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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JO U R N A L . NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. JA N U A RY 20. 1955 Days Gone By in Nyssa Community Fro m POLIO AFTERMATH th e J o u r n a l I'll«« 5 Years Ago—Jan. 12. 1950 the refinancing of w ater and im VICTIMS NEEDING AID AT START OF EACH YEAR The city council authorized provem ent bonds and the retirin g City M anager E K. Burton to of outstanding w arrants. W ith com plete installation of pum ping this approval by the voters of the 7 0 .0 0 0 facilities at the city ’s shallow City of Nyssa. the council may 6 7 . 0 0 0 well on south Second street. The now go ahead and issue bonds in well tested 650 gallons per m in the am ount of $7,364 79. —r — 6 0 ,0 0 0 ute capacity, equal to tw o of the M erchants in Nyssa w ill celebrate city ’s o th er three w e lls .-------The the com ing of the U. P. special 10- city council signed a 10-year car train potato exhibition by ob street lighting contract w ith the serving “Nyssa Potato W eek.” — Idaho P ow er C o .------ Je d Lewis. As a resu lt of a m eeting arranged new ly appointed district m anager by the Nyssa C ham ber of C om of the A m algam ated S ugar com p merce, the construction of the any, was elected as a m em ber of $200,000 subw ay under the U n th e M alheur M emorial Hospital ion Pacific right-ef-w ay on Main association. — — Mr. and Mrs. j street is assured. It is expected H. R. Sherw ood left for San F ra n construction w ill sta rt A pril 1. — cisco w here they w ill sail Jan. S. D. G oshert has been notified 16 for a m onth’s vacation in the that he has been re-appointed H aw aiian is la n d s .----- Jack A nd postm aster. T h e appoinntm ent erson. form er Nyssa resident, m eans a lifetim e position and will who has been w orking at John carry a salary of $200 per m onth Day, purchased the O w yhee Drug plus a percentage. Store from Mr. and Mrs. H ubert 20 Years Ago—Jan . 17. 1935 P e irs o l.-------The A m erican L eg Sam C aldw ell dam aged his ion au x iliary lias secured a hos car w hen a horse running at pital bed w hich will be available to residents of Nyssa and vicinity large on the highw ay betw een on the recom m endations of local Nyssa and the S nake R iver physicans. — — At an LDS stake bridge, got in the w a y .-------Hogs conference in W eiser Jan. 8, a have jum ped to 8 cents a pound ____ __ J P g jg j new Nyssa stake was form ed The on the C aldw ell m arkets, the ; highe t price paid for several Nyssa stake will consist of the 1933 1954 1955 Vale, O ntario, Owyhee, P arm a y e a r s .-------Mis. Ray Em m ott was elected president of the Nyssa and Nyssa first and second wards. A rvel L. Child was chosen as Civic club for the com ing year. J OI N THE MARCH O f ’ d I MES J AN. 3 31 president of the new stake, w ith Mrs. E. D. N orcott, vice president; Fred B lacker and Milton Nelson Mrs. K hnkenberg. secretary and Each year sees an increased num ber of polio patients from previous epidemics who can be helped by long-term care paid for by the of O ntario as assistants. — — Mrs. H ow ard Larson, trea su rer.— March of Dimes. As the proportion of deaths decreases, the cost Jacob Fischer was re-elected to Nyssa people aw oke T hursday of mending lives for the thousands who survive steadily increases. a 3-year term as supervisor of m orning to find the ground the N yssa-A rcadia D rainage d ist covered w ith a blanket of white, rict. ------- B urnall Brown, su p er practically the first snow of 1935. PARENTS OF SON in ten d en t of the Nyssa factory of —Dale Lakey broke his arm Mr. and Mrs. R olland L aurance th e A m algam ated S ugar com p w hile cranking the engine of a are p aren ts of a son born S unday, any, has been prom oted assistant haychopper. — — Open house Jan . 16, in the Holy R osary hos general su p erin ten d en t w i t h was held at the new schoolhouse h ead q u arters at Ogden. He will W ednesday. The students w ere F uneral services w ere held last pital in O ntario. be succeeded by R ichard Forbess, busy to keep on the best b eh av F riday afternoon in B aker for factory su p erintendent at R upert, ior, and acted as hosts for the Mrs. Iva B. S hum w ay, 46, a form H. O kano re tu rn ed hom e last m any visitors from Nyssa and er Nyssa area resident who died Idaho. w eek from a visit at Toppenish, vicinity. — — S everal farm ers Jan. 12 at h er hom e in B ridgeport. Wash. 10 Years Ago— Jan, 18, 1945 from this section attended the In term en t was in the fam ily plot The city council reported eight m eeting in Vale this w eek at in Mt. Hope cem etery at Baker. SUSAN SLEPT HERE— applications for the position as w hich tim e a protest was lodged Mrs. Shum w ay was born Oct. city m anager for N y s s a .------- A against the governm ent's propos 17, 1908 n ear Nyssa, the d au g h ter P eterson F u rn itu re— 217 M ain. tube in one of the boilers at the ed purchase of C anadian hay. of ^Hubbard and G eorgiana W alt A m algam ated S ugar com pany Local grow ers said they could d e ers. She attended school at Nyssa, factory blew out shortly after the liver hay to the m id-w est draught g raduating from Nyssa high cam paign was com pleted last section, at prices as low if not school in 1928. She atten d ed w e e k .-------Thu C ounty C ourt re low er than those being offered S outhern O regon College of Edu- J jected th e proposal of the grand in C anada. The C anadian grow cation at A shland and E astern j ju ry for a new courthouse for ers w ere to be offered $10.50 a Oregon College of Education at M alheur c o u n ty .-------F ran k G ra ton at the ranch. The governm ent LaG rande. S he tau g h t school in ham has sold his farm to W alter planned to purchase 100,000 to B ridgeport from 1930 to 1932. Fox and will m ove to Sunnyside, 300,000 t o n s .-------W endell Pogue She was m arried to W alter W il W a s h .-------The business firm s of is recovering from a badly in ju r liam Shum w ay Sept. 19, 1932 in ed leg caused w hen a knife slipp A drian h ave installed outdoor lights and leveled and graveled ed w hile he was cutting kindling. Vale. She was a m em ber of the I C alvary B aptist church of B aker. th e s t r e e ts .-------School A ctivity, 25 Y ears Ago— Jan . 17, 1930 S urvivors besides h er h usband a m agazine w hich specializes in A w andering eagle who m ade a and h er sons, W illiam D., D uane projects carried on by schools, poor choice of a roosting spot D., S teven R.. L ynne R., W alter printed the staff picture of the was blam ed by the Idaho P ow er R , and daughters, M arjorie R Nyssa S iren on th e cover page Co. for a short circuit w hich shut and E sther G race, all of B ridge recently. The Nyssa S iren was off pow er to cities w est of G lenns port; a sister, Mrs. G race A itkens started at the beginning of the F erry including P ayette and Wei- and brothers, Dave and B ruce of school y ear of 1943-44. ser. The short was thought to Riggins, Idaho, and several nieces 15 Y ears Ago—Jan . 18, 1940 have occurred n ear Caldw ell. — and nephew s. The bond issue last Monday Mrs. Eddie Pow ell was elected Am ong those atten d in g the carried by a large m ajority, on president of the Nyssa Civic club. funeral w ere Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Foster, Mrs. Ed P ruyn, Mrs. Lem Wilson, Bill W ilson, Mrs. R obert M orfitt, Eugene P ra tt, Mr. and Mrs. Louis P ra tt and dau g h ter, A nita, all of Nyssa, Mrs. A nna D. S. P ratt, visiting here from L e banon; Mrs. Francis Lew ellen, Vale, and the Rev. and Mrs F red Moxam. W illowcreek To Former Resident Dies In Baker PAG E T H R E E Nyssa Collegian On OSC Honor Roll Illustrated Talks On Landscape Gardening Set P hyllis C heldeiln of Nyssa has been recognized for her o u tsta n d Illu strated talks on landscape ing scholarship by being listed on gardening for hom e ow ners will the fall term scholastic honor roll be featured at m eetings to be held Jan . 27 and 28. according to Mrs. Edna Mae W im satt, county extension agent Dr J D M artel, head of the d ep artm en t of lan d scape arch itectu re at Oregon S tate College, will conduct the m eetings, she said The first m eeting will bo held in O ntario in the U nited P resb y teria n church at 1:30 in the a fte r noon. T hursday, Jan . 27. This m eeting is open to the public and all interested persons are invited to attend. Mrs. W im satt said th at a special m eeting for garden club m em bers w ill be held in the Moore H otel th at evening. An open m eeting will be held in the C h ristian church in Vale F rid ay afternoon, Jan . 28. The final m eet ing will be in Jo rd a n V alley the evening of Jan . 28. Colored slides w ill be used to ex p lain fu n d am en tal principles of landscape design. M artel will also discuss soil m anagem ent and irri gation principles to be observed in grovnng landscape garden plants. [ at Oregon S tate college. A freshm an in education, she earned a g rade average of 3.5 points or b etter on the basis u f an A equaling 4 points. T here w ere 292 stu d en ts nam ed on the OSC fall term honor roll. BIG AS THE SEA ITSELF! T IN Y Adrian Junior Class Replaces Officers; Appoints Committees cotoni.» T e c h n i c o l o r Roger Howes was elected vice ! p resid en t of the ju n io r class at A drian high school at a special j m eeting calk'd W ednesday for all m em bers. Howes will fill a v acan cy m ade w hen M arvin P atterson, who previously held the office, m oved to Nyssa. V anae S to k er was chosen to re place B eth B oren as assistan t ed i to r of th e school paper. Miss B or en q u it school to be m arried. K aye H am m on, W ayne Callis- ter, G eorge Jelien k , Roger Howes and E dith M atthew s w ere chosen from the class as a com m ittee to pick a th ree-act play to be p re sented by the class at a later date. starring H UM PH R EY BO G ART o% O UEEG V A N JO H N S O N - FR ED M a c M U R R A Y o t KEEFER a» M A R Y K JO S E FERR ER a n d introducing ROBERT FRANCIS MAY WYNN o t G R E IN W A ID A CCHUtttiA PtCTUM NYSSA T H E A T R E Sunday. M onday and T uesday — J a n 23-24-25 Announcing " S A F E C O " - a N e w G eneral of Am erica Com pany S A F E C O w o t o r g o n h td ta o p p ly p ro vad m o n o y. lo v in g p r in c ip iti to fh« Hold o f au to m o b il« In« t a r a r e o b< th o m e a w h o b u ilt G e n e ro ! of A m e n t a C o m p a n ie *. Certified . . . . 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