77ieNYSSA
VOLUME XXXIX,
Adrian Quintet
Loses Final In
”B” Tournament
Antelopes
Drop Close
Decision To Grant
Union High
By D. W. Patch
The Adrian Antelopes dropped a
close 24-19 decision to the Grant
Union entry In the championship
round of play at the Eastern Ore
gon B tournament held at John
Day.
By virtue of the victory
Orant Union will meet Helix-Ar-
Ungton tourney winner In a play
o ff series for the right to a berth
at the state basketball tourna
ment. Adrian's defeat marked the
end of the most successful bas
ketball season In Antelope history
and marked the final competition
for seven wearers of the green
and white.
Senior lettermen In
clude Kurtz, Tallman, Wilson, Judd,
Lane, Hite and Noris.
Adrian
tourney hopes were given a severe
set-back the day prior to tourna
ment opening when Lane, regular
Antelope forward, failed to pass his
pre-tournament physical exam and
Hite, the other popular forward,
was called for pre-induction phy
sical exam at Portland on the
tournament date. The tournament
squad missed the service of these
two regulars.
The initial round of play pitted
Adrian against a small but de
termined Prairie City crew. The
Antelopes looked unimpressive in
this contest and edged out a 25-
18 win. Antelope scoring was even
ly divided.
In the semi-final round Adrian
mixed it with the pre-tournament
favorltles, North Powder.
North
Powder, boasting two of the finest
cagers in eastern Oregon In Myers
and Taylor, had an impressive sea
son's record.
The game was a
thriller from opening whistle to the
last second, with North Powder and
Adrian lnter-changlng leads. At
no point in the game did either
team enjoy more than a five
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Our Boys In
The Service
Victor V. Sundgulst, 21, son of
Mr and Mrs Alfred W. Sundgulst
of route 2, Nyssa, recently received
his commission as second lieuten
ant at the Hondo army air field,
Honto, Texas.
Lieutenant Sundguist was one of
hundreds o f young Americans, who,
after 18 weeks of rigid training as
navigation cadets pinned on silver
navigator wings when they received
commissions as either second lieut
enants or flight officers.
Most o f the officers have already
departed to join the other mem
bers of the all-out bombing te a m -
gunner, bombardier and pilot. Some
of the graduates will remain at
Hondo to instruct new cadets just
entering navigation training.
Great Lakes, 111. Mar. 2—Among
those graduating from an intensive
course of Motor machinists’ mate
training at recent service school
exercises here was Earl M. Farmer,
25, husband of Winifred F. Farmer,
Route 2, Nyssa.
This bluejacket was selected for
his specialized training on the basis
of his recruit training aptitude test
scores. Graduates from the 20 spec
ialized courses taught here at the
service school are sent to sh
ore stations, or to advanced schools,
for active duty or further training.
Sergeant Donald McBain. son of
D. L. McBain of Nyssa. has been
assigned to army officers candidate
school at Amarillo, Texas. Sergeant
McBain has been stationed at Am
arillo. Texas.
Pfc. Earl L. Purvis, husband of
Mrs Earl L. Purvis, of Nyssa, Ore
gon. has recently been awarded the
Good conduct medal for except
ionally efficient and capable per
formance of his duties. Pfc. Purvis
Is now stationed somewhere In the
Aluetian area.
Berl Wyckoff, Arnold Darren and
Homer Whitman have returned to
the naval training station at Far-
ragut, Idaho after visiting here.
NO. 7.
HEIDER’S TEAM
HITS LIG H T POLE
Art Heider’s team ran away with
his scavanger wagon Monday Just
before noon and crashed against
an electric light pole at Second and
Bower streets.
While Mr. Heider was in the
Eder Hardware company store, the
team ran out of the alley and tr
aveled only half a block before st
rik in g the light pole. The tongue
was torn from the wagon. One of
the horses, knocked down by the
Impact, was cut on the mouth.
JOURNAL
NYS&A, OREGON, THURSDAY MARCH 2, 1944
$2.00 PER YÉAR
$200 GIVEN TO
Tompkins Taiks RED
To Granger^ On CROSS FUND
Voting Question
Bulldogs Close I Road District To Be Organized
Hoop Schedule
With Loss, Win Although City Rejects Program
Resolutions Passed At
Quarterly Meeting Of
Pomona
Nyssa Defeats Payette
And Loses To Emmett SGT. J. ATKESON
COOL UNDER FIRE
*
Quintet
The Nyssa chamber of commerce
voted at its weekly luncheon Wed
nesday noon in the Gate City cate
to give $200 from the scrap metal
fund to the Red Cross war fund,
which will be raised this month.
The money will be taken from
funds received through the sale of
scrap metal, which was collected
by businessmen and school children
last year. The scrap was gathered
with the understanding that the
proceeds would be used to further
the war effort.
Deploring a widespread lack of
interest in voting, Morton Tom p
kins, Oregon state Grange master,
told a group of approximately 200
persons in the Vale community
hall Saturday afternoon that he
considers it lamentable that a peo
ple should hold so lightly the pri-
ileges of democracy.
Mr. Tompkins spoke at an open
session of the Malheur County P o
mona Grange No. 33 during its all
Malheur county emerged in sixth day quarterly meeting, at which
place in the state in the sale of Pomona Master Erie H. Parker pre
In the food for victory achieve
E bonds as compared to quota dur sided. The state master also touch
ing the 4th war loan drive, Joe ed on the public power question, ment contest, Albany, Corvallis, Ad
Dyer o f Ontario, county war fin always of interest to the Grange.- rian and Pendleton F.F.A. chap
ance committee chairman, announ Urging the necessity for public po ters were declared the 1943 winners
wer expansion during the post-war and received $50 each for having
ced.
Malheur county went over the period, he demanded to know what been judged the four chapters mak
top with 142.8 per cent of its EI northwest industry would have done ing the highest contribution to the
bond quota. As a result, a group of at present without Bonneville and war effort in food production, acc
ording to Earl R. Cooley, state
Payette officials and a delegation Grand Coulee.
Staff Sergeant Carl Scholtes of supervisor of vocational agricultural
will be in Ontario Saturday at 4
p.m. to sweep streets as Payette Brogan, veteran of 50 bombing mis education.
The 149 boys enrolled in vocat
county reached only 115 per cent of sions in the Mediterranean area,
its E bond quota In Its contest with told fellow Grangers of hiS surprise ional agriculture in the four high
at finding mechanized agriculture schools produced 90 tons of meat
this county.
Jefferson county led the state practically unknown in parts of and diary products, 11,216 dozen
with 221 per cent of its quota. Ot- I North Africa he visited, where fa r eggs and 1645 tons of feed crops.
Besides the production of food, the
her high counties were Sherman, ming still depends on hand labor
boys repaired 224 farm machines
Harney, Union and Gilliam, all of and the ox team.
A 4-H scholarship for last year’s and 336 articles were constructed as
them In eastern Oregon.
food production equipment. Over
Mr. Dyer said “ I wish to thank best victory garden was awarded to
every worker as well as purchaser Nelora Reed. Additional prizes were $46,000 was received by the students
of bonds In the 4th war loan drive warded to Eleanor Reed, Merlin from their home supervised farm
for the wonderful showing made. Parker and Nola Caverhill, also of ing program. The food produced
was sufficient to feed 270 men in
The efforts shown display to M alh Vale.
A resolution urging emphasis on uniform or 484 civilians for one
eur county boys in the service that
the people at home are behind th the re-negotiation of war contracts year.
The vocational agricultural inst
em with their dollars and are doing in an effort to prevent waste of
everything possible to bring them material and manpower was passed. ructors of the four winning chap
Other resolutions favored state ters are John Welbes, Albany; S t
home at the earliest date”.
cooperative purchasing of govern anley Green, Corvallis; John. E.
ment-owned material and equip Johnson, Adrian; and William M c
ment when it should become sur Kinney, Pendleton. The food for
plus providing feed stations for victory achievement award is spon
deer reported starving in Malheur sored and financed by the Sears,
and Baker counties and additional Roebuck foundation.
The Adrian chapter with 49 me
sugar allotments for farm families
Vale, Oregon (Special)—W ith A p who do their own baking. Support mbers produced ,^96,962 pounds of
ril 4 the last day for filing for no was also given a resolution from meat and dairy products, 1.569,980
minations in the May primary, In South Malheur Pomona urging co pounds of seed, feed and truck
terest in politics is beginning to unty road funds be allotted for crops and cooperatively purchased
develop around the Malheur county work on the road from the I-O -N 8401 pounds of protein supplement
court house. The terms of nearly highway to Arock and the road th and minerals. The boys repaired
and constructed 27 farm machines
all county officers expire this year. rough Antelope valley to Danner.
County Clerk Harry S. Sackett
Additional numbers on the pro and 60 articles of commodity equip
was the only incumbent offical who gram presented by Mrs Blaine G ir- ment.
The 49 members have a total of
frankly stated that he would be a vin, lecturer, were skits by Arthur
candidate to succeed himself in the Antrim and Clarence Hill of Bro $11.280 invested in livestock and eq
Republican primary.
gan, a group of women from Bou uipment and received a labor in
"Yes, I expect to be a candidate," levard Grange. - and Edwin Walker come from their supervised farming
he said, “ and I ’m going to file and J. B. Woodcock of Vale; a program of $8938.89 during 1943.
within the next .two or three days.” musical number by Mrs McCutch-
County Assessor Ed Hendrix said eon of Oregon Slope; a reading by
he had not yet made up his mind Mrs Aldrich, Boulevard, and a ser
ies of tableaux given by Donna
whether to run again or not.
" I have several possibilities I am Jacobson, Helen Culp. Valeda Pur
considering,” he added. “ I would vis and Betty Feldtman, Vale.
like to finish this reassessment job
Thirty-one members were initiat
In order to make available the
I ’ve started, but am not sure yet ed during the evening sesion, when most current information on vege
the fifth degree was conferred by table gardening, a series of meet-
what I intend to do.”
Most surprising rumor was the Pomona officers. Nine of the 12 ¡ngs has been planned for Malheur
report that Sheriff C. W. Glenn subordinate Granges of northern county.
would not be a candidate again. Malheur county were represented
One meeting will be held in the
Glenn has been sheriff for 20 or 30 by 160 members during the morning Adrian high school building at 1:30
years and his candidacy Is usually session with a much larger attend p.m. Monday, March 6. Other meet
taken for granted. But an inform ance later in the day.
ings will be held as follows: Will-
ant, who declined to be quoted,
owcreek schoolhouse, 1:30 pun., M a
said he had a “ hunch” Glenn had
rch 7 and the agricultural room
had enough. In that event, his de
of the Ontario high school building,
puty, John Koopman, would un
8 p.m., March 6.
doubtedly be a candidate.
The meetings will be serviced by
County Judge Irwin Troxell said
Robert Reider, a specialist of Ore
he had not yet made up his mind
gon State college, who will discuss
whether to run again, although
Emil Stunz has been appointed | planning of the garden, insect con-
most Republican leaders believe by Mayor Herschel Thompson asitrol and other phases of successful
that he can be persuaded to file.
city councilman to fill the unexp gardening production. Anyone in
County superintendent of schools ired term of George Sallee, who re terested is invited to attend the
Mrs Kathryn Claypool admitted signed recently because of moving meetings.
that she was seriously considering to Paytte.
Victory gardens for 1944 seems
running again and would probably
Mr. Stunz, operator of the Stunz more vitally important for civilians
file. Mrs Ora Hope, county treas Lumber company, will serve only than in 1943, County Agent R. E.
urer, has told friends that she will until January, 1945. unless he seeks Brooke said. Lend-lease supplies
also be a candidate.
elecyon this year. As successor to provided by the United tales have
Judge Robert D. Lytle has al Mr. Sallee, he will serve as street included vast quantities of canned
ready announced his candidacy for commissioner.
goods which have in the past few
the circuit judgeship.
The appointment of Mr. Stunz months included a larger percent
Senator Jim Jones and Repre was made with the approval of the age of canned fruits and vegetables
sentative Virgil Staples are also other city councilmen.
The most recent information ind
sure to be candidates.
icates that the demand will increase
Few challengers have yet appear
during the coming months, thus
NYSSA
M.I.A.
TO
ed Judge David F. Graham is re
decreasing the supply for civilian
ported to be toying with the idea P L A Y IN BURLEY
use at home.
of running again for county judge.
The Nyssa M.I.A. basketball team
County Commissioner John Med-
ADRIAN CLUB AID
lin is reported to be not anxious to will go to Burley, Idaho Saturday
run again but his friends are try to enter a three-day tournment TO BLOOD BANK
The winner will enter a tourney
The Jolly Jane club of Adrian
ing to induce him to reconsider.
held annually in Salt Lake City to has secured the 13th of April as
determine the championship team the date on which to take 15 blood
COMMUNICABLE
of the church.
donors to Boise to aid in the Boise
Nyssa won the right to go to Bur blood bank. Several Adrian resid
DISEASES FOUND
ley by taking the Snake river ents have already signed up and
Several cases o f measles, whoop valley title. Nyssa has wins over anyone interested is asked to see
ing cough and scarlet fever have New Plymouth, Payette. Ontario Mrs Howard Hatch for details and
and Emmett.
been reported in the county.
instructions.
The Nyssa
players are Cass
Among other families, the Omar
The Boise blood bank is spon
Wilson.
Dean sored by the American Legion, Jo
Hite family is under quarantine for Callahan. Calvin
scarlet fever in the Owyhee dlrst- Fife, Leon Child. Darwin Jensen. hn Regan Post No. 2, and in writ
Rose) Anderson and Lloyd Lewis. ing to Mrs Hatch, C. J. 8chooler,
rlct.
chairman of this project states that
Retain From Trip—
the response by the public had been
In Boise—
Mr and Mrs Merlyn Fagan have so good that they are booked up
Mrs Lloyd Marshall and Mrs Sid
Burbrldge spent Tuesday in Boise returned from a visit in Utah.
many weeks ahead.
Adrian Chapter
Is Among FFA
Award Winners
Malheur Sixth.
In Bond Sales
County Politics
Begin To Sizzle
Victory Garden
Talks Planned
Stunz Selected
As Councilman
The Nyssa high school basketball
team concluded a fairly successful
season last week-end with a record
of 9 wins and 7 losses for a per
centage of .563.
Emmett won the Snake River
Valley championship with 15 wins
and one loss for a percentage of
.938. Weiser was the only team to
defeat the Huskies.
Other standings were as follows:
Weiser, 12 wins and four losses,
percentage. 750; Vale, 10 wins and
6 losses, .625; Nyssa, 9 and 7 for
.563; Adrian, 8 and 8 for .500; Pay
ette 8 and 8 for .500; Ontario, 6
and 10 for .375; New Plymouth, 4
and 12 for 333 and Fruitland none
and 16 for .000.
In the Nyssa game in Emmett
Saturday the Nyssa boys suffered
from an “off-n igh t” , losing by a
score of 33 to 12.
Larson of Emmett, who played in
place o f Reed, lanky Emmett cent
er, was high point man with 14 po
ints.
Coach John Young used all of his
players in the game. They were D.
Wilson, Moore, Billings, Bybee, H.
Wilson, T. Church, Steinke and
Morgan.
The Bulldogs defeated the Pay
ette Pirates on the Nyssa floor F ri
day night by a 18 to 27 score.
•
Nyssa took a six-point lead in the
first three minutes and then Pay
ette’s Grant scored. The quarter
ended 12 to 3.
After the score went up to 18 to
6, D. Wilson registered another field
goal and Coach Young sent in S t
einke. Bellon. Morgan and Marsh
for Billings, Moore, H. Wilson and
Bybee. The half ended in a score of
23 to 11.
The Bulldogs continued to pile
up a lead in the last two quarters
as they ran circles around the in
effective Pirates.
Dale Willson, scoring ace of the
game, made 16 points.
The Payette B squad thumped
the Nyssa B’s by a count of 46 to
36 in the preliminary game. Nyssa
took a lead of 8 to 4 in the first
quarter, but Payette overcame the
margin and held a 20 to 17 lead
at the end of the half.
The Nyssa players were Toombs,
Bellon, Root, R Church, Weeks,
Cleaver, T. Church and Sakamoto.
Disease Topic
Of Discussion
A laxity in morality seems to ex
ist during wartime, said Dr. L. A.
Maulding of Nyssa, county health
doctor, at a meeting of the Lions
club in a talk on venereal diseases
Monday noon.
“ Because we are going to be kill
ed tomorrow does not give us a
license to be different than usual”,
the doctor said. He added that N y
ssa has led the way in eastern
Oregon in trying to "clean up" cer
tain elements. The doctor stated
that the health department is try
ing to do something about control
o f communicable diseases and ven
ereal Infections.
Dr. Maulding expressed the be
lief that venereal disease can be
reduced by an educational program
and suggsted such a program in
the high school. For such instruct
ion among high school students a
person especially trained for the
work is needed, he said.
The physician said the problem
of transient labor makes control of
infections difficult.
DAIRY MEETINGS
ARE SCHEDULED
Through the county agent's office
a series o f meetings will be held
two days this week, attended by
E. R. Jackman, farm crops special
ist, Oregon State College, who will
discuss pasture management, past
ure mixtures and other up-to-date
information on forage production;
and Roger Morse, extension special
ist in dairy husbandry, who will
discuss the dairy outlook and other
factors affecting the dairy program.
He will also discuss management
and feeding and the production of
quality milk and cream.
The first meeting is to be held
in Vale, Starting at 1:30 p.m. today
and the second is to be held In
Nyssa Friday. March 3, starting at
1:30 pm.
Fanners throughout the county
are invited to attend these meet
ings and take advantage of the in
formation provided by specialists in
their fields.
I Thompson May Not Be
Qualified In View Of
City Vote
Medium Bomber Station, Eng-
land--Contributing to the success of
Organization of the Nyssa road
B-26 Marauders in hammering nazt assessment district was approved
airdromes, marshalling yards and
by rural taxpayers at an election
also other installations in France.
Belgium and Holland is Tech. Sgt. held here last Saturday. The vote
James Atkeson, 24, of Nyssa, Oreg in the rural area was 92 to 11.
on, who has served as an engineer-
The city taxpayers voting 22 to
turret gunner on 29 of the trips 13, refused to enter the district, so
the twin-engined
bombers
have
that the county court, under the
made to enemy-occupied continen
law, will declare the district org
tal Europe.
For his work with the Marauders anized, excluding the city of Nyssa.
Sergeant Atkeson was recently aw
Jess Thompson. Ira Ure, Sid F l
arded the distinguished flying cross. anagan and Dale Garrison received
The citation accompanying the a- the highest number of votes for
ward relates that he "displayed co the positions of directors. Attorney
urage and imperturbable coolness A. L. Fletcher, who has been han
under intense concentrations of en dling the legal phase of the matter,
emy anti-aircraft fire and enemy expressed the belief that Mr. T h
fighter action” .
ompson is not qualified to serve as
In addition to the distinguished a director in view of the fact that
flying cross, Sergeant Atkeson also the city declined to enter the dist
wears the air medal with three rict, and that Ure, Flanagan and
oak leaf clusters.
Garrison should serve as directors.
Both Sergeant Atkeson’s wife,
The directors will meet to appoint
Mrs Nell M. Atkeson, and his par a secretary, the only officer of the
ents, Mr and Mrs A. L. Atkeson. ¡district aside from the directors.
live at Nyssa.
Sergeant Atkeson is now serving t
with the RAF.
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| County Boxing
Red Cross Fund Tourney Planned
Drive Started
The Red Cross war fund drive
was started Wednesday and will be
continued thioughout the month.
Mrs Dick Tensen, Nyssa chair
man, said solicitations will be sou
ght only by letters, which will be
mailed this week-end. Persons who
do not receive a letter are asked
to send or take their contributions
to Mrs Tensen.
The county quota is $10.000 and
the Nyssa figure is $2500.
As the Red Cross hopes to collect
$200.000,000 in the United States,
the usual $1 contribution for a me
mbership in the Red Cross will not
be sufficient. Many persons will
have to give considerably more if
the quota is to be met.
Returning soldiers and sailors re
port that the Red Cross is held in
highest esteem by the servicemen
because of its effective work in the
war effort.
The Red Cross collects blood do
nations, operates service clubs ov
erseas, helps servicemen receiving
dlschargs and also their families,
furnishes surgical dressings, acts
as go-between in exchange of war
prisoners and carries on many ot
her tasks.
The annual Malheur county high
school boxing tournament will be
held in the Nyssa gymnasium M ar
ch 17 and 18 with four schools re
presented.
The competing schools are O nt
ario, Vale, Adrian and Nyssa.
Twenty 3-round elimination bouts
will be held FYiday night, beginn
ing at 7:30, and 10 three-round f i
nals will be staged Saturday night,
beginning at 8:30.
The four coaches in the county,
Charles Lovejoy of Adrian, Jerry
Cammon of Vale, Del Scott of On
tario and John Young of Nyssa,
will meet tonight to draft rules
and arrange drawings and other
j matters pertaining to weights.
PUBLISHERS BUY
FOSTER BUILDING
Mr and Mrs Klass V. Powell,
publishers of the Gate City Journal,
have purchased the building form
erly occupied by Dick's ice cream
parlor on Main street from Mr and
Mrs 3. F. Foster of Milton.
The new owners will repair the
building, lay concrete abutments
for the heavy machinery and make
other changes and improvements
before moving their plant into the
building.
NYSSA INDUCTEES
A W A ITIN G CALL
Several registrants were sent to
the Portland induction station by
the Malheur county selective service
board for pre-induction physical ex
aminations.
The men returned from the in
duction station and those found
acceptable for service will be order
ed for induction when a call is re
ceived by the board for the partic
ular branch o f service for which
the registrant was found acceptable.
Nyssa men included in the list
are Eugene F. Pratt, Jay W. Sam
ples, Grant A. Lewis, Max Long,
Alvin I. Marrs, Max R. Sweaney,
Melvin L. Spltze. Leno V. Christen
sen, William H. Carren, and Ray
mond W Church.
Other men include David C. Mal-
lea and Antony J. Mendieta of
Jordan Valley, Donald E. Hite, and
Alvin R. McDermott of Adrian.
Donald A. Dasey of Homedale. and
Vern R. Hughes of Parma.
To Visit In East—
Mr and Mrs Frank Morgan left
Wednesday to visit relatives in the
east. Mr. Morgan will go to Fond
du lac, Wisconsin to visit his bro
ther, Kent Morgan, who is ill in a
hospital, and other relatives. He ex
pects to return home in about a
week. Mrs Morgan will go to Wash
ington, D. C. to visit her brother,
who is ill In the navy hospital at
Bethsda She expects to be gone for
three weeks.
POET’S
CORNER
Edited by
T. CAROL BYBEE
D U R ATIO N H IB R IN A T IO N
Like a bear in hibrinatlon,
I am out of circulation
At least for the duration.
I f I withstand temptation,
Follow all the regulation,
I will reach my destination.
T o some It is vexation,
When I show such frlgldatlon
I act so imitation.
My Cadet in aviation.
Is super-excellation.
He won a decoration.
Like the birds In their migration
I would go across the nation
T o have his association.
I f I had a slight flirtation
I am sure the congregation
Would give wrong interprltatlon
Which would hurt my reputation.
He said, “On graduation.
I ’ll take me a vacation
And meet you at the station
Where I ’ll make you my relation
Then I'll get more education".
When he does some osculation
My heart gets palpitation
He's the best in all creation
Here From Gooding—
So without any hesitation
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Foster and We will start a generation.
two children of Gooding. Idaho, Without any degradation
spent the week-end at the home W ill be this new gestation.
o f Mr and Mrs W. W Foster
Mr and Mrs Howard Foster ex Without further explinatton
pect to move soon to Bridger Or any exploritatlon
Montana.
Or even a - c i t a t i o n -
w e ll Increase the population.
Here From Ontario—
But for now . , no circulation
Mrs Roacoe Kellogg of Ontario At least for the duration.
visited relatives and friends in Ny Cause I'm In hibrinatlon.
ssa Wednesday.
Waiting for Cadet In aviation.
i