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THE N YSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, AUG UST 21, 1941
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Frank Parkers family also called.
He will leave soon for Milton-Pree-
water to Inspect Prunes.
Mr and Mrs. Max Schwelzer and
family of Diversion Dam. Masaers
and Mesdames Bar Doolittle, Geo
Schwelzer, Vic Marshell and son
Jack enjoyed ice cream at Chuck
Share’s home Wednesday nite.
Mr and Mrs. Dale Rooks tool and
family of Jerome, Idaho, Frank
Rooks tool of Adrian, James and
Mitt, Earl Cuddaback from Calla
way, Nebr., Bill Arnold and Chas
Cuddaback and daughter of Nyssa
Jack Stellman of Baker. Oregon
were Thursday evening guests at
the Roy Rooks tool home.
Elza Niccum made a trip to the
hills (ite r poles. Florence and Mar
vin accompanied him.
struction gang visited his wife at
the Duty home where they are
having their trallor houses remod-
Howard Schneider accompanied
led.
by Mr. and Mrs. John Vanderpoql
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Evans and
and family were Boise business call
Anne were Sunday dinner guests in
ers Thursday.
the T. H. Brewer home in Owyhee.
Mrs. Kay Hunter entertained
Mrs Chas Wilson who has been
Pleasant Home and Wahine Club at
quite ill is able to be up and around
and improving daily.
the Hall Thursday. H ie afternoon
Henry Hintz had a S month old
was spent socially. Next meeting
calf drown when she fell into a
will be Thursday Aug. 28 with Mrs.
head ditch with about 3 inches of
Raffington. At which time will be
water.
election of officers, pay dues and
Viola Hintz, Mrs. C. A. Ditty, Mrs
have a grab bag.
Query and Mrs. J. Cace were in
The Wahine Club entertained
Nampa Sqturady afternoon.
their families at a Pot Luck and
Mrs. Lucie Marie Cace is much
ice cream supper Sunday eve. at
Improved from a' serious dog bite in
the Hall. After the supper a busi
her knee, which has put her on
ness meeting was held by the mem
crutches for the past two weeks
bers of Wahine Hall. Meeting was
Miss Viola Hintz is gcing to On
called to order by the chairman
tario Wed. where she has employ
Walt Raffington. Mrs. Roy Rook-
ment at the Koffee Kup Cafe.
stool was elected temporarily Sec
Mr and Mrs Strickland have rel
CHALK
BUTTE
retary to succeed Mrs. Cloninger
atives visiting them from South
Levi Strauss Puppet Rodeo brought
who moved from the vicinity. Meet
Mr. and Mrs. John Reffet, Jack. Western Missouri, where the govern
to town through efforts of
ings will be held the third Sunday Helen and Stanley left the first of ment has bought several thousand
local Merchant
of each month following the Club this week for Danville, 111. to visit acres of farm lands to be used for
Levi’s Electric Puppet Rodeo, enjoyed by millions of visitors to
suppers. Members of the Hall are his mother who is nearly 80 years an armyy camp.
the 1939 and 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition, will per
eligible to attend.
old. They also plan to visit Mrs.
form here all day Friday, August 29, according to the Oolden Rule
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkie of Parma Reffetts folks in various places in
Store, who was instrumental in bringing this spectacle to town.
were Sunday dinner guests in the 111. and Ind. Their son Bob re
The exhibit, credited with being the most complex mechanical
Roy Manley home. Earl Wilkie mained at home to care for their
and sound display ever built, is traveling aboard its monster,
spent Monday nite at Manley's chores during their absence.
Mrs.«Lloyd Orris and her daugh
streamlined truck. The show is a complete Western Rodeo, and
Mr. and Mrs John Arnold, Mr
Mrs. Ruby Roblnsn of California ters returned last week from Burns
even a clown and his trickmule.
and Mrs. Ro Arnold of Fargo ac is making an extended visit with her where they have spent the past two
Each of the 29 puppets is an exact hand carved likeness of prom
companied by Donald Ledford of brothers Paul and Wilford Gilbert. months.
inent figure in the rodeo world; and all are dressed realistically in
Forest Grove, Ore. were over-nite This is the first time Mrs. Robinson
Mrs. Ada Butler visited in Merid
miniature Levi Strauss Rodeo Shirts and miniature Levi’s Waist
guests Tuesday at Robert Thomp has saw paul since he was 8 yeears ian Idaho last week.
Overalls, complete even to the concealed copper rivets in the
son home. Mrs. John Arnold and old.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey visi
back pockets.
Ledford are sisters of Mr. Thomp
Mr and Mrs. Elmer Case of La ted Mr. Hickey’s uncle, Bud Hickey
son.
Among the notables represented are Gene Autry, leading sing
Grande visited his brother John and family of Ontario last Sunday
ing cowboy star of the movies and radio, Abe Lefton, famous ro
Pox Bros, of Nyssa hauled their Case and family one day last week afternoon.
deo announcer, Fred McCargar, secretary to the Rodeo Associa
cattle to market from ates pastures
Mr. and Mrs. George Plank of
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Bullard and
tion f America Homer Holcome noted rodeo clown and Burel Mul-
Saturday.
Twin Falls called on John Case and family, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Matherly
key, former Grand Champion Cowboy.
The and family and Mrs. Anna Dail
Don Parker and Dewitt Britton family Sunday afternoon.
left for Eugene. Sunday. Bobbie Planks were returning to their left Monday for a weeks outing in
The rodeo carries its own power plant to operate the twelve
Pendervis accompanied them as far home, having spent a week vaca the mountains.
electric motors and series of electro magnets that actuate its tens
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Towell and
as Eugene and went on to Salem tion at La Grande.
of thousandds o f moving parts. From behind the scenes, it has
Mrs. L. E Newgen and a groupe son who live on Jake Groot place
by bus.
the complexity of one of Rube Goldberg’s mechanical nightmares.
spent
the
week-end
at
Harper
at
of
young
people
from
the
Commun
Mr. and Mrs. Les Wing and
Yet, so perfectly has the mechanism been designed that it works
Mr.
Towell’s
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
daughter spent Sunday at the ity Hall Sunday School attended the
automatically throughout, without the necessity of any attendant
Otha
Towell.
picture show at Nyssa Sat. nite.
to pull a wire or so much as throw a switch. The entire action of
Margaret
Hershey
of
Weiser
is
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the rodeo are directed by the electric brain of a concealed Robo-
Boyd Query who moved to Vale
. I about 2 weeks ago with the con visiting her uncle. Bob Barber.
phone. So exact is the coordination of sound and movement that
There will be a vacation Bible
when any performer speaks, his mouth moves in time with the
I in mu 1111111111 ti 11 h I m i I M in hi imiiiniü School at the Arcadia School house
words he is uttering.
im m
starting August 25, to the 30. Spon
The sp.ntacle, in which Levi Strauss & Company have already
sored by Rev. anad Mrs. R. G. Chan
b xuu
Invested 9bme $50.000, is traveling in charge of Leonard W. Mit
dler of Caldwell, every child in the
chell, who helped to design and build much of its ingenious mech
district is invited to attend.
anism. Mrs. Mitchell is accompanying him on the rodeo’s sched-
Mrs. Newell of Nyssa and her
ueld 25,000 mile tour of the West.
Pd. Adv.
sister Mrs. Martha Anderson of
South Dakota visited Otis Bullard
last week, Mrs. Anderson accom
Mesdames T. Walsh, Jess Sugg. him. It was straight as an arrow
panied Mr and Mrs. Ray Mclntire Wesley Piercy and M. L. Kurtz at and carried its size clear through
to the South Dakota picnic in Nam tended Mary and Martha circle at fine but when he peeled it he found
pa last Sunday.
Mrs. Dennis Patch home Thursdey. that when they fell the tree it had
Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Maulding and The next meeting will be Sept 4th broken across some and then split
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daughter Donna of Nyssa and Carl with Mrs Walter Pinkston. M ts a little, not enough to show through
Hanna and Mr. and Mrs. Sani Cald Judd wil finish the review of the the bark but enough for to make it
well had a picnic supper at Gala book “Tomorrows Egypt” and Mrs. unsafe to put in a derrick.
gardens one night last wek.
Wallace Jamison who was bom and
Chuck Share has had his poles
Olen Lay was a dinner guest of raised in Egypt will be ready with some time but hasn't got his der
G. F. Oerren Sunday in honor of comments and answers to questions. rick up yet. He had some help and
Donald’s 7th birthday.
Visitors at the Jake Borge and A. was working on it Saturday, They
Leland Wegner of Boise spent L. Leach homes the past week in hope to have it completed in time
Sunday night with his parents, Mr. cluded Mr. and Mrs. J. B Abbott of to stack hay.
and Mrs. J. M. Wagner.
Reedsport Ore., their daughter and
Haying is a complete round of
Olen Lay and his son Giles left husband Mr. and Mrs. Clarence An
One
Tuesday for the Coast where they drew and son, also Mr Andrew’s pleasure in this countryy.
man cuts his hay early and another
have employment in the timber.
sister M rs Housmon, Mr and Mrs.
= • Arthur’s Greater
Mrs. Ira Vre accompanied the Earl Leach and baby of Weiser thinks it should grow a while yet.
Adolph Schneider was the first far
women
to
the
Home
Makers
camp
spent Tuesday with the folks too.
E American Attractions^
mer around here to cut his first cut
at McCall last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McLaughlin ting of hay. The rains interfeared
| # Stellar Exhibits
Leo Wagner who left Aug. 5 for and family and Mrs Carrie Mc-
a lot and by the time Dale Limbaugh
the army is yet at Fort LLewis,
and Tim Davis, Clara Ann (the last man) got his in the stack
= # Labor Day Parade
= the rest of the boys who went with Loughlin
and Wilbur Dumal of Pocatello
him have been sent to training spent Saturday at the M. L. Kurtz Adolph was almost ready to cut his
= • Dancing at Gayway
second cutting.
stations in Texas and Maryland.
home.
Now Adolph is ready to cut his
A
large
crowd
attended
the
= # Levi Straus
third cutting and Chuck Share and
watermelon feed at the Bill Hipp
Dale Limbaugh both have their
1 Midget Circus
home Sunday sponsored by the Ar
second cutting to cut yet.
cadia Sunshine Club.
The next
E 0 Grabner-Bedford
The watermellon season is getting
meeting of the Club will be Sept.4,
By Hie Happy Farmer
under way again, and Sam Cates
at the Schol auditorium.
! = Rodeo Stock
The weather man still will play and Russell Howell has a good rep
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hanson are
E 0 Fireworks Display
E moving in the Olen Lay house.
his little jokes on us. Sundays rain resentation from Cow Hollow for the
Jake Smit left last week for San found Doc Raffington, Elza Niccum local market.
(Shell Oil Co.)
and Roy Mannleyall with hay down
Francisco Calif.
The seasons croud each other and
Mrs. Lloyd Orris and girls are Roy had just started to stacking come so fast that a busy farmer can
5 • Airplane Rides
staying at the Otis Bullard home Sunday morning. Elza had gotten hardly keep in line with the times,
E (Jones Flying Ser.) = while they are in the hills.
the portable derrick loaded Satur Peach season is on and tomatoes
E
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John Stevens is relining the fur day afternoon and already to move will soon be here.
to his job of 16 acres, of grainhay
nace at the School house.
Then there is prunes to get. Each
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to stack and Doc, had finished two season is short and must be gotten
days stacking and started cutting
another 15 acre field.
NEWELL HEIGHTS
Russell Howell, rank Parker, and
cl III 11I II IM M M M H M M I I
Mil M i?
Sunday evening Rev McKune of Chuck Share all have the pole in
for —
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make ---------------
themselves
Nampa preached the communion, their
------ yards
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meditation Sermon Of the 37, 15‘ hay-derricgs, that is Frank almost
were from Newell Heights. They has. A neighbor hauled the poles
were Mr and Mrs. Robert Over- for Frank and Russell at the same
. . . What is more cheerful than
street Sr. Mr and Mrs. Wesley load.
a ga.vly decorated Breakfast
Frank wanted his derrick ready
Piercy. Mr. and Mrs Carl Hill, Mr.
Set? Or one decorated to suit
and Mrs. Stanley Hill. Mr. andMrs. In time to stack his second cutting
your own taste — come in and
M L. Judd. Ellen and Maurice. Bill of hay. He was so busy he couldn't
choose a set from our assort
Merle and Bob Kurtz. Carl Lee Hill get to it until about haying time.
ment.
He got his irons all made and
was baptised.
Mr and Mrs. Cecil Smith and started to peel the bark off his
family were dinner guests at the poles. He was so proud of the boom
Oral Hite home In Owyhee last Sun pole. Mr. Reffett had brought for
day.
Earl WLsner of Medford Ore. ar
rived Sunday to visit his sister. Mrs
I Claude Smith and family. On Wed
nesday he and Mrs. Smith left for
The Dalles to visit another sister
Mrs Henry Towne.
Clyde Shute arrived Sunday ev
ening from New York to Join his
wife and daughter at the Claude
A PICTURE
Smith home.
Ed Sanders nephew of Mr and
OF HEALTH
Mrs. R Fisher reported to Ontario
Tuesday for the army and left the I
same evening for Portand
Children "bum up" a lot of en
Mrs Jessie Phipps of Portland j
ergy during summer months.
arrived Tuesday for a visit with the j
e will cooperate with you
Carl Hills Also week guests were j
(bully in planning an ln-
To replace and build energy see
Mrs Hils daughter and husband.
«aranre
program
to fit
that your children get plenty of
Mr and Mrs C M. Marris of Butte
Tour exact nm h . , . and your
Montana
Sunday
dinner
guests
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milk each day from—
also Included Mr and Mrs E. Ben
purse Let's talk it over.
nett of Sunset Valley and Mr and |
Mrs. Stanley HiU.
Cecil Smith accompanied his
brother Leonard to Ontario Wed
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nesday to have his tonsils removed
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Joyce Kurtz visited in 1>n Davis
Real Estate
from Saturday until Tuesday even
As Claae As Yew Telephone
ing Her cousin Cara and Wilbur
Phone 94
of Pocatello returned with her for
NYSSA
the rest of the week.
Upper Sunset
Famous W orld’s Fair Show
To Be Here Fri. Aug. 29
Arcadia
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for a wife to can for the family use > Return«. From Vacation—
until next season.
Among the Nyssa school teachers
Mix that in with haying, thrash-1 who are returning for the coming
ing to do. seed to cut, spuds to dig ; semester were Mr. and Mrs. Oordan
and beets to get out. Add a few j Finlay who arrived in Nyssa on
things lika some fence to build, sis- Tuesday. Mr. Finlay attended sum
tern to repair and fill for next win mer school at Moscow while Mrs.
ters house water, house to finish up Finlay and the children visited with
and basement to complete. They relatives in the East.
say idleness breeds mischief, guess
most of us farmers can be good for Return From Vacation—
a while yet.
Mr and Mrs. Bernard Frost re
Jim Trummel is having some fun turned on Thursday from their va
cutting his white Dutch Clover. He cation spent at Summit Prairie.
is into about the same mess that
Clarence Niccum got into 2 years
ago, Jim has a fine crop of valuable
seed there but Oh! what a mess to
get out Some people cut their white
Dutch Clover easy, and you can if
all is right, but if all is wrong then
Oh! boy. If it is on good rich bot
tom land you can sure raise a crop
of seed, but if the waste ditch ver-
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flows and floods your clover then
how are you going to get the seed
STATES
crop.
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BONDS
Buena Vista
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Goodell and
Elaine, Mrs. Mae Goodell and
Wayne left for Washington Sat. af-
tre visiting at the Leslie Topliff and
Alvan Goodell home.
Mae Osborne was an over nite
guest at the E. L. Jamison home
Friday.
Mrs. Alva Goodell returned from
Home Makers Camp at Peyette
Lakes Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wyckoffand
Dwight were Nampa visitors Mon
day.
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