JOURNAL
77ieNYSSA
VOLUME X X X X IV
NO. 7
C of C To Give
Many Trophies
At Jersey Show
Association
Spokesmen
Say Show W ill Be
Held May 14
THE NYSSA GATE C ITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON.
GROWERS, COMPANY
FAIL TO AGREE ON
CONTRACT ON BEETS
The Amalgamated Sugar company
and the beet growers failed to reach
an agreement on a contract for
1949 at a conference held in Twin
Falls last Friday.
Proposals were submitted by both
the growers and sugar company.
After the conference the growers
issued a statement, which included
the following discussion: "The scale
proposal offered by the company
was somewhat less than the 1949
contract In the $4.25 to $550 brack
et with a substantial increase In
brackets under $4 and a very slight
increase in the brackets above $625.
They also offered a participating
contract whereby the grower would
receive a percentage o f all sugar
as well as a percentage o f molasses
and wet pulp” .
This district was represented at
the conference by Arvil Child and
Amasa Haimman.
The Nyssa chamiber of commertt
voted at its noon luncheaon W ed
nesday to contribute'$100 for troph
ies to be given to winners in the
Spring Jersey show to be sponsored
by the M alheur County Jersey
Breeders association in Nyssa in
May.
C liff W right o f Kingm an Kolony
said the Malheur association re
ceived the Hulburt trophy last year
for holding the best spring show
in the state and hopes to gain
permanent possession of the trophy
by winning it for three consecutive
years.
Mrs. Charley G rider said $100
will be needed in addition to the
trophies given by individuals.
Charley G rider said "W e appreci
ate the moral support we received
from the merchants last year as
much as we did the financial sup
W ED NESD AY N IG H T SCORES
port” .
Nvssa Eagles 52, Payette 46.
Grider asked the merchants to
Welser 59; C. C. Anderson 21.
attend the show, to be held May
Ontario Lions 41, N. Plymouth 17.
14, and invited business firm s to
Games tonight include Nyssa-
exhibit commercial displays there. Weiser at 9:15.
Eagles Lose In
Title Contest
ONE OF TRIPLETS
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Diana Lee, one o f the triplets
born February 7 to Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Sm ith of Nyssa, died in
the Holy Rosary hospital in On
tario Wednesday night.
The babies, born two months
prematurely, have been living in
incubators since their birth. The
surviving sisters are Sharolyn Kay
and Rose Marie.
Funeral services have not been
arranged.
Th e body is in the
Nyssa Funeral home.
NYSSA AND VALE
FIGHT TO DRAW
Nyssa and Vale boxers fought
30 rounds to a tie! in a smoker
held in the Nyssa gymnasium W ed
nesday night. Each team won five
■bouts.
Results, with Nyssa fighters lis t
ed first were as follows:
Haney, 98, defeated Rose, 101;
Toombs 105, lost to Tom Perian,
100; Low, 124, was bested by Palm
er, 123; Flanary, 132 lost to Turner,
136; Vaught, 132, defeated Parks,
128; Ketch, 128, was beaten by J.
Eagan, 124; Rhodes, 138, outpointed
Collins, 137; Jensen, 149, scored over
Doran 153; Schireman, 150, lose to
Jones, 15/7; Van Twisk, 161, defeat
ed Kendell, 162.
Nyssa lost to Parma 3 to 2 at
Nyssa last Wednesday and de
feated New Plymouth there 4 to 3.
Nyssa winners against Parma were
Flanary and schirem an and a-
gainst New Plymouth Kelch, Batt,
Flanary and Schireman. Marostioa
injured his shoulder in the Parma
matches and will not figh t the re
mainder o f the season. Coach W a lt
er McPartland said. The Bulldogs
will meet the Vale team again and
will probably figh t in the county
meet.
In an excitingly close game, the
Ontario Lions defeated the Nyssa
Eagles in Ontario Friday night by
a score of 50 to 41 to win the
western division championship of
the Idaho-Oregon semi-pro basket
ball league after the two teams
had finished the regular season
in a tie fo r first place with 11
wins and one loss each.
T h e score was tied several times
during the game, with the Lions
leading at half-tim e 19 to 16. Nyssa
was handicapped after its high-
scorinij guard. Bob Church, com
mitted four fouls in the first 15
minutes of play.
During the second half, with
Tom Moore hitting from every
angle, the Eagles took a 38 to 34
lead over the Lions and seemed
to be m oving toward victory when
Lloyd W ilson’s glasses were broken
and ae-eral pieces of glas pene
trated his eye. He had to leave
the game.
The Eagles are playing In the
Idaho-Oregon Semi-pro double el
imination tournament at Payette,
February 23, 24, 25 and 26.
Nyssa players last Friday night
were L. Wilson 7, Moore 17, B.
Wilson 5. Ohurdh 9, D. Wilson,
Tallman 1, Hendricks, Brewer 2
and Bailey.
Services Held
For C. C. Hunt
Funeral services fo r Clarence C.
Hunt, form er Nyssa resident, were
he’d last Friday at 3:30 In the
Nyssa cemetery.
Mr. Hunt died last Thursday In
Tw in Falls, where he had lived for
the last two years. He died os the
result o f a paralytic stroke. M r.
Hunt lived at Nyssa for 46 years
and during much o f that time e n
gaged in farming. He was born at
Payette July 24, 1872.
Survivors are his widow, M ary
Entered In Tourney—
T h e Nyssa high school freshmen Margaret Hunt, and two daughters,
basketball team has been entered Mrs. Merritt Greeling o f Tw in Falls
in a tournament -to be held in and Mrs. Frank Golob o f Pocatello.
Boise. T h e Nyssa boys went to
Boise Wednesday to play their first Enter Music Clinic—
A Nyssa high school orchestra of
game in the 'tourney, which will
last for three nights. The play 15, a band of 40 and a glee club of
ers are Bob Keveren, Jack Duncan, 35 participated in the Snake R iver
Bill Santillanos. Phillip
Wilson, valley music clinic held in Payette
Freddy Mitchell, Delmar Andrews, February 17 and 18. Guest con
Alan Frost, Rotter Skeen, Carl ductors directed the 1200 students
participating.
Lynn J. Lawrence
Bair and R ay Lynn.
is director of the Nyssa groups.
Go To Coast—
Mr. and 'Mrs. E. K . Burton left
for Portland and Corvallis W ed
nesday. Mr. Burton will attend to
city business in Corvallis today
and attend a city managers meet
ing in Portland Friday and Satur
day. Mrs. Burton will visit rel
atives in Portland.
Leaves For Montana—
Mrs. A. H. Boydell left last week
for Butte, Mantana to visit her
brother, Irving Nankervis, who is
ill.
She will also visit another
brother, Chester Nankervis.
Here From Nampa—
Mrs. Ellen G ill of Nampa arriv
ed Sunday in Nyssa to visit her
Here For Funeral—
Mrs. C. W. Reberger o f Caldwell son, Wayne Lewis and family and
was in Nyssa Friday to attend the new grand daughter born,
funeral services fo r C. C. Hunt. February 20.
She spent the week-end
with
Attend Emmett Meeting—
friends.
Ole Dyrland, Ike Williamson. Tom
Russ, Harry Kingrey and Owen
Guests In Ontaio—
M r and Mrs. H. R. Sherwood and Gann attended the loop meeting of
son Frank, were dinner guests of the I. O. O. F. lodge at U n m et;
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Williams of Monday evening. Williamson, D y r
land and Russ received the second
Ontario Sunday.
degree o f the lodge.
Grandmother Succumbs—
Mrs D O. Bybee has received To Huntington—
Mr. and Mrs. Finley Shuster and
w ird that her grandmother, Mrs.
Mary K. Jensen Stephens of Ogden family spent the week-end in Hunt
died recently. Mrs. Stephens was ington, Where they visited Mr.
Mr. and Mrs.
visiting at the home o f Mrs. B y Shuster's parents.
bee's mother at Redlands. Californ Shuster also attended the Hunting-
ia. when she fell and failed to re ton Lion charter night banquet.
cover from an operation performed
as a result o f a hip fracture. Melba Visitor Here—
Mrs. Hattie Bolitho
Funeral services were held in Ogden
Monday. Mrs. Stephens. 92 years ited at the home of
B ill Bolitho over the
old, was a Utah pioneer.
THURSDAY, FEBRU ARY 24, 1949
Scout Troop 19 Sugar Campaign L. D.S. Play-offs
Holds Banquet To Be Finished To He Held Here
The L. D. S. Mutual Im prove
This Week-end ment
In observance o f National Boy
association district basketball
Scout week, members of scout troop
No. 19, held their annual ban
quet last Thursday evening in the
home economics room of the high
rchool. Parents o f the scouts, scout
officials and representatives of the
Lions club were special guests for
the occasion. Troop 19 is sponsor
ed by the Nyssa Lions club.
The meal was prepared by moth
ers of the scouts, and served by a
committee- of mothers.
Members
of each patrol and their parents
sat together at tables which were
centered by American flags and
patrol emblems.
Allan Frost, senior patrol leader,
acted as toastmaster and present
ed Harold “ Dusty” Rhodes o f On
tario, district scout commissioner.
Mr. Rhodes spoke on the import
ance of scouting in keeping boys
on the right channels and tlje new
scout expansion program and plans
for carrying out this program in
Malheur county.
Representing
the
parents
of
scouts, Mrs. Dennis Patch, J. L.
Herriman and Clyde Snider, gave
short talks.
Following the dinner, a program
of skits was presented in the high
school auditorium.
The members
of the three patrols were intro
duced by the patrol leaders, Dell
Ricks, Don Patch and Bob K e v
eren. T h e members o f the scout
committee,
Tom
Seppich,
Max
Jones and John Palmer introduced
the scouts thafc received awards.
Bill Morrison received the first
class badge.
M erit badges were
presented to Dick Herriman, Bob
Keveren, Don Patch, Earl Bartron,
Jack Pounds, Del Ricks, Jerry
Browne and Jerry Smiley.
New
scorft members who received their
tenderfoot badges were Vernon and
Kenneth Toombs, Gene Servoss,
Farrell Jones, Rodney Holcomb and
Jim Williams.
Following the court o f honor a
baseball film was shown.
VETS WILL RAISE
BUILDING FUNDS
The Nyssa Veterans association
is making plans for a sale o f new
and used articles, to be donated
for the purpose o f raising funds
to complete the veterans hall.
This building w ill be a place
where
community
groups
may
meet, and is not for veterans'
meetings only.
The members of
the veterans association feel that
such a meeting place is needed in
this community and will be an
asset to Nyssa and the surround
ing area.
SPEECH MEET IS
SET FOR MARCH 7
11/. Million Bags Manu
factured; Daily Slic
ing . Sets Record
The Amalgamated Sugar company
campaign at the Nyssa factory for
this season will be concluded tills
week-enj, probably Saturday, R. G.
Larson, district manager of the
company announced.
The
last
sugar beet is expected to go througli
the mill sometime after midnight
Friday.
During the campaign the comp
any manufactured approximately
1,500,000 bags o f sugar, which is
equivalent to more than 100 pounds
cf sugar for each man, woman and
child in Oregon.
The campaign
will have lasted 160 days as com
pared to the 109-day season last
year, the longest on record. The
production was under that of last
year but about the same percentage
as the length o f campaign.
The beets were slightly lower in
sugar content, accounting for some
of the reduction in sugar product
ion. T h e -beets, which stored in ex
cellent condition, were o f good
quality.
The Nyssa crew sliced an average
o f 33 tons o f (beets a day, which
was also a record.
Eugene M. Bair
Dies In Nyssa
CHAIRMAN CITES
SUPPORT PRICES
FOR ’49 POTATOES
MRS. NORA B. SHORT,
FORMER RESIDENT
OF NYSSA, PASSES
Income statements Available—
O fficials o f the Idaho Canning
company stated this week that em
ployes o f the company during the
last season may secure statements
of federal and state taxes with
o f Melba vis held from pay at the Nyssa plant
M r and Mrs. for use In filin g their income tax
returns.
week-end.
PEACE ADVOCATE TO
SPEAK IN NYSSA
Orval Etter, far western secre
tary for the Fellowship o f Recon
ciliation. will speak Sunday m orn
ing at 11 o'clock in the Methodist
church in Nyssa.
Mr. Etter, a graduate o f the
University o f Oregon law school
and a member of the Oregon bar,
has -been active in civic and church
groups in Oregon and is at pres
ent active in the peace movement
with
headquarters at Berkeley,
California. His subject for Sunday
morning w ill be “ Responsibility of
Christians for a World o f Peace."
Mr. Etter will participate with
Dr. John Nevin Sayre, chairman
of the International Fellowship of
Reconciliation, in a conference on
peace, to be held in the Immanuel
Methodist church in Boise Satur
day, February 26. Several Nyssa
Eugene iM. B air o f Nyssa died at lesideivts plan to attend the Boise
his home on K in g avenue Wednes meeting.
day afternoon at 4 o’clock follow
ing a lingering illness.
Mr. B air was -born in Alpine,
Utah February 15, 1897. He spent
all o f his life in Utah until he
moved to Nyssa In 1944. Mr. Bair
The support price fo r potatoes
engaged in farming and dairying in
Utah and a t Nyssa.
I^efore he produced in 1919 was announced
started farming, M r. Bair was fore by G len L. Hutchinson, chair
man fo r the Desseret Livestock man of the Malheur county ACA
company, the largest livestock con committee, this week.
The prices per hundredweight, F.
cern in Utah. H e was married to
Bessie Strong in Alpine February 8, 0. B. the car, sacked and graded,
1917. M r. Bair was a member of are as follows: July, August Sep
tember and October, $1.40, N ov
the L. D. S. church.
Survivors are the widow; five ember, $1.55; December, »1.15; Jan
daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Cleverly uary, $1.95; February, $2, and
of Nyssa, Mrs. R ay Schult-hies of March and balance o f marketing
Nyssa, Mrs. Ernest Bell of Roy, season, $2.05.
This price will be paid for No.
Utah, and Phyllis and M ary Bair
of Nyssa; three sons Forrest E. 1, IB and No. 2 potatoes.
Mr. Hutchinson stated that in
Bair o f Salt Lake City, LeR oy D.
of Nyssa and Sterling o f Nyssa; order to be eligible, a producer
his father, Joseph E. Bair o f Nyssa; must plant wi-thin his farm goal
a sister, Mrs. Carl Jensen of Nyssa; acresige as well as meet other re
five brothers, Joseph L. o f Ford St. quirements o f the potato program.
James, Canada, Elmer E. o f Car-
bondale,
Colorado,
Harold
and Stdck Club Meets—
The members o f the 4-H stock
Golden o f Glenwood Springs, Colo
rado, and Elwood F. o f W alla W a ’la, club met last Tuesday at the home
of Don Bowers.
T h e members
and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will (be held Sat learned of stock insurance and en
urday at 2 p. m. In the Nyssa L. gaged In making rope halters. R e
D. S. chapel. Interment will be In freshments were served. The next
Nyssa cemetery with the Nyssa meeting will be held at the home
of Bill Sparks, M arch 11. Parley
Funeral home In charge.
Feik is leader o f the group.
A high school speech meet for
the southeastern district o f Oregon
w ill ibe held in Nyssa M arch 7,
Mrs. Harriet Brum bach, speech in
structor in the Ityssa high school,
announced.
The district comprises Grant,
Baker and Harney counties. W in
ners in the local meet -will be edi-
glble to enter the state meet to
be held in Corvallis April 8 and 9.
T h e divisions will be as follows:
Panel discussion, extempore, radio,
Mrs. Nora B. Short, 73 former
impromptu and after dinner speak resident of Nyssa, died in a Boise
ing, humorous readings and poetry hospital last Friday morning at
8 o ’clock, according to tnfownatlon
reading.
received here.
Ontario woman Visits—
Mrs. Short was born October 1,
Mrs. Robert Crummit o f Ontario 1875 at Burlington. Kansas and
is visiting this week at the home lived in Boise for 20 years before
of her daughter, Mrs. W alter M c moving to Nyssa, where fh e lived
for seven years prior to moving
Partland.
back -to Boise seven months ago.
Here From Imbler—
She was a member o f the First
Guests over the week-end at the Christian church.
Survivors are three daughters.
home o f Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Wilson
were Mr. W ilson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F'orence Hansen of Boise,
former Nyssa resident; Mrs. Nellie
Mrs. L. L. Wilson o f Imbler.
Day erf Boise and Mrs Dora Pettit
of Boise: four sons, Leland Short
Visit In Caldwell—
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur and Hol of Spencer, Iowa, Dewey Short of
comb spent the week-end in Cald Des Moines and R ay and Melvin
Short o f Boise; two sisters, 12
well, where they visited relatives.
grandchildren
and
three
great
grandchildren. The body was sent
Move To Nyssa—
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sopher and to Des Moines for interment.
fam ily of Parma are moving to
the C lifford Nielson farm, where Guests At Dinner—
Fred Koopman and Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. Sopher will be employed.
Bill Findling and fam ily were din
ner guests at the John Lackey
To Have Hobby Show—
Plans « r e underway for a hobby home Tuesday evening.
and antique show to be held at the
parish hall March 16. Anyone with Recovers From Illness—
Herman King, who has been 111,
an interesting hobby, or some old
article, either American or from an has recovered and Mrs. K ing has
other land, is asked to enter it in returned to her school teaching
position.
this display.
Here From Wilder—
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Armstrong
o f W ilder visited Sunday at the
home o f Mr. and Mrs. George
McKee.
play-off will be held in the Nyssa
gymnasium Friday and Saturday,
February 25 and 26. T w o games
wm be played each night, starting
it 7:30.
The participating teams will in
clude the Nyssa first ward, champ
ions of the Weiser, Nampa and
Boise stakes, and Nampa fourth
ward, runner-up in the sub-district
play-offs. Other teams will be rep
resentatives of tlie Burley stake and
he Willam ette valley stake.
The winning team will go to the
hur h finals to be held in Salt
Lake C ity early in March.
Attend Concert—
Mrs. W alter
McPartland
and
Barbara, Mrs. K. E. Keveren and
Mr. and -Mrs. Carlos Buchner a t
tended
the community
concert
series at Caldwell Saturday evening.
Susan Reed, ballad singer, was the
artist presented on the series.
Exerutive Council To Meet—
The executive council o f the
Nyssa parent-teacher
association
will meet Thursday, M arch 3 at the
home of Mrs.. W. W. Foster.
Hospital Auxiliary To Meet—
The Malheur Memorial hospital
auxiliary will meet at the parish
hall Monday, February 28 at 2:30.
Mrs. Roy Holmes is chairman for
the program. All members are ask
ed to attend as election of officers
will be held.
LAYING OF BRICK
IS PROGRESSING ON
MALHEUR HOSPITAL
Laying o f brick for the new
Malheur
Memorial
hospital
at
Nyssa is progressing rapidly under
the direction of Leslie W. Stoker
and his foremen.
The brick laying was started last
week and by Wednesday of thus
week was approximately 25 per
cent cwnpleted.
The outer walls
consist of cinder blocks and a
layer of brick, making a wall 13
inches, thick.
A crew will probably start er
ecting the roof over the north
wing Monday.
Nyssa Loses To
Caldwell 40-23
T h e Nyssa Bulldogs concluded
heir
1918-49 basketball
season
with a loss to Caldwell on the
Caldwell floor Tuesday night. The
Cougars scored 40 points for 23
for Nyssa.
The quarter scores were 9 to I,
18to 6 and 33 to 12.
Nyssa players were Koyano, W ild
er 4. B. Wilson 9, Hunter 3, Lowe
1, Chadwick 2, Hale, Williams and
Pecka 4.
The Bulldogs defeated Adrian 42
to 34 on the Nyssa court last Sat
urday night.
LEGION TO HOLD
ORATORY CONTEST
T lie Nyssa post of the American
Legion is again sponsoring an
oratorial contest in the high school.
This contest is a national affair,
with the winner in fhe national
contest receiving a prize o f $4000
and the runner-up a prize o f $1000.
High school students are asked
to enter this contest.
Charles
Steffens is post chairman.
At the meeting of the American
Legion held last Thursday evening
a committee fo r disaster relief was
appointed to work with the city
and county officials in event a
disastrous flood should occur in
this area.
Cinderella Ball
Set For Mar. 4
The members o f Me junior court
for the Cinderella ball to be held
in the Nyssa gymnasium Friday,
March 4 under the auspices of
the O ir l’s league were announced
Wednesday.
Janet Russell will be the junior
Cinderella and Johnny Peterson
will be the Junior prince. Johnny
Stoker and Barbara Jean Beck will
be the crdwn-lbearers.
The senior Cindrella and prince
will be selected by persons (buying
votes and the winners will be an
nounced • ait the ball. The theme
o f the ball will be based on the
story o f Cinderella, Mrs. Margaret
Engstrom, Girls
league adviser,
said.
In addition to the dancing and
program, door prizes will be a-
warded.
Janice Frost is in charge o f tlie
pregram and Dorothy Erwin is in
charge o f decorations.
Members of the senior court will
be G enevive Ballantyne, Marian
Brown, Janice Frost, Joy Gann,
Deane Irving, Evalyn Long, Neva
Malloy, Yoko Okano, Lola Weeks
and Betty WincheU, and Royce
Chadwick, Val Dee Child, C liff
Coleman, Howard Flanary, Don
Jensen, Jim Rigney, Glenn Sehire-
man, Bob Wilder, Bob Wilson and
Sat Koyano.
In Hires Finger—
Mrs. M ary E. Bybee is recovering
from a double accident to her for-
flnger on her right hand.
Two
weeks ago It was smashed in a car
door. Last week the same finger
was caught in the wrirvqer while
nhe was washing clothes.
Visits Parents—
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Nye of P o
catello, and Mr. and Mrs. Montie Scout Official At Banquet—
Jensen of Homedale, visited over
Leon Meyers, district scout sec
the week-end at the home o f their retary, w ill -be a special guest at
the Cub Scout blue and gold ban
parents, Mr. and Mrs W A. Nye.
quet to be held Friday evening at
7:30 at the high school home ec
Word O f Death Received—
Word o f the death o f Annie Lynn onomic room. A program will fo l
Paulson has been received by friends low the banquet.
in Nyssa.
Annie Lynn was the
daughter o f Mrs. Verle Paulson, Fellowship Meeting Set—
A fellowship meeting will be
formerly a Nyssa resident.
Mrs.
Paulson now resides in Idaho Falls, neld in the -Sunset Valley Assembly
of Ood church March 2, with ses
where she is engaged in nursing.
sions scheduled for 10 30 a. m., 2:30
p. m. and 6:30 p. m. and the
Attend Open House—
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Pelrsol at main evening service at 8 o ’clock.
tended the open house and buffet Lunch w ill be served at 12, noon,
luncheon in the new building of and an evening meal at 5 o'clock.
the Gem State Wholesale Drug The public is invited to attend.
Rev. Joe E. Dodson is the pastor.
company In BoLse Sunday.
To Boise—
Rev. and Mrs Don M axfield and
fam ily were Boise visitors Monday,
at the home of Mrs. Maxfield's
mother, Mrs. Herb Bevington. The
occasion marked the birtday an
niversary of Mrs. M axfield ’s sister. Returns From Trip—
Mrs. Sterl Sptesz returned home
Friday after spending two weeks
New Arrivals At Nursing H o m e -
Bom to Mr and Mrs Charles in Bremerton, Washington caring
Enfield o f Parma February 20. a for her sister, who had undergone
girl, weighing 7 pounds, 4% ounces. an operation. Mrs Spies* visited
B om to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne an aunt in Portland and a sister-
Lewis of Nyssa, February 20. a girl, in-law in Newberg while en route
home.
weighing 7 pounds, eight ounces.
Masons Extend
Annual Tribute
To Washington
Clyde
Snider Delivers
Principal Address
At Dinner
An outstanding tribute in song
and word was extended to the
memory o f George Washington as
i man and Mason at the annual
Washington day dinner o f the
Masonic lodge and the Eastern
3tar of Nyssa in the home eco
nomics room o f the high school
building Tuesday night.
After humorously reciting the
reasons why Washington
could
probably not be elected president
of the United States today, Clyde
Snider o f Nyssa declared that
Washington believed in the con
servation and preservation of law
and aider, yet could be a revol
utionist who dedicated his life and
honor to principles that in his
judgment were for the defense of
Hu- liberty of his country.
He
was always loyal -to the immortal
principles o f the declaration of
independence.
He
believed
in
Justice for all men before the laiw.
T h e speaker -pointed out that
Washington's early Masonic train
ing and -background were largely
responsible for his devotion to
su h principles.
Tracing the history o f early op
erative Masonry, Mr. Snider stated
that in 1717 the operative craft
became a thing of the past and
the grand lodge o f England was
established. Soldiers spread M as
onry all over -the colonies and
many o f the leaders entered the
lodges.
It was in a time in which spirits
were flam ing that George Washing
ton was reared, Mr. Snider said.
Many who carried on before Lex
ington were Masons and many who
helped form this government were
Masons.
Washington won victory after
eight years o f failure, but he still
didn't have a government, Mr.
Snider stated, adding that “ There
were 13 colonies at each other’3
hroats.
Washington saw all of
this disunity. For seven long year's
he devoted himself to bringing
these colonies together In common
oritiv.
Hi* was the authoratlve
voice that called ul'e councils to
gether that resulted in the con»
3tltutional convention. I t -was his
genius that kept -them together,
but the unity was only a paper
unity. For eight years as president
he set this government In motion
harmoniously. So Washington fin
ally unified the nation and pre
pared It for the 150 years that we
have enjoyed since.
" I t was due in no small meas
ure to his Masonic training that
Washington was first in peace, first
in war and first In -the -hearts of
his countrymen. W e can only hope
that Masons in other lands will
have the same courage that carried
Qeonge Washington forward. We
hope here tonight th at In all
countries where tyranny threatens
liberty, men imbued with Masonry
will rise and say resistance to
tyranny Is allegiance to God".
Kenneth Renstrom, toastmaster,
opened the meeting with Intro
duction o f the chaplain, Don G ra
ham, who delivered the Invocation,
the worshipful master, LuRay T ra -
bert, welcomed the guests and ex
pressed gratitude tor the large a t
tendance. He Introduced his staff
o f officers and Mrs. Helen Wilson,
worthy matron of the Eastern Star,
added to -the welcome o f the wor
shipful master, who also introduc
es! W. E. Sohireman, district dep
uty grand master.
Cleo Flinders gave a humorous
reading a/bout Oeorge Washington.
Kat-hrvn Crandall, accompanied by
Mrs. Bert Llenkaemper, sang “ A-
merica, I Love You.”
Led by a group of Job’s Daugh
ters, tbe group sang "T h e G irl I
Left Behind M e " and “ Yankee
Doodle” .
T h e table decorations, In keep
ing with the occasion. Included red
balloons,
representing
cherries,
tree stumps and hatchets. A baked
ham dinner with cherry pie ala-
mode as dessert was served by
the home economics girls under
the direction of -Mrs Charles S tef
fens.
After the meeting, the group
went to the -Masonic hall, where
games and dancing were enjoyed.
Here From Boise—
M r and Mrs. M C. Claar of Boise
were week-ent vLsttors at the home
at Mr. and Mrs. Lew Herriman.
Visits Father—
Russell McFarlane o f Bowlder
City, Nevada arrived In Nyssa Sat
urday to be with is father, A. C.
McFarlane. who ha* been critically
Stationed At Pearl lla r h o r-
Sir. and Mrs. E. C. Crandall have 111 at the Nyssa Nursing home.
received word that their son, Jerry,
Is now stationed in the public in Returns From hospital—
Mrs. Martha Norland o f Apple
form ation office at Pearl harbor.
Crandall has been Informed that valley returned to her home W ed
after three m onth* he will be sent nesday following a m ajor (gierfttion
to the O reat Lakes naval center for at the Holy Ron airy hospital in O n
tario.
further schooling.