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JOURNAL All Members O f Faculty Chosen In High School Grade Faculty Is About Completed; New Teach ers Employed Malheur county safety council and voted $50 toward Its support. The plan o f the organization was outlined by Edwin Knettle of Nys- sa. The purpose o f the safety pro gram is to eliminate all types of accidents in Malheur county by means of leadership, education and example and to provide an organi zation representing as many popu lation groups as possible to give active support to public officials and law enforcement officers in the enforcement of existing laws and ordinances. T h e organization would be o f the federated type, in which each town or city in the county would be re sponsible for safety promotion in its area. All funds collected in each city would be spent by the safety committee of that town in the de velopment o f its safety program. Constitution and by-laws would be patterned after those o f the Boise safety council and upon the rec ommendations of the national safe ty council. Membership in each city safety committee would consist of one representative from each group or fam ily contributing at least $50 per year for the operation of that safety organization. Non paying memberships in each city safety committee would be given to the city manager or mayor, the fire chief, the chief of police, the city school superintendent, the safety chairman o f the local sugar factory and to the fieldmen of local banks. Membership in- the Malheur couty safety council would consist of one representative from (Continued on Fage 2) ONTARIO y’AIL IS BADLY CROWDED T h e limited quarters o f the On tario city jail were crowded over the week-end as many men were being held for drunkenness and vagrancy. Sixteen men spent one night in the city jail, which has bunks for only 12. Mattresses were put on the floor fo r the extra men, and, due to the hot weather, there was sufficient bedding to go around, Chief o f Police Asie Gunderson said. G etting something in return for the ibig board bill involved in feed in g so many prisoners, the city is putting some of the men to work on the streets. Friday afternoon and again Saturday morning, a labor crew was made up of the inmates. Six men were released this morn ing after appearing in police court. One case of vagrancy and 14 cases o f drunkenness were handled in city court Friday and Monday morning. — Argus-Ohserver WINDOW BREAKER IS SERVING TIME Lee Morales, charged with break ing seven windows in Ontario business houses last week, was finded $200 by C ity Recorder Frank Ryan in police court Friday. Morales, said to be from Stock- ton, California, pleaded guilty to a charge of destruction of property. He was unable to pay the fine, so on the basis o f $2 a day he will be required to serve 100 days in jail. Visiting in Nyssa— Mrs. Bruce Beck and son, Bruce, of Montpelier, Idaho are visiting at the homes of Mrs. Beck's two sisters, Mrs. Leslie Burbank and Mrs. Them a Glenn. Mr. Beck also visited here for a short time, but has returned to his work as a brakeman on the Union Pacific railroad. Baby Arrives— Mrs. Leslie Burbanks and Mrs. Thelm a Glenn have received word that a boy was born June 4 to their brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bagley, Jr., in Orland, California. Visits on Coast— Mrs. W. A. Dunn, owner of the Owyhee Beauty shop, returned S at urday from Edmonds. Washington, Vancouver. B C., and Soap Lake, Washington. W hile at Soap Lake she visited Mr. and Mrs Jim K irk land. former Nyssa residents. Go to Yellowstone— E W Pruyn and fam ily left W ed nesday on a trip to Yellowstone National park. Here from Portland— Mr. and Mrs. R. Mitchell and son of Portland spent the week end with Mr. Mitchell's parents, M r« and Mrs. Ira Mitchell, and his sister, Mrs. Albert Coleman. Mrs. Ira M itchell and son. Ted. returned home with them Sunday. Many readers will recall the con - 1 hope that most o f the city’s streets iition of Nyssa's Main street dur - 1 ... „ ng the construction period show n' W1 soon aPPear as Mam street above. C ity officials (and others) I does at the present time. Kerby Elected Head O f Doctors Nyssa Baseball Oregon Potato BAK ER , Special— Dr. K. E. Kerby Team Loses To Group Organized of Nyssa was elected president of the Eastern Oregon District Medical society at the conclusion of a two Payette 20 to 1 An Oregon potato Commission to day annual meeting held in Baker June 26 and 26. Sixty physicians were registered representing the counties o f Harney, Grant, Morrow, Umatila. Union, Wallowa, Baker, and Malheur which comprise the district society. Dr. R. R. Belknap o f Ontario was elected vice president and Dr. W ar ren Alden o f John Day .was re elected secretary-treasurer. Elected to serve on the board of censors for one, two, and three year terms re spectively were Dr. H. J. Flower, Milton, Dr. Robert Pollock, Baker, and Dr. James J. D. Hahn, La Grande. Other activities of the business session included approval and adop tion of a revised constitution and a discussion o f the operation of Oregon Physicians Service, the ap proved voluntary pre-paid medical care plan of the Oregon State M edi cal society. Dr. J. D. Brennan of Pendleton, members of the board of directors, and W illard Marshall, general manager of OPS, lead the discussion. Retiring President Dr. Roger Bis well, Baker, presided during the session which featured lectures by 12 Portland specialists covering al most every phase of modern medi cal practice. The 1949 meeting will be held in Ontario. JAMES GREIG IS RECOVERING FROM ACCIDENT INJURIES Vale W ill Play On Nyssa Field Tonight In Next Game Nyssa’s city baseball team took a solid drubbing from the Payette men last Friday night, June 25, by a score o f 20 to 1 in an Idaho- Oregon league game. During the entire game, played on the Payette field, the Nyssa men came up with only four hits against the opposing team’s 16. Nyssa was outplayed during the en tire game, committing 14 errors while Payette commited three. Nyssa Name AB R II PO A E Hartloo, rf 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Rambaud, r f Cleaver, ss 2 0 0 0 1 4 Koy ano, ss. 2 1 0 1 1 3 F. Wilson, c 5 0 1 7 1 1 S. Hartley, If 5 0 2 3 0 0 G. Bellon, cf 2 0 0 3 1 2 J. Bellon, c 2 0 0 3 1 0 Vaughn, lb 2 0 0 3 0 0 C. Wilson, 2b 2 0 1 1 2 0 Iseri, 3b 2 0 0 B 1 1 Holcomb, 3b 1 0 0 0 2 0 M. Hartley, 3b 1 0 0 0 1 2 Ison, p 4 0 0 0 5 1 Totals 34 1 4 34 17 14 Pavette Name A ll R H PO A E C. Massingil, ss. 5 4 1 1 2 3 Rogers, cf 6 6 4 1 0 0 West, rf 5 3 1 1 0 0 Dribble, lb 6 3 2 8 1 0 Stingley 3 1 1 5 2 0 Matsubu, 6 2 0 0 7 1 0 T. Massingill, 3b 6 1 3 1 0 0 5 0 2 3 3 3 Pyne, 2b Meehan, If 5 1 1 0 0 0 Lyda, p 5 1 2 0 1 1 48 20 16 27 10 7 Total T h e next game played by the local nine will be with Vale on the local field tonight. TIME FOR BIDDING ON HOSPITAL MOVED T h e time for opening bids on the Malheur Memorial hospital has been extended to July 15 from July 7, Frank T. Morgan stated Wednes day. Twenty-four sets of plans have Teen printed, but even more ore needed, indicating considerable in terest in the project. Several gen eral contractors have indicated they will bid. The bidders will probably include two Nyssa contrac tors. The high school faculty has been completed and the grade school faculty has been virtually completed for the 1948-49 school year, Super intendent Henry Hartley announced Wednesday. The teaching time o f the high ichool faculty has been increased slightly. A full-tim e teacher will replace a half-tim e teacher, Rev. George Whipple, who Is pastor of the Christian church in Nyssa. Mrs. The recent increase in the price Josephine Rigney will assume the of sugar is not likely to have any positiaon of a special teacher for affect on the price paid to growers handicapped and retarded young for their 1947 crop of beets, accord sters. increasing the number of ing to Amalgamated Sugar company officials. grade school teachers by one. The increase still leaves the price Several new teachers have been employed in the high school and of sugar below the price that was guaranteed as the basis for pay elementary school. The new grade school teachers ment for the 1947 crop o f sugar include Mrs. Patricia Castro of beets. Consequently any increase Ontario, first grade; Dorothy Ed- at the present time would have to holm, Tw in Falls, third; Virginia boost the price of sugar to about Voight, Iowa Fals, Iowa, fifth ; D o $8.20 to have any effect on the rothy Nolan, Harrington, Washing price paid for the 1947 crop of ton, sixth; G eorgia Nichol, Ontario, beets, R. G. Larson, district man sixth; and G eorge L. Stanger, ager o f the Amalgamated Sugar ccmpany, said. Boise, sixth. However, any increase that does New junior high school teachers are Clarence D. Bowman o f N am come in the price of sugar will pa, social science; Lawrence A n affect the prices paid for the 1948 derson o f Provo. Utah, science and crop of beets. Any price increase art, and Viola N. Dunckley of Leb 5n sugar per 100 pounds would be represented by almost exactly twice anon, Oregon, English. New teachers in the high school that amount paid per ton fair beets. are Marsden B. Stokes, Caldwell, In other words, 25 cents more In general science, general m athemat t'he price of sugar |>er 100 pounds ics and bookkeeping; Audrey Stall, would mean an Increase of 50 social science and English, and cents per ton to the growers for William H. Reedy, Greeley, Colo sugar beets raised in 1948. rado, English. Price Change To A (feet ’48 Beets promote increased o f Oregon grown potatoes in coast markets and im provement in quality of potatoes in the state was endorsed by a state-wide committee o f potato growers this week in a meeting at Redmond. Various tarm organizations of the state cooperated in forming the committee for the Redmond meet ing. Included were the Oregon Seed Growers league and local po tato associations in Malheur, K la math, Multnomah, Crook, Jeffer son, and Deschutes counties. The committee authorized the chairman, Scott W arren of Klamath Falls, to proceed in drafting a bill to create a potato commission mo deled after similar commissions in Idaho, Maine, and other states. The proposed b ill will first be discussed by the potato association and if approved by them will be presented to the legislature. The committee suggests a levy of 1 ' _• cents per sack fo r all Oregon po tatoes entering commercial chan nels. It is anticipated that this will raise a fund o f about $50.000 per year. This money would be spent in advertising, market contacts with wholesalers and retailers, im provement o f quality, consumer ed ucation, improvement 4>_>f seed The Oregon T r a if Orange, meet used by commercial growers, and for such special purposes as main ing Tuesday night, passed a resolu tenance o f the ring-rot free area tion endorsing tile attitude of the county court on its refusal to in in central Oregon. The committee that decided on crease the county welfare budget as this move is composed of Scott demanded by the state welfare Warren, Klamath Falls, chairman; commission. Loyd Adams, agriculture Chair Henry Semon, Klamath Falls; H er bert Eby, Redmond; Kenneth Dul- man, gave a report on the price of ing, Terrebonne; Clyde Ward, Ba sugar as affecting the payments ker; Robert Miller, Boardmàn; to growers for beets. Frank Sher Floyd Stoneman, Weiser; John wood told of the triple A payments Brooks, Madras; John Seidl. Trout- this year. Mrs. Charley Grider uhged the dale; Jess Minson, Powell Butte. members to save articles for the Powell Butte. Mr. Warren said, "We think that Malheur County fair exhibit. Plans Oregon growers are losing out for the Grange booth at the fair through failure to capitalize on our will be outlined soon. Charlie G rider gave a report on natural advantages and we see no other way to get proper advertising the field day program that he at for our product. Also our product tended at the Fred Burgess farm isn't getting to consumers in the near Vale, where several different best condition, so a potato com pieces of machinery were demon mission should help both growers strated. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Crocker, Mr. and consumers” . and Mrs. Skinner and DelbertRou.se refreshments. THREE YOUTHS ARE served A special musical program will ARRESTED HERE ON be given at the Grange meeting to be held July 13. Grange Endorses Stand of Court James G reig of Nyssa, who was injured in an automobile accident near Parma early Tuesday morning, was reported Wednesday to be re covering satisfactorily in the Holy Rosary hospital in Ontario* Canyon County Deputy Sh eriff C. C. Imberg said G reig was alone in the oar when it overturned after failing to negotiate a curve leading onto the Apple valley highway from highway 20 a short distance northwest of Parma. The Parma city marshal said TEMPERATURE HITS he stopped the driver of the Greig 98 HERE TUESDAY oar because o f alleged speeding and ordered three persons from the Following two days of torrid tem machine. Greig, he said, slipped under the steering wheel and drove perature, the mercury droped some away. in Nyssa today. The maxifhum temperature Tuesday was 98 and Wednesday 97, according to recla LAWYER EXPECTED mation bureau instruments. ATTEMPT AT THEFT HERE IN SEPTEMBER T h e lowest temperature on the tw o days was 68 Tuesday and 59 Three young men giving their OWYHEE DISTRICT Clyde H Snider o f St. Louis, Mis Wednesday. souri is expected to arrive here in TO TALK BUILDING T h e temperature also climbed to names as Robert Dale Steinmetz, Donald Fred Voeditch and Reuben September to start the practice of 97 June 7. A special schodl meeting will be Gilbert Whetstone, were arrested by held Friday, July 2 at 8:30 p.m. in law. state and city police officers Sunday the Owyhee schoolhouse to give Mr. Snider, who has been prac TOWNE IS MAKING night on a chanje of attempted residents of the district an oppor- ticing law in Missouri for several years, intended to come to Nyssa CHANGES IN GARAGE larceny. ‘ unity to decide on a building pro The three transients were charged gram necessary to conform to the last year, but was delayed. He has purchased the residence o f Mrs. Herman Towne is partitioning o ff by officers with attempting to steal state law. Gertrude Atkeson on the com er the front part of his garage a t ! gasoline from a truck owned by The taxpayers will decide whether of Locust avenue and highway 20. Third and Main streets to enlarge ■ Frank Morris. They were first ap to remodel the present building or He may secure office quarters In his parts department and thd space prehended by Ed Case and were ■rect a new building. the new Heldt building now under for the Trailways stage office. I later arrested by the officers. They construction on Third street. T h e change will about triple the were fined $50 each and sentenced COURT OF HONOR size of the garage parks department to 30 days in jail in Justice of the HELD BY SCOUTS Attend Excursion— and the stage depot. The parts de Peace Don M. Graham's court. The Those attending the Temple ex partment will be moved into the jail sentences were suspended, but cursion at Idaho Falls Thursday new section and the stage office the youths, ranging in age from The Nyssa L.D.S. first and sec and Friday from the Nyssa L.D S. will be expanded to include the 18 to 22, were ordered to work out ond ward Boy Scouts, troops 45 and their fines. They pleaded guilty ¡8, held their court of honor Sun first ward were Bishop and Mrs. old parts department space. Dean Fife, Mr. and Mrs. Ren Hen to the charge. day night, June 7 under the di dricks. Mrs. Faye D iffin , Mrs. M yr Queen Will Appear— rection of Scoutmaster Reed Ray. tle B om ey and A. M. Zink. Bette Pett. queen of the Nyssa Visits Daughter— The program consisted of a talk Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Stener of by Carlos Telford ; aocordian solo, rodeo, which will be held July 23 Klam ath FalLs arrived Saturday To Washington— and 24. has been invited to repre Keith Ray, and scout laws, Larry Mrs. O. L. Galloway and her sent Nyssa at the Snake River for a visit with their daughter and Vaughn. mother, Mrs. Humphreys, who has Stampede July 14. Th e Owyhee son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Helmer by Leo Child, second class badges been visiting at the Galloway home, Riding club will be represented at Ostrom. Tenderfoot badges were awarded ’. eft Wednesday morning for W aits- the stampede the night o f July 17. by Don Moss, first class badges by burg, Washington to be with Mrs. In Boise— Edion Child, life badges by Bishop Humphrey's father, who is ill. Merry Visit Relatives— Mrs. Bumall Brown, accompanied Dean Fife and merit badges by Norcott accompanied them as far Mr. and Mrs. Percy J. Beiber of by Mrs. Campbell Baer and Mrs. Ray Lewis. as La Grande, where she will visit New Hampton, Iowa, who have George Mitchell, Marion Grace The silver palm award was pres friends. bqen house guests at the home of Brown, Bonnie Fife and Mardi ented to Scoutmaster Reed Ray Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gonyer the past Sallee, spent Monday in Boise. by Leo Child. Visit at Enterprise— week, left Friday for Yellowstone, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Garrison and rmrk Mr. Beiber is a cousin of | Goes to Idaho— Here from San Diego— Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Schoen spent Mrs. Oonyer. j Roger Olenn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs, Vina Higgs o f San Diego is the week-end at Enterprise. They ----------------------- - Newbem Olenn. left last week for visiting her sister, Mrs. Nettie Simp visited Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Returns from New York— Montpelier. Idaho, where he Is son. Mrs. Higgs and Mrs Simpson Thompson and Mr and Mrs. Ro- j Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Powell re- visiting his grandparents. Mr. ami will leave Saturday for Burns to bert Thompson. turned Sunday from a five-weeks Mrs H. G. Bagley, and other rela- visit at the home of Judge and Mrs. N. B Hlgg.s over the holidays. trip to the East. They accompanied . tives and friends. Attend Picnic— Tom Moore and Vinzo Murolo by ------------------------ Mr. and Mrs Thomas Lile and car to New York, where Murolo and Stores Closed— Girl Arrives— Mr. and Mrs. Mose Solomon at Moore sailed for Italy. M r and Practically all business houses In A daughter, 6 pounds, 9 ounces, tended a picnic given by the T er- Mrs Powell purchased a new Stude- the city are expected to be clo... d was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Valen- teling company for the employes baker car at Chicago and drove it Monday In observance of the Fourth j tine Santillanes of Nyssa in the Sunday at the Terteling ranch at home. W hile on the trip they vis- of July, which will fall on Sunday Nvsaa Nursing 'home June 26. Boise. lted Mrs. Pow ell’s relatives at O ar- this year I Return from Trip— ry and G riffith . Illinois. T hey at- Receiving Treatment— __ _ ____ i .............. Mr and ...... Mrs. O. _ E. Dorman re- tended the national air races at i Visits Her Mrs. Frank T. Morgan is recetv- Long Island. New York and also' Mr. and Mrs P erry Ward and ' turned home last week after a two- ing medical treatment in a Port went on many Interesting s ig h t-1 ehldren of Huntinc ted at weeks visit in Kansas, where they land hospital. seeing trips while in the east. the Bernard Frost home Monday. visited relatives and friends. Hette Pett O f Parma is Named Queen o f Rodeo Attendants Chosen For Nyssa Event, To Be Held July 23-24 Bette Pett of Parma was selected by judges at the Nyssa rodeo grounds Sunday afternoon to act as queen o f the Nyssa rodeo, which will be held July 23 and 24. Bette Domenico o f Parma and Betty Culbertson o f Nyssa were selected as the queen's attendants. The girls were selected on their horsemanship, personality and ap pearance. Three other girls con tested for the positions. The judges were William Smiley, Chet Sage and Lynn Snodgrass. Roy Holmes, president of the Owyhee Riding club, announced at a meeting of t'he Nyssa chamber of commerce Wednesday noon that street signs advertising the rodeo will be erected this week-end. Prize money will be collected from merchants soon after July 4. Four hundred reserve seats will be sold for the rodeo. The reserve seat tickets and general admission tickets will be placed on sale a week before the show at the Nyssa Insur ance agency office. When com pleted, the stands will accommodate 2400 persons. If the club Is able to secure the school bleachers the seating capacity will be increased to approximately 3500. Harley Tucker's stock will be used at the two night shows. Holmes announced that the club has secured additional UgthtB, so that 40 open-face lights will be available for lighting the arena. The club had only 21 lights last year. NYSSA DRILL TEAM HOSPITAL NEEDS TO TAKE PART IN NAMPA STAMPEDE REVEALED TO GROUP The Owyhee Riding club has been iavited to give a drill at the buck- aroo breakfast at Nampa July 11, the Sunday before the Snake River Valley Stampede. T w o other drill teams will participate in the field day program, to wthich the public Is invited. The Owyhee Riding club will par ade at the stampede July 15. Five or six club will participate each of the first three nipihts. They will be judged on the horses, grooming, equipment, spacing, straightness of lines, flags, banners and general appearance, and the winner each night will compete on the last night for the grand prizes. The Nyssa club's drill team will practice Wednesday night, July 7 at the rodeo grounds. As the prac tice will be the last before the appearance a t Nampa, members are asked by Drillmaster Nell Dim- mlck to attend on time. ADRIAN ROAD WORK IS ABOUT FINISHED Mrs. Naomi Buchert, manager o f the Nyssa Nursing home, told the members of the Malheur Hospital auxiliary Monday afternoon of some of the items that would be neces sary for the new hospital. Mrs. Buchert, in mentioning the canning of fruits and vegetables for the hospital, told o f the can ning o f Jams and Jellies without sugar and vegetables without salt for special diets. Mrs Buchert, in her talk, especi ally emphasized the polio ward and the equipment that would be needed in this ward. Angela Peterson and Laura Schenk played two violin solos fo r the group. A special feature o f the a fter noon was the towel shower, to which the members contributed, in order to begin filling the equip ment needs of the new hospital. No meetings o f the hospital aux iliary will be held during July and August, but the meeting will be resumed on the fourth Monday In September. O iling of the highway from Ad rian to the state line by the state of Oregon is expected to be com pleted this week, according to in formation received here. W ith the oiling, the road will be completed except for an underpass, under construction about a mile south of Adrian. J. A. Terteling and company has the contract. The new road will provide a paved highway from Adrian to Homedale as the Oregon road will connect with the Homedale section at the state line. STRADLEY TAKES TITLE OF CHAMP IN FISH DERBY Moving to Vale— Vern Parson, service man of the Idaho Power company In Nyssa, who intended to transfer to P ay ette, will move to Vale Instead, he stated this week. He will be in charge o f a line crew. Parson will start work at Vale next week, but his fam ily will remain In Nyssa for a few weeks. Visit in Nyssa— Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Hartley and two children of Minneapolis visited at the home o f Mr. H art ley's brother. Henry Hartley. Friday o d Saturday of last week. Mr. Hartley, an auditor, was on a busi ness trip to Washington. Elmer Stradley replaced Roy Pounds as the big bass catcher in the Owyhee territory by taking a five-pounder in the Olympic club’s fish derby. Stradley’s catch won him first place in the bass division during June and also for the season to date. Pound’s bass weighed 4 5/8 pounds. Jack M cKee caught the largest trout in the Owyhee, a two and BODY DECLARED one-half pounder, to win first prize THAT OF A. T. WARD for the month, but Oarl Buming- ham still retains the title for the The body of a man found along season with his four and one-quar the Union Pacific railroad tracks ter pound trout taken the opening near Ontario last Thursday was day o f fishing. definitely 'identified over the week end as that o f Arthur T Ward of Home for Sum m er- Arthur Troutner has returned Shoshone, Idaho, Sh eriff C. W. Glenn said. home from the University of Idaho An autopsy, performed by Dr. at Moscow to spend the summer Joseph Beeman, criminologist, and with his mother, Mrs. Edwin O ld relatives. Mr. Coroner R. A. Tack«, did not reveal ham, and other the cause o f death because of the Troutner It m a jo ri«* in architec ture. decomposition o f the body. Friends of Ward, who said he walked along the railroad tracks Takes Position— frequently fo r exercise, stated that Jim Marcho of Newport, Maine he was In poor health, apparently has assumed management o f the having heart trouble. Dr. Tacke parts department o f the Herrlman sa4d investigation o f the case has Motor company. He has had more than 20 years of experience in the not been completed. As Ward left no known relatives, Ford business. Mr. and Mrs. Marcho he was buried in the Ontario ceme are liv in ' in the Bennett apart ments. tery. Here from Wyoming— Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Thomson Wyoming arrived Monday for a and daughter. Donna, of Rawlins, two-weeks visit with Mrs. Thom son’s sister, Mrs. John Murphy. At Convention— Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Frost. Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Renstrom and Claude Wilson attended the Eaglea state convention at Portland last Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Mr. Wilson also visited In Kelso, Washington with hts daughter.
