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NYSSA JUNIOR GATE CITY JOURNAL Published by Students of Nyssa High School IN APPRECIATION— I wish in behalf of the staff and myself to extend our great appre ciation to Mr Louis Thomas, editor of the Nyssa Gate City Journal, for his help In getting us started on our school paper. He has been un failingly patient and considerate with our many errors and has en couraged us to keep on with our work. To the staff members whose names are given below and our ad visor Mrs. Young, I wish also to ex press my thanks for their steady and faithfu! cooperation. There could not have been a school paper without their help. I also would like to wish the other section of our senior English who will edit the school paper next term under the direction of Miss Morris, the best of success and, to all our readers, Merry Christmas. Marzene Hollenberg, Editor-in- chief; Walter Hite, associate editor; Vio'a Pullen, society; Dorothy Pond alumni; Ted Morgan, shows; Art, Ethelyn and Evelyn McEwen; Bes sie Ashby, Junior high news; Hilda Pcmpe, general news; Wilbur Smith, Miller Jensen, games; Verle Land- reth, basketball players; Henry Mit chell, football players; Jack McKee around school; Edna Warren, Anne Haroldson. features; Sneak and Snoop. —N. H. S — RESOLUTIONS— Professional Cards ATTORNEY AT LAW We are won’t to believe that every one of us should make some New Year resolutions. Of course if you do not make any you are sure to break none. But, "If you cast your bread upon the water, it will return a thousand fold." So put forth a few efforts to receive your gain. Try to abolish all of these bad habits which ar: unbecoming to you. You should truss yourself to keep a resolution be able to do this for, if you cannot others can not trust you. Let us all start the New Year by making the resolutions to be kind, considerate and appreciative of all things done for us or to us. To break all bad habits and help others to get rid of theirs. May our combined efforts make the coming year a perfect and happy one. Western Hotel Building VACATION— WE RECOMMEND THEM CARL H. COAD PHONE 31 Nyssa, Oregon MAX S. TAGGART L. A. Maulding, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phones 37R and 37W Hours: 10 to 12 and 1 to 5 Daily—Except Sunday Wilson Building DR. E. D. NORCOTT DENTIST Office Phone 35F2 X -R A Y EXAMINATIONS NYSSA OREGON TOWNSEND CLUB MEETINGS Meetings of the Townsend club are held once a month In homes of members. The Public is Invited D. R. DeCross ...... President Mrs. A. V. Pruyn ...... Sec. NYSSA LIBRARY OPEN SATURDAY Town Patrons...... 2:30 to 5:30 Out-of-town Patrons 2:30 to 7:30 ALL PATRONS WELCOME Mrs. Fred Marshall, Librarian ON THE OLD JOB H. D. HOLMES TRANSFER and BAGGAGE All Kinds of Hauling in City Limits NYSSA, OREGON Phone 5 NYSSA AERIE F. O. E. NO. 2134 Meets Wednesday Night AT EAGLES HALL Visiting Eagles Welcome BERNARD FROST. Pres. HARRY MINER. Sec. CITY TRANSFER TRANSFERRING and TRUCKING Phone 15 and Phone 28 C. KLINKENBERG ROBT. D. LYTLE ATTORNEY And COUNSELOR-AT-LAW First National Bank Building Phone 66 VALE OREGON GUARANTEE WORK WYCKOFF JEWELRY STORE Official Time Inspector for Union Pacific ONTARIO OREGON OPTOMETRIST "See McFall and See Better" Christmas vacation started for the Nyssa high school students on Wed nesday December 23, and will con tinue until January 3. Cards will be given out immediately after vaca- and the same subjects will be re sumed that were given this Ufm. The vacation has been looked for ward to after a week of hard study ing and exams. —N. H. 8.— GIRLS’ LEAGUE MEETING— The Girls’ Tj>agi/ held their reg ular business meting Mohday, De cember 20, with Irene Poage, the president, presiding. Reports from the chairman of the committees appointed in the meet ing before this last one were given. It was decided that the League keep on selling popcorn at the bas ket ball games to come. They will also continue the selling of peanuts, gum and candy. During the last game at home, they sold $6.21 worth. A dateJanuary 14, was set for the high school to wear the school col ors, blue and white. Also they will be worn at the game with Ontario January 15. Those who do not ap pear in these co'ors will be punished by the Girls' League. The chairman of the lost and found committee announced that a Remington fountain pen had been found and for the owner to be sure and call for it at the office before it is considered to be the property of the Girls’ League. The chairman of the caroling party announced that the caroling party would have to be cancelled. After the meeting the girls en joyed dancing and games for a brief hour. / I t s . Young, the advisor, and Irene Poge treated all of the girls with a lollypop. —N. H. 8 — C HRISTMAS PAGEANT— A beautiful Christmas pageant, “When the Light Shone,” was pre sented Tuesday in the school audit orium to the student body and those parents who wished to come. The cast was chosen from among the high school students. Ellen Mc Connell took the part of a spoiled little rich girl who could not appre ciate Christmas but in a dream learned a'l about the joy of giving. Her dream was enacted on the stage in the form of the Christmas story The fo'lowlng people enacted parts in the story: George Hale, Viola Pullen. Lucille Thrasher. Helen Boy- dell. Phyllis Poage, June Marie Wil son, David Powell, Dean Wycoff, Burl Wyckoff, Mer'e Kurtd. Hollis DeGroft. Gene Gaston, Dwight Wycoff, Irene Poage. Kathleen Clowers, George Eichner, Buddy Os born. Milton Schneider. Justine Overstreet. Marzene Hollenberg and 8 in Nyssa, & » » Be Full of EYESIGHT SPECIALIST ONTARIO OREOON & Mr. Nelson: I've been thinking my son of retiring next year and leaving the business to you. Huston—There's no hurry, Dad You go ahead and work a few years more and then we'll retire together. —N. H. 8 — Miss Martin: I forgot my umbrella —N. H. 8.— this morning. Miss Morris: How did you remem NEW STUDENTS— ber that you hard forgotten it? Miss Martin: Well. I missed it Dorothy Jensen has been with us a week now. She came from Ogden. when I raised my hand to close it after the rain stopped. Utah. —N. H. 8.— —W. H. 8.— Mr. Parr: Can you think of any NEW BOOKS— thing that would improve our school Four complete sets of reference dances? books were loaned to the Nyssa high Bob Gibson: Yes, charge fifteen school by Lieutenant Elmer E. Clon- cents a couple and seventy-five inger, formerly of the Nyssa CCC cents for a single person. camp. Among the books are histories of both Europe and the United States, FINAL DRIVE FOR CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE a set of business books, a complete set of encyclopedias .and a set of UNDERWAY IN COUNTY reference books. These books will be in the school Booths have been arranged in library for the students’ use as long Ontario, Nyssa, Vale and other as they take care of them. communities of Malheur county this —N. H. 8.— week for a concentrated drive on NYSSA-PARMA GAME— the 1937 Christmas seal sale before the holiday, according to Charles The basketball game played be H Christeson, county seal chair tween Parma high and Nyssa high man. This has been done for the school Fridy night in the local gym convenience of persons, who did not resulted in a win for Parma by a receive seals through the mail, and score of 27 to 20. in an effort to bring the per capita The first three quarters in which seal sale in the county to a par with Parma ran up a 27 to 9 score, were that of the other counties through slow and uninteresting. In the first out the state. part of the last quarter, (Joadh The stands have been placed in Young sent in the remaining five men of the first team squad and various business houses. In some they started the most violent scoring places, the town crier seals have attack of the season which was been forwarded to the schools so stopped only by the final gun. Elverd children will have an opportunity to Roy was high point man with seven purchase some. In the latest edition of "All’s points. In the last quartter the score rose from 9 to 20 in so incredibly Well” a news letter issued by the a short tme that bedlam broke lose Oregon Tuberculosis association and edited by Saidie Orr Dunbar, ex in the Nyssa stands. The line-up consisted of Savqge ecutive secretary, a tabulation shows and Ray playing forwards, Graham, that deaths from this dread disease center, and Wilson and Englesby, increased from 59,471 in 1935 to 70,- playing guards. During the last 907 in 1936 in the United States. the quarter when the other team was Oregon shared in this raise, substituted, Roy and Gaston played figures showing that in 1935 there forwards. Eichner center, and Pat were 348 deaths in the state caused by tuberculosis and in 1936, 372. terson and H. Choat guards. Nyssa's second string added an- ¡ In commenting on the statistics, ether victory to its list with a 20-9 the editor said: “The 1938 increase win over Parma’s second team on of tuberculosis deaths contrasts the home floor, Friday night. Both with the annual decrease which teams played a fast, clean game with tuberculosis workers have come to expect and which were a special Nyssa leading from the first. Nyssa’s second string line-up source of pride and satisfaction dur included: Bill Points, Joe Robertson, ing the depression years, t “Alongside the predictions, heard forwards; Milton Schneiter, center; Jess Watson. Harold Holmes, with increasing frequency, that tub erculosis may eventually be eradict- guards. ed, must now be put the solid fact —N. H 8.— of the loss in chapter of the cam AROUND SCHOOL— paign. One counter balances the other. They give us the challenge to Marzene and Miller holding dis prosecute with undimlshed vigor and cussions in English class. alertness the drive against tuber- “Shorty” Haworth dancing with cusolis. They call for as much effort Parma boy at high school dance. —or more—as has been expended at Students preparing for Christmas any time in the past. vacation. "Given the strength which can be Flstfights r l.aidly decreasing in marshalled throughout Oregon by number the state association and the 32 Joyce Ashcraft watching door at county public health associations, basketball game. success will inevitably follow. Death Viola Pu'len very stiff after horss- rates may occasionally show an in back riding Sunday. crease but in the long run—with “Whitey" Smith looking for fem continued directed effort—the trend inine Christmas present. must certainly continue downward. "Missouri" Holmes vowing to learn Ever true are the words of Dr. Her how to dance. mann Biggs: “Public health is pur Junior boy becoming very embar- chasable. Within natural limitation assed on bus after dance last Fri eny community can determine its day. own death rate.” Sneak and Snoop vielng for atten tions of new girl in English class. Semester tests keeping students busy. —N. H. S.— MRS. DAN CORBETT Sunday guests at the John Quigley home in Nyssa and all attended the Christmas Cantata at the commun ity church that evening. O. J. Kurtz and his son Harold and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Corbett and sons Mont and Jimmie Joe visited with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roth on Saturday. And to see new baby which was born at the Holy Rosary hospital in Ontario on Wednesday and has been named Roland Carl. Mrs. John Bartholma was a Fri day cal'er at the I. B. Allen home. Those attending the Chrltmas cantata at the Methodist church on Sunday evening from this district were Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Webster and family, Mr. and Mrs. Reece By ram and family. Mr. and Mrs. F J Cahill, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Corbett and sons. Sunday Mr and Mrs. Dan Corbett entertained Mr. and Mrs Carl Se bum and sons, honoring Mrs. Cor betts birthday. Don Rardon left by motor on Sunday for a visit with his parents in Parson, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gahan and daughter June were Sunday after noon visitors at the John Bartholma home. D. R. DeGross and his son Bob are in Salem this week and during their absence Miss Ruth Wolfe is staying with Mrs. DeGross. Mrs. Glen Suiter won the quilt raffeled at the Saturday Sale in Nyssa by the Chatter Box Club. Mr. Harry Gahan’s mother and sister Miss Marjorie have returned from California where they have been visiting for the past month and expect to get settled in their new home-in Nyssa soon. Miss Olive McDermott returned from Meridian. Idaho the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Gaston left for Beloit. Kansas on Tuesday to at tend the funeral of Mrs. Gaston’s mother, Mrs. James Shull who pass ed away there on Tuesday morn ing. During their parent’s absence Mrs. G. E. Webster is staying with the Gaston children. George Ray is having a well drill ed on his land. Dr. J. J. Sarazin is build.ing a basement house on his eighty which will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Kessler. Mr. and Mrs. Webb Panne and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Cahill were shopping in Caldwell on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Tucker and family spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs. E E. Botner was a week end guest at the Walters home. ---------- » ■ » ■ — O W YH EE The play "Here Comes Hattie," by the young folks of Kingman Kolony which was given in Owyhee Friday night was enjoyed by a small tho appreciative audience. The ladles of the Owyhee Com munity club met with members of the PTA at the school house on Thursday to sew on the costumes to be used in the school play to be giv en the 22nd of December. Noon lunch was served by the teachers. Mesdames Chas. Schwelzer, Chad wick and Abbott. Everybody was busy but enjoyed themsevles as well. Ness Hatt and Martha Klingback shipped cattle to Portland last Fri day. Mr. Hatt accompanied his load and Chas. Culbertson went with Mrs. Klingbacks Wm Peutz, Jr. and Doris Kling back arrived home Friday from Cor vallis, Oregon to spend Christmas vacation with home folks. Mrs. Bertha Culbertson lias been quite ill the past week. Mrs. Jas. Stephens was hostess to the Pleasant Hour Club Thursday and an especla'ly good time is re ported. An exchange of Christmas gifts made an important part of the program. Those present were Mrs. Fred Mitchell, Mrs. Alfred Mitchell, Mesdames Wm. Orr, Chas. Chritton, O. Fillingsness. John and Earl Strickland and Stephens. Miss Dorothy Lowe of Caldwell Mortoring visitors to the 1939 World’s Fair of the West will burn 60,000,000 gallons of gasoline in California alone. California gas tax returns will be swelled by $1,800,000 during the 1939 Golden Gate International Ex position. More than 4,000,000 tourists will visit the West during the 1939 Gold en Gate International Exposition. H. G. Wilkison Schweizer s Cafe ÍUUTI0E BEST Uf I SUES “ Where Friends Meet, For Good Things To Drink and Eat.” Bob’s Tavern LOWER BIG BEND MISS FLORENCE RUSSELL Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Johnson of Roswell and Mr. and Mrs. Oce Sch weizer of Owyhee visited with Mrs M. A. Bradney and with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Russell on Sunday. Many of Mr. and Mrs. Derricks friends surprised them with a party at their home on Saturday night. The Big Bend Sunday school gave their Christmas party on Sunday morning. Mr. Chard and Mr. Hick- ox were among the visitors. Miss Loveland daughter of Mrs. Clifford Kennick is home from La Grande normal for the Christmas vacation Miss Evelyn and Miss Marie Loveland are expected home from Vale where they have been at tending high school on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Russell and fami'y attended the party given by the veterans organizations In Nyssa on Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Witty and family were shoppers in Parma on Monday H ill STM AS JOY-'w “ To thé host of friends, W e ’ve made throughout the year W e extend a hearty Christmas Cheer. Baldridge Implement Co. Phone 113 FEATURES— Miss June Webster spent Sunday with Miss Bettie Osterkamp in Ap ple Valley. , Mr and Mrs. Ben Willis were Sunday guests at the home of Mrs Willis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs Webb P: nnie Thanuel Botner celebrated his seventh birthday on Monday with a party Mr Young: Th .re’s an old c'othes Dean Byram and D. E. Webster man at the door.” helped Jess Huntington shing'e his Mrs. Young: Tell him I’ve got all new house the last of the week I need Mr and Mrs. A. J. Cahill were Mr. Hollenberg (to Wayne H.): Salesmanship! Huh! I’ve no use for your book. I've forgotten more about salesmanship than you ever knew! Wayne H : Ah! Then may I show you this work on ’memory training” complete in twenty-four volumes? —N. H. 8 — Our Advertisers Our Subscribers All Of Which Are Counted As Our Friends  iDerru CJhmfmas 1937 Winifred Brown Thomas Joy. Louis F. Thomas 5 JOHNSON VARIETY Ellis Nyssa Heights Christmas i? DR. J. A. McFALL Traffic cop: Yr hittln' sixty. Marzene H.: But the man told me I could go as fast as I wanted—after the first five hundred miles! —N. H. 8.— 'May Every Heart w » Ruth Flanary A group of Christmas carolers was chosen from the Glee Clubs. With the cooperation of teachers and students the pageant was a great success. Credit should be given epseclally to Miss Martin who dir ected the pageant and Mrs. Young who had charge of the music. They gave us a good deal of their time and several classes were Interrupted for practice but lovely Christmas program was the result of their ef fort. li « Cash Grocery Co. Phone 3 * Nyssa Gate City Journal