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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1946 PAGE FOUR Year books will be filled out. Re- Mr and Mrs George Cleaver end , O r e g o n 1 r s il [frevhments were served by th e'A lv in left for Missouri Sunday for ------ hostess, assisted by La Vlnnie a two-week visit with relatives. The Merry Matrons club met at “ m ih . Five members and one was ln Onu rlo the home of Virginia Rookstool ?ue t Mary June Whitman, were Tue day Wednesday, noon was January a. The after- pr?"*nt’ spent sewing for the Mr. and Mrs „ n H , R O H o lm « hospital. New officers elected for the next six months are as fol- lows: President, UiVlnnle Sm ith ;, vice-president, Gladys Byers; sec j retary, Alberta Bowen; treasurer, Alice Holmes, retained, and histor j ian, Virginia Rookstool retained. d and Mr and Mrs. Alva Ooodell were LT L TURNER Buena Vista Ray and family of Big Bend at • Open discussion between J. R. Greeg and Edward L. King regard ing early day events in the pre of Patty Dowers Sunday. Mrs. Otis Bullard and Mrs. Oeo rge Moeller attended a Bible study meeting Friday evening at Valley sugar factory ln Nyssa. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dail and Mrs. John Zittercob attended the Bible the public. It would also aid ln Study meeting conducted at the preserving the real facts concerning Owyhee school house Friday even early Malheur County nlstory Be ing by Rev. Oberg of McCall, Ida cause of different versions con ho. cerning some of the notable events, The Arcadia Sunshine club met that has been handed down through at the schoolhouse January 10. Mrs. history for many generations. It Is Lee Dail and Mrs. Less Jamison of hard for present day readers to Nyssa were hostesses. The club will determine who of the narrators hold an auction sale at the school- have told the actual facts and who house ln February. The proceeds have not. I am willing to make will go to the hospital in Nyssa. public acknowledgement and cor Mr. and Mrs. Fay Lay of Port rection of any errors I may make, land arrived last week at the Olen may have made— as any fair mind Lay home. ed person should—regarding M al Mrs. Elmer Stradley entertained heur County history, or anything at Sunday dinner In observance of else. I believe this discussion her husband's birthday anniversary, through the newspapers should be- Mr and Mrs. George Ray and fam- gin While there are those still liv Uy of Idaho and Mr. and Mrs. John lng that can throw much light on the early history of Malheur Coun ty ln order that the most acurate history of the county can be ob tained. What Is your opinion as to this suggestion?” (Continued Next Week» i RICHLAND DANCE! Sunset Valley Hall Saturday, January 19 Kenneth Pond’s Orchestra Admission $1. Per Couple Dr. G. W. Graves Optometrist Eyes Examined 70G Arthur St. Caldwell, Idaho Watts Seed Company W rite for circular and prices VEGETABLE PLANTS GARDEN SEEDS MEADOW GRASSES CLOVER SEEDS ALFALFA SEEDS FLOWER SEEDS FRUIT and SHADE TREES EVERGREEN SHRUBS SWEET SPANISH ONION SEED COMMERCIAL LETTUCE Varitie»—all strains SEED CORN—HYBRIDS Complete Stocks Box 54 PHONE 74 PARMA, IDAHO For Sale Used Farmall Regular Tractor on rubber with 2- row spud cultivator and hang-on mower. Good condition. New 8 foot Tractor disc harrow. Jumbo and Miskin scrapers-various sizes. McCormick-Deering horse cultivators and mow ers. Olson manure loader for Farmall “ H” or “ M " Tractor. McCormick-Deering 10’’ feed grinder. McCormick-Deering No. 10 Hammer mill. McCormick-Deering corn shelter. Batteries, tractor tires and accessories. OWYHEE TRUCK AND IMPLEMENT COMPANY Phone 125-W Ix>cated at Freeman’s Machine Shop Nyssa, Oregon tended. Rose Warner was a dinner guest sent Malheur County Metropolis— Others Invited to engage ln the View. discussion—Gregg opens debate.) Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brady and T O TH E ED ITO R —Recently I family of Caldwell visited at the had occasion to write my old boy Olen Dowers home last week. hood friend and schoolmate, Ed Mrs. Myrtle Barnes of Portland ward Lorenzo King, with whom I attended school ln the little one- returned home after a visit with room yellow school house— the first her sister, Mrs. J. M. Wayne. chool building erected within the Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Kendall of present confines of the City of New Meadows, Idaho, was a dinner Ontario. This was during the school guest at the George Moeller home years 186«. '87, ’88, and 89. Eld lived last week in “ the village," while I made my Ellis Warner is building a new home ln the country. I quit school barn on his farm. before completing the fifth grade to go to work to earn money to upport my widowed mother and myself. Eld continued with his school studies and attained a fairly good education while I remained only a “ green country Jake." I nev er attended a grade school. History and geography were my favorite studies ln school, while grammer and other necessary stud ies were sadly neglected. It Is not Sunday school will be held at Pvt. Vernon Maw. who is In the necessary to confess this fault to 10 a. m. next Sunday. Rev. West Notice is hereby given that the annual meet artillery at Camp Roberts, Calif or- any „ grammarian who may read of Ontario will hold services at nia, arrived home Wednesday on thls- I f called upon today I could ing and dinner of the Fanners Supply Cooper 11 a. m. 16-day leave. He la at the home of no_t.„pr<^ f rI^ , f af s^ a Mr. and Mrs. Denver Lay and ence. Ed will tell you that I am his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan ative will be held Wednesday, January 30, 1946 a nut,” and I humbly admit the fam ily of Okanogan, Washington Maw. have moved into the tennant house harge. Charley Grider was in Ontario on at Boulevard Grange hall, commencing at 10:30 I was born at Oswego, Kansas, on the Ira Ure farm, formerly oc business on Tuesday. cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Long. Mr. January 3, 1871, so as the reader Mr. and Mrs. Verne La Plante, A. M. A free dinner will be served at noon. Lay will be employed by Mr. Ure. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Dlven, Mrs. may observe, I am well past the Ted Bates Is working in the Lawrence Cleverly and Euene Bair alloted age of man of three score A ll members and patrons should attend. were among those who were ln years and ten. However, this is not an obituary notice. I have a l Ontario on business last Tuesday. Serving 5 Counties Mrs. Charley Grider and Nan re ready set my age limit at 110 years, From the Largest Stock of and hope to exceed that score. In turned Wednesday night from a Genuine week’s trip to Washington and Can the course of our correspondence Ed Informed me that he was 69 ada. Miss Mildred Adams, daughter of years old on December 5, 1945, so Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Adams, is ln he, too will soon reach the alloted Parts the Holy Rosary hospital ln Ontar ige of 'man. I don't know whether Orders Shipped Immediately io where she was operated on last Ed is old maidish enough that he Saturday. She Is expected to be wants to conceal his age. But if Clinton Keasling, Secretary able to return to her home the ,o, he should have used more pre caution and not Imparted the in last of this week. Ontario Nyssa Mr. and Mrs. Charley Grider formation to "a blab-mouth.” Payette, Idaho Phone 49 Ed also informed me that he first went to Caldwell and Nampa on ame to Ontario on March 7, 1885 business Saturday. That would place his age at the ime of his arrival in “ the village“ as eight years, three months and two days. I arrived just one year nd twelve days after Ed L. K in g ’; R. F. Huntly of Ontario was a arrival. I was fifteen years, two visitor ln the Charles Ditty home months and sixteen days old at the time I first set foot on Oregon recently. Bud Notheia left last week by soil. As the reader will note iron auto for Tennessee, where he will above statements, I am about six years older than Ed, consequent^ visit. Herbert Bergam Is doing some he was about nine years old at carpenter work for Kenneth Lor- the time of my arrival. I went Iron: Alba, Mo., to Kansas over the ensen. Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Brim shop Gulf railroad, and came'direct from there to Ontario over the Union ped in Payette Monday. Magnus Ekanger received his Pacific and Oregon Short Line. As King came to Ontario about a honorable discharge at Fort Lewis Washington and returned the first year after the town was first lo of last week to be with his father, cated and I came here about one year later, or two years after the Olaf Ekanger of Nyssa. Faye Price of Kingman Kolony ounding of the town, consaquntly and Harold Snyder were married we must both rely entirely on his January 2. Snyder has been staying toric records, and what those who with his sister, Mrs. Grover Cooper, were here at the time the original townsite was established have told and Mr. Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Roberts were us, in our efforts to reveal the true circumstances and the actual Nyssa shoppers Wednesday. Members of the Worthwhile club facts concerning the origin of the will meet Thursday afternoon at town. At the close of a business letter the home of Francis Gregg. Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Ftlllnsness and I wrote to Mr. King under date of Anton Myhr returned Wednesday November 5, 1945, I jokingly re from Tacoma and Seattle, where marked; " I recently saw your ugly they visited friends and relatives mug ln the society columns follow ing your appearance before the over the holiday season. Mrs. Robert Ditty and sons and Ontario Women’s Club, ‘ in which Tressa Ditty were Vale shoppers you recited to the club members some of the early events In Ontar Friday. The small son of Mr. and Mrs. io.” I further added, “Among other Harley Wilson has been til the things you are credited with saying that there were only thirteen people past two weeks. The Ed Nlshi family moved ln Ontario when your family came the first o f this week to their there. I would like to have the names of those thirteen first resi home ln Zlllah, Washington. Caldwell shoppers Monday were dents o f the town. Do you know Mrs. Leslie Ditty, Mrs. A. L. Brim, anything as to the whereabouts of the old files of the Ontario M at Ya and Don Nlshi. Several farms will be effected by tock?" As our correspondence continued the drain ditch now under con other matters of historic Interest struction by the government. Jim Chadd attended the wedding came up and I suggested to Mr. of Miss Zamora and June Cates K ing that we engage lh a frank Tuesday at Parma. Cates has a and friendly discussion of some The electric service you get today Is not good 90-day furlough and has enlisted of these early day historic events for three years more ln the ser through the Malheur County press. I here quote from my letter to him vice. enough for tomorrow. Each day, each year, w e Joe Counsll returned Friday to under date of December 3, 1945: " I would like very much to con the home of his parents, Mr. and are adding new improvements to make it better. Mrs. O. P. Counsll after spending tinue this discussion with you’ ln a several days visiting ln Minneapolis frank and friendly way regarding early historic events ln Malheur Just now w e are providing facilities in M alheur County, In order that we may be <ble to bring out the actual facts OW YHEE County for the electrification of n ew businesses, regarding early historic events in Mr. and Mrs. Claude Smith re the county as much as possible at turned recently from a two-weeks this late date. In order that pre- n ew farm customers and n ew communities in out- trip to California. ent day residents of the county— Word from Dale Glenn relates who may desire— may become bet that he Is at a navy air base In ter acquainted with actual facts lying parts of the county. Blapan servlcetng planes. regarding these early events I sug Mrs. Jennie Brown, who has gest that our correspondence, or spent several weeks with her a copy thereof, be submitted to mother, Mrs. Anna Larson, left for Malheur County papers for publi A nd it's that policy of constant improvement that home ln Los Angeles by plane last cation. I also suggest that these week. newspapers open a forum ln their makes us say: W e challenge an y other type of Mr and Mrs. Oeorge Gregg and columns for a public discussion ln Mr. and Mrs. William Gregg ar which all pioneers, Including Judge rived home Friday from a trip of Thomas Jones and others, can re electric utility ownership an d m anagement to give several days ln Sunnystde and late facts of which they have per Waplto, Washington. sonal knowledge of early day you better service than you receive from d a y to day. Mr and Mrs. Kenneth McDonald -vents. And also that they be prtv- and children were dinner guests of ledgrd to correct any misstatement Mr and Mrs. Joe Jasinko ln Home- you or I or anyone else may make, dale Sunday or may have made. Tom wrote the A daughter was bom to Mr. and most authentic account ln the Mrs. Hip Mendlaona at the Holy briefest space, of anyone' concern Rosary hospital January 4. ing the early history of the county Mrs. Martha Kllagbsrk Is ser that has yet been published. This ving on the grand Jury ln Vale this discussion would be very beneficial A S E L F -S U P P O R T IN G . T A X P A Y IN G B U S I week. • to the newspapers, as well as to Colorado to visit re- Marilyn and Joan Hendry are tock show visiting at the home of their grand- • » « S f t . » Mr and Mrs. J. W. Jen- who recently sold their farm to nlngs. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cleaver and Mr Ballantyne, have moved to baby Mrs Loyd Cleaver and Leon Baker. ard fcleaver were ln Ontario Fri Robert Holmes and Prank Holmes The club will meet January 23 I were Sunday dinner guests at the day at the home of Alberta Bowen. Mrs. Loyd Cleaver entertained the j A. M. Ooodson home near Parma. Out Our Way club at her home I Mr. and Mrs. F S. Byers enter- I talned at dinner Monday even Thursday afternoon with 10 mem ing celebrating the birthday of bers attending. Mrs. Glen Hoffman, new preis- Gilbert Holmes. Other guests were dent, presided. A report was given Mrs Gilbert Holmes and Frank that over $40 was cleared at the and Robert Holmes. Refrigeration Service Savage sale on the lunch. 220 So. Oregon St. Ontario The members voted to donate Phone 596-W Day or Night money to the Nyssa hospital. Commercial Refreshments of sandwiches, and Household Repair angel food cake and coffe were Washing Machine Repair Mr and Mrs. Simon Rhlenbolt of erved The next meeting will be Gates V Belts Davenport, Washington visited at held at the H. L. Day home Jan "Chop" Turner-“T ony" Fischer the Leslie Topllff home. Mrs. uary 24. Your Service Men for 20 Years Rhlenbolt is a cousin of Mr. Top- liff. . E A R L Y H IS T O R Y O F M A L H E U R A R E A IS D IS C U S S E D B Y J. R. G R E G G , E X -R E S ID E N T Notice Of Annual Meeting Arcadia Farmers Supply Co-operative Me Cluer-Manser Sunset Valley BETTER IDAHO V POWER
