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
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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.
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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
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The street light on the corner
or Third and Main was jarred
(lose from its m oori
w hen ^
fiARDVVARt-
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a n c
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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.
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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'
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°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.
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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
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rley;
h
er
husband,
ies. -------Ju s t one y ear ago w hen
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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.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bowen
and boys m oved this week from
Vale to m ake th eir hom e in
, Nyssa.
H. O. Hopkins is in Prairie
City this w eek for a com bined
business and h u n tin g trip.
" 7 ” WON’T WORK
here's why
■¥ Interferes with Oregon’s pro
gram to conserve and maintain
the salmon resource.
-*c Would idle more than 1800
fishermen and $11,680,000 equip
ment.
4r Closes every Oregon coastal
port south of Astoria to com
mercial salmon fishermen.
4» Grabs for a few a resource
that belongs to all the people
of Oregon.
VOTE 7 X NO
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