NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL
Published at Nyssa, Oregon
VOLOME XXXII. NO. 20.
GATEWAY TO THE OWYHEE AND BLACK CANYON IRRIGATION PROJECTS
NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1937
Fastest Growing Town In Oregon
$1.50 PER YEAR
Spring Rain Graduating Class Will
Days Planned
Jasper
Shelton
Mrs.FredPowell Owyhee As Canyon
Brings Relier Receive Diplomas At
Three Days of Enjoyment
Answers
Final
Passes At Home
Children To Be
Commencement Rites
Call
Wednesday
Here Tuesday
Examined Tues.
Evelyn Haworth a n d
Stroke Ends Life of Local
Matron — Final Rites
Friday.
One of Nyssa’s well-loved aged
wcmen passed quietly away Tues­
day noon when Mrs. Elizabeth
Powell, widow of the late Fred
Powell, passed away at her home.
Mrs. Powell suffered a stroke last
Thursday noon from which she
never recovered.
Elizabeth Bradbury was born
October 3, 1836 in Missouri and
would have been 81 years of age at
her next birthday. She left Missouri
as a child when the family moved
to Hebron, Indiana. Here she spent
her girlhood and attended the local
school. It was in Hebron that she
became affiliated with the First
Methodist church, an organiza­
tion she was faithful to throughout
her eventful life.
She was married on September
26, 1878 to Fred Powell, and the
family made their home at Lafay­
ette, Indiana for many years. Here
their five children were bom and it
was not until 1901 that the family
made another move. This time it
was to Hammond, Indiana, and in
1909 the family made the longest
move of their lives when they came
to Nyssa.
Mr. Powell was engaged in the
livery stable business for a time,
and then when the popularity of
the motor car made this business
unprofitable, the family moved to
a farm. Mr. Powell passed away on
June 21st, 1934 and in later years
Mrs. Powell has not taken an active
part in affairs, being content to en­
joy her home, her family and the
many friends who delighted in call­
ing upon her.
She is survived by two brothers,
Warren Eradbury of Redonda
Beach, California and a half
brother, Gus Davison of West Lib­
erty, Iowa. She also leaves five
children, Mrs. M. F. Solomon of
Calumet City, Illinois; H. F. Pow­
ell of Griffith, Indiana; E. W.
Powell of Orland, California; Ed­
die Powell and Mrs. Aden Wilson,
both of Nyssa. Mrs. Solomon and
her husband have been in Nyssa
for the past three months visiting
her mother.
Funeral Friday
Funeral services have been an­
nounced for Friday, May 21 at 2:00
from the Community church, with
Rev. White in charge. The Nyssa
Funeral Home are making the ar­
rangement and interment will be in
the Nyssa cemetery.
The date for the Commercial
Club's annual celebration and fun
test is drawing near and several
committees are busy laying ar­
rangements for the big affair to be
held here June 4th, 5th and 6th.
A new type celebration will be
held this year, and sponsors believe
they will have an entertainment
pleasing to young and old. One of
the feature’s of the show will be the
appearance of Monte Young's car­
nival and rides who will be here
every day of Owyhee Canyon Days
with a wide variety of rides, side
rhrws and other features. The
Young carnival is one of the best,
carrying an extra large ferrls wheel,
merry-go-round, loop-a-plane, tilt-
a-whirl and other popular rides.
Dances will be held both nights
and arrangements were made this
week to get the Ross orchestra for
the dances. They have been play­
ing at Parma and are popular with
dance followers.
Committees are busy lining up
seme free attractions to be held
during the Owyhee Canyon days.
Among these are said to be races,
boxing, hog calling and husband
calling contests, softball and other
features.
Sunday is a day set aside for a
trip to the Owyhee Dam, to give
everyone an incentive to visit this
wonderful feat of engineering which
makes the Owyhee project possible.
Parties will be taken through the
dam and shown it’s working details.
Celebrants may take their lunch
and make a nice outing out of the
affair, the committee plans.
f
Plans have been perfected by the
Civic club to hold a clinic next
Tuesday morning, May 25th, start­
ing at 8:30 for all children of pre­
school age who will enter school
next year for the first time. Dr.
Sarazin and Dr. Norcott will be
present along with, Mrs. Edna Far­
ris county health nurse: and all
mothers are Invited to bring their
children who are coming first grad­
ers to the clinic. Arrangements for
the Civic club are being handled by
a commttee composed of Mrs. Ray
Emmott and Mrs. Howard Larsen.
PULLEN OVERTURNS
CAR NEAR LANGTON
SERVICE FRIDAY
Passes Suddenly In Hos­
pital — Funeral Plan­
ned For Sunday P. M.
Word was received here Wednes­
day by Rock Shelton that his fath­
er, Jasper N. Shelton, 70, had pass­
ed away suddenly the same mom
ing at a Pendleton hospital. No
word was available as to immediate
cause of death, but he had been in
failing health for some time.
Funeral services will likely be
held Sunday afternoon from the
Methodist church, with Rev. Ployd
White in charge of the services
Arrangements are being made by
the Nyssa Funeral Home.
Mr. Shelton was a well-known
fanner of this community, coming
to Nyssa in 1919 when he purchased
the 40 acres west of town which he
had leased the past few years to
his son, Rock Shelton. His wife
Olive Shelton, passed away thret
years ago to a day, her death oc­
curring on May 19, 1934.
He was bom in Polk County
Oregon on February 14, 1867 but
grew to manhood at Elgin and Lot-
tine, Oregon, where he attended
school. In 1899 he was married to
Olive L. Arthurs at Waltsburg
Washington. For twelve years the
family lived at Medical Springs.
Oregon and then moved to Unity,
where they lived for twelve more
years, coming to Nyssa in 1919.
He is survived by seven children.
Harry of Boise; Mrs. Halite Han-
by of McEwen, Oregon; Rock of
Nyssa; Bert of Ellensburg, Wash.;
Mrs. Ruth Olenn of Nyssa; Mrs.
Wanda Holland of McEwen, Ore.;
and Mrs. Flora Doyle of Hood Riv­
er. All of the ehildren are expected
to be here for the funeral. He is
also survived by two brothers and
two sisters. M. Shelton of Para­
dise, Oregon; Mrs. T. M. Fine of
Walla Walla. Wash.; J. H. Shel­
ton of EUensbisrg, Wash.; and Mrs
Fiank Bowman of Richland, Ore­
gon
Doc Pullen had the misfortune to
overturn his car Friday afternoon
Just north of Langtons. Mr. Pullen
who had picked up a pedestrian,
noticed his passenger had failed to
close the right hand door. He
reached over to remedy this over­
sight and unconciously turned the
car to the right, causing it to roll
over into the bar pit. Although up­
side down Mr. Pullen managed to
extricate himself and to help his
passenger out of the wreck. They
found themselves miraculously un­
injured but the car considerably
damaged.- Messrs. Archie Smith and
TWO CAR ACCIDENTS
Silas Bigelow pulled the car upon
OVER WEEK END the road and Mr. Bigelow towed it
to Ontario for repairs Saturday.
Two minor automobile accidents
happened over the week end. The
Leon Leavitt car and the driver of
the Watkins Products car from On-
ario collided near the L. D. S.
Church Friday evening. One of the
Leavitt twins received a cut on the
forehead. On Saturday evening
Kenneth McNall turned his new V8
over on this side of Parma. A pas­ The seniors of the local high
senger he had with him received a school
will present their annual
slight shoulder injury.
class play Friday evening, May
21st in the high school gym. They
have chosen the play entitled,
SELLS ACREAGE
"Prize Pigs’’ as their play, which is
said to be a highly amusing com­
C. B. Short has sold his acreage edy.
near town to L. E. Fry, newcomer The play revolves around the
here. The Toombs family who have acton created when a practical Jok­
been living there have moved to er sends the Conley family three
pigs, supposed to be their rich
Nyssa.
spring flower exhibit
aunt's “most valuable possessions.” was The one annual
of the features of the Civic
Complications pile up, with many club meeting
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Eunice Farr is the new clerk amusing situations until finally
at the Caldwell Drygoods Store. matters are cleared up to the sat­ The number of exhibits were limit­
ed due to the heavy rain in the
isfaction of everyone.
but those on exhibit were
Those taking part in the play in­ morning,
very
attractive.
The exhibit was in
clude Evelyn Haworth, Mary Com, charge of Mrs. Frank
Morgan.
Jack Brodle, Flora Mae Wimp, An interesting program
was giv­
Doris Klingback, Hinemoa Clonln-
consisting of two violin num­
ger, Leland Morse Paul Johnston, en,
by Mrs. Walter Rosebraugh,
Lloyd Wilson, Virginia Miller and bers
accompanied by Mrs. John Young;
Isabelle Sarazin.
by Mrs. C. L. McCoy and
The play is being directed by Mrs. two duets
John Young, accompanied by
John Young and Mrs. Haworth, Mrs.
C. Jackson, followed by
The locals booted the ball Mr. Young acting in the role of Mrs. W. events.
The program chair­
around enough Sunday to lose a class advisor. Dean Bryanm is busi­ current
man
was
Mrs.
Wm.
Schlreman. The
close contest with Ontario, 3 to 4 ness manager for the play, assisted year books were distributed
after
although outhittlng the visitors and by Bob Jackson and Don Boren. which refreshments were served
also having the advantage of John­
under the direction of Mrs. H. R.
ston's pitching, who retired 15 via BILL COLEMAN SELLS
Qulnby The ladies then paid a visit
the strikeout route. Costly errors at
HAMBURGER STAND to the gardens of Mesdames E. C.
crucial points in the game pushed
Wilson, John Young, E. D. Norcott
Nyssa from a top spot in the league
and
J. Sarazin.
standings to a tie with Boise and Bill Coleman sold his hamburger The J. next
was announced
Emmett for second place honors. It stand on Main street this week to for June at meeting
the country home of
was Ontario's first win of the sea­ Bill Cook of San Francisco, Cal­ Mrs. C. C. Cotton.
son.
ifornia. Mr. Cook took over active
John Young hit the longest blow management
week, painted the Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Coward and
of the day when he hit a long interior, and this
added
improve­
triple, which went for a home run ments in anticipation some
Ethel Crawford and daughters
of the sum­ Mrs.
when the Ontario third sacker mer trade.
were dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
threw wild in an effort to catch
and Mrs. S. H. Ross of Ontario.
Young at the plate. The long hit
came in the 9th Inning with no one
on base. Callan of Ontario smacked
out a triple for Ontario’s longest
hit.
Johnson pitched a nice game, al­
HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM
lowing 7 hits and striking out IS
while Ault, the Ontario chucker.
8:00 P. M.
was touched for 8 safeties and
struck out but two batters.
T*
Play at Boise
Nyssa is to go to Boise this Sun­
Processional................. ......... Mrs. W. C. Jackson
day to meet up with the Mountain­
eers in an Idaho-Oregon league
Hymn...................“O For A Thousand Tongues”
scrap. Boise was leading the league
until they were toppled Sunday by
Invocation.............................Rev. Stanley Moore
Caldwell in a 7 to 8 game, and it is
freely predicted that Nyssa will
“Where’re You Walk”............... — Civic Chorus
have to play air-tight ball if they
expect to win from the hard hitting
Scripture Reading............... Bishop Luther Fife
Boise outfit.
Other Games
“Courage”.......................................... Civic Chorus
Vale won their first game of the
Sermon—“The Power To See It Through”—
season Sunday when they upset
Payette 7 to 5; Caldwell beat Boise
Rev. S. Dallas McNeil
7 to 6 and Emmett won from Weld­
er • to 4. Ram baud of Nyssa pitch­
Hymn...................“Blest Be The Tie That Binds”
ed for Emmett and was touched for
1$ hits but his teammates made
Benediction............................... Rev. Floyd White
even mode hits and also played a
better fielding
Senior Actors
Perform Friday
Civic Club Has
Flower Exhibit
Nyssa Loses To
County Land Ontario By 34
Sale Date Set
A land sale of county owned land
will be held June 12 at the Court
house in Vale, with 98 tracts being
advertised. These run from full
sections of land down to town lots
and will go to the highest bidders.
All tracts under $200 are a cash
deal; and for all tracts priced from
$200 to $500 there must be a cash
payment of 20 per cent %nd the
remainder paid in equal install­
ments spread over five years. Tracts
priced at over $500 will be sold
either for cash or for not less than
20 per cent cash and the remainder
spread over ten years.
All lands within the boundaries
of irrigation or drainage districts
will be sold subject to any valid
assessments made by the districts
since the county acquired the land.
Some of the lands under the
Warmsprings Irrigation District
will be sold without water right.
The entire list of lands, together
with minimum prices and other in­
formation. will be found on page
7 of the Journal.
EVENT CALENDAR
May 20-Church banquet in base­
ment of Methodist church.
May 21—10 a. m. Grade and
Standard meeting in Ontario.
May 21 Senior Play.
May 23—Baccalaureate.
May 27—Commencement.
May 2«—School ends.
May 29—Poppy Day
May 30— Memorial Day.
June 4, $, $—Owyhee Canyon
Days.
1937 Baccalaureate Program
A welcome rain that pattered
down most of Tuesday night
brought relief from dust, and
was a boon to newly seeded
crops. The rain started shortly
after eight o’clock Tuesday
evening and did not clear until
around six o’clock Wednesday
morning. It soaked into the
ground a distance in excess of
four Inches, settled the dust,
cleared the atmosphere a n d
brought smiles of relief to-
everyone.
The government station record­
ed a fall of .85 of an inch at
Nyssa and 1.52 at the Owyhee
dam.
POND HOME IN
BIG BEND BURNS
Sunday morning between 10:30
and 11 a big black smoke attracted
neighbors to the home of Cecil
Pond. The first to arrive couldn’t
get in the house as it was already a
mass of flames. Everything burned
to the ground, house, garage, grain-
ery and chicken house. A Maytag
washing machine was found near
the house and was taken to safety.
Their Model A Ford was driven
from a flaming garage and saved.
The Pond family had left early
Sunday morning with relatives
picnic at the Owyhee Dam and did
not learn of their home burning
until they returned home in the
evening.
It is uncertain what caused this
fire as they had only a small fire
in the morning and it was out two
hours before they left the house. At
different times in the past five
other houses on this same hillside
have been burned to the ground.
Bible School
Starts June 1
A committee composed of mem­
ber from three different churches
in Nyssa met at the home of Mrs.
C. A. Abbott Tuesday evening to
plan for the Bible School which
starts Tuesday, June 1st. Ail the
churches are uniting to make this
the best and biggest school ever
put on in this community.
Rev. and Mrs. Skidmore of Cald­
well. trained workers, have been
hired to supervise the school and
assist the local workers in making
all the plans. Rev. Skidmore is ef­
ficient in boys hand work and his
wife is his assistant as well as a
trained helper In all parts of the
school work.
The school this year will be held
in the school house, which will al­
low plenty of room for all grades to
do good work.
Mrs. Stanley Moore was elected
general superintendent and Mrs.
Dave Beers primary superinten­
dent, Mrs. John Poage treasurer,
and Mis6 June Marie Wilson,
pianist.
Fosters Return Thursday
From California Trip
Mr. and Mrs W W. Foster and
nephew Bert Foster returned from
California last Thursday evening.
They drove down thru Alturas on
Friday and to San Rafael the next
night. Here they spent Mother’s
Sunday with a nephew and cousin
Willard Harper and wife, Sunday
the Harpers and Fosters crossed
the bay by ferry saw the two new
bridges and had a wonderful view
of San Francisco They drove down
the peninsula and visited with Rev.
and Mrs. Hershey, former pastors
here. They sent their best regards
to all Nyssa friends.
They were st Sebastopol for three
days getting package bees. Wednes­
day night they drove thru Sacra­
mento, Reno and McDermltt,
thence to Arock, where part of the
bees were left with Howard Foster.
California is green and beautiful
with a profusion of wild flowers at
this time of the year. It was an en­
joyable trp. The Fosters were cele­
brating their silver wedding anni­
versary. It being twenty-five years
this month since they came to Nys-
A meeting of the advisory board
of the county Townsend clubs met
In Vale Friday evening with Mr.
Olenn C. Wade, district organizer,
present Those attending men Mr.
and Mrs. A. V. Pruyn, Mrs. 8. B.
Davis, Mrs. C. Klinkenberg.
vln Penrod and AJ Green.
Class Roll
HH Hh +
DONALD BOREN
JACK HUBERT BRODIE
JEAN JAMES BYRAM
HAZEL CHADWICK
HINEMOA ELEANOR CLONING ER
MARY ANNA CORN
LOREN EMERSON EARNEST
WANDA I VINE EARNEST
JACK MORRIS PARMER
EVELYN MAE HAWORTH
ESSIE LA RENA HITE
GLEN PERSHINO HUFFSTETTER
PAUL MILLER JOHNSTON
DORIS MARGUERITE
KLINQBACK
RUSSELL WARREN LARSEN
VIRGINIA PRANCES MILLER
LELAND FRANK MORSE
OVEY DEE BROWN
FRANK HUDSON PIERSON
TROY WARD ROBERTS
MARY ISOBELLE SARAZIN
NELLIE JEAN SCHWEIZER
GERALD ALBERT SLIPPY
GERRIT TIMMERMAN
LLOYD ALEXANDER WILSON
ROBERT RAYMOND WILSON
FLORA MAE WIMP
ROBERT ANDREW JACKSON
MARGARET OLIVE
FYLLINGSNES
JAMES LAWRENCE NICHOLS
LAURENCE BERNARD
FINDLING
BERNICE REBECCA WOLFE
PAUL WILBERT HELDT
ALBERT PEACE HELDT
College of Idaho Year
Book Released
Lloyd Wilson win High
Scholastic Honors.
Graduation activities will occupy
the major part of the coining week,
with the senior play scheduled for
Friday night; Baccalaureate ser­
mon Sunday night and Commence­
ment to be held Thursday night.
All graduating affairs will be held
in the high school gymnasium.
High honors among the students
of the graduating class were won
this year by Miss Evelyn Haworth,
valedictorian of this years class and
by Lloyd Wilson, salutatorlan hon­
ors. The two students were practic­
ally tied for scholastic honors; both
receiving practically a straight A
grade all through high school.
They will give the two principal
addresses at
Commencement
Thursday.
The third principal address will
be given by Robert Jackson, presi­
dent of the 1937 senior ciass. Class
history will be given by Isob lle
Sarazin; prophecy by Nellie Jean
Schweizer and will by Jack Farmer.
The musical part of Commence­
ment will include vocal solas by
Mrs. C. L. McCoy and violin num­
bers by Mrs .Walter Rosebraugh;
besides numbers by the high school
orchestra.
McCoy Present Diplomas
C. L. McCoy, president of the
school board will present diplomas
to the 34 graduating seniors. He
will also announce the winner of
the American Legion award given
annually to an outstanding boy
and girl of the graduating class,
and make the presentation.
Supt. Leo Hollenberg will an­
nounce the winners and make pres­
entations to the outstanding play­
er in each of the three major ath­
letic sports and also to the out­
standing all-round athlete of the
graduating class. He will also pre­
sent the Mrs. Haworth award to the
outstanding girl student In the
graduating class. A scholarship to
Oregon State College will be pre­
sented to Paul Johnston during the
course of the Commencement pro­
gram.
College of Idaho, Caldwell—The
College of Idaho yearbook, ’’The
Trail” was released to the students
Tuesday by Miss Margaret Pinker­
ton, Nyssa, Oregon, editor, and Mr.
Fred Platt, Parma, business man­
ager.
The cover of the book is white
with a gray overtone and a blue
border carrying the name of the
1937 Trail. The blue border is in
harmony with the motif of the
book.
The opening sections of the an­
nual differs from previous years in
that it includes 10 pages of campus
scenes and life around the college.
The division pages are full page
pictures of tinted Idaho scenes.
The publication is dedicated to
the memory of Dr. William Judson Five rural schools will hold grad­
Boone, who was president of the uation exercises at the Valley View
College of Idaho for 45 years.
school on Wednesday evening. May
26th, at which time 25 students of
the eighth grade will receive their
diplomas. Teachers of the five
schools are co-operating in arrang­
ing a program starting at 8 o’clock,
to fittingly honor those who have
finished the first goal leading
toward a well-rounded education.
8tudents who will graduate from
Arcadia, which is taught by Miss
The Nyssa high school ball club Thelma Hickey, include Ethel Mull,
laid their suits away this week after Aleda Duyn, Grace Jones, Francis
one of the most successful seasons Hall, Keith Orris, Jerome Merœtlca
in several years. The team fittingly and Charles Englesby.
closed their season Tuesday by a 13 The Cairo school, taughi by Miss
Opal Ivers, has three graduates, in
to 1 victory over Huntington.
person of Jack D. Peters, Mary
The game Tuesday was pitched the
and Margaret Magnuson.
by Bob Wilson, who held the Hunt­ Falrman
ington batters to two lone hits White Settlement also has three
they being Lorraine Car-
while his team mates were credited graduates,
Nellie Bertram and Catherine
with 9 safe hits and took advantage son.
Van Egmond. Vera Weaver is the
of Huntington errors to score 13 teacher
at White Settlement.
runs.
Valley
View, taught by Miss Ethel
Lose Championship
Cloud lists their graduates as
While Nyssa finished in a tie with Oscar Bratton, Robert Alexander,
Ontario for county division confer­ Bethel Brown, Paul Salto, Homer
ence honors, the local team lost the Brewer, Olenn Down and Paul
play-off champonshlp game Thurs­ Davis.
day night by a 8 to 4 count. The Students to graduate from Lin­
game was played under the lights coln, taught by Walter Marshall,
at Ontario. Nyssa was credited with include Ivan Pennington, Blanche
7 hits as against 9 for Ontario; but Bliss, Opal Redsull, Thelma Du-
the unfamiliar lights were blamed Pre and Vyrett Cham be rain.
for some blunders which allowed
Ontario to cross the plate with
enough runs to win, 8 to 4. Wilson
ROUND TOWN
also pitched this game, with Case
doing the receiving.
Bert Llenkaemper displays his
Good Record
strength to admiring women . . . All
parties claiming victory in north
The team had a good record this town
water battle . . . Veterans of
year, playing 11 high school games Foreign
Wars and Legion Auxiliary
and winning 8 of them for a per­ plan poppy
sale May 29th . . , Jim­
centage of .727. Graham pitched 8 my Daelhausen
says he’s been
of the games and won 6 of them for crowned many times
cor­
a percentage of .750 while Wilson onated . . . Grangers but plan never
to hold
pitched three games and won two picnic at the Owyhee dam Sunday
of them for a percentage of .867 Baseball managers hard to find . ..
During the season. Oraham hit two Mitchell and Wiltshire wonder why
home runs, Mausling one and Ray the Editor goes fishing and leaves
one.
5-year old son. who has out fish­
Prospects for next year are ex­ his
ed him on other trips, at home . . .
cellent with only three members of Mrs.
Sarazin and Mrs. McCoy
the team graduating. The three
«mlor members are Paul Johnston divide second high bridge prise . . ,
(Continued on last page)
Rural Schools
Plan Exercises
High School Has
GoodBall Season