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LT. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon Shop In the City 0 N yssa Gate City Journa l Where You Can Park Free VOLUME L THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. Carson Addresses R euse to Speak at C of C-Nu Acres Public Water Meeb Water Into Canals Annual Banquet N ew O w yhee LDS Chapel Ready for Use A public w ater m eeting will be held at the O regon Trail hall, T he an n u al jo in t b an q u et of the T hursday, A pr. 21 a t 8:30, F ran k N yssa C h am ber of Com m erce and Sherw ood, m aster of the Oregon N u A cres grange was held T u es T rail grange stated this week. d ay evening at the Nu Acres P au l House, m anager of the N orth G ran g e hall. W illiam C arson, B oard of C ontrol w ill give a fi p re sid e n t of the N yssa-N am pa nancial report for w a te r users and B e e t G row ers’ association gave review the p resen t irrigation w a t th e principal address in reg ard to e r conditions in this area. A pot- th e m ajor problem s confronting luck dinner, sponsored by the th e su g ar industry. grange, will follow the m eeting C arson stated. “Today beet Sherw ood said. All interested su g ar is being produced in 22 people are urged to attend. states and to my know ledge no This m eeting has stem m ed from acreage of equal size in the w orld action taken by th e Oregon T rail h as ever attain ed so great a yield G range early in M arch follow ing of beets o r sugar per acre as right a re p o rt by Elza Niccum and here' in o u r own area " The U S. C larence Niccum, rep resen tin g produces only about 28 percent of the C halk B utte G range, stating su g ar consum ed due to restric- th a t w a te r users are not notified ions to conform to quotas enact- about board m eetings w hich are d in 1947. i open to the public, th at financial E fforts are being m ade to pass : reports are not m ade public and su g ar legislation increasing quo- general m eetings are not held. A tas of th e dom estic industry and com m ittee com posed of Loyd to m ake it effective t h i s ' year. Adams, O E. C heldelin and Rus- C arson pointed out th at at the sell G ressley was appointed at p re sen t tim e about 14 percent of the M arch 3 G range m eeting to th e sugar used in Idaho is cane m eet w ith the N orth Board of and in O regon about 45 p ercent | C ontrol regarding financial re- is cane. This percentage should | ports for w a te r users, at least be low ered and its u s e ! W ater was released from the elim in ated en tirely as soon as O w yhee dam reservoir into the riv e r Tuesday m orning for irri possible, he com m ented. Ham C hadderdon served as gation use by the O w yhee Ditch . The dedication of the O w yhee to astm aster for the banquet, in com pany and into the N orth canal W ard C hapel w ill be conducted vocation w as given b y Judge Don W ednesday m orning. House re- at 2:00 p. m. S unday w ith Pres, G raham w ith the w elcom e by C. ported. The pum ping plants at j J. R euben C lark, Jr., second coun- N Neeley and response by Gene D unaw ay w ill begin operations j selor in the first presidency of S tunz, p resident of the Nyssa F riday to sta rt w a te r into the O n the L.D.S. chu rch from Salt Lake C ham ber of Com merce. Also i n - j tario, N yssa and O w yhee ditch City, as p residing official. eluded in the program w ere a system s, House said. C onstruction supervisor was J. vocal solo by Irene Jayo accom Several topics of interest w ere A rth u r Sw enson of Twin Falls p an ied by Mrs. Dw ight W yckoff taken up by the Nyssa city coun and a skit presented by m em bers | cil at th eir re g u lar m eeting T ues and the total cost of the building of th e Nu Acres grange arran g ed J day evening at the city hall, ac was $175.672.75. G round b re a k by Mrs. Ruby K ersey. R. V. W il cording to City M anager Robert ing cerem onies for the new chapel son served as chairm an of the > w ere held Sept. 1, 1953 on four M. A pplegate. C h am ber of Com m erce com m it- j acres of land donated to the A m eeting of the M alheur i Discussion was begun on the church by Mr. and Mrs. W ayne L. tee w hich helped arran g e for the banquet. O thers on the com m ittee C ounty D evelopm ent C om m ittee ! new city budget to be draw n up B ern tt. Tho-e presen t to tu rn the w ere Bob W ilson, E lm er Cruson was held F riday noon in Nyssa in and w hich will go into effect Ju ly first shovelsful of d irt w’ere the dining room of C arl’s Doll 1- A rrangem ents are being m ade Jam es A. P eterson. Lee Stoker, and Lloyd M ackrill. House. to offer for sale the city w ater Bill W ahlert, pro p rieto r of the | T he chief purpose of the m eet- j bonds w hich w ere recently voted Leland M ontgom ery, Pres. A rvel D essert Seed Co. in Nyssa g a v e ! ing was to discuss plans for the ! to construct a new w ater system j Child and A rth u r Swenson. a talk on a , new food, , Bulgor, The m em bers of the building , . . . a , developm ent of the proposed new for the city of Nyssa. n u tritio u s w h eat product w h ic h , S outh sidp highw ray. This high- j Tom Jo n es introduced discus com m ittee w ere L eonard Howes, w as served w ith the b an q u et. way w oujd extend from O ntario sion on the possibility of creating ch airm an ; R ichard Maw, D elbert F ish er F louring Mills of S eattle through Nyssa. A drian, H om edale. I a planning com m ission for the G arner. K enneth Sm ith, and d onated the sam ples to help in- Marsl and join Highw ay 30 at city. This com m ission which George Folkm an. The corner tro d u ce it to the public. T h is 1H am m ett, Idaho. w ould be com prised of re p resen stone was laid on M arch 1, 1954 group was the second to be served and the first m eetings w ere held A delegation of Idaho m en from j tatives of every im portant civic in the building Aug. th e new product, the first being 1954 organization. C ham ber of C om H om edale and M arsing atten d ed ’ th e O regon leg islatu re tw o weeks C onducting official in the d e d i m erce, Lions, J.C .’s, etc., leading the m eeting to ask th at the com c a tio n program will be Bishop before. m ittee press for federal aid on j w om en’s organizations, city co u n Jam es A. P eterson. An organ p re cil and possibly the council of the highw ay. Thom as G. Jones, i lude will be given by Nora Howes chairm an of the com m ittee said churches w ould be set up to plan and the choir and congregation th at the Idaho group asked p a r for the fu tu re w elfare of the city. 1 will sing "For The S tren g th of ticu larly for help in fu r th e rin g ! This plan has been adopted by i the Hills.” Invocation will be the B runo-C astleford stretch w ith m any o ther cities and has proven [ given by L eonard Howes, c h a ir a bridge across Salm on Falls highly successful, it w as pointed m an of th e finance com m ittee. out. creek at B alanced Rock. The choir, u n d er th e direction Those m en from Idaho who at- L M ayor P aul House will appoint i of R uth Sessions, will sing "Bless C arilee K esler, Irene Jayo. John a com m ittee to study the feasib il L ien k aem p er and Je rry K rause tended the m eeting w ere S enator ity of having a p lanning com m is This H ouse.” T alks will then be Nyssa high school speech students Blackstock, A llen Gowey, Jam es sion for Nyssa. given bv Leland N. M ontgom ery, and Soren Cox, speech advisor Hayes, M ark M arsing, Spud M ur Hugh Tobler presented to the j second counselor of the w ard phy and Bud Ross. left Nyssa this m orning for the bishopric and first counselor Lee Also discussed at the m eeting council the need for street d e - ! Oregon S tate college cam pus at velopm ent in the area south of H. S toker. A vocal solo, "Come was a d in n er to be held for the C orvallis for th e O regon S tate Unto Me,” will be sung by H ow state legislators by the various King avenue betw een King and speech m eeting. ard P u tn am accom panied by Mrs. the spur railroad line. T entative M alheur county organizations. All four N yssa’s delegates com The d in n er w ill be held som etim e plans w ere m ade to arran g e a P utnam . pleted successfully and w ere before the end of the present ses joint m eeting of the Nyssa De-1 O w yhee w ard Bishop Jam es A qualified in the d istrict m eeting sion. velopm ent association which owns j P eterson and Nyssa stak e p re si d en t A rvel L. Child w ill speak, held in L aG rande e a rlier this Th n ext m eeting of the com m it property in th at area and the city a fte r w hich the choir will sing m onth. tee has been ten tativ ely sched council to discuss this issue. "How Lovely Are Thy D w ellings.” Miss K esler and Miss Jay o will uled for A pril 22 in Nyssa. The An address and dedicatory com pose th e d ebate team ; Miss O regon T rail association and the SARAZIN ATTENDS p ray er will be given by Pres. J. Jay o w ill also be eligible to en ter A m erican A utom obile association CONVENTION persu sasiv e speaking and im w ill be contacted and re p resen Dr. J. J. S arazin left S unday R euben C lark, Jr. The choir and pro m p tu speaking; L ienkaem per tatives asked to attend. At the m orning for Chicago and will a t congregation will then sing “We and K rause will bothe e n ter the A pril 22 m eeting, the business of tend a m edical convention there. T hank T hee O God F or A P ro panel discussion. selecting a nam e for the new He plans to be back in Nyssa p h et.” R ichard F. Maw, first bishop of the Ow yhee w ard will w ithin tw o weeks. Don Nolan, who qualified to e n highw ay will be tak en up. then give th e benediction. The te r th e state m eeting was unable organ postlude will be played by to leave w ith the group due to Mrs. Howes. od illness. Nyssa is the only O regon SRV | school to e n ter students in the 1 contest. 3 City Council Has Discussion Wed. On Varied Topics New Highway Is Discussed Fri. 4 NHS Students Enter State Meet For Top Speakers Honor Students Named At A.H.S Plans for Constructing Nyssa School Additions Near Completion; Building Tentatively Set to Begin in October P relim in ary plans for co n stru c tion of a new elem en tary school building and th e addition of a shop, cafeteria and music room to the high school are nearing com- C o u n t V Y o i m r r « : t # a r Q ’ P o tio n , acco rd in g to school board Salk Immunization To Be Given 1,028 * Budget Meeting Set May 5 and 6 Ore.; Trail Grange Eves Legislation, Honors Members Road District No. 2 Votes 10-Mill Levy In Tues. Election Ore. Health Officers Meet in Vale Tuesday Legislature Past Third Month's Session; Over 1138 Bills Introduced torian honors, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John F ah re n b ru ch of A drian He served on the staff of the “A ntelope,” school pap er and was ed ito r of the school y ear book in his senior year. His interests tend tow ard lite rary activities. He is credited w ith a grade point average of 1.53. C om m encem ent exercises for the 29 g rad u atin g seniors have been set for May 26 at 8 p m. in the A drian high school audito r- lum, S ay re announced. Com m en- cem ent speaker w ill be S am uel E Tysqn, class advisor. | B accalaureate w ill be held May 22 and class n ig h t on May 23. | chairman H D Zobell and shcool To Officiate Nyssans Attend Annual Dairy Booster Banquet N yssa Chamber to Fete Officers of Dairy Commission A t the noon m eeting of the Nyssa C ham ber of Com m erce W ednesday, a p laque w as p re seated to F ran k M orris in a p p re ciation of his six years service as C hief of the Nyssa V olunteer F ire D epartm ent. T he p resen tation was m ade jo in tly by M ayor P au l House in b eh alf of th e C ity of Nyssa and by J a k e F ish er rep resen tin g the ru ra l fire protection district. M orris’s six y e a r service as chief ended last sum m er w hen he d e Ju n io r M cGinnis 4 —+ clined to ru n again for the office. T h e m em bers of the cham ber A drian — Ju n io r M cGinnis and discussed th e outing w hich they A lan F a h re n b ru ch have been are holding today for six m em and salu bers of th e S tate of O regon D airy L nam ed v . aledictorian . . . . . . . ta- . P ro d u cts com m ission. G lenn H. i torian o i th e A drian union high Lay. executive secretary of the | school senior g rad u atin g class, cdBimisMon and five o th er m em A thol Sayre, principal of A drian bers w ill be tak en to the O w yhee schools announced Monday. M cGinnis, son of Mr. and Mrs. rc serv o ir w here a m eal and boat Jam es M cGinnis of A drian a t rid es w ill be provided for them . T he lunch at the reservoir will tained a grade point average of b e arran g e d by Jed Lewis, ch a ir 1.04. He took an active p a rt in m an of the com m ittee in charge play productions d u rin g both his of e n te rta in m e n t and a rra n g e ju n io r and senior years and was m en ts for the outing. Boats will out for sports, including football, be provided by the Isaac Walton baseball and basketball through- L eague w ith president. Dr. J. E. out all four years of hi»*. school. L ong in charge. F ah ren b ru ch , w in n er of salu ta- NO. 14 Mrs. Edna Farris, M alheur su p erin ten d en t R. V. Wilson L ast C ounty public health n u rse told , Dec. 10, voters in school D istrict th e Jo u rn al W ednesday th at i 26 C approved tw o bonds issues plans are all set up for Salk authorizing this construction, one Polio im m unizations for all first in the am ount of $275,000 for the and second grade stu d en ts elem entary classroom s and th a throughout th e county who have o th er for $175,000 for the high tu rn ed in p aren tal consent slips. school addition. The vaccine w as officially licen W orking draw ings and sp ecifi sed for public use by th e N ational cations for th e e n tire project are In stitu te of H ealth T uesday fol expected to be com pleted by the lowing an intensive ev alu atio n m iddle of A ugust at w hich tim e study conducted at the U niversity contractors will be able to o b tain , of Michigan. specifications and figure bids,, As soon as official release is re Wilson stated. C onstruction ceived from th e Oregon state should be u n derw ay by October. board of h ealth, clinic d ates for T en tativ e plans are to have th e im m unizations will be scheduled. buildings ready for th e 1956 Mrs. F erris stated. Clinics w ill be school term . established at Nyssa, Vale, O n The school d istrict architect, tario and Arock. P aren ts consent slips w ere re G raham B. Sm ith m et w ith th e ceived for 1,028 first and second school board M onday and r e grade pupils out of a total of 1,- viewed proposed floor plans, 227 youngsters enrolled in these heating system s, roofing m a te r grades in th e county, or ap p ro x i ials and the m any o ther details th at e n ter into planning a b u ild m ately 85 percent. In all probability, a series of ing prep arato ry to the draw ing of th ree shots w ill be given, Mrs. specifications. The plan for th e new ele m e n t F erris stated. T h e second w ill be given one w eek afte r the first and ary school includes eight general the third four w eeks follow ing the classrooms, a m ulti-purpose room, general office, sick room and second. In Nyssa. p aren tal perm ission teach er’s room. The building w ill slips w ere signed for 265 ch ild ren : b< i little d ifferen t a rc h ite c tu r ally than th e present Nyssa out of a total of 302 eligible. | school buildings in th at the class- 1 room section will be constructed m such a m an n er as to allow the 1 ad m ittance of d ay lig h t into the hallw ay and into the classrooms from the top. The shop, cafeteria and m usic T hursday, May 5 has been set room are planned q u ite sim ilarly as the date for the annual budget to th e original plans th a t w ere m eeting for M alheur county, Alva considered w hen the present ju n \ Goodell, m em ber of the county- ior high was constructed six court announced this week. B ud years ago, W ilson stated. E x P resident J. Reuben Clark get p lanning w ill probably con- ceptions are th a t the 'cafeteria | sum e m ost of F riday, May 6, also. will include a sm all stag e and Goodell stated. O ther m em bers of will be constructed so th a t the the county court are C ounty accoustics w ill be th e best p oss Ju d g e G. Y C hester and L. E. ible for th at type of room. Also 1 Hnm m ack, Vale. it will be planned to accom odate Also serving w ith the county tw o serving lines ra th e r th an one i co u it on the budget com m ittee in o rd er to feed an approxim ated A n um ber of in terestin g topics j are G ran t R inehart. Nyssa, O. G. 600 youngsters in a period of w ere discussed and atten d an ce a- Conner, O ntario and C lint Stacey, about one hour. Mr. Wilson announced th at p re w ards w ere presented to six m em Vale. A fter the budget has been ten lim inary floor plans are in the bers at the reg u lar m eeting of the Oregon T rail G range Thursday tativ ely d rafted , it will be legally su p erin ten d e n t’s office at the evening w ith F rank Sherwood, publicized and a public hearing high school and any interested will be set. school patrons are welcom e to m aster presiding. Discussion was held on the ( The only m ajor increased ex look at them. large acreage of onions and p o ta p en d itu re th at m ay come up for toes reported to have been p lan t consideration in the budget would ed and the sugar quota. The be ap p ro p riatio n s for a county grange w ent on record as favoring courthouse, w h eth er to rem odel an increase in total consum ption. the present building, erect a new Alva Goodi 11 told of the passage one or o th er plans, Goodell said of the road d istrict bill to include A special M alheur county co u rt Eligible voters in Nyssa Road taxation of persona! p roperty in house com m ittee com posed of addition to real property and a n G ene Stunz, Nyssa, chairm an; A ssessm ent D istrict No. 2 w ent nounced the road district election M organ Beck, O ntario, secretary ; to the polls T uesday to ap p ro v e Ted M organ, Nyssa, Holmes Mc- renew al of a 10-mill special tax held Tuesday. Tom Jones told of the tax bill C leary, O ntario, Ed Dilley and levy on real p ro p erty for m a in being referred to a sub com m it K J. Z im m erschied, Vale has held tenance of roads w ith in the d is tee for study and Mrs. G errit a series of closed m eetings in this trict. The issue carried by a 3 to Stam com m ented on salaries to regard w ith new s of th eir p ro I m ajority. This special levy m ilitary forces and the vote on posals to be released at a later which has to be voted annually, is in addition to a 10-mill levy legislators’ pay. Mrs. F ern R u n date which is au tom atic w ith existence corn, H.E.C. chairm an told of the of the road district. open m eeting of w ater users to bo A total of 41 persons cast b a l held a t the hall A pril 21 at 8:30 j lots in the T uesday election w ith w ith Paul House, m anager a n d 1 the board of directors of the Dr. M aurice Vest, d irec to r of 32 in favor and 9 in opposition. N orth Board of control present to the M aternal and child h ealth sec Sam H artley was re-elected as & give reports. A nnouncem ent of tion of the O regon state board of m em ber of the board. G ran t R in e F eeder’s Day was m ade also. health and W ayne Sm ith, hearin g hart, secretary of the road d istrict Fern R uncorn announced th at consu ltan t from the state board of reported. six m em bers w ere eligible for pins h ealth m et w ith Edna F arris, pub Last year a total of 71 tu rn ed aw arded for atten d an ce at 20 lie health n u rse and school ad m in o u t to vote resu ltin g in 63 for the grange m eetings d u rin g th e year. istrato rs from th ro u g h o u t the levy and 8 opposing it, an 8 to R eceiving pins w ere Mr. and Mrs. county T uesday afternoon at the 1 m ajority in favor of the issue Fern R uncorn. Mr. and Mrs. G er public health d ep a rtm en t office rit Stam , Mrs. Alva Goodell, Sr. in Vale. and F rank Sherw ood R efresh A discussion was held on the A group of Nyssa m en and w o m ents w ere served by Mr. and Salk polio vaccine and on a h e a r m en w ere in O ntario W ednesday Mrs. Harold Sisson. ing program for this fall, evening w here they atten d ed the an n u al D airy Booster b an q u et at th e East Side Cafe. D u rin g the The Nyssa P a re n t T eachers a s d in n er m eeting, plans w ere fo r sociation m eets this evening m ulated for prom otion and ob (T hursday) in the L ittle T h eater servance of Ju n e Dairy m onth in ' at th e high school at 8 o'clock for M alheur county. th eir rg eu lar m eeting and an n u al By Rep. Emil A. S tunz ed plan pass both th e house and election of officers, according to Special guests on th e program w ere m em bers of the sta te D airy | A fter th ree m onths of being in the senate it will be su b m itted to ; Mrs. Leslie B allantyne, president P ro d u cts commission, headed bv J session, 1,138 bills have been in- th e voters in 1956 as a constitu Jo h n Relk of Nampa, a fo rm G ordon C olem an of Eugene. Ad- i troduced, 322 bills have passed tional am endm ent The m ake-up e r high school student, will be ditional speakers were G lenn Lay, both houses and 46 bills w ere of the house w ould not be effect guest speaker on th e program ed and it w ould co n tin u e to be w hich follows th e them e, “In te r ex ecu tiv e secretary of th e O regon passed this week T h e proposed constitutional based on p o p ulation d istrib u tio n national F riendliness.” Mr. Relk D airy P ro d u cts com m ission; C lint T u rn er, O ntario, county chairm an, am endm ent to have one senator U nder the p resen t plan M ultno who graduated from th e U n iv ers and Oscar Hagg, state m ilk m a r elected from each county was in m ah county has 7 senators and ity of Idaho has traveled ex ten s k etin g specialist from th e OSC troduced April 4 by Rep. W ayne in 1960 they w ould have 9, or one ively in foreign countries w ill Giesy of Benton county and m y th ird of the sen ato rial re p re s e n ta give a travelogue, em phasized ex ten sio n service. Am ong guests atten d in g w ere self. This was passed o u t of th e tion of th e state. A sen ato r in w ith color slides and hom e m ov m ilk and d airy w holesalers, p ro house elections and re ap p o rtio n M ultnom ah county rep résen tâtes ies. This view of foreign co u n cessors, retailers, p roducers and m ent com m ittee on a 6 to 5 vote. an area 60 sq u are m iles w hile our tries through th e eyes of an m em bers _ of in terested civic The no votes all com ing from state senator, Elmo S m ith re p re A m erican citizen prom ises to be rep resen tativ es o f M ultnom ah sents an area 409 tim es as great. very interesting, Mr. and Mrs. groups and business m en. county. This next w eek a vote H ow ever, in o u r federal g o v ern John Stam , ch airm en of th e p ro OPEN PLUM BING SH O P will be taken in the house on a m ent, T exas has an area 220 tim es gram stated. Special m usic is a l Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Jo h n so n have m inority and m ajority report. If g re a te r th a n R hode Island, and so being arran g ed . opened th e J & J P lu m b in g Co., this wins approval in th e house, each of those tw o states are Mr. Relk and his paren'ts, Mr. at 214 East Main, after tak in g over and we think it will, as we have rep resen ted by tw o senators. New and Mrs. J a k e R elk m ade th eir J. C. S m ith ’s plum bing business, the prom ised support of 34 of the York state has 92.7 tim es as m any hom e n ear Nyssa for m any years follow ing Mr. S m iths’ retire m en t, 60 house m em bers, it will go on people as th e sta te of N evada and p rio r to m oving to a hom e near The Johnsons, who w ere form erly to th e senate w here public h e a r they each h ave tw o state sen a t N am pa ap p ro x im ately five years in business in Salem and N am pa ings m av be held. T he house com ors. So m uch on reo p p o rtio n m en t ago are fe atu rin g prom p an d court* m ittee held no public hearings fo r this week. All PTA m em bers are urged to A bill to re p eal a law w hich be p resen t for this im portant eous service and will be open far because of th e lim ited tim e th at business day and night. C ontinued on P age 6) w e have left. Should this propos- m eeting, Mrs. B allan ty n e stated. Dedication of Owyhee Ward Chapel Of LDS Church to Be Held Sunday T 'HURSDAY. APRIL. 14. 1S55 Nyssa—The Sugar City of the Great Northwest P.T.A. to Elect Officers and Hear lohn Relk Speak