SUPPLEMENT OF THE
NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1940
WILLOW BUGS SURE
SIGN OF SPRING
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services at the Community church
next Sunday, the building is being
cleaned and flowers have been or
dered. Dr. Hamilton will officiate at
the services. A pot luck dinner which
is open to friends of the church
will be given after the services. In
the afternoon an Easter egg hunt
for the Sunday school children will
be held in Dr. Jones’ grove.
to Vale last Thursday on business.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Glasgow of
Homedale spent Saturday evening at
Elmer Stradley's.
Perle Richard is working for
Eric Boenig this year and began his
job last Saturday.
Mrs. J. N. Hickey and Hazel went
to Weiser shopping Saturday. Mrs.
Hickey got an upholstered chair and
a rug for her birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Groot spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Jake Groot.
Mrs. Van Zelf and Mrs. Case
Vanderwinkle went to Nampa Wed
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric and family
called on Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lin-
nlng and family of Notus Sunday
afternoon.
John Stringer’s sheep outfit that
has been feeding on the K S & D
•ench left for the hills Friday and
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Settino Marostica
visited Angelo Marosticas Sunday
evening.
Jake Groot had his sheep sheared
Tuesday morning.
Angelo Marostica, Settino Maros
ticas, Jake Smit and Bill Duyns at
tended a dance at Vale Saturday
evening.
Elmer Hill was taken to the hos
pital Monday and operated upon for
appendicitis.
JORDAN VALLEY—Everyone In
this area is now sure we’re going to
have an early spring. There are a
good many reasons why, but the
thing that makes us positive is that
the willow bugs are out. You don't
really have spring around here un
less you have willow bugs. They are
ARCADIA
about the size of flies but, as Ed
Mcrissette says, “They haven’t got
The Sunshine club met at the
one-tenth the sense.” Ed says next
schoolhouse Tuesday afternoon to
to ground squirrels he hates them
quilt and to make plans for the
best.
lunch they are going to serve at
There aren’t many squirrels out W. T. Holaday's sale Thursday.
this year. The fanners got their
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Orris took a
poisoned grain around early.
load of corn to Burns Monday.
Capt. Julian A. Newlander was a While Mr. Orris loaded the corn
Boise visitor last Tuesday.
Mrs. Orris and Erma Lee called on
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chestnut M:s. J. N. Hickey.
announce the birth of a 5 pound 7
Misses Eulah and Gladys Bratton
ounce son at St. Luke’s hospital in attended the surprise party given at
Boise last Thursday. The child was the M. E. church Monday evening
named Michael Grant.
by the League for Melvin Spitze,
The guy Wise family drove to who is going away to school.
Crooked Creek Sunday.
Angus Bishop returned to his
An all-school play “Professor. home Friday from Utah, where he
How Could You?” was presented was called a few days ago because
March 16 in the high school gym. of his father's illness. His father
Leads were taken by Richard Ben passed away Tuesday and the fu
nett and Rae Skinner. Both a mat neral was Friday.
inee and an evening performance
Mr. and Mrs. George Wagner of
were given.
Coos County, Oregon, is staying a
Mr. Bennett and L. H. Thornburg few weeks with J. M. Wagners. Mrs.
George Wagner is caring for Mrs.
were in McDermitt Wednesday.
A St. Patrick’s day dance for the J. M. Wagner who has been quite
VALLEY VIEW
benefit of the Catholic church was ill. but is improving. Others on the
held Saturday night. A large crowd sick list are Mrs. Charles Bullard,
Walter Hahn left the last of the
being cared for by Mrs. Mae Flem week for La Grande.
was present.
M’ S. Del Grosso was taken to ing and Sam Henry being cared for
Russell Cochrum has started work
Nampa last week for a major op by his sister, Mrs. Betty Fleming. for A. A. Bratton's new cow barn.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lloyd
Orris
and
eration.
David Stewart has been plowing
The county agent, Mr. McKennon, family and Mr. and Mrs. John Carr for Tom Amidon this week.
gave a talk on co-operative market and family of Weiser spent Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Armstrong
ing of seeds in a public I-O-N at the Charles Bullard home.
left Saturday to visit relatives in
The G. F. Garren family have Boise.
Grange meeting.
Mrs. Everett Miller and Mrs. Hall moved into the house on the Camp- j Vera Shelton of Ontario Heights
Parks entertained with a dance in bell farm that J. M. Wagner has is visiting at the Jim Hensley
honor of Mrs. Sharpe’s birthday at rented. The windstorm three weeks ' home.
ago blew the Garren house away so
Danner.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Johnson were
Mrs. Agnes Maher returned from they have be/n staying with neigh business visitors in Payette Tuesday.
Emmett to her home in Cliffs last bors until they moved last week. | Mrs. A. A. Bratton and Eulah
Mr. Garren is working for Louie and Gladys attended the health
week.
The Otis Nichols family, Shirley Pryor.
meeting in Ontario Saturday after
Mr. Campbell of Boise visited J. ' noon.
Scroggins and Jake Long made a
trip to the Owyhee river Sunday. M. Wagner's last week.
Mr. Laxson and Neva Hill of On
Otis Bullard plowed for Vernon tario called on Oscar Bratton Sun
The oil truck from Ontario was
in town last week with gas for the Butler last week and Theo Matherlv day afternoon.
for George Moeller.
highway.
Mrs. H. L. Brooks Is planting gar
John Zittercob, Theo Matherlj den this week and plans a large one
The enrollees of Company 3690
reecived their tick shots last week. Lloyd Orris and George Moeller this spring.
Lieut. Ruud has gone to Camp planted peas the first of the week.
Mr and Mrs Paul Lehman left
Elmer Stradley went with Hugh FYiday morning to visit her daugh
McConnell In Boise to attend cooks
and bakers school for two weeks. Glasgow to Malheur City on busi ter in Boise.
Lieut. Rudd is the mess officer at ness Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bratton and
Last Sunday evening a surprise Eulah and Mrs. H. E. Noah and
company 3690.
Ferrell Barr, Mr, Mallea and party was given at Frank Lewis' for 1 Mira motored to Ontario Heights on
Shirley Scroggins are now at work Earl Farmer. The guests were Mr. ( Sunday.
for the state highway department. and Mrs. Elmer Stradley and fam
The H. E. family, Mrs. Minnie
Mrs. Bennett substituted for Mr. ily, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Farmer Brown and Win and Mr. and Mrs.
and family, Avon Merritt and Thur Clarence Rees made business trips
Chestnut Thursday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Jim Yost have mov man Englesby.
to Vale this week.
Mr and Mrs. John Smit and son
ed into the home of Mrs. Yost’s
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wyckoff of
parents while they are at the ranch. have moved to a farm in the Lin Buena Vista were calling at the
Mr Koch, the D G. inspector,1 coln district. Nick Smit has moved Bratton home Friday evening.
back to his farm and his daughter
visited company 3690 last week.
Farmers are poisoning gophers
Mrs. Floyd Parks was a Boise Mary will keep house for him.
and squirrels in our neighborhood
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Davis and
visitor Thursday.
Mrs. Will Brown and Wilma and
Miss Dorothy Stults and Don family of Homedale are spending a Mrs. Brown's mother called at the
Stults are spending several days in few days with Mr. and Mrs Jack Bratton home FYiday. They have
Nyssa.
J Schenk and family.
moved to their new home and are
Walter Hahn after spending two planting trees and berries.
Mrs. Lucile Scott spent the week
weeks with his brother in Lewiston,
end in Boise.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Curtis and son
The high school is getting ready j returned to Wagner’s last week.
Marion of FYuitland visited Mr. and
for the baseball season. The boys 1 Mrs. Rose Kirby and son Paul of Mrs. I. R. Leffler and family Sun
are now practicing after school and Nampa visited Mrs. George Moeller day.
Mr. Madariaga has been dragging j Saturday.
Mr and Mrs. Mace Schrum of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson Ontario visited at the Marinus Smit
the baseball diamond.
Mr. and Mrs. Green have moved of Emmett were guests of Theo home Tuesday.
Matherlys Sunday.
from Jordan to DeLamar.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M Colley of
Lee Dail of Baker came home on Antioch. Calif., vtsited Mr. and Mrs.
Mr and Mrs. Snell of Caldwell
spent the week-end at the home of Sunday to spend a week with his R Colley Wednesday.
mother before going to Bonneville
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Laca.
Mrs. Harvey Reynolds attended
Mr and Mrs. Bennett were dinner dam where he has been transfer a health meeting in Ontario on
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. red.
Saturday.
Mrs. Elmer Stradley visitei her
Frank Stems Sunday.
mother.
Mrs.
Nora
Ray
last
Thurs
The new officers who were elect
ADRIAN
ed for the Ladies Aid of the Com- { day.
munity church were: president. Mrs. J Nick Smit and Mary called on Mr
Mrs. Patch’s nephew. Terry Oar-
Floyd Parks; vice-president, Mrs. R. ' and Mrs. C. C. Barrett last Friday
linghouse. is visiting her.
8 Bennett. Those re-elected were evening.
Mrs. James Bushong of Nyssa
Beverly Ann Ure celebrated her
Mrs. Gussman and Mrs. Stems.
Frank Stems attended a stock 12th birthday Wednesday at her spent Thursday at the home of Mr.
home after school. Her mother serv and Mrs. Claude Cook.
meeting in Oreana Friday.
Miss Betty Nelson is visiting Mr.
Mrs Shirley Scroggins has been j ed a lunch to all the girls in Bev
and Mrs. Walter McPartland.
appointed census taker for the tow n.1 erly's room at school.
Mrs. Ray Thrasher and daugh
In preparation for the Easter I Mr. and Mrs. George Moeller went
ter Jean and FYma Points were hi
Parma on business Saturday.
Mrs. Dan Holly was shopping in
Boise Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vem Boren of
Boise visited Mrs. Boren’s brother,
Ray Thrasher, FYiday.
Rev. and Mrs. Tetwiler were din
ner guests of the Overstreets in
Kingman Kolony Tuesday evening.
Those from Adrian attending the
surprise party for LeRoy Parker in
Newell Heights were Mervln and
Arlene Peterson, Erma Points and
Rev. and Mrs. Tetwiler.
Rev. and Mrs. Tetwiler were busi
ness guests in Ontario Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Points and
daughters Erma weer business guests
in Boise Monday.
Mrs. Tetwiler attended Mary and
Martha circle at the Parker home
in Newell Heights Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Parker and
family were Sunday guests at the
E. E. Parker home in Big Bend.
Mr. and Mrs Bill Toombs of
Kingman Kolony were guests at the
Vernon Parker home Tuesday eve
ning.
Mrs. Wilson of Kingman Kolony
visited at the Vernon Parker home
Monday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. Tetwiler were busi
ness guests in Nyssa Saturday.
Mrs. Howard Hatch was in Nyssa
on business Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs Gayle Martin spent
Sunday with Mrs. Martin’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Fiiglish in
Roswell.
Jean Thrasher and Delores Auck-
er attended a birthday party at the
W E. Piercy home Sunday in honor
of Arlene Piercy’s ninth birthday.
The 8-20 club met with Mrs.
Gerrit Muntjewerff FYiday.
Mrs. Bill Ashcraft spent Monday
with relatives in Nampa.
Erma Points spent Sunday eve
ning at the F3mer Dutton home in
Kingman Kolony.
Two hundred and twenty-eight
tickets were sold at the grand open
ing dance held in the new Ameri
can Legion hall Saturday.
Mrs. Ray Drown returned home
from the Dixon nursing home last
week.
DECLAMATORY
CONTEST HELD
BIG BEND—The local declama
tory contest was held at the Wade
school house FYiday afternoon. The
Judges were Mrs. Brumbach, Mrs.
McPartland and Miss Virginia Mill
er and the successful contestants
were Joyce Higgins, Bernice Chaney,
Donald Gibson, Mildred Sparks,
Wtlford Prosser and Carroll Thom
as, who will take part in the zone
contest next Friday evening at
Wade school house. The Owyhee
and Arcadia schools will also send
contestants and everyone is invited
to attend.
R. M. McKennon, county agent
of Ontario, was looking after busi
ness connected with his office in
this vicinity Tuesday.
Sheep shearers have been busy
shearing farm flocks for the past
week.
Rev. A. F. Loeser of Ontario was
calling on Bend friends Thursday.
Cyrus Bishop transacted business
in Nampa Wednesday.
Mrs. George Elfers gave a very in
teresting talk on life in Norway to
the Girl Reserves of Parma Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hatch and
Helen entertained at a family din
ner Thursday in honor of their son
Paul and wife who are visiting here
from Antioch, Calif. Guests includ
ed Mr. and Mrs Howard Hatch and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hatch
and son. Mr. and Mrs. James Mc
Ginnis and children, all of Adrian.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ferguson and
children of Apple Valley and Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Hatch and children
of Parma.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher,
Melba and Verne left last Friday
morning for California where they
plan to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Prosser went
to Star Thursday to attend the fu
neral of an uncle.
Mrs. E. H. Brumbach and Ezra
attended church services in Ontario
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester French and
Jackie of Roswell were calling on
Bend friends Sunday.
Mr. Casper, sheep inspector, was
looking after farm sheep in this
community Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Tolmie of Par
ma spent Sunday visiting friends
in this vicinity.
TRAIL P. T. A.
HOLDS MEETING
OREGON TRAIL—The P. T. A.
held their March meeting Friday
evening, March 15. Mrs. Holmes and
Mr. Stokes were appointed as dele
gates to the county council at On
tario, April 13. Mrs. Byers and Mrs.
McKee were named as a nominat
ing committee. In the attendance
contest Miss Allen’s room get the
bowl of fish for the next month.
Mrs. Adams, 4-H sewing club led-
er, announced that Betty Chard in
stead of Betty Rookstool, had re
ceived the 4-H club scholarship.
The topic for discussion was “Jack
and Jill—Boy and Girl Relations” .
The main topic was summarized by
Miss Allen with Mrs. Viola Adams
and Mrs. Duffy leading the discus
sions. Group singing by several
school pupils, a piano solo by Mary
Lou Thomason, reading by Jimmie
Reid and a vocal duet by Jane and
Wilma Adams completed the pro
gram.
F. G. Holmes was called to Cali
fornia Saturday by the sudden death
of his mother, Mrs. H. J. Holmes.
Mr. Holmes and Bob left Saturday
and returned Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs. H. Fuhrman and
family visited Sunday at the Tor-
vald Olson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Stam were
Sunday dinner guests at the John
Stam home.
Mrs. J. B. Smith has been call
ed home from the coast where she
has been visiting by the serious ill
ness of her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Dean Smith of Nyssa.
RIVERVIEW
The community Sunday school
will meet at the Ernest C. Johnson
home. There will be a special Easter
program with surprises for the chil
dren.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Osborn of On
tario and some friends from Colo
rado were Sunday dinner guests at
the Tom Osborn home.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham of Nyssa
Heights were Saturday evening
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
V. L. Kesler.
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
Ernest Johnson and family were
Stella Pruett, Margaret MacSwain,
FYances and Eleanor Foster, Ann
Johnson and Rex and Arthur
Pruett.
Arthur Rouse is plowing for Wal
ter Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Olsen of Nyssa
were Sunday evening guests af Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Waud.
Mr. and Mrs. George Clowers at
tended the farm sale held near
Adrian last FYiday.
Kathleen Loe was an overnight
guest of Reta Johnson of Nyssa
Heights Saturday night.
Mesdames French and Graham of
Nyssa Heights were callers at the
home of Mrs. Wilbur McGinnis on
Wednesday afternoon.
The earliest spring gardens in
this district is at the Vest brothers
ranch.
Visiting Son—
Mrs. Ada E. Butler, a former
resident of this community and now
living at Salt Lake. Is visiting with
her son Vernon Butler and Mrs.
Butler. Mrs. Butler expects to later
visit with a daughter in California.