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77ieNYSSA THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1951 VOLUME XXXXVI NO. 35 TWO SECTIONS—TWELVE PAGES Governor McKay Will Visit Nyssa Sept. 19 and 20 Adrian Judging Vasquez Trial Is Chief Executive Youth Is Injured en Halt Fire Beet Harvesting Colonel Urg es Firem Underway In Vale Team Of F. F. A. Diving Into W ater Burning Towartl J. Wins In Oregon To Make Trip To of Rafael M. Vasquez, charg Stringer Dwelling Doyle Brower. 17-year-old son of Will Be Started ed Trial Formation Of with manslaughter In connection Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brower of Nyssa, The Adrian F. F. A. Judging team See Owyhee Dam with the fatal shooting of Emeterio won Nyssa firemen saved the newly sustained a fracture of the back place in judging at the Here October 1 Rodriquez in Nyssa in July, is un state first remodeled residence of Mr. and Mrs Guard Platoon John Stringer southwest of Nyssa Sunday evening about 7 o'clock F. F. A. contest at Salem derway in circuit court in Vale to Saturday. when he dived into water in a Members of the team. Nyssa Men Would Or ganize; C Of C Sales Prom otion Discussed Lieutenant-Colonel David Baum of La Grande, commander of the eastern Oregon battalion* of the 186th infantry, proposed at a lunch eon of the Nyssa chamber of com merce Wednesday noon that Nyssa organize a plantoon of national guardsmen to be attached to Co H of Ontario. The Nyssa plantoon could be come a part of H company and still maintain its identity. The suggest ed number in the platoon is 30. Col. Baum said the national guard legislature, invited the Nyssa cham ber members to hold a meeting at the Ontario armory so they could see the company equipment and other facilities. The date of the luncheon will be set for sometime in October, according to First Lieut. John Brown and Second Lieut. Chester Mills of the Ontario comp any, who were present at Wednes day’s luncheon. Col Baum said the national guard has been the mainstay of the coun try’s military establishment for years. It is the oldest military or ganization in the nation. The old est national guard company, the 186th infantry, was formed in Mas sachusetts in 1636. The militia was re-named the national guard about 1886. Under the present arrangements, the states furnish the men and the armories and the national govern ment pays the salaries of the men and other expenses. The colonel pointed out that a member of the national guard of a certain rank is as qualified as any other soldier who holds that rank. Col. Baum said 18 national guard divisions served overseas in world war II and added that “The back bone of the military in the United States today is the 25 national guard Infantry divisions. The eastern Oregon battalion is the best unit in the 41st division.” The colonel expressed the belief that the 41st will not be called ex cept in an emergency, although some national guardsmen have been ordered into regular army service. He pointed out that national guard units are formed for assistance in local emergencies as well as for national defense. H company at Ontario is a heavy weapons unit, which is housed in a new armory costing about $110,000. It has a roaster of 41 men, but should have double or triple that number. Baum said. Pointing out that “We have a definite responsibility to give a little of the service that George Washing ton talked about." Col Baum said “If the national guard is ever need ed it will be badly needed". Emphasizing that the American radar system is only 25 per cent ef- (Continued on Page 7) Picnic Is Held By Toastmasters The Nyssa Toastmasters club held a picnic at the Earl Winn residence at Adrian last Thursday night, with the area governor. Wayne Chapman of Nampa and Mrs Chapman, and several members of the Ontario club and their wives in attendance. During the program hour. Clvde Snider was toastmaster and Ken Renstrom was topiemaster. In five- minute talks, Bernard Frost spoke on "Safety In the Home” and Mark Purcell spoke on "Investigation of Possibilities of Hunting Doves Com mercially ”, Ellis White of Ontario was the critic. Twelve two-minute talks were also given. Clifford Mink was chairman of the committee arranging for the baked ham dinner. W L McPartland is president of the Nyssa club. Veterans Office Closed— The veterans administration office in Baker will be officially closed Fri day. September 14. according to in formation received from Charles M Cox, contact representative, who has been transferred to the office in Salem Mrs Dorothy Jefford. clerk- stenographer. will lemain at the Baker office until September 14 to assist veterans or ether interested persons in obtaining any benefits administered by the veterans ad ministration After September 15. all correspondence on veterans ad ministration matters should be di rected to the regional office. 208 3 W Fifth avenue. Portland School Vacation Set— No school arill be held Monday and Tuesday because of the eastern Oregon teachers meeting to be held in La Grande September 17 and IS Shooters To Meet— The Nyssa Rifle and Pl«tol club will hold its regular monthly meet ing at 106 Main street at • o’clock tonight. Monday night from possible destruc tion by fire after nearby livestock corrals and feed bins became ig nited. The fire started burning weeds and hay along the road, probably from a lighted cigarette and spread to the corrals and feed bins. When firemen arrived the flames had spread to nearby trees and a strong wind was whipping them in the di rection of the house. The owners would have suffered a large loss, if the fire had not been stopped, fire men said. Considerable time was saved in response to the fire alarm at 11:45 because all of the firemen were at the fire station attending a farewell party for Mr. and Mrs Gene Stunz. Johnson Seeks Street Vacation H. O. Johnson petitioned the city council at its regular meeting Tues day night to vacate the south 10 feet of Walnut avenue between Eighth street and highway 20. The council voted to start proceedings for the vacation. Lawrence Blodgett asked the council if it would give its approval of licenses necessary for operation of a recreation center if he decided to apply. The councllmen said they would give such approval. Blodgett is thinking of renting the Bybbe building at the “Y” for dancing and games for young people. The council refused to recommend to the state liquor commission ap proval for a class A beer license as asked by A. J. Burns of Nyssa. The councllmen voted to set aside N. Fifth street between Main street and Bower avenue for the high school driving instruction class. They also ordered three lights in stalled on Park avenue and three on King avenue at the intersections of Fifth, Sixth and Seventh streets. School District Buys Appliances For Student Use School district 26C has awarded a contract to the G and B store for five Hotpoint ranges, two Hotpoint refrigerators and one Hotpoint eight-foot deep freeze for the home economics department of the high school. In return, the company will accept five used Frigidaire ranges, two Frigidaire refrigerators and $465.42 in cash. In addition, the company and the school district are trading even one used range for one new O’Keefe and Merritt gas range, re tail price $348.75. Other bids were offered by the Peterson Furniture company and the Henneman Hard ware company. For a five year period, G and B will change appliances annually at no additional cost to the district for later models of the same quality. The school district rescinded its contract with tthe Standard Oil company of California for purchase of gasoline for the year and give a contract to the Fletcher Oil comp any because the bid of the Stand ard Oil company was misinterpreted by the school officials. Fletcher and Phillips Petroleum corporation both bid .222 cents per gallon net to the district, but Fletcher stip ulated that the .222 would be the maximum that would be charged. Signboard Knocked Down— A panel delivery truck owned by the Orpnt County Cleaners of John Day sheared off the post holding the service club sign on highway 20 at the south city limits about mid night Saturday. The name of the driver, en route to Boise, was not secured by officers. The machine was quite badly damaged. Legion To Meet— The Nyssa post of the American Legion will hold its first meeting after the summer recess in the vet erans hall Thursday. September 20 at I p. m Installation of officers will be held Football Game Cancelled— The football game to have been played by the Nyssa Bulldogs and the Junior varsity of the Boise high school on the Nyssa field this after noon has been conceited at the re quest of Boise school officials. Applies To School— Dolores Coffman, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Wilbur R. Coffman of Nyssa. has made application to enter Boise Junior college for the coming school year. Freshmen entrance tests will be given September 18 and 19. registration will be held Septem ber 21 and classes will be opened September 24. Lerion Aaxihary To Meet— The American Legion auxiliary will hold its regular meeting Thurs day. September 20 at the veterans hall at 8 o’clock. gravel pit three miles north of Nyssa. The youth was taken to the Mal heur Memorial hospital, where he will remain for 10 days. He has been placed in a cast, which he will be required to wear for several months. The accident occurred when Brower was attempting to execute a “swan” dive into deep water, but he struck shallow water close to the bank. Freddie Mitchell, who was with him, pulled Brower from the water. Mrs. T. Elliott Of Adrian Dies Funeral services were held for Mrs. Threlma Elliott, prominent Adrian resident. Monday morning at 10 o’clock in the United Presby terian church in Adrian, with Re/. Henry E. Moore officiating. The Nyssa funeral home was in charge of interment in the Roswell ceme tery. Mrs. Elliott was born in Prairie City, Oregon July 14, 1902 and went to Adrian with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Reuben McCreary, when she was four years old. She died in the Holy Rosary hospital in Ontario September 7 after an illness of sev eral weeks. Mrs. Elliott was unusually active In 4-H club work During her 20 years of 4-H work, she had been leader of 26 clubs with membership of 200 and had organized clubs for many other leaders. Mrs. Elliott was vice president of the Oregon state local leaders council for seven years and served as president and one of the directors of the Malheur county club for several years. She also served as recreational director at the 4-H summer school at Ore gon State college. For her outstanding 4-H club work in 1948 and prior years, Mrs. Elliott received the honor of being selected as Oregon 4-H delegate to the nat ional congress of 4-H clubs in Chi cago in 1949. Mrs. Elliott was bookkeeper of the Eder Hardware company in Adrian. Survivors are two sons. Donald, who has been serving in the armed forces in Japan, and Kenneth at Salem, and her mother, Mrs. Dolly McCreary of Nyssa. More Children Are Affected by Polio In M alheur County Apparently polio is spreading In Malheur county, especially in the Nyssa-Ontario section. One 4'4-year-old girl who lives between Nyssa and Ontario is re ceiving treatment in the Malheur Memorial hospital. Her left arm is paralyzed, but she is expected to fully recover. One of the girl’s brothers also has polio and a sec ond brother was believed Wednes day to have contracted the disease. Another small boy is receiving treatment in the hospital at Nyssa. A two-year-old Ontario boy was partially paralyzed before he was taken to a BoLse hospital. He was returned to Ontario and his re covery is expected. Purina Food Center Wins League Title The Parma Food Center won the Snake River valley women's softball championship by defeating the Sat inettes of Nyssa Monday night on the Nyssa field by a score of 15 to 8 The Monday night make-up game was played for the championship of the first half of the schedule. The Parma Food Center had previously won the second half, so if the Sat inettes had won Monday night the two teams would have played off the tie. Short score: Parma 14 15 7 Satinettes 12 8 11 Rose and Packorood: Pearson and Hill. Drank Case Cited— John Sanches, charged with being drunk in a public place, was arrest ed at the Nyssa labor camp Sep tember 9 and was fined $25 and as sessed $4.50 court costs by Judge Ruby Moore In Justice court Mon day. He paid the fine Babies Arrive— A boy was bom to Mr and Mrs Daniel Norland of Mountain Home •September 8 and a bey was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Dunbar of Nyssa September 11 in the Mal heur Memorial hospital . Return From Vacation— Mr and Mrs Gerald SUnger and Randy returned Thursday night af ter spending 10 days visiting friends snd relatives In Washington and Utah. First Digging To Be Con trolled; Wage Rates Announced Jared Lewis of Nyssa, district manager of the Amalgamated Sugar company, utnounced Wednesday that the harvesting of beets in the Nyssa district will be started on a controlled basis October 1. The beet crop is generally good and yields are excepted to be as high, if not higher, than last Vear Substantial numbers of new harv esting machines have been sold in the district and with the present available labor supply, the labor problem should be no obstacle in harvesting of the crop, Lewis said. Preliminary estimates of crop yields are slightly in excess of 20 tons per acre, which is good. The sugar company has spent considerable money during the sum mer in enlarging the boilers in the Nyssa plant. It has also Installed rubber rink screens in pilers at all stations to further eliminate trash from loads of beets. The following is the piecework rate per ton of beets established by the department of agriculture for harvesting the 1951 crop: Yield Per Acre Price Per Ton Topping, Loading 4 $2.15 5 2.05 6 2.00 7 1.95 8 1.90 9 1 85 10 1 80 11 1.75 12 1.72 13 1 69 14 1 67 15 1.65 16 1 63 17 161 18 1 59 19 1.57 20 and over 1.55 The minimum wage per acre will be $8.60. In instances in which the op erations of pulling and topping are performed by different workers, the applicable pulling and topping rate shall be divided 35 per cent for pul ling and 65 per cent for topping. Where loading is not required of the worker who does the pulling and topping, the rate for pulling and topping shall be 70 per cent Of the applicable combined rate for pulling, topping and loading, except that if the beets are to be loaded mechanl- ically and the topper is not requir ed to pull beets to provide a place for a windrow, the rate for pulling and topping shall be as agreed upon, but not less than 60 per cent of the applicable combined rate for pulling, topping and loading. day and will probably not be com pleted until the end of the week. The jurors were brought to Nyssa and taken to the scene of the shoot ing in the Nyssa Tavern before tak ing of testimony was started. Dis trict Attorney Charles W. Swan Is representing the state and John O’Keefe of Ontario Is representing the defendant. Injuries Fatal To A. A. Cleaver Alvin A. Cleaver of Nyssa. who suffered a fracture of the neck In an automobile accident In the Weis- er section Sunday, September 2, died in St. Luke's hospital in Boise Tues day morning, September it, about 1:30 as a result of his injuries. The youth, a 1960 graduate of the Nyssa high school, was born In Ida ho June 18, 1931, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge A. Cleaver, who now operate a farm near Nyssa He was active in athletics, especially base ball, during his four years in high school. Besides his parents, Cleaver 's survived by a sister, Mrs. Finery Elliott of Houston. Missouri; six brothers. Lester, Lloyd, Leonard, Eugene. Delbert and LaVem, all of Nyssa; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Sam Cleaver of Huggins. Miss ouri, and his maternal grandfather, J. C. Ballard of Mountain Orove, Missouri. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. today in the Methodist church in Nyssa, with Rev. Henry E. Moore of the United Presbyterian church of Adrian officiating. Interment was in the Nyssa cemetery. Bulldogs Score In SRV Jamboree The Nyssa Bulldogs helped to add color to an interesting football jam boree held on the Ontario high school field last Friday night when they defeated the Ontario Tigers 6 to 0 in their quarter of the grid iron program. The Tigers almost scored a touch down for the Bulldogs as they bacic ed down the field on penalties be fore Nyssa's Dave Savage crashed over the line for six points. On three successive penalties, Ontario was pushed back to Its 15-yard line, gained 10 yards and then fumbled. Nyssa recovered and scored, five plays later. In the other scoring quarters of the garpe Welser nosed out Merid ian 6 to 0 and Emmett defeated Parma 7 to 0. Vale and Payette battled to a 0 to 0 tie. A crowd of 3500 person faced a strong wind to watch the 13th an nual Snake River valley Jamboree. Idaho Fanning After the American Legion post of Ontario had advanced the colors Finn Finiahra and the combined bands of the participating high schools, 1951 Campaign eight directed by Jay Stoner of Payette, The Idaho Canning company com had played "The Star Spangled pleted a very successful campaign Banner", each band and football for the processing of corn at Its team marched around the field. Nyssa plant Monday, according to Fred Moss, manager of the comp Farm Program a any’s plants at Payette and Nyssa. ”We had a good campaign and To Be DisruHHed a fine pack”. Moss said. "Our em ployes did a good Job and the farm Announcement of a meeting of ers profited well during the 30-day farmers and leaders of farm groups run”. county on Monday, Sep With the yields generally very of Malheur 17 at 9 a. m. at the Moore satisfactory, the pack this year was tember hotel In Ontario, was made by Olen larger than last year. L. Hutchinson, chairman of the county agricultural mobilization today. Injured In Accident committe, The purpose of the meeting, ac to Mr. Hutohinson, is to Mrs. Angle Cook, custodian of the cording review programs and policies of the Arcadia school of the Nyssa school United department of agri system, Is recovering from an arm culture States carried on by the farm Injury sustained Sunday. September ers home as administration, extension 2 in an automobile accident east of service, production and marketing Pleasant Valley In Baker county. administration and others In Msl- The car Mrs. Cook was driving hit a soft shoulder on the highway heur county. In order to prepare a factual re and overturned. It was badly dam port listing improvements or desire- aged. Mrs Cook received hospital able changes In present programs of treatment for a week. the United States department of agriculture, the opinions of Individ Parents Of Son— uals and groups Interested In Mal Dr. and Mrs Olen H. Kenaston heur agriculture will be so received word that their niece and licited county at the meeting. nophew. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Ferguson of Walla Walla, are par Parents— ents of a son born Saturday. Sep Visit Afton P. /ls and son, Steven, tember 8 The baby, named Michael of Mrs. Pocatello visited last week at the Edward. Is the first child born In home of her parents, Mr and Mrs. the fifth generation. Mrs. Kena Dean Smith Mr. Paris came Friday ston left Wednesday for Walla Walla evening and accompanied his wife to stay with Mrs. Ferguson for two and son home Sunday. weeks. Visit In Boise— Here From Utah— and Mrs Oeorge N Bear and Mrs H E Chamberlain of Ogden Mrs Mr Parlee Klnser visited friends arrived in Nyssa Saturday to spend In the veterans in Boise two weeks visiting at the home at Saturday They also hospital visited at Nam Mr and Mrs. 8 P. Bybee. Mrs pa with Mr and Mrs. HoUy Smith Ohambarlain is Mrs. Bybee's moth and family, former Nyssa residents er. Visits Parents— Return To Cove— Pic Lawrence Olson, stationed at Mrs Walter Obendorff and child Hamilton field, near San Pranclaco, ren of Cove. Oregon returned home with the air force, spent from Sat Wednesday after visiting several urday until Monday with hU par days at the home of Mr and Mrs ents. Mr and Mrs C. K Olson W r Flndllng. Benny Witty. Duane Baxter and Wayne Robbins and their advtscor, Henry Reuter, returned with a trav eling trophy, a large banner and 13 ribbons for Individual scores and for placing in Individual contests The boys are now eligible to rep resent Oregon state at the national Judging contests in Kansas City. These contests are held in connect ion with the national convention, which begins October 5 and is to be in session & days. The Adrian boys and their advisor will leave October 5 for Kansas City. Grange Plans To Erect Building Definite plans were made at a meeting of the Oregon Trail Grange September 6 to secure land for a Orange hall and a committee was appointed to start work immediately. Members decided to combine the annual Booster night program with a Christmas party to be held on the first meeting date in December. Oerrit Stum was appointed to rep resent the Grange at the PMA meet ing to be held September 17. After a discussion on income tax. a motion was approved to write to Congressman Lowell Stockman and Senator Wayne Morse for Infor mation regarding the status of the construction costs of the Owyhee dam as compared to other public improvements. The members voted to buy the piano now owned ty the Oregon Trail Sunday school. The display table for the Sep tember 20 meeting will feature arti cles gathered on vacations this sum mer. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Ooodell, Alva Goodell, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Cleav er. The Home Economics club will meet October 4 at tthe home of Mrs. Mildred Sisson, with Mrs. Alice Holmes as co-hostess. C arden Club To Hold Flower Show Septem ber 28-29 Members of the A. N. K. Garden club and their husbands drove to Succor creek Sunday to collect rocks for the flower show to be given by the Oarden club. They enjoyed a picnic lunch there at noon. Coming home by way of the I. O. N. cut-off, they stopped for a picnic supper at the home of Mr and Mrs. M. L. Judd. Following the supper, a short business meet ing was held and final plans were made for the flower show scheduled for September 28 and 29 Plans Include five door prizes to be given away and special music during the show by Mrs. Wilson Winters. Spec ial displays to be shown are from England and Holland, a fine china display and corsagea. The flower show will be held In the parish hall from noon to 7 o'clock Friday and from 10 until 8 o’clock Saturday, September 28 and 29. MaHonH Will Hold District Meeting A district meeting of the Masonic lodges of Nyssa. Ontario and Vale will be held In the Ontario hall Saturday. September 15 at 7 p. m. A covered dish dinner served at 7 o’clock will be followed by a pro gram given In observance of the 100th anniversary of Masonry In Oregon. Horace Arment of Ontario, district deputy grand master, has in vited all Masons and their families to attend. Each family is to pro vide a covered dish. Return To Ogden— Miss Norah O’Brien and Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly returned Monday to Ogden after visiting In Nyssa at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A Mally. All three will teach school this year In Ogden. Playing Football— Ray Keck, former Nyssa high school athlete, will see action while wearing the blue and orhlte of Mo desto Junior collage as the Pirates kick off the 1961 football season In Modesto Friday night. Undergoes Operation— Johnny Toombs underwent an ap pendectomy at the Malheur Mem orial hospital Thursday evening He was released to go home Tuesday of this week Freeh Reception HeM— The snnual reception for fresh men of the Nyssa high school will be held Friday night at 8 o’clock In the new gymnasium. The recep tion will be sponsored by upper classmen Staffetu* Boring Six will furnish music for dancing. Public Luncheon Will Be Held Thursday In Masonic Hall The Nyssa chamber of commerce Is completing plans for the visit of G ov er n or Douglas McKay to Nyssa Wednesday and Thursday, Septem ber 19 and 20. According to present plans, the governor will arrive in Nyssa on the 10:39 a. m. train from Portland and will leave by oar for the Owyhea dam at 11:15. From the dam. the governor will be taken by boat to either the airport or Leslie gulch, where a picnic lunch will be served. After lunch, the party will return to the dam by boat, stopping at various points of interest. Upon re turning to the dam, Oovernor Mc Kay will be conducted on a tour of the facilities there. After the party returns to Nyssa about 7 o'clock, a dinner honoring the governor will be given in the clubhouse of the Amalgamated Sug ar company, which has been made available by District Manager Jared Lewis for Mr. McKay's convenience. The governor will be taken on a tour of several farms in the Nyssa area Thursday morning and will be guest of honor at a public luncheon to be held in the Masonic hall at noon. The meal will be served by Job’s Daughters. In order that sufficient accomo dations will be available at tha luncheon for all those desiring to attend, the chamber of commerce officials request that reservations be made not later than Monday, September 17 by telephoning Wilt on Jackson's office, phone 125. Tha chamber of commerce extendi a special invitation to local fanners to attend the luncheon. Nyssa Is inviting the governor to viegr the area <n connection with its program for establishment <n a state park at the reservoir. Fall Program Of Scouts Will Be Viewed Tonight The fall program for Cubs. Boy Scouts, and Explorers will be the topic when tthe Malheur district meeting is held in the Junior high school building In Ontario this even ing at 8 o'clock. Oene Clark, camp ing and activities chairman for the district, announced. Topics which will be discussed are the fall program, a camporal for Boy Scouts, a pow-wow for Cubs, and the fall roundup for boys. Cub- masters. Scoutmasters, and Explorer advisors will receive their copies of the 1961-52 program notebooks and program planning sheets. Scouters, who have been asked to attend are district committee men, institutional representative«, scoutmasters, cubmasters, explorer advisors, den mothers, troop com mitteemen. and any other adults working with scouting units. Jentten Offered Chanee At School Congressman Lowell Stockman has notified Ronald J. Jensen of Nyssa that "I can offer you a first alternate appointment to the Unit ed States Naval academy at Ann- annlls for the term beginning July 1952”. Jensen has notified the congress man that he will accept the appoint ment, although he has made ar rangements to enter Oregon State college this fall. Congressman Stockman continued "While I realize you requested an appointment to West Point, this first alternate appointment to Ann apolis, I believe, offers the best pos sibility for you to be admitted and you may have It If you wish. In the event the principal appointee does not qualify to enter the academy you would then he In line for en trance providing you meet the phys ical and mental qualification!.'* Participate* In Battles— Don M. Graham of Nyssa has written to his wife that he hat been in action with the navy around the 40th parallel In Korea. Kan- eon. south of Wonsan on the cost coast of Korea, was bombarded day and night by battle«*op*, rrulaer* and deatroyere, augmented by car riers. Planes bombed the city, which was burned and wrecked. From his battle station in the fore castle. Graham had a good view of the fighting, and aMhouth K was thiding, he said he regretted the killing of North Korean women and ehikteen. The Nymn man will leave for home November 10. Move To Washington— Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Tucker and family left last Thursday for their new home In Warden. Washington.
