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Plan To Attend the Nyssa Nite Rodeo Friday and Saturday Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME X XXXIX SECTI ON SECOND THE N YSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1954 , Days G o n e By in Nyssa Com m unity NO. 26 Remember When — ? Your Library From the Journal Files Former Nyssan Is Miss Linn County Mis Jo A nna Moore, d a u g h te r 10 Years Ago—Ju ly 13, 1944 erty on south T hird s t r e e t . ------- j of Mr. and Mrs. H arley Moore, A novelist’* prediction of a pos- Lebanon, a fo rm er N yssa high A flig h t e a rth trem blor was new ra d ro a d w *h be laid ibl< fu tu re attack on this country school stu d en t, has been n am ed felt by sev eral N yssa residents from. C rane into B urns by A u*U beads the list of books going into Miss Linn C ounty and w ill co m -.vhen tw o ea rth q u a k e shocks ust 20. — — C om m issioner El- circulation at th e M alheur C ounty pete this m onth in the Miss O re rocked th e S nake riv er valley wood M ead of the reclam ation L ibrary on S atu rd ay , Ju ly 10 . gon contest at Seaside. P rio r to this w e e k . ------- Leo H ollenberg, service w ill visit the O w yhee p ro form er su p erin ten d e n t of the -*ect about the m iddle of Ju ly to Philip W ylie’s new’ novel, ‘ To- this honor she was selected as Nyssa schools, has been appoint- s u i\e y the w a te r shortage, and m orrow ” is a story of w hat hap Miss Lebanon. t d executive secretary of the determ ine th e cost of leveling, P< ned to av erag e A m ericans un Miss Moore, who is atten d in g Oregon farm w age stablization ,u l*c^1^g houses, barns and cor- tier a sudden blitz, C ondition Red Lewis and C lark College on a fcoard, w ith h e a d q u arters at P ort- la ls‘ fences and o th er im prove- "The Corioli A ffair" by M art ful1 tuition scholarship in d ra - .a n d . -------F ran k S m ith of B aker m eals and w h eth er the settler Deasy is the love story of Lacey 1 ™atics‘ w in Play_ a bey role in has bought th e J. C. Olsen black- could u ltim ate ly pay out. Dereen and Je d D ayton which F ir Acres th e a tre ’s first sum m er sm ith s h o p . ------- W m B unch of 35 Years Ago— Ju ly 1 1 . 1919 has a tragic afte rm ath of m urder production, “B lithe S p irit" w hich P en d leto n , w ill teach m ath and and mob violence. The story 1 - °Pl'ns on th e Lew is and C lark science at th e A drian high school Paul T rueblood, a N yssa boy, cam pus J u ly 8 , 9 and 10. H er tol as if from L acey's diary. th e com ing year. Mr. Bunch ow ns, 12 years of age, son of Rev. and .- tv , ,, , ,, ,, 1 principal th e a tre exp erien ce has a ranch in th e O w yhee district.— Mrs. T rueblood, w as one of the .. 3 been w ith th e P o rtlan d Civic 1 o arpse rp s t ’ is a new P erry Mason ,u L ynn B arnhouse has been trans- w inners in a prize com petition su m m er school. my > sti i y by E rie S tan ley G a r d n e r ___ fe rred b y th e C onsolidated conducted by the publishers of F reig h t Lines to Nyssa as m anag- Bo-vs M agazine. His poem won a The suffering and aspirations I • , . ., of three generations of an A m er- but « v i e w e r , n g m o th e r er of th e local o ffic e .-------A drian 8 °ld badge and w as aw arded as .can Negro fam ily are the storv „ C.r . I^ d e \ H lg h , by T° m and vicinity has co n trib u ted over ° ne °* tbe °est contributions of told in Jam es B aldw in's "Go Tell MoPk,ns 15 th c sto ry of hou’ th e $1400 to th e w a r loan fund, ac- *cred. — The N yssa G arage * forem an of C row n R anch in Wvo- cording to D ennis P atch, chair- and lbe S ervice G arage have con- ONE SPRING DAY back in 1910 being am ong th e most e n te rp ris th at the early -d ay flood problem It On the M ountain." The book n a n . Totals sales at Nyssa and solidated and will conduct the N yssa’s streets looked like this. ing citizens at th a t time and end was caused by Ihe Wilson irrig a centers around th e ch aracter o i l ™ " * confronts th^ Problem s of hired *unm en and u n ex p lain ed vicin ity w ere $88,850. — — An business of both ^ u n d er the Oldtim es assert that in those days ed the flood problem by digging tion d itch w hich came through fourteen-year-old Jo h n Grim es. situations involving his outfit. electric storm caused som e dam - roanagem ent of C. C. C otton at the S nake riv e r came no fa rth er th e S nake all the way down tow n about w here Second street "Miss S pring" by Cecily Crowe age to Idaho P o w er com pany pro- Service G arage. Ja c k Sheets th rough H ell's Canyon and on to is now located and was resp o n is described as “th e po rtrait of a j A m em ber of th e G renfell Mis- p ertv . The storm b u rn ed up a W1 * bave charge of th e black- north than Nyssa and th a t every' the Colum bia. Pow ell and Thomp sible for such flood w aters as th at troubled w om an." Miss Spring ion, li J. B anfiU , w rite s of h er tran sfo rm er at the Ira U re place, sm ltb shop fo rm erly connected spring the runoffs from above son claim th a t one of the big p ro pictured above. This is another m ust b rin g all h er stren g th of : experiences carin g ^ for th e coast and blew’ 20 or 25 fuses at o th er tbe Nyssa G a ra g e .-------Don caused the w ater to spread all blem s then was the lack of s u r pioneer p icture from the collec ch aracter to bear on her problem s fls erm en w hosc d for m ed points n ea r Nyssa. Davis is assisting w ith the book over the tow n and the su rro u n d rounding foothills which had not tion oi Bob Thom pson appearing which include h er falling in love ical service w as great, in h er book w ork at the B ank of N yssa w hile ing com m unity. Eddie P ow ell and yet grow n to th e ir present stature. in the Jo u rn a l at regular in with a m arried phy sciatrist on her “L abrador N u rse.” In “The M issing Y ears” by Pa- IS Years Ago— Ju ly 13, 1939 F ran k Hall is on a 3 w eeks vaca- A 1 Thom pson are credited with; M ore serious historians report tervals. staff. tricia M cG err a m issing husb an d 's A p ro x im ately 25 M a l h e u r B on‘ ~ situ atio n is Stories by V ictoria Lincoln are retu rn a fte r 12 y e a rs’ absence county 4-H club boys h ave signed . ccor” inS acute the O w yhee riv er DAVID TUCKER HOME PRIOR RELATIVE DIES IN DENVER gathered to g eth er in the book, m akes necessary a w ife's decision GENE STUNZ ATTENDS u p to go on th e E astern Oregon ’s s° low th a t irrigators have dif- TO OVERSEAS NAVY DUTY Mrs. B yron V insonhaler re INSTRUCTOR SCHOOL "The Wild Honey.’’ These stories cith er to co n tin u e th e secure life 4-H club t o u r . ------- R esidents of to contend w ith. Many Seam an David T ucker of Long ceived w ord last week of thc G ene S tunz left Nyssa S a tu r deal chiefly w ith children, adol she had b u ilt for h er fam ily w ith the n o rth ea st p a rt of th e city, 50 bave been given perm ission to Beach, Calif., spent from S a tu r ! death of h er brother-in-law , Alva day ev en in g for S eattle w here he escents, and w om en facing m id out him or to resum e th eir m a r n n um ber, p etitio n ed the city p u t in dam s or checks in the day afternoon until M onday v isit Tow nsend S unday, Ju n e 27 at 1 is on tw’o w eeks’ active duty w ith dle age. riage. council to tak e action to clean out O w yhee ditch to raise th e w ater. ing at the hom e of his parents, j D enver. S ervices w’ere conducted the N aval reserve. The tw o weeks A story w hich appeared serial Crises of ch a ra c te r and situ a a slough located in th at d istrict.— Mr. H ighsm ith sold his place to Mr. and Mrs. K enneth T ucker. He T uesday at S m ith C enter, Kan. 1 are devoted to atten d in g in stru c ly in “Ladies Hom e Jo u rn al," tion th at re p resen t cu rren t C a T he city council bought an H-H N |cllols and H arry S w eeting will leave Tuesday from Long Mr. and Mrs. Townsend have tors school. "Taw Jam eso n " by May M artenet nadian w ritin g and m ake up a In h alato r, a piece of life saving d bis ,sland 1° Mr. Briscoe of Beach for overseas duty w ith the visited in N yssa on several occas- tells of C hloe H ey w ard ’s attem pt picture of m odern C anadian life equipm ent. T he fire d e p a rtm e n t 1 U. S. Navy. I ions. Bill W ahlert re tu rn ed home F r i to assert h er rig h ts an an individ appear in “C an ad ian S h o rt S to r and th e C hief of Police w ill be in- 40 Y ears Aqo— Ju ly 9. 1914 He was accom panied to Nyssa day n ig h t a fte r a five day b u si ual and T aw Jam eso n ’s efforts to ies” edited by R obert W eaver and stru cted in th e uses of th e inhalat- | by a friend, Seam an Ben Johnson. USE THE C LA SSIFIED ADS. ness trip to Pow ell, Wyo. guard h er against h er w ell-m ean- Helen Jam es. or according to W illiam Schire- A la r 8 e am ount of business was m an, fire c h i e f . --------T he jack j tran sacted at th e re g u la r m eeting ra b b itt situ atio n i n M alheur of the cit>' c°uncil. M ayor F ran- county is the w orst it has been in cls* C ouncilm an Spier, L argent, several years according to H. J. W ills> G oshert and a n u m b er of Ednicott, assistan t county agent, in terested citizens w ere present, j M any of th e farm ers h ave been C ity M arshal H. D. Holm es tend- poisoning th e ra b b itts w ith stry - ered his resignation and W. W. chnine and green alfalfa. — ■— S m ith was appointed to fill th e | The U. P. railro ad started a re g u - 1 vacancy. P. J. P hillips w as a p - ' la r daily tra in service from Nyssa P °inted city a tto rn e y at a salary to M arsing d u rin g th e d u ratio n of $25 Pe r m o n th and he w as in- j cf the p o tato h a r v e s t .--------The ‘ s tr ucted to p re p are an ordinance w a te r in th e O w yhee dam is 554 ,- j p ro h ib itin g the u n law fu l ringing CS0 acre feet. The high tem perat-1 of the iire be.11- ~ — George Embossed and Sculptured ure Ju ly 8 w as 108. G reen and his crew of hay m en | finished stacking thc first cutting Nylonized A cetate Tricot O Q Seasonal styles and *3 Q Q 3C Years Ago—Ju ly 11, 1924 of 350 tons of hay on th e Land P erm anent finish D ries in a w ink edC5J Fabrics. Sizes 10-18 S everal days of last w eek, in- (>omPan y ranch. Less th an t w o , Assorted p a tte rn s - colors Sizes 5-6-7. Pink, Blue, Yellow, W hite One Lot Values to 6.95 eluding the F o u rth w ere very h o t .] years a 8 ° th is land wras sage j Yd. The th erm o m eter reg isting a- [ brush. T he Nyssa 4th of bove 100 degrees in th e shade — Ju ly celeb ratio n was m arred by a Embossed Flow ered The in fan t d au g h ter of M r and severe th u n d e r storm otherw ise 51 - 15 - Slight I r r ’s Mrs. H enrv Slippy was q u ite se- w as a success w lth la rge crowds Levi Strauss Brand. Sizes 10 O 1 Q verely b urned about th e feet and arriv in g by tra in and a u to s .-------j New Sum m er Shades 36 inches - Sanforized to 20. Denim Material. Red, * C unkles on the 4 th, bv a firecrack- The Clty counci1 at a special sess- Sizes 8 to 11 Yd. Yellow, Blue. Was 3.95 tr w hich w as accidently tossed in lon‘ gran ted the B eaver R iver her direction as she w as lying on P o w er C om pany an extension of a pillow . — —A rtie R obertson 2 y ears on th e ir franchise to aas m oved from th e Jess Thom p- m ain tain pow er lines in N yssa.— Nylonized A cetate Tricot Dress w eight - P lain colors on residence to th e W ills prop- Gold w’as discovered w hile digg Sizes 2 to 12 ing a cess pool for the cheese Dan S hrunk 100' i Nylon Tricot 1 1 Q factory. Q uite a little color show Yd. Sizes 4-6-8-10 A • 41 ed w hen th e d irt w as panned. — B eaufort B uck and Ed U pedyke sta rte d on an overland trip to 100' i Nylon - Sizes 5-6-7 OPTOM ETRIST the P alouse co u n try w here they 36 inches wide N ationaly A dvertised 220 M ain S treet P hone 6649 ex p ect to w ork in the h arv est Stripe and plain colors Countess Brand fields. T hey hope to m ake the Nyssa, Ore. Yd. Color—w hite only d riv e in 10 days. BRACKEN’S Ladies' Panties Dry Goods Shoes Clothing Ladies' Skirts Nyssa Oregon Cotton Material .49 Ladies' Nylon Hose Denim • Cl CO Ladies' Pedal Pushers Girls' Panties .29 Dr. Geo. E. Cobern Dan River Denim Girls' Slips .59 Cl (O Ladies' Panties • .49 Play Denim Material NYSSA NITE RODEO July 9th and 10th .49 W ELCO M E To The Nyssa Nile Rodeo Friday and Saturday While In Nyssa During the TOWNWIDE RODEO SPECIALS EVENT . . . See Us For . . . Boys' 100% Nylon Socks Asst, p attern s and colors Sizes 6 to IOV 2 C Q *05! Sheet Blankets Boys' Dress Pants Sizes 4 to 12 - W rinkle and soil resistant 1.99 E x tra Heavy - E xtra fine W hite. Size 70x90 1.89 Golden Seal IN SU R A N C E Blanket Men's Van Heusen .69 Boxer Shorts Of All Kinds Sanforized. Sizes 30 to 38 Auto — Fire — Theft — Disaster Crop — Household Headquarters For Farm Loans Men's 8.5 High Grade Sun Tan Pants BOB THOMPSON AGENCY Phone 3355 3.98 10% Wool 90 Rayon 72x90 Sun Tan Shirts 1.99 Childs' Canvas Oxfords Red and Blue - W ashable A rch Support. Sizes 5 to 12 1 A Q Q 8.89 Indian Blanket H eavy Jacquard Size 70x80 Men's Extra Heavy Two Pocket, B utton Flap 104 Main O Q «05# Printed Flannel Bath Towels Large size 44x22. Blue, G reen Yellow, Red, Pink, Salmon, Lilac Dry Goods Shoes Clothing 2.99 1000 yds. - 36 inches wide Large selection of colors and patterns Shirting Flannel 18 colors and designs Suitable for sh irts - robes dusters, etc. Dan River Wrinkle - Shed Cotton Material was .98. 36-in. w ide OPEN EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT TILL 9 O'CLOCK BRACKEN’S X-Ray Shoe Fitting Nyssa — Your Quality Store — Oregon
