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f 7-AeNYSSA VÓLtfMFXXXVm, te r JOURNAL n y s ' s x , ü k e g o n , T h u r s d a y ; M a r c h SCHOOLS MERGER DarThel Bybee, | NEW Owyhee District PETITIONS READY Board Protests A small crowd attended a meeting Helen Sallee In in the high school building Lead In Contest New Water Rate held Tuesday night for consideration of VICAR COMING the proposed consolidation of school Winner Will Be Announc New Figure Is 20 Per districts cent Above That Of Last on Trail. 36 and 39, Nyssa and Oreg ed At Cinderella Ball Friday Night Year Petitions, asking the boundary board to call an election, will be Miss Helen Sallee and Miss Dar The Owyhee Irrigation district circulated Only the signatures board, at a regular meeting held In of property soon. owners and taxpayers Thel Bybee were leading Wednesday NysBa Tuesday, refused to levy an will be valid on the petitions. The n:on In the contest, which has been assessment for water In accordance same qualifications will hold In vot conducted among townspeople and with the Increased rate just ann ing on the proposal. students, for the position of queen ounced by the government. of the Cinderella ball. The directors are vigorously pro The ball will be held in the sch testing the new rates to Reclama orl gymnasium Friday night at 8 tion Commissioner John C. Page o’clock. and Oregon’s representatives In Miss Verna Greenlee was third in congress. the race at the time of the Wed The government has Increased Mrs T. M. Lowe, resident of this nesday check-up. Other candidates the water rental rates on the Ow vicinity for many years, died In the were Phyllis Gayle Mc- yhee project so that he minimum Holy Rosary Hospital at 8 o'clock -una B A 3U 3Q Schireman, ‘W OOiON Á JJ3W 'Aoo charge Is $1.60, for which the water Sunday morning after a long ill can, Virginia Troutner, Marie Se user will be allowed three-acre feet ness. Beverly Donahue, Denzll Lee The Rev. Burton Salter has been of water. All water used In addition Flora Belle Forbes was born near bum, and Dona Dimmick. bj Bishop W. P. Reming to the three-acre feet will be ch Fort Scott, Kansas July 10, 1864 and Howell The boys leading for the honor appointed ton a* vicar of St. Paul’s church In was married to Thomas Marlon Lo arged to the user at the rate of TO of being prince of the ball were cents an acre foot. This rate Is 30 we at Longton, Kansas September Dennis Fife, Alvin Nye, Emil St- Nyssa, and the Episcopal churches at Vale and Ontario. Rev Salter will per cent above the rate In IMS, 3, 1890. They came west in 1901, and Ray Larson. Other candid hold first service In the Nyssa which was 33-3 per cent above the settling In Pendleton, Oregon and unz ates were Lyle Miner, Don Putnam, church his Sunday morning at 9:30. coming later to Malheur county, Jay 1941 rate. Bybee, Dick Tensen and Oerog* The church service will be followed which for the last 36 years has been Billings. her home. winners will be announced by Sunday school. A foster-daughter, Mrs Delva St. at The the ball tomarrow night. Two Clair Wall, made her home for ma prizes, each ny years with Mrs Lowe, who was given away. valued at $5, will be ••grandmother” to the four Wall bo Bob Eldredge will be master of ys, who frequently visited in the ceremonies. A special award for achievement Lowe home. The program will be presented as in 4-H club work was presented to Mrs Lowe, who started Parent- follows: Three selections, With a Harold Breazeale, former Nyssa Fern Rookstool of the Lincoln co Teacher association work In this Song in My Sleepy Lagooon resident, was accidentally killed In mmunity by the Oregon Banker’s community many years ago, was at and Gianlna Heart, girls glee club. the shipyards In Portland February association, according to word just one time state vice president of the Processional, Mia, directed by 38 at 5 p. m, according to Inform received by E. M. Hauser, county organization. She was also the first Alvin Tcmpler, orchestra Bob Eldredge, club agent. to lead a 4-H club In Malheur cou Nye, Lucille Latham, Jim LaRue Cook, ation received by friends here. The award, a cash prize of $S, nty. Mr. Breazeale, well known in this Tom Church, Lyle Miner, Angela was for sixth place in state-wide co Besides her husband, Mrs Lowe Herrman, Junior Holmes, Harriet vicinity, was employed by the Am mpetition In senior dub work. In is survived by a daughter, Mrs C. Herrman, Ralpr Maze, Virginia Tr previous years these awards were C. Quackenbush of Spokane. A son, outner, Claudlne Tomlinson, Oen- algamated Sugar company for a faw made at the state fair on the basis Julian T. Lowe, was killed in the eva Duncan, Nadine Gorrell, Oreta years during the campaigns. Mr. of project work exhibited. This year, battle of the Argonne In world war Stunz, Emil Stunz and Dona Dim Breazeale. a painter, lived In Nyssa however, any 4-H clifb member 1. from 1937 until the spring of 1943, mick. over 18 years of age was ellgable to No. Funeral services were conducted Coronation, Mayor Herschel Th compete, and awards were made on from the Nyssa funeral home Wed ompson; Junior Cinderella, Carol when he went to Portland. basis of records submitted to the nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with Lee Godfrey; junior prince, John The deceased Is survived by his judging committee. Rev. H. O. Luscomibe of the Meth Lienkaemper; attendants, Sharon widow. Ann; a son, Dwalne, 4 years Senior club members are required odist church of Fruitland and Rev. Lea Beutler, Robert Baker, Barbara old, and a step-son, Jack Breazeale. to carry considerable more work J. Burton 8alter of St. Paul's Ep Bolitho, Byron Cladwell, Vela Dee The body will be sent to Nyssa than those under 18 and must also iscopal church of Nyssa officiating. Ptulson, Delvln Mace, Joan Narra- from Portland, arriving here Thur have some leadership activity. Bays Herschel Thompson, Rine gon, Kay Riggs, Merle Burningham, sday. must carry crops projects In addit hart. Hollis DeGrofft Grant and Rev. M. Harlan Fox, Carol Fife and Del Funeral services will be held in ion to expand livestock projects, H. Greenlee, accompanied by Mrs senior Cinderella, senior pr the Nazarene church Sunday at and girls are required to Increase Ralph Beautler, sang two numbers. Ricks; and attendants to be announ 2:30 with Rev. Vern Martin officiat the scope of their home economics Interment was In the Owyhee cem ince ced, and pages, Stan Thompson, The Nyssa funeral home will projects. • Ronnie Thompson, Lloyd Carpen ing. nave charge of interment. The Oregon Bankers Association etery. ter and Lyle Cottle. has been sponsoring the contest for HONEY RECIPES Chlapanecas and Conchita, girl* a number of years and has provi glee club; The Gypsy and Dark ded the arwrads. The prize to Fern TO BE REVIEWED Eyes, Twyla Crawford, violinist; Rookstool was presented by O. J. American Rhythm, June Sa Mitchell, manager of the Nyssa br Women Interested In how to use South vage, Ellen Mae Herrman and Jerry anch of the First National Bank of honey in cooking, also syrups and Bellon, and chorus, directed by Mrs Portland. Mr. Mitchell Is serving as other sugar alternates are Invited to Iva Kuehn; Yours and Estrellita, Plans have been completed for county key banker, representing attend a discussion and demonstr señoritas; Fiasco at Fiesta, Carol the observance of World Day of the Oregon Bankers association. ation next Monday evening at 7:30 Robertson, Lyle Miner, Dick Schir Prayer by church people of Nysea p.m. in the home economics room eman, Betty Flanary, Jim Cook and March 12. of the high school building. Meeting Time Changed— and cherus; Conchita An all-day meeting for the entire The city oouncti has voted to Mrs W. W. Foster will speak on Ferdinand, Lolita Lopez and Hi Neighbor, glee community will be held in the meet the second Tuesday night of the variety of uses for honey and club orchestra; awarding of Methodist church, a special meet each month instead of the second Mrs C. A. Abbott will show how to prizes, and and orchestra feature, Con ing for children of junior age of all Monday of each month. The meet make Jelly which uses honey entir ga, by Margaret Sarazin and the churches will be held at the ing held on the second Monday ely in place of sugar. Desserts that Merry led Norcott chorus. Nazarene church and an evening lnterferred with other activities of also save the sugar ration will also Gayle McCoy and Is general chairman meeting for young people and those be discussed. the city officials. of the ball and Mrs John Young is who cannot attend the day-time army air force training. He begins the adviser. services. A radio broadcast will his advanced course Immediately be held over station KFXD March and will graduate In about six we 12 from 9 o'clock to 9:30 a. m eks, at which time he expects to re The services at the Methodist ceive his commission and go to Ra church during the day will be con ndolph field, Texas, to complete ducted from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. his training. The World Day of Prayer obser Mr. Brodle is a graduate of Ny- The Nyssa high school defeated vance was started In 1887 when a ssa high school, class of 37. He also the Payette ring-masters in a sm small group of women gathered spent four years at Oregon State oker staged in the Nyssa gymnas together to pray for home mis college, from which he Obtained his sions. Others Interested In sending degree last spring. He enlisted In ium Wednesday night. the gospel message across the seas Nyssa won two boxing and one the army air forces In May. 1942. wrestling bouts and Payette won joined their prayers until by early and for the last four months has in the 90’s a united group chose been stationed at Mather field. Cal two wrestling matches. Three draws a day during which women of ev ifornia. His address Is: A-C Jack were registered in grappling and ery denomination met In their H. Brcdle. Class 43-D-4, Company one In boxing, The victory avenges communities for this united pur a defeat handed to Nyssa a few pose. By 1920 In both Canada I, Mather field, California. weeks ago In Payette. and the United States church wo .MY PRAYER Pfc. Norman L. Leavitt, son of Bud Osborne, a fighter for Nyssa men set aside the first Friday In Dear Lord, You gave your Son to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Leavitt of Nys high school a few years ago, fought lent as a “day of prayer for mis save the world sa, was graduated from the Port to a draw with Russell Deshazer of sions”. You didn’t count the eeet In Crook Ordinance Automotive school Payette in an exhibition bout. Each year, until this year, the blood and eacreflce; Port Crook. Nebraska. The course Jay Bybee. Nyssa, scored the only which Is used throughout You gave your Son that we might covered maintenance, repair and technical knockout of the evening, program, the world, has been arranged by putting away Blume of Payette at convoying of government vehicles live; leading Christian nationals. This the end of the second round In the ranging from the ever popular Dear Lord ¿an I do lew? year, due to war conditions, one "Jeep" to the large prime-mover. last The fight. of the leading Christian woman first three bouts were wrest teachers of the white race and I gave the world my son*. one That they might help to save the "Bud” Short, radio technician, 3rd ling events. Jack Fugtl. Nyssa, 114, of the black race have worked to things class. In the navy, has gone to Far- drew with Moss. 113. Rcss Grover, gether to give he worshippers For which Your Son so nobly died. ragut, Idaho after spending a two- Nyssa. 118, lost In the last round to around be world the program for week furlough with his parents, Ohms. 132, and Loe, 145, Nyssa, 1943. ’Father, I pray that they with Preston, 143. If. when the victory’s won. Dear Mr and Mrs C. B. Short at Nyssa. drew may all be one”. He was formerly stationed at We Smiley, 145. Nyssa, fought to a The National Council of Church Lord, draw with Brundage. 150. in a wtld- Women Is the sponsoring body. ber. And You send back my sons, swlnging boxing match. XT press them to my breast and Mr and Mrs Tom Weeks have Oguri. 120. Nyssa. wrestled to a and thank You, Lord. received word from their son, John. draw with Kelfer, 112 Keifer in TABLE OF POINT jured his arm in the second round RATIONING GIVEN And If they go to join Your Son sayliM he Is In New Ouinea. and could not return to the mat so 111 understand; The publishers of the Gate City And through my tears, rejoice to Harold Boyles left Monday for the match was called a draw Taylor. 136. Payette, took two Journal have reproduced a table Seattle to enter the naval BS air falls know defeat Keith Bybee. 138. of ration point values in this Issue That my soq or sans and the Son corps. He has been In the naval re Taylor to took one fall In the first of the paper for the benefit at sub serve since Nov. 9. awaiting a call. of Ood scribers. round and one In the second. Oo hand In hand. Pete Lopez. 134. Nyssa. won a de The table is cffidal as It was Is Mr and Mrs John C. Wulf have cision Downing. 138. Payette. sued by the office of price admin been notified that their son. Har Tom over Church. 152, Nyssa. tock one istration We suggest that house old. who was reported miming at Jack Brodle. son of Mr and Mie. from Taylor, 150. in the second wives clip the table and keep It for E L. Jamlaon at Jfyma. ha* just Bataan In the Philippines. Is now fall reference. . . round to win the match. completed the basic phase a t bis a prisoner of war. Mrs T.M. Lowe Taken By Death 4 Award Is Made To Lincoln Girl Ex-Resident Of Nyssa Is Killed Flans Outlined For Prayer Day Our Boys In The Service Nyssa Wins Ovei Payette Ringmen t Iñ s' $2.00 PËRT e AR ASSOCIATION OF Bulldogs Finish PASTORS Mobilization Of FORMED Good Season On Rev. and Mrs M. H. Greenlee MalheuifCounty hosts to the Nyssa ministers Maple Slabbing were and their wives Tuesday morning. Farms Effective Team Defeats Payette and Loses To Ontario Over Week-end After defeating Payette Friday night and losing to Ontario Satur day night last week-end, the Nyssa high school basketball team held a record of 12 games won and 7 lost during the season. Although they won slightly less than half of their encounters, the Bulldogs scored 510 ponnte to their opponents' 463 points. They lost two conference games, one to rale and one to Ontario. Points made by Individual play ers, as compiled by the Manager Emil Stunz, were as follows: Larson, 115; Pierce, 115; Yost, 107; Miner, 66: Wilson, 49; Browne, 20; Eldre dge, 12; Putnam, 9; Holmes, 7; Oounsil, 5; Bytoee, 2 and Ward, 2. The second string won more than half of Its games, taking 11 and losing 4, for the total points of 366 as compared to 293 for opponents. Point-makers were Bellon, 80 points; Stelnke, 69; Morgan, 58; Billings, 46; Bybee, 39; Ward, SO; Willson, 18; Marsh, 11; Moore, 8; Church ,6; Putnam, 8, and Cleaver, 3. The Bulldogs bowled over the Payette quintet on the Nysea floor by a socre of 87 to 26. The teams played on even terms during the first half, the quarter ending 6 to 6 and the half 16 to 16, but the Bulldogs surged ahead In the third period to take a lead of 28 to 18. The visitors became obstinate In the final period and scored eight point*, almost equalling Nyssa’s ni ne points. Larson was high point player wi th 12 points. Pierce and Masslnglll tied with 10 points each. The Nyssa B squad drubbed the Payette quintet by a score of 50 to 19. All of John Young’s second st ringers went into action. They were Billings. Bybee. Stlenke, Morgan, Ward, Church, Cleaver, Willson, Marsh, Moor*, Bellon, Bowen and Aston. The sam* boys, minus some or the substitutes, walloped the Ont ario B’s Saturday night by a count of 48 to 29. The game gave the B squad a record of scoring 99 points In their last two contests. The district champion Tigers de feated the Nyssa A squad Saturday night by a score of 40 to 27. The Bulldogs came within one point of tying the score at 13 all at the end of the first half, but dropped se ven points behind In the third per iod. Larson was again high point man, registering IS. The lineups were as follows: On tario- -Willis and Joyce, forwards; Moore, center; Ackerman and Boy er, guards, and Quast. Echanis, Bu rgher, Blair and Baird, substitutes, and Nyssa- Larson and Pierce, for wards; Miner, center; Yoet and Wilson, guards, and Holmes. Put nam, Eldredge. Tensen and Browne, substitutes. Beans And Peas On Ration List Inclusion of dry beans and dry peas on the list of rationed foods brought a reminder to county gr owers yesterday from Pieter Tensen, chairman cf the county USDA war board, the Oregon production goal* for these two crops have been Incr eased to 28.000 acres for peas and 5,000 acres for beans. For peas, the goal represents an Increase from practically zero last year, the chairman reported. Only dry edible peas grown In 1942 were wrinkled varieties planted for can ning. but which were not canned and allowed to mature. This year’s goql calls for wnooth peas. The bean goal calls for a 100 per cent Increase over 1948. Other crop* for which there Is a critical need are potatoes, flaxseed, vegetable* and vegetable *eed*. the chairman reported. Department of agriculture preg ram» will assure growers favorable returns for all of these needed war- crops. Tensen said. Also, growers who cannot obtain financing from their usual credit sources for the all-out production needed are ad vised to discuss their credit prob lems with the county war board Loans by the Regional Agricultural Credit corporation to finance In creased production are available through the war board. Service» rowtlowe— Evangelists D. Hilton and R. Ca mpbell are continuing services In the building formerly occupied by the Baldridge Implement company on Main street Meetings are open ed at 8 p. m. In addition to the Christian fell owship enjoyed around the “bunch" table, plans for the program of the World Day of Prayer, a union eff ort in a community vacation Bible school and a definite association of the ministers and their wives were considered. Those attending the meeting In addition to the hosts were Rev. and Mrs Lloyd Pounds, Rev. and Mrs Vern Marin, and Rev. and Mrs Ho ward Waddell. The next meeting will be held at the home of Rev. and Mrs Waddell. Plans For 1943 Show In crease Expected In Many Crops Malheur county farmers are go ing to do everything possible “and more, too”, to produce the food needed to carry on the war in 1943. That’s the substance of a progress report on the 1943 farm mobiliza tion drive released yesterday by Pieter Tensen, chairman of the county USDA war board. Six weeks ago, through meet ings and individual farm con tacts. AAA community committee men began the Job of enlisting every farm In the county for all-out Funeral services for Mrs H. L. production to meet 1943 goals. The Day, who died Friday morning, were job is now 75 per cent done, with held In the Methodist church Sun 1500 farm plans pledging maximum day afternoon with Rev. Beasley of production signed by the county’s Wilder, Idaho officiating. Interment farmers. was In the Nyssa cemetery with the A summary of the production Nysea funeral home In charge. Mrs Intentions on these 1500 farm Day passed away In the Holy Ros plans discloses that county farmers ary hospital, where she had been have set their sights at another receiving treatment for 24 days. record-shattering farm output that Elma Gertrude Furrow was born will see most of the food-for-free- In Broken Bow, Nebraska March dom goal equalled or exceeded. Both 30, 1890 and came to this section In In shifts to essential “war crops” the spring of 1937. She was a mem and in livestock and poultry pro ber of the Baptist church. duction, Malheur county agriculture Survivors are her husband; five is preparing to make Its full con- daughters, Mrs Cecil Florea of Ny to war food needs. ssa, Mrs Alfred Scott of Vale, Mrs trlbtion Outstanding Is the increase shown Harold Robbins of Wilder, Mrs A. for potatoes, one of the most-need J. Sorensen of Marysville, Miss ed foods. County farmers, report ouri and Mrs Olen Thompson of ing todate, have set themselves Vale; two sons. Claude Day of Ny a goal of 5870 acres of potatoes for ssa and Howard Day of Nysea; her 1943, a 100 per cent Increase over mother. Mrs Cynthia Furrow of last year. Broken Bow; a sister, Mrs L. A. Me Other major 1943 production Lean of Dunning, Nebraska; three pledges include: brothers, Floyd Furrow of Ontario, 490 acres of smooth dry peas, Asa of Denver and Guy of Broken an Increase of 69 per cent over Bow, and 12 grandchildren. 1942; 250 acres of canning peas, an increase of 200 per cent over 1942 ; 28,460 acres of alfalfa hay, an increase of 5 per cent over 1942 ; 928 acres of vegetable seeds, an Increase of 193 per cent over 1942; 14,766 acres of cropland pas ture, an Increase of 7 per cent Mrs R. G. Larson, chairman of over 1942: 14,000 acres of barley, an community service of the OPA, has Increase per cent over 1942; a crops of women at the rationing 2690 acres of of 27 oats, Increase of office issuing rationing book No. 2 25 per cent over 1942; an 3273 of and answering questions of con field com, a decrease of acres 29 per sumers. 1942 ; 5227 acres of sugar Twenty-six hundred books were cent from a decrease of 31 per cent Issued at the schoolhouse last week beets, from 1942 ; 8616 cows and heifers during the regular registration per kept for milk, an Increase of 29 iod. Six hundred more are to be per cent 1942 ; 23.265 all sheep Issued. The committee desires as and lambs, over January a de many as possible to go to the office crease of 23 per cent 1, 1943, 1942; to get their books. Someone will be 78,550 hens and pullets from for at the office to take oare of their laying, an Increase of 37 kept per cent needs the remainder of this week over 1942 ; 6917 sows to farrow, an and all of next week from 9 a.m. Increase of 54 per cent over 1942; to 12, noon, and from 1 to 4 pm. 5725 pigs bought for feeedlng. an Rationing was started Monday In of 47 per cent over 1942. Nyssa as well as In other parts of Increase The war board chairman's report the nation. One Nyssa grocer said acknowledged that there were the familiarity of consumers with some "lfs" connected with achiev the rationing program details was ing the production pledged on the surprising. farm plans. To find out what each needs to get the maximum QUOTAS ON FARM farm producion, a survey of labor, equip and machinery needs was In MACHINERY UPPED ment cluded In the mobilization slgn-up. (Continued on page five) Increased quotas for many Items of new farm machinery are expec ted to take oare of all essential ne To Attend School Here— eds for milking machines, cream Mrs. John Shenk’s brother, Vem separators, whhel tractors, combines Moore, Is here from Pocatello. Ha and tractor plows. The state USDA will make his home with his sister War Board la attempting to obtain and attend Nyssa high school. Increased allocations of hairing and potato machinery. Despite Increas Visiting lu Idaho— ed quotas, meeting 1943 production Mrs B. Bums Is spending two goals will still require full use and weeks with friends and relatives pooling of all existing machinery i In American Palls, Idaho. ush Where the west begins Peace and saftey we shall find Peace slncer and Just And life to us is sweet again Out on the Beautiful Owyhee, -w e Edited by Far off heights more distantly ap pear. T. CAROL BYBEE Where nature pelnt* a picture DAYS SPENT And here we need not fear By Nonna W. Jamison Of the life that each must live »i. <4 «art Some days are spent in hoping Joy and happiness It will surely Out on the Beautiful Owyhee Some days are spent in care Some days ar* spent In servtc’ Or doing tasks that others failed But lot from out a t the ruins Bravely stands a dam; or didn't dare, Some days are spent In tinging Aloft It stands for every one to see. Who carved the golden and the Our praises to the Lord, While on other days the tongue Is elrmson temples? And painted the glow of beauty on used For words that cut Ilka a sword the trees? But ths days that ar* »pent in dr On the Beautiful Owyhea. eaming Ood fashioned the wind swept Of the most fair to see Are the days that I dream of my Valley wide and fair. That needed onlf water mother And those days ar* tops with me. To make a garden there. Flowers waving In S breeze ON THE BEAUTIFUL OWYHEE In s sheltered nook- • • I rejoice when I see By Mrs Louis N. Penn The distant wonders Way out In ths hardy resisting br- On the Beautiful Owyhee. A ✓ Funeral Is Held [For Mrs H. Day Women Meeting Ration Queries POETS’ CORNER
