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yíáRsa«^ 'Ä S ,- r/ieNYSSA tttttt Total Millage In Nyssa Shown As 64.25 Mills Levy In County R e p o r t e d By Assessor Hendrix Is 15.86 Mills With the assessed valuation of all property in Malheur county raised to *13 781.683.91, the gener al tax levy for the fiscal year which began July 1, 1945, will be 15.85 mills it was announced this week by Ed Hendrix, assessor. Nyssa's millage is 25.8 and the tax is $16,256. 76. The levy of school district 26C of Nyssa is 22.6 mills and the tax is $69 036.22 making a total tax levy here of 6t.25 mills. Total mil.ages of other towns in clude Ontario, $72.85: Vale, $78.45; and Jordah Valley, $56.95. Combined millage throughout the remainder of the county will vary according to the school district mill- ages. The non-ingh school millage is 8 1, Jordon Valley Union high, 13.7; Harper union high 20.60; Vale union high, 11.6; Adrian union high 22.6; Malheur-Harney union high at Juntura, 8.9. Other school district millage in clude: Brogan, 2.5; Rockville none, Jordon Valley, 4.6; Bully Creek, 10.9; Ironside, 7.6; Westfall. 1.4; Jamieson, 11.6; Beulah, 1; Juntura, 17; Mal heur, 5.8; Westfall, 7.3; Vale,6.3; Danner, 11.3; Owyhee, 8.3; Pioneer, 14.9; Grove, 8.5; White Settlement, 1.9; Arcadia, 12.4; Cairo, 15.3; Wil- lowcreek, 23.7; Riverside, 14.8; Star none, Wade, 5.4; Lower Bend, 14.4; Jefferson, 13.1; Bonita, 7.7; McDer- mitt, 53; Follyfarm none, Creston, 1.9; Oregon Canyon none, Kingman Kolony, 22.3; Lincoln, 6; District No. 65 none, Harper 12.2; Rose Creek 6 8; Moore’s Hollow none, Cow Creek 6.1; Sand Hollow, none, Mountain View, 18.5; District No. 72 none, Porter’s Plat., 5.6; Districts Nos. 75 and 77 none, Arock, 13.4. The total general county levy amounts to $218,439.67, the mill- ages adding up to 15.8S, including none for the state, 6.73 for county general fund, 4.36 for the school fund, .65 mill for the county li brary, .05 mill for county school library, 1.45 for the sinking fund and 1 mill for the experimental area. JOURNAL "KYSSA, OREGON. TH URSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1945' Pictures of Nyssa’s Children’s Day Program SCHOOL ENROLLMENT LARGEST IN HISTORY Enroll: i lent In the Nyssa high chool and grade school had reached j 827 Wednesday, Superintendent • . Henry h . Hartley reported The i nrollntent is the largest since the Adrian union high school district was formed during 1938-39 school year. After that time students in the Adrian district were no long- cr included in the Nyssa enrollment. Creditable Exhibit Of Owyhee Riding Club Of Project Work Shown Nyssa Performs At By 4-H, FFA Annual Event Funeral Is Held For Mrs. Aston Funeral services for Mrs. Clar ence A ;ton of Ontario, former Nyssa resident who died Thursday at her home, were conducted in the L. D. S. church In Ontario at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. Intelnient was at Pocatello. Mrs. Aston was born July 14, 1897 at Cove, Utah, and was married to Clarence Aston at Logan, Utah, une 6, 1917. Before coming to Nyssa Mr. and Mrs. Aston lived in Twin Falls, Gooding and Nampa. They opened a furniture store in Ontario and moved there September 1, 1944. They still retain an interest in the Nyssa Furniture company, which they operated for about three years. Surviving are her husband and five children, Willard A., James Alle, Doris Nadene, Evada Mae and Joyce Ann Aston; three brothers, Fernando and Orlando Allen of Utah and Willard Allen of Pocatello, and a sister, Mrs. Ella Podily of Eagle, Idaho. Adrian, Nyssa Gridmen Tangle The Nyssa high school Bulldogs will receive their first test of the season when they meet the Adrian football team on the Adrian field Friday of this week. Both teams have been practicing the same length of time so that they should be somewhat on a par. The probable starting Nyssa line up was announced by Coach How ard Love joy as foHwws: Moore and Billings, ends; Bellon and Low, tackles; Church and Dimmick, guards; Kawasaki quarterback; Herren and Roosto'ol, halves, and Yagufchi. fullback. Several other Large Crowds Attend County Fair And Rodeo In Ontario The above picture shows part of the 500 children who were treated to lemonade by the Nyssa chamber of commerce in the park August 23. The lower lay float section: Howard Flannery, out shows Kristin Rinehart and with the American flag second, others in “Three Men in a Tub". and John Farson and associates, iright) first place winners in the (center) third. |CO. GRAND JURORS , Crop Insurance Grange Favors ! HAVE NO BUSINESS | • I Agents Selected PUD Formation I The Malheur — county grand jury,; 4-H club and F. F. A. members With 3000 persons in the grand made a very creditable exhibit of their project work at the county fair last week, according to all of those who saw the exhibits. The 'n u m ;er of hog exhibits were down |. on.ewhat from those of previous years but beef cattle and sheep titbits showed a considerable in lease over the numbers shown since the days of the regular county fair. The blue ribbon winners at the fair were as fallows: Holstein calf Harold Stevens; Holstein heifer. Eleanor Me Dole; holstein cow. W es ley Richmond: champion holstein. Harold Stevens jersey calf, Bever l y Ru'-sell; Jersey heifer. Beverly Russell; jersey cow, Deane Hunter: | champion jersey Deane Hunter; | guernsey calf Darlene Robbins; I guernsey heifer, lone Robbins; uernsey cow. Brock Robbins; Cham- I pion guernsey, Darlene Robbins; milking shorthorn, Charles M at tson. grand champion dairy female Deane Hunter. Beverly Russell had the best dairy exhibit based on number of animals, quality of exhibit and showmanship. First in Junior dairy fhowmanshtp went to Darlene Robbins, and in senior showmanship to Brock Rob bins. Heavy steer class, Norma Morrow; ilight steer, Norvelle Robbins; here- | ford heifer, John Purvis; angus | heifer Shirley Russell; first for girls in beef showmanship, Rcwe- ! mary Reed and first for boys, Doss Morrow. : Duroc gilt, Kenneth Ramans; Po land China market hog, Joe Wilcox; I Hampshire gilt, Patrick McClure; I best hog showman, Kenneth R o- | mans. ; Fat Lamb Deane Hunter; ewe lamb, Donna Winnlford; Mature ewe. Deane Hunter; sheep fitting and showmanship. Deane Hunter; beet poultry exhibit. Ilea Kreager. Blue ribbon winners in the veg etable garden class were Nola Cav- erhill. Ellen Judd, Dick DeHaven and Joe DeHaven. grand champion of vegetable garden exhibit, Ellen Judd. Canning 1, Jennie Goodfellow; canning 2, Cullen Presley; canning 3 Arlene Piercy, canning 4, Lois Jordon; emergency meal, Ellen Judd and Nola Caverhlll. Ellen Judd won grand champion in all divisions of canning with Nola Caverhlll named as alternate. i Bees. Lee Sigler, and sugar beets, Eileen Barnes. Ellen Judd won first in the can ning contest and demonstration team composed of Doris Stohler and Evelyn Hlntz won firs* in this con test. stand, the Owyhee Riding club drill earn of Nyssa staged a drill as one of the features of the Malheur county rodeo at the fairgrounds In Ontario Monday afternoon. The Nyssa club members also performed on the first day of the show S un day. The horses and riders worked as a unit and carried out every detail with precision. On Labor day Mrs. Neil Dimmick and Dart O. Bybee led the parade on horses, bearing the their palomino United States flag. Nell Dimmick is drill master of the group. Many members of the Nyssa club participated In the parade, including two Junior members, Nannette B y bee and Sharon Fagan on their Shetland ponies. Zack Walker of Nyssa acted as one of the rodeo Judges, along with Ivan Tiffany of Ontario. Jimmy Fleetwood and Bud Osborn were the racing judges. Bill Ross was in charge of the racing program and Roy Brewer was in charge of the other rodeo events. Bert Anderson of Ontario was the announcer. Martin Maddox of Weiser was de clared the best bareback rider and Howard McMullen of Weiser the best bronc rider. Maddox tied with Lester Wlnebargen of Huntington for second and third and Bob S ar- geant also of Weiser, won fourth. Traveller, owned by Marvin Moss of Ontario, was chosen the best bucker. Sleeping Jim, owned by Erickson of Weiser, was rated next and Drift Fence, owned by Marvin Moss, won third. Other events and their winners Monday, in order of placement: Saddle horse— Ike Whitley, Pay ette. riding Blaze; Wayne Gilford, Ontario, riding Babe; Wilson, rid ing Fleet. K id ’s pony race—Soapy, ridden by Hoadley, Payette; Lightning, ridden by Herb Taylor, Payette; Dutchess, ridden by A. Sreckternick, Payette. Ladles’ Race— Ribbon, ridden by Miss Marsick, Homedale; Ace, rid den by Miss Edridge. Ontario; Red, ridden by Miss Kudncle, Midvale. Four and one-half furlong race— Bally, owned by Herb Taylor, Pay ette, and ridden by J. B. Taylor, Payette; Billy, owned by T. Haines, Midvale, and ridden by Don M ur- (Oontlnued on page 5) Appointment of authorized agents ’ of which John Turner was chair- j The Malheur County Pomona ¡man, met last week and finding to sell all-risk crop insurance has Grange at its third quarterly meet- notb ing to do, promptly adjourned, j been announced by Glen L. Hutch- in of the year August 25 in the j Qecause Qf w blank docket, the ' inson, chairman of the county AAA Adrian high school building pass- j September term of court has been committee. The- persbTrfs appointed ed two separate resolutions with 110, indefinitely postponed and County as agents are: Ray Cartwright, dissenting votes, favoring both the citrli H. S. Sackett has notified the Route 3, Parma, Idaho, Arthur Columbia valley authority and the j ul.y panel that they will be h eld. Rouse, Nyssa Oregon, and Harry public utility district proposed for subject t0 call Feathcrston, 'Vale. Oregon. Malheur comity. They also voted j p rdnk Reginald Bailey, 16, was | “These sales agents will begin S H A LL O W W ELL AT financial support ’ in getting the arraigned before Judge M. A. Biggs, j calling upon farmers soon to give PARK RECOMMENDED o f f s e a latter project before the voters. A- and charged with larceny of a car. every producer of winter and spring son will be played with Weiser nother resolution requested the He has not yet entered his plea, wheat a ohance to protect his crop The Nyssa chamber of commerce September 14. state Grange to prepare a state Roscoe Moore Jr. was arraigned on from natural hazards through this passed a motion at its weekly lun ment for general distribution show a bad check charge and pleaded new federal insurance program," cheon Wednesday noon recommend Attend Banquet— ing how U. S. and state senators guilty to attempting to obtain mon- Mr. Hutchinson said, ing to the city that a well be drill Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Fletcher went and representatives have voted on ey under false pretenses at Nyssa. ! In Oregon, the last day for fil- ed at the city park for Irrigation. to Baker, August 25, to attend a all recent measures of importance. He has not yet been sentenced, how- Ing crop Insurance on the 1946 win- The rccommedation called for a meeting also attended by the dir County Deputy C. A. Ketcham, ever. Eoth men are confined in the ter wheat crop is before seeding shallow well. ectors of the Oregon State Bar. A and Mrs. Ketcham came from Bend county jail. ¡the crop or September 30, which The chamber members voted to business meeting was held in the where they are living temporarily -------------------------- lever Is earlier, and 1946 spring sponsor a children’s day program 1 afternoon and a banquet in the to be present at the meeting. The | wheat before seeding the crop or again next year. A report on the I evening. The principal address at charter was draped as a gesture of I March 30 which ever is earlier. SAFETY BANQUET program held last month was given jthe evening was delivered by Justice respect for two members who died | Farmers may file applications with by Olean Wells, chairman of the william O. Douglas of the United since the last meeting, J. B. Jones, SET FOR SEPT. 13 a sale's agent or at the county AAA committee. I States supreme court. past master of the Brogan Grange , ! office. No objection was advanced to the Inspecllnn of crop damagc and The annual safety first banquet of and James Fifer, member of the corps has announced enlistment of proposed formation of the Nyssa (' ndjustm(int of loases wiU ^ ma6e the Amalgamated Sugar company Vale Grange. FINAL DISSOLUTION Melvin Earl Crocker, 17 year old will be held September 13, at 7 p. m. During the lecturer’s hour Mrs j road assessment district at a hear son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Earl Blaine Glrvin, lecturer, presented a I'nB held in Vale Wednesday morn- by the local adjuster for the county, I OF REA ARRANGED in the high school building. supervised by the state crop insur Crocker, Route 1, Nyssa. The young i At the reputar monthly meeting W . D. Shaw of Ogden, who Is in program of music and drama, i n - I ing. ance director. Insured growers will leatherneck, who was active in ath eluding a ritual drill by the mem- | As a result, an election on the i of the board of directors of the charge of the safety first work for report losses to the county AAA letics while in Adrian high school, bers of the Willowcreek Juvenile j proposal was ordered by the county Juntura-Drewsey R. E. A„ action the company, wlH attend the meet will receive his training in San Grange under the direction of their | court to be held October 13. The j office. was taken to arrange for the final ing. The home economics depart Diego. dissolution of the cooperative and ment of the high school will serve matron, Mrs. Jack Kramer assisted i land owners within the proposed \ T T T f j M O R I T F U T T Q complete arrangment with the Ida the dinner to company employees by Mrs. W. W. DeLong, Mrs. Ralph | boundaries will vote on the measure ' h U l U l H U m b a 1 0 j Pfc. Garland Ward arrived Sun ho Power company for the electri and their wives. After the ban PARKED PICK-UP Cone and Mrs. A. J. Bontrager. Iand will elect three directors. day morning at the home of his fication of the Juntura, Beuhla, quet the employees and their wives w . ,, „ „ Other numbers were presented b y . I Tlie city of Nyssa is not included parents Mr. and Mrs George B. of the chalk Butte and in the boundaries. A Chevrolet sedan driven by Ver Drewsey and Van area. and guests will attend a dance to Ward, of Lincoln Heights. Ward w ho’ Kingman Ko,ony 0rangers and by I The poiing online places nla« have not been non Maw of Nyssa struck a Ford The Malheur Electric cooperative l,be held In the gymnasium, has been in the European theater of I model A pickup, owned by S. J. of Vale was represented by its1 Mrs Hope Grider and her daugh arranged. war, wears three battle stars. I Lewellen, while the pick-up was lanager Eddie Williams, and Char Shot In Face— ter, Nan. Host Granges were Chalk stopped on nthe highway between les Swan, attorney. Jim King of Apple Valley is Butte, Ridgeview and Kingman Kol Attending Convention— Santa Barbara, Calif., Aug.28 The Idaho Power company was receiving treatment in the Ontario Albert Heldt, Eugene Seybold. Ontario and the airport without ony. Pvt. Ben A. Hieter, Box 414, Nyssa. fifty Don Graham, and Arthur Rouse lights, recently. Lewellen was re represented by H. W . Fisk, local hospital for gunshot wounds in the About one hundred and Word has been received by Mr. j Oregon, has reported to the army ! left Wednesday for Portland to at- ported to have been trying to fix manager at Vale, L. W. Bralnard face, reported to have been sclf- attended the meeting. and Mrs. R. G. Larson that their I ground and service forces re-dis- _________________ j tend the American Legion depart the lights on the pick-up when it of Payette, Robert D. Lytle of Vale, Infllcted. He was taken to the hos sen has been sent overseas. His j tribution station at Santa Barbara, ! _ . . . .. ... . ment convention. The August con- was struck. Damage to both cars attorney. Mr. PLsk advised that Ida pital in the Nyssa Funeral Home address is now Staff Sgt, Raymond J California for two weeks of rest and i r K L o H M AlN W ILL I >Ib | vention, cancelled because of war- was neadly total, but personal In ho Power company contracts are ambulance last Sunday morning. G Larson, APO 445, %postmaster, relaxation at a resort-hotel, now RECEPTION GUESTS Itime conditions was re-scheduled jury was limited to a few scratches being signed with individual cus His condition is not critical. San Francisco, California. j under army management. The vet-j a freshmen s reception, sponsored i after the conclusion of the war for and bruises. tomers as rapidly as possible, and -------- I teran recently returned from 10 by the upper classmen of the Nyssa ! this week-end. that all customers throughout the Return From California— Jay Bybee was flown from Luzon months’ overseas duty on New Guin- high school will be held in the | -------------------------- area would be contacted by a com On Varation— Mrs. H. E. Wood and son. Horace to Leyte island in a C-47, for hos ea and Luzon. | gymnasium Friday evening, Sep t-j Conference Scheduled— Mrs. Blanche Hite left Sunday pany representative at an early date. of Nu-Acres have returned from pital treatment. His original com The ninth service command sta- ember 14. 1 A district conference of the Vet- for Colorado and Oklahoma on a Mr Fisk also stated that Jeane Auburn, California, where they vis pany is now in Japan. The doctor tion. one of six established across j A big and little sister reception erans of Foreign Wars will be held visit with friends and relatives. Moon and George Kincaid were al ited Mrs. Wood's son. Sgt. Robert pronounced his jauntice condition the nation, offers a comprehensive will be held in the high school in the Nyssa American Legion hall ready operating the survey crew Blakesley, who was wounded on Is better, but is holding him to program of recreation, athletics, and building Friday evening of this week Saturday night. All veterans and Leaves For Portland— staking pole locations lor the line Luzon and Is now receiving treat entertainment to returned guests. make sure he has recovered. for freshmen girls and new girls in ; their wives are invited to attend Gene Bellon, Perry Coleman, and from Harper to Juntura and that ment In an army hospital. Mrs. the high school. The junior and Representatives of the Vale, Nyssa Harry Counsil left today for Port material. Including poles and wlre_ Wood and son were away from Atlantic Fleet, August 20,1945— Aboard the USS North Carolina' senior girls will provide a covered ¡ Adrian and Ontario posts will be land where they will enter the had already been shipped to ar home one week. Roy Leonard Benedict. 18, seaman, off Japan (Delayed)—Wesley A. ¡dish dinner. Games will be played. 1 present. Supper will be served at navy'. rive at Juntura at an early date. -------------------------- ¡7:30. second class. USNR. ot Nyssa, Ore- Mitchell, 23, seaman, second class. I In taking over the electrification Return From Visit— gon arrived on August 15, at thelUSNR. husband of Mrs. Helen Alice Building Residence— ! of the area an agreement between Here From Horseshoe Bend— Mr. and Mrs. H. B Williams of naval training station at Norfolk, | Mitchell, 12047 Northeast 33rd, Sea- Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Peterson ¡ Enters Hospital— Mr. and Mrs. Hlbbert Stone were the Idaho Power company and the Nampa, former Nyssa resident, have Virginina, Atlantic Fleet training j ttle, and son of Wilford A. Mitchell, started construction this week on aj Mrs. John Ray entered the Holy guests at the Emil Stunz home T ue board of directors of the Juntura- returned from LaGrange and Union, center for destroyer crews, to u nder- of Nyssa Oregon is serving aboard , modem six room house on north Ro? ary hospital Monday for medical sday. Mr. Stone has been transfer Drewsey R. E. A. provided for the where they visited for two weeks. go instruction for duties aboard a this battleship which is part of the ' fourth street, treatment preparatory to a major red by the Idaho Power company electrical service to be available In They will leave the last of this new destroyer or similar type ves- powerful Pacific fleet engaged in I from Horseshoe Bend to Ontario. the town of Juntura on or before week for San Francisco to visit their operation. Here From Caldwell— sel. He has completed a period of j occuping Japan Mrs. Emil Stunz. Ethel, and Greta, December 31. 1946, and that the son, T /S g t. Harvc L, Williams, who instruction at the Radar school, Under the operational control of Miss Paula Harrington of Cald Caneer Program Planned— and Mlgses Marie Sebum and Beth 'system suppling service to Beulah. has been in the European theater San Diego. I Admiral William F. Halsey, USN. well spent the week-end at the A cancer program will be held In j Mitchell spent the week-end at , Drewsey. and Van be completed on of war. A graduate of Nyssa high school. ! commander of the 3rd fleet, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bellon. the Nyssa theater Wednesday Sept- Horseshoe Bend, or before September 1, 1946. Road District Will He Formed Our Boys In T he Service j he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R ay- mond C. Lenedlct of route 2. Nyssa. He has a brother Eugene C„ 20, who is a private In the army. The Boise office of the marine j North Carolina, one of the "glam or’’ I - ships of the fleet, assembled with 11 .Officer Visits— other battleships. 17 aircraft car- I Major E. B. Cole has returned to riers, five escort carriers, 20 cruisers Santa Monica. California, after vls- i Continued on page 2) >lting his wife and baby in Nyssa. ember 19 at 2:30 p. m. The program sponsored by the Nyssa Civic club, will consist of a lecture and a mo- tion picture. The public is invited to attend free of charge. | . ■ — In Utah— In Boise Wednesday— Tom Burnlngham of Eastern Ore Visits At Nampa— | Mrs. A. H. Boydell, Ethel Mary Mrs. Kenneth Renstrom and gon Produce company, went to Salt and Mrs. O. J. Mitchel were in Boise daughter spent Friday visiting re Lake City on business this week | Wednesday. end. latives in Nampa
