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JOURNAL WeNYSSA GAI VOLUME XXXXVI NO. 14 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL 19. 1951 School District Tax Levy To Be Less Next Year School W ill Transient Farm High Inquest Delayed Conduct Campaign For Scrap Paper By Condition Of Workers Arrive In Malheur Co. Crash Survivors Cost About Same, But Levy Is Reduced By State Support Fund | Onion Anil Sweet Corn Acreage U p ; Potato Acreage Same The total estimated budget of school district No. 26C for the 1951- 52 fiscal year will be about the same as this year, but the millage will be considerably lower because o f approval of the children’s bill by Oregon voters last fall, according to figures arranged by the budget board at a meeting held Monday night. The budget will be subject to the will of the voters at an election to be held May 16 because it will be necessary to exceed the six per cent limitation. The polls will be open in the elementary school building from 2 until 8 p. m. The total estimated expenditures amount to $360.225 as compared to $360,475 this year. The levy will be $177,625 as compared to $210,600 for the 1950-51 budget. The d iffer ence is represented by additional basic school support fund money made available by the increase in the per census child payment by the state from $50 to $80. The amount of money to be raised by taxation outside the six per cent limitation for next year will be $13.858.82. on which the voters will cast ballots, as compared to $31,- 219.57 for this year. The amount of money to be raised inside the six per cent limitation is $133,776. The millage next year should be about 34 mills, as compared to 41.8 mills for this year, Superintendent Henry Hartley estimated. O f the total Of $360,225, $41,489.38 will be used in the payment o f bonds and interest. The actual cost of op erating the schools will be $318,735. The cost of teaching. Including salaries, books, supplies, etc. has increased $21,445. Cost of operat ing the plant has increased $4150 because of additional expense for supplies and salaries. Auxiliary agencies dropped $1600, fixed charg es dropped $4028, and capital out lays decreased $25,600 because the district Is not doing any building and is not purchasing much equip ment. With farm workers arriving in the county at an accelerated pace, announcement was made this week that onion and sweet corn acreages will be increased and potato acre age will remain about the same .is last year. Announcement had pre viously been made that sugar beet acreage would be slightly less than last year. Farm workers started arriving in the county Sunday, with prospects that the migration will continue for some time. Approximately 200 per sons, about one-third of the capacity of the Nyssa labor camp, are now living there. The camp, contain ing 77 tents and 75 cabins, is expect ed to be filled by the middle of May. Many of the transients have ar rived in other sections of the county and are working in the fields. Some of them are housed on the farms. Lloyd Orris, local fleldman for the Idaho Canning company, said W ed nesday relative to the sign-up of corn acreage for the local cannery that “ we are doing swell". The company has contracted between 1800 and 1900 acres and is still sign ing farmers, but will halt the sign up when the 2000-acre mark is reached. This acreage will give the concern a good run at the Nyssa plant. The acreage extends from Wlllowcreek in Malheur county to Homedale in Idaho. Planting of corn will be started April 25 and will be continued until June 5. Tom Burningham of Muir-Roberts and Burningham. Inc. said potato acreage will probably be about the same as last year, but he estimated that onion plantings will be in creased from 10 to 15 per cent. So far as is known no spring let tuce has been planted in this sec tion. Meeting Arranged For Mollier« O f Little Children A series of three meetings spon sored by the Nyssa P. T. A, have been arranged for the parents of pre-school children. Parents whose children will enter school this fall are especially invited to attend. The first of the meetings will be held Thursday, April 26 at the grade school library from 2 to 3:30 p. m., with a mother of a pre school child speaking on the topic “ Are You Ready for School?” At the second meeting to he held May 10, Miss Emma Zwemke, first grade teacher, will speak on "Reading Readinesss” . At the last meeting scheduled for M ay 17, Walter Mc- Partland will speak on “ Your Child at School” and Mrs. Edna Parris, public health nurse, will speak on “ Physical Readiness of the Pre- School Child” . A discusión period will be held following the talks, with a social period at the close of the meeting. At the meetings there will be an exhibit of books and reference ma terials helpful for the pre-school child. The meetings are being ar ranged by Mrs. Ez Carr assisted by Mrs. Lynn Lawrence, Mrs. Walter McPartland. Mrs. Jesse Rigney. Mrs. George Coleman and Mrs. Prank Skeen. A nursery Is being provided for the mothers who wish to take their small children. I)r. W . W . Eastep Arrives In Nvssa Dr. W. W. Eastep of Denver has arrived in Nyssa to take over the veterinary practice of Dr. Hal White, who has gone to Washington to take a government position. Dr. Eastep, a graduate of Colo rado A and M. has practiced vetin- ary medicine both in Colorado and California. Dr. Eastep and his wife and child have moved to temporary living quarters at 312 Ennis avenue. Students To Meet— The student councils of eastern Oregon high schools will meet in La Grande Saturday to plan next year’s conference, which will be held in the fall. Principal Dennis Patch will take the new student body o f ficers of Nyssa to the meeting. To Evaluate School— Principal Dennis Patch o f the Nyssa high school will be in Enter prise Monday and Tuesday of next week with a group of schoolmen selected by the state department of education to evaluate the Enter prise high schooL Goes To California— Ray Keller o f Nyssa left today for Vallejo. California to engage in defense work at Mare Island navy yards His family will remain here until the end o f the school term. All that is left of the 12-room resi- denre on the Dale Garrison farm southwest of Nyssa is a few stud- ding following a $15,000 fire occur- shown In ring last Saturday afternoon. Fire- uuildings. men saved the other residence Mrs. Leo Gonyer Named PTA Head Garrison House Destroyed; Other Buildings Saved Mrs. Leo Gonyer was elected pres ident of the Nyssa P. T A. at a meeting of the organization held last Thursday evening in the Nyssa gymnasium. Serving with Mrs. Gonyer will be the three vice presi dents, Mrs. Earl Alexander, George Sallee and Melvin Spitze; the secre tary, Mrs. Florence Harriot, and the treasurer, Mrs. Frank Parr. The officers were elected following the report of the nominating committee chairman, J. L. Herriman During the business meeting, a report was made on the pre-school discussion groups by Mrs. Ez Carr. Following action by the executive group, Clifford Mink was appointed chairman to take charge of the May P. T. A. meeting in the field of in ternational relations to follow up the discussion group that met in March. Mrs. Walter McPartland, program chairman, presented Ray Weather- spoon who was in charge of a min strel show given by the seventh grade choral group. Donny Nolan acted as interlocutor with a record impersonation by Anna Mae Fife, a vocal solo by Letha Sager, a tap number by Janice Lewis and an acrobatic number by Donna Focht. Musical numbers were also pre sented. The guest speaker for the evening was Miss Margaret Sinclair of the College of Idaho, who told of her ex periences when she dent tour through Europe. Miss Sinclair had spent two years in Europe with the American Red Cross. The speaker told in an en tertaining fashion of her trip last summer and of outstanding scenic and historical spots visited by the group. Because of her previous ex perience in Europe she was able to direct the group to certain out-of- the-way inns that have been fam- (Continued on Page 2) The large residence on the Dale Garrison farm southwest o f Nyssa was destroyed by fire last Saturday afternoon, but firemen presented extensive destruction on the E. G. Osborn farm on Columbia avenue Wednesday afternoon. A shed on the Osborn place caught fire and a neighbor turned in the alarm. Several other out buildings and the residence were endangered by the flames, but the firemen extinguished them with very little loss. The Garrison house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert M orfitt, who lost all of their household be longings in the blaze. When G ar rison, working in a machine shed, first noticed the fire it was so bad no one could get into the house to save the contents. When firemen arrived, the only thing they could do was hold down the flames so as to protect other buildings, includ ing another residence. Garrison, who was the only person at the place at the time of the fire, estimated the loss at $15.000. The 12-room h o u s e w a s D U ilt in 1908. Firemen finished burning o ff the land between the railroad track and the rodeo grounds Sunday after noon. They had been called to the area for the third time to extinguish a grass fire. t M Ä a X Nyssa Area Now Has 1000 Phones Lighting Nyssa Underpass Aired The Nyssa exchange o f the M al heur Home Telephone company has just passed the 1000 mark In the number o f telephones in use The present 1000 phones include those located in the Adrian and Nu-Acres sections and other outlying areas. In 1938 there were 202 telephones in use in the town of Nyssa. From 1940 to 1950, the increase in telephones was 120 per cent and the population growth was 23 per cent in southwestern Idaho and Malheur county. Plant construction and maintenance has o f necessity kept pace with the increase in the number of telephones. In 1951, the growth will be greater than during any one year in the his tory of the Malheur Home T e le . . phone company. . The expansion in the county includes installation of j a telephone cable between Nyssa ] an<l Adrian and open wire leading | from the cable into the rural areas. j The Nyssa-Adrian improvement, a- j lone, will amount to approximately j $90,000. ------------------------ At the city council meeting held last week, a discussion was conduct ed on the lighting in the underpass. Speakers pointed out that the state owns the equipment and the Idaho Power company is charged with the responsibility of changing the lights, but some of the equip- ment is out of order and the power company does not have the author- ity to make repairs. Chief of Police Orville Maze said officers have been keeping and will continue to keep a regular check on the underpass, Some trouble has been caused by theft of the globes because they are Riding not covered with locked cages. [ B ------------------ Radio Program Planned— Arrangements have made with radio station K SR V by the Malheur County Tuberculosis and Health as- sociation for presentation of a 15- minute health education program to be aired twice monthly on each con secutive second and fourth Tues day evening at 8:45 p. m. Officers and members of the association will participate in the series of educat ional programs, the first of which will be held April 24. Mrs. Edna Farris. Malheur county public health nurse, will start the series with a program entitled "W hat Price T B ?" She will be assisted by K S R V ’s news commentator. Bob Davis. Club Holds rirst I rad Rule ________ The Owyhee Riding club held its j first trail ride of the year Sunday, April 15. Riders trucked their hors- , es to the dam, where they unloaded and commenced the ride They rode from the dam into Ox Bow basin and beyond it to the ridge. The honor of being the eldest person making the ride went to W. L. Dimmick o f Yakima, who had ar rived by train Saturday to visit his son, Neil. The riders, upon returning to the dam. enjoyed a picnic dinner with 40 friends and club members, who had driven to the dam for the event. The next meeting of the Owyhee club will be held at the home of Attend Eruitland meeting— Mr and Mrs Dale Oarrlson the Twenty-five women o f the Nyssa evening of April 27. W S. C. S. were guests of the Fruit- land W S. C. 8. at the 10th anni Representative Coming— versary observance o f the women's Charles M. Cox, contact represnt- society. Mrs. Wilbur Holcomb as ative of the veterans administration sisted by members o f the Nyssa office in Baker will be In Ontario group participated in the annivers Monday, April 23 to assist veterans ary service. and their dependants. He will be in the office of the Oregon state Visits Brother— unemployment compensation com Mr and Mrs C Kimball and fam mission from 11:15 a. m. to 4 p. m ily o f Nampa visited Mrs. Kimball's brother. Newbern Olenn, on the oc Prom Scheduled— casion of his birthday. Mr and The Nyssa high school Junior- Mrs. Clarence Lancaster gave a senior prom will be held April 20. birthday dinner honoring Mr Olenn A banquet will be held at 7:30 p. on his 44th birthday Friday. m. in the little theater in the school ------------------------ i building A dinner prepared by Mrs Moves To Salt Lake— Charles Steffens and the F. H A M r and Mrs. Laurence Flndling will be served by a special commit- and family left Wednesday for Salt tee A dance will be held after the City, where they will reside. banquet the picture and other Mrs. K. M. Dickson Taken By Death Mrs. Katherine Mary Dickson of Nyssa died in the Malheur Memorial hospital April 13 following an ill ness extending over a period of one year. Rosary was recited Monday even ing in the Lienkaemper chapel, with Father P. J. Gaire of Ontario offici ating. Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in the Nyssa Catholic church by Father Quigley. Interment was in the Nyssa cemetery. Mrs. Dickson was born at Fair- bury, Nebraska August 18, 1905, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Moles, and was baptized in the Catholic church a month later. She spent her girlhood near Arnold, Nebraska and was married to Clarennce Jam es Dickson January 20, 1925. Mr. Dickson died August 20, 1947. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. A1 Robinson o f California, Mrs. Lonnie Gorrell of Nyssa and Miss Beverly Dickson of Nyssa; a son, Dean C. Dickson of Nyssa; four brothers, Harold Moles of Elm Creek, Nebraska. .Prank Moles of Beatrice, Nebraska, Jim Moles of Norfolk, Nebraska and Don Moles of Auburn, Washington; a sister, Mrs. Lynn Bowie of Elm Creek, Nebraska Coming from behind in the fourth and her step-mother, Mrs. Hazel inning, the Vale Vikings scored nine Moles of Elm Creek. runs in the fifth and sixth frames to defeat the Nyssa Bulldogs 10 to 1 in a Snake River valley league Ontario Takes game on the Vale diamond Tuesday First In Meet afternoon. Nyssa scored its lone run in the The Ontario high school won the second inning on two doubles, reg annual Malheur county track meet istered by Bowen and Holcomb. on the Ontario field Wednesday a f Bowen tallied from second on H ol ternoon. Ontario scored 83‘4 points, comb's clout. The second inning hits were the only ones made by the Nyssa 52 ’w and Vale 18. Carl Willis of Ontario set a new Bulldogs. Vale scored four runs in the fifth valley conference record in the dis cus event with a throw of 148 feet, frame with two men out in playing featured by an error and made five 2 inches. Nyssa points were made as fol tallies in the sixth on a walk, two lows: 120 high hsjrdles—Bair, sec singles, a walk and a triple after ond; 100 yard dash— Bowen, first, two men had been tagged out. Vale’s and Tucker, third; high Jump— Hol extra base hits included a double comb, tied for second; shotput— and two triples. Wilson started In the box for Keck, first; mile—Bumgarner, sec ond; pole vault—Bair, second; 220— Nyssa and Marcum finished the Bowen, second; 880— Diven, second; pitching chores from the sixth. javelin—Keck, first, and Skeen, Other Nyssa players were Lovejoy, third; 880 relay—Nyssa, first, (Bow c; Skeen, If; Holcomb, 2b; Mitchell, lb; P. Wilson, rf; Keveren, cf, and en, Ray, Willard, H artley). Savage, 3b. Duncan relieved W il son in center field. Batteries for David Christensen Vale were Patrick and Brown. Dies In Hospital I f the field west of the junior high school building can be placed David Allen Christensen, son of In shape, the Bulldogs will play Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Christensen of their next three games at home. Nyssa rural route, died Sunday They are scheduled to meet Parma morning in the Malheur Memorial Friday, Ontario Tuesday and Vale Friday of next week. hospital. The baby, son of the bishop of the Nyssa L. D. S. second ward, was Music Week Will born September 23. 1950 in Ontario. Be Observed Here Funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday in the Nyssa second ward chapel. Interment was National Music week will be ob In the Nyssa cemetery. served in Ny.ssa by two concerts to be given at the high school gym nasium. The proyam s sponsored Leaders {Manning by the Nyssa Civic club, with Mrs Teacher Program Herbert Fisher as chairman, will in clude "Artists Night", Tuesday, May A meeting of administrators of the 1, and a program by the high school larger school districts in Malheur music department Friday, May 5. The artists’ program will Include county and the county school super intendent was held In Nyssa today vocal solos, a male quartet number, to plan for an ln-aervice training a violin duet, a piano duet and program for teachers of the county, numbers by the choirs of the L. D. to be held next fall immediately pri S and Methodist churches. There will be two out-of-town guest artists or to the opening of school. By holding the in-service training for the program. program before the opening of school rather than afterwards as has been Receives Scholarship— Miss Deane Irving, daughter of done in the past. It will be possible for schools to have a three-day Mr. and Mrs. E W. Irving of rural spring vacation without loss of basic route, Nyssa, has been granted a free scholarship for spring work at school support fund money. Oregon State college. She Is en rolled In the school of science at Daughter Born— Mrs Threima Elliott have receiv the college. Miss Irving was grant ed word of the birth of a daughter ed a scholarship at Oregon State to Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Elliott of college when she was graduated Salem The baby has been named from Nyssa high school. Christine Diane. Born At Hospital— Undergoes Surgery— Only one child was born at the Rev Claire Crenshaw returned Malheur Memorial hospital during this week from Boise, where he the last week. The girl was born underwent surgery at 8t. Luke's April 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ward of Nyssa. hospital. Bulldogs Lose To Yale 10 To 1 To Portland— Mr and Mrs Bernard Frost and Vernon will leave Friday for Port land. where Mr Frost will attend a meeting of the trustees of the state Eagles lodge. In England— Mr and Mrs. Newbern Olenn have received a letter from their son. Opl. Roger Olenn. stating that he Is now stationed in Southampton, England. The Nyssa high school is conduct ing a drive for old newspapers, mag azines and pas (board cartons. Stud ents will collect the paper Friday, April 20 between the hours of 9 a. m. and noon. “ Since many residents are not home during the hours the students plan to collect the paper, we are suggesting that you place the papers on the front porch with a sign thereon Indicating they are for the paper drive". Principal Dennis Patch said. "T h e newspapers and magazines have to be segregated, so if you wish you may put them in separate piles. I f you do not wish to do this, the students will segregate the papers". Softball Field Again Topic Of Local Discussion Alternate Highway At Schoolliouse Also Discussed Mrs. Atherton And Boy Still Serious; Zal- dain Improves The three persons injured in the fatal automobile crash occurring on highway 95 three miles northeast of Nyssa last Friday night were showing Improvement today, accord ing to physicians. With at least two of the survivors of the fatal Payette county automo bile accident of last week still in serious condition in the Malheur Memorial hospital In Nyssa, Coroner G ifford Shaffer of Payette announc ed Wednesday that the inquest Into the three-death crash will not be continued until the injured are suf ficiently recovered to testify. Coroner Shaffer said he will pro ceed with the Inquest as soon os possible to give the 10-man Jury an opportunity to reach a decision as to the cause of the accident. The Jur ors viewed the bodies of the accident victims and tile scene oi the crash, which occurred Friday at midnight approximately one mile north of the Nyssa-Parma junction on highway 95, and were then released until further call. Lawrence James Jen kins, son of Mrs. F. C. Fry o f Nu- Acres, and Valentine Zaldaln of Wilder were killed instantly and Warren LeRoy Atherton of Nyssa was fatally Injured. Mrs. Atherton, Lairry Zaldaln and Fred Nichols were badly hurt. Hospital atten dants said Wednesday afternoon that Zaldaln has improved consider ably and that Nichols and Mrs. Ath erton are still in serious condition. Mr. Atherton, suffering from frac ture of both legs and one arm, brain concussion, skull fractures, and other injuries, died in the local hospital Monday. An autopsy revealed that he had no chance for life from the time of the accident, because of the extent of his injuries. The accident occured on a straight stretch of the highway in front of the Lester Reece home when the driver of the car occupied by the fe w men attempted to poet » live stock truck, with trailer, driven by D. M. Hall of Stockton, California as Mr. and Mrs. Atherton approached from the north. T h e boys were en route to New Plymouth and Mr. and Mrs. Atherton were driving home from Ontario, where they had visit ed relatives. As the youthful driver, at first reported to have been Larry Zaldaln, swung his machine Into the left lane of traffic to pass the truck the two automobiles crashed head- on. Hall told officers the crash oc curred at the rear of his machine. Bernard Frost and Sam Phillips of the Idaho Power company at Nyssa and Perry Ward, power company manager at Parma, arrived at the scene o f the crash very soon after the accident occurred and assisted (Continued on Page 7) Discussions on the need of better softball facilities in Nyssa, conduct ed at meetings of the city council and the Lions club, were continued at the weekly luncheon of the Nyssa chamber of commerce Wednesday noon. Hugh Tdbler said because o f seed ing of the high school athletic field and other reasons, there is no place in Nyssa for the softball teams to play. Softball does not attract large enough crowds to provide sufficient funds to pay for lights, although from 120 to 150 persons participate in the sport in Nyssa, Tobler said. Some Nyssa teams have entered the Ontario league in order to be able to play. I f Nyssa could get a field, Ontario teams would play part of their games here. "W ith more than 120 persons get ting recreation from it, softball is a good program", said Tobler. " It is good advertising for the city and brings out-of-town people here. We would have a chance to get a tour nament If we had a field. I believe with the chamber of commerce, the city and the Lions club co-operat ing, a good softball program could be worked out” . The question of asking permis sion of the Owyhee Riding club to use the rodeo grounds for softball was discussed, but speakers pointed out that the arena is not large enough to play In. Earlier in the week. President Dennis Patch of the Lions club appointed Calvin Wilson, Henry Hartley and Charles Landreth as members of a commit tee to investigate the feasibility of finding a place for playing softball. The committee will ask the riding club about playing at the rodeo grounds. Henry Hartley, school superin tendent. explained the need for Athletic Fichi charging $26 a night for the lighted field. He said the present plan of W ill Be Turfed sodding the athletic field will elim inate some of the cost of preparing School officials and farmers plac the field for playing. He suggested ed 85 tons of manure on the high using one corner of the football school athletic field Sunday pre (Continued on Page 2) paratory to planting the field to grass this week. Schoolmen hope to have the field High School W ill turfed by next fall In time for foot Observe W ork Day ball The field will also be used for baseball. The track will be Improv The Nyssa high school will ob ed. Men helping on the fertilizing serve work day Friday morning. Some of the major projects the project were Dale Garrison, War students will engage in are planting ren Farmer, Jack Seburn, Kinsey trees around the athletic field, Im Keveren, Dale Overstake, Henry proving a temporary baseball field Hartley and Dennis Patch. and grade school property, washing the outside of the school building Father O f Orland windows, painting the athletic Cheldelin Passes bleachers and completely cleaning and polishing the Inside of the building, as well as gathering old Oscar Cheldelin of Yakima, father newspapers, magazines and paste of Orland E. Cheldelin of Nyssa. board cartons In town. was killed In a tractor accident on The student chairmen In charge his farm Friday, April 6. of the work are Dick Pounds and Mr. Cheldelin, who moved to Port Carlene Jones. Bonnie Ward will land from Minnesota more than 70 be In charge of the noon picnic. years ago, had operated his farm at Yakima for 37 years. Mr. and Mrs. Cheldelin would have celebrat Health Unit O f ed their 50th wedding anniversary next September. Malheur (bounty All o f the three sons and two W ill Meet May 1 daughters attended the funeral, which was held at Yakima The The annual meeting of the Mal- body was taken to Vernonla, Oregon for Interment. h e u r County Tuberculosis and Mrs. Cheldelin returned to Nyssa Health association will be held in the Moore hotel In Ontario May 1. with Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Cheldelin The session will be opened with a for a visit. dinner to be served at 7 p. m . ac Returns From Visit— cording to Mrs. June Davis, exe Mrs. El wood FWrders returned cutive secretary. Mrs. Charles P. Flegel Is chairman home Tuesday from a two-weeks of the planning committee for the trip to Utah. She attended the L. dinner meeting She Is assisted by D. S. conference at Salt Lake City Mrs. Fred Olmstead. program chair and visited her daughter, Carole, a man, and Mrs. Eleanor Anderson. student at Brigham Young univer Following the dinner, business will sity at Provo and relatives In include election of officers and northern Utah. Prior to the open board members and annual com- ing of the conference, Mrs. Flinders attended a two-day conference for T l ’ toe reports. Make and ward primary officers Earn It? Entertained— and attended (he president's break Members at the F, H. A. enter fast in the Lafayette ballroom of tained the members at the high the Hckel Utah. Others from Nys- school faculty at their annual “ cake * b attending the two-day gathering party” Thursday after school. A were Mrs. B. H. Bybee, Mrs. Lee variety at cokes and frosen des Stoker, Mrs. Delbert Hooper, Mrs. sert* were served by the girls. The Darwin Jensen, Mrs. Phillip Wood table was centered with ard, Mrs. Ross Burnett. Mrs. George flowers. Stanger and Mrs. Bessie Hendrix.
