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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 19S0
school Their holiday vacation will and Mrs L H Coddlngton and Mr
extend until January 2.
and Mrs v D. Coddlngton L H.
Mr and Mrs. W E Durham have Coddlngton Is a brother of Mrs.
gone to M isourl where Mr Durham Samuels and V D Coddlngton Is her
NU-ACRES, Dec, 31—Mr. and Mrs. Is undergoing treatment in a hos- nephew.
Mr and Mrs Howard Anderson
Roy Hoff and Terry of Nyssa were Pltal-
Monday guests at the Hetoer Evans and family of Scotts Bluff. Nebraska
supper guests of Mr. and Mrs M C.
home
were
Mr
Iva
Tillar
and
De-
:
have
been visiting at the home of his
Seuell, Wednesday.
parents, Mr. and Mrs W R. Ander
Mr and Mrs D L. Durrlngton lorls Tillar of Ontario
called on Mr and Mrs Frank Ned-
Mr and Mrs George Smit visit- «>"
They Plan to visit a brother
balek Maturday evening Nora Wood
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G in Portland and two brothers In
and Edna Johnson also called for Clroot of Apple Valley (Sunday.
Sacramento, California They plan
a lew minutes during the evening
E C. Johnson and Henry Blan- to spend Christmas with Mrs. An-
Mr and Mrs John Wiederspon, Jr , rhard are the latest to receive tele- derson's brother at Los Angeles and
and Mr and Mrs Alex Wiederspon phone service In the community
to return to their home by way of
of Fort Collins, Colorado were guests
Hi Lett and Ed Meroney were In Texas, where they will visit another
at the Fred Henkel home from Bun- Payette on business last Thursday brother.
day until Wednesday of last week
They were guests at dinner at the
Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Seuell attend-
Dlck Hawley and Orant Evans re-
home of Mr and Mrs Bill Harm. ed a canasta and Christmas tree
turned home Saturday from B Y U.
Visitors at the Oscar Samuels decorating party Saturday night at
at Provo, Utah, where they attend home over the week-end were Mr the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Hoff
in Nyssa.
Sgt Morris T. Godwin of Shreve
port. Louisina air base is spending
a few days visiting his sister, Mrs.
Frank Nedbalek and family. Their
father. Thomas Godwin brought Sgt.
Godwin here Saturday and returned
to his home In Washington Sunday.
Beverley Covington of Fruitland
was an all-night guest of Phyllis
AT EAGLES HALL
Evans Thursday
Mr and Mrs George Smit were
dinner guests at the home of Mr
and Mrs J Oroot of Arcadia Thurs
day.
Mr and Mrs Con Peppenhiem of
Portland spent the Thanksgiving
; holiday at the Henkel home
Mr and Mrs M. C. Seuell and
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Mr and Mrs Lloyd Seuell went on
I a shopping and business trip to Boise
Thursday
I Mr and Mrs Cecil Evans and
I family attended a reception given at
EAGLES AND FRIENDS
Green leaf last week for Mr and Mrs
j Pay Tish, who were recently mar
ried
J Mr ami Mrs. George Smit had as
[guests Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Joe
Stam of Nyssa.
Mrs Ed Meroney and Joy attend
ed the Royal Neighbors Christmas
party in New Plymouth Saturday
night.
Mr and Mrs E C. Johnson vis
ited relatives In Vale Sunday.
The Nu-Acres Orange appreciates
the return of the metal road sign
to Beverley avenue
These signs
were put up at quite an expense and
would Ire difficult to replace.
Joy Cullen was sick Monday.
Mr Kersey Is reported to be In
the hospital but details were not
available Immediately.
Student* Return
From Utah School
i
EAGLES CHRISTMAS DANCE
ed with petroleum odors and which
will yield oil In drop form are found
in the Mitchell butte area. The
area between Mitchell butte and
Nyssa Is manifestly one of the mc..t
promising for oil recovery It con
tains the greatest thickness of Ter
tiary sedimentary rocks, and the
rocks of shales and clay* In which
types of sedimentary organic re
mains of marine "sea" life have ac
cumulated The strata beds locally
in the Mitchell butte area are only
minor In part volcanic in origin. *n
which character they differ from
those underlying
ost of the other
sreas of Malheur county The strata
are found to be gently flexed. Small
amounts of natural gas escape from
most of the local wells of the region,
especially the deep wells Filiments
of oil have been reported to the
bureau of mines and geology. Uni
versity of Oregon, on several oc
casions. giving much credence to the
evidence that oil and gas exist be-
' neath this area of eastern Oregon.
NOTE : This discussion will be con- |
! tinued In another article of this
series appearing as an exclusive feat-
! ure in the Gate City Journal.
Here (nun Chicago—
Miss Mae Lueck of Chicago arriv
ed Saturday in Nyssa to visit over
the holidays with her sister, Mrs.
Mel Ingebritsen, and family.
Uncle Visits—
Hugh Glasgow of Prairie City vis
ited two days last week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Barnes. Mr.
Olasgow is an uncle of Mrs. Barnes.
Here On Leave—
Keith Bingham arrived Tuesday
for a visit over the holidays at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Bingham Bingham has been
stationed at the Tyndall air force
base at Panama City, Florida.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23
A sprightly,
^gay Christm as
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Bring out all ihe tinsel and
TK* true
tree trimmingsl
peace and
the gayest of carols!
joy of the
the jolly spirit of Christmas
Mason ba
In your heart and share it
with you...
with everyone you know.
During past periods of geologic
time this area of present day Mal
heur county and eastern Oregon,
ha-, been beneath the waters of anc
ient seav as the evidence here locally
plainly shows. During the advent of
these waters, various types of or-
ganlslms. both marine unimal and
plant lyi>es, Inhabited these long-
vanished bodies of water, and It Is
from these types of life that petrol
eum geologists believe that crude oil
evolved It Is not to be Interpreted
from the discussion In this article by
| local cltlxens, that an oil "boom"
11 Imminen’ here hut. there are
most certainly certain recently dis
covered fundamentals, which would
have little trouble drawing Inde
pendent and major oil companies to
this area of present day Malheur
county and the Mitchell butte-Nyssa
areas
The Mitchell butte area to the
west of Nyssa is believed by the
writer and other petroleum geolog
ists with many years of service in
major oil fields of the United States.
Canada and Mexico to offer one of
the beat drilling "b ets" In eastern
Oregon for the potential recovery
of petroleum and natural gas
As
slated in another article of this
series, which appeared In the Oate
City Journal, sandstones Impregnat-
Sing out
Have
We extend to you and yours
our sincere
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