NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, THURS., OCTOBER 14, 1937
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SOCIETY
FAMILY REUNION
Last Tuesday evening the Vic
Marshall country home was the
scene of a family
gathering ot
members of the Schwelzer family
when a reunion dinner was held
with Mr. Otto Schwelzer a n d
all his sons and daughters and
their families present. The occasion
also honored Mr. Otto Schwetz?r’s
80 h birthday. Covers at dinner were
laid for 38 guests, with all being
seated at one large table.
Those present were Mr. Otto Sch-
weizer, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Marshall,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schwelzer; Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Ley of Portland;
Mrs. Barr Doolittle and two children
of Caldwell; Mrs. Lee Householder
of Yelow Pine, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Jackson, Reno, Nev.o Mrs
William McConnell, Caldwell; Mr.
and Mrs. Oce Schwelzer and family;
Mr. and Mrs. George Schwelzer and
Nellie Jean; Albert Matson of Par-
man; Mr. and Mrs. Max Schwelzer
and family; Mr. and Mrs Guy
Glenn and Charles Leo; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Share and son; Mr.
and Mrs. Vic Marshall and son Jack
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BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. Ed. Warren gave a pinochle
party Wednesday night in honor of
her husbands birthday. Three tables
of cards were in play with Mrs. Ed
Pruyn and Mr. C. J. Keizer winning
high score awards; Mrs. Roy War­
ner and Mr. Pruyn, consolation; and
Mrs. Pruyn had the traveling prize
at the end of the card play. A mid­
night lunch closed a pleasant even­
ing.
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT
FOURSOME
Mrs. A. B. Heise entertained the
Wednesday night foursome. Guests
playing with members were Mrs.
Frank Hall, Mrs. Dewey Ray, Mrs.
Sid Burbidge and Mrs. James Dael-
hausen. Mrs. Artie Robertson held
high score for the members and Mrs.
Hall for the guests.
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BRIDGE PARTIES
On Friday and Saturday Mrs. Bert
Llenkaemper and Mrs. Leslie M c­
Clure entertained at the home of
Mrs. McClure with a desert bridge.
Four tables were in play each day
and a dainty prize was won for high
score at each table at the end of the
JORDAN VALLEY
By MRS ISABELLE LEE
Marion and Preston Wroten and
their mother Mrs. Mary S. Wroten
left for a two weeks business and
pleasure trip to California Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Maher of
Cliffs returned home from Boise
Wednesday where Mr Maher at­
tended a grazing board meeting
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Staples ac­
companied Mr. and Mrs. Maher on
their return and were given a
chivari by their young friends Wed­
nesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gluch and
Mrs. Joe Gluch were shopping in
Caldwell Tuesday.
Purl Hardisty of Meridian spent a
few days here attenlng to business
matters and visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Staples left
Thursay to visit relatives in Calif­
ornia. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Staples
are caring for the ranch during
their absence.
Tim Lequerica is reported quite ill
at his heme.
Curtis Jones of Eugene is spend­
ing a few days with his father Dr.
W. W. Jones.
Gus Azcuenaga attended his sis­
ter’s funeral in Nampa last week.
Misses Pilar and Azueada Corta-
bartarte are spending a few days in
Boise.
Gus Greeley of Succor Creek was
brought to town Saturday suffering
from a dislocated arm. Mr. Oreeley
had a runaway with his team and
became entangled In the lines
and was thrown to the ground.
Dr. Jones attended him and he
was able to go to his home Monday.
Saturday night the Ditch com­
pany had a dragline come In to
clean the feeder canal from the
headgate in the W. S. Maher field
to the Antelope reservoir.
Mrs. Carl Fretwell who has been
til for the past week is able to be up
again.
Mrs. George S. Parks was hostess
at a delightful bridge party last
Wednesday. Plans were made to or­
ganise a bridge club for the winter.
Mrs Emma Clarke spent the week
end at Mrs. Marion Wrotens.
M. Stephensen of Saltern, state
bridge engineer and C. A. Jordan
and Mervln Moore, bridge engineers
from Ontario were up Wednesday
looking over the bridge work on Jor­
dan Creek.
Mrs. Emma Wall and Morris Al-
worth drove to Caldwell Friday and
were married. Judge Riordan per­
forming the ceremony. They return­
ed home Sunday their many friends
met at one of the local holla
play. Those winning on Friday were
Mrs. A. B Heise, Mrs. W. F. McLing,
Mrs. Artie Robertson and Mrs. Dick
Tenson. On Saturday Mrs. Al< ^
Wilson, Mrs Wm. Schlreman, Mrs
Herbert Fisher and Miss Eva Boy-
dell.
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THURSDAY BRIDGE CLUB
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The Thursday Bridge Club was
entertained at the home of Mrs.
Frank Hall with only the members
present. High score was held by Mrs.
Frank Morgan and a handkerchief
shower was given to Mrs. Lewis
Wiltshire at the close of the play.
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MRS. WARNER AND
MRS. ED PRUYN ENTERTAIN
On Thursday evening a pinochle
party was given by Mrs. Ed Pruyn
and Mrs. Roy Warner at the home
of the latter. High score was won by
Mrs. H. Blair Johnston. Mrs. Ed
Warren took consolation prize and
Mrs. Geo. Benton won the traveling
prize.
Shiva Temple, wooded plateau in the Grand canyon which haa been explored by man for the first time in
history. An expedition headed by Dr. Harold E. Anthony scaled the hitherto unreachable island in the sky to
study animal life believed to have been isolated for thousands of years.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Fritss and
family of Ontario visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
MRS. MORGAN ENTERTAINS
Fritts Sunday afternon.
TUESDAY NIGHT BRIDGE
Albert Hopkins attended the C. E.
Mrs. Morgan entertained the party In Parma, Monday evening.
Tuesday night bridge club and
guests who played with the mem­
bers were Miss Eva Boydell, Mrs.
By MRS. ED DUPRE
John Young and Miss Margaret Ann
Morgan. High score was held by
Mrs. Dewey Ray and second hipjj
by Mrs. Arthur Boydell.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Castro and fam­
ily of Harper were Sunday visitors
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at the DuPre home.
ADEN WILSON
Frank Leavitt has returned from
HAS BIRTHDAY
a visit with his sister Mrs. Virgil
Hollenshead In Baker and is stay­
On Tuesday
Mrs. Aden Wilson
ing at the Bill Leavitts.
entertained at a dinner party In
Cairo won twenty six to four from
honor of her husband’s birthday.
Lincoln at the basketball game at
Ccvers were laid for Mr. and Mrs.
M. F. Solomon, Mrs. Addle Wilson, Cairo.
Mrs. Lidia Hadley of Baldwin,
Mrs. Gertrude Ward, Mr. Bradbery
Kansas returned home last week
and Mr. and Mrs. Aden Wilson.
after a several weeks visit with her
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sister Grandma Leavitt and other
relatives in this district.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Blair May is threshing alfalfa
In honor of her husband’s Mr. A. seed this week for L. H. Fritts and
V. Cook’s birlhday and that of her Bill Leavitt.
son Jimmy, Mrs. Cook gave a double
The ambition of the P.T.A. and
dinner party on October sixth. especially of Mrs. Robinson, its first
Those present were Dicky Tensen president, was realized when a new
and Buddie Paradis for Jimmy and piano was purchased and delivered
Mrs. Georgeanne Alme, Mr. Frank on Friday, through the efforts cf its
Campbell, Mr. Jack Gant and Miss present president, Mrs. Gertie Blan­
Georgia Dennis made up the adult ton.
guests.
Miss Mae Fenton was an over­
night guest of Thelma DuPre on
a chivari and party was held in Thursday night.
Mrs. Elmer Leavitt and daughter
their honor. This couple are well
with Grandma
and favorably known and
their Eleanor visited
many friends wish them a long and Leavitt on Saturday evening.
Jean Laniger and Dinny Bull of
happy life.
hunted
pheasants with
Mr. and Mrs. George 8. Parks were Ontario
Frank DuPre on Sunday.
Boise visitors Monday.
Mrs. Lloyd Kinney attended the
Mrs. Mary Panzeri and daughter
Louise are spending a few days in Mr. and Mrs. Club at the home of
Mrs. A1 Quast in Ontario on Friday.
Nampa.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Chadwick with
Mr. an Mrs. Earl E. Garrity of
Nampa
visited at the Ed Maher his father and family have returned
from a pleasure trip through Utah.
home over the week end.
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LINCOLN NEWS
Sunday the Jordan Valley high
schcol team played baseball with the
Cow Creek school. The score was 41
to 1 In favor of Jordan.
APPLE VALLEY
KINGMAN KOLONY
By MRS. (X E. ELLIOTT
Athel Hagan enrolled in the 2nd
grade plass at school Monday. Mr.
By MISS NORMA STOUT
and Mrs. Hagan live on the Galager
ranch.
Three boys from the Heldt family
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Vertrees and
family attended the C. of I. football moved to Nyssa with their parents
and will attend school there. This
game in Caldwell Friday evening.
James Correll, 8r„ was taken to leaves a total enrollment in District
the Veterans Hospital in Bclse for 61 c f 107.
The Bill Holman family from Mis­
treatment Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Price and souri have been visiting this week in
family of Parma were dinner guests the home of Mr. Holman’s uncle,
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mr. Charles Wilson.
Fanners in this section are re­
Mrs. Clarence Fritts.
Mrs. Lenis Wilson, Mrs. Dwight leased of the long haul with their
Wilson and Mrs. Landris Dutro of i beets this year, owing to the new
Nampa called at several homes in beet dump at Overstreet crossing.
M rs Smith of
Oregon Trail has
Apple Valley Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boston and charge of the weighing
Wayne Ulrey spent Thursday at
family were callers at the home of
Mr and Mrs. J. I. Boston Sunday his home near Nyssa. He was also
a business visitors in Nyssa and On­
afternoon.
tario on Friday.
Bowman Vertrees spent the week
The third and fourth grade are
end at the home o f his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. William Smiley and working on an art project and when
family who have spent the summer complete it will be in the form a
at McCal returned Saturday and are moving picture and entitled, Pln-
ochio, which is a title of the book
living at the Lenis Wilson home.
they have just finished reading. H ie
Charles McFarland
and Sebert moving picture will be given for the
Fox left for Boise the latter part of primary room.
the week where they
have em­
The sixth grade English class are
ployment. Mrs. McFarland is staying
publishing a paper every two weeks
at the home of her mother Mrs. Fox.
Dinner guests at the home of Mr. which covers the main activities of
and Mrs. Emil Vertrees Sunday were the whole school.
Government houses at the 8nively
Bill Danforth of Wilder, Allen Reed.
Yulah. Orvtlla and Bowman Ver­ camp were sold by sealed bids this
week. Among those who purchased
trees.
I. A. Fritts was a guest Sunday at houses were John Gowel and Mr
the home cf Mr. and Mrs. Everett Farnsworth of Adrian. Fred Sniveiy
purchased the house known as the
Fritts in Vale.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Robinson ot "cook shack.”
Parma were dinner guests at the
Floyd Elliott of Agate Beach and
home of Mr and Mrs. J. J Hicks Hal Bames of Salem are vlisting at
the T. T. Elliot home.
Sunday.
Grace Halaas is visiting for a few
The regular meeting of the Polly
days at the home of Maxine Oben- Anna club was held Wednesday at
the home of Mrs Elmer Du ton
derf in Wilder
Herbert Nelson and Slim McCurry
Miss Agnes Nichols who teaches in
went deer hunting the forepart of the high school at Wilder, spent the
the week.
week end at the home of her mother
Mr ana Mrs. 8. A. Patterson of Mrs Mary Nichols
The Malheur Home Telephone
Wilder were callers at the home of
Mr. and M n. J. J. Hicks Sunday.
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the
telephone line In this section.
Many new telephones have been in­
stalled.
Miss Joy Crummett and Miss Bet­
ty Nelson were shopping in Boise
Saturday.
The regular meeting of the W. C
T. U. met at the Walter Pinkston
home Thursday.
Rev. Ecklebarger, who teaches thr
Junior class of Sunday School boys
has organized them into a club. At
present they are working on wood­
craft each Wednesday
evening
They also have a football team and
expect to play a game with the Ros­
well Junior class In the near future
OWYHEE
The Owyhee Parent Teachers met
at the school house Friday with
fifteen members present. Three new
members were added. Another apron
was brought In, proceeds from all
amounting to $10. The McLoughlln
memorial was discussed and donat­
ions collected and the teachers an­
nounced that the children would
give a program cn the 19th, Dr. Me—
Loughlln's birthday. One feature to
be depicting of a pioneer mother by
Mrs. Thomason. All patrons of the
school are invited. A Halle ween
party was also planned and dele­
gates appointed to the council to be
held in Ontario at a later date.
Mrs. Annie Hite left last week for
Seattle with her brother Carl who
had been visiting in the community.
She plans to have an operation on
her nose while in the city.
Messrs. Claude and Ray Franklin
and Maynard Franklin were busi­
ness visitors in Boise Saturday.
Mrs. D. P. Pullen had the mis­
fortune to sprain her ankle last
Thursday. It has been quite painful.
Jack Walters arrived home from
Yakima. Wash., last week where he
had been working during the sum­
mer.
One hundred sixty men from the
2nd corps in New Jersey arrived to
spend the winter at th CCC camp.
Visitors at the Ray Franklin
home Sunay were Bonnie Matlcck,
Phil, Cook and Margaret Mitchell.
Louise Klingback, Dorothy Slippy,
Juanita Culbertson. Grace Kygar
and Hank and Inez Sherril.
Lettuce harvest started Monday at
the Patton place under the direction
of Bud Wilson of Hogue Packing Co.
Paul Cloninger presented Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Lowe with pheasant for
their first pheasant feed of the
seasen Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Dolph Whitlow of
Yakima. Wash., were guests of Mrs.
Whitlows brother Ralph Gee Fri­
day.
Mrs. Fred Boness was called to
Nebraska by the death of her
brother and will make an extended
visit while there.
T. M. Lowe has recently Installed
an electric fence arcund his ranch.
A hunter who stopped to pass the
time of day with Mr. Lowe touched
the wire and got a good bite, almost
simultaneously
h i s
companion
touched the wire with no reaction
which caused Mr. Lowe to become
concerned as to the effectiveness of
his fence whereup he tried it him­
self also with no reaction. He be­
came quite excited and immediately
went to headquarters in Ontario
with the information, but upon dis­
covering the men who were immune
to shock were wearing rubber boots
nothing drastic resulted.
Owyhee Community club meets
with Mrs. D. P. Pullen Thursday
October 21.
Mr and Mrs Chas. Culbertson
made a trip to Ontario Sunday for
parts for his truck which he recent­
ly purchased from Mrs. Bertha Cul­
bertson. He has begun digging and
hauling his beets.
Mr and Mrs Lynn Kygar and
Merle were business visitors In
Weiser Monday.
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LEGAL ADVERTISING
ADRIAN NEWS
E l l e n M c C o n n e l l
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTIO I
NOTICE HEREBY IS OIVEN,
That a special election has been
called and will be held In and for
the School District 26 of Ma'heia-
Ctunty, State of Oregon, on
Saturday, the 6th day of Nov­
ember, 1937, between the hours
o f 2:00 o ’clock P. M. and 7:00
o'clock P. M., at which time the
pqlls shall be closed, and that
said election there will be submitted
to the legal voters of School District
26 the proposition of authorizing a
special school district levy fer the
year 1937, payable In 1938, In the
sum of $4000.00 to be In addition to
the amount of levy as limited by
the Constitution o f the State cf
Oregon.
The vote is to be by ballot upon
which the voter will be required to
indicate his or her choice upon said
proposition which shall be stated
“increase of Levy---------Yes” and
“ increase of Levy---------No.’’
This notice Is given by order of
the district School Board of School
District No. 26 of Malheur Coun y,
Oregon, made the 29th day of Sept­
ember, 1937.
FRED KOOPMAN,
Chairman, District School Board
Attest:
Dwight Smith
District Clerk.
Items to the First publication Oct. IS, 1937.
Last publication Nov. 4, 1937.
MISS Shirley Newton is much im­
proved after having an abcess on
the lymph gland lanced last week.
Mr. and Mrs W. E. Olson were In
Payette from Friday to Sunday last
week visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hatch have
moved their traitor house to the
James McGinnis residence.
Raymond Holly of Ontario visited
in the Dan Holly home Sunday.
Mr. Walter MacPortland was a
Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and
Mrs. D. T. Holly.
James McGinnis haa gone to try
his luck deer hunting again.
Messrs. Newton, Rohland, Hatch
and children visited Mrs. Gerrlt
Muntjewerff last Friday.
Ted Newton, Henry Hatch, Ever­
ett Points and Jim Webster went
deer hunting from last Thursday to
Sunday. Mr. Points and Mr. Web­
ster both returned with a deer.
Mr. an Mrs. C. E. McConnell were
visiting relatives in Boise Sunday.
Mrs. Ellen Marker returned to her
home with them.
Mrs. Oerrit Muntjewerff Is re­
turning to her home Thursday. Her
mother Mrs. Ed Newton Is returning
with her for an extended visit.
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ATTENTION!
HELPFUL
Charles was one of those people
who always try to look on the bright
side of things. Well, one day he saw
a little fellow weeping his eyes out,
so he crossed over the road to see
If he could help.
"And what’ s the matter?” he
asked.
“ Boo-oo,” wept the youngster,
pointing to a broken egg on the
ground. “ I threw that egg up in the
air, but I didn't catch it, boo-oo.”
"Never mind,”
said Charles
cheerfully, “ you’ ll 'catch it' when
you get home.”
She Found It
Wife back from shopping)—I’ ve
just found the costume I wanted,
dear.
Husband — Splendid. I certainly
could not have afforded to buy it
for you.
Hm-m
Jane—My Scotch boy friend sent
me this picture yesterday.
Joan—How does he look?
Jane — I don't know yet. 1 haven’ t
had it developed.—Two Bells.
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1935 Dodge 2 ton truck, long wheel base
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1936 Ford l'L* ton long wheel base truck,
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1935 Reo 11/2-2 ton truck, new paint, two-
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1935 Chevrolet l 1/^ ton truck short wheel­
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1936 Intemational Pickup W-4 speed trans­
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1935 Chevrolet Pickup W-4 speed trans­
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1935 Chevrolet Pickup, new paint and good
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Mrs. A.—Jimmie's been in the
third grade for two years. I wond-
der how he’ll ever get ahead.
Mr. A.—Don't know. If he wasn't
bom with one he never will.
Proof
He was applying for a navy’ s
post on an excavation job.
"D o you think you are fit for
really hard labor?” asked the fore­
man.
"Well,” replied the applicant
“ some of the best judges in the
country have thought sol”
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