 7-4. Russ Kil
kenny was the losing pitcher.
Ponies Notch 2
Wins in Games
By PAT KILKENNY
Heppner Ponies topped the
Arlington Goslings last week 6
to 3 behind the fast ball hurl
ing of John McCabe. Another big
factor in the win was a strong
attack bv the Heppner batsmen,
compiling 8 hits against the
Goslings' 3.
The Jayvees also won, behind
LaVerne Van Marter, by a score
of 4 to 1.
Players on the Ponies roster,
in respective positions, are:
catchers, Steve Kemp and Terry
Hughes; pitchers, John McCabe,
3 Students Have
Poems Published
Shirley Norton, Ken Morgan
and Ray Jones, Heppner High
students, have been notified
that poems they submitted in
the National Poetry Press Con
test will be published In the Bill Norton. LaVerne Van Mar
annual Anthropology of High tor- let hs nm -nftAn t a.
School Poetry. Verne Van Marter and Rick Cox;
Rex - English, compos i 1 1 o n 2nd base, Dart Gunderson, Dal
teacher, said that these students as Harsin; shortstop, Pat Kil
should be extremely proud since kenny; 3rd base Tommy Hughes,
it was a national contest. He ; Keith Curnutt; outfield; Lee Hu
said that it was unusual to con. Phil Ayres, Terry Crisp, Rob
have even one poem accepted, ' Abrams, Mike Hedman, Bob
let alone three. jWordon, Mark Hopkins and
These poems are also in the Gary Adams
Exit book composed by the Com- j The Heppner Ponies stayed
position classes. This book mayon the winning trail again as
be seen in the library and is they clobbered the Irrigon Bob
the pride of the teacher and cats 6 to 2. It was an even game
his composition classes. All the untii the final inning when the
students in these classes turn- Ponies exploded for three im
ed in their best poems and portant runs
compositions. The book is illus-1 The Ponies got 9 hits against
trated with art work done by the Bobcats' 1, with John Mc
the students themselves. Eng- cabe going the distance for the
iu.ii iuuk me worn 10 a oinuery , victors, allow nt? onlv 2 runs
i fry t r A
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Heart Fund Gets $68? in Drive
A warm liearted rcnKnH0 wan
mnde In Morrow county to thu
lleiut Kuiu' voluntccrit who con
ducted the diHir to dtMir collec
tion on Mia If of the Oregon
Heart ns.s.K'latlon during the
month of February, lleiirt Fund
woikeri, who n-ached Into rcl
deiitliil and buslnesi districts
throughout the countv. roiorted
a Kciierou welcome and the fi
nal tally of contribution total
ed $iW7.l t; $U'MK over the I'.Mtf
ciimpiih'.ti.
Iluslnes district solicitation
In Heppner, handled lV Mr.
Frank Hamlin, realized $17:1 M,
while the residential eanv;iw. bv
Kuth Aisemhlv No Ml. Order of
Itallihow fir I'.lrU. totaled $IVt
SI I'untrllmtlims in tither com
munitlf"" were In Lexington,
with Mrs. John Uslhetter as
campaign chut r m w n. $71 IX);
ll.irdman canvass hemleil lv
Mrs. Adrian H.Hhitolt, $HM; In
Irrigon, Mrs. Kdwnrd Hll''r re-
porteil In with HS.40; for the
lone campaign, headed by Mrs.
Marie liall and Miss Hita Kerr.
$('!. 6S. and the Hoardiium urea,
handled bv Mi. John riillllpK
renll'd $I'.H1.7H Contrltnillotu
forxvnrded bv mail totaled $IOm
Harlev Snger, general chair
man of the campnlgn, ri xrted
that the organlatlon perform
ed oiilslniultuglv, am lie pnl
Ulbute to volunti'crs making the
ennvaxs and to the generous
public response to the county,
wide appeal for contributions In
the fight agnliiht heart und
blood vessel disease.
Bcrgcr Service Held
llOAHDM AN Graveside ,-iv
Ice were held at (Overview
Cemi'tery Monday. April 4, at 3
pin, for t'lareiii-e K. Herger.
74, who died April M In The Hal
les nfler a long Illness. He was
a former resident here over J.'N
years ago. lie Is survived by his
wife Vera at their home in
Portland; two sons, Itohcrl of
The Dalles, tJleu of lavls, Cat
If ; one daughter, Mrs. Gordon
Connelly ot Garrett 1' ark, Md ;
nine grandchildren and 11
great grandchildren.
THIS CLASS in radiological monitorliia was Intermitted dunna linal examination March 31
niqht to qet this Dlcture. StudenU laid thsr found th course atwoiblna and valuable. Major
Jame Johnson, teacher, stand at the roar. StudenU in the picture art luted In the story below.
(G-T Photo)
Over The
Tee Cup
By dee cribble
With the fabulous weather,
we've been enjoying the golf
ing game, and greens are jump
ing at the Willow Creek Golf
course.
A new club president has
been selected and "Crib" is
working hard to select commit
tee members to carry on the
various duties to create new in
terest. The ladies, too, are busy. On
April 4. fourteen played a
blind partner" tourney. Win
ners were Helen O'tXmncll.
Marge Chapin. Hazel Mahoney
and Barb Cutsforth. Glna Leon
ard had least putts on April 11,
and ten "numb nannies" finish
ed the nine holes really numb.
Low score on a hidden hoi
Heppner Trackmen
Shatter Records,
Win 3-Way Meet
Three HHS athletes broke
school records last Saturday as
the team won a triangular track
meet at Moro by a score of
Heppner 73's. Wahtonka t"). and
Sherman County 23V
Tim Driscoll. possibly the
greatest track man In HHS his
tory, lowered his 440 record to
52.5 seconds, despite a leg ail
ment. Mickey Kindle, in soaring 12
feet, cracked his own pole vault
record of 11' 5 S" bv almost a
full foot.
Sophomore Dave Hall sprinted
to a 15.4 time in the high hurd
dies, smashing the former 15.S
clocking of his uncle, Archie
Ball.
What with wind and rain
plaguing the spikers during the
course oi the day. the abund
ance of good times was espec
ially remaikable.
Steve Watrcnblast edged close
to a school record discus toss j forth served doughnuts and cof-
Sixteen Complete
Monitor Course
In Civil Defense
Is 10 o'clock,
weather warms
with a 133' 2" heave. Tim Smith
came within -6 of a second of
his own two-mile mark with a
fine 10:29.4 time. Mickey Kindle
recorded a 145'5" winning jave
lin throw to become the only
Mustang double winner of the
day.
Sherman'; R.iv F.Uin aa the
only triple winner, with firsts usia enaru. secretary, a iei
in tha isn.varH lmi, hnrHip ter will be out soon, and will
broad jump, and high jump! 1 00 Informative, so watch the
Wahtonka's Phil Berthold, one of,8'1'
during spring vacation.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Patients admitted to Pioneer
Memorial hospital during the
past week, and still are receiv
ing medical care, are the follow
ing: Leona Smallwood, Hepp
ner; Arthui Hoyhtya, Heppner,
and .Ambrose Chapin. Heppner.
Triose who received medical
care, and were later dismissed,
were the following: Richard
Borman, H ppner; Lucille Clark,
Kinzua; Evelyn Kiebs, Cecil;
Janet Turner, Lexington; Larry
Hogan, Cecil, and Marie Lane,
Heppner.
Metsker maps of Morrow, Gil
liam. Umatilla. Wheeler counties
on sale at the Gazette-Times,
$1.25 each. Others available on
order.
'Agile Athletes'
Face 'Heavies'
One of the spectacular
sports events of the year will
be a volleyball contest Friday
night at 7:30 in the old Lex
ington school gymnas i u m.
The public is invited, but ripe
tomatoes must be checked at
the door.
At this time the Agile Ath
letes of the Christian church
will play the Heppner Heav
ies in a volleyball game.
The Heavies are composed
of those hardy, hopeful souls
who get up before 6:30 in the
morning to workout at the
Heppner grade school gym.
- Personnel cf the two teams
was not announced by press
time.
and 1 hit, 5 walks and no er
rors.
Jayvees were also victorious,
winning 1-0 behind a fine
pitching performance by La
Verne Van Marter.
the top distance men in th
state, loped to fairly easy vic
tories in the mile and half-mile.
Dave Emmons, who pushed the
shot 1S'4". and Bill Hammel,
with a 14V8" discus effort, weie
also outstanding for the Eagles.
mother top Mustang mark
was Tim Tullis' second place
4:55.6 mile. Freshman Dean Kin
dle took a second in the 220,
a second in the high hurdles,
and a fourth in the broad jump.
And Heppner's 880-yard relay
team skimmed close to the
school standard once again with
a 1:38.5 time, although Wahton
ka won the race.
Coach Don McCIure will take
a group of his boys to the Hay
ward Relays in Eugene Friday
Sixteen persons have received
certificates upon completion of
a radiological monitoring course
In the civil defense program.
Sheriff C. J. 1. Bauman, civil
defense coordinator, said last
week.
Final session of the course was
Thursday, March 31. In the old
city library. There were four 4
hour classes In the course,
which was designed to train
personnel to detect radioactive
material through use of radio
logical monitors.
Ma or James Johnson of
Hermiston taught the class and
used realistic materials In doing j
so. Among them were six l-l-
lets of cobalt encased In a lead
proved fruitful for Dee tpar on ontainer.
number 6), and Bev Gunderson Maior Johnson devotes most
and Dee tied for least putts of his time teaching armed for
(16). Each received a eolf ball, ces lwrsonnel. ami this wus his
Marg Chapin and Barb Cuts- ! first civilian class.
The 16 took their "final ex
amination" Thursday evening.
March 31, and were thoroughly
absorbed In It. being reluctant
even to be interrupted to have
their pictures taken.
In certifying the "graduates"
to the State Department of Ed
ucation. Major Johnson wrote,
"The attendees at the class dis
played a genuine interest in
learning their role as monitors.
It was refreshing to discover a
group with such enthusiasm
and interest In Civil Defense.
group was alert, friendly
cooperative. Sheriff Bau
Is very fortunate In hav
ing this calibre of people inter
ested In the program."
Those who have certificates
would be called upon In the
event of a nuclear attack to be
posted In shelters for the pur
pose of detecting degree of ra
dioactivity and when it would
be safe to emerge.
Receiving certificates were the
following: Barney Maleom, Gall
Heddle, Darlene Heddle, K. (.
McMurtrv, Lren Lucore, Bert
Corbin. Ervln Anderson, David
McLeod. Rachel Harnett, Bill
fee
Tee-off time
gals, until the
up. !
Attention Men! Sunday's tee. !
off time is Irorn 7:30 to 8:00)
a.m., with hot rolls and coffee
at the clubhouse. Dues are due, i
so please send your check to !
A big, big thanks to two fine
fellows named Gribbles, for the i-ne
mowing oi greens ana lairways. i
inc uvuiu I.- aii pi-iicvi t.wu : man
anion.
Students may play for 25c a
nine until school is out. But
kids, remember to put the quar
ter in the box!
Gray Gets Assigned
To Viet Nam Service
Governor Hatfield
j To Dedicate Plant
i Governor Mark O. Hatfield
will dedicate the $l'4 million
.Marlette Coach Company plant
j at Hermiston in a public cere-
. mnnv Anril OO O TO n m In tht
inew mobile home plant that Is ou- inc11 aumun. naei
.the fifth manufacturing facility Bauman all of Heppner: Leon
!of the Marlette. Mich., corpora- Munkers Lloyd M. Johnson
ion. Located here to serve its ! and Norma Johnsoh. all , of Lex
i Pacific Northwest market. the:lnK,"n: and l-,a"- Graves of
plant has been in operation :Hardman.
since December, employing 175. Two others, Mrs. Avon Melby
Marlette expects eventually to and Kaipn irum, auenueu pari
employ 200 and produce eight: of the sessions but were unable
mobile homes daily from the ; to complete the course because
LCpl. M. Harold Gray is now
stationed in Viet Nam, serving
u.'ith a tnnk maintpnanrp ha.
tallinn ernrHinu In recent word ', Hermiston plant,
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ! Nearly 100 mobile home deal
Merritt Gray of Heppner. Before ers fr.om western states are ex-
his last transfer, he wa station- Pectetl to attend tne dedication
ed in Okinawa. He was a mem
ber of the 196.3 graduating class
of Heppner High school.
Owe somebody a letter?
Why not just give
them a call?
The 136,000 square feet plant
Is a new building, will be in
production Saturday, April 23,
for conducted tours open to the
public.
Heading the Marlette execu
tives coming for the dedication
and open house will be Earl W.
Swatt, president, who has served
two terms as president of the
national Mobile Home Manufac
turers' Association.
of conflicts.
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