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The NYSSA HMHH k m m H Ì VÔLÜMË XtflX, W T CHILDREN VIEW HEALTH PICTURES Malheur County Over-subscribes Quota $107,000 E. M. Hauser, county club leader showed films on 4-H club work and helath to all of the 22 Four-H War Bond Sales In Coun Health clubs In the county during the past week. ty Reported By Dyer The health films were films th As $626,352 at emphasized safety, which Is the Malheur county exceeded its war project that most of the 4-H heal bond quota (or the 4th war loan by th clubs are featuring this year. $107,000, Joe Dyer of Ontario, cou The films were secured from the nty war finance committee chair department of visual Instruction at ! Oregon State college. More than man, announced. I 600 boys and girls saw the films at Total sales for the county amo ; the schools where they were shown unted to $626,352 as compared to a ; In the county. Another series of films dealing quota of $513,000. The total E bond sales In the county were $373,703.50, with other subjects In connection so that the county exceeded its with health projects Is planned for about the middle of April. quota In this category by more than $05,000. The total sales by towns were as follows: Ontario, $300,092; Nyssa, Including Adrian area, $121,194; Vale. $114,162 25, and Jordan Vall ey, $7968.75, or $626.352, represent ing 122 per cent of the quota. Results of the 4th war bond E bond sales were as follows; On sales in the area comprising the tario, $177,737.50; Nyssa, $104.27850; Adrian union high school district Vale, $83,718.75, and Jordan Valley, reached a total of $42,000 Monday, $7968.75, malting 134 per cent of according to D. W. Patch, bond the E bond quota. ¡chairman. The various districts 'report the following sales: Newell, $26,000; Adrian $4,025; Wade. RED CROSS NURSE $3,150; Lower Bend, $1,550; Owyhee, COMES TO COUNTY $2,500; Ridgeview, $2,075; Napton Siding, $375, and Kingman Kol- Miss Mary Gray, Red Cross nur ony, $650. sing consultant from the San Fran Several solicitors had yet to cisco area office, will be In the co report and bond sales within the unty from Friday, February 18 th ! school district were expected to rough Monday, February 21 for the exceed $45,000. purpose of Introducing home nurs Solicitors who have worked so ing, according to Mrs Fred Olm- successfully In putting over the stead of Ontario, Malheur county 4th war bond drive in the various Red Cross publicity chairman. communities Include Mrs. Martha Miss Oray will hold a meeting In KUngback, Hudson Robb, Charlie the Moore hotel in Ontario Feb Culbertson, Mrs. Mildred Hite and ruary 21 at 2:30 p.m. Anyone inter Mrs. Fivecoat In the Owyhee dis ested is invited to attend. trict. The Newell Heights com Mrs B. C. Daniel, county knitting mittee consisted of Mrs. Martha chairman, has been sent an addit Judd, Carl Hill and Duyane An ional quota of 100 wash cloths, wh derson. George de Haven solicit ich are to be made of towel ends ed In Adrian and Lora Plllsbury and crocheted. In Wade district; Mr and Mrs. Joe King in Lower Bend; Mrs. E. E. To Attend Conference— Eastman in Napton siding; Mrs. Rev. M. H. Oreeenlee will go to Anna Sparks and Mrs. D. L. Hurst Boise next week to attend a Christ In Kingman Koiony, and Mr. and ian workers school from February Mrs. Floyd Olass, Mr. and Mrs. 21 to 25 in the First Methodis' ch Ralph Antrim, Mr. and Mrs. La urch. He will be dean of the school, Verne Hastrlder and Mr. and Mrs. which will be a conference-wide Joe Johanneson In the Ridgeview school for church workers. Dr. Paul district. Womeldorf of Wichita, Kansas, Miss Pearl Sherlock of Portland and Miss Olive Smith of Nashville, RESTRICTIONS ON Tennessee will be the instructors. HOGS STILL OFF A group of Nyssa Methodists plan to attend each night session. Miss Farmers can slaughter hogs with Smith will hold an all-day church out a permit or license and deliver school workers clinic at Caldwell any quantity of pork to persons not February 23 and a clinic at Payette living on the farm until March 17 February 24 for child workers and as a result of a month’s extension parents who cannot attend the by WFA of the period In wldch Boise school. home-slaughter restriction on hogs are suspended. Farmers are re Undergoes Operation— quired to collect ration points for W. A. McNall of Nyssa underwent pork delivered, but may accept th a major operation in the Sam arit em in advance of their validation an hospital In Nampa Monday. dates. Adrian Vicinity Bond Sales High Our Boys In The Service but thinks the coming of spring will change that. Aviation Cadet Dwight O Wyckoff of the navy finished pre-flight tr aining a few days ago and received nine days leave. He said that •’Al though I spent most of them trav eling. I went to Nevada and saw my floks for a few days. It seemed pretty good to be home again". Wyckoff has been transferred to Olathe, Kansas. A-C Melvin Parker expects to fin ish his college work at Pullman In two weeks. Then he will go to San ta Ana for classification. Eddie Frost, former Nyssa resid ent writing to Frank Parr recently Pfc Don R. Strickland, son of Mr frcm Los Angeles, said “I don’t kn and Mrs E. H. Strickland, has re ow If you heard about my navy life turned from Australia and New or not. If not, here goes. I Joined Guinea, for air cadet training. Af up on August 21, 1942 and left for! ter a two-week visit here he will go "boot" training In San Diego. After to Keesler field, Mississippi. spending five weeks there I went to naval hospital, also in San Diego Merle M. Kurts, son of Mr ¡$nd and was sent to Camp Elliott with Mrs Marlon L. Kurts of route 1, the marine corps. Where I remain Nyssa. has successfully completed ed until discharged. the army air forces advanced fly "In case you hadn't heard. Jimmy ing school training at Williams fie (my little brother) Is now an avia- ld. Chandler. Arizona, and has rec tkm cadet In the U. S. Navy an d ; eived his commission as a second my dad <R. C. Frost) Is on Tarawa. lieutenant. Bob, my older brother. Is going to leave the states any day and that Oeorge W Coffman, son of Mr leaves me Just a good old 4-F. Boy and Mrs O. E. Coffman of Nyssa. do I ever hate R". has entered Centenary college at Frost said he saw Marion Osborn, Shreveport, Louisiana, where he former Nyssa resident, quite often. will study aviation. Coffman, who Osborn. Frost said, is ’getting that was mechanic In a ground crew, ’nerve crushing’ treatment at the was transferred to Shreveport from White memorial hospital. He really Keesler field, Mississippi looks swell". Frost said he saw Joe Counsil of Lyle F Reece has spent a 19-day furlough with his parents. Mr and Nyssa while he was In San Diego. Mrs C. A. Reece of Nyssa. He will T-8gt. O arrett Timmerman has leave Thursday for Cam-j Campbell. written from England, where he Kentucky, where he Is stationed has been stationed ever since Dec with Co B . 817th tank destroyers ember. He does not find the coun division. (Continued On Page 5) try as beautiful as be had hoped J JOURNAL N VSsÀ, ÔkkG'ôN, tfküttS&ÂY ÎKURUARV 17, 1Ô44 ■ I ■ ■ !. ■ .......... ■■ ..................... - ■ ■ . _ . ■ ----- —■ NEW COUNCILMAN SERGEANT LARSEN Nyssa Loses To TO BE SELECTED GIVEN CITATION Ontario Quintet Technical Sergeant Howard J. City officials will appoint a succ essor replace Councilman Oeorge Larson, Jr. of Twin Falls, former j By 31-30 Score Sallee, to who will move to Payette Nyssa resident, has been decorated I lâ .ïïïï PËR" YE â F Chamber Of Commerce Votes In Favor Of City Joining District wun tne legion of merit. Sergeant Bulldogs To Play Here this week-end, they announced Larsen received the award for ex today. MINUTE MAN FLAG Fri. To Finish Season ceptionally meritorious conduct In Mayor Herschel Thompson will AWARDED SCHOOL Next Week the performance of outstanding se appoint the new councilman with rvice from March. 1943 to Septem The Nyssa high school has recei ber, 1943. The Nyssa Bulldogs, who lost a the approval of the majority of the During the period he corrected heart-breaker to the Ontario high common council. The appointee will ved the minute man flag in recog an altitude defect and greatly In- | school basketball team on the On- be appointed for the unexpired nition of its war bond and stamp creased the efficiency of a particul tarto court Friday night, will com term of Mr. Salle, who was elected program. Tlie flag was awarded because ar type of aircraft. His citation plete their schedule with two home reads in part: "His resourcefulness games and two out-of-town con in the November, 1942 election for 90 per cent of the students have a term of two years. bought bonds or stamps. The sch and persistency to accomplish an tests. Mr and Mrs Sallee have purch ool can continue to fly the flag so assignment, coupled with his unus The Bulldogs will play the sec ual mechanical ability and engin ond-place Weiser Wolverines in Ny ased a drive-in market at Payette. long as 90 per cent of the students eering skill, have been responsible ssa Friday night. Weiser took sec Mr Sallee is now employed in the participate in the bond and stamp program each month. for keeping many aircraft operat ond place in the Snake River Vall Food Mart in Nyssa. ional for combat, which might ey league by defeating Adrian and otherwise have remained on the Vale last week. The Wolverines are CHILD CLINIC TO ground”. BE HELD MAR. 21 placed by two Japanese, who form Sergeant Larsen, son of Mr and erly lived In Seattle. Mrs H. J. Larsen of Twin Falls, Miss Margaret Simpson, consult- Nyssa. tied In the league for fo attended the Nyssa high school. He urth place with Payette, led Ont i ant orthopedic nurse from the U. Is a brother of Sergeant R. W. ario most of the way In last Fri In a year when every nation on of O. Medical school, crippled ch Larsen, who is also serving In the day's game, but lost In the last few earth Is feeling unusual pressure ildren's division, was In the county army. seconds of play. At one point dur and facing an unknown future, the recently to assist Mrs Edna Farris, ing the first half Nyssa held a lead World Day of Prayer committee public health nurse, to arrange for $5456 RAISED AT of five points, but at half-time the felt impelled to devote the worship a crippled children's clinic to be count was 12 to 11 for Nyssa .The service exclusively to the sharing of held Tuesday, March 21. at Ontario. FOE BOND PARTY score was tied at 30 to 30 in the one another's burdens the world An orthopedist will be the examin ing physician. More than $5000 worth of war last 30 seconds of play. Moore foul around, in the presence of Ood. "Half of the beauty of the World Attendance to the clinic Is by bonds and stamps were sold at the ed Echanis, who converted the foul Day of Prayer has always lain in appointment and all new casea mu dance and pie social given by the shot for the winning point The starting Nyssa lineup was as | the consciousness that Christians in st have permission of the family Eagles lodge last week-end. Emil Stunz paid the highest price follows: H. Wilson and Bybee, for 5C other countries were also using physician. For appointment a per for lunch, paying $800 for a cake wards; D. Wilson, center, and Mor the same worship program on the son should contact Mrs {kina Farr furnished by Mrs Neil Dimmick. gan and Bellon, guards. All of the same day—all the way from the is, Vale, Box 273, or phone Vale, Pies, cakes and other food were other members of the squad also Fiji Islands, the first place In the 3051. morning, to Alaska, the last place auctioned by Auctioneer W. L. Lane played. Counting this week’s games, Ny at night", a member of the commi of Nyssa. Bonds and stamps am ounting to $5456.25, cash value, were ssa has four to play. The Bulldogs ttee satu. In preparation for the observance will meet Fruitland at Fruitland purchased. The dance was free to all persons Saturday night of this week, and February, 25, representatives of the providing something to sell. Frank will play Payette here Friday and various churches of Nyssa have dr Savage, Earl Crocker and Carl Roth Emmett there Saturday of next afted a program for Joint observ by D. W. Patch ance. An all-day meeting will be week. furnished the music. The Adrian Antelopes lost two held in the Nazarene church for adults. The call to worship, from league games to the second place SEED PRODUCTION 10 to 11 a.m., will be conducted by Weiser Wolverines, 39-23, and to WILL BE BOOSTED representatives of the Nazarene the league leading Emmett Huskies and Baptist churches. The house 34-33 during the past week, and Production goals for 1944 call for Uto 12, ‘‘Gold: Intercession for the won from the cellar-dwelling Fruit increased production of hay and Refining of the Spirit of Mankind", land Orizzlies 59-28. The Adrian squad played their Oregon irrigation users are hop pasture crop seeds, reflecting both will be conducted by representatives ing for above normal mountain domestic demands and the needs of the L.DS. and Methodist chur week-end games with Weiser and snowfall In the remainder of Feb of allied countries for seed to rest ches. The noon hour will be reserv Emmett minus the services of three ruary and March because without ore war-devastater farm lands as ed for Individual worship. The regulars, who were having a bout It they face and unusually meager they are recaptured from the en hour 1 to 2 o’clock "Frankincense: with flu. emy. Increased acreages of alfalfa, Intercession for Christian Through In the Tuesday night clash with water supply In most sections. The preliminary water supply red clover, alsike and perennial out the World”, will be In charge Fruitland, played on the Adrian forecast just Issued by R. A. Work rye grass seed are wanted from of representatives of the Assembly court, the Antelopes stepped Into of Medford shows the prospects as Oregon farmers. For harvesting th of Ood and Chistian churches. The a commanding lead in early min of February 1 were not good. Work ese and other legume and perennial hour 2 to 3 o'clock, "Myrrh: In utes of the game. Wilson. An Is In charge of the Oregon cooper grass seeds, a payment of $3.50 an tercession for Those in Sorrow”, telope center, rang up 27 points ative snow surveys in Oregon for acre will be made under the 1944 will be conducted by representatives to lead all scorers, while Huffer the Soil Conservation service, the AAA program. Maximum acreage from the Episcopal and Catholic lead the Grizzlies with 4. The Adrian passing attack functioned O.S.C. experiment station, and o t for payment on one, farm Is 25 ac churches. her cooperating agencies. Later res. On account of the last basketball smoothly and their defensive play forecasts win be issued in early game of the season In Nyssa. sch held Grizzly scorers to a min In a preliminary game To Attend Meeting— March and April. eduled for Friday night, the pro imum. The annual meeting of the west gram outlined for the young peo the Adrian Juniors won from the “Irrigated lands now having In sight good to fair water supplies ern Jurisdiction of the Women’s ple's division will be held Thursday baby Grizzlies 33-25. The Weiser Wolverines Invaded are chiefly those served from re Society of Christian Service of the evening, February 24 at 8 o’clock in Adrian Friday night and after servoirs containing substantial ho Methodist church will be held In the Nazarene church. ldover from the bountiful 1943 run Portland at the First Methodist A special service from 1 to 3 undergoing a rocky first half came off." Work reports. "Mountain snow church F’ebruary 28 through Mar o’clock for children of Sunday sc back to outscore the Antelopes cover was considerably below aver ch 2. Six deregates from this con hool age, grades 3, 4, 5 and 6, Is three to one in the second half. age on nearly all snow courses on ference will attend. Mrs M. H. G r also planned. The youngsters will The first half was a nip and tuck eenlee of Nyssa will be one of the be dismissed from school upon wr ball game with the half-time score February I." During Work adds that If snowfall dur delegates from the Idaho confer itten permission from their parents. favoring Adrian 15-11. ing the next tw6 months Is normal ence. Miss Azalia Peet of Nyssa will The service will be arranged by Mrs the second half the Wolverine or less, the stream flow during the be a visiting missionary at the Jake Simmons, assisted by Miss offensive got under way and the Irrigation season is almost sure to meeting. Mrs Greenlee and Miss Azalia Peet. Devotional leaders for Antelope defense wilted. Tallman be below normal. Therefore, above Peet will be guests of Miss Peet’s the afternoon will be Mrs Oeorge Adrian guard, sparked the Ante normal snow additions during Feb aunt, Mrs Lola Baldwin, during the Henneman and Mrs Bernard East lopes with 10 points, while Welser's Nakamara led the Wolverines man. ruary and arch are needed If ade conference. quate stream flow is to be produced. The Nazarene church will be op with 8. The Antelopes definitely Another complicating factor Is Go Into Dairy Business— en to anyone from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. felt the loss of regulars and re Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cox have serves who were kept out of the that watershed soils that have little contest with flu. In a prelimin or no snow are frozen to a greater sold their farm at Parma to Orant DITCH COMPANY ary game the J. V.'« from Weiser depth than usual, particularly In Webber and will move to Moun won a 33-28 decision from the Ad eastern Oregon. Even with addi tain Home, where they will operate NAMES OFFICERS rian B.’s. tional snow this will favor a rapid a dairy business. John E. Cox Is The annual meeting of the stock Oerald Rleil. towering Emmett early runoff, with consequent gr expected to arrive here February eater reservoir storage, but unfav 20 from Philadelphia. Penn, and holders of the Owyhee Ditch com center, came within one point of pany was held at their office In outscorlng the entire Antelope orable stream flow later in the se will assist in the dairy. Ontario last week. team In the Adrian-Emmett clash ason. Along with the transaction of at Emmett. The Emmett center The brightest irrigation prospects From Nampa— Mr. and Mrs. Russell Qorden of regular business coming before the scored 21 points in three quarters at this time are In the Klamath and eastern Malheur county reg Nampa were visiting at the hom e, meeting, an election of officers of play to lead the Huskies to their ions, where abundant reservoir st of Mrs. Ida Ray Monday. They was held, with the following being 14th straight league win by a score orage Is assured to meet all needs. went on to Ontario to visit Mrs elected. H. E. Noah, president, to of 34-22 margin. During the last Total water stored In all reservoirs Gordon's sister, Mrs. B. O. Bybee. succeed John Molenaar, who re half several Adrian reserves got a signed. Wm. Peutz was elected to chance to show their wares and is 20 per cent less than at a corres serve as vice-president and Thos. gave a good account of themselves ponding date last year. It Is, how Orchestras Merged— Members of the A. B. C. orchestra Jones was re-elected secretary, The backboard work of Brewer re ever, greater than this date In 19- ----------------------- serve Antelope center, was effective. 41 or 1940. Furthermore, the num and Savage orchestra have de-1 Kurtz. Adrian guard, led the An ber of reservoirs half full or better elded to merge their bands. They Bond Reports Sought— Mrs Fred L. Olmstead of Ontario, telope scoring with 8 points. The Is only slightly fewer than last year will play for the gold and green and more than in the previous th ball Saturday in the high school county chairman of the women’s Adrian J. V s won an easy 28-14 gymnasium. division of the war finance comm preliminary from the Emmett B's. ree years. ittee. has asked the women of tne The Antelopes finish league play Valentine Social Held— county to send their reports on this week with home games against KELLOGG BUYS A Valentine social was held af bond sales to her In order to receive New Plymouth and Vale and a ter the Mutual meeting Tuesday credit for citations. In order to re game with the Payette squad at ONTARIO DAIRY evening at the L.DB. recreation ceive a citation, a person must Payette. Next week the Ante Roscoe Kellogg, operator of the hall. have sold $5000 worth or more of lope squad of 8 players and their bonds. The money raised by the coach. Howard Lovejoy. go to John Oate City Dairy of Nyssa. has pur women In the 4th war loan will be Day to take part in the Eastern chased the Star dairy at Ontario Here From Virginia— and has started a milk route In Lieutenant Kermlt Lienkaem- used for the purchase of hospital Oregon B tournament per and wife of Newport Newa, equipment Weiser. Mr and Mrs Kellogg have moved Virginia, arrived in Nyssa Sunday Band Will Play— to Ontario, where they will operate on a ten-day furlough. They are Ta Mare Office— The 60-piece Nyssa grade school the plant, located two miles west vis ting Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lien- A. L. Fletcher, local attorney, ex band, d irtie d by 1rs hai Davis, will of the city. They will pasteurise all kaemper and Reverend Lienkaem- pects to move his law office to the play at the Nyssa-Wetser basketball of their milk there and distribute per at Payette and also Mr. and Morgan building, formerly occupied game here Friday night. It to Nyssa. Ontario and Weiser by Mrs W L Lane by the L. and A. confectionery so truck. They will sell only grade A metime after the first of March. Hold Meeting— Saffers Arthritis— milk. Albert Heldt. local contractor. Is ' Officers and teachers of the LD. Mrs d . O. Bybee has been suf remodeling the building for Mr Fl S Sunday school held a special fering from severe pain In her left etcher. who has occupied quarters preparation meeting at the home In Klamath Falla— Mrs Carl Coad has gone to Kla arm and shoulder caused by arth- on Second street Just north of Mam of Rosll Anderson. Monday eva- math Falls to visit for two weeks, rltis. She la under a doctor’s care..street for the last 10 years. ining. World Day Of Prayer Planned Antelopes Win 2 And Lose One Malheur County Water Adequate Proposal Discussed At Mass Meeting And Luncheon The Nyssa chamber of comm erce voted at its weekly luncheon In Aunt Jo's cafe Wednesday noon In favor of the city's entrance into the proposed Nyssa road assessment district, which will be voted on February 26. The motion to app rove was given a unanimous vote. Carl Coad, local attorney who drafted the original bll; providing for creation of the district, reviewed the history of the bill. He said the bill was mutilated in the legislature and would have to be "worked on", but added that “It Is an opening wedge to get what we want ". All of the 35 persons, except two, attending the meeting held in the gymnasium Tuesday night voted in favor of organization of the district. Nominees for the positions of three directors are Jesse Thompson, Ira Ure, . E. Flanagan, Dale G arr ison and M. L. Kurtz. The purpose, functions and other details of the proposed Nyssa road assessment district, which will be voted on by taxpayers of the dis trict February 26 in Nyssa were ex plained by Attorney A. L. Fletcher at a meeting held In the school gymnasium Tuesday night. The law providing for possible formation of the district was passed by the legislature In 1943. It Is es pecially designed for Malheur cou nty. A petition has been filed with the county court, a hearing has been held, an election has been ordered and all other preliminary provisions of the law have been compiled with. At the election, taxpayers will vote on whether the district shall be organized and will vote on fill ing the offices of three directors. The nominees who have been duly nominated will appear on the ball ots, but space will also be provided for write-in votes. The three dir ectors will be the executive heads of the district, If and when the district Is organized. A majority of the votes cast must be In favor of the district If the district is to be formed. If the pro posal Is approved in both the city of Nyssa and the rural areas the county court will automatically pr oclaim organization of the district. If Nyssa votes out and the rural areas vote in favor of the proposal the district will be organized. If the city approves and the rural areas reject the proposal the pro- (Contlnued on page two) POET’S CORNER Edited by T. CAROL BYBEE (We welcome you to submit orig inal poetry for consideration to appear In this corner). •THINE AID TO VICTORY” by Jessie M Callahan. Dear Lord, In these days of dark ness, Of sorrow and despair— Help us, to find the way To lighten "his" burden “over there.” Help us to give him Bet his morale at a Seek the good set by Keep His banners in courage— new high Him, the sky. Dear Lord we ask Thee in this day Oive them strength to fight to win Olve them knowledge help them pray A new world to begin. Cause that love shall filter In Where greed and hate have beer. Cause that peace shall soon reign And our boys corns home again. With our banners on display To wave the whole world over Thine, be the glory all the day Thine hand did bring us over. We thank Thee for Thy blessings For thy kind and tender care We ask thee now to guide us to victory And scatter Thy peace everywhere. With Thine arms around us, Thy spirit to guide us With strength to crush the foe We ll be victorious. Thy name ever glorious Well be guided by Thee where- ever we go.
