A k A k k a .» ..... ^ J & l* . JOURNAL NYSSA VOLUME XXXXVIII NO. 29 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 30. 1953 Graham Nephew Visits Nyssa Nyssa Merchants Announce Big ^cr!,ices p“r;s c °- n u n ¥-• « . ml in Corner Location Dollar Days Event Starting Thursday 1 TWELVE PAGES Four New Charges of Embezzlement Filed Against County Clerk Sacket' Mr and Mr. Don Graham return- Service Parts Co completed it | ed la.-t Sunday from a visit with move Tuesday from 517 Main street, friends and relatives in Canada. Or. Nyssa will be invaded by hundreds of farmers from the area where it had been located for tilt County Clerk Harry Sackett will face trial on a charge of their return to Nyssa they were ac- five years, to new quarters in on Thursday. Friday and Saturday—all coming to this city to pan 'mbezzlement of county funds on September 1st according xmpanied by Mr. Grahams ne­ the corner location of the same take advantage oi tne many bargains offered by business men building. formerly occupied by phew, Thos. J Oray, chemical en- -o an order of Circuit Judge M. A. Biggs on Tuesday of this in connection with the Mid-Summer Dollar Days. The event Bracken's department store ■ iver. B c ||] Ora] .veek. The trial originally was set for August 3rd but on re­ | is associated with the Pioneer Mln- quest ot District Attorney Charles Swan the postponement is beim? SDonsored bv the Nvssa Business Men’s Association The move will give the firm a ! I ng Company, one of the largest in vas granted Swan based his request ♦- headed by Carlos Buckner, presi- j third more floor space, according to Canada He is greatly impressed for postponing trial on the fact that dent. I Percy M Kekrh. manager, who aid Vale Boy Is with the Nyssa area, which is quit» a Cfcunty Judge Stanton was ¡11 and Co-operating with the Business j the new location would definitely a constrast to the mountainous area not able to testify at the earlier date Men's Association is practically | he an asset to the company, permit- Polio Victim ■ of that section of Canada where he Stanton was one of the witnesses -•very business institution in the city j Un* 11 carry a more complete resides. Kirby Heminger, of Vale, three .Merchantse will be marked down to j stock of auto and machine parts. ' before the grand jury wh.ch indicted Two representatives of the Pire- year old, was admitted to the Mal­ -he place where everyone will receive ! Sackett. heur Memorial hospital Saturday a real dollar’s worth of every dollar County Clerk Sackett has entered tone Tire and Rubber Co. were in suffering with polio. He ts reported .pent in this community. Special a plea of not guilty to the three in- Nyssa during the latter part of last as recovering satisfactorily. The prices are being offered for the o c­ dicunents on charge of embezzle- week to assist the management of Vale youngster is the first case of casion. full details of which will be ment returned by the grand Jury Don B Moss Fire.-tone Store in con- polio admitted to the local hospital found in the advertisements carried A separate trial will be held on each ducting the firm’s seventh anniver- during the month of July and there in this week's issue of the Gate City one of the indictments. ! sary sale and to institute a company was only one case for the month of Journal. M A R V IN l>. B O W E R S , seaman, Information on four additional budget plan, counts, involving some $600. were Visitors were Ray Shields, terr- June. I ’ SN, above, son o f Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Buckner, of the Business filed last week The information was itorial representative working out of The boy was taken to the Memor­ Men's Association, reports that well C h arley A. B ow ers. Rte. 1, Nyssa, is ial hospital Saturday following his locked shelves in every business Irrigation pumping in the area filed by District Attorney Swan and the Boise office, and Lowell Rei-er, Potato prices Monday showed a serving in th e person nel o ffic e of return from a vacation trip to Ohio . hcu?e wlll provide ample varlety very slight trend upward, at least fleet a ircra ft service squadron 11, -erved by the Idaho Power company was signed by County Commissioner dealer budget supervisor from Salt 1 a sc Ctt] with hii parents, Mr. and Mrs. Em - ; frcm Which to make selections at „ „ the market was described as about based at th e U. S. naval air station. has increased four and one-half L E Hammack, acting for County Shields, whose territory comprises est ^Heminger He became ill whi.e ;no- man in the cit> jh . i for protective . .. hpd , « p , loud m their prai-e of the boys for custody. Later in the morning Gar- me.chandi » schedule.- from P o.t- h behavoir on the triu Thee in the U. S. navy during World War Glirion Heads nations we might say we were ¡xiee .. „ cia was heard .screaming that some- land-Vancouver, land-Vancouver. Spokane Snokane and and Ta- Ta- . oenavoir on the trip. Thej II. setters but actually we are in a class ">tated that no problems of any Chief of Police Lee Hansen, as one was trying to cut the bars at coma to Eastern Oregon and Idaho sort Dimes Campaicrn b y °ur’eIve- and » m o ^ were created and the Troop guest speaker, told Lions club mem­ the jail so that they could get in and points which will afford a real con- re[urned h with the highest clas. at that. Fire Department bers Monday noon ,in commenting Vilt him Pnlirp Indffe J C Smith vemence to Nyssa patrons of the , u “ “ e wiin me nignesi John J Gurian, 53-year-old Port- The blood given is used for such kill him him. Houce Police Judge kilt juaee J. C. Smith omiui railroad K commendation of any Troop in at- on Nyssa’s affairs, ‘»you have pro­ land business and civ.c leader, has vital purposes that each person able talked with the man early Thursday- Free pick-up and delivery Monday at ^m boree. Some 50- Makes Excellent blems here, but no matter who you been appointed Oregon state chair- to give blood should feel it is an morning and he reported to the Cor­ through Friday and comparable and 5000 leaders attended are or what you do, you will make man of the March of Dimes by honor to do so. Surely when one oner that it was his opinion that the the Jamboree. The commendation Record In 1952 j mistakes in trying to solve them.” rates make this dependable service a President Basil O'Connor of the Na- thinks of the military personnel Mexican was demented. The chief prefaced his remarks tional Foundation for Infantile fighting the cause of freedom—the The Deputy Coroner reported that "must" for shippers and receivers of I g.lven,,^ e local troop was based on f Efficiency of the Nyssa Fire De­ any kind of freight to the fast-grow- cleaullness, alertness, courtesy and partment was emphasized in the with the statement: *'I would rather Paralysis, according to an announce- pint cf blood we give is but an iota it was common knowledge around sc° utll?g in 8et>eral 1952 report of the State Fire Mar­ go out and break up a night fight ment received from National head- ; 0f tbf> debt we owe these men. Un- the city and the labor camp that the ing Oregon-Idaho area. A check of ripreased^had” been under the Influ- ihe rate schedule indicates that rail ! T7u! Jambcree afforded a won-j shall of Oregon Issued this spring. than do this imake a speech),” then quarters in New York today. fortnately the need for blood by our deceased naa oeen unaer vne mnu definitelv romnetitive with derful experience for the boys from Gurian succeeds Dr. E. T. Hed- nrmed forces knows no season and ence of liquor the greater part of ra^ * a/ e deiinitely compel live with Malheur countv xhev were ' mitt According to the report, Nyssa had went on to relate some of the pro- ,he p u t thiry days, had « * ™ i up - •» " « m m fh . S S . ’ m M ™ « » - the smallest ¡percentage of loss as ! blems confronting the police depart­ lund, Portland, who died last month, although we are faced with the sum- compared to value, $$. 49^ of any ment in the handling of law-break- Dr. Hedlund, Portland postmaster, mer deterrent to blood drives, the J ? l y T r L ! “ r“ S " i o i " “ d V b r l t l , . . heard V.ve P re r.d ,«, had served as head of the state increased fighting Korea makes im- tion. He was not unaer m e im u ^ . Boise and west first morn Nlx°n and many other outstanding municipality in the county; Ontario ing transient laborers. checked up a loss of 6.36 per cent More arrests are made in a week March of Dimes organization since perative our all out effort. The Nyssa inception of the annual cam- j area has another good reason for and Vale 19.52 per cent. The Nyssa in Nyssa than where he came from the Officers H’-e of the opinion that Tarin Falls, Rupert, Burley, and ^ in TrooP 30 re- R. F. P. B had a loss of 43 34 per i Pre-ton, Ida.) in a year, adding: paign for polio funds in 1938. Ollicers are oi tne Buhi second m orning and effective ceived their achievement awards. , (Continued on page 12) Gurian, who has lived in Portland ! cent. "But the trouble is, they are usually j virtually all of his 53 years, is a J , * ™ Nys.-a had 20 insurance claims the same ones.” graduate of Whitman College and \ hunk throwing his entire weight on teU» ‘ “ th «s Blackioot. Shelley, and E flii.' Troop 20 were Dick Thomas, Vernon on property valued at $294,319. Loss­ Chief Hansen admitted that jail­ he took graduate work in finance at the belt. It is believed that death Falls, second morning, Pond, Dennis Forbess, Monty Burn- es were valued at $1,455. The Nyssa ing offenders is not the solution and the University of Chicago. He is a ensued in approximately 15 minutes, j 1 ingham. Wayne Chesnut, Rodney R. P. F. D. had 10 claims on prop­ pointed out that his department has general partner in the widely-known I A slight abrasion on the right fore- Q q . q d S u P d I v Beus. Tommy Sallee. Kent Mann, erty valued at $245.815 and losses not arrived at a satisfactory method investments firm of Merrill, Lynch, 1 head was no doubt the result of the t* r t* J amounted to $106,208. David Winn and Tommy Lewis. | of handling the situation. Pierce, Fenner and Beane, with Mere than 400 persons, including death struggle It is believed that M e e t i n g S o o n Ontario had 12 insurance claims "Know what is going on in your the Mexican had been dead for ap on property valued at $92,216 Loss own city, then do something about which he has been associated for their families and friends, attended Organizational meetings will be Grassmen Must the annual Amalgamated Sugar Co. proximatelv three hours at the time was placed at $6,065 and $3.765 was I it," is the advice he left with Lion ; some 20 years. picnic at the city park last Friday of discovery. the next steP ln connection with the paid on insurance claims. members. evening, according to J. L. (.Len) Garcia was about 35 years of age Nyssa Co-operative Supply. M C. Register Soon Vale had 17 insurance claims on Dick Wilson was named by Ed Boy- Church, general chairman. and had been coming to the Nys-sa Seuell recently named president, Only one week remains for Grass- property valued at $242,291. Actual dell, president, as chairman >f tne Chef Dick Forbess and hi- staff àrea a- a farm worker since 1948. He said on Tuesday that definite plans los- W M S placed at $47,421 with $45,- Lions annual carnival committee. of 15 turned out a hamburger and was not married and is survived by for the meetings have not as yet men to register to be eligible for 933 paid in insurance claims. Year ’ competi- and hot-dog fry, complete with ice According to the report, the only His assistants will be John Amble hi: mother"who reside« at Fresno, been decided upon. Following the tion. The first the week of August has forthcoming meeting articles of in­ Winner of a guessing contest cream and pop supplied by Joe Bel- two deaths resulting fronj fire were and Elmer Cruson. A purenasing Calif. been set as a deadline so the pro- corporation will be filed recorded at Ontario. There was one committee of D m Mass, Cal Wilson -ponsored by Everybody’s store last Ion and Glea Billing The Nyssa Co-operative Supply is j ®raI|1 cad ^ judged at the county injury accredited to Vale and one to and Dick Turner was also named. Saturday wa- Mrs. Mary Gunter. Waynard Talbot and his com ­ be ¡an outgrowth of the separation o f level W “ and Qn the winner K “ entered in Nyssa. ! with Evelyn Mitchell a close se«ond. mittee provided the entertainment, , the Nyssa and Ontario units of the statewide competition by Aug. 15, The contest involved guessing which included community singing During the year 1952 there were according to Ted Morgan, chairman. Farmers Supply Co-operative. I when a pair of shoes frozen into a led by Mrs. Talbot and races c f all reports o f 14 fires in dwellings, 4 in 6c Anyone desirous of entering com- Officer- of the new group include . ' 300-pound cake of ice would be kind- for all from six to 70. mercantile and office buildings and Lf- lie Burbank. Nyssa farmer, has M. C. Seuell, president; Orland E. Pe -! -lon should personally see that | 2 in public garage- in Nyssa. Six melted free Mrs. Gunter’s guess was A horseshoe pitching tournament been appointed local manager of the Cheldelin, vice president; Lloyd ne I,s registered. Registration con- fires occurred in dwellings and 36 hours, 15 minutes and eight sec­ wa- supervised by Olenn Cooper. R A- M Farm Equipment Co., it was Lewis, secretary and Wills J. Bert- slstf. oi submitting a short, written | apartment- in the Nyssa R F. P. D , J e Nelson headed the clean-up Enjoying a “ mailman’s holiday" onds— Ju.-t one hour short of the , ‘-firil'l’ v made known this week. He ram and Earl E. Crocker, directors. ° u“ ir*e his practices and results 3 in farm barn.-, outbuilding- and in Nys.-a la.-t Friday through Sunday actual time. Miss Mitchell’s guess committee. Ron Cambell and Ches­ replaces Glenn Burton, who resigned --------------------------- i n Ihe C0UI?ty »Rents office. Leeds cro-ps and 1 in miscellaneous manu­ were Mr. and Mr- D. C. Bartlett and was 36 hours and 40 minutes. ter Stepea-on were in charge of all - Q i .„ Hu.. : :hr technical Mrs. Gunter won n pair of shoes arrangements. son, Darr, of Hermiston, who are from the firm - in «■ May. facturing. j e w e l r y O io r e TO ] committee and Judging staff will ac­ Formerly employed by B & M 1 the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd ! as first prize. cept the registration outlines. These ' Equipment company for five year-, Have New Front The cake of ice was placed on the j Wilson. outlines should contain as much fee- ' Helvig Maps Burbank left two years ago to en­ Barlett to known to many people ! sidewalk in front of the store Sai- Another of Ny-sa's business build- tual information as possible, such as gage in farming ; in Malheur county for his new-paper : urday morning, then moved into the Tn a statement to the Gate City ir.g- is receiving a face lifting this number of a cre -o f pasture or - inge, j Safety Move -tore that evening, where it took un- work in Ontario and Wilder, Ida. r in-nil Saturday Burbank said; week when work began early Mon- van etiesofgra ssesa n d clovers.w a t- Greg Helvig, president of the I til Sunday evening to melt suffic­ At Ontario he assisted Elmo iently to release the shoes--a pair " B & M Equipment is definitely go- day morning on the front of the ¡ « ^ o r m a i i o n . and productivity in ' Sioux Falls, South Dakota general Ny.-sa’s weather has been relative­ milk, beef, tons of ensilage and hay drivers and helpers union is -pear Smith, publisher of the Blue Moun- ] of Wolverine work shoes. ing to stay in business here, in spite Pa_ulus Jewelry store ly cool during the past week with an The store front is to be finished! Awards to be made at the county i heading a Safety campaign in that ain Eagle, John Day, Ore., in the average temperature of 91 degrees— of the many rumors that we are in pink stone to match the recently i leve' consist of $100 in cash provided j section according to the Sioux Falls e-t-ablishment of the F.a-tern Oregon cool, that is, compared to the weath­ quitting Nyssa Citizens Observer, latter merged with the Ar­ »VtJbough the firm is not at pres- oompleted front of the Nyssa Phar- ! by the US National Bank, and 200 Argus-Leader Accompanying a pic­ er tolerated by the folks 15, 20 and 30 years ago. '. dealer for new tractors. It sells macy, according to C. K Olson, con- ‘ Pounds of pasture mix seed provided ture of Helvig is an article in the gus to form the present Argus- Given Warning ^ and used equipment of all kinds, tractor. An all-glass door will re- by t*1* Dessert Seed Co. of Nysta. South Dakota new paper outlining Observer. A glance at the By-gone Days new He was also formerly publisher of Oregon Chamber of Commerce column on another page of this place the present wood and glass aWa-d W stat®w' de winner precautionary measures followed by including used tractors will be $500 in cash while the reg­ truck drivers to assure elimination the Wilder Herald. He is at present I Executives through the Eugene week’s Journal gives some idea of In addition to Burbank, Ernie one. owner and publisher of the Herm- Chamber of commerce this week is«- the hot times of those days. Kei-elhorst is employed by the firm Mrs Frank T. Morgan is owner of ional winner will receive $1500 in of many driving hazards. irrigation equipment or the equiva­ ! ed a warning to Nysea businessmen On Friday, July 21, 1938, a tem- Helvig is the son of Mrs. H E iston Herald. as shop man and Vane Roscoe as the building, lent. ! and housewives to beware of a coup- perature of 107 degrees was report- Collins, of Nyssa, and he state- that parts man. ion book or ticket deal which is ed. Five years earlier than that, on the campaign Is aimed at a high de­ Three Apply For going the rounds of the state. July 27, 1933. it was but one degree gree of safety mindedness among Truck, Home Fires Merchants Lose 7-1 96 Enroll for Red Promoters in Eugene have Issued cooler at 106. truck drivers throughout the United M anager Job coupons for various services, theatre Thirty years ago, on July 27, 1923, To Nampa Clippers States wherever there are union Call Out Firemen Cross Swim Classes City Manager Ted Burton stated to be exact, H was reported that 98 locals. A burning emergency brake in a admissions, etc. v ntv-n B Mo s, manager. i j s f/M ie K t r t V i o O ' t u / v r i i i n o i l r at a l a t o r A a ♦ e* P eight 1 & Ht, P error ITOTS. divided into four by the city council at a later date, July 24 89 59 E K Burton. 411 North Fir>t street, questions and when anawered cor­ The group Thev were Bernard Eastman, win­ Nyssa\s lone score was made In July 25 --ructions to begin- Burton resigned his position as 87 60 where an ignited kettle of paraffin rectly told the housewife she had won class to give ner of a Betty Crocker steam iron: the eighth inning. and advanced city manager to accept the position a valuable assortment of merchan- | July 26 91 51 ners. interme Raymond Woody, second, winner of resulted in damages of approximate­ di.se coupons which she could have Nyssa 000 000 010— 1 6 8 pf Ontario city engir 1 •» r a Per Sep- July 27 91 66 s vimmers. a camp ice box, and Louis Mitchell, ly $250 to the interior of the kitchen by paying only a few dollars when N a a n ooi 120 i2x—7 7 s July 28 94 54 The fire wax under control by the Bussi have been leaving the City tember 1st. Belisle and Bellon; Newman, Bail­ third, winner of a portable car spot deliver C O D . by the postman. July 29 8 30 a. m. and return at Names of applicants for the posi­ 64 time firemen arrived. light. ey '6» and Thomas, Crill <6). tion were not disclosed. 30 . Firestone Officials Assist Store Here Pumping Shows Sharp Rise In This Section Potato Market Appears Steady For The Week N /ssa Schools Open Mexican Commits Suicide In City Jail On Thursday Aug. 31 Nyssa Area Leads In Blood Donations -Drawing Aug. 12 Scouts Return Last Sunday Police Chief Is Lions Speaker s r a r . ai - srSd % “ 7 t ^ J *•» Sugar Company Picnic Draws 400 Guesses Close In Ice Melting Event Burbank Named B M Manager Hermiston Editor Is Nyssa Visitor Cool Compared To By-gone Days » »