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JOURNAL reeNYSSA VOLUME X X X X V I Rains Postpone Harvest Of Beets; Effect Is Felt In Various Activities THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1951 NO. 38 Brings In Flower Show Of Woman First 1 9 5 1 Deer, Garden Club Is Very Successful More Flowers And More Arrangements Attract- tively Arranged "The Fall Fantasy” , considered as the most successful flower show ever held in Nyssa, was given In the parish hall of the Episcopal church last Friday and Saturday by the ANK Garden club, with the assist ance of the Nyssa Civic” club. “ Under the leadership of Mrs. Oeorge Schweizer as general chair man, we had our most successful flower show this year,” one mem ber of the club said. “There were more beautiful flowers and more arrangements displayed and they were more attractively exhibited.” The show featured a pool and rock garden, banked with ferns and a weeping birch. The most out standing flowers were the roses, dahlias, asters, chrysanthemums, gladiolus, Ming trees and driftwood. Perhaps the most striking ar rangement was the Fuji chrysan themums displayed in a black con tainer, set in a copper tray with copper candle-holders with chartr euse candles, arranged and display ed by Mrs. Bud Wilson. Mrs. Dick Groot and Mrs. Niss Hatt presented a large display of dahlias of all sizes and colors. Mrs. Don Engstrom displayed Royal Dalton china and antiques. Mrs. E. K. Burton showed a large beautiful dish garden, which was flown to San Francisco by her son from Guadalcanal at Christmas time, 1942. A very attractive white cast iron plate glass table, owned by Mrs. Ray Wilson of Parma, was filled with miniature arrangements by Mrs. Wilson. The Nyssa Greenhouses display ed baskets of chrysanthemums, car nations and corsages, including a beautiful orchid corsage. They also displayed dish gardens and cacti. The East Side Florists of Ontario featured a large chrsanthemum dis play and ceramic pottery. The On- (Continued on Page 4) Roads Are Again Luncheon Topic Ormond Thomas, chairman of the Malheur roads and industrial de velopment committee, told members of the Nyssa chamber of commerce Wednesday noon at their weekly luncheon that the highway project of primary interest to this section is the proposed cut-off from Hunt ington to the Ontario airport. From Cairo junction south of On tario, the state has plans for ex tending the highway to the Idaho line. This route, when completed, will be a super-highway with very few access roads. It will be so lo cated as to miss as many towns as possible. With such a road for inter-state travel, the public will still need secondary roads extend ing Into the towns. Thomas Jones, president of the chamber, said the Oregon highway commission has recommended to the federal bureau of roads that the system of highways to be known as highway 26 be designated as a trans-continental route. According to a letter received from I. B. Hazel- tine of John Day, secretary of the Highway 26 association, similar act ion was taken by the highway com mission o f Idaho. Highway 26 will be composed of a number of state highways, as well as the Pennsylvania turn-pike, which ends at Auburn, Indiana. From there the highway will run through Indiana, Illinois, Iowa. Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and Ore gon. In southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon it will continue through Boise, Caldwell, Nyssa. Vale. Prairie City and Madras and thence to Portland. Seaside and Astoria. The board of directors of the Nyssa chamber is actively supporting the proposal. President Jones announced the appointment of Jake Fischer as a member of the board of directors to replace Gene Stunz, resigned Harold Henigson told of criticism of the Oregon fishing laws requir ing Idaho residents or other non- Oregon residents to pay $15 for a season fishing license in this state, in contrast to Idaho's fee of $10 for a similar license. The local lawyer suggested reciprocal laws on the subject. The chamber will consider the subject further next week. Coming Events— Friday, October 5—8unshine club meeting at the I. O. O. F hall at 2:30 p. m. Monday. October »—Republican women meet at the M. L. Judd home at 2 o'clock. Tuesday. October 9—Second ward <L. D 8.) Relief society opening social, stake house, 2 o'clock. Pro gressive card party. St Paul's guild. Call Mrs J. L. Church for reser vations. Garden club at the home of Mrs P. J Dunaway at Caldwell. Wednesday. October 10—Odd -Fel lows, Rebekah social In the t. O. O. F hall at 8 o'clock. Thursday. October 11—P. T. A. meeting, high school building at 8 O C H IC K . ___ f Friday. October 12 -V a le-N y sn football game at Vale. The first deer of the season taken | to Fischer's locker plant was killed I by Mrs. Fred Mull. The deer was | a four-point buck killed Saturday, the opening day of the season, but the day before the national forests j in the state were opened to hunt ing. Jake Fischer said the deer wasl the cleanest of the 60 taken to his plant up to Wednesday noon. The second deer taken to the plant was killed by Grant L. Magee and the third by Ira Ure, Jr. All of the deer were bagged Saturday. Rainfall About 1 Inch; Sugar Company Ready Project Canal May To Process When Be Closed Get. tj I)eer Season Opens; U. P. Affected Rains Desist With .82 of an inch of rain hav ing fallen up to Wednesday morn ing, harvest of beets in the Nyssa- Nampa district of the Amalgamated Sugar company has been postponed for several days because of ina bility of farmers to go into their water-soaked fields. Federal weather forecasters at Boise predicted stormy weather for at least 48 hours. That means the storm area will remain at least until Friday. Jared Lewis, sugar company dis trict manager, said the Nyssa fact ory will not be started until the end of the week and possibly not until the first of the week, or one week later than contemplated be fore the rain. Fortunately, the company had not lighted the kiln Friday, when the rain first started, avoiding consid erable loss of time and expense. However, the factory will be ready when harvesting can be started. Forty-three thousand acres of beets are to be harvested In the Nyssa district. Bulldogs Defeat Tigers 18 To 12 After sweeping to a 6 to 0 lead in the first two minutes of play, the Ontario Tigers stumbled and fell before the three-touchdown on slaught of the Nyssa Bulldogs to lose a Snake River Valley confer ence football game on the Nyssa field last Friday night by a score of 18 to 12. Nyssa kicked to Ontario and Pack er, receiving the ball, started down the field in a formation that re sembled the old flying wedge. He traveled 80 yards to the Nyssa 20 and from there punched over for the touchdown on the second play. An derson missed the kick for the extra point. Ontario kicked to Nyssa and the Bulldogs went to the nine-yard line, where they were held for downs. Ontario kicked out and Nyssa re turned the ball to the three-yard mark, where the quarter ended. With the second quarter opening in the same relative position on the other end of the field, Dave Savage punched over the line for the touchdown to tie the count. After Nyssa kicked off, the teams see-sawed in the middle of the field, but finally Jimmy Skeen returned the ball from his own 20 to the 50- yard line. From there the Bull dogs started a march to the goal on a series of plays that included a pass from Lovejoy to Wilson, who went 20 yards to the 10-yard mark. The Bulldogs went over the line on . two plays, with Skeen carrying the 1 ball. As he did on the other two attempts for extra point, Lovejoy £ missed on the kick. The half end ed 12 to 6. At the beginning df the last quart er, Nyssa smashed down the field for 65 yards to score on Lovejoy’s plunge over the goal. As the Bulldogs seemed to relax j their guard, the Tigers received the ball and quickly scored on a series of downs, with Tom Conklin carry ing on the last play. Nyssa school children are shown in Allen Gustavson was the outstand the two pictures taken by Harold ing linesman on the Nyssa team. Henigson as they participated in The performance of Jimmy Skeen a demonstration of releasing Cru was noted particularly for his run sade For Freedom balloons. The ning and tackling and Roger Skeen program was conducted on Nyssa's for catching passes. main street by Captain William The Bulldogs will take a rest this! Brown, Portland detective and state week-end and meet the Vale Vikings chairman of the un-American act on the Vale field Friday night, ivities committee of the American October 12. Legion. Captain Brown said the balloons take the message of truth m F. F. A. Youths To Attend Convention Jimmy Lissman and V. L. Kesler will leave Saturday for Kansas City. Missouri to attend the national con vention of the Future Farmers of America. Kesler will attend the national meeting as a representative of the Nyssa chapter and Lissman as a rep resentative of the state association. Traveling on a special coach with F. F. A. boys from other cities, the local youths are expected to be away from home about 10 days. m li m mm p \ Dam Is Opposed By Farm Bureau Uosts In Valley Quite Uniform r f j , y A survey conducted July 20 by the Idaho Power company for use In its own business revealed that living costs are practically the same in at least five cities in the Snake River valley. The survey, very scientifically taken, was as accurate as humanly possible. It was conducted In Pay ette, Boise, Twin Falls, Pocatello and Blackfoot. Living costs weie the lowest in Payette, the smallest city in the list, and were the high est in Boise, the largest city involv ed. The difference, however, was only about two per cent between Boise and Payette. Renta’s were not Included In the cost of living figures, according to Bernard Frost, who made the survey public at a meeting of the Nyssa chamber of commerce last week C. W. Buchner, local dry goods merchant, said a recent grocery sur vey Indicated Nyssa grocery stores have the lowest average prices In the valley. and freedom to those who are un able to hear Radio Free Europe. The children in the pictures are: Top—Bark row (I to r) Reuben Thompson and Tommy Sallee and front row, Terry McGinnis and IJ oiih Carnival Set Keith Powell: lower picture— Back row (1 to r) Mardell Thompson. The annual Lions club carnival Alyce Komatsu and Patricia Bar clay, and front row. Vaiene Mitchell will be held November 17, according to announcement made at the week and Barbara Savage. ly luncheon of the club Monday noon. The Lions plan to hold an advance Consignors For ticket sale contest with two teams Sale Announced participating. Each team will have a captain. The toeing team will be Twenty-five cows have been con required to furnish a dinner or oth signed to the second annual Nyssa erwise pay the penalty for losing the inter-state registered Guernsey sale, contest. which will be sponsored by the Pay ette Valley Guernsey Breeders as Soldier Recovering— sociation In Nyssa November 3, ac Mr. and Mrs. Newbern Olenn cording to T. E. Hight of Nyssa, a have received word from their son, member of the committee in charge. Corp. Roger Olenn, saying he was The consignors are Dellray Ander out of the hospital and feeling fine, son, of Weiser, Wilbur F. Boehlke of except that he still has his arm in Meridian, Roy K. Boggs of New a cast. He also said his eyes are Plymouth, Robert S. Davis of Kuna, all right again. Leon and Ethel Fairbanks of Boise. Lewis C. Freer of Mountain Home, John W. Fosnot of Caldwell, W. K. Harrell of Boise, Wallace R. Heney of New Plymouth, H. E. and Francis Hight of Nyssa, Lance Jen sen of New Plymouth, Ray V. Olson of Payette, Charles J. Pritzl of New Plymouth, Joe Pritzl of Payette. A. L. Reeb of Meridian, W. W Rhod- enbaugh of Caldwell and Vernon Thornock of Emmett. The Nyssa center of the „Farm Bureau Federation has passed a res olution opposing the construction of the proposed Hell's canyon dam a- cross Snake river. The resolution was read by the center president, Ted Morgan, at the weekly luncheon of the chamber of commerce Wed nesday noon. The resolution reads as follows: "The Nyssa center of the Farm Father Succumbs— Bureau Federation believes that Mr. and Mrs. Ormand Thomas when local utilities are willing to received word Tuesday that L. O. make power developments and to Lacey of Madera, California, father invest in taxable property to pro of Mrs Thomas passed away. Serv vide adequate power for an area, it ices will be held In Twin Falls Sat is extremely unwise for a federal urday morning. A son and two agency to invest the taxpayers' daughters of Mr. Lacey. Henry A. money in a similar development Lacey of Seattle. Mrs. J. J. Chand- which is exempt from local tax. We lar of Chehalis, Washington and j believe that a large dam such as Mrs. Harry Ray of Havre, Montana,; proposed at Hell’s canyon Is un arrived in Nyssa Wednesday morn sound economically, vulnerable to ing. They and Mr. and Mrs Thomas atomic attack and proposed at a left Nyssa this morning for Twin time when manpower and materials I’ I uiih Completed are in short supply. We believe Falls. For FHA SeftMiona the tax dollars are needed for de fense instead. Visit In Idaho— Plans have been completed for the Mr and Mrs. Newbern Glenn and “ As a group, we have been among eastern Oregon Future Homemak - family returned home Sunday from the first to criticize utilities that ers conference to be held in Nyssa a week's visit in Idaho. They vis did not keep pace with the develop Saturday, October 6 ited Mrs. Glenn's parents, Mr. and ment of our area, but in the case of Mrs. Charles Steffens, advisor of Mrs. H O Bagley In Montpelier our local power company we feel it the Nyssa FHA chapter, estimated and attended the parents' 45th wed has provided electric service on a 200 girl* representing 30 chapters ding anniversary party and Mrs scale seldom equalled. will attend the sessions, which will Bagley's birthday dinner. The Nyssa “Therefore be It resolved that the 1 be sta'rted at 8 30 and be concluded residents went to Bigby to visit Mr. Nyssa center of the Farm Bureau about 4:30 A luncheon will be held Glenn’s parents. Mr and Mrs. Alex Federation opposes government pow at noon, with the Job's Daughters Olenn and other relatives. er development on the Snake river serving the meal. and urges that the local utilities Auxiliary Women Meet— company be given permission to de Eastern Stars Meet— The past presidents parley of the velop the river canyon before a The Eastern Stars held their reg ular business meeting at the Mason American Legion auxiliary m*t power shortage occurs." ic hall Monday evening. Mrs. Don Monday afternoon at the home of Graham and Mrs. Emil Pautus were Mrs Albert Heldt. with Mrs. War Student Visits Parents— elected to take the Eastern Star ren Richardson as hostess Plans Delwin Holcomb. Williamette uni for the year were discussed and re versity freshman who went to Cald- degree They will be Initiated at freshments were served. Mrs Dora j well Friday to play with the uni the district meeting to be held at Mitchell and Mrs. James Heldt were versity football team against the Vale tonight with the worthy grand College of Idaho, spent Friday night matron of Oregon at the honored guests. with his parents. Mr and Mrs Wil guest After the business meeting, Cubs To Re-organise— bur Holcomb. The Nyssa youth, refreshments were served by Mr. and A pack meeting of the Nyssa Cubs who played two quarters of the Mrs Ken Renstrom, Mrs Pauline will be held in the little theater of game, returned to Salem with the Mackey of Adrian and Mrs Roy j Holmes. the high school building Thursday. team Saturday. October 18 for re-organization of Grid men To Play— ; To Hold Sale— the pack for the coining year. All The Junior high school football The 8t Paul'* guild will hold a Cub*, their parents and other in terested persons are invited to at team trill play the Vale Junior high 1 thrift sale from October 10 to 13 Friday at 1:30 on the Nyssa field at the parish hall, from 1 to I p m. tend. Because of the rapidly decreasing demand for irrigation water, due principally to the recent rainfall, the canal of the Owynee project may be closed Friday, October 5, accord ing to Paul House, Owyhee project irrigation manager. The decision on the early closing was also in fluenced by inability to deliver wat er because of the low head In the canal. The bureau of reclamation had planned tentatively to close the canal about October 10. Harvesting Of Lettuce Begun Twenty carloads of fall lettuce had been shipped from Nyssa up to Tuesday, according to figures releas ed at the Union Pacific depot. Sev enteen carloads were shipped in September, three Monday and two Tuesday. Shipments were started Wednesday of last week. Lettuce acreage is considerably below last year, but yields on in dividual fields are good. The heads of lettuce are unusually large. The quality Is reported good. Eighteen hundred and thirty-one carloads of potatoes were shipped from the Nyssa yards during the season, which is practically com pleted. Onions are beginning to move fairly rapidly. Up to Tuesday of this week, growers had shipped 77 carloads of onions this season. Earlier in tire year 223 cars of 1950 onions were shipped, making a total for the year of 300. Inbound shipments of feeder live stock, coming from summer range into the feed lots hi the Nyssa section, have been pawlcularly heavy during the* last two or three weeks. More than 60 cars y f sheep and al most as many cars of cattle were Included in the shipments, which are continuing daily. Lions (lliil) Will Entertain Wives The annual ladles night program of the Nyssa Lions club will be held at 7:30 p. m Wednesday, October 10 In the East Side cafe in Ontario. The program will be given In obser vance of the 13th anniversary of the club. A program and dancing have been arranged to follow the dinner. Mem bers of the committee in charge are Ward Wleneke, Lynn Lawrence and Raymond Larson. Members of all clubs In the zone are invited to attend, but reserv ations for the dinner must be made by Monday. Buys Registered Sheep— R. A. Vest has returned from Dubois. Idaho, where he purchased some registered Columbia ewes from the United States sheep experiment station. Idahoans Visit— Mr. and Mrs A. L. Schirm of Bear Lake, Idaho were callers at the Newbern Olenn home recently. They were en route home from the coast. GIVING FIRHT AID T O A W A R CASUALTY The first fall rains of the season, beginning last Friday, brought hap piness to the deer hunters, but de layed harvesting operations in the Nyssa section to such an extent that opening of the sugar factory "cam paign" was delayed for at least a week. The precipitation, falling from Friday until Tuesday night, amount ed to .78 of an inch of rain, ac cording to records of the bureau of reclamation. The rainfall by days was as follows: Saturday. .04; Sun day. .27; Monday, .27 and Tuesday, .20. Only a trace of rain fell Fri day. Rain continued to fall in termittently, however, Wednesday, bringing the total up to the noon shower to 1.82 of an Inch. When the deer season opened Sat urday, hunters were allowed to hunt Tn sagebrush and Juniper areas, but were not permitted to enter the forests to hunt. The ban was lifted to enter the forests to hunt. The ban was lifted at 1 a. m. Sunday after many hunters had postponed planned trips. The Union Pacific Railroad comp any added beet train crews tn this area Monday, but the men have been “stalling’' fur time because of postponement of the beet harvest as a result of the rain. The crews are distributing empty cars and otherwise marking time until load ing actually starts. Seven crews have been assigned to the Nyssa- Nampa district for hauling beets. The loading of onions and lettuce has been materially slowed down by the rain. Closing date for the Owyhee pro ject canal may be advanced sev eral days because of the rain. Uop&on To Talk On Arab Slates William Oorton, representative of the economic co-operation admin istration in Lebanon, will speak at the monthly meeting o f the Nyssa Parent - Teacher association next Thursday night on the subject "Arabs and the Arab World.” Mr. Gorton will show slides made during his stay in Lebanon. He is now in Boise preparing to take his family with him on his return to the near east. The Boise man talked to the Nyssa P. T. A. about two years ago on Korea, where he lived for a time while employed by the bureau of reclamation. Mrs. Lloyd Lewis will lead group singing and John Savage and Frank Mazzlo will furnish musical numbers at the meeting. Babies Arrive— Five babies arrived at the Malheur Memorial hospital during the last week. The births were as follows: Mr and Mrs. Robert Wilson, Nyssa, boy, September 27; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Vendrell, Nyssa, girl. Septem ber 26; Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Larkin, Parma. September 30, boy: Mr and Mrs. aien Strickland, Nyssa, Oct ober 1, girl, and Mr. and Mrs. Orover Findley. Nyssa. October 2, boy. l*n|>py Calls For ll«‘l|> For Mother Following Battle WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY DIV ISION U. S. A R M Y -O ct. 4 (Speci al )— T h e little puppy dashed through the rice field, and tore a- cross the motor pool to the aid station tent. He barked and fumed excitedly, running off a few feet, squealing and tossing his head, try ing desperately to lure someone to follow him. Pint-size Mike finally enticed one of the men, Pvt. Robert G. Adams, Nyssa. back to a ditch where another dog, his mother, lay whimpering: her large brown eyes watering and full of pain. She had a deep bloody gash through her neck. Adams Immediately administered first aid treatment: dressed the wound, wrapped her In his fatlque Jacket, and carried her back to the company area. Lady or Lassie, or Beauty, or Prin cess, or whatever the dog back home Is called, Is senior mascot of the 27th "Wolfhound" regiment, and her o ff springs carry their mother's tra dition to the lower echelons. The golden-brown mongrel evi dently was hit by a stray bullet while engaged in her dally romp through the hills surrounding the camp. Why little Mike, who gave the alarm, chose the aid station Is a mystery to everyone. Perhaps he had watched aoldlers receive help or relief and Instinctively knew where to go for the relief of pain, which is universal.
