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Nyssa—The Sugar City of the Great Northwest N y ssa G ate City Journal f rtfC NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1954 VOLUME XXXXIX Remember When Days G o n e By in N yssa C om m unity Your Library ■ F ro m the J o u rn a l FUe* L. 10 Years Ago Nov. 2. 1944 Mrs. V irginia Bybee was badly b u rn ed w hen a w a te r k ettle ex- p lo d e d .-------Rev. M. H. G reenlee has resigned the pastorage of the M ethodist church to accept a sim- liar position at K im berly, Idaho. —S ixty students w ere still out of high school w orking in th e har- vest fields and packing sheds follow ing a 2-weeks "h arv est v acatio n ” w hich ended this week. . . , . . , . , . the Vale union high school fac- PLEDGES ALPH A CHI Miss P hyllis C heldelin, d a u g h te r of Mr and Mrs. O. E. C h eld e lin, and a 1954 Nyssa h igh school g ra d u ate has pledged A lp h a C hi New books going into c irc u la Om ega at th e O regon S ta te co l tion S atu rd ay , Oct. 16, at the lege. M alheur C ounty L ib rary include Miss C heldelin is m ajo rin g in the following: prim ary education. Rebellion Road, by Helen T o p ping M iller is a novel of the Re sues th e them e th at “ w hen ju v e n construction period follow ing the iles live in a ‘delinquent* so ciety ,” Civil W ar, w hen D uncan W ade and th at the solution “d ep en d on retu rn ed to his fam ily’s d estro y an orderly m odification of th e ed plan tatio n to seek a new way A m erican social s tru c tu re .” of life. T he story of a so n ’s love fo r H erbert K rause w rites of fro n t his fath er, a B aptist p re a c h e r in iersm en bound for the Red R iver the A rkansas hills is to ld in settlem en ts in the 1850’s in O x Ram ey, by Ja c k Farris. cart Trail. M an Above H u m anity, by A Miss S ilver m ystery by P a t W alter B rom berg is a h isto ry of ricia W entw orth, The S ilent psychotherapy show ing th e e v o l Pool, concerns the investigation ution of “m an ’s” efforts to h e lp of attem p ts on th e life of a re his psychologically d istu rb e d tired actress. fellow m an ” th rough th e c e n tu r The F lin t Anchor, by Sylvia ies. T ow nsend W arn er is the ch ro n Nez P erce legend and h isto ry icle of an English fam ily in the is th e subject of H ear Me, M y n in eteen th cen tu ry , revolving Chiefs, by L. V. M cW horter. around the ch a rac te r of Jo h n C oncrete Block C o n stru ctio n B arnard who w as successful at for Home and F arm , by J. R. D al- business b u t was a ty ra n t at zell and G ilb ert T ow nsend, an d home. F u n d am en tal B usiness L aw , b y The Ju v en ile in D elinquent J. F. C hrist add to th e lib ra ry ’s Society, by M ilton L. B arron pur- inform ation files. the governm ent for reservoir purposes for the O w yhee dam The land has been sold to the governm ent by settlers whose property has been involved. G eorge G oodrick is tearing down ^is house and m oving it to Pay- e ^ e - The lum ber will be used in construction of a re sid e n c e , at th at place. 30 Years Ago— Oct. 31, 1924 .... . _, . . . . _____________ The street light on the corner or Third and Main was jarred (lose from its m oori w hen ^ fiARDVVARt- - a n c - gr ocer y U y;v. L ,tCn elCuted. PreS; d f r ‘ reckless d riv er drove h.s car a- of th e M alheur chapter of the cross th c o r n e r ------- Through O regon T e a c h e rs association. - thp courtesv of G j Rawlins> j B ern ard F rost was appointed BoydelI Wllson Rros and Eddle ch airm an of the 6th w ar loan Pow cll the blic w ill have the d riv e in the Nyssa area. — Be- opportunit>. on T uesday evening tw een $90 and $100 w as tak en of hoari the electioy re tu rn s from the In lan d Oil com pany ser- b radio No ch a wU1 be m ade vice station by burglars som etim e The new s wlll ^ received in the T uesday night. - - Lloyd Lew - em t bulldlng next to the Rose is. postm aster, issued a w arning b u d ------- w H P ennington of to local residents to be sure an d L Beach C ahf., w as a v isit. tu rn th e com bination afte r th eir or m N this w e e k -------The boxes are closed. He said young- Jo u rn a l ca)led atten tlo n to th r sters have been pulling open th e fact th a t no county official has boxes w hich is a federal offense. ev er been chosen from the Nvssa 15 Y ears Ago— Nov. 2. 1938 d i s t r i c t .------- Mr. and Mrs. Fred F in al survey on the sew er dis- K lingback and Mrs. A. M. De posal p lan t, the last u n it of th e Bord arrived from a w eek’s visit NYSSA'S FIRST STORE to be east corner o of l Bower and First $42,000 sew er project, got under- in W alla W alla. They m ade the established on the west side of street. The bjuilding has been w ay M onday as the surveyors trip in 10 hours, the railroad tracks was the g en remodeled and is now a d w ell eral store operated by John started ' he^^layoutF"ife 35 Years Ag<>_ O c t. 31. 1919 ing. Bob Thompson, from whose & Co. w as aw arded th e contract Lackey shown on the left. The collection thU picture was tak W. B. H oxie is building a 3- —The new union high school w as other man is unidentified. The en. estimated that this first room addition to his residence. — i form ally dedicated in an inspir- store was located on the south- store on the west side was e s his ing and w e ll-ro u n d ed ' program p ^ ? rg f G reen *s put on by th e Nyssa Civic club. I llUlte ^ n c k cottage in the n o rth VISITING IN NYSSA Mrs. A ndrew Boersm a, p resident Pait oi the Clty' ?tlSxT °g e Mrs. H enry D w orshak is visit- of th e club w as chairm an of the \ n e" ' em ployee at the Nyssa ing in Nyssa w ith Mr. and Mrs M eat M arket. — — The type- affair, w ho appointed F ran k M or T here are four m ajor stars in Jo sep h . Stack. „ . Mrs. , Dw , orshak’s , , gan to act as m aster of cerem on w riters for the Nyssa high school arriv ed this w eek and classes are the new cinem ascope-technicolor £ om e ‘n B “ rley; h er husband, ies. -------Ju s t one y ear ago w hen „tm n nirtnrr. ,i” Sen H enry D w orshak (R-Idaho), w a te r w as tu rn ed out of the now w orking in d u s trio u s ly .------- m m otion picture, •T.arH “G ard .n en nf of K E v vil,’ Mr. T ronsdale a n d P rinciple canals, th ere was ju st 1 w ell and now playing at th e Nyssa T h ea is cam paigning for reelection. K akebreke are now doing the 1 pond in Cow Hollow. People tre, and four m inor stars. The w ere h auling w a te r for stock and ja n ito r w ork at th e school house, m ajor stars are G ary Cooper, S u household use. This y ear th ere as Mr. New by has resigned. T hree san H ayw ard, R ichard W idm ark, are only 2 hom es w ith o u t w ater. schools on Dead Ox F la t have and the scenery of Mexico. Most of the settlers have deep em ployed Miss C rescentia G latt The m inor stars are H ugh M ar- w ells o r cisterns and th ere are 5 as a special teacher of a rt and low e C am eron M itchell, R ita stock ponds. C het Sage is the m usic. T he schools are Pioneer. M onreno and v ic to r M anuel first one to pum p w a te r w ith Jefferson and P a r k . ------- A bout Mendoza electricity. W ith the com ing of 5 inches of snow fell Tuesday. 1 Thc m ovie film ed in M exico, electricity th ere have been sev e r Not only hay, but a lot of sp u d s capt ures on the cinem ascope al radios in s ta lle d .------- P re lim i and o th er \ egetables are ir. the screen some of th e m ost b reath - n a ry w ork of clearing and su b ground. This snow storm is t h e , tak in g scenery ever photograph- ed as a background for explosive soiling th e land upon w hich the first of its kind in m any je a is . city p ark is to be developed s ta rt 40 Years Ago— Oct. 30, 1914 action and ad ventu re. The plot ed today. M em bers of the F arm ers and concerns a search for gold—and Business M en’s L eague of N yssa then escape from m arau d in g A- 25 Years Ago— Nov. 1, 1929 T he hom e of B ud A nderson signed a petition, req u estin g a I paches. An ancient holy m an nam ed w as b adly dam aged by f i r e . ------- jo in t debate w ith the sp eak er The city is im proving the streets from O ntario and Vale to discuss | tbe region of the sto ry ’s action— by g raveling 1000 yards. Sam th e rem oval of the county seat anc^ *be passions and greeds of P lay fo rd has the c o n t r a c t .------- from Vale to O ntario. Vale r e m en supply th e m otivation for The C. C. H u n t apple packing fused to d eb ate w ith O ntario. — one of the y ea rs’ top ad v en tu re house has closed operation for j The basket ball team m em bers of features. th e season this w eek. T he com p Nyssa are: V irgil Vogle, Rusk any s ta rte d packing apples Sept. R edry, Bob Thom pson, B laine C ity Jo u rn a l w hen th ey p u rc h as 21. T he an n u al big feed for em Gibson and Don Davis. The girls ed the in terests of th e G ate City ployees w as W ednesday. — — team m em bers a r e : Evelyn P ublishing Co. E. L. M erritt who R. S. M adden and L. A. H arom Cheeley, Lola Forbes, L ulu Meg- has been associated w ith Win S. and G eorge M effan of N am pa a p orrdon, M aude L arg en t and Cioè B row n for the past 5 m onths, praised about 600 acres of land in A n d e rs o n .------- B row n Bros, b e has severed his connection w ith M alheur county condem ned by cam e the sole ow ners of the G ate the p ap e r and is leaving Nyssa. "Garden of Evil" Vivid, Exciting tablished soon after the turn of the century. Within a short time more stores and business firms opened on First street, which paralleled the railroad track and was Nyssa's Main street at that time. 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