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THE NYSSA G A TE C IT Y JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. JU LY 21. 1955 Days Gone By in Nyssa Community PAGE TH R EE Street Parades Lead Way to Nyssa's 9th Annual Rodeo From the Journal Mira 5 j'ears Ago—Ju ly 13.. 1950 They encountered a snow storm Mr. and Mrs. Clyde P alm er of at M arshall Lake. — — John Logan, U tah, have located in KooPm an is acting as city m arshal I Nyssa, w here Mr. P alm er w ill w'Nile A. V. Cook is on vacation. I operate a refrig eratio n and a ir ,» v ___ . » i n conditioning in the Nyssa F urm - 25 Y Ago—Ju ly 11. 1930 tu re b u ild in g .---------A crop dust- Dean Sm ith, w ho received the mg plane tore dow n a stretch of appointm ent of p o stm aster in 6900-volt pow er line of the Idaho Nyssa, took charge of the office P ow er Co., in the Colum bia ave- this week. Mrs. E lizabeth Leigh nue section. The m ishap occurred who has spent 20 years of service on the Dave Beers farm . — — in the postoffice will retire. ----- 1 Lila Mae Holmes is queen of the G raham Bros., Don M , Dave and Nyssa Nite Rodeo to be held Ju ly A ndrew have purchased tract No. 20. 21 and 22. She w ill be atended 7 of P at M cIntyre, and w ill erect by V irginia Corn and Colleen By- an up-to-date greenhouse. John I b e e .-------Miss J a n e P arr, daugh- K ilpatrick, b ro th er-in -law of the ter of Mr. and Mrs. F ran k P arr, G raham s will have charge of the who is in train in g at the Good n u r s e r y .------- The G eorge Clos- S am aritan hospital in P ortland, sen fam ily have moved to th eir was capped Ju ly 6. new hom e in the east p a rt of m v . » , t o w n . ------- C alifornia continues " Years Ago Ju ly 12. 1945 t0 furnish the largest nu m b er of W ork was assured on construe- E m ilies in the list of states from tion of th e A drian-H om edale w hich new residents come to road by th e state to cost $200.000. Oregon, according to the state —Tables and benches donated by cham ber of com m erce. Nyssa business m en for the city park, will be presented by Mrs. 30 Y ears Ago— Ju ly 10. 1925 COLORFUL STREET P arades, A. L. F letch er, p resident of the The G errit G root farm 1 mile startin g at F irst and Main, and Civic club at a picnic in the p ark south of Nyssa has been picked progressing to the Rodeo 'V e d n e s d a y .------- The m axim um as the assem bly place for the G rounds, opened each of the daily tem p eratu re in Nyssa so far farm to u r and picnic Ju ly 15. — tw o nights of N yssa's ninth a n rth is m onth ran ged from 90 to Ja c k P ullen of P o rtlan d who is n ual rodeo last F riday and S a t 100 degrees. — — The city has an old tim e resident here, is visit- urday. M ounted cow m en and ordered! th ree non-slam valves ing his sister, Mrs. R obert M in— for the city w ater system , one for ton. — — V icent M endiola has each Dum p. T he valves w ill be sold his crop of lam bs to C. B. used in conjunction w ith air re- Reynolds L ivestock Co. for $3,- lease valves w ith a view of elim - 600. — — M ayor P. M. W arren in atin g air h am m er in the m ains celebrated the F ourth by holding w hich is causing leaks. a fam ily reunion at the fam ily hom e on S outh F irst s t r e e t . ------- 15 Y ears Ago Ju ly 11, 1940 Ross P arkinson and fam ily w ent Dale G arrison was elected N am pa the F ourth and from Books for boys and girls going chairm an of the board of the Nys- *here to Jo rd a n Valley up in the jnt0 circulation on Ju ly 13 at the sa high school d istrict this w eek t0 spend a cool day cam ping M alheur C ounty L ibrary are as succeeding W illiam D eG rofft. out. follows: Juvenile Books Take Leadership At County Library by: Boyd Wilson Have you ever w ondered w ho m akes up those stories th at flash around the club or at work. Since one delightful y arn I heard recen tly concerned cars. I hu n ted back to its source. H ere is th e story and. as far as I know , the w ay it started . A m an in New York stalled on a busy stree t and w hile m ost of the m otorists who w ere stuck behind him ju st blared th eir horns, one kind lady offered to give him a push. It was a th o u g h tfu l g esture and he was extrem ely pleased. But before the lady got back in h er car the stalled m otorist explained th at he had an au tom atic transm ission and they w ould have to be going 35 m iles an hour before he could start. cow girls, rid in g clubs, sheriff's posses, a team of oxen and even a strin g of burros took p art in the p arades. Show n above are m em bers of th e Ada county sheriff's posse, w hich was fea tu red at the pre-rodeo parade J e a n n e tte E aton's story G andhi, F ig h te r W ithout a Sword. Five ex p lo ratio n s that opened doors to know ledge both u n d e r seas and far above sea level, are dram atized in Fam ous Scientific E xploits by R aym ond Holden. T w enty m em bers of one family are the Browns, m aking up The Biggest F am ily in Town by H el en Hoke. on F rid ay night and later d em onstrated its eq u estrian skill as p a rt of the rodeo. The affair a t tracted 8.300 men. wom en and children to the big an n u al event. —P hoto by courtesy of the Idaho S tatesm an W inchells Return From Nebraska Trip Mr. and Mrs. J. R. W inchell of Nyssa and Mrs. B ert A dam s of H om edale re tu rn ed last week from a 10-day vacation trip to N ebraska. The trio visited friends and relativ es in w estern N ebraska and also stopped over in F ort Collins, Colo. They w ere in Scotts - \ * T ,TSonn^ \ e, WvS af5Pu n !e«d 35 Y ears Ago— Ju ly 9. 1920 The B rave L ittle Indian by The personal stories of three Bluff, Nebr., only th ree days after c.erk. . r. and . ! r ^ F rancis \ hit- Bill and B ernard M artin is a pict- a to rnado had struck and view ed m an of P aradise, Kan., spent the Mr. and Mrs. J S. P inkstbn are ure story of Indian who eoes p ast m o n th at the hom e of th eir spending the sum m er at the sea ffnrj i t new books going into circulation the havoc it caused. son. G len in K ingm an Kolony. shore a t G rand Ford, O r e . ------- . > _ „ m th . ‘ h i_ on S atu rd ay , Ju ly 23, at the Mal- W hile th ere Mrs W hitm an had a A fam ily reunion was held at the ing the necessary sound effects* h e“ r <“ ° un ,y L ib ra ry ’ berry is th e life of Jo aq u in M iller. •u rp rise visit from h er sister, F ra n k M cIntosh hom e. F ra n k Me- ... ., . ‘ ; Rocky G raziano s life u n til to- A m erican poet, some of whose M rs. F ra n k Sears of W eipe, Id a .,: Intosh of H onolulu h ad n ’t seen 1S , ea y ean ** , *le day is p resen ted w ith the aid of youth was spent in Oregon. w hom she h ad n ’t seen for 37 his fam ily for 19 years and d id n ’t , y . ° r , a s c ra u n y w aterfro n t R ow land B arb er in "Somebody “N orthw est E x plorations” by years.— — F ire dam aged the recognize sisters who w ere sm all ca* w h° does Just w h a t he want.- Up T herp L ikes Me - G ordon Speck in terp rets the early N vssa T ra d er S tore located on w hen he left. O thers at the gath- w hen he w ants to do it. "H ave T ux, Will Travel" is Bob history of th e region and calls a t A lberta ave., caused from a light- ering w ere Mrs. J. P. Mooney of Ju d ith M errill, loreign corres- j Hope's ow n story. tention to contem porary events in ed cig arette. Road W ork C anada, Mrs. W. J. W agner of pondent for a big A m erican nevvs- o ther p arts of the New World. “A son’s-eye v iew ” describes w as com pleted in the O regon Toledo, W ash., and Mrs. J. L. paper becomes involved in a “ Dead Man P ass” is a w estern Tra'il section from A shby’s corner Moore ’ nd Mrs. O. A. B aldw in dram atic kidnap plot in Alice account of “Life story by J. H. G lidden telling how n o rth to th e D rvg M itchell corn- Owyhee. — — Dr. Owen of R ogeis H ager s D ateline. P aris er. P atro n s are anxiously w ait- P o rtlan d w ill open u p a dental rom ance for teen aged girls, j The Living F aith is a selec- Bill T enn clears him self of a m u r | tion of th e serm ons by Lloyd C. d er charge, and “Tell H er It’s office in Nyssa. — — Mr. and ing for daily m ail service. Th? Royal M ounlies M urder” by H elen Reilly is about . Douglas. ( Mrs. B auer, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. P resen t day activities of the J -L e tte r To A S tran g er” is a a m an im plicated in m u rd er after 20 Y ears Ago—Ju ly 11. 1935 I N edry, Miss Eva Boydell. Dr. Royal C anadian M ounted Police novel by E lsw yth Thane Beebe serving a sentence for homicide. M ayor Don G raham cancel called a and Mrs. ' J. J. Sarazin, * and 1 Mr. arc recounted in The F nrrp C^ar i s . u o n Ljranam , . R om antic m elodies and lyrics citizens m eeting W ednesday and yJ rs- * Lax celebrated the * es On by T M orris Io n g s tre th t an authfor w hp receives a fu r the purpose of discuss- F™ rth f t an ideal place on th e ' . V ‘ te.r h e r faH Involving enjoyed over the cen tu ries are ight • for _________ W hen a lone b unny finds an h er in stran g e affairs collected by M argaret Boni in ing plans for a sew erage system banks ° f S nake river. egg he tries first to guest the I "Prize S tories 1955” is the an- "F ireside Book of Love Songs.” for Nyssa. The proposed system 45 Y ears Ago— Ju ly 7, 1910 contents, and then to break th e ln u a l selection of O. H enry aw ard w ill cost $20,000. — — C layton H enry F ield ’s little girl w as in shell. The G olden Egg Book by | w inners. P atto n . 15-year old son of Mr. ju red the 4th w hen she fell off a M argaret Wise B row n is a large A n o th er collection of short and Mrs. R ussell P atto n w as in platform . — — S herm an H. picture book w ith am using illust- stories is “T he Best Science Fic ju red w hen he fell 50 feet from T h arp purchased the one half rations. tion Stories, 1954" edited by E ver a t r e e . ------- Dr. and Mrs. C. A. in terest in the O w yhee T h eater W hen nine y ear old K atie O ’ e tt B leiler and T. E. D ikty. A bbott and Mr. and Mrs. A. V. ow ned by B. E. H im ler. — — Dea decides to becom e Miss Je lly -j The stories, traditions, legends, P m y n re tu rn ed from a successful A. G. K ignam n, E M. B lodgett, J tot (nam ed afte r a favorite cookie) | hum or, and ballads of the Irish fishing creek .. ..... trip _ at , B oulder . . , , and , A. E. W ade, W. W. Sm ith, C. _. ...... ..o .. to ... h er ow n people are collected by P adraic and pay c a regal visit t-.e little Salm on riv e r in Idaho. p eck an d Mr. G raph, directors of fam ily she discovers a week is Colum w ith th e title “A T reasury the K ingm an K olony Irrigation too long to m asquerade as som e- of Irish F o lklore.” d istrict called a m eeting to dis- one else. “Miss J e lly to t’s V isit” is G erald S to u t’s “Home F reezers” cuss a prosposal to build a high by M abel Leigh H unt, covers, ty p e and size for fam ily line. A. N. Solice of O ntario, was A new B eany M alone story is needs, care and m aintenance, and OPTOM ETRIST hired as the official attorney. — B eany’s S ecret Life by Leona problem s of buying, packaging, McVey and MpFall have arrived W eber. freezing and p re p arin g frozen 220 Main Street Phone 6649 w ith a car load of fine Jersey Efforts to abolish the caste sy- foods. Nyssa, Ore. m ilk cows. I and M oham m edans are told in Splencfld P oseur by M. M. M ar- The rep air bill was $300. The story got big play in a New York new spaper. The paper, it tu rn ed out, had lifted it from a Boston paper. And the Boston f p ap er had borrow ed it from a college paper which had ru n the whole thing in the first place as a gag. Personally. I hope th e story is tru e. It will m ake me th in k th e w orld is a little brig h ter, a little funnier, if it's true. I d o n 't need to add, of course th a t if you REALLY w ant to know about the au tom atic transm issions th at are on some of our used cars we h ave the people w ith the know -how to tell you how. The g reat ad v an tag e in buying a used car is th e trem endous range of choice th at you get. all kinds of colors, style, m odels and optional features. O ur used car lot is a good exam ple of this, and y ou're alw ays w elcom e to brow se around. T h is w e e k w e h a v e tw o e x c e p tio n a lly s h a rp O ldsm o- b ile s a n d e a ch h a s a n a u to m a tic tra n sm issio n . W e also h a v e a 1954 F o rd C onv. w ith F o rd O M atic, a n d o n ly 12,000 a c tu a l m iles. A 1953 C h e v ro le t B el A ir w ilh p o w e r g lid e, th is c a r h a s b e e n d riv e n 22.000 a c tu a l m iles. ARE YOU GUILTY Dr. Geo. E. Cobem . . . O F HOUSETOP NEGLECT? OREGON MOTORISTS PROVE THAT SAFE DRIVING PAYS! . " . ' ' • . i ' '' ' - • Check Your Roof N O W . . . . 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