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NU. 18
Final Plans For
Jersey Show In
Nyssa Revealed
Judging O f Livestock To
Be Done By H. P. Ewalt
O f Corvallis
Pinal preparations have been
made for the Malheur County Jer
sey club’s first annual spring show,
which will be held on the gymnas
ium lawn at the Nyssa grade school
Saturday, May 18.
Judging will be started at 10
o'clock and will be continued throu
ghout the afternoon. The stock will
be judged by H. P. Ewalt, who has
been chosen by the Oregon State
Jersey club as the offlcal judge for
the series of 12 county shows to be
held In Oregon during May and
June. The stock will remain on the
grounds for Inspection by the pub
lic until 4 o ’clock, said Charley
Grider, chairman of the grounds
committee.
Operators of the Golden Rule
store are featuring Jersey week by
displaying a window of outstanding
jersey pictures and interesting facts
about the jersey breed.
The Nyssa Pharmacy and Owy
hee Drug company will display vet
erinary supplies at the show. Add
itional business firms who will ex
hibit are the Nyssa iinplemen,
company and the Fanners Supply
co-op, who will show milking ma-
c ¡lines.
A ’ uncli stand will be maintained
on t..e grounds for the oonvience oi
U;e crowd Tile stand will be spon
sored by ilie jersey club under the
direction of Mrs. Grover Cooper,
Mrs Ar, hies Smith and Mrs. Fred
llurgess.
Trailer Houses
Allotted Nvssa
W OOD WORKING
SHOWN IN ARTICLES
A wood-working exhibit contain
ing articles made by the Nyssa 4-H
wood-working club has been placed
on display in the window of the
Idaho Power company office.
The boys carried on the project
during the year in the shop in the
grade school building with Walter
L. McPartland as the club leader.
The jig-saw work includes birds and
animals.
Each of the 36 members of the
club made five articles each, but
all of the articles are not on dis
play. Te officers are Jimmy Nichol
son. president; Delwin Holcomb,
vice president, and Clarence Suiter,
secretary-treasurer.
Avoset Takes Up
J. Prati Option
The Avoset corporation has com
pleted purchase of the farm of John
Prati southwest of Nyssa for erect
ion of a $1,500,000 plant and is
making further arrangements for
actual construction. The company
“took up’’ its 30-day option May 9.
John Sirex, company vice presi-
Ont, who will be here May 21, said
he firm is anxious to “get some
ort of a building up immediately
o that we may store incoming
machinery. The type building we
rave in mind is something about
0 by 100 feet, made of corrugated
ion.”
Mr. Sirex desires to contact per
mis interested ill erecting houses
for the company for renting to
employees.
CARL QUACKENBUSH
IS APPOINTED TO
WASHINGTON BENCH
Carl C. Quackenbush of Spokane,
son-in-law of Tom Lowe of Nyssa
rural route, nas oeen appointed
to the superior court bench of
Waldington, succeeding Judge Fred
H. Witt, whose resignation became
ct fee live May 1, according to in-
lormation received here.
Mr. Quackenbush, Spokane county
prosecutor since April 1, 1940, be
came prosecutor by appointment
of the county commissioners and
was elected to the post two years
later.
In November, 1945, Quacken
bush took military leave of ab
sence to serve overseas with the
army. He recently returned with
the rank oi lieutenant-colonel and
upon his release from military ser
vice resumed his position as pros
ecutor, Upon announcement of jud
ge Witt’s resignation, he declared
he would become a candidate lor
the office in the coming judicial
primary. Under the appointment
tendered him by Governor Wallgren
he will serve as Judge Witt’s suc
cessor during the interim until
the November general election.
Ten additional trailer houses have
been allotted to Nyssa by the fed
eral public housing authority, ac-
t o: ding to announcement issued at
a meeting of tlie city council Tues
day night.
The city has already prepared
lor 15 trailer houses .which were
allotted earlier in the year. How
ever, the 15 houses have not ar
rived here.
The city council and chamber of
commerce are expected to send a
representative to Seattle within the
next few days to attempt to secure
more housing facilities for Nyssa.
The city council passed a resol
ution approving enforcement of the
two-hour parking law applying to
Main street between First and
Third streets. The new order will
become effective June 1.
L. R. Stockman, consulting en
gineer, showed plans and specifica
tions for installing a new eight-
inch water main on Main street
from First to Seventh streets. A
si>eeial meeting of the city council GRANGE PROTESTS
will probably be held Tuesday night
to adopt the plans and make ar- DAY-LIGHT SAVING
lungements for advertising for bids.
The Oregon Trail Grange voted
Anthony Yturrl, acting city at
torney, discussed a proposed bond ’ last Tuesday night to send resolu
Issue for the extension and im- j tions to Oregon legislators protest
provernent of the water system, ing the proposed daylight saving
street improvements and a new time. Loyd Adams; master of the
Grange pointed out the difficulties
stoim sewer.
confronting the farmer on day
light saving time.
Dinner Guest«
Ted
Hollopeter of
Boulevard
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colwell of Grange discussed plans for a coun
Fruitland
were Sunday dinner ty Y. G. A. drill team to go to
guests of Mr, and Mrs. Glea Bill the state grange convention to be
ings.
held In Baker In June. He is youth
chairman for the 5th district.
JOURNAL
"NY5sXTT5ÏÏEGON, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1946'
PUD Is Drawing
Most Interest in
Local Flection
CLASS LEADERS
Directors To Be Elected;
Polls Open From
8 a. m. To 8 p. m.
Perhaps the issue prompting the
most interest in the electron to be j
held Friday of this week is the ’
proposed creation of a people’s ut
ility district.
The candidates ^or the five dir- |
ectors of the proposed dlst.ict are!
H. N. Black. Ensor E. Busl,. Oils
D. Dearborn, William J. Jacobson.
D. M. Johnson and W. D W..mi
lord
The question to be voted on is
IIISAKO KIIIO
'Shall a people's utility district in
Malheur county, Oregon be created
within the boundaries of the terr
itory described in voters' final pet
itions filed with hydro-electric com
mission under tlie provisions ot
title 114, chapter 2, Oregon compil
ed laws annotated, to be known as
the Malheur county people's util
ity district.
The republican candidates are
as follows; For representative In
congress, Lowell Stockman of Um
atilla county, for governor, Henry
Black and Earl Snell; for secretary I
of state, Robert S. Farrell, Jr.; for
commissioner of bureau of labor,
W. E. Kimsey; for representative
31st. representative district, Martin
P. Gallagher of Ontario; for dis
trict attorney, E. Otis Smith and
Charles W. Swan: county commiss
ioner, SA. P, Goodell and W. S.
Skinner: coroner, R. A. Tacke.
The democratic candidates are:
For representative in congress, La
BEVERLY ANN URE
mar Townsend; for governor, Carl
C. Donaugh; secretary of state,
Ifisako Kido has been selected as
Floyd K. Dover, and David C. Epps; valedictorian and Beverly Ann Ure
commissioner of bureau of labor, has been named salutatorian of
Ralph W. Peoples, and commission the 1946 class of the Nyssa high
er, G. C. Good.
school. Commencement for the
Tlie poiis will be open from 8 a. graduates will be held in the Nyssa
m. to 8 p. m. The local voting gymnasium tonight at 8 o'clock.
places are Nyssa precinct No. 1,, Dr. James Millar of Portland will
city hall; No. 2, Eagles hall; No. deliver the commencement address.
3, Methodist church basement; Ar
cadia, Christensen residence, and
Owyhee, schoolhouse.
Bounty Paid For
Crows, Magpies
Nyssa Takes' 19 Vi
Points In Meet
Nyssa placed fifth in the district
track meet held in La Grande Sat
urday, May 11 with 19 Vi points,
The Malheur Game league has
i Mac Hi of Milton-Freewater won
announced a campaign to extermin
i the meet.
ate magpies and crows in Malheur
t Six Nyssa boys, Tom Moore, Bob
county.
The league Is offering a bounty I Church, George Iserla, Dick Iseria,
of five cents for each pair of legs ! Archie McLaughlin and Bernard
and feet of crows and magpies j Shaw, were accpmpanied to La-
turned into Merle Marcum at the Grande by Coach K. E. Keveran.
Nyssa’s points were made as fol
Hollingsworth Hardware and Im
lows; Moore, first in the high hur-
plement sompany store.
League officers estimated that ' dies, third in the high jump
third in tlie low hur-
60,000 crows were killed by blast j and
ing on Crow island between Nyssa | dies. (16 flat in the high hurdles);
1 Church first in the discus, 124 feet,
and Ontario this spring.
Fifty-two thousand fish, mostly | 6 Inches: Dick Iseria, second in tlie
rainbow trout, have been planted in broadjump, 19 feet, 4 Vi inches, and
Malheur county since January 1. ¡Shaw and McLaughlin, sixth In
Most of the trout were planted in the mile and half mile runs.
the Owyhee river.
Malheur comity qualified five
men for the state track meet, which
Here From Boise —
will be held at Corvallie Friday and
Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Haroldson of Saturday of this week. The boys
Boise spent Sunday in Nyssa vis who won the right to participate
iting friends and relatives.
in the state meet are Moore, Church
and Dick Iseria of Nyssa and Zit-
Here From Ogden—
tercob and Chytraus of Ontario.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stettler of
Jesse Thompson will take the
Ogden arrived here Tuesday on a Nyssa boys and Howard Love Joy to
business trip.
Corvallis to the state meet.
LIONS CLUB REVEALS RESULTS OF CARNIVAL
DANCE AND EXPRESSES THANKS TO PEOPLE
Detailed Information on the re are proud of the community mind
ceipts of the carnival dance held ed clubs and organizations, and the
Mr. and Mrs. Burnall Brown left Spent Week-End In Ogden—
in the Nyssa gymnasium May 4 citizens of this community who
Saturday for Utah, due to the ill
Roy Child and George Fife, em under the auspices of the Nyssa gave so generously of their time
ness of Mr. Brown's father at ployees of the Stoker Construction Lions club was given this week by and money to make this adventure
Richmond, Utah.
company, spent the week-end witti the club officers, who expressed possible.
their families in Ogden.
thanks to those who assisted in the
"The building of the hospital ln
Return From Chicago—
project.
this community i no ^asy task. We,
The club officers said;
of this club have started the ball
Herbert Fisher returned Monday Invited To Homedale—
"The Nyssa Lions club wishes to rolling. You, the people of this
from Chicago, where he spent a ' Members of the Owyhee Riding
few days on business.
club are invited to Homedale May take this opportunity to thank each community are now carrying it.
19 to participate in the Owyhee and everyone of you for your It is entirely up to you whether
or nqt you make the touchdown.
Here From Baker—
Wrangler's race meet and parade, splendid support in the festival.
“We especially wish to thank the The results up to now have been
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Conklin of beginning at 12, noon. Various sad
Nyssa Boat club, the Oregon Trail very gratifying. We shall continue
Baker spent from Thursday until dle clubs have been invited from
Sunday at the Lloyd Lewis home. other localities, and are requested Grange, Nyssa chamber of com to strain our every effort to help
to have 5 entries in various type merce. American Legion, and the you to make this touchdown, but
races. Members of the Nyssa club Eagles lodge for their support in you mast still carry the ball. You
Nursing Home Notes—
making this the success that It have made up to now around $22,-
Mr and Mrs. Lawrence Bailey will arrive in Homedale at 11 o’ was.
000 toward the final goal of $75,-
are parents of a girl bom May 14. clock, each one providing a covered
“All of the money has been de 000 .
dish
lunch,
and
his
own
dishes.
The baby weighed 7 pounds and 6
posited in the hospital fund. The
“ In the past, we the people of
ounces and will be named Barbara
following are the totals after all this community have proved that
Receives Discharge—
Leigh.
expenses have been taken out. Nys when we face a vital problem, we
Cpl. Valentine Santillanes left
sa Boat club $1.673.00: Nyssa cham can work together and get the
Sunday for Ft. Lewis, where he
Meeting Cancelled—
ber of commerce (Jeep) $1.559.31; Job don». Now we face a problem
expects
to
be
discharged
from
the
There will not be a meeting of
Oregon Trail Grange (Auction) strictly in our own community, for
the W 3 .C S . of the Methodist service. He will return to Nyssa to $1,224.95: American Legion (games) our friends and families. We have
church May 23. Representatives will \ make his home.
$117 40: Eagles lodge (food) $67.66. proved we could do the Job in
attend a sub-district meeting I n ;
and admission price 663 00, less the past and we can do it again
Nampa on that day.
112.71 federal tax, making 550.29 ■ row.
Flower Sale S nrrrss—
for our share. This makes a grand ! “ If our present cooperation and
The committee of the American
In Boise—
total of $6.192 61.
| interest is continued it will not be
Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell Legion auxiliary wishes to thank i The members of the Nyssa Lions long before our dream will be-
those who helped make a success; club are proud of this record. Wo j come a reality."
spent Sunday ln Boise.
In l ’tah—
GernharcU Sa\s
Making Man is
Most Impurs ant
REV G. WHIPFLE, Sk
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Rev. George Whipple, Sr., lathe
oi Rev. George Whipple of th
Chrchain church of Nyssa, died i
Inglewood,
California
Tuesda
Large Congregation At morning. Rev. and Mrs. Whlppi
left Nyssa by automobile Tuesda
tends Baccalaureate
afternoon for Inglewood to attenc
For Graduates
the funeral.
The elder Mr. Whipple was pas
‘'peaking before a la; e Congre
gation in the Nyssa gymnas»um ta»’ of the Church of Ohrist h
ounuay night. Rev. H. J. Genmardt 0tt*?riu 101 11 v e ^ pr.or to moviu
of tlie Nj.-sa Methodist church de- to Ing!ewood in January of t’h
-laied u. the lt.,6 c a t . alaareat.e . e j r. Mr Whipple, who was bo
lemon, -Making Man. ’ that T h e ! > ' ° 1J-
*«*
<**>r lea’lh
greatest hbe.ators of mankind h a v e L e e . ,
in the
ministry
for
43
years.
.ten tho.-e who not only -aw tilings
Rev.
Whipple
visited
In
Nyssa
oc-
auout them, but became aware ot
m U lves'cm l 'theinselves” akin to|ta“
'y “ nd P™ ched hi the lo
cal i-lniri h a lew times.
C od.”
Rev. Gernhardt used as the bas-
, is of his talk a passage from the
Btb'.e, “ Let us make man In our
I own image, and give him dominion
; over all the earth.”
I "It is that spirit, that has chall-
j enged man to a paitnership with
Melvin and Don Engstrom of
| God in making man,” the speaker Shelton's dairy have purchased lots
aid, adding that Americans be on highway 20 across Alberta ave
lieve that the ability ot this nation nue from the Dessert Seed com-
and its leadership of other nations . puny office for a modern dairy
re ts upon its ability to make things. ] plau,
We have been making things."
Xhe maaonary building will be
the minister said, "and where did 40 by 42 feet with concrete floor,
•nuking of things get us? Man turns lThe lnaJn ^
oI the building will
his greatest genius to making things ^ Qf einderblocks, with a brick
and then destroys his creations. In front Luther pMe> f0ntractor, is
the midst of all the choas there expected
complete the building
echoes let’s make’. We believe theie ln about ^ days Work wU1 be
ought to be a better world and started vvithin the next few days,
better relationships. The fact that | The ,,ew ahelton dairy owners,
we know is our greatest condemns- ' who wH, lnsta„ a considerable a-
lion. If we are to make a new lllount 0f new equipment, wlll sell
eaith, this gioup of students and milk at retail and wholesale. They
others like them must discover that bave iIlstuilled a new pasteurizer
the primary purpo :e of making is ol 200 gallons capatlty ln thelr
to make that which means some- present plant on First street at
Dairy Owners To
Build New Plant
thing’
! the underpass.
"There are three ways of mak-1
ing men and women. First, making
man physically. In spite of all MALHEUR ELECTRIC
these things of destruction, we ASSOCIATION, VALE,
have multiplied over the earth.”
CUTS HEATING RATE
Intimating the need for studied
impiuVciiieiit uf the human race,
VALE, OREGON. MAY 11—On
Rev. Gernhardt said “We will have the basis of an audit of the kooks
to give as much to the making of of the Malheur Cooperative Electric
(Continued on page 2)
association Just completed, the rur
al electrification administration has
authorized a rate of reduction of
STORY HOUR FOR
CHILDREN PLANNED 11 tier cent In water heating rates
and the reduction of the minimum
Mrs A. V. Pruyn announces that bill from $1.75 to 75 cents.
“Tills is ln accordance with our
Miss ’Daisy Secoy, children’s lib
rarian at the Malheur county lib usual custom of using surplus In
rary, will conduct a story hour at come to reduce rates,” Eddie J.
the Nyssa public library every Tue Williams, manager, said ln making
sday at 2:30 during May and June the announcement. The new rates
will take effect Immediately, he
beginning May 21.
Miss Lillian Nisbet, the county, added, and will be reflected ln
librarian, reports that the stories next month’s billing
"The local co-op, which borrow
will appeal to all ages as children’s
books these days hold a fascina ed money from R.E.A. to provide
tion for adults as well as children. electrical service for a large area
Mother and older boys and girls of rural territory which had been
are urged to take to the meetings unable to obtain service prior to
pre-school children, especially those that time, has Just completed Its
of five and six who will be start fifth year of operation," Williams
ing to school ln the fall. Miss Se said. "The co-operative obtained
coy will help the older children Its first loan of $108,000 In 1940 to
find library books that they will serve 347 members and built Its
enjoy for home reading. The sched first 89 miles of line ln Malheur
ule for story hour during August county. These were energized In
and September will be every other 1941. Today the system consists of
week. The exact dates will be an 324 miles of line serving 519 mem
bers ln Malheur and Balter count
nounced later.
ies ln Oregon and ln Payette coun
ty, Idaho
SEVENTH GRADERS
“ In its "current construction pro
BEAT EIGHTH TEAM gram, the co-op has Just completed
52 miles of line to serve the people
The seventh grade baseball team of Westfall.
defeated the eighth grade of the
“The co-op Is actively supporting
Nyssa school for the second con the P.U.D. movement In this coun
secutive time Friday, May 10. The ty, because Its members feel that
score was 10 to 5.
It would be an advantageous dis
Although playing without the tribution system for Bonneville
help of several star players, the power. The co-op now buys whole
seventh graders rallied ln the last sale power from the Idaho Power
Inning to overcome an early eighth company at 93 mills compared to
grade lead.
the Bonneville wholesale rate of
Batteries were: Seventh grade, 3 mills.
Bowen, Pounds (2), Burns, H.
Knowles; eighth grade. Cleaver and Returns To Nyssa—
8idter.
Cpl. Mike Chavez arrived last
week from Germany after being
Go To Portland—
discharged from tlie army. He is
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Mauldtng and the son of Mr and Mrs. Toney
children left Saturday for Port Chavez.
land.
of the Mother’s day flower sale
held Saturday ln the Nyssa Packing
company market. The money receiv
ed from the sale will be used for
leturnlng veterans and needy fam
ilies of veterans.
Granges To Meet—
The Oregon Trail Grange will be
host to the Pomona Orange May
25 at an all-day session to be held
In the Nyssa high school building.
Arrested On Driving Count—
Don Utter was arrested by a
city police officer Wednesday after
noon on a charge of drunken driv
ing, ln connection with an auto
mobile accident occurring at the
underpass. Utter was driving a car
registered to Anna Oentry. Utter
made a wide turn going north off
First street and the machine (truck
the north wall of the underpass
and was quite badly damaged.
School District
Consolidation
io Be Voted On
Election To Be Held In
Nyssa Grade School
May 27
The proposed consolidation of
school district No. 26C, Nyssa, end
school district No. 36. Arcadia, will
be voted on at a special election
to be held Monday, May 27 In the
Nyssa grade school building. R. O.
Larson, chairman of tlie board of
directors of the Nyssa schools, an
nounced.
The polls will be open from 2
p. m. to 8 p. m. The proposed con
solidation would include an appor
tionment of assets and liabilites as
protloed in section 111-836 O. C. L.
A. as amended by chapter 27. Ore
gon laws of 1941.
In order to vote a person must
be a citizen of the state of Ore
gon, male or female, who is 21
years of age and has resided in
the district 30 days Immediately
preceding and has property in the
district as shown by the last county
assessment and not assessed by the
sheriff on which he or she is lia
ble or subject to pay a tax; pro
vided further that ownership of
shares of stock in a corporation,
partnership, etc., which does pay
taxes in said district, is deemed to
satisfy the property qualification.
Owners of property in the dis
trict who do not reside therein are
Ineligible to vote.
A husband or wife whose name
does not appear either directly or
by Inference upon the assessment
roll is not eligible.
Ownership of personal property
appearing on the assessment roll
qualifies an Individual insofar as
property ownership is concerned.
Officers Named
By Nyssa P.T.A.
Officers of the newly-formed
Nyssa Parent-Teaclier association
were elected at a me a» qg held
Wednesday night of last week.
The officers are Mrs. Ed Frost,
president; W. R. Campbell and
Mrs. Leslie C. Ballantyne, vice
president; Mrs. Jake Simmons, sec
retary, and Mrs. George Sallee,
treasurer.
Members of the PTA are circu
lating petitions in Nyssa for an In
itiative petition to create a basic
school support fund by annual tax
levy.
The purpose of the proposed law
is to authorize the levy of uu an
nual state school tax outside the
six per cent limitation, sufficient to
produce $.>0 per capita for each
child within the state between ages
of four and 20 years, according to
the latest school census.
PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC
WILL BE CONDUCTED
The newly-formed Nyssa P. T. A.
will sponsor a summer round-up
clinic of pre-school children from
six months to six years of age ln
the high school building May 28.
Mrs. Edna Farris of Vale, county
public health nurse, will be ln the
high school building May 22 to reg
ister the children. Youngsters, who
wlll be given a physical check-up,
should be accompanied by their
parents.
On Buying Trip—
Arden C. Newsom of tlie Nordule
Newsom Furniture company was ln
Boise Monday buying merchandise
He will leave Sunday on a buying
trip to the Pacific coast.
Buys Dairy Route—
Jim Gahan of Nyssa has pur
chased the Star dairy route ln Nys
sa and has started operation und ;r
In Portland—
C. W. Buchner is in Portland this his own name. Oahan. who was dis
charged from the navy December
week.
1 is delivering milk each day, In
Here From Payette—
cluding Sunday.
Thelma Jones. R. N. of Payette,
was a dinner guest Saturday even Vi Its H e re -
ing ln the Dean Smith home.
Frank Nordale of Salt Lake City,
who visited his father, Tom Nor
Girl Scouts WUI M e e t-
dale of Nyssa, left for his home
All Olrl Scouts are Invited to Sunday.
meet In the park Thursday after
noon. May 23 at 2:30. If any girl Son Returns To Ogden—
wishes to join a troop she should
Wells Stephensen. son of Mr and
take 50 cents for dues to the meet Mrs. Chester Stephensen. returned
ing.
to Ogden Friday. He has spent
the last month here with his par
Nursery Man Here—
ents and is now employed at Og
Leonard Howes, owner and man den.
ager of the American Pork Nur
series-at American Pork, Utah, and Here On Furlough—
two of his assistants spent two
Donald Ford, son of Mrs. J. F.
days here this week, landscaping Ford, arrived here Monday for a
the grounds at the Gordon Ray 12-day leave from San Diego, where
home Mr. Howes is Mrs Ray's he spent three months ln navy
training.
brother-in-law.