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Shop In the City Where You Can Park Free Nyssa Gate City Journal SECOND SECTION THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL 7. 1955 VOLUME L Days Gone By in Nyssa Community From the Journal I tie» EASTER SEALS AID GIRL Bang s Tesling Hits New High For Oregon State 5 Years Ago—April 6. 1950 20 Years Ago—April 4, 1955 Glen Bonti, 15, son of Mr and Hundreds of visitors attended the opening of the New Nyssa Mrs. R. Bonti of Apple Valley Oregon’s participartion in the fire station last Saturday. — — must have a good luck charm. A record increase in snow in the The team of horses he was driv stepped-up federal-state brucel high mountain areas of the Owy ing became frightened, throwing losis (Bang’s) control program is hee and the Malheur water sheds him off of a wagon loaded with paying dividends in increased during March guarantees satis hay, which ran over him and one testing throughout the state, the factory supplies for this major of the horses kicked him in the Oregon department of agriculture .rrigation this year.------- Clyde shoulder. He escaped with minor reported today. Snider was chosen as speaker, bruises.------- A new fast train is In December, January and Feb and Wilton Jackson as alternate, scheduled to stop at the Nyssa ruary, about 6000 more cattle in a speaking contest of the station. The local depot will also were tested than in the same Toastmasters club to be held in be kept open until midnight. — months the previous year, while Caldwell the 19th.------- John O’ ■ Robert McDonald and David Sar- from November through February Toole of Mt. Shasta, Calif., has 1 azin. 6 year-old Nyssa youngsters, about 7500 more calves than a been appointed by the board of decided they would chop the year earlier were vaccinated a- directors of the Malheur Memor kindling for the home fire, gainst brucellosis. ial hospital association, as ad i Everything went fine until Dav- So far, the incidence of brucel ministrator of the hospital.------- ' id missed the stick of wood and losis infection in eastern Oregon The city library will be opened hit Robert’s hand making a bad herds has been considerably low in its new quarters over the city cut between his fingers. — — er than anticipated at the outset fare station April 11, Mrs. H. R About 85 golfers from Nyssa and of this program, says Dr. Lee M neighboring towns attended the Anderson, assistant state veterin Sherwood announced. ■ “open house” of the Nyssa club arian who is directing this activ 10 Years Ago—April 5, 1945 I last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. With the establishment of a J. T. Long celebrated their 52nd ity for the department. In western Oregon, the program war pnsioner camp at the farm j wedding anniversary at their is functioning smoothly. Four labor supply camp, the camp will ■ country home. counties—Curry, Coos, Josephine be turned over to the army and and Clatsop—are now modified will be closed as a labor center. 25 Years Ago—April 4. 1930 Robert Phillips and John Leed certified brucellosis-free area. Manager Ormond Thomas will be transferred to Twin Falls. — — Kerr, both of New’ York, have Marion and Yamhill counties A mass meeting of business men subscribed $5,500,000 to construct have applied for and are qualified and farmers in this area was held 237 miles of railroad track from for this certification and will re at the city hall to investigate the Nyssa to Winnemucca, Nev.------- ceive certificates early in April. possibility of establishment of a The children of the ■ Arcadia Several other western Oregon milk condensary in Nyssa.------- school had a practice fire drill counties are eligible and will be when a certified after application is made demonstration, Cpl. Edward Ostrom, son of Mr. and and Mrs. John E. Ostrom, arrived i fire was set to a I bunch of to the state and federal govern- home for a 3-weeks rest after | tumble weeds and in turn they i ments. This accelerated program serving 33 months overseas in ! set fire to some dead trees which was accepted in Oregon last No Australia and the Philippines. — ' were close to the coal house. The vember 18. Early testing was Frank Graham has purchased the children carried water and dirt slowed while officials met with Hans Wurl farm in the Oregon to extinguish the fire. — — Dr. all eastern Oregon county courts W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian and livestock leaders to explain Trail immunity. made an investigation of range the program. By the time all 15 Years Ago—April 4, 1940 counties were contacted and had Trees, rose bushes and shrubs horses in Malheur county that are accepted the plan, it was too late afflicted with a disease known as are being planted in Nyssa city to make a substantial gain in park this week under the direc dourine. All animals showing beef cattle testing. This phase symptons will be exterminated. — tion of G. W. Enders of Boise. will show greater gains Assisting Enders is the American The sheep sheds on the Ward ranch burned to the ground. The Local veterinarians are doing Legion troop of Boy Scouts. The lawn will planted this fall.------- fire was started by burning the actual testing and vaccinating and are paid by the federal gov Roy Searle has been named FSA i weeds. ernment. Federal funds for re Labor camp manager, Harold 35 Years Ago—April 9. 1920 Hoxie camp engineer and Bern-1 Rev. Frances Long of Nampa actor indemnities are also in ice Hickock as nurse.------- The purchased the Watson ranch and creased under this concentrated packing shed of the Holladay moved his family there. — — program in which the government Bros., was sold to Ralph Castator, Marlin Wilson who has been em set aside $30 million in a big drive local pharmacist.------- The Nys ployed by W. W. Foster for the to wipe out brucellosis in cooper sa Sales Yard has been sold by past two years, has accepted a ating states. the Dixon Bros., to Floyd Robin position with the Bank of Nyssa son of Kuna. — — Dr. Millard —Ora Harris left for Canada was burned on the Ben Smith Scherich, pastor of the Nyssa where he will farm 800 acres of place near Mitchell Butte. — — Methodist church, has been elect wheatland for his grandfather. — A petition signed by 78 Nyssa ed superintendent of schools at Russell Sage and W. G. Cathy voters and about 200 in the sur Kuna, Ida.------- Rodney, son of • have placed an order for the pur rounding community was pre Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Smith was j chase of a large alfalfa mill and sented to the city council at their mjured by a fall when his horse 1 packers for sacking the ground regular meeting, asking that pict-! became frightened as he was [ product. — — The Idaho Power ures hows not be allowed on Sun- meeting a car. I company replaced a pole which day. NO. 13 Your Library A new novel by John Masters heads the lists of books going in to circulation on Saturday, April 9, at the Malheur County Library, among which ere included both fiction and non-fiction about World War II. In Coromandel John Masters continues his project of writing the history of the British in India by means of novels, in this case telling the story of Jason Savage, lured to India in the 1600's by an old map. Around the U. S. A. in 1,000 Pictures is a photographic record of sights for the tourist in the 48 states. The story of a woman who made the stage a profession in the nineteenth century is Eric Barn es’ biography The Lady of Fash ion; the Life and the Theater of Anna Cora Mowatt. Andre Jubelin, French naval officer and also a fighter pilot with the British R. A. F, writes a personal narrative of World War II in The Flying Sailor. The Voyage of the Heretique by Alain Bombard is the story of the author’s solitary crossing of the Alantic in 65 days in a col lapsible rubber life raft. Jay Saunders Redding gives a personal report on “the Indian education for youngster from dilemma and the nature of her over 20 Oregon counties. Miss conflicts” in An American in Molly Holt, student nurse, su India. pervises Barbara's exercise. The Desired Haven by Evelyn Rich children's hospital school is fi ardson, winner of the All Canada nanced through sale of Easter Fiction Award, is the story of an Seals. island community in the 1800’s and of the differences and loyal Mr. and Mrs. Leon Roberts and ties within a close-knit family. A novel about the Air-Sea children made a business trip to Resuce Service of World War II Boise Saturday. While there Judy tells of the efforts to rescue the was fitted with new crutches. crew of an R. A. F. bomber forc- BARBARA, a Forest Grove youngster, spends part of each day learning sitting balance at the Easter Seal agency's hos pital school in Eugene, which provides special treatment and Annual Grassland Tour To Include Eastern Oregon The fourth annual “grassland” tour conducted by the Portland Chamber of Commerce agricul tural committee has been sched uled for June 19 to 22 for eastern Oregon and the Boise valley, John M. Hooper, chairman of the chamber grasslands committee announced. The group plans to spend two days in eastern Oregon and one day in the Boise and Weiser areas. In addition , to the grass lands tour, the dumber group sponsors the annual “Grassman of the Year” contest. The tour group will leave Port- land Sunday evening, June 19 by train and reach Boise early Mon day morning. They will begin visits to individual farms of the proposed area by chartered bus. State Dept. Reports Livestock Diseases Livestock diseases reported in March to the state veterinarian at Salem included 1,022 cases on 251 farms and ranches, with 65 death losses. Shipping fever in cattle and ecthyma in sheep accounted for about half the cases in the 2» diseases reported. Infectious keratitis, at top of the list in the previous month, was down. Other highlights: bra- cellosis was down with 79 reac tors in 52 herds; leptospirosis was up with 72 cases in 11 herds, an- aplasmosis, five cases in five herds; and tuberculosis, four cases in two herds. ed down in the North Sea: It is The Undaunted by John Harris. More Than Human is a science fiction novel by Edward Wald» about “a new human organism of several people connected in mind anti spirit and acting, with extra sensory powers, as one being.” Collections of short stories are Hester Lilly, and 12 Other Short Stories by Elizabeth Taylor, con cerning the varying conditions of love: and Man and Beast by Phyl lis Botome, about remarkable relations between human beings and animals. Mr. Maugham Himself is a collection of writings by W. Som erset Maugham including “Of Human Bondage” and “The Sum ming Up.” A guide for the average family in planning with and for its old er members has been prepared by Julietta Arthur under the tile How to Help Older People. The Complete Book of Home Modernizing by Samuel Paul and Robert Stone deals with specific rooms, storage space, lighting and heating, and improving the out side and the grounds. 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