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The NYSSA JOURNAL G A T E W A Y TO TH E O W Y H E E AN D BLACK CAN YO N IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN THE HEART OF OREGON S SUGAR EMPIRE < / Published at Nyssa * Oregon’s Sugar City Nyssa Area Will Stage Blackout VOLUM E X X X V I , NYSSA. OREGON, TH URSD AY, DECEMBER f f , 1941 NO. 48 800 Sign for Civil Defense Council Takes Steps to Function if W ar Reach es Malheur County RED CROSS DANCE WILL BE GIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT ! Banquets Held A Red Cross benefit dance will be By Adrian and given in the Sunset community hall Friday, December 19 by the Sunset Nyssa FFA Boys Ladies Auxiliary. The net proceeds of the dance will be donated to the Red Cross. —4.— Ocn Christiansen's orchestra of Approximately 80o i (--.idents of the Ontario will furnish the music Nyssa section ;lgned up in the post Lunch will be served. office Saturday for civilian defense work. Those in charge of the sign-up stated that more persons are con tinuing to sign up Mid that blanks are available in the offices of Frank _____ Morgan, the Idaho P .ver company Local residents are asked to save and the Gate City Journal. Members of the American Legion surplus paper for the civilian de and Veterans of Foreign Wars met fense council, according to Wesley in the legion hall Friday night to J. Browne, chairman of the finance sign up for civilian defense. More committee, which is handling the than 90 veterans from Nyssa and project. Person! having old newspapers, Adrian signed blanks. The meeting was in charge of Albert Heldt, com magazines, corrugated boxes and mander of the legion, and Wallace scrap are asked to give the material to Art Heiter, local scavenger, who Paul, commanded of the VFW. Louis Thomas, vice chairman of will turn the paper over to the pro the county defense council, gave a per authorities. The paper will be talk cn the civilian defense set-up. taken to Tom Eldridge's warehouse Mr. Heldt, head of the local obser and baled for shipment. Those who do not contact Mr. vation squad, talked on what is ex pected of airplane observers and air Heiter are asked to call Mr. Brown, raid wardens and on the general de phone 113. fense program as outlined by the r-egon civil defense organization. .1 F Logue of Ontario, Malheur county civil defense coordinator, Mr Thomas and Walter M. Thompson attended a state meeting of county defense council ' r. rdinators and A Red Cross drive for war relief other defense council members in funds was started in Nyssa today. Saiem Monday. Malheur county’s quota is $2000. The state meeting w_~. presided over by Jerrold Owen, state coordin Of this sum, Nyssa has been asked ator. Governor Sprague att nded to raise $500. Fifteen per cent of both morning and afternoon r-s- the money will be kept here for dis ri:ns, Maor Herlihy, signal officer aster relief, and will be made avail f.r the second interceptor command, able to the disaster relief committee gave a talk on the importance of of the civilian defense council. The Red Cross and the civilian blackouts and also discussed prob e'efense committers will work joint lems of the local coordinators. Mr. Thomas said that Oregon ly during the emergency. First aid classes will be started leads the nation in the organization cf county defense councils On the aftr. the first of the year. Persons coast air raid wardens and aircraft interested are asked to notify Mrs. observers who belong to county de Dak Trnsen. Knitting instruction classes will ai fense councils are serving without se he started after the first of Jan pay on a 24-hour basis. uary. Paper Will Be Gathered Here Red Cross Drive Is Begun Today Ontario Youth Wins In Show Corvallis, Dec. 18 (Special)- Ger ald Cox of R. 2. Albany, Is the new sweepstakes champion corn grower of Oregon as a result of winning cut in stiff competition at the fifth annual state com show held at Ore gon State cell ge. Cox succeeds Clayton Nybork of Tualatin, last year’s sweepstakes winner. Crra displayed at this year’s show was c f exceptionally high quality, despite the fact that this was a rath er poor year for field com produc tion In some parts of the state, ac cording to the judges. Almost as many exhibits were in as were shown last year, even though the state show was revived hurriedly after having been once abandoned. C. I. Sersanous. chaiiman of the agricultural committee of the Port land chamber cf commerce and do nor of the sweepstakes trophy, an nounced that he was certain Port land business m.en would continue to join with Oregon farm organiza tions and Oregon State college in backing the state show. C. A. Marsh of Albany, twice pre viously state com husking champion, won this honor for the third time and took permanent possession of the trophy. Following are the win ners in the state classes and dis tricts. Open class champion — Harvey Freilag. Albany, who was winner in district 2: Katie Lucht. Molalla. first place, district 1: Azola Weav er. Canycnville, first place, district S. Hybrid class — Gerald Cox, class champion and winner of district 2; Bernard Seus. Hillsboro, winner, district 1; H. B. Wilcoxon, Willow Creek, first place, district 3. Four-H class- Allvin Heard, Look- ingglass. champion and district 3 winner; James Kincheloe. Beaver ton. first place, district I: Walter Bid well, Albany, first place, district a. FFA class — Jack Heinz. Canby. champion, and winner district 1; Ev erett Zeller. Albany, first place, dis trict 2; Bernard Ingle. Ontario, first place, district 3. Hybrid yield contest— F S Oreen. Stanfield, champion. 119 bushels per •ere; C W Edwards. Junction City, winner, district No 1, 85 9 bushels per acre. LIBRARY GETS SEVERAL BOOKS Several new books have been re ceived at t! a Nyssa library. The new books are “The Sun Ls My Undoing’’ by Steen: “Lover's Alibi.” Widdimer: “ Intrude No More.” Creed: “Hatter’s Castle,” Cronin; “Stars Look Down.” Cronin; Career by Proxy,” Baldwin: “Sara toga Trunk,” Berber; “Captain Paul,” Ellsberg: “ Stars In Your Eyes,' Loring, and “Wakefield’s Course,” De la Roche. Circulation of books during No vember reached almost 1200. Of this number 350 were circulated in the rural areas. 900 tHILDREN EXPECTED TO GREET SANTA C LAUS — 4 — Approximately 900 youngsters of pre-school and grade schccl age are expected to attend the community Christmas program to be given in the gymnasium at 1:15 Tuesday, De cember 23. Superintendent Henry Hartley said the community committee would like to accommodate high school students also, but there is not enough room in the gymnasium. Treats will be distributed and a short program will be given. Changes Position— Miss Virgene Grimes, who for the past few months has been associated with the staff of the farm family la bor camp at Nyssa as home super visor, has joined the staff of the farm security administration’s coun ty office at Ontario for the winter Miss Grimes is a graduate of Ore gon State college. Program Planned— The Mutual Improvement associa tion will sponsor a Christmas pro gram and dance December 23 at the vard hall. A special orchestra wi' furnish music. The public is invited to attend. Ex-Ny**a Man Hart— Harold Fletcher, formerly c f Nys sa. was seriously injured In a mag nesium plant accident In Las Vegas. Nevada recently, according to In formation received here this week Mr Fletcher suffered fractures of four vertebrae, one hip and one foot and a serious leg injury He was in jured when a 350-foot wall fell on him. MAN IN BOMBED SECTION VISITS IN THIS REGION Council Gives Quick Approval To City Rules $1.50 PER YEAR BLACKOUT SIGNALS Alert Signal — Series of short Edward E. Barnett, who was in whistle blasts repeated several Honolulu during the bombing of times. that section by the Japanese De Air Raid Alarm and Emergency cember 7, visited his mother, Mrs. — ❖ — Alarm — Series of long and short M. E Barnett of Adrian this week. State President of Organ blasts repeated for at least one Mr. Barnett, an engineering offi Ordinance W ill Control full minute. ization Is Among Traffic and Use of cer of a Pan-American clipper, was All Clear Signal — Series of long reticent about the attack because Speakers Lights whistle blasts ¡«pealed several Hie navy department had requested times. The annual banquets of the Nyssa him to remain silent. \ The city council, holding a spe ------------- ---------------- and Adrian high school FFA chap cial meeting Wednesday night, pass ed an ordinance providing for the ters were held last week. SEVEN SELECTEES regulation and control of traffic and The Adrian youths sponsored artificial lights during the blackout TO BE INDUCTED their second annual father and son to be conducted Sunday night and banquet in tne high school gymnasi for future blackouts. Seven men have been ordered to um with a large crowd in attend- After passage of the ordinance report to the selective service board Lnce. Bulldogs, With Good Rec Mayor J. C. Olsen issued a proclam at Vale at 2 p. m. January 6. They Following the opening ceremony ation, which appears elsewhere in will be sent to the Portland army in ord, Expect Very I conducted by the FFA officers, J. E. this paper, along with the ordin duction station. John-on. Adrian instructor of vo- Close Contest ance, The mayor also issued rules The selectees called by the Mal | cational agriculture, presented a Fu for the sounding of the fire siren, heur county board are Marvin H. ture Farmer cup for the outstanding Nyssa high schcol's basketball yru'h in the chapter in 1940. He five will be shoeting for “big game" which will be used to sound the Walllse of Ontario, Cecil L. Benln- tendi of Ontario, Hugh Vernon gave the cup to James Shaw, secre in its third practice game of the various alarms. The signals and alarms will be Smith of Caldwell, Johnny Lines tary of the chapter, for Stewart year Friday night at 7:31» when the Schweitzer, who was unable to at Bulldogs meet La Grande’s squad in given as follows: Alert signal, series Fa-on of Jordan Valley and Edward of short whistle blasts repeated sev T. Travis of Sacramento, in addi tend the banquet. the local gymnasium. eral times; air raid alarm and tion to Eugene Tuttle of Nyssa, Don Davis, president of the chap Testimony to the fact that the emergency alarm, series of long ni transfer from Ketchikan. Alaska, ter, presented Mr. Johnson with an game will be a close one ls found short blasts repeated for at least and Eugene Louis Spahn of Ontar honorary member pin. in the results of last week’s game one full minute, and all clear sig io, transfer from Humboldt, Nevada. William Schneeflock. agriculture between the two teams at LaGrande. nal, series of long whistle blasts re ------------+------------ They fought to a 14 to 14 deadlock instructor in the Nyssa high school, peated several times. read a poem and Dennis Patch, at the end of the regular playing The ordinance prohibits the oper- I principal of the Adrian high school, period, held each other scoreless In ation during a blackout of an auto and the first honorary member of the first overtime period, and the mobile or other vehicle upon the the chapter, praised the organization Tigers finally triumphed by the highways or streets, burning a light for being a keystone chapter, al “sudden death" method in the sec In a residence so that it may be —+ — though it is now only in its second ond overtime period with a single seen from the outside, light or strike Bill of Rights day was observed field goal, making the final score year. a match or other fire or smoke a by members of the Nyssa Lions club Speaking on “What the FFA Has 16 to 14. pipe, cigar or cigarette in any out at their weekly luncheon In Brown The starting lineup for the game door place or In any vehicle In the ie’s cafe Monday noon. Done for Rural Communities," Don Rowland of the Willamette valley, tomorrow night is an uncertainty. city. Henry Hartley explained the bill president of the state FFA, gave a The Job of selecting a beginning The ordinance provides for fines of rights and read the 10 amend brief discussion of the national or lineup is made all the more diffi and imprisonment for persons vio ments to the constitution, which ganization, which had a member cult because of the fact that about lating any section of the ordinance. constitute the bill of rights, the fun ship of 242,000,in the United States, 10 boys possess equal ability, ac damental charter of liberties. Porto Rico and Hawaii. The Future cording to Coach John Young, who Frank Parr discussed the condi Farmers operated in 8000 schools in is handling basketball duties while tions that brought about adoption the nation last year. Twenty-three Coach Irwin Elder is conrslerlng cf the bill of rights. Some of the hundred members attended 52 from the mumps. colonies would not ratify the consti schools in Oregon in 1940 Scoring of the team in the first tution until certain rights were as —+ — At the national convention the game of the season against Parma sured. William Carey Noble, resident of Oregon chapter received the gold here last Friday night bears out the Home of the I.ions contended In a embl.in rating this year for the statement of Coach Young. Nyssa’s Jordan Valley for many years, died general discussion that some of the first time. The Salem chapter was 27 points weer about equally divided at the Nyssa nursing home Wednes articles in the bill of rights have one of the best four in the United among nine members of the squad, day morning at 6:30. He had been been Infringed during the last few States and one Oregon youth was with no player on the team scoring in poor health for three years. Mr. Noble was born In Cincinnati, years. the best in the Pacific region so over four points and none of the ------------- + ------------- Ohio November 4, 1864. He came to that this state made the best show nine counting less than two. Nyssa three months ago from Jor ing at the convention, Mr. Rowland The 1941-42 hoop squad seems to dan Valley, where he engaged in DATE OF SCHOOL said. be definitely strong in the defensive farming tor 30 years. He was mar SH O W IS CHANGED "Future Farmers learn to speak department, having held opponents in public and how to be leaders," the to only 29 points (Parma 13 and ried to Kathrlne Jensen In Salt Lake The date for presentation of the state president said. “They learn La Orande 16) In two games with an City In 1905. Survivors are his widow and a grade school musical operetta, "The parliamentary procedure, they de air-tight zone defense. Need for Crosspatch F'airies." has been chang velop cooperation with civic groups, a few high scorers on the squad has daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Leaton of ed to Monday evening. December Nyssa. they get a lot of instruction in su been expressed by the coaches, how FMneral services will be held In 22. according to Owen Price, grade pervised agriculture and they get ever. the Episcopal church at 10 a. m. Sat school principal. The program will results in improving agriculture. We Showing up well as forwards in urday with Rev. Moore of Ontario be started at 8 o ’clock. teach them to be good citizens. We Gordon E. Aspengren, supervisor make the boys conscious of the fact the two games were Shelley, Brady, officiating. Burial will be in the that they are citizens of the great Nusser and Pierce. Larson and Mi Canyon Hill cemetery at Caldwell. of music in the public schools, Ber est country in the world. We almost ner have been alternating at center The body Is in the Nyssa funeral nice Martin and Eva Boydell are in charge of the music. dote cn cooperation so that the position with Larson getting the nod home. ------------- * ------------- No admission will be charged, but farmers can improve their condi to date. Cleaver and Eldredge, sen iors, have started as guards in the persons attending will be asked to tion." make contributions to the Red Cross. C. Ben Ross, former Idaho gov first two contests, but are hard- CHAMBER GIVES ernor who lives across the Snake pressed by Bob Browne, Keith Rus- RED CROSS CASH river from Adrian, stated after com ell and Bob Yost. ANTELOPES LOSE Alternating in the various posi The Nyssa chamber of commerce, plimenting the Adrian home eco T O HOMEDALERS nomics gir's fer thpir dinner that tions, the eleven first-stringers held holding its weekly luncheon Wed —♦ — civilization cannot get along with (he Parma squad to one lone field nesday noon, voted to give $50 to Adrian, Dec. 18 (Special) — Adri goal in the first half of the game the Red Cross for the campaign out farmers and mothers. Speaking an's Antelopes failed to hit their on “The Key to Success," Mr. Ross here Friday, but loosened up In the that was started today. stride in a basketball game at Home- Rev. I. L. Shaver, former Method said "All that is necessary to make j second half, though never to be dale last Tuesday night and were a good citizen is to teach him to j threatened, and won the game, 27 to ist missionary In Japan who has defeated for the first time this year, been working among the Japanese think. If you want to learn to j 15. 18 to 14. The Antelopes ran their ------------- 4 ------------- people in Idaho and eastern Oregon think you should read this book, the I victory string to four games before recently, was a guest at the lunch Bible. I want you boys to have] losing. eon. reasoning minds. The man on the YO U TH S BUYING Adrian Jumped to a 10 to 0 lead Rev. Shaver, who did evangelistic farm who reasons things out and [ DEFENSE STAMPS work and tadght school in Japan, over Homedale at the end o< the knows why he dees certain things “ Buy Defense Stamps and Lick the went to Asia in 1919. He does not first quarter, but the Homedale is the best farmer in the commun ity. Any farmer who has a good Other Side," a phrase borrowed forsee any trouble with Japanese in squad limited them to only four farm and a good water right and from Red Skelton, radio star. Is a this area and stated that “ I trust points during the remainder o f the uses good judgment can make mon- slogan used by the Nyssa Hl-Y club we will be as sympathetic as possi contest. Meanwhile the home team solved the Antelope defense and in selling defense stamps to high ble v ith them." ey." counted 18 points. ------------- + ------------- Mr Ross dLscussed briefly the school students. Don Townsend, Homedale, was the The high school boys exhausted ENLISTMENTS IN American-Japanese war and then high point man and an outstanding switched back to his subject about the treasury of their club to pur player on the floor. the key to success with the state chase stamps rrom the postoffice for RESERVE W A N T E D The “B ” team from Adrian con ment that “You boys can be almost resale to students in the school. Don Seattle, Dec. 18 <8peclal) — En tinued undefeated in five games by Eldredge, club president, says that it anything you want to be ” listment* in almost all classes of the whipping the Homedale second “ I recommend that you help feed was the feeling of members that naval reserve are now authorised for stringers 26 to 15 the world because the world can’t some organization should assume Last Saturday night the Antelopes the responsibility of selling defense two, three or four year periods, ac go on without farmers.” cording to officials of the thirteenth triumphed over the Raswell squad Among those Introduced at the stamps to students who wanted to naval district Young men who en by a score o f 25 to 15 In a slow, rough banquet were William Hudson, state help the cause The Hi-Y took that list before the age of 21 may term battle. The half-time score favored FFA secertary who lives in the Wil responsibility, he said. When all (lamps have been sold, inate their enlistment when they Adrian, 16 to 3, and the result of lamette valley, and Oecrge Mitchell, the game was never in doubt D manager of the Nyssa branch of the the club «rill buy more with all funds reach that age. Htwever. every applicant is re Kurtz and E. Hatch weer outstand available and resell them and con First National bank of Portland Other numbers on the program tinue buying and selling until the quired to study and consider the ing on the ffoor for Adrian. Earl McKinney's Adrian “B" squad following stateirent which he signs were presented as follows: ’Wel student market is exhausted. come." Toastmaster Allen Nelson: Many students have begun buying before enlistment: "In the event of walloped the Roswell second team. accordion solo« "Blue Eyes” and stamps towards the purchase of a j wrr -r national emergency during 37 to 7. The Antelopes trill meet Home- Attend Chamber Meeting— bond already this week. Eldredge my term of service I further obligate myself to serve throughout the war dale In a return game Friday night, Frank Morgan and Oeorge Mitch said. cr national emergency If so requir in the Adrian gymnasium. -------------+ ------------- ell went to Emmett Monday to at 6 *--------------------------- ed." tend the bi-monthly dinner meet Classes V-7 and V-S In the naval Examiner Coming— ing of the Associated Chambers of Examinations Scheduled— A traveling examiner of operators The civil service commission has reserve sre not included In the new Commerce of Southwestern Idaho announced examinations for the po enlistments inasmuch as the quotas and chauffeurs wilt be in the city and Eastern Oregon. sitions of Junior assistant engineer on both these haw been reached, hall In Nyssa Wednesday. Decem ber 34 from * a m to 6 p. m. and iron calker and chipper. Nyssa to Meet LaGrande Five Bill of Rights Day Is Observed William Noble of Nvssa Dies %> tContinued on Page Ten) Details Given About Program In Nyssa Area —4^ - Hershel Thompson, Louis Thomas Tell How It W ill Be Staged —+— Hershel Thompson, who attended a meeting in Nampa, and Louis P. Thomas, who attended a state meet ing held in Salem, this week, dis cussed plans for Sunday night’s blackout in this section at a lunch eon of the Nyssa chamber of com merce Wednesday noon. Officials in charge of the air raid precaution expect the entire area from King Hill, Idaho to Hunting- ton, Oregon, to be blacked out from 9:15 to 9:30 p. m. December 21. Councilman Thompson, who was accompanied to Nampa by Mayor J. C. Olsen and Councllmen Ron Whitaker and John Ostrom, said everything will be blacked out in Nyssa and vicinity except the sugar factory and it will be blacked out as much as possible. The factory ls not prepared for a complete black out so that extinguishing of all lights there would be dangerous. An alert will be sounded at 9:05 from a blast of the fire siren. Avi ators flying over the various towns will report to officials where they see lights. Home owners are asked not to pull the master electric switch in their houses. In regular blackouts hereafter radio stations will be o ff the air. Sunday night’s test blackout will be the last one. Mr. Thomas pointed out that farmers are Included In the black out and are especially asked to turn out lights in their hen houses in addition to the lights in their houses. Business men are asked to put out especially neon signs and other store signs. During a blackout, per sons driving automobiles should drive to the curb or off the road immediately when the siren is sounded, turn off their car lights and get out of their cars. Pedestri ans should stay off all roads and streets. In houses all lights should be extinguished. Everyone is asked to keep telephone lines clear. Police officers, firemen, army men and ambulances will be the only elements allowed on the high ways during blackouts. Mr. Thomas also discussed various phases o f the civilian defense pro gram, which has been launched ef fectively In Malheur county. Radio stations KFTCD and KIDO will carry speciul instructions for the blackout at 5:55 p. m. Friday and 6:15 p. m. Saturday. KIDO only will carry the blackout signals and Instructions Sunday evening. A summary o f the Sunday night ac tivity will be broadcast over KIDO at 6:15 Monday evening. First aid stations will be estab lished at the Owyhee drug store, phone 29, the Nyssa pharmacy, phone 14, and the Nyssa nursing home, phone 63J, in connection with the defense program. An ambu lance will be located at each place. ------------+ ----------- DEFENSE SAVINGS BOND SALES HIGH Washington, D. C. Dec. 18 (Spe cial) — Sales of defense savings bonds for November amounted to $233.487,000, it was announced by the treasury department recently. The November figures carried the total defense bond sales past the two billion dollar mark, and rev sled that $2.008.611,000 worth of bonds have been purchased by the Amer ican people since the defense sav ings program was launched May 1 of this year. Total sales had passed the one billion dollar mark during July. November sales were divided as follows: Series E bonds. $109.175.000; 8eries F. »18.978 000; and Series O, »105.035.000 Total cash deposits at the treas ury for all three series of bonds by months were as follows May, $349. 818,000; June, »314,527,000; July. »342.132.000; August. »265.606.000; September. $232.327,000: October, »270.713,000: and November. »233.- 487,000 All figures are rounded to the nearest thousands, and will not ne cessarily add to the total. -------------+ ------------- Ts Spend Xmas Here— Arthur V. Cook. Jr . son of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Cook, ls expected to spend Christmas week with his par ents. He Is now working at the Boeing airplane factory In Seattle.
