JOURNAL
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CHILDREN GIVE
MEN ARE
CALLED FOR ARMY Tompkins Tells TO BOISE TOTS
Hoop Game Will Be Played For NYSSA
Of Recent Trip
To British Isle
Benetit 01 Poliomyelitis Fund
Joint Installation Of I
Officers Held By
Bulldogs Win
Granges
Two Hoop Games
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Little children of the Methodist
Several Nyssa men were entrain
ed to the Portland Induction stat
ion byy the Malheur county selec
T h e Nyssa chamber of commerce
and Lions club voted at a luncheon
Wednesday noon to sponsor a Vale-
Ny sa basketball game to be play
ed Tuesday night. December 28 for
the benefit of the infantile para
lysis fund.
Bernard Frost, chairman of the
committee, said that school stud
ents and members of the Lions
club and chamber of commerce will
sell tickets to the game, which will
be played In the Nyssa gymnasium.
T h e school agreed to turn the
net proceeds over to the fund. Fo
rty per cent of the net proceeds
will be used locally and 60 per cent
will be sent to the national organ
ization, which has made consider
able progress during the last few
years In the fight against Infantile
paralysis. The game, a non-league
contest, will be held in place of the
president's ball. The B league con
test will be started at 7:30.
T h e Vale Vikings will come here
with a good record for the season
so far. They defeated Frultland by
a big margin and hosed out Baker
In the last quarter Nyssa won its
first two games of the season.
tive service board December 20.
The inductees were John R. Se
bum, Nyssa; Burl B. Wyckoff, Ny-
-•sa, assistant leader, Leonard W.
Ruckman, Jamieson, leader; Angll
S. Acordageltla, Jordan Valley; Me
lvin L. Hayes, Vale! Donald Lytle,
Nyssa; Marvin E. Ogilvle, Weiser;
Winfield L. Page. Vale, John K.
Cameron. Parma; Arnold C. Garr-
en, Homer N. Whitman, Jr., and
Marvin E. Thompson, Nyssa. and
Jack W. Linville, Westfall.
The joint officer-installation me
eting of the Oranges of Malheur
county, attended by more than 300
persons In the Boulevard Grange
From The Bulldog
The Nyssa Bulldogs successfully
opened the basketball season here
hall last Saturday night was feat
last week-end by defeating Parma
ured by an address by Morton T o
Friday night and nosing out New
mpkins, master of the Oregon S t
Plymouth Saturday night.
Nyssa overwhelmed the Parma
ate Grange.
Mr. Tompkins talked on his re
Panthers in the first half, which
ended in a score of 24 to 6
cent trip to England, following the
installation which was in charge of
As the boys went Into the dress
Mrs Bertha Beck, state Grange se
ing rooms at the half two Nyssa
cretary. Mrs Beck was assisted by
Majorettes, Lucille James, and My-
Only a few sober notes interr Mr. Tompkins as Installing chapl-
rna Jordan, came out to put on a
twirling act accompanied by the upted the gaiety that prevailed as lan, and Mr and Mrs Charles Wic-
the members of the Nyssa Lions klander of LaOrande and Mrs Ed
uniformed band.
club entertained the members of ith Bonart of Central Point.
Parma began scoring in the sec
Mr. Tompkins was one of three
ond half. Coach Young put in his the 1943 high school fo o tW l squad
second five. Warren Marsh made at their annual banquet in the ho Americans representing the Nat
more points in the next few minu me economics .room of the high ional Farm Bureau, the National
tes than he had made in all his school building last Thursday night. Farmers Union and the National
Because they had left their Lions Grange, on a trip to England in
previous life.
The score stood 56-25 for the buttons In their work-a-day clothes September.
After describing his trip across
Bulldogs at the gun. Tom Moore at home, most of the Lions were
was high point man with 17 points required by Tail Twister-President the Atlantic, Mr. Tompkins said
Nyssa B. Squad started the pre M. H. Greenlee to perform a stunt the Queen Mary landed in Scotland
liminary game. Parma made a bas centering about the football theme. and the passengers made the trip
ket right on the tip-off which kn For one, Coach John Young learn to London by train After reporting
ocked the wind out of the Bulldog ed about the trials and tribulations to the minister of agriculture, the
Americans were given every possible
team. At the half the score was of a referee.
While the football players and convenience, the speaker said.
10-17 in favor of the Panthers.
“ W e were assigned an automo
At the third quarter the Nyssa Lions were not laughing at the st
score was 14— Parma 20. In the unts, or rather at the performers, bile driven by a member of the
The Malheur county war fund last quarter Parma got a new spark they were laughing at the wittic women's auxiliary corps of Brit
quota for N y s a and vicinity was of life and made seven points. Fin isms o f Toastmaster Ron Whitaker. ain’’, Mr Tompkins said. ‘‘The gov
Rev. Greenlee opened the serious ernment felt responsible for our
expected to be reached this week al score 14-27.
with the additional returns that , In the first league game of the part o f the program by saying “ We safety” .
Speaking o f the German bombing
are anticipated. Chairman Carlos ¡season for Nyssa, the Bulldogs de- are mighty happy that we can have
Buchner reported.
I feated New Plymouth by only two this fellowship once a year. I adm of England, the state Grange mas
The local goal was 82250 and ' (Mints. In the photo-finish contest, ire you football players and coaches ter said little towns all over Britain
$2200 had been raised up to Wed first one team and then the other for your determination to do the took greater loss than London and
nesday, leaving a balance of only was in the lead. The score stood best you can under handicaps. We probably as great as Coventry, but
860, which has been pledged.
23 to 22 in favor of the Bulldogs had a lot of trouble with football still the people are prepared to
this year, but we appreciate your make greater sacrifices. Many bl
The 82200 Includes 8198, which at the rest period.
ocks that were bombed have been
■was turned over to Mr. Buchner
The Bulldogs 'shot ont’ ahead efforts’’.
Mr. Greenlee then presented a removed. Fences have been erected
this week by the Nyssa schools.
during the third quarter, leaving
the Pilgrims lagging. During the past president's pin to Henry Har around the basements, which have
been made waterproof so they can
Here From Hermlston—
beat of the game Harold Wilson tley.
Coach Young thanked the Lions hold water for fighting fires during
M r and Mrs Stanley Lucero and fouled out, and Dale Willson sub
for the entertainment, stating that later raids. The English also built
children of Hermlston are here to stituted.
v ^ ^ the parents o f Mr and Mrs
Playing fgst and furious during "W e appreciate the fact that the pipe lines in the streets for figh t
T j B e r o over Christmas. The infant the fourth quarter the Pilgrims, Lions give us this banquet every ing fire.
Windows in many stores were re
of Mr and Mrs Lucero will be bap coming from behind, kept the score year regardless of what our scores
were” .
moved and sandbags and bricks
tized December 26 in the Catholic in a constant see-saw.
Mr. Young pointed out the fact were put in their places. Not one
church In Ontario.
I New Plymouth sank several balls
the last few minutes, raising their that those who have attended the bridge over the River Thames was
score to 32, against the Bulldogs’ banquets In the past are now all damaged.
Visiting Here—
over the world. The season this
Everywhere one can see military
Joe Santlllanes and son, John, 34.
came from Hermtston this week to
With 58 seconds to go another year was successful, although the equipment, but that was not true
visit Joe Santlllanes' sister, Mrs basket was made by New Plymouth. team played only three games. On at the time of the retreat from
M ary 8. Lucero. They will remain As the gong indicated the ending a percentage basis, Nyssa headed Dunquerque, Mr. Tompkins said.
here until New Year’s.
of Nyssa's first league game for theleague with .833, but was not National guard groups were organ
this season the Bulldogs stood vie- I given the championship because, as ized. but all the men had in some
a result of the harvest season, it cases with which to fight were cl
Here From Ontario—
torious with a score of 36 to 34.
James Tyler and his mother, Mrs
A squad line-up for the evening failed to play enough games. Vale ubs or their fists.
“ Despite this condition", Mr. T o
R. C. Tyler of Ontario visited in was as follows: Steinke. center; defeated Ontario and Nyssa beat
mpkins stated. “Churchill challen
Nyssa Monday Mr. Tyler was in H. Wilson, Moore forwards; Mor Vale.
Portland last week to sign up with gan, Bybee guards. Steinke was - Principal Frank Parr said ‘‘I am ged the Germans to come and fi
sure the boys appreciate the fact ght. The Britishers greatest asset
the naval medical reserve. He ex highpoint man with 15 points.
that the Lions think enough of th was the fact that they did not know
pects to enter the service in March.
em to give them a banquet.
the danger they were in. They ma
Here From Portland—
"Speaking of football, the thing de tank traps In the highways and
Mrs Harriett Holman arrived Tu
Buy C a ttle -
Buyers for the Bybee Livestock esday from Portland to spend the. that Impressed me most was the built steel arches over the highw
company were In Weiser Tuesday holidays with her daughter, Mrs fact that In the first game o f the ays so planes could not land. They
season the boys were outplayed by erectqd poles all over farms and
to buy enough cattle to finish out Lloyd Lewis, and family.
Parma in the first half, but came over the poles they placed steel st
a carload o f cattle to be shipped
from behind' to win. That shows raps. They built floats along the
Guests Here—
to Los Angeles.
M r and Mrs Sid Burbidge have courage. Nyssa defeated Vale after coast and pulled down direction
as their guests over the holidays being outplayed for three quarters. signs. They built thousands o f m i
I .Ion Hold Party—
T h e Nyssa Lions club held its Mr and Mrs M. P. Robertson of No team is successful without a sp les of barbed wire entanglements
annual Christmas party at a dinner Portland and Mr and Mrs Dewy arkplug. I want to pay tribute to In the cities. Britain was determin
Jay Bybee. who sparked your team. ed Invasion should not happen.
In Brownie's cafe Monday night. Ray of Baker.
You had other boys who did a gr
"American boys don’t want to
T h e members exchanged gifts and
eat deal for the team".
come home untU the Job Is done.
sang songs, with Irshal Davis at Visiting Here—
Three players, Tom Church. Jay They have no complaints. The B r
Stanley Ray. marine cadet in the
the piano.
University o f California at Los Bybee and Clay Morgan were call itish farm women yearn to help the
American boys. They feel sorry for
Angeles, and his sister. Leona Ray, ed on for remarks.
Coach Melvin Spitze discussed them because they seem lost” .
are visiting their grandmother, Mrs
the football games played this year.
Mr. Tompkins said Britain real
Stella Butler.
T h e re Is not a player In the lea ized that because she raised only
Edward Astrom o f Nyssa has be
gue who can kick like Darrell St one-third of her food requirements,
en transferred to the ordnance dep Visiting Father—
Frank Rambaud returned home einke'’, Spitze said. “ In the Vale ".-omethlng had to be done to pro
artment of the signal corps In Aus
game he made a punt that would duce more food. British leaders
tralia. He has been operating a last Thursday from Camp Vando-
worked out a definite policy for
do credit to a college kicker” .
m.
Mississippi
because
of
the
Ill
teletype, but Is now In charge of
Superintendent
Henry
Hartely production on a basis providing
ness of his father. Pete Rambaud,
mall.
who Is somewhat improved. Frank said the curtailment of football be that every acre be put to use to the
greatest possible extent. Hunting
Lloyd Wilson of Nyssa. who Is Rambaud will return to camp Sat cause of the harvest season was di
sappointing, adding that “ It is too grounds and recreation grounds we
serving with the 8th bomber com urday.
bad we had one of our best teams re plower up and every possible
mand in England, has been prom
during this period rather than dur acre put to agriculture use. The
oted to the rank of captain, accord To Visit In California—
ing some other period. It looked British asked for American tractors,
Mr
and
Mrs
W.
W
Foster
and
ing to Information received by his
but they still need machinery. The
parents. Mr and Mrs E. C. Wilson. family left Tuesday afternoon for like we might have won the cham
people of Brltlan appreciate Am e
Capital Wilson, who is statistics North Hollywood. California to visit pionship. something we don’t do
rican help. The fanners tell how
officer, has been in England since their son. Curtis Poster, and their very often.
‘I think there Is a better attit they appreciate the tractors".
daughter. Frances Foster.
May
The three national farm leaders,
ude among the business men to
ward high school athletics than In returning from England, decided to
B n il Stun*, Jr., has enlisted in | Visit In
the navy and Is awaiting a call | Mrs Lawrence Brown. Mrs Ward some places. They take the fat with try to arrange for an international
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He recently passed the physical Wleneke and Mrs John Bishop sp- the lean and let It go at that. We
who coached in oher towns apprec
ent Saturday In Boise.
examlnation.
Shag In Caldwell—
iate it” .
Mr and Mrs Pete Blake and Mrs
Mr and Mrs Ben Jones entertain Here From Idaho—
Letha Jeffrey shopped In Caldwell
LeRoy Flitton of Burley. Idaho Cantata Postponed—
ed at a 6 o'clock dinner Friday ev
A Christmas cantata to be pres Saturday.
ening for Albert E. Oodr. F S-c. and Charles Flet of Nampa were
ented by the Mutual Improvement
visitors
at
the
D.
O.
By
bee
home
who is atationed at the U. 8. naval
association of the LD8 church has Has
training station at Farragut. Idaho. Monday. M r Flet is awaiting a call
Mrs Jesse Lawrence has been Ill
been postponed because of the ill
Codr was home on a 15-day leave to enter the armed forces.
ness of Mrs Wanda Callahan, who o f influenza.
to visit his parents, Mr and Mrs
Is directing the cantata.
Go To Logan—
Joe Oodr. and his brother, t o l l .
Visiting
Mr and Mrs Ed Randall have
Oayle McCoy of Portland and
'V isit la W e|er—
gone
to
Logan.
Utah
on
business
Corporal Monte Jenaen Is home
Mr and Mrs Ward Wleneke vis Robert MoOoy of San Francisco
They
stopped
at
Twin
Falls
to
visit
on furlough from Camp Claybom.
ited Mrs WUnske’s parents. Mr are visiting at the home o f their
Louisiana. He will leave for camp 'friends They expect to return to
I and Mrs Kimdall. ln Weiter Sunday mother. Mrs D. L. McBain.
Nyssa
In
about
three
Christmas night.
War Fund Drive
Completed Here
Our Boys
Hilarity Reigns
At Grid Banquet
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Sunday school did not make the
Uii .il exchange of gifts with each
other this Yuletide. Instead, they
drew the names of tots in the
Boise children’s home and the two-
year-olds. the three-year-olds and
older youngsters sent gifts to the
children of like age to bring them
prehaps more than their usual sh
are of Christmas.
A big box, brimming over with
gifts, went to Boise from Nyssa. It
contained 47 packages, acording to
Mrs L. E. Robbins, primary super
intendent. The children presented a
delightful program last Sunday
morning.
Food Production
Record Is Good
$2.00 l’ Ek v M k
F.F.A. Banquet Nyssa Churches
Plans Outlined Plan Programs
For Christmas
I. W. Slater of Boise, agricultural
agent o f the Union Pacific railroad,
will deliver the principal address at
the annual parent and son ban
quet to be held by the Nyssa chap-
ted of the Future Farmers o f A m
erica in the home economics room
o f the high school building tonight
at 8 o'clock
Mr. Slater will also show a col
ored motion picture on dairying.
D. Hibbert, Nyssa student, will
give a talk on the F FA and its
purposes. J. B. Lewis will give the
invocation. Kennth Waud will be
toastmaster.
Mu-ic will be furnished by the
FFA band, directed by Irshal Davis,
and by other FFA members.
The home economics girls will
serve a turkey dinner to an antic
ipated crowd of 120 persons.
BULLDOGS WILL
PLAY IN ADRIAN
Outstanding records of increased
war food production, improved fa
rm operations and loan payments
were made during 1943 by Malheur
The Nyssa Bulldogs and the A d
county’s 600 farm security adminis
tration borrowers, reports Ned L. rian Antelopes will tangle on the
Williams, district FSA supervisor, Adrian Court Thursday night of
next week. The first contest will be
Nyssa.
"Every FSA family did something started at 7 o'clock.
to boo.5 1 war food productln with j Adrian and Nyssa both have good
the "largest" Increases *notecT ¡ii dairy",! teams' «> that fans should see an
ovnol lor>t n A n lo o f n a v f T h lir e / io v
poultry, hog and potato product- excellent contest next Thursday.
Adrian will play LaGrande in La-
ion,” said Williams. “ Borrowers at
the same time paid up over 92 Grande tonight.
per cent of all payments due. while
148 paid up their loans in full."
Although loans ^or necessary liv
estock, equipment and operating
goods predominated, 17 loans were
made for group services, 21 for
water facilities, and 49 for real es
Officers of the Nyssa chamber ot
tate purchase and improvement. In commerce were re-elected at the
addition to farm and home mana organization’s weekly luncheon in
gement counsel, assistance to a Brownie’s cafe Wednesday noon.
number of families was given in
George Mitchell was named pre
working out rent or lease agree sident; C. W. Buchner, vice presi
ments, debt adjustment, and simil dent, and Frank Morgan, secretary.
ar problems.
The directors are R. G. Larson,
"Most FSA families have already George Henneman, Bernard Frost
completed plans for further boost and E. W. Pruyn.
ing livestock and crop production
The proposed construction of un
to meet 1944 goals,” Williams said. derpasses at the “ Y " east of the
“ We know that most food Increases school buildings by the state has
during the coming year must come commission to its chief engineers
from family-type farms not dep been referred by the state highway
endent upon outside labor."
lor consideration, (recording to a
Farmers who need FISA assist letter received by Henry H. Hart
ance or borrowers who will require ley. schol superintendent, at the
supplemental loans for next year's chamber meeting.
operations are asked to file app
H. B. Glaisyer, secretary of the
lications as early as possible to in highway commission, Informed F r
sure funds being available.
ank Morgan that the commission
Nyssa Chamber
Names Officers
Visiting Relatives—
Mrs M. E. Bybee of Ogden is In
Nyssa for the holidays, visiting her
four sons and two daughters and
their families. She will return to
her home before New Year's.
Minister Here—
Rev. E. J. Wilson, who has been
paster of the Boise Emanuel ch
urch, has accepted the pastorate of
the local Nazarene church. Rev.
Wilson, accompanied by Mrs W il
son, has moved to Nyssa and will
conduct his first service Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Wilson's small son will
remain In Boise until the end of
the present school semester.
Students Return—
Among the college students home
for the Christmas holidays are Ver
na Oreenlee and Winona Hender
son of Willamette university, and
Ramona Henderson and Martha
Smith of Eastern Oregon college.
Phyllis Haworth of of Adrian. W il
lamette student. Is expected home
today. Oregon 8tate college stud
ents will be home next week.
has taken under advisement the
Improvement o f the highway bet
ween Nyssa and the Junction with
the I-O -N cut-off.
Programs For Children,
Regular Services
To Be Held
Church services and other pro
grams featuring Christmas will be
held by Nyssa churches this week
end and next Sunday. The annual
community Christmas program will
not be held.
LDS members are invited to att
end a specially prepared Christmas
program to be presented ip the
chapel Sunday morning. The theme
will be “ How Beautiful Upon the
Mountains are the Feet of Him
that Bringeth Good Tidings". Mrs
Nina Cottle will be the reader. Sp
ecial organ music will be played by
T. Carol Bybee.
,
The sermon topic o f Rev. E. J.
Wilson in the Church of the Naz-
arent Sunday morning will be “ No
Room in the Inn” . The Christmas
program will be given at 8 p.m.
instead o f the regular preaching
service.
A pageant will be given Sunday
evening, December 26 in the Meth
odist church. The pageant was wr
itten by students of Gin Ling col
lege of West China. Those taking
part in the pageant are Mr and
Mrs C liff Main. Idaleen Maw, A l
oha Maw, Kathleen Low and Effie
Ellen Counsil, with a chorus ot
young people
A musical program will also be
presented Sunday morning in the
Methodist church. Rev. M. H. O r
eenlee will preach at both services.
The Sunday school of St. Paul's
Episcopal church will present a
Christmas program tonight at 8
o'clock. Santa Claus will distrib
ute treats from a tree in the parish
hall.
St. Paul's church will hold ser
vices Saturday, December 25 at
9:15 a.m. No church services will
be held Sunday.
Schools Closed
For Christmas
The high school and grade sch
ool were dismissed this afternoon
for Christmas, but the high school
students' vacation will be a short
one.
Because the high school students
lost so much time during the fall
working In the harvest fields and
packing sheds, they will be out of
school only Friday of this week.
The grade school youngsters will
have a 10-day vacation, returning
to school January 3.
The annual grade school program
was held Wednesday afternoon In
the gymnasium with a large crowd
in attendance.
Visit In Valley— ♦
Miss Martha Brown and Mrs Lu
cille James are spending the Ch
ristmas holidays in the Willamette
valley. They were accompanied by
Mrs R. S. Cooper, who went to
Troutdale to spend Christmas with
her husband's parents, Mr and Mrs
R. H. Cooper, Mrs Cooper recently
returned to Nyssa from Kansas,
where her husband. Corporal R 8.
Cooper.
was stationed with the
Dennis Fife is suffering from a
army. Corporal Cooper has been crushed right hand, which was in
transferred to Nashville, Tennessee jured last week when an automo
bile fell on It.
Go To Yakima—
Fife was pinned to the ground
Mr and Mrs Lester Goulet left for 15 minutes by the car before
Wednesday for Yakima to attend to help arrived. Blood poisoning Is re
business and visit relatives.
ported to have started in the hand.
DENNIS FIFE’S
HAND IS CRUSHED
Little Girl, Family Made Happy
Through Use Of Seal Sale Funds
Little Angela Acevez. aged two.
will spend Christmas with her fa t
her, Cecllio Acevez, and her brot
Painting Received—
Bishop Arvel Child was presented hers and sisters, and it will be a
with a large oil painting of St. happy Christmas, for Angela is ho-
George temple in Utah, done by t me to stay. She has been a patient
Mrs Gertrude Murchison. Ogden In the Eastern Oregon tuberculos-
arttst. The painting was given in is hospital since September of 1942
appreciation o f the use of the LDS and was recently discharged with
the disease safely arrested. Her fa
chapel for an exhibit.
mily lives west o f Vale Her mother
died In the hospital at The Dalles
Returns From Portland—
Carol Robertson has returned a year ago following a long Illness
home from Portland, where she from tuberculosis.
Angela achieved statewide notice
has been employed.
prior to her admission to the hos
pital when Mrs Edna Farris. M alh
Move T o Portland
Mrs E. C. Watson and daughter, eur County's public health nurse,
Ernestine, left for Portland Sunday carried on a vigorous campaign to
to make their home. Mr. Watson secure hospitalization for not only
has been employed In Portland for Angela but other Infant victims of
tuberculosis. At that time there was
the last pine months.
no provision made In any public
Moving T o Nyssa—
institution In the state for the care
John Hartley and D. Hubert of tuberculosis patients under the
Christenson, who recently purchas age o f four years. Aided by the
ed farm land In the Nyssa section, Oregon Tuberculosis association, of
have returned to Clinton, Utah to which the Malheur County Public
spend the Christmas holidays T h Health association la an active me
ey will return to Nyssa with their mber. Mrs Farris succeeded In ar
families after the first of the year ousing public Interest in the m at
ter with the result that the state
Visits B ro th e r-
legislature appropriated funds to
Miss Ada Nye arrived here Sun provide beds, nursing care and hos
day from Los Angeles to vl it her pitalization for this neglected age
brother. W A. Nye. whom she had group In the meantime, largely th
not seen for 17 years.
rough the cooperation of Dr J. M
Odell, superintendent of the East
ern Oregon hospital at the Dalle*,
and Miss Amelia Doerr, superinten
dent of nurses there, with the help
o f local welfare agencies Including
the health avociatlon, arrange
ments were made for Angela to en
ter the hospital in September be
fore the state funds were available
for such purpose.
The Malheur County Public He
alth association, through Its funds
derived from the sale of Christmas
seals, provides X-rays when needed,
for all persons in contact with any
active case o f tuberculosis; also Its
funds are made available for X -
rays for school children who have
a positive rgaetton to the tuberculin
test given a f periodic clinics.
W ith less than half o f the letters
returned so far. the Christmas seal
sale t\ m already brought In more
'bait 415QD. wlui h ls a little more
thalf*tij(lf o f the 1942 total sale of
82700. according to Dennis W Pat
ch of Adrian, president of the M a
lheur County Public Health assoc
iation.
'•Probably every committee mem
ber has found that greater dema
nds were put upon his or her time
and energy this year than for ma
ny years previous." Mr. Patch said.
“ Y et no one has failed to do a fair
share of the work in pushing the
county's anti-tuberculosis drive".