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o f o. Lib ra ry Eugene, Oregon e Nyssa VOLUME LIII Tur Mvrci Gate City Journal G C rT y fOTTRNAL. NYSSA OREGON THURSDAY. AUGUST 21. 1958 Car Accidents N ear N yssa Kill Two, Injure Four Potato Shipments Up This Week; Wheat Also High Nyssa "Attacked By Air Saturday If you were rudely awakened about 5 o'clock Saturday mor ning by an airplane "bussing" your house, you weren't really being attacked . . it was just the flies, mosquitoes and bugs. That was the hour the Ont ario Flying service made Nys- sa's second, and final aerial dusting of the season as a part of the public health program to combat the yearly insects. As in the first dusting on June 20. Saturday's attack was made with approximately 3.000 lbs. of DDT and malathion mixture. City officials pointed out that this was a program entirely for health measures and not for disease control in trees and plants. Since this year's city budget would permit only two dust ings, officials explained, the second application was post poned until this late in the sea son so benefits would last the remainder of the summer. NUMBER 33 New Welfare Administrator Selected In County; July, Fiscal Reports Given Mrs. Roberta Hubbard, Morrow county welfare adminis trator, was chosen last Friday to succeed Ray Myrick, Jr. as administrator for the same commission in Malheur county. Myrick has been selected by the state welfare commission for graduate social work training and, with his family, plans to leave for Berkeley, Calif. ♦ ♦ After a sharp drop last week, potato shipments from Nyssa picked up again this week, ac- ! cording to Tom Jones, U P. agent, in September where he will enter T i f l « / A n r T l v Q I Q with 233 cars being shipped, only the University of California J U1Y m i U i y S i a seven under the number shipped Mrs. Hubbard is a graduate of The monthly analysis of the i the same week last year. the University of Oklahoma and Malheur county Public Welfare Spud shipments for the year to has attended the University of commission activities for July, taled 1134 cars through Tuesday, Denver and the University of 1958 , indicates that the local ag- still 204 cars behind 1957. A l Oregon. She and her three chil-i ency is continuing to experience though some of the potatoes ship dren plan to move to Ontario as the usual seasonal changes in the ped this past week were Russets. soon as she can be replaced at requirements of needy citizens, Jones said that most of those Heppner. but on a somewhat higher level shipped were whites The July welfare report, as well f than in recent years, according as that for the fiscal year ending to Ray Myrick, Jr,, administra- Tuesday’s USDA market report Juno 30. were presented at the tor. It is also quite readily ap- showed long whites bringing only i 50 to 60 cents a sack to growers commission’s monthly meeting parent that the department is con- .n this area while russets were last Friday. j sistently striving to render more quoted at $1 to $1.10 P ic r T f l R<ar>r»rt needed services and to augment 1 Ib L U l ilC p U l I the non_financial aspects of its At the same time, Jones said that wheat shipment- from Nys Total assistance expenditures of social welfare program to meet the Malheur county Public Wei- the requirements of Malheur sa are 17 cars ahead of this same fare commission for the fiscal county residents, he said, time last year. Some 145 carloads of wheat have been shipped from period July 1, 1957 to June 30,, a total of $32,326.36 was grant- 1958 were $384,515.63. This com- . ,,d the commission in behalf of here thus far this year with an Pares with $382,109 84 for 1956-1 ;m cases during j uly. Although estimated 50 carloads still :n stor 3/ and a total allocation of $387 age in the area but to be shipped. the number aided increased by 11 TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED Monday morn 876.00 for 1957-58. Jones said other U.P. shipments cases, the costs were down $573.68 ing cn the intersection of the Adrian highway and have increased approximately 100 An average of 368 separate j ^“n om the previous month, but cases received financial aid each still $544.27 above the expendi Overstreet avenue. Gary Nakar.ishi 16. Seattle, ap percent in this area as a result month and an additional 962 cases tures for 351 cases a year ago. parent driver of the car pictured in the background of the current trucking strike. received services exclusive of fi But, he said, the railroad was cn its side, and a relative and passenger in his car. O f the total amount, $19,530.62 nancial assistance during t h e Mrs. Kiyoe Hirai., 69. Nyssa. both died instantly in keeping their shipments on a cur was granted to 224 aged i%cip- year. This included 394 child w el rent basis. this crash. The car in the foreground was driven Roy Hirai, Ny.^sa area farmer, fare matters and averaged over ients, $5,17066 was granted in U.P. is presently handling all by Erik Boenig, 20, Nyssa, and a passenger, Nancy ; returned home yesterday from 80 individual services each month. behalf of 48 cases including 118 Hill, 15, Nyssa, was injured when her head struck local shipments from the sugar Washington, D. C. where he had This compares with an average , j dependent children in their own factory and cannery. Jones said. the windshield. Harvey Nance, about 46, Jerome, I been meeting with the National of 377 financial cases for each [ homes and 11 in foster family Potato council and the USDA and month during the 1956-57 period care\ $ 3 . 488 ._8 wa, s granted to was critically injured when his station wagon (at reported the Agriculture depart and a total of 574 service-onlv 162 disabled. $40.00 to one blind ihe left) was demolished after striking the bed of a ment expressed willingnt« to set cases, including 400 child welfare recipient and $2,096.80 to 36 fam- truck at the Apple Valiev junction just east of up a diversion program for this matters, or approximately 48 in- | Primarily in need because of un- Nyssa's Snake river bridge.— Journal Photos. I year’s crop of potatoes if individ- dividual services per month for employment. Other cases were uals can first remove some of that vear 112 wko received individual ser- _ , „ . . vices but no financial assistance R p s io n a tio n | their own surpluses, according to Average Cost Noted through the department. These •* ilb O U jlU U liU ll Turner Bond, county agent. The average cost and number mcludedwelfarcm atters,25pend- Nyssa’s city council formally Bond said that for the western ing cases and 41 other services, 909 b y ,HPr0i!ram|inK _ __ _ accepted City Manager A. R. ’ .states this meant an estimated 8 3,d was $18,537.55 for 222 old age as Fifty-seven cases were also closed (Jack) Middaugh’s resignation to 10 percent of the crop should sistance cases, $5,126.12 for 37 aid or denied during the month be Fnnr rrw.mhers of Nvssa’s Harv this week Middaugh, city mana- 1 first be disposed of. He said that to dependent children eases in esfrestW al^c^m B tee me^yeifte'r- 8 - for the past three years, sub- the program discussed at the cluding 142 persons, $4,751.26 for cause of ineligibility. The total expenditures included day to further formalize the retail mitted his resignation at the reg- j Washington meetings for the re- 51 aid to the permanently and to $10,629.22 granted for medical A rash of three auto accidents near Nyssa Sunday night merchants and Chamber of Com ular council meeting last week, j moval of this portion of the sur- tally disabled cases, $178.88 for 2 care and related services. $2200 effective Oct. 1, to accept appoint- j mum standards under the market- aid to the blind cases, $3,145.70 and Monday morning claimed the lives of a 16-year-old boy merce plans for a new and differ ment as assistant to the county plus included the raising of mini for 48 general assistance cases and of this amount was paid in cash ent, citywide fall festival promo and a 69-vear-old woman and hospitalized four others, one of by 40 recipients for their care in manager of San Mateo county, ing agreement to require 8 ounce (Continued on Page 6) tion this year. them with critical injuries. nursing homes and an additional Calif. minimum No. 2’s in White Rose Plans are being made to give Dead were Gary Nakanishi, 16, Seattle, and a relative who ...... $3,833.61 was paid directly to the ........ _ . ....................... The council’s leUer, presented variety, 6 ounce minimum No. 2’s | $1000 or more in Nyssa nursing home operators by the de was riding with him, Mrs. Kiyoe Hirai. 69. Nyssa, as the result away September 13 in a series of Bank to Middaugh yesteVday, was as in Russets and two inch minimum partment. Other expenses includ -------------^of a two-car accident Monday , .Days tvpe drawings on Main follows: m all grades of Round Ha, ed hospital costs, doctors’ fees m orning just b efore 8 o clock street Scattering of $100 in $1 "The Nyssa City Council here- variety. and medications. on h igh w a y 201 between Nys- bills over Nyssa from an airplane by, formally accepts your resigna- j Bond said it is expected that USDA Willing To Set Up Spud Surplus Program Council Accepts City Manager's Three Accidents Around Nyssa Claim Two Lives, Hospitalize Four Sunday Night, Monday AM . Area Onion Cull Disposal Rules Outlined at Meet sa and Adrian at the intersec- tion o f Overstreet avenue. Nancy Hill, 15, route 1, Nyssa, who was a passenger in the other car was hospitalized in Malheur Memorial hospital with lacera- tions of the head. Hospital auth- orities reported her condition as satisfactory. Her head knocked a hole in the windshield of the car in which she was riding. Shears Off Pole i Driver of the second car. going south on highway 201. was Eric Boenig, 20, route 2, Nyssa. An- . other passenger in the Boenig car, Knute Stoneberg 16, treated Malheur Memorial and releas- ; ed N e w Type Festival Set for Sept. 15 On NySSa Streets and tbe awarding of a Shetland pony to some youngster are also scheduled for the annual event, Bob Thompson, chairman of 1 ¿he group, emphasized that “ not 0ne purchase’’ will be necessary f or Nyssans and visitors to get in on the prizes to be awarded that day He said that anyone not present on the Bank Days list J can participate in the Sept. 13 affair by registering at chamber secretary Ralph Lawrence’s office before that date. ' _________________ ! m » .1 •• tion as City Manager. We are the local control committee for certainly pleased that you have the potato marketing agreement received a position that gives will meet soon to see if these re- you an advancement in your field quirements are agreeable to in- of work. j dividuals in this area. “ Your efforts to keep the City Bond pointed out that the US- Some 25 Malheur county onion . Council and the people of Nyssa d a has as yet proposed no effec- growers approved a program for informed on the many problems tive date for relief of the potato onion cull disposal designed to and actions the past three years surplus nor have they indicated control onion maggots in the have been appreciated. Your con. j what price levels would be on a county at a meeting in Ontario stant efforts to improve Nyssa s j djyei*sion agreement Monday night. public works, and your adminis-1 „ i „„ , , , ^ J 1 Some ¿0 states were represent- The disposal program, origin- tration of the City’s affairs has ed at the National Potato council ally drafted by the Malheur coun- always been commendable. We meeting in Washington. The coun ty Onion Growers association and who have worked closely with cil continued in session through the Oregon State Department of you, and have shared this exper yesterday, but Hirai returned to Agriculture will now go to a JXlatll©HiatlCS ience with you, know it will be of Nyssa that day because of the state department of agriculture w j n i J much value in administering the death of his mother. hearing on Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. in A W O T C l i r 0 S © Ilt0 C l affairs of the City in the future. the county courthouse at Vale. Nyssa high school’s mathema “ We extend to you and Mrs. Mid State police said it appeafttd This hearing will consider evi- that Nakanishi was driving the tics department, under the direc daugh our best wishes for success denee or testimony relating to the car headed east on Overstreet as tion of Dale Overstake, this week and happiness in your new loca creation of a control area in the , |{ crosses the highway His car received a certificate for profic tion and work.” county for the eradication and 1 veered into a power pole on the iency in last spring’s annual Nyssa City Council control of the onion maggot. C liL jrd Main southeast corner of the intersec mathematics contest for second Proposed Regulations Walker Low tion after being struck by the Boe ary schools in the United States Orval Maze, who once served as The following regulations, ap nig auto. Nakanishi’s car sheared and Canada, according to high Paul House Nyssa’s police chief, has been ap proved by Monday night’s meet off the pole and rolled over on its school principal Jack Jenkins Grant Rinehart pointed Malheur county deputy ing, are proposed: Frank Morris top is an irrigation ditch. The award was made to Nyssa sheriff for the Nyssa labor camp, 1. A ll cull or waste onions ex Orin Sumner The boy was hurled through the high by the Mathematical Assoc according to County Sheriff John istent in the control area shall E. A. Liming iation of America and the Society ELfering. be disposed of by a method es windshield and Mrs. Hirai was of Actuares and forwarded by K. Elfering said Maze starts his tablished by regulation prior to pinned under the auto. The Boenig car spun and stop- S. Ghent of the University of regular shift at 8 pm. and a March 15 of each year, with those deputy will now be stationed at sorted after that date disposed of ped on the ea.-t side of the high- Oregon’s Department of Mathe matics. the labor camp as long as is deem (Continued on Page 6) within one week. The annual national high school ed necessary. 2. Disposal of cull or waste on mathematics contest was held the Maze’s appointment followed a ions shall be accomplished by first part of March. At that time either covering in dumps or pits, Stacey, 10, and Robert, 12, sons request from labor camp Manager graduating Tom Sallee was nam of Mr. and Mrs Ernest D Smith Bill Lemon and the Labor Spon feeding, or disposal of residue in ed top mathematics student in of Nyssa, sustained injuries last soring association and the ap onion producing fields. Oregon and Nyssa high school Thursday evening when the trac proval of the expense by the It is proposed that those dump The seven state western divis- | ranked second statewide as a re tor they were riding overturned, county court. ed in pits shall be covered with at least one foot of uncontaminated ion of the American Legion mem- sult of the tests. pinning them underneath. The Frank Parr and Jim Moss were tractor, being driven by Robert soil by March 15 and the pit shall bersrip and programming com be dusted with an appropriate sion plans to hold its 1959 confer- the other two high ranking Nys- near their home, along the Adrian msecticide not later than April ence in Ontario, according to Ore- sa students in the test. More than highway about six miles south 1 and continue at 10-day inter- gon’s Department Commander 3,000 Oregon high school students west of Nyssa. overturned in the vals until May 1. Fred E. Bennett of Nyssa who re- representing 78 high schools en loose gravel on the shoulder of Feeding Rules turned from this year’s confer- tered the contest. the highway If disposal is done by feeding, ence Sunday Credited with extricating the it is proposed that onion debris Bennett, accompanied by Ore- boys and summoning Steve’s am shall be completely removed from gon's Department Adjutant Jose- bulance were Robert Moulton, the feeding area and buried un eph McDonald of Portland, travel lineman for the Malheur Home der the same regulations as those ed to Jackson Hole, Wvo., last Telephone Co., Jake Poulson, Bob dumped in pits If all the residue Wednesday for the meeting. He M p 1 Q n F f * £ * d D i l i * Holmes and an unidentified pass cannot be removed the areas shall said the conference accepted his * A «C U ing motorist. be plowed to such a depth that invitation to meet in Oregon next August 29 is the day for Nyssa’s Both boys were admitted to 10 inches of actual soil covers it. year. big Back-to-Schooi event fcatur- Malheur Memorial hospital where On.on producing fields where The western division is compos- ing a gala parade for all the kids Stacey was treated for severe (Continued on Page 6) ed of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, (you don’t have to register) and lacerations of his right hand and --------------------— Washington, Utah. Wyoming and a free watermelon feed at the abrasions of his back and chest, then released Saturday. Robert r ’ c M i r i c 'i l t n H i c r i l C C Alaska and the ‘59 meeting will Nyssa city park V s U U I l V , ! ! IVJ i / i o v u o o i have representatives from these Children may enter in any or was confined until Sunday with rN D . i l p FlirtVlPr states’ departments as well as na- all of the five parade divisions— a badly lacerated right leg, ex ir U y n u i e A U llU O l tional officers of the American pets, costumes, banners, slogans, tensive bruises and abrasions. He Nyssa’s city council has set a Legion, bikes, trikes and wagons Cash will be confined to bed at home special noon meeting for Thurs- Bennett said this i s “ the first prizes of $50 will be awarded by for an additional period day at Brownie’s cafe for further time a meeting like this has been participating Nyssa merchants. Mr. and Mrs Smith, who had ONTARIO ATTORNEY Jeff discussion of a pending dog ordi- conducted by the Department of The free watermelon feed is j left early Thursday to spend the ■aace Oregon m Ihe past 10 years. It is scheduled for the city park right week end visiting at Vancouver, D. Dorroh. Jr., (second from The council hald their first estimated that 150 to 200 Legion- after the kid's parade. Wash, returned home immediate- right) appointed last week by G o t . Robert Holmes, wee sworn n# on tha ordinance which naires and wives will attend next Henry Quast, who is heading ly that evening upon being in- in last Wednesday by Nyssa * i l l fee referral to tfee city's vot- year’s conference the merchants committee for the formed of the accident. Staying Justice of the Peace Den M. eav .a Wo*e»Safe's Nmera! ejection Tentative dates for the meet Back-to-School event, said the af- with the boys during their par tfcfe cafencil on ing hafee been set for August 7 (fa il will be one of the most elab- ents’ absence was their grand mo - Graham (left), the eldest js ■nd I. • orate of its kind : ther, M n Rose Cuasms of Vale. in Malheur Maze N o w Deputy County Sheriff At N yssa Camp Two N yssa Lads Sustain Injuries A s Tractor Flips Ontario Picked For Legion Meet G allagher Not 1958 Candidate For Circuit Judge Martin P. (Buck) Gallagher, Ontario attorney, announced Mon day that he would not be a can didate for the office of circuit judge in the general election in November, even though petitions on his behalf have been circulated throughout the county. Only Jeff D. Dorroh, Jr., newly appointed circuit judge to fill the vacancy left by the death of Judge M. A Biggs, and Charles Swan, Vale attorney, have announced their intentions to seek the office _ .. , ., , . . , Gallagher said he appreciated .. ,, . ... , , , , the efforts of those who circulated petitions for his nomination. Candidates have until Monday to secure the signatures necessary for nomination The number of signatures required on each peti tion is determined by five percent of the total number voting for circuit judge in the ninth district at the last previous election. Mark Hatfield Visits County Republican candidate for gov ernor, Mark Hatfield, appeared in Nyssa, Vale and Ontario yes terday and was scheduled to ap pear at a 7:30 dinner, open to the public, last night in Ontario. Hatfield arrived at the Ontario airport yesterday afternoon after visiting Burns and Lakeview. He expected to return to Salem to* 1 day. Dorroh Sworn in by N yssa Justice Back-to-School Kid's Parade, resident here. Leland Triplett (right), court reporter, witness ed the event end Judge Dorroh'e son. Jeff D. Dorroh. III. looks on. The Bible being used by Judge Graham was printed in i m la New York. School Sign-Up Continues Today And Tomorrow High school principal Jack Jenkins reported a good turnout of seniors at Nyssa’s high school yesterday, their day for registra tion in preparation for the open- ing ()f schoo, Sept 2. . , . . ___ Juniors were slated to register . . . „ _ ¿.or»" _ today from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. y , , ,,, i _ j and sophomores are scheduled for omorrow from 8 until 5. High chool students who are not able “.o register during the day may iign up between 7 and 9 p.m. iomght and tomorrow night, Jen kins said. Nyssa first grade registration is set for today and tomorrow in the primary building, according to Superintendent of School W al ter McPartland, with all other elementary and junior high school students set to register Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, the first day of school. Some 54 Nyssa school eachers and administrators are due to re- port Monday for a week o f in- service training immediately pre ceding the beginning of the school year. Nyssa’s three principals re ported for work last week in preparation for opening day. N yssa Man Faces Two D am age Suits From March Wreck Two damage suits were filed against Edwin D. Crocker, Nyssa, in Malheur circuit court in Vale Friday as a result of a two car ac cident on the road to Owyhee Lake March 15. William A. Peterson, driver of i one of the cars involved in the ac- | cident is asking $7500 general | damages, special damages to be determined before trial date and $1342 damages for his car. Paul I. Artis, a passenger with Peter- ! son has also filed suit against Crocker asking for $5000 general damages and special damages to • be determined before trial date. The suits stem from the March 15 accident about 13 miles south west of Nyssa on the Owyhee lake road in which Peterson’s sta tion wagon and Crocker’s car met head-on. Crocker was confined ' in Malheur Memorial hospital with injuries sustained in the wreck. Peterson and Artis both re ceived emergency treatment at I the hospital and were released
