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. The NYSSA VüLÜM Ë XXX i x . Y JOURNAL rTÿ^sÂTTÎRErir)X~THliËftDAY r)FmraETTg^~r944 NÖ 50 Manager Form Of Government Is Approved By Nyssa Voters A N N U A L CHAMBER BANQUET PLANNED Crop Values On Owyhee Project Climb To Record NYSSA W O M A N ’S SISTER LOCATED IN FRENCH T O W N Caboose And Three Coal Cars Damaged In Railroad Smashup The Nyssa chamber of oommarce voted at its weekly luncheon W ed W ith the fourth armored division nesday noon to hold its annual - - ■ I ~¿>rgeant Otho O. Kime of the banquet January 18 in the school- Report On LoC-'ll Land Is fourth armored division’s intelll- house. Change Provided By Ad HUBERT PETERSON Conductor Hunter Of SHOTGUN SHELL Allen A. Smith, Portland attorney, Released By Bureau gence section was recently on the option Of New City Glenns Ferry Saves who practiced law in Baker for MISSING IN EUROPE Of Reclamation ! receiving end of probably the most INJURES SOLDIER --------- | many years, will be asked to de- j Charter Life In Jump __ _ I roundabout Christmas package deal Pvt. Hubert Peterson of Nyssa is liver the principal address, Pvt. Homer E. Nichols, son of Mr Crop values in 1944 on the O w - 1,1 the ETO. Residents of Nyssa, by a vote of missing in action in Europe, acc- I The home economics class of the A caboose was shattered and W hen the fourth armored took and Mrs Oscar Nichols of Apple 80 to 10, approved a new charter, ording to a telegram received last high school will be asked to serve yhee irrigation project (Oregon- Orleans in mid-August a F re n ch 1 valley, was painfully injured W ed- three coal cars were badly dam a Saturday by his parents, M r and { the meal. Idaho), estimated at $8 394,176. were woman peddled up to the troops nesda including provision for a city m an at the Nlchou home when ged when an east-bound freight Mrs Jake Peterson. i ---------------------------- the highest in tfle project s history, ■ on a bicycle. To the tankers’ am a- . . . „ , . , . . ager, in a special election held T u _ . . ... . , _ ,, , a shotgun shell exploded in his train crashed into the rear end of Pvt. Peterson, who has been in ] # esday. R. J. Newell, acting regional dir- zement, she called out in English, _ , the service for one and one-halt T l i n i O l * i P J C C T n “ Anv m isjpK harp fmm NahnuV A)1' hand. His abdomen was injured and a local freight near the Union P ac Only 91 votes were cast at the ector '.or the bureau of reclamat-I Any soldiers nere irom neorasK.i' _ years, had spent all of his life m , » U l i l O r v l d B O I I I Sgt. Kime, a Valentine, Nebraska, the flesh was tron from one hand, ific depot in Nyssa Tuesday night polls set up in the city hall. One of ion, which provides water for the cattle rancher and sheriff of Cherry Pvt. Nichols, who was home on About 8 o'clock. the ballots was worthless because Nyssa up to the time he entered ! the anny. He attended the Nyssa I 100.000-acre area, announced. county, Nebraska, stepped up to four-day furlough, came home fr- the voter marked an X in front of Conductor Hunter of Glenns public schools. j The returns Were nearly half a ! introduce himself as one of the 80 om Camp Roberts and was to have both the "yes" and the "no”. The junior class of the Nyssa hi Ferry escaped almost certain death reported soon to Fort Meade, M ary- The new charter becomes effect gh school will present the play, million dollars greater than those | seme Comhuskers in the divLsion. when he Jumped from the caboose. ive immediately, but probably two 4-H LEADERS OF "Brother Goose”, in the Nyssa gym - of 1943, and brought the aggregate) Tbe Frenchwoman. Madame B l- land- He saw the approaching locomotive anche Blanchet, explained that she Nichols was given treatment in or three months wi.l elapse before CO U N TY ELECT | nasium Friday night, January a at value of crops produced on the had vislted the united States and Nyssa and was then taken to G o - just before the crash. the city council can secure a suit --------- ¡8 o’clock. Owyhee project since 1935, when attended school at Broken Bow. j wen field, Boise, in an army am b- able city manager. The present city The big freight engine sliced the Mrs Wendell Richmond, of the The cast is a follows: Je’.f, "B r - officials will hold office until that Lincoln community, was elected pr- other Goose”, Bill Hansen; Carol, the first water was delivered, to Nebraska, from 1919 to 1923. After ulance. walls and top off the floor of the time. In turn, the manager will esident of the Malheur county 4H Wes and Hyacinth, his flock, V ir- $31,754 239. Bureau of reclamation1 a chat about the Corhusker state. caboose after hitting the car a few appoint all city employes. leaders' council Wednesday evening, gmia Troutner, Udell Poulsen a n d , records show that the cumulative Sgt Kime was invited to dine with feet north of the highway under Only five councilmen were elect Dec. 2Q, at the council's annual Verla Jensen; Helen, who quits, ' n o p returns exceed by approxlm- ' ®?me Blanchpts¡fa m ily at the nea cd under the former city charter, | meeting and social gathering which Grace Foster; Peggy, to the rescue, 1 ately 72 percent the construction rby v'llage of Chalngy- pass over which trains pass. T h e ut election of seven is provided in took place at Boulevard Grange hall Myrna Jordan: Eve, sou hern b e a - ' cost of the project to date, which f , , "5 the vlllagers flocked to meet force of the impact threw one end American, Mme. Blanchet said be new charter. The two new cou- ) near Ontario. Mrs Cliff Jordan, re- uty, Beverly Ure; Sarah, colored is approximately- 1814 million d o ll-' the , . . . , . . . of the caboose floor up onto the ¡she had two sisters who had m arr- oilmen will be appointed by the tiring president, and E. M. Hauser, maid, Avis W are; Lenore, who has i;,g At least as many Mexican farm front of the locomotive and drove council to serve until the next elec- county club agent, were in charge plans, Eunice Brady; Mrs Trimmer, ' "The Owyhee project farmers can lod “ d 2 " “J 1" 8 workers will be needed to harvest the remainder of the caboose under *ion, in which seven men* will be 0f arranging of the program for the Janet Irving, and truck driver, Ray be proud of the fine contributions sef wrue^then/ as*she had Oregon’s 1945 food crops as were two empty coal cars. After the elected. evening. Mrs Kathryn Claypool Bybee. engine was stopped, one coal car eya m e d services s^rwLsina n T t the h l0^ civilian l l i a ° n ,not of county school superintendent, was Hyacinth is a little tomboy who is ih the armed and _____ heard from t h a n ’ for several I ^ 19 Gf the year’ states representatives 21 county farm rested upon another one and both a member of the nominating com trying to boss the neighbo-hood, population,” Mr. Newell declared. y labor sponsoring associations ln- lav across one end of the caboose mittee. football team. Her plans are b l - , "Among the large quantities of bas- I ^ a ‘“ dicated recently at a meeting call - floor and dangled beyond the rail- Other officers elected were Miss ocked by Lenore. who plans to b.iild iB food crops they produced were “ packages rrom the sis- d ^ ^ R Beck, sU te farm labor load ballast. Ellen Judd, Adrian, vice president a house on the football field and 12% million bushels of potatoes, m o- „ „ n ' supervisor in the O0C extension H ad the crash occurred a few feet and Miss Lois Jordan, Vale high capture H y’s brother at the same re than a hundred thousand tons | ” ‘der’ ^ service. to determine farm labor north of where the engine hit the school girl and state 4H prize win ttnJe; . „ . of sugar beets, a hundred thousand needs and make recommendations caboose, the two coal cars riding Government officials have indi Kime, stronger than ever for Fr- ner, secretary. Miss Jordan recently Jeff, an architect is the big crates of lettuce, and 122,000 tons atop the caboose floor, would have cated at recent meetings that war . . returned from Chicago where she brother who provides for Carol, of alfalfa, vital as a winter feed anco-Ameriean relations, expressed ior next year extended over the highway. prisoner labor will be available to his gratitude. I These 1001,1 pmPloyers of farm attended the national 4H confer- Wes and Hyacinth. for beef and dairy herds.” ____________________ [ labor from all sections of the state Aside from the floor, all that was Malheur county farmers next year. , . . ence as a representative from this A new record for crop values per recommended the same type of left of the caboose was the cupalo Apparently there are now about acre was also established in 1944. overall administration of the farm and the contents. W h en the re 300,000 German prisoners in the A 4H membe^ ! or, yoars' Miss CORP. GLASCOCK The average per-acre return was labor program in 1945. and voted mains caught fire Nyssa firemen United States, most of whom would Johdan a clut> leader’ UNIT COMMENDED $91.15, as compared with the next unonimously in favor of urging the were called to extinguish the fl be available for work. The concen- p n i m f i i j R T T T T n i M P highest total-$88.16-set last year. Oregon congressional delegation to ames. sus is that they could be housed in ' r i U l U il iSUlLilliiNvj Peninsular Base Headquarters, The bureau of reclamation crop support legislation providing ap- The smoke chamber of the engine the former COC camps, as the civ- FUND IS GROW ING Italy:--Corporal Gloria Belle G las census, from which the figures ann The Caldwell high school basket roriations to assist in the supply was damaged and three or four liian Japanese now using those. ______ cock, daughter of the late Anna quarters have been given permiss- During the recent war bond dr- J. Glascock of Nyssa, Oregon, is a ounced by Mr. Newell were taken, ball team defeated the Nyssa B ull and distribution of farm labor, al- of the drivers were derailed. reveals that the gross returns from dogs on the Caldwell floor last F ri- 1 though several minor amendments The local freight was standing »on to return to their homes, mostly ive, members of the Adrian com- member of the W A C company that the various were „ foUow, : day night by a score of 35 to 30. were suggested to simplify the mec- on the siding when the through on the Pacific coast. I munity contributed $1500 in war. marked the anniversary of its first cereaLs seed m hQ02 hay Nyssa led during the most of th e ' hanlcs of the program, freight swung onto the side-track A reduction is expected in the bonds to the building fund of the number of Mexicans who will be United Presbyterian church. This the completion of one year of duty and forage, »2.202.357; vegetables first half, but the Cougars gained a ' Beck reported that 5200 Mexicans to wait for another train. W hat and truck. $-’.»29.848: fruits, $52 813; margin of six points, the biggest of \ end more than 600 Japanese evacu- caused the crash was not learned allow «(J^to come to ^ i e northwest brings war bond contribution to in Italy o n December 9. sugar beets, $1,148,608; miscellan the game. Just before the half. The ees were used in the Oregon harvest from local railroad officials. The for farm work next year. As a rc- $3,625. The unot received a letter of suit of this situation and the drop The official board of the church commendation from Colonel Fran eous, $4.000. Payments covering soil Cougars held the lead during the this year. Sponsoring committees names of the engineers ware not ■ expressed general satisfaction with revealed. A hearing will be held in 'll the Japanese 4/ >r supply, the selected four types of churches and cis H. Oxx, commanding officer of conservation, bonus, and other pay remainder of the contest. Nyssa players were Morgan, B ell- this transported labor, but indicated Glenns Ferry, a division point, by eed for war prisoner labor will be presented them at a congregational this base, which said in part: "The ments received during the year, not lore acute. j meeting Sunday. O f the four types. service rendered by them has been included in regular crop values, on, Billings, Church, Moore, Steinke that excellent weather conditions the railroad company today. and Toombs. 1 were a large factor in this year’s Debris from the wreck was cl Regradless of whether the war modern, colonial, norman and got consistently characterized by an totaled $399.475. The per-unit value of some of Nyssa will be served a first class successful harvest. They pointed out eared from the main line shortly a f ta Europe is concluded this year, 1 hie, the gothic type was chosen b y ; unusual degree of loyalty and dev the crops was estimated by the basketball dish during the n ext. that return of normal weather corn- ter a preliminary investigation, but the Germ an prisoners will still be the congregation, otion to duty and by efficient and available for work. The church, which Will be built cheerful handling of all assigned bureau of reclamation and the fed- few days. LaGrande will play here'bined with food production goals the damaged coal cars remained on eral Irrigation farmers as fo llo w s t o n ig h t and Baker Friday night, | for 1945 which are more demanding the siding Wednesday. as soon as war conditions permit, tasks. Their conduct and discipline For alfalfa, $15 per ton; potatoes,' and Ontario will engage the B u ll-jin labor requirements than they will be located on the church lots, have been equally exemplary. T h CHRISTMAS PROGRAM 87 cents per bushel; sugar beets,'dogs on the Nyssa floor next Tues- were this year may increase de- south of the high school. The ch roughout all the months of their GIVEN BY GRANGE $ 9 - 85 ; clover seed, $24 12; onion 1 day night. The preliminaries to the j mands for this type of labor, urch. with club rooms and kitchen service with the Peninsular base The regular meeting of the Oreg- facilities will be planned to meet section I have closely observed their seed, $ 36 . 80 , and carrot seed, $9.60. main games this week-end will be ] M ajor Robert Taylor of the works Minor shifts in crop acreages started at 7 -30. program branch of the 9th service on Trail Grange Tuesday night was a community need, work. I have had, and still have. The gam e’ with Ontario will be a command at Fhrt Douglas, Utah, featured by a Christmas program Any members or friends who wisn nothing but admiration for and were noted The area planted to presented by the lecturer. Mrs W ll- to purchase war bonds, or make appreciation of the manner in w h cereals was increased from 15,359 conference tilt. Nyssa has won one explained the use of prisoners of Rev. and Mrs M. H. Greenlee of acres in 1943 to 19,825 acres this and lost one conference game. war in farm work. He said the son Winters. contributions .are asked to get in ich all of them have discharged year. Increases were also made in PW s had been successfully used in Kimberly, Idaho, former Nyssa res The group played games, engaged touch with K. L Peterson, church their responsibilities. Peninsular sugar beet acreage from 5489 in several western states this year, but idents, were the burglary victims of in a spelling contest and sang C h - treasurer. JOHN C. C A LAN D R A base section is justly proud of its emphasized that there is no desire an ex-marine and his girl compan 1943 to 7475 in 1944 and in seed rlstmas songs, following a short _________________ W A C s.” OF ONTARIO DIES acreage from 4850 in 1943 to 7194 to have them replace American ion, who are alleged to have con buiness meeting. Visits In N a m p a - The Peninsular Base Section A m - this year. Decreases were recorded or Intent on the part of the army fessed a four-state crime trail, acc After the entertainment, supper Mrs H. B. Williams spent the erican supply base established on John C. Calandra of Ontario, for free labor or to take the place of ording to Idaho officers. in acreages planted to alfalfa, veg was served to 62 persons. I week-end and Christmas with her the mainland of Europe, is the im- mer Nyssa barber, died at his home imported foreign workers. 8 heriff W arren F. Lowery of T w etables and truck and fruit. A motion picture, "Invasion of daughter, Mrs J. K . Allen, and J portant service and supply organ- Beck paid tribute to the 40,000 in Flails said the couple were i d e n Livestock and poultry on Owyhee in Ontario Decmeber 25. He had Normandy,” is expected to be sh- family of Nampa. Her granddaugh- ization for the fifth army. W hen project farms were valued at $1,- been In poor health for sometime. women and children of Oregon who tified as Calvin Coolidge Oulnard, own at the January 9 meeting of ter, Carol Allen returned with her I the base section took over the port 887.537, as compared with $1,626,- M r - C a landra was bom August accounted for approximately 100,000 21, and Dorothy Kendrick. 19, of the Grange. for a week’s visit. j of Naples, which was slated to h an - 962 last year. The total value of 19, 1872 in Palermore, Sicily and farm Job placements this year, or Long Beach, California, who, he i die the vast volume of supplies for fam i equipment and livestock in can.c to the United States in 1897 more than 60 per cent of all place said, admitted undertaking a thrill I stationed at Kingman. Arizona, is the allied front lines, it was a cem He moved to Oregon 27 years ago ments made by the farm labor o ff crime tour through California, O re I visiting his parents, M r and Mrs etery of sunken ships, with the 1944 totaled $4.010.967, approxim and to Ontario four years ago. He gon, Washington and Idaho. Low W. F. Flndling. He expects to re hulls of several hundred craft clog ately $873,000 greater than in the operated the Rosebud barber shop ices. preceding year. The farm group also went on re ery was disarmed and bound by a turn to his station January 9. ging every possible berthing space. in Nyssa for about two months last cord as favoring elimination of war couple answering the description of All harbor facilities were destroyed, summer. Survivors Include his wid time daylight saving and the re Oulnard and Miss Kendrick. Second Lt. Le Roy E. Fuller, R F D every piece of machinery was m an BIDS ASKED ON ow. Della Anne and two sons. Oulnard is accused of robbing an turn to standard time. ! 2 Ontario, is now serving with a gled, quay walls were blasted, and LA N D IN IDAHO - Funeral services were held in the elderly man In Boise stealing aut B-26 M arander group based in communications and transporation Catholic church in Ontario this omobiles In California, Oregon and Edited by France. The lieutenant, a pilot, has networks were neutralized by allied The U 8 . bureau of reclamation morning at 9:30. Interment was in C O U N TY COUNCIL Idaho and burglarising a store In T. CAROL BYBEE more than seven combat missions bombing and nazi demolition. has called for bids for the lease of the Roselawn cemetery at Payette, OF LEGION ELECTS Washington as well as committing to his credit and has been awarded The conversion of this devastated 1920 acres of public lands situated with the Nyssa Funeral home In Ensign Kenneth Williams spent the burglary in the Greenlee res port into the greatest military within the Cascade reaervoir site charge. The county council of the Am idenci in Kimberly. Christmas with his sister, Mrs G l the air medal. He is the son of Peter N. Fuller supply base in the world was an near Cascade. Idaho, for agricult erican Legion met in Adrian last enn Butler, and his sister-in-law, The Twin Falls sheriff said that Visit» In Pocatello— week to elect officers for the com- on Chriatmas eve Oulnard and Miss Mrs H. L. Williams and their fam - of Portland. However, he spent ] epic of engineering achievement. In ural and grazing purposes. ilies He has Just returned from t h e ! much of his youth with the Fred , the city of Naples power and water The lands will be leased for a Orln Sumner spent Christmas in ;ta g year Elected were: Claude Eac Kendrick drove the car they had South Pacific and is to be stationed Trenkel family. His wife resides at supplies and sewer systems had to one-year period, from January 1, Pocatello with friends. tius of Homedale, commander; Paul picked up In Portland to Kimberly, in San Francisco for a while. T h e n . Kansas City, Mo. I be repaired, the medical corps had 1945, to December 31, 1945. with the Kruegar of Ontario, adjutant; and abandoned it and atole another car. Ed W alker of Vale, vlce-comman- cme to the United States in 1897. | --------- ! to combat epidemic diseases which lessee having the option to renew Vlsit In Baker— The Greenlee realdence in K im ______ I A n Eighth Air Force Fighter treatened to sweep like wildfire a - the lease for additional periods of M r and Mrs S. Burbidge a n d ; der. berly was entered while Rev. G r Sgt. Colby Poage of Springfield, Station. England—Raymond D M o- mong the million and a half inhab- one year each until the land Is family spent Christmas in Baker. The council recommended to the eenlee was conducting Christmas for reservoir purposes but Texas is spending his Christmas rfitt. 22, of 2560 Place street Baker, itant and present a grave peril to needed — — — I county court that Bill F*lske of Vale eve services. The loot Included Here From Idaho— | be appointed to act as admlnistra- Jewelry, several pistols and between furlough here with his sister, Mrs Oregon mechanic on an eighth air the large numbers of base section not beyond December 31, 1949. Bids force P-17 Thunderbolt, has been personnel garrisoned in the area; will be opened in the office of the Teddy Anderson of Inkom. Idaho tor of the Malheur county Indigent $40 and $50 In cash. W. W Smith. promoted from sergeant to staff twenty-eight general and station acting regional director of reclam is visiting at the Lloyd Lewis home, fund They also recommended that hospitals were constructed to care ation, R. J. Newell, Sonna building. ---------------------------- I this fund be increased from $600 to Sgt. Lon Root of Camp Kearns, sergeant. Return Ta Ashland— S-Sgt. Morfitt is a member of the for casualties. Boise, at 2 p.m., January 5, 1945. Students At Home— : $1000. near Salt Lake City, is home on Captain and Mra Joseph F. K ing The base section mounted and furlough to visit his parents. M r { 78th fighter group, commanded by The 13 tracts offered for lease Ruth Eastman and Taka Iw asak i; The council aent a resolution to have returned to their home in and Mrs Lon Root. Colonel FYederic C. Gray, Abilene, supplied the Anzio beachead oper formerly were the property of J. H. of Adrian and Mary Atagi. W ilm a Joe Dyer, chairman of the veterans Ashland. Oregon after vialtlng Mra ______ I Texas, a P-47 Thunderbolt unit ations; reconstructed the sabotaged Murray. Sollle Patterson. F. P, Brewer, Masako Endow. Mabel Ro- ’ assistance and referral committee, Klng'a parenta, Mr and Mrs Jesse Pfc Fichael C. Zamora, Jr., left j escorting eighth air force heavy ports of Civitavecchia and Leghorn; W ulf, W F. Oalloway, Lois Wilson, berts and Chlyo Yam ada of Nyssa, 1 opposing any changes in the meth- H Bair of Newell heights. Captain Christmas day for his new station bombers on their attacks on targets and played an important part In Mike Lico, and F*rank Nlsula. B u students o f the College of Idaho, ods of handling veterans' assistance King, an army aviator, has been st Lincoln, Nebraska after spend- 1 deep in Germany and bcxnblng and preparations for launching the so ildings on some .of the tracts are spent the Christmas holidays with A county council of all veterans overseas for two and one-half years, tag 5 days with his parents. M r j strafing nazi communication and uthern France operations in add also for lease but no bid will be their parents. They will be home organizations la being organised, it spending the time in Africa. France. ition to initiating and maintaining considered for the buildings alone. until January 3. and Mrs M. C. Zamora. Sr., of New - !.supply lines. was reported at the meeting Italy and Corsica. The officer, who ell heights. As airplane mechanic and elect- a steadily-swelling tide of essential is on his first furlough at home. --------- I rical specialist, S-Sgt. Morfitt, sees o f the UJ3. air force and navy in I le ave On Visit— Pastor Appointed— Sub Clerk* Needed— ! wm be stationed in California. Mrs | M r and Mrs Herschel Thompson Oliver Martin. U 8 . Navy arrived that the Thunderbolt and its 2000 the Italian theater. Rev. Oeorge R. Whipple. D. D . Examinations for the position of K ing will go with him and enter and M r snd Mrs Robert Thompson who has been appointed pastor of ' sub clerk In several post offices has college. She has been teaching sch- Christmas day from San Franclaco horsepower engine is always in per- left Tuesday for the Willamette on the Ontario Church o f Christ, is the been announced by the civil service ool in Medford for several years for a furlough at the home of his feet fighting condition, and that Expected Ho Mrs O. P. Oounsll and Vera Fay a business a.id pleasure trip. They father of Rev. Oeorge Whipple. Jr., commission T he appointments, In-1 sister Mrs Manon HilUs of Sunset the many electrical Instruments are will arrive home Friday after a alx , will attend to business and will pastor of the Nyssa Church of C h - eluding one in Nyssa, will be war valley. Mrs Htllis’ mother. Mrs functioning correctly. visit Relative*_ M ary Martin of Burley, is staying S-Sgt. Morfitt was educated in weeks visit at Kim. Colorado, where also visit Mr and Mrs W . F. M c- flat. Dr Whipple has returned to sendee appointments. Such ap-1 M r and M is John Oatrom spent at the Hillis home. the Nyssa. Oregon union high sch- they visited Mrs Counsll'a mother I Ling, former Nyisa residents. In { the northwest after an absence of potntmenu will In no case extend Chriatmas with their daughter and ■ ool. His mother. Mrs Abbie Taylor, Mrs Effle Ooodridge. who has been Albany Mrs H ervh el Thompson Is 30 years, during which time he held more than alx months 'jeyond the son-in-law, M r and Mrs Adolph Corporal L. B. Flndling. who is Uvea In Baker. Ore. seriously UL |a slater of Mrs McLlng. ________ pastorate» in the southwest. end of the war. Is o e . In Botod. Give 3-Act Play j Mexicans To Be Needed In 1945 War Prisoners May Work Here Bulldogs Piay Hard Contests Burglars Enter S Greenlee Home POET’S CORNER