T H E N Y S S A G A T E C IT Y J O U R N A L
Accomplishments O f Nyssa
Civic Club, Fouuded In IÇ29
In the building ol these United
States, Women has ever had her
place and has done her share be
side her man. The cultural progress,
civic and public Improvements and
their maintenance has more than
often been the work of her hand
and the child of her brain. Often
in the face of almost insurmount
able obstacles she has achieved her
goal for the public weal.
And in no place has women dene
her part towards civic improvements
mare than in Nyssa, where much of
the growth of the city and its im
provements in material and cultur
al living must be credited to a group
of women who with vision and de
termination have brought it to its
present high standard of living.
Much is to be done but no more
than has already been accomplished
against great odds.
In 1928 a group of earnest and civ
ic minded women formed the Civic
Club to better and carry out their
ideals and improvement program.
Through this organization in the
years following much material and
scenic improvement as well as cult
ural entertainment has been pro
vided the community that otherwise
would have been denied it.
According to members of long
standing, almost every woman in
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FIRST RRTIOnRIi
OF PORTLAND, OREGON
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Condensed Statement of Head Office and 41 Branches
April 4, 1941
$83,775,105.04
M u n icip a l B on d s and W a r r a n t s . . . . . . ....................
O th e r B onds .................... ............................................*
4,424,259.27
6,452,286.10
Loans and Discounts — Money at Work in Oregon . .
49,687,682.38
Stock in F e d e ra l R e s e rv e B a n k ............... .................
Bank P rem ises, F u rn itu re and F ix t u r e s .................
225,000.00
2,739,813.40
O th e r R e a l E s t a t e ........................................................
C u stom ers’ L ia b ilit y on A c c e p ta n c e s ......................
In te re s t E a r n e d .............................................................
O th e r R e s o u r c e s ...........................
1-00
22,163.25
358,747.95
97,429.93
Total R e so u rces ............... $147,782,488.32
LIABILITIES
C a p ita l ....................................................$3,000,000.00
Surplus ................................................. 4,500,000.00
U n d iv id e d P r o fits ................................. 1,203,157.62
R e s e rv e s fo r C o n tin g e n c ie s ................. 1,821,005.44
10,524,163.06
R e s e rv e s A llo c a te d fo r T a x e s , In te re s t, E t c ..........
A cce p ta n ces .................................................................
521,601.00
22,163.25
In te re s t C o lle c te d in A d v a n c e ...................................
O th e r L ia b ilit ie s ..........................................................
D ep o sits .......................................................................
537,838.63
50,481.31
136,126,241.07
Total L ia bilities ............... $147,782,488.32
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Nyssa In those early days of th e !
club was an active and interested
member. One of the first objectives
o f the club and one that h 2 s been
carried through from year to year
was the support and Improvement of
the city library. It is chiefly through
the clubs continual efforts that it
has within the last five years grown
from a one afternoon aweek afair
tucked In one corner of the city re
corders old office, used also for
many other purposes with but a few
shelves of books to its present place
in the new city hall wltlj two librar-
j ians and every day service.
The first City librarian, the late
Mrs. Fred Marshall was a charter
member of the club, gave her time
and thought without «num eration
to the library the first few years cf
its existance. After the starting of
the civic club one of its first acts was
tc ai.su me a part of the expense of
the library and for many years now
has given fifty dollars each year to
wards its upkeep. Besides each year
I a day was set aside when members
j renewed and repaired damaged books
and in other ways lent their aid to
this work
For many years, until the city
grew too large, members sponsored
and prepared annual dinners that
did much to bind the community to
gether and to provide a common
meeting place for every one. There
were other and Daughter banquets,
and thos for father and sons, and
many others. They procured outside
talent for entertainment for the
whole community as well as for their I
own meetings.
RESOURCES
Cash on H a n d and D u e fro m B anks $47,881,649.37
U n ite d S tates B onds < aii at par or Lets) 35,893,455.67
T H U R S D A Y . A P R I L 10, 1941
LVWATOR
Industry Ready to “ Keep ’em Rolling”- for Defense
Graphic illustration o f the way in which one o f America s
greatest industries gears its activities with the United
States Army for national defense is found at Lillie Falls,
Minn., where the greatest peacetime maneuvers in the
history o f the country are being held Aug. 3— Aug. 24.
T o "keep them rolling,” Chevrolet, one o f the largest
suppliers o f motor transport equipment to the nation s
armed forces, has set up through one o f its dealers, the
Bert Baslon M otor Co., o f Minneapolis, a complete parts
and service headquarters in the military reservation
at Little Falls. M ore than $10,000 worth o f parts is main
tained at this depot, where three service representatives
are on duty 24 hours daily to service Chevrolet equip-
In 1934 the Civic Club made pos
sible the building of two graveled
tennis courts with a hope and ex
pectation that the courts would
bringbring pleasure and a healthful
summer activity to the young people
o f the town. They did. But the cost
ly equipment was abused and ne
glected so the project was not re
sumed another year. Another project
dear to the hearts of all the mem Josiah Boydell, mother of Mrs. J.
bers was a city park and for many J. Sarazin and Miss Eva Boydell,
years they struggled to make one,
both still active members of the club
even to planting trees and shrubs,
only to see them die for want of as is her daughter-in-law. Mrs. A r
care. But they did not give up and thur H. Boydell. Mrs Fred M ar
Nyssa's City park today can be laid shall, Mrs. N. H. Pinkerton. Mrs.
to the credit of these women who in Betty Lafrenz, mother of Mrs. Dick
spite of so much adversity held to Tensen, also a present member, also
were Civic Club workers.
their vision and carried on.
The membership was not and is
They have sponsored 4-H work
and activity and each year hold a not confined to city residents but
4-H acheivement program at which many of the most active and per
time the County leader presents the sistent workers have been women
years award to the club, they also living in the country.
supply funds so that a student may
The Civic club today is still carry
have the priviledge of the 4-H sum ing on the visions and aims of its
mer school at Corvallis.
founders and on an ever widening
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Ask any o f the old timers what scale as the city grows and new civ
organizations they belong to and a- ic needs and cultural developments
mong the first to be named will be present themselves. And today as on
the Civic Club. Mothers and daugh that first meeting day in 1928 the
ters all were members and all put Civic club needs the membership
their shoulder to the wheel to bring and help of every women living in
about these things for their city this community. It is not an organ
which they felt would make it a ization for a favored or honored few
lovlier, happier and more whole- [ but welcomes everyone living in this
some place in which to live and to community or the surrounding coun
raise their fEunilies.
i try who earnestly wants to see this
Many of the early members now | city and country side a happier and
have passed on. among them Mrs. I more pleasant place to live and to
Announcing
the
ment in use. The 85,000 troops in actual combat maneu
vers will use 1,180 Chevrolet transport units, including
Deicers' cars, reconnaissance cars, hundreds of trucks
adapted to special uses, and military ambulances.
Upper left in the photo shows army transport crewmen
servicing an ambulance. Upper right is the C hcvrolet
parts and service headquarters tent, where service ex
ports are always on duty. Lower left is Lieut.-Col. R. F.
Bossberg. o f the Minnesota National Guard Quarter
master Corps. At lower center, an ofiicers’ car used by
the major-general in command o f the U tile Falls enca.::li
ment Is being serviced. Lower right is an interior view
the Chevrolet pavln tent, showing completeness o f sts.-k
raise a family. Visitors are always
welcomed at every meeting which
falls on the third Wednesday of each
month and is held at theParish hall
beginning at two-thirty in the after
noon. Strangers in Nyssa are urged
to attend the next and every meet
ing and get acquainted and to aid
and support and serve in this wom
ens service club.
Returns From Hospital—
Douglas McDonald returned home
the last of the week from San Fran
cisco where he had undergone an
eye examination by a specialist re
garding an operation on an injured j
eye at the Marine Hospital. He was !
told that an operation was advised
but due to the overcrowded condi
tions at the hospital further treat
ment for the present was impossible. I
Mrs. Douglas 111—
Mrs. Grover Douglas was quite ill
on Saturday.
Sunday visitors at the Douglas
home were Miss Nelda Chamber-
lain. Nyssa: Mr. and Mrs. John R ef-
fett and son frem Sunset Valley;
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Kygar.
Happy Go-Lucky Harry
He Buys GOOD
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Real Estate
Phone 64
Nyssa
“ As Close As Your Telephone"
Opening of the
Fischer Slaughterhouse
Located 1 mile west of Nyssa on Alberta Avenue
The Fischer Slaughter-house is now in operation. It is one of the most Modern in this area and has
been built with two ideas in mind— first— to provide a thoroughly SAN ITAR Y Slaughter-house, un
der state license
Secondly— we offer only top grade meats— all beef and hogs are prain fed.
CUSTOM BUTCHERING
Custom Butchering Done Every Thursday
(Stock should be brought in on Wednesday)
Beef for the Hide
Pork $1.50 for 200 lbs.
Beef
by the quarter
Pork, half or
whole
Veal
and Lamb
on request
You May Inspect O ur Meats at Polar Cold Storage Plant
T hu maftnihrent 1941 Model HR-417 ikown above it the
latest and finest o f all Relvinatot electric ranges — unsur
passed in beauty, de luxe down to the last detail, end with
every advanced feature that a modern electric range can
offer. Yet we offer it now at a f 30 saving compared to last
year's prices. Look over its features— then come in end heve
it demonstrated. Y o u ’ll agree it’s the value o f a lifetime'
FISCHER
SEE YOUR K E LV IN A TO R DEALER
Nyssa Implement Company
PHONE 4
NYSSA
Slaughterhouse
Phone 05-RI