THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
THURSDAY. AUGUST 20.I252
Gate City
JOURN AL
Boisean Pulpit
Ow yhee Lake Lauded as "Angler's Sage, Antelope
Hunting Season
Guest Sunday at Paradise"; Facilities Deplored
By Dick Yost
juts up obove others. It is always
Methodist Church '• If I had only one day left in which something of a thrill to nose into a Opens Saturday
Guest speaker at the Community to fish, I would spend it on Owyhee
Methodist church Sunday morning Reservoir..............” is the way Ted
Trueblood. prominent Northwest
was the Rev. Harry Wilson of Boise, . sports writer, begins his article. ‘‘ My
who filled the local pulpit during Favorite Spot-- Owyhee Reservoir
the third week of the absence of the in Eastern Oregon."
Published in the July, 1953, issue
regular minister, the Rev. Vernon
L. Taylor who is vacationing in Ne­ of Field and Stream, the article is
considered the most complete des­
braska.
An offertory bass solo was sung cription of the 52-mile long body of
water ever set in print.
by Oscar Bratton, accompanied by
In that opening paragraph of his
Phyllis Cheldelin, who also served
article, Trueblood says:
as guest church pianist.
"Owyhee has frozen me, broiled
First o f the three Sundays o f the
me and frustrated me. It has abu.-ed
pastor's absence was observed as
Laymen's Sunday, with Mrs. Gene me. I have suffered there. Owyhee
is like a woman, a thing of moods
Grasty and John Wulf making con­
and
whims and fancies, a tease or
ference reports.
an angel. But I have been rewarded
On the second Sunday, Aug. 9. Dr. and I would go back.”
Charles Donaldson, former district
The author presents a vivid pict­
superintendent, occupied the pulpit. ure o f the variablness of weather on
Dick Yost conducted the services all the reservoir and at the same time
three Sundays.
lauds the fantastic scenery border­
The Rev. Taylor and his family ing the body of water. Trueblood
will return to Nyssa some time this calls it spectacular.
week, and the pastor will be in his
"Red-tinted sandstone cliffs tower
pulpit Sunday morning.
I over some of the bays. Black basalt
DRESSI NG F O W L . .
Is an Unpleasant Task
Let Us
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Nyssa
DOUBLE HEADER
Merchants
VS
LDS 2nd Ward
Tobler's Feed
8 P. M. FRIDAY
High School Diamond
By Popular Demand, a Return Game has
Been Arranged Between the Merchants
and Tobler's. As an Added Attraction,
LDS 2nd Ward, Runner-up in the Nyssa
Softball League, Will Take on the
Hardballers in the First Game.
Don't Miss It If You Like Fast Action.
Here's the Chance to See for Yourself
Which is the Fastest Game.
Played on Two Diamonds
Admission: Adults 60c; Children 25c
Sponsored by
NYSSA SOFTBALL COMMISSION
new cove, find a camping spot and
prepare to spend the night."
According to Trueblood, "the
nicest way to fish Owyhee.. . . is to
put a camp outfit and several days'
food in a boat and then sfart up the
lake, fishing as you go."
Ending his article on the same
note on which he begins it (**. . . .
if I had but one day left to fish I'd
spend it there" i, Trueblood signs off
with: 'T know I might get rained,
hailed or sno wed on. I might have to
sit on the bank all night, waiting for
the wind to die. I might not catch a
bass. On the other hand, it might
turn out to be a nice day,”
The current issue of Sports Afield
also carries a two-page spread pict­
ure story of Owyhee lake fishing by
Trueblood, entitled "Where to Catch
Largemouth Bass", in which he
states that "Owyhee Reservoir . . . .
gave me the fishing I'll never for­
get’'.
Another sports writer, Joe Van
Wormer, has discovered the Owyhee
and has had his written account of
it published in the Sunday Oregon­
ian magazine section, under date of
July 12, under the title of "The O wy­
hee Needs More Fishermen.”
This writer calls Owyhee reservoir,
which ‘‘ provides big crappies by the
bushel and wonderful scenery", a
"fabulous angler’s paradise”.
Van Wormer, who devotes most of
his article to expounding the virtues
of the crappie and its abundance in
Owyhee reservoir, Ls also awed by
the rugged and scenic country sur­
rounding it.
He. as does Trueblood, points out
the need for development of more
facilities to make the lake more ac-
cessable to fisherman.
1st Scrimmage
Set for Aug. 24
The 1953 hunting season in Mal­
heur county get.. under way this
Saturday.
Running concurrently
•with the limited antelope hunt, the
sage grouse season will extend thro­
ugh the 22nd to the 27th of August
Bag limit this year, less than
that o f last, is two birds a day and
not over four during the entire sea­
son or in possession.
Open area Includes that portion
of Malheur county south of U. S
highway 20. all of Harney county
and portions of Lake. Crook and De­
schutes counties. Hunters are advis­
ed to consult the hunting synopsis
for descriptions of the open areas of
these three counties.
Hunters Soon
To Receive
Antelope Tags
Antelope tags are being mailed to
four hundred lucky people In Oregon
following the drawing held at 10 a.
m. Aug. 13.
Formerly, the drawing would have
taken several hours to complete, but
with the aid of International Bus­
iness Machines, all of the fortunate
persons had been picked within a
matter of about 30 minutes. Several
onlookers arrived at about 10:30 a
m. to watch the drawings only to
find the names already selected and
printed.
After the actual selection of
names, which is done by using one
of the digits of the applicants lic­
ense number or the cashier number
put on the blank upon its arrival in
the Portland office, the machines
again go to work in typing the
names of the tag winners, address­
ing the envelops and recording the
various information during the pro­
cess.
Though the season on antelope
opens much earlier than the other
hunting in the fall, the rapid meth­
ods of handling Che drawings insure
that all lucky applicants will have
their tags in plenty of time to plan
their excursions for hunting the
fleet-footed desert dwellers.
First football scrimmage for Nyssa
high school Is expected to be held
Monday, Aug 24. according to Henry
Hartley. At least, it cannot be held
6 p, m. Monday, Aug. 24, according
to Henry Hartley.
Howard Lovejoy, head coach, will
be back In town by that time also,
if not before. Hartley said. The coach
and his family have been spending
I the summer at Island Park, Ida.,
where Lovejoy has been getting out
poles under contract to Mrs. Love-
joy's father, who operates a small
sawmill there.
Sept. 11 has been set tentatively
as the date for the football jamboree
at Ontario.
First conference game will be play- t They are at it again—those north
and south boys.
ed on the Nyssa field Sept. 18, with
Only, this time, its "boys” from
Emmett as the opponent.
the north and south sides of Nyssa.
Not that they've done anything
bad—as a matter o f fact, it's the
good they have in mind that makes
them newsworthy.
The whole thing is developing in­
to a feud, of course, but the kind of
feud th„t builds good community
In twin twilight and under- the- and neighborhood relations and
j lights baseball games Thursday the goodwill.
Nyssa Pee Wees and Little Leaguers
Leaders o f the two factions are
lost to Payette teams in the season's prominent
business men,
Fred
j summer recreation finale.
Bracken the high mucky-muck for
The Pee Wee game ended with a the south end and Bernard East­
score of 8-3 and the Little Leaguer man swinging the paddle for the
7-4. The games were played on the north end.
Nyssa high school diamond.
Brackenmen include Pete (Handi­
Nyssa Pee Wee batteiy was J. cap) Flelssner, George Cobern and
Meyers, Bingman and Myrlck. Little Ed Boydell. Rag-tag followers of
League battery was E. Morris and Eastman are Jack Anderson, Jerry
Jacques.
(Flabby) Flesey and Cliff Main.
Regimented into close-knit teams,
the two groups are spending nearly
every evening of the w’erk in secret
practice, awaiting the day when they
meet in open battle—over the ping-
Tommie Holman, who helped pitch pong tables.
Tobler's Feed softball team into the
Eastman has thrown all discretion
| state tournament last year, is a Nys- to the winds—has hurled open de­
| sa visitor this week.
fiance into Bracken’s teeth.
‘•Even with our latest recruit, one
He brings with him the news that
i he will again see action in the state Flabby Felsey. we can bust those
softball tournament as a member of South-siders wide open. W ho’ve they
the defending champions, the Cor­ got, besides Handicap Flelssner,
who's only pulled out one game in
vallis Elks.
his last 30?"
Accompanied here by his wife, the
"Aw, what's them fellers got to
Holmans are visiting with Mrs. Hol­ crow about?" countered Bracken.
man's sisters. Mrs. Lloyd Lewis and "Been spying on us, that’s What. Just
Mrs Robert Wilson and their fami­ wait—we'll make that ball look the
lies.
size of one of Jack’s pills.”
So, there you have it—all that
sniping and snafuing that is lead­
ing, as sure as the coming duck
shooting season, to a public clash
between the two factions.
Because o f its inter-sectional in­
Three five-minute speakers will be
featured on the Nyssa Toastmasters terest, it would seem adviseable for
club program Friday morning They the mayor to take cognizance of the
are John Briehl, Wayne Chestnut impending event and appoint an im­
partial committee to arrange a
and Ted Morgan.
Two members will serve in an o f­ tournament based on the most rigid
ficiating capacity and another pair of rules.
Only in this way can the meeting
as critics. Gus Liming will preside
over the program as toastmaster and of these two groups be kept clean—
Dwight W yckoff will present the and free from gore.
topic for the roundtable discussion.
General critic and speech eval­
uator will be Walter McPartland,
with Paul Penrod checking on gram­
mar usage.
Tobler’s Feed softball team split a
doubleheader Tuesday night with
JENSEN T R IE S F IS H IN G
Clayton Jensen, accompanied by the Weiser Firemen, champions in
his wife, spent Friday through Sun­ their district, at Weiser.
In the opener, Tobler’s won 5-1
day on a fishing trip Into the hills
above Unity He reported the fish­ behind the tight hurling of Jerry
ing as fair, but the roads a lot worse. Barker.
The nightcap was won 3-1 by the
B Y B E E G R O W S ‘F.M B IG
Firemen. Roger Skeen was the Tob­
A potato of the White Rose variety ler pitcher. Hugh Tobler completed
of near-record proportions was the battery in both games.
brought to the Journal office last
Tobler's Feed will go to Baker for
week from the Bybee farms.
The tuber measured 14 Inches long a game Thursday, Aug. 27. Baker j
10's Inches in circumference and was runner-up to Hermlston In the (
district playoffs.
weighed 3'-4 pounds.
Pee Wees, Little
League Lose Games
To Payette
T. Holman to Play In
Softball Tournament
CAN A SOFT HALLER HIT a base­
ball? Well, mister; that ain't a yoyo
suspended out there in front of
\ndj Vnderson, Tobler second sack-
er, completing his swing in th. soft-
10 Draw Tags In
Antelope Hunt
it w ou ldn 't have gone so far. W hen
the M erchants and Tobler’s tangle
Friday nigh« in a return game, A n ­
derson will be behind the plate foe
T obler's.— P h oto bv Yost.
Merchants Trip
Tobler's 5-4
In 11 Innings
Jalopy Races
Discontinued
Ten local hunters were among the
lucky ones to draw tags for the ante­
lope hunt that opens this Saturday,
including two each of two families
Ending in a 5-4 score, with the
The four tags that went to the j
Merchants on the long end, the soft­
two families were to Bill Russell and |
ball-baseball game played last week
his 14-year-old son, Billie, and Mr. j
between the local hardballers and
and Mrs. J. C. Krul.
Tobler’s Feed softball club failed 'to
Others included Dale Garrison. Joe convince many die-hard followers of
Dority, Jim Nicholson, Pud Long each sport which is actually the
Mrs. Thurman Hill and Darrell D. fastest and most entertaining from
Williams.
the fans’ standpoint.
Persons who drew tags in either
All were In agreement, however,
the special deer or antelope hunts that the combination game provides
last year were not eligible for the excellent spectator entertainment.
draw this season.
The game ls played with the base-
ballers batting against the softball
ind running the short bases and the
joftballers hitting the hardball and
Som e unusually good softball
legging it round the long bases.
and baseball fa re will be offered
The game was played last Friday
follow ers o f the respective sports
on the high school diamond before
in a dou bleh ead er set fo r 8 p.m.
the largest baseball or softball audi­
this F riday on the high school
ence of the season.
diam on d.
Tobler’s men took immediate com ­
In the first gam e LDS 2nd W ard,
mand of the situation -and enjoyed a
ru n n e r-u p in the Nyssa Softball
four-run lead for most of the regu­
league tou rnam en t, will play the
lar nine inning period. Eldon Barker,
M erchants.
lead-off man for Tobler’s got the
first hit first time up and scored for
T h e n ig h tca p w ill be a return
the first run.
gam e betw een the M erchants and
Several innings later Don King
T o b le r’s Feed,
S oftba ll
league
Doubleheader Friday
ch a m p ion , w ho lost to the h ard-
bailers last Friday 5-4.
Nyssan Completing
Air Force Course
George Mendenhall, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Bunch, route 2, Ny-
ssa, is completing his Air Force basic
airmen indoctrination course at
Lackland Air Force base at San Ant­
onio, Tex.
His basic training is preparing
him for entrance into Air Force
technical training and for assign­
ment in specialized work. The course
includes a scientific evaluation of his
aptitude and inclination for follow­
ing a particular vocation and career.
In accordance with a decision o f
the Owyhee Riding club, sponsor o f
the jalopy races here, no more races
will be held this year. The decision,
as reported by Lynn Snodgrass,
president, was based on the small
crowds and the lack of enthusiasm
among the racers.
A new track record was chalked up
at the last race, held Aug. 12, by
Herb Holton, Vale. Driving car No.
36. owned by Frank Ikibe, Nyssa,
Holton finished his trial heat in a
time of 19.96.
The trophy dash was won by Bud­
dy Thompson, Nampa, driving an
Arizona car.
Don Hatch, Adrian, placed first
in the A-main event in car No. 22'J.
Elbert Hatch took second and Eldon
Tallman Third.
connected for a home run. scoring
Dave Savage ahead of him. The
regulation nine innings ended in a
4-4 tie, throwing the fast-moving
game into extra innings.
In the top of the 11th inning the
Merchants put over the tie-breaking
run on two successive outfield er­
rors by Tobler's.
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Toastmasters Will
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— ..........
REMEMBER
Them as They Were on the
Tobler's - Weiser
Split Doubleheader
T om Jon es and O rm an d T h om as
ba ll-b aseball gam e last Friday b e ­
tw een T obler's Feed and the Nyssa
M erchants. Poised behind A nderson
is Jerry B ellon, M erch a n t receiver,
w ho wishes it had been a yoyo, then
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