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7/ieNYSSA V v .1,0Mh AXXXl No. 9 Only 2 Contests Are Developing In *46 Election ARTIE ROBERTSON FINISHES 25 YEARS AS RURAL CARRIER A. P. Goodell Of Nyssa Is Involved In One Of Contests L, Only two contests are In prospect In Malheur county for the off-year primary election to be held In May. Three candidates have filed for the position of county commission er, now held by C. A. Marshall of Nyssa, who la not a candidate for re-election. W. S. Skinner of Jordan Valley and A. P. Goodell of Nyssa are seeking the republican nomination for county commissioner. G. C. Good of Ontario Is unopposed for t'.ie democratic nomination. The other contest in the county is developing between District A t torney Otis Smith of Ontario and Charles W. Swan of Vale, who are seeking the republican nomination for district attorney. The only other position to be lllled in the county is that of cor oner and Dr. R. A. Tacke of On tario has filed for re-election on the republican ticket. No other person has filed for the position. Martin Gallagher of Ontario will be unopposed for the position o l state representative from Malheur county. In Nyssa, city officers will not be elected until November. HAMLEY SADDLE TO BE GIVEN AT DANCE A $200 Hamley saddle will be given away at a dance to be held by the Owyhee Riding club Sat urday night, March 30 in the Nys sa gymnasium. The saddle will be displayed in the store windows between now and the time it is given away. The hand stamped saddle was made on spec ial order of the Owyhee Riding club by Hamley and company of Pendleton. WINEBRENNER WILL DO AERIAL DUSTING Ralph Winebrenner will start an aerial dusting service, starting May 15, he announced this week. Winebrenner will be able to dust any type of crop with the most modern equipment. He will spread D D T and commercial fertilizer and sew seed. The flier, who is now taking orders for dusting, said aer ial dusting does a more thorough job than ground dusting. The Winebrenner Plying service is now in the process of being ap proved to give flight training to returned veterans under the G.I. bi 1 of rights. The government al lows $500 for flight training at an approved school. Anyone interest ed in making application should see Mr. Winebrenner or Don G ra ham. Returns From Vacation— George N. Bear returned Sunday after spending a three-weeks va cation at Spokane, Priest River and Eundpoint, Idaho. V i-ii In New Plymouth— Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brant visited Sunday at the Floyd Hershey home in New Plymouth. Visit Relatives— Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Renstrom and daughter, Ann, visited dela- tives Saturday afternoon at Nampa. Here From New Mr. and Mrs. New Plymouth Tuesday. They residents. Plymouth— Floyd Hershey of visited In Nyssa are former Nyssa Return From Seattle— Leslie Stoker and W llford Bybee of Nyssa and Dewey Garner of Emmett returned Monday from a business trip to Seattle. Mr. Stoker went on to Ogden. Artie Robertson, who has com pleted 25 years of service as a regular rural carrier out of Nyssa has seen the territory covered by his route develop from a sagebrush- covered terrain to a productive area that is providing the farmers and other residents of this vicin ity with an abundant living. When Mr. Robertson started car rying mail March 7, 1921 all of the land north of the Owyhee dam road and west of the Shoestring ditch was covered with Sagebrush. At that time there was only one route out of Nyssa. Robertson has driven an aver age of 15.000 miles a year or a total of 375,000 miles. The veteran carrier, who has cov ered the same route during all of the 25 years, will have earned his retirement in five more years. Cinderella Ball Set For Mar. 22 The Nyssa high school Girls lea gue announced that the net pro ceeds of the Cinderella ball to be held in the high school gymnasium Friday, March 22 will be given to the Malheur Memorial hospital fund. The decorations and program will be based on the theme "Roses of Piccardy.” The nine couples in the court were chosen by the high school stu dents. They are Verla Jensen, Bev erly Ure, Marie Sebum, Ellen Her- iman, Patty Lorraine Chard, Lor raine Parr, June Savage, Adrienne Peterson, Alene Ward, Laverle Toombs, Larry Dimmick, Tom Moore, Jerry Bellon, Don Herren, Bob Church, Mark Hartley, George Billings, and Ray Bybee. Prom these senior students the public will vote on who will be Cinderella and prince. The junior prince and princess were selected by the Girls league. They are Kay Hammon and Phil lip -Tucker. The other junior court members are Sharon Pox, Billy Rus sell, Nancy Ross, Frankie Morris, Garry De Rock, Patricia Nickelson, Delbert Toombs. Margaret Dodd, Bob Esplin, Irene Taylor, Stanley Byers and Kay Ballentine. Each ticket will entitle the hold er to vote for Cinderella and the prince. JOURNA NY&SA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946' Nyssa Hospital Building Fund Reaches $14,000 Contributions Made By H.E.C. And Worth while Club A total of $14,000 has been col lected in the drive for construction funds for the Malheur Memorial hospital, Treasurer Olean Wells re ported this week. Included in this amount was $100 contributed by the Home Econom ics club of the Oregon Trail Orange from the proceeds of a series ol card parties. A total of $218 83 was collected at the auction held on Main strut'. Saturday night by the Worthwhile club. The produce sold at the auc tion was donated by the club mem bers and other residents of Sunset valley. A Sw ift premium ham was also donated by the Nyssa Packing company. Bill Lane donated his services as auctioneer. Members o f the Worthwhile club expressed thanks to those who helped with the sale. An entertainment committee was appointed at the Monday meeting of the Nyssa Lions club to arrange for a carnival dance to be neld for the benefit of the hospital May 4, when a jeep and an inboard motor- boat will be given away. Members of the committee are Glaa Billings, Robert McCurdy and A l Kuehn. SENATE APPROVES SCHOOL RESOLUTION A telegram was received a few days ago by C. C. Harvey of Nyssa from Senator Wayne Morse of Ore gon, stating that the resolution to make April 19 of this year a special day to honor students and teachers for their services con nected with the war has been pass ed by the senate. The resolution has been sent to the house of representatives, where it is expcted to receive considera tion immediately. The resolution calls upon the President to issue ►a proclamation proclaiming April 19 this year Students and Teachers day. I f the resolution is passed by the house, each community in the country will be expected to hold ap propriate programs honoring their teachers and students for their work which helped to bring about vic tory. The National Education as sociation and the U.S. office of Visit Here— education are making some tenta Mrs. C. E. West of Salina, Utah, tive pi.\ns for Students and Teach Mrs. Carl Robbins of Scipo, Utah, ers day. it has been announced. and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gould and sons of Buhl, Idaho were guests at the J. C. Olsen home over the RED CROSS DRIVE week-end. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Schom- STARTS IN NYSSA burg and daughters of Nampa were Sunday dinner guests at the Olsen Mrs. Bernard Frost and her com home. mittee have mailed letters on be half of the Nyssa chapter o f the Dancers To Demonstrate— American Red Cross asking for All married persons are Invited coi.tributions to the 1946 campaign. to attend a social and dance ex Contributions will be sought en hibition to be held Friday night tirely by mail, so that contributors at 8 o'clock in the L.D.S. church. are asked to mail their money to Refreshments will be served. Mrs. Mrs. Frost. Irvin T. Duffin Is the director. Mrs. Mildred Williams and Mrs D. O. Here From FTorida— Bybee will assist with the music. Mrs. Leo Lorenz of Miami, Flori da is visiting her parents, Mr. and Returns From Washington— Mrs. George Mitchell. Rev. P. H. Reiman of Adrian has returned home from Seattle, where Return Monday— he attended a reunion of his wife's Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan re immediate family. Mrs. Reiman be turned Monday evening from San came seriously 111 while in Seattle Francisco. They also visited a and was taken to a hospital. She few days at Eugene. will probably not return to Adrian for at least six weeks. The four Week-End Guests— Reiman boys are staying with re Mrs. William Smith and son, latives in Cloverland, Washington Arthur, of Jerome were week-end and Plummer, Idaho. 1 guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Sal lee. Attend Meeting— Albert Heldt, Don Graham and Visit In Boise— Mr. Heldt's sons, Albert, Jr., and Mardi Sallee and Doris Beers Paul, went to Elgin Monday to at I spent the week-end in Boise with tend a celebration of the American Shirley Andrew. Legion's anniversary. Albert Heldt Sr., participated in the program, From New York— which was presented to 500 per | Mrs. Lincoln Bishop of New York sons. Entertainment features were ( is visiting in Nyssa with her son given by La Grande grade school and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. children. John Bishop. Here From Ogden— Orson T. Berrett of Ogden vis ited here with his son, Wayne, and Here From Moscow— Mrs. Sid Brown returned from family Wayne recently purchased Moscow Saturday for a two weeks one o f the Bybee farms. visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Dorman. Employed By Reclamation— Mrs. DarThel Pike has been em ployed as typist by the reclamation From Utah— Mr. and Mrs. Ersal Fagan of A- office here. merican Falls and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Brown of Lehl spent the Here From Burley— Mrs. Norma Pullman and brother week-end with Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Mark Anderson of Burley, spent Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Merlin several days here this week visit Fagan. Ersal Fagan and Mrs. ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brown are brother and sister of Mrs. Anderson and Mr. Fagan. Eldred Brower. Civic Club To Meet— Vlatt In The Civic club will meet March Mrs. Sari Farr. Mrs. Henry Gan non and Mrs. Clyde Wakefield spent 20 at 2 p. m. at the parish hall. The public is invited to attend. Monday In Boise. MELVIN MELOW IS ORATORY CONTEST WINNER IN COUNTY An oratorical contest sponsored by the American Legion posts of Malheur county in the Nyssa high school building last week was won by Melvin Melow of Nyssa. Nyssa Accepts. ¡ ^ ^ ch X ll ^ ged More h id in g s Land for Street t o d e b a t e o n p u d T o Be Erected An offer of H. G. Johnson oi .T h e Malheur county PUD spon- By Nyssa Folk Nyssa to deed a parcel of land to the city for a street was accepted at a meeting of the city' council Tuesday night. Mr. Johnson had petitioned the Clifford Wise of Ontario was the council to accept what would be a other contestant in the contest, continuation of Walnut avenue be which was conducted by John Com- tween the highway and Eigth street isky of the Ontario schools. The as a street. The city accepted the judges were Mrs. Edith Shumacker, | property and under the agreement Miss Lucille Jones and Peter O’ will grade and gravel the street. H. E. Collins applied to the coun Toole of the Vale schools. Both boys brought out many good cil for permission to install a mod- points in their orations and Mel- ern, sanitary trailer camp on east Fourth street and Ehrgood avenue. jw won by only a small margin, He will build a utility building at he judges Said. the camp at a cost o f $1800. The Nyssa post presented Mr. C. D. Gentry and John Yates Melow with an oratorical medal i made application for a license to in appreciation of his splendid work operate a taxi in Nyssa. The li n preparing his oratorical speech.” cense was granted. A group of Boy Scouts, accom panied by Scoutmaster Leo dhlld. met with the council to secure their civic merit badges. They also dis cussed possible ways of securing construction of a swimming pool Leslie W. Stoker of Ogden, a in Nyssa. general contractor, has moved to Nyssa and has already started a HEALTH GROUP PLAN construction program. DINNER IN ONTARIO Mr. Stoker, who has bought the , Robert Overstreet farm between Verl Dowers, president o f the Nyssa and Adrian because of in Malheur County Public Health as ability to secure residence here, sociation, announces the annual has started building a warehouse meeting set for Tuesday. March 28 for the Owyhee Produce company i n 11 K a n r l l n n o i * m o o t i n o r Q t fl 1711 will be a dinner meeting at 7:30 on the Homedale railroad branch p. m. in the Moore hotel in On near the Saunders alfalfa mill. The tario. building, 75 by 208 feet, will be of Mrs. Charles P. Flegel, secretary concrete and brick construction. of the association, has just received W. O. Bybee and Mr. Stoker have word from Harold M. Erickson, M. organized the Stoker-Bybee Lum D „ secretary and state health o f ber company and will start opera ficer of the Oregon state board of tions as soon as possible. They health, Portland, that he will be will establish a yard at the Owy the guest speaker. The Malheur hee corner between Nyssa and Ad County Public Health association rian. Mr. Stoker’s son, Oene, will has since its organization on July manage the lumber business after 10, 1935 worked toward promoting he is discharged from the navy. for the citizens of the county an Mr. Stoker lias been engaged In adequate public health service. Dur the contracting business for 23 ing the war and even now it would years. be almost Impossible to secufi the Stoker Begins Local Building ADI/.IAN INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANT IN NYSSA Road Improvement and possible industrial development ol the Ad rian section was discussed at a meeting of the Adrian chamber of commerce last Thursday even ing. With 40 members present, several topics of interest were discussed, including betterment of the roads in the Adrian section, possibility of en Avoset corporation plant at Nyssa anu an alfalfa mill in the Adrian district. Mr. Chase of Nampa gave a talk on planting more small seed crops and beans near Adrian. Possibility of raising broom corn there was also discussed. After the business session dough nuts and coffee were served. Youth Discharged— T/Sgt. Charles L. Toombs has been discharged from the army to day at the Fort Douglas separation center. T/Sgt. Toombs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Klass Tensen of Nyssa, ser ved 24 months overseas. He is au thorized to wear the European theatre ribbon, good conduct medal, victory ribbon and merlterlous ser vice unit insignia. Prior to enter ing the army July 14, 1943, Toombs was a student at the Nyssa union high school. services of the professional person nel. This picture will change, how ever, and with this in mind Dr. Erickson has chosen for the title of his speech “ Is It Worth It.” The annual meeting for the din ner and meeting are under the dir ection of Mrs. Jessie M. Fraser of Ontario, the 1945 county Christmas seal sale chairman. Mi's. Jessie Fraser of Ontario, county Christmas seal sale chair man, reported that seal sales this year exceeded those of last year, leaching $4756.55. TWO FAIR BOARD MEMBERS CHOSEN Blaine Girvin of Vale and Neil Dimmick of Nyssa were appointed as members of the Malheur county fair board last week by the county court, to serve with William Q. Ross, holdover member, who will be president of the board this year. Girvin was appointed for a two- year term and Dimmick for three years. The court conferred with sever al delegations on road matters, and with a representative of the U.S. veterinarian service concerning the county veterinarin work. Farmers To Sign Up— Farmers of this vicinity will sign up for the government subsidy on sugar beets in the high school building Saturday, March 16. The government will make a benefit payment of $2.50 a to». Visit At Halfway— Mrs. Klass Powell and son, Keith, Toxoids To Be Given— left Saturday for a two-weeks vis County Health Nurse Edna Far it with Mrs. Powell’s sister, Mrs. ris will give the second toxid for W. W. Evans, at Halfway, Oregon. diphtheria immunization In the grade school building next Monday Legion Meets— morning. March 18. Those who took The American Legion held its the first toxid February 19 should business meeting Thursday even attend. ing of last week. Lunch was ser ved at the E. K. Burton home a f Cattlemen To Meet— ter the meeting. The Jersey Cattle club will meet in the Oregon T rail schoolhouse at Dinner Guests— 8 p. m. March 21. Mr. and Mrs. Olea Billings were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Goes T o Nebraska— Kuehn Tuesday evening. Mrs. Ed Stelnke left Wednesday for Red Cloud, Nebraska to visit Baby Given Treatment— I The small son of Dr. and Mrs. L. Have Party— her father, O. W Hasty, and her Members o f the American Legior. brother, who has been discharged A. Maulding was taken to St. Al- phonse hospital in Bolse Tuesd ly and auxiliary from surrounding dis from the army. tricts will hold their dinner and for treatment. dance birthday anniversary at Vale From Vale— Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Dllley of Son Arrives In Seattle— Vale spent Saturday evening at the Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Larson re Bernard Frost home. ceived word that their son, Ray Going On Trip— Mr. and Mrs. Emil 8tunz will mond. arrived In Seattle Sunday on the ship, General Blackford. They leave Friday on a three-weeks va Go To Payette Lakes— Mr. and Mrs. John Olsen spent expect him home the last of the cation trip to Mexico City. They will be accompanied home by their' four days last week at Payette week. daughter, Greta, who has been ] Lakes. visiting in Mexico. To Give Party— ’leaching At Owyhee— The Odd Fellows and members j Mrs. Julia McDonald is teaching of the Rebekah lodge will g iv e [ Discharged From Navy— a benefit card party In the Odd John J. Smith of Nyssa. fireman at Owyhee school for Mrs. John Fellows hall Friday night. March first class In the navy, has been Bumgarner, whose small daughter 18. discharged and has returned home is ill s o « have issued a challenge to Prank T. Morgan and his Ma!- heur County com mittee for the Protection of Taxpayers and P ri vate Enterprise to a public debate on the question of a people's util ity district. The Vale REA manager charge that Mr. Morgan's statement about the Vale REA "having financially defaulted is untrue'' and pointed out that the books are open to the public. "The sponosrs want the people to hear both sides. They promise to spring several surprises that will be of paramount interest to the public,” according to Irvin Calla han, chairman of the Nyssa Elect rical Education club. Grange To Give Hospital Money The Oregon Trail Grange has voted to set aside its silver march fund each meeting for six months for the Malheur Memorial hospl- taJ fund Approximately $50 was contribu ted Tuesday night, according ‘ to Loyd Adamfi maater of Qrange. The program was presented by the Home Economics club under the direction o f Mrs. Frank Parr and Mrs. Loyd Adams. A supper march was led by Mrs. Wiills Bert ram. The program for the next meet ing will be provided by the Vale Orange under the supervision of Nina Walker. Boxing Tourney Opens Tonight Gordon Ray To Erect Big Building; Herman Towne To Enlarge Plant Plans for construction of two more business houses as well as a number of smaller building pro jects were revealed at the city hall Wednesday. Gordon P. Ray, operator o f G or don’s drive-in, was Issued a permit to erect a grocery building on west Main street east of the present drive-in market. Mr. Ray will move his store to the new building and the F ire stone people will use the building now occupied by the grocery. The building, of masonry con struction, will be 50 by 60 feet. Herman Towne w::i ¿ran work of enlarging his garage building at Main and Third streets at a cost of $3000. An addition will be built on the rear of the lot and the present building Improved, George M. Wilson will remodel a grocery store and service station on Bower avenue and highway 20 at a cost of $400. L. H. Tuttle will alter a frame building, 12 by 20, on north Seven th street. H. E. Collins announced plans for construction of a utility building to be erected at a trailer camp that he will establish east of the rail road tracks. Work Is expected to be start ed soon on construction of the Ida ho Canning company plant north of Nyssa. Erection of the walls for the Owyhee Truck and Implement com pany building now under construc tion at Main and Fourth streets has been about completed. Pouring o f concrete for the Wes tern Corrugator company builibhg ■at PUS*» street and Oood avenue beqn started. Plans Rave been completed lor the Malheur county boxing tourn ament to be held In the Nyssa gym nasium tonight and Friday night. Iris Growers Here— Adrian is expected to enter two Robert Schreiner and his bro fighters, Nyssa six, Ontario six and ther, Bernard of St. Paul, Min Vale about the same number, for nesota called on Mrs. Glen Suiter a total of about 14 bouts each Monday. Tile Schreiner brothers night. own and operate the nationally- Mr. Sugal of Ontario, former pro known Schreiner's iris gardens at fessional Japanese wrestler, will St. Paul. Mrs. Suiter is growing eferee the bouts. ¡a n extensive planting of their iris. NYSSA YOUTH, FORMER PRISONER OF JAPANESE, TELLS OF EXPERIENCES ---------- i Kobe to a city north of Kobe. The Cpl. Valentine Santillanes of name of this little city is Malbara. Nyssa, who was a prisoner of the They pulled us out of Kobe be- Japanese for three ana on e-h alf! cause of the bombing of the sur- years, has returned home to spend rounding areas. In fact, they came a furlough until May 13, when he close to hitting us. We stayed in will go to Port Lewis for discharge. Malbara until our liberation 10 Cpl. Santillanes, son of Joe San- September 1945. tlllanes of Nyssa. has been In the We were put on a train on the states since September 24, 1945. same day on which we were liber Telling about his experiences, ated. W e then went north from Santillanes said: Malbara towards Tokyo. We got <‘I left Camp O ’Donnell 30 May as far as Yokohama. Yokohama Is 1942 and arrived at Camp Cabana- about thirty or forty miles south of tuan, prison camp No. 1, on 1 June. Tokyo If I am not mistaken. We I went to the hospital on 8 June got there on 11 September 1945 and stayed in the hospital from 8 about 3:30 in the morning. Incid June to 9 April 1943. I went to entally, Yokohama is another of duty and stayed on the duty side Japan's big cities. It must have of the camp from 9 April 1943 to been about 9 o’clock on the eleven 19 September 1943. I then went on th when they started to put as on detail to a camp, Las Pinas. I stay* naval transports and hospital ships. ed In Las Pinas from 19 September On the eleventh I was put on a 1943 to 1 October 1944. transport, but unfortunately I got ____ 1 ________ “On October _____ 1944 _______________ we started on sick. I ran a high temperature and our boat trip to Japan. W e left then was transfered to a hospltl Manilla 1 October 1944. Instead of ship called the Marigold. I stayed going straight across from Manilla on the hospital ship from the ele to Formosa, we went from Manila venth to the fifteenth and then on to Hong Kong. China and then to the fifteenth was taken to an air Formosa. By the way, we stayed field and put on a C-54 Amy Trans in Hong Kong harbor for eleven port. days and on one of these days we I started from Yokohama at 1:30 witnessed an American bombing of in the afternoon on 15 September Hong Kong. We pulled out of the and landed on Saipan at 10:30 that harbor about 25 October heading night. I stayed on Saipan for seven for Formosa, Japan. We got to For days. I left on 22nd at 3:30 in the mosa 9 November 1944. We stayed morning and landed on Kwajallen in Formosa nearly three months in I«land at 2 o’clock hi the afternoon a camp named Toroka. One day of the same day. I left there at they put us on a train and took 13:30 that afternoon and landed on us up to the north end of the | Johnston Island about 1:30 the island. We boarded a boat w h ich ' following morning, which was 23 remained on the docks three days. September 1945. I stayed there for On one of these three days while forty minutes or so. and then start we were docked ( I don't rmember ed towards Hawaii. I left Johnston which one i we were bombed and Island about 2:45 a. m. and landed at Hlckham field about 8 a. m. the straffed but not hit. "Finally we pulled out to sea, same morning. I stayed at Hlckham thank God. We were on our »ray to Field for fourteen hours and took Japan itself. We landed on Kyushlu, o ff for San Francisco at 10:30 that one o f the Japanese southern is night. We landed at Hamilton Field lands, on 10 or 11 February 1945. next morning about 11 o’ clock San We stayed there for a few hours Francisco time. They took me to awaiting transportation. On our letterm an general hospital as soon way again, we headed north towards as we landed. I stayed at Letterman for five or six days. W e pulled out Tokyo. It was a twenty-four hour trip by at 2:30 In the afternoon of 29 Sept train. We got to a city named Kobe, ember 1945, and I got to Oallup, You probably have heard about It. New Mexico on 1 October about 1:30 in the morning. I took a ten Kobe happens to be one of Japai biggest cities. We stayed in Kobe day delay en route from Letterman from 12 February 1946 until 20 general hospital to my home on the May 1945 and then pulled out of way to Burns general hospital.
