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77ieNYSSA GA»J®1TY JOURNAL VOLUME XXXXVI NO. 47 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1951 TWO SECTIONS—TEN PAGES Fleets God's Acre Sale Nyssa Chamber I Imi «¡son Named Union Pacific National Guard Committee Storm Disrupts Ontario Resident Set For Saturday Names Officers u t y Bar Head Leaders Seeking The Malheur county extension The (loti Malheur Program In Car The annual Ood’s Acre sale spon Phone, Electric Elmer Cruson. manager of the Ny sored by the Adrian United Pres County Bar associa committee, meeting November 26 at plant of the Armco Drainage byterian church will be held Satur Mrs. Louise Hill of tion elected Harld Henigson of Ny Nyssa Enrollees the Nyssa home for a of luncheon Power Service Attended By 1% ssa and Metal Products corporation, and business ssa as president at its annual meet was elected president of the Nyssa day. December 8. beginning with a ing, held in the courthouse in Vale chamber of commerce at the weekly chicken pie dinner at noon. November 27. John OTCief of Ontario was elect Picture and Talks Fea luncheon of the chamber Wednesday The dinner will be followed by an Four-Day Moisture Al noon. ed vice president, and William of miscellaneous and sale most Equal To Nor Robert F Thompson was elected auction Schroeder of Vale, secretary-treas ture Session»« Held able articles. Col. Bert Anderson will as vice president and Jake Fischer, urer. mal For Month By Rail Firm auction the many articles to be off Harold Hemg-on and Earl Hollings ered Among other features of its pro sale. The women's fancy Electric power service and tele gram for the ensuing year, the law Approximately 190 persons attend worth were elected as members of work, for of which a portion has been phone service were lnterruted Mon the board of directors. yers, following the activities of the in Brown's store window Oregon State Bar association, ad ed the program presented in the Thomas Jones. Union Pacific ag displayed in Adrian the past month, will be day for a period of a few hours opted a_program of public relations. Union Pacific agricultural car while ent, who is the retiring president, priced to sell before the auction is in the Nyssa section, along with This program will provide for some it was parked at Nyssa Monday, to was unanimously elected as secre member of the bar to address any set an attendance record for the tary, succeeding Harold Henigson. • started. remainder of the Snake River gathering or community club activ car’s present schedule in southwest who asked to be relieved of the sec- j Rev. Henry E. Moore said friends the by an unusually severe early retarlal duties. Henigson has served 1 and members have been very gener valley ity or high school students in the ern Idaho and eastern Oregon. in donating agricultural produce, winter storm. county for the discussion of any LeRoy Fuller of Boise, agricultural as secretary since the death of ous of one inch amounted legal matter of educational value agent of the Union Pacific, said 45 Frank T. Morgan, long-time secre- 1 livestock, poultry, farm machinery, to A .45 snowfall of an inch of precaution, ac fancy work and food. Adrian merch that such community or group of members of the Adrian F.F.A. and tary of the organization. cording to figures compiled at the people might select for discussion. their instructor, Henry Reuter, at Reports on plans for Christmas ants have donated articles for the bureau of reclamation If the The officers of the association tended the first session, which open activities of the chamber were given. sale. They are giving tickets for all snow had not melted It office. would have purchases from December 1 to have indicated that any group de ed at 10 a. m. At noon, a picture en A free show for children will be Cash to approximately five In siring to have a discussion of legal titled "Cattle Country”, was shown given at the Nyssa theater Saturday, December 7, Inclusive. These tickets amounted on the ground. 8now flurries topics of general interest may write to 20 members of the Nyssa and December 8 at 2:30. The pictures are good for the drawing for eight ches December 4 amounted to .06 of an to the secretary. Mr. Schroeder, at Parma Lions clubs Because of the will be "Savage Drums" and ' ’As turkeys. The women of the church will be Inch of preciplUtlon. The total pre You Were." Vale. shortage of time, other features of Santa Claus will arrive by heli gin serving a chicken pie dinner at cipitation last week was 1.14 Inches This program follows the general usual program were not present. copter the afternoon of December 11 o'clock. In the afternoon they or only .10 ol an Inch short of the idea promulgated by the Oregon the Fifty-five members of the Nyssa normal for the entire month of De State Bar and the lawyer associa- F.F.A. chapter and their Instructor. 15 and will haVe treats and a good will serve lunch. word for the children who greet The church board Is looking for cember. tions in other states. Dwight Wyckoff, attended a session A two and one-half hour Interr Other activities of the bar will j the afternoon. The veterans agri him. Santa will return to Nyssa ward to burning the mortgage on uption of service was experienced Saturday. December 22 and will lead the church building, which was consist of meetings every two months ' in culture classes of Nyssa and Adrian, the Idaho Power company on for discussion of new statutes, tax totaling 65. attended the evening a parade on Main street, probably erected in 1948, Rev. Moore said. by the Idaho side oi the river when fire truck. regulations and other matters of j session. — In the city heavy snow and wind broke wires picture shows will be given Malheur Corn general interest to the bar. Each session held during the day for Free and shorted some of the cut-outs. December 15 and 22 as was opened with the showing of well children A high tension wire shorted out Saturday. 'Cattle Country", a picture dealing At as the next Sugar Company burned down Monday night luncheon. Clif Producers Win and with cattle production in the 11 ford Main Wednesday near Mitchell butte. The Interrup showed colored motion western states. The picture was fol tion put Adrian out of service for Makes Payment lowed by the showing of slides, pro pictures of fishing on the south Malheur county growers won the about 20 minutes and halted service of the Owyhee river, Governor top three trophies in the state corn duced by the national meat board fork McKay's visit to the Owyhee res contest held in connection with the to a few customers in the Mit The Amalgamated Sugar company | for the purpose of showing how ervoir. butte area for one and one- skiing on Snake river Corn show at Canby last chell Is today mailing checks amounting i meat can be conserved by better at Nyssa water half hours. Idaho Power company and the Rose Festival par Oregon to $730,000 to growers in the Nyssa- handling of livestock. Friday and Saturday. said when the phase burn Nampa district for beets delivered The slides revealed that approxi ade in Portland. Art Neeley of Ontario won the officials down it fell on telephone wires between November 15 and 25. The j mately 70,000.0, [ pounds of meat is sweepstakes trophy, emblematic of ed and put some telephones out of ser payment, one of this year’s initial lost annually through the death of! P .T.A . Will Present the state championship in the open vice. The power company exper payments, was made for 77.000 tons! animals, crippling and bruising. That class. He also won in the eastern ienced individual transformer trou Ghrislmas Program Oregon division of the yield contest, ble, Tha$ amount oi meat would fill a of beets. also. Of the $730,000, Malheur growers train 40 miles long and feed a city defeating Walter Dillon, Nyssa F.F.A. of the wet snow piled up will receive $260,000 and Idaho of approximately 500,000 persons for Mrs. Frank Skeen, program chair member. Robert Reffett placed third on So the much wires that It caus man of the Parent-Teacher associa In the contest. The yields were as ed them telephone growers $470,000. The payment was one year. to short and ground out rather small compared to the first Bob Every, extension entomologist tion, has announced that Mrs. Jesse follows: Neeley, 177.5 bushels per Monday. The affected all aer two initial payments amounting to j of Oregon State college, discussed Rlgney and Mrs. Leslie Ballantyne acre; 'Dillon, 175.8 bushels and Reff ial wire over storm the valley for a per $7,135,000 in the Nyssa-Nampa dis insect damage to livestock, and con will direct the Christmas pageant ett, 167.6 bushels. iod of four to five hours. trol methods. A picture "Western to be presented at the regular P.T.A. In the eastern Oregon yield con Telephone company officials said trict. ' In announcing the payment to Sheep”, dealing with the production meeting December 13. test for adults John Zittercob of the storm is the only type that will day. District Manager Jared Lewis | of sheep in the 11 western states, The pageant will be in the form Ontario won eighth. David Chad put telephone plant completely a simulated television program wick of Ontario, ninth, and Charles out of a service. said approximately eight per cent was shown. Leed« Bailey of Ontario, of During the storm tha of the 1951 beets remain in the j county extension agent, served as entitled “Christmas In the American Custer of Ontario, 10th. cannot be eliminated. The Home". Mrs. Mark Hartley will furn Jean Moeller of Ontario placed trouble ground, but is confident all of them program cbiirman. and customers Just have will be harvested for processing. He This year is Otr^ ,fth year In which ish special music in addition to the fifth, Robert Reffett of Nyssa, sec company tu wait fora chi.ige In Ur’ weather. said the weatherman forecasts favor the car has be>n used Eighty thous 'Singing of carols by the audience. ond, and Aro Moeller of Ontario, Of course, actual damage to the able weather. Only a short period of and persons have attended programs third In the 10-ear exhibit, open lines ls repaired as quickly as pos good weather will be needed for in it in the territory served by the Here From California— class, for district four. Union Pacific Railroad company. It Mr. and Mrs. Joe Westes of Al Dillon won the state F.F.A. yield sible. completion of the harvest. is on tour each year in the 11 west turas. California visited last week with a production record of ern states from September to the with Mr and Mrs Andrew McOln- contest Has Pneumonia— 175J bushels acre. Larry Faist of Bulldogs Take Mrs. Fred Bennett is receiving latter part of March. It will be in nis and other relatives. Mr. Mc Canby placed per second and Leuls sum Ginnis and Mrs. Westes are brother treatment in the Malheur Memorial Oregon and Washington during of Adrian, third. Stain’s yield was Third In Tills and sister. parts of December and January. hospital for pneumonia. 145.8 bushels. The Nyssa Bulldogs made a good Abe Pleads Guilty showing In the district basketball Jamboree held In Baker last Satur to Recklessness day night as they prepared to start play in the Snake River Valley Hiroshi Ko Abe of OnUrlo route league week-end. 1, who was involved In an accident Nyssa this took third place In the Jam on highway 20 Just north of the boree tournament Baker and Nyssa city limits November 26. LaOrande. Baker behind won the tourna pleaded guilty in city police court ment with 26 points and LaOrande Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock to second with 10 points. Nyssa a charge of speeding and was fined took scored 0, Vale minus 3 and Ontario, 1100 by Judge J. C. Smith. 30. Abe. represented by Anthony minus The places were determined on the Yturrl of OnUrlo, had previously basis of the difference between the pleaded not guilty to a charge of offensive points of a reckless driving. He entered the team. Each and of defensive the five teams guilty plea after the charge had the other four teams, making a played total been reduced. of 10 quarters. The Nyssa scores were Sydney Walker of Nyssa was In as follows: LaOrande 12 and Nyssa jured when the car in which he was 11. Baker 13 and Nyssa 11. Vale 14 riding with Abe plunged from the Nyssa 11, and Nyssa 16 and On highway north of Snider's corner. and tario 10. Coach Harry MoOinley said he used nine of his players In the Jam Don Standing to boree. Speak to Diners The Bulldogs will play Meridian there Friday In their first conference of the season, and will appear Don Blandlng, Internationally game their first home contest Tuesday, known poet and world traveler, will In 11 with Payette furnlahlng speak to members of the Malheur December the opposition. After the Payette Knife and Fork club In the East side contest, the next game will be play cafe In OnUrlo Monday evening, ed against Homedale on the Nyssa December 10 at 7:30. Mr. Blandlng appeared before the floor December 15. PayetU-Welser Knife and Fork club four years ago and he was so popu Magician's Show lar many resldenU of that section have asked permission to attend the Pleases Audience Robert G. Adams dinner meeting In Ontario. The 200 persons In attendance at Is Awarded Badge the performance of Mitchell Cain, Grades To Giva Program magician and comedian, in the gym WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY DIV Tuesday night were well The Nyssa trade school program nasium IN KOREA—Pvt. Robert O. Adams pleased with the show, which was will be held Thursday, December 20 sponsored of Nyssa. Oregon has been awarded by the high school student In the gymnasium. This year, the body. the combat medical badge In Korea, fourth, fifth and sixth grades' will where he Is serving with the 25th places with a man in a present a Christmas program and box Changing infantry division. wax the highlight of the per the other grades will give one In the formance The badge, awarded only to front- j Coleman and Mr. spring. Heretofore the grade school Strickland Cliff line combat medical ildmen ls sliver the magician In hex presented two Christina* pro- the box trick. assisted in color and consist* of a mlnature Local boys helped dur grama. cross on a medical corps caduceus ing the remainder of the program. super-imposed over a wreath. Herr Free* LaOrande— Cub Mothnra To Maot Mrs Maude Workman and child Saniora To Giva Play ren of LaOrande were guests at the Leo Utter home Thanksgiving week Mothers of Nyssa Cub Scouts will •We Shook the Family Tree ”, a end. Jim and Dick Corfleld were meet in the little theater of the new three-act comedy, will be presented also Thanksgiving guests at Ute Ut school building Monday, December by the senior class in the gymnasium ter home. Mr and Mrs. Utter took 10 at 8 p. m for the purpose of se Friday night. December 14 at 6 the Workman family home Sunday lecting two den mothers. They Will o'clock. Nani Child Is playing the also plan the CUb program for the leading role The students are coach Week-end Oeeei— next two months. ed by Miss Viola Dunckley and Rollie Mis* Barbara Banders was home Cox. the week-end from Nampa, Visit la Nysaa— Highway planners around about Take the first section from the Cali and 7 Inches thick alongside on the for where she Is attending Nampa Busi Mrs. Wanda Dunlap and Judy and Babies Arrive— Kenny of Carlton. Oregon visited Five babies were born at the Mal 1915-17 when they went about laying fornia boundary north to tha Oreen outside of the grade next to the fills. ness college. last week In Nyssa at the home of heur Memorial hospital during the out a road over a mountain had their Springs highway Junction, for In Thee 14 mile strip cost approximat InJared By Track— and Mrs. Andrew McOinnls. last week. They are as follows: Boy minds fixed more firmly on tourists stance. a stretch of about f4 mile* ely 8257.708. Reconstructed and re Mrs. Orville Morris of the Morris Mr. Mrs. Dunlap la a daughter of Mr. to Mr and Mrs Joe I. Madrid. Nys than trucks. , finished in 1916 It a grade* ran up signed to meet the demands of pres bakery, while standing at the rear and Mrs. McOinnls. The visitors re sa. November 38; girt. Mr and Mr Anyway tne southern end of the to 6 per-cent here and the**. It had. ent day traffic with it* heavy loads of her bakery truck, waa hit by a turned home Monday Albert Coleman Nysaa. November Pacific highway from the top of the part of the distance, a concme pave and increased speed, with a pave Consolidated Fruit truck In front 28. boy. Mr and Mrs Delbert Lam- Siskiyou mountain grade north to ment 8 feet wide with a 4S Inch ment width of 22 and a roadway of Taylor’s food market Saturday Here Freaa Nampa— mers. boy. November 28; boy. Mr ward Ashland, one of the first on base and a m Inch wearing aurfoce. width of 32 feet the SUkiou summit morning. Mr* Morris, caught be Mr. and Mr*. Pat Potttr of Nampa apd Mrs Buddie Smith. Nysaa. De the highway procram, wasn’t built laid on the inside half of the grade section coat approximately 61862 - tween the two trucks, suffered from ware week-end visitor» at the Ken cember 1, and gtrl Mr and Mrs in 1913 to carry Renttrom home. bruises and ihock. the traffic of 1961. with a macadam atrip of equal width 557 to build w .Iter st rad lev Parma December 4 meeting, elected Mrs. Clarice Ross of Ontario as 4-H chairman on the county committee to fill the vacancy left by the death of Mrs. Threlma Elliott. E M. Hauser, county agent, met | with the group to explain the year’s Members of the Nyssa chamber of agenda of 4-H club work. committee decided to award commerce and their guests, youths a The first prize of $1.50 and a second who may soon become eligible (or prize of $1 to the winners of the the draft, and the fathers of the name plate contest for the Azalea boys ate an army supper at the end house. Anyone may submit a name of a chow line, listened to talks ex plate design. Rules of the contest tolling the advantages of member may be secured from the home ex ship in the national guard and tension office in Ontario. viewed a film on front line fighting at a meeting sponsored by Co. H, Local Hospital Oregon national guard at Ontario Monday night. Given Approval After inspecting the interior of the armory at the fairgrounds, the visitors were escorted into the mess After an inspection conducted hall, . where the program was pres- and Tuesday. Nora Ore- C. ented. w Major E. K. Hutchinson of | I Monday Laior nursing consultant Miss of the Union commended the national g0n state department of health, said guard for its activities in war and -i Wish every hospital in Oregon peace. He said, in war the guard un- met the requirements of the Oregon its are almost the equal, if not equal, state board of health as well as the to those of the regular army. The Malheur Memorial hospital.” national guard has paid from the Before completion of the ins pee- government’s standpoint and the tion Tuesday, a good sized group of government has promised to spend high school girls went through the money on the guard in the future, hospital with Miss Lalor, who also Units in the northwest division have conferred with Miss Kay Peterson, adequate facilities. Major Hutchin- chairman of the Nyssa nurses schol- son said, adding that ’’the set-up arship committee. Miss Lalor talked at Ontario is ideal.” . t0 the high school girls in the school Nyssa is close enough to Ontario building, and also showed a film that the youths living there could ’•Olrls In White", depicting nurses train with the Ontario company. doing their work. Pointing out the advantages the Ida Nukida, local nurse, talk national guard offers to the young ed Miss on the duties and opportunities men of today. Major Hutchinson for nurses. Mrs. Greta Bleakman. said military training in the national [ hospital technician, spoke on and guard is efficient, many of the off demonstrated her laboratory work, icers and men are ex-combat men and Pete Fleissner of the hospital and have had opportunity to attend staff discussed physical therapy. present-day schools. Any training ing here would be comparable to Finnish Thanks what you would get in the regular army. Training in the national Given for Tovs guard will stand you in good stead in the army if you are drafted and Annie Forgell of Kokkola. Gam- might save your life. Finland, has written to ’’Leadership is stressed in the na lakarleby, E. J. Powell of Nyssa, thanking tional guard training. Leadership is Mrs. American Legion auxiliary for a nebulous matter, but it is handled the toys sent to children in Finland. in a matter-of-fact way. The toys were gathered in this "In this heavy weapons company vicinity during the "tide of toys” you reach a state of proficiency with campaign and were distributed in the weapons." for Christmas. The major discussed the various October The card reads as follows: “Many guns, including the water-cooled thanks for the toys you sent through machinegun, which was used in 1917 the American They came and has proved superior to any to a home for 16 Legion. in the town other weapon of its kind to date. of Oamlakarleby, children Finland. Best re “You learn nomenclature and oth gards from all children, girls and er phases of handling weapons,” the major said. "You actually use these boys, through Annie Forgell.” weapons on the range,” "The pay of the men is earned Amble Appointed by drill attendance. The men are Bond Drive Leader paid for two hours of drill a week and two weeks of summer encamp- John Amble has been appointed (Continued on Page 2) as Nyssa chairman lor the Malheur Tuberculosis and Health association Vernena Beam of bond drive, which was scheduled to start last week and should be finish this week. Nyssa Succumbs ed The bonds are sold to business in denominations of $5. $10 Mrs. Vernena McPherson Beam of firms and $20. seals, which are Nyssa, pioneer resident of Malheur also sold Christmas to fight tuberculosis, are county, died unexpectedly at 12:45 mailed to individuals. That activity this morning In the Malheur Mem is conducted separately from the orial hospital, where she was taken bond sale, but Is sponsored by the last night about 9:30. Mrs. Beam was born May 26. 1884 same organization. In Bakersfield, California and came to Malheur county when she was Club Sponsoring nine months old. She spent the re Lighting Contest mainder of her life in the Nyssa and Vale sections. Mrs. Beam was the The Nyssa Civic club Ls preparing widow of William H. Beam, who died plans for the outdoor lighting con in Nyssa May 17. 1943. be conducted In observance Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. test the to Christmas season. The contest, Reta J. Collins of Minidoka, Idaho, of which Is open to churches, individ three grandchildren, Bill Blodgett of uals and business firms, will close Nyssa. Mrs. Verla Schneider of Mini before Christmas Prizes will be doka and Joe Me Collins of Mini Just to the winners. doka; one great grandchild, six sis awarded Each person who ls interested in ters and two brothers. the contest is asked to Funeral services will be held at 2 entering notify Mrs. Dale Oarrtson, chairman p. m. Saturday in the Methodist of the project, so that none will be church. Interment will be in the missed. Ontario cemetery. Youths Are Guests At Dinner Meeting Held In Ontario Firemen Advancing In Training Course At their regular Tuesday nignt meeting. Nyssa firemen completed the fourth session of their new train ing program, conducted by Bob Eng lish of the Oregon sute board jf vocational education. In addition to the Nyssa firemen, seven members of the Vale fire department are taking the course. After the meeting the men enjoy ed a special treat in the form of a feed of elk meat and horseburgers The elk was furnished by Murl Mar cum. one of the firemen. (Lame League Ta Meet— The Malheur Oame league will hold 1U semi-annual meeting in the American Legion hall in OnUrlo Tuesday. December 11 at 7:30 p m. The program will include election of officers and discussion of questions pertinent to this area T o H o s n iU I— Dale Bingman of the Idaho Power company went to the Malheur Mem orial hospiul Monday for treatment He was expected to return home today Ta Parma— Mrs Bud Wilson and Mrs. W J. Melton visited Saturday at the home of Mrs R H Young of Parma.
