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Nyssa Gate City Journal
VOLUME LIV
The Sugar City
High School Sign-Up Progresses;
Chester Sees Enrollment oi 350
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA OREGON. THURSDAY. AUGUST 20. 1959
New Fire Law
In Effect N ow
Nyssa Area Shows
Slight Decline
In Spud Shipments
o'selset?
10 Cents Per Copy
NUMBER 33
Siale Commander Fred Benneli and
Other Delegates Leave Nyssa Tuesday
For National Legion Convention
With all the talk about Salk pc
According to BLM Dist. Mgr
lio vaccination, people often tend
Derrel Fulwider, a new Oregon
to overlook the need for inocula­
High School Principal Gene Chester reported yesterday la^- relating to fire control and
tion again.-t other diseases. This
that 71 seniors had registered Monday and Tuesday, with 15 prevention became effective Aug
could be a rather dangerous over­
more expected to sign up by the end of the week. Juniors 5, and since there is a great deal
According to Tom Jones, local sight, because it obviously docs
State Legion Commander Fred E. Bennett, accompanied
registered Wednesday, sophomores are to sign up today, and ■ of Stubblefield burning in certain freight agent for Ur.: n Pacific,
freshmen will enroll Friday. Chester said the anticipated en­ Nyssa areas, the farmers should carlot shipments u: potatoes this little good to be protected against by Glenn Howe, Portland, department service officer; Stan
one disease only to fall victim to Dentenger, Vale, district No. 15 delegate; and Gorman “Gag”
rollment is 85 seniors, 80 juniors. 99 sophomores and 86 fresh- become familiar with it.
week total 261 (from Thursday
Gagliasso, Portland, district No. 8 delegate, left Nyssa by auto
In
brief,
the
new
law
provides,
♦men for a total enrollment of
through Wednesriav) compared another.
Today, most Oregon resident Tuesday morning for the national convention of the American
‘ ‘Each year during the closed sea­ wtih 296 shipped 1 woek How.
'350 students in high school.
can expect to go their whole life j Legion at Minneapolis, Minn.
School begins Aug. 31 w’ith son no person shall set on fire or ever, this week’s ipment is con­ time wtihout even hearing of ;
They expected to arrivet——— -------------------------------- —
cause to be set on fire any forest siderably higher than for the
meetings in the morning only. land, brush land, grass, grain,
same period a year ago The total close case of some of the disease some time Thursday in order
Chester said purpose o f the stubble or debris within the area cars from the county at this time which were frequently epidemi for Bennett to attend a Friday Better to Inquire
half day is to organize students i enclosed by the outside boundar­
1 is 1030 compared with 1085 at this a relatively few years ago. Be 'meeting on veterans’ rehabili-
; into sections, iron out problems ies of any federal grazing district, time last year.
cause of the rarity of such dis I tation.
Before You Retire
which may arise, and give assign, j whether such fire is set on his
eases as diphtheria, we are losing
Are you planning to retire
The convention will start offi­
However, there are two factors
ments for classes, which begin, land or that of another, unless he
our natural immunity, the kind cially Saturday. Aug. 22, and end soon? One of the goals of the So.
Registration for Nyssa first
that are quite diff. en: this year,
Sept. 1.
has first secured a written permit according to Join- The season we get through widespread preva-1 on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The Oregon cial Security administration is to
grade students will begin this af­
High
school
student
fees
may
i
from a fire warden appointed for was earlier last v ar and from lence of a certain disease. It is men will be home about the end Pay benefits as promptly as poss­
ternoon, and continue all day Fri­
total
$19
60
for
the
year
for
some!
a grazing district, and complies 3000 to 7000 pounds more are go­ therefore doubly important that of the month
ible to those persons entitled to
day, Principal Clarice L. Poor
Bennett will bo a member-at- them.
said yesterday. Enrollment in the students. All students will pay with all laws, rules and regula­ ing into the car- this year than we make up for this lack by ad­
hering closely to known preven­ large of all committees, by reason
To assist in maintaining a regu­
grade school is expected to be a a book fee of $7 and a locker fee | tions pertaining thereto."
last year.
tive measures, including immuni­ of his position as state comman­ lar income after retirement, the
of $1. Special course fees art-
This act does not apply to land
little more than 700 this year.
The shipments trom Nyssa are zation.
bookkeeping, $2; physical educa­
Mrs. Poor said each first grader tion, $2 (towel); and industrial* in cities or towns or to land that just about double the total ship- , The most common immuniza. der, but he has expressed a par­ public should be aware of a policy
does not border or corner on the
ticular interest in the Soil Con­ being stressed by the Social Se­
will pay a $1.50 registration fee,
arts shop fee, $2.
federal range. Any fire warden ped from Ontario and Vale com- , tions in Oregon are against diph- servation and Crop Management curity administration, Mr. Welo,
which will cover all supplies for
theria, whooping cough, tetanus.
Optional are the $3.50 student may set the conditions and rules b*ned.
committee, as well as all legisla­ district manager of the La
for the year. Each first grader
The most cars that have been smallpox, polio, and occasionally tion affecting the welfare of dis­ Grande, Ore., office, stated today.
necessary to be used when he is­
activity
ticket
and
$2.10
for
stu­
will need gym shoes.
shipped in one day up to this typhoid. Most people receive their abled veterans.
sues the permit.
To receive benefits promptly after
dent insurance.
Supplies needed by students in
time is 69. They went out on Aug. initial immunizations during ear-
retirement, a worker should file
Before
leaving
Nyssa,
Bennett
The activity ticket entitles stu­
each grade:
11. At 43,000 pounds per car that ly childhood, and should have received a telegram from Sen. a claim for his benefits 30 to 60
dents
to
membership
in
the
Asso­
Weather Radar,
Second and third grades—Two
means 2,967,000 pounds or 49,- , booster shots whenever their phy- Neuberger that the Senate passed days before retirement if he
No. 3 pencils, an eraser, box of ciated Student Body, subscription
450 bushels went out of Nyssa in sician recommends.
the Veterans Pension bill, HR knows he will be retiring on a
crayons, 12-inch ruler, wide-lined to the student newspaper, admis­ Storm Research
ONE DAY.
Children receive frequent boost- 7650, by a roll call vote of 86 to certain date. This advance filing
pencil tablet, wide lined spiral sion to musical programs and all
The net price to growers this crs against diphtheria, whooping 6 and that the liberalizing Kerr will give the Social Security ad­
regularly scheduled athletic con­ Planned by OSC
notebook, and gym shoes.
| past week has been $1.00 to $1.10 cough and tetanus, usually having amendment was adopted by a roll ministration a n d t h e person
Fourth grade—Two No. 2 pen­ tests and reduced admission to
Case histories” of ocean storms for white rose and from $1.85 to one boaster about a year after the call vote of 65-20.
claiming benefits ample time to
cils, an eraser, box of crayons (24 athletic events at other schools.
that sweep across Oregon will be $2.10 for russets, depending on original series and another each
get information and evidence nec­
Upon
returning
home,
Bennett
The student insurance coverage charted by Oregon State college the size.
colors), box of Prang water colors,
three years. Aduits should have plans a 17-day tour of the state to essary to establish entitlement be-
wide-lined spiral notebook, loose- includes those participating in meteorologists in coming months
a booster for diphtheria and teta­ visit all the districts in the state, Ifore the first cheek is due. It will
leaf notebook with wide-lined golf, tenrfis, volleyball, and swim­ as part of long-range research on
nus about each five years. The as well as the veterans hospitals also afford the wife and any chil-
ming.
use of radar for mapping storm Back-to-School
paper, and gym shoes.
same interval is recommended for He has made many of his appoint 1 dren who might bo eligible the
patterns and for forecasting and
Fifth grade—Two No. 2 pencils,
smallpox, and a booster is requir­ ments and they will be made pub­ opportunity to file for dependents’
observing weather.
an eraser, crayons, 12-inch ruler,
ed
against this disease whenever lic at an earlv date.
benefits.
Kids Parade,
A $33,000 grant has been receiv­
red lead pencil, ball point or foun­ Dr. Grant B. Hughes
a person is starting an overseas
Generally, evidence will be re­
tain pen, two large wide-lined Gets Appointment
ed from the U S. Army Signal Melon Feed Due
trip.
quired to prove the age of the re­
spiral notebooks, loose-leaf note-
Typhoid boosters are given each
tired person and his wife. This
Dr. Grant B. Hughes, local phv- Corps Engineering Laboratories
Contestants in the Aug. 28 lone to four years depending on
book with wide-lined paper, and , sician and Malheur county health for 1960 work. In the past five j
may be a birth or baptismal rec­
Back-to-School
Parade
contest
ord. If there is no such record
B P ™ sh°es.
officer, received a letter Aug. 10 years since meteorology research i need not register, said Bob the anticipated exposure. We do
! not know yet how long Salk vac-
Sixth grade Two No. .. pencils, j from g ov Mark Hatfield, stating was started by OSC, grants total­
available, any record that is old
Wilson,
Chamber
of
Commerce
icination protects against paralytic
an eraser, red lead pencil, crayons, that he had been appointed to the ing $150,000 have been received.
and reliable may be sufficient. If
Dr. Fred Decker, associate pro­ president.
I polio, but it has been established
12-inch ruler, two wide-lined spir- st£de medical investigation advis.
there is a child under age 18 or a
The parade will be preceded | that life-long immunity does not
al notebooks, gym shoes^
committee. His term began fessor of physics, is leader of the !
child of any age who was disabled
by a watermelon-eating contest s result from three shots. If it has
Mrs. Poor said students are not A
n 195 9 . and win end Dec meteorology research team.
The Nyssa Chamber of Com­ before age 18, it will be necessary
The radar observations of the j in the downtown section. Prizes i been at least a year since the bas­ merce Wednesday discussed pos­ to have a birth certificate for this
to bring zipper type notebooks,
i 96i or ¡962
and, with the exception of th e 1 ’
..
, ,
-. , storm patterns coming into the in the contest will be $5 first, ic series of three Salk shots was sibilities for improving the upper child.
fifth grade, no fountain pens.
| Dr. Hughes will attend his first coast from the Pacific ocean will j $3 second and $2 third. Wilson received, a booster should be ob­ road to Lake Owyhee. Ken Ren-
Evidence of the worker’s earn­
__l _____________
meeting, in this capacity, on Aug. be among the first made in this j said.
tained.
strom said the road between the ings in the taxable year ending
.
t >
26 in Portland.
region. Decker said.
Parade contestants will be
pavement and the dam is fast be­ before the date of retirement is
Keith Remingtons Buy
Portable radar equipment with j judged in four categories—pets,
coming unsuitable for travel.
also necessary. This proof may
a range of 250 miles will be used ■ costumes, banners and slogans, W L. McPartland
Polar Bear Drive-In
The Treasure Valley Chambers be a copy of the income tax with­
Weather
from sites atop peaks in the coast 1
New owners of the Polar Bear Date
Max.
Min range to observe the pattern and j and bikes, trikes and wagons. Nam ed to Migrant of Commerce, meeting at Weiser holding statements (Form W-2) or
Prizes will be $5. $3 and S2 in
Monday evening, voted to send a a copy of the income tax return
Drive-in in Nyssa are Mr. and Aug. 12
58
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characteristics of the storms as j each division.
resolution
for improve­ for the self-employed person. By
Mrs. Keith Remington, who took Aug. 13 ......
54
79
Education Group ments on the calling
they move over the coastal region, j
road to the Oregon submitting this evidence on the
Reed Ray, Houston Wilson
over Aug. 13 from Mr. and Mrs. Aug. 14
47
86
Nyssa School Supt. W. L. Mc­ State Parks commission. The first visit, future contacts may be
Possibilities and techniques for and Eddie Taylor make up the
Marlow B. Funk.
50
90
Aug. 15
Partland is one of two educators Treasure Valley chamber is an unnecessary.
forecasting
path
of
the
storm,
l
watermelon committee, a n d
Remington has been with the Aug. 16 ..
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storm intensity, time of precipita- I Bob Wilson and Fred Bracken named last week by Gov. Mark association of all chambers of
The above plan has been highly
Idaho Power Co. for 10 years, the Aug. 17
86
59
Hatfield to the Advisory Commit­ commerce in the valley.
tion, and duration of the storm ] are in charge of the parade.
endorsed
by large employers who
past year at Hell’s Canyon.
58
83
Aug. 18
tee on Migrant Children Educa­
will be studied. Working with
Chamber President Bob Wilson |baVe retirement plans supple-
The Remingtons have a girl 9, Aug 19
63
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tion.
Decker on the project will be
said the local group will write rnenting social security benefits,
and a boy 7. They plan to move
The committee will study needs letters urging road improvement by labor unions and by other or_
Owyhee Lake Storage
Herbert Kershaw, Jr., Wilfred G. Nyssa Folks Stranded
to Nyssa within a week.
and investigate means for pro-
543,490 Acre Ft. Jensby, and Wendell M. Cook In Yellowstone Park I viding better schooling for chil­ to the state highway commission, ganizations.
Mr. and Mrs. Funk have not Aug. 19, 1958
who
will
be
on
leave
from
the
the parks commission and other
215.960 Acre Ft.
announced future plans.
Aug. 19, 1959
Welo again stressed that for
dren of migrant workers. A pilot groups which could help further
U. S. weather bureau at Sa’ m to By Mon. Earthquake
prompt payment of your first so­
program in specific areas is the the plan.
study at OSC and participate in
The Art Colby family is strand­ first step in the program
the project this fall
The chamber also hoard the cial security check, “ inquire be­
ed in Yellowstone park by reason
Great advances in weather ob­
Rev. Paul Ludlow briefly outline fore you retire.”
Your local district social secur­
servations and forecasts have of the damage to the roads caused Pair Suffers Bums
the agenda for a hearing on laws
ity office is located at La Grande.
come with radar, De ker noted. hv he Monday night earthquake
concerning
labor
contractors,
to
At Wednesday noon Art, who is j In W elding Explosion
Radar is used to map ’•"'infall, de­
be held at Ontario today.
on
the job as city manager of
Dean Barlow, 32. and Ardth K.
tect hail and tornadoes, track sev­
Mr. and Mrs Gerald Goodfel-
Nyssa, said he had not been able Huffaker, 16, were brought to
ere storms, plot storm growth,
Mrs. Tom Eldredgc visited Fru low of Oregon Slope were Mon­
to communicate with them, and Malheur Memorial hospital with
and locate the freezing level.
that they were still not letting second and third degree burns, day in Payette with her sister, day afternoon visitors at the C.
R. Kesler, Sr., home.
anyone through into the park by 'received Tuesday when a welder Mrs. Bill Carpenter.
$200 Jack Pot Prize
way of West Yellowstone.
exploded while they were work­
Art took Mrs. Colby and the ing on a farm near Jamieson.
At Bank Days Event
Ardth is the son of Mr. and
The names drawn this week at four daughters over to a camp
the Nyssa Bank Days event were at the Fishing bridge the weekend Mrs. Ardth Huffaker of Vale. Bar-
Eva Boydell of Nyssa, Jake Tullis of Aug. 8 to spend some time with low, who was wearing a mask,
of New Plymouth and Durlin Mrs. Colby’s parents. He says he escaped facial burns but was
Upland game bird seasons for tire state, 10 per day, 20 in posses­
Hammon of rural Nyssa. None will try to call again Wednesday burned on 40 percent of his body,
1959
adopted by the game com­ sion.
night
and
then
leave
Thursday
or
ja
member
of
the
family
reported
of the three were in a participat­
Band-tailed pigeon—Sept 1-30;
mission
Friday saw few changes
Friday for them and will go in Huffaker was badly burned on
ing store to collect the prizes.
from the liberal seasons of last entire state, 6 in possession, 30
The weekly drawing is held through the south entrance if his face and hands,
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Bair were year Seasons in mourning Hove during season.
Tuesday in Nyssa at 3 p m. No need be.
Blue and ruffled grouse—
He feels that they surely an1 outside the building and rushed and band-tailed pigeons will run
purchase is necessary. Next week
Sept
5-13; Eastern Oregon, 3 per
from
September
1
through
Sep­
the jack-pot prize will be $200, O K. or he would have heard be- in and threw the two to the
second prize $10 and third prize fore this time, since calls can be ground, rolling them to extinguish tember 30. Blue and ruffled day, 6 in possession.
Blue and ruffled grouse—Oct.
grouse seasons will be from Sep­
made from inside the park.
the flames.
$5.
tember 5 through 13 in eastern 3-11; Western Oregon, 2 per day,
Oregon and October 3 through 11 4 in possession
Sage grouse—Sept. 5-13; Crook,
in western Oregon. Except for
mountain quail in western Ore­ Deschutes, Harney, Lake, Mal­
By Carole Wilson
¡hit this area. They were really the floor actually sway up and gon and where the season will heur, Grant, and that part of
Many people in Nyssa and sur- setting up a racket and flopping down under him. Another fire­ run from October 3 through 11, Baker county south and west of
rounding communities experienc- around the yard dragging their man, forgetting the good word— the general state wide season on US. Hwy. 30, 2 per day, 4 in
MR. and MRS. A. F. SEWARD
ed feelings Monday night unlike wings. It was probably one of the to keep calm—ran around shout- pheasants, quail and partridge possession.
Cock pheasants—8 am., Oct.
\PPLE VALLEY—A n open to Kansas where he met his com­ anything they had felt before dur- few cases in history of chickens J ing for everyone to get out. The will run from 8 a m on October
10-Nov.
15, entire state, 3 cocks
panion.
10
through
November
15.
ing
a
series
of
earthquakes
which
up
before
the
sun.
Meanwhile,
fact
that
the
fire
hall
is
on
the
jse was held for Mr. and Mrs.
per day, 12 cocks in possession,
For her anniversary, Mrs Se­ shook the northwest just before Tony slept through it
second
floor
probably
made
its
Pheasant
hunters
will
have
a
Pert F Seward in honor of
ward wore her original wedding midnight. Reports soon reached
Dick Butcher, on a camping trip occupants doubly observant of one bird reduction in bag limit provided that one hen is allowed
-ir 50th wedding anniversary dress which had been styled and here of the earthquake which near Landmark and asleep in his the swaying motion.
from four cocks last year to three in the daily bag limit in Malheur
gust 4, at their home on Rte hand-made by one of her sisters caused destruction and tragedy in pickup, woke up to hear chains
A woman from rural Nyssa was cocks in the daily bag this year county from Nov. 7 through 15.
Valley quail—8 a m., Oct. 10-
Parma. About 240 friends and She was very pretty in the long, West Yellowstone, Montana, Wyo­ rattling and creaking noises. He telling a clerk in Wilson’s that in Despite a high carry-over of
Nov.
15; Eastefti Oregon, 15 per
white,
princess
dress
featuring
the
night
she
said
to
her
husband,
ming
and
eastern
Idaho.
hollered
out
into
the
dark,
“
Hey,
adult birds this spring, brood
atives called to congratulate
lace inserts and tiny tucks in the
By Wednesday noon the known what’s going on?” No answer, so “For heaven's sake, quit that counts this summer were below day, 30 in possession.
* honored couple during the bodice and sleeves.
Valley quail—8 a m., Oct. 10-
death toll reached 10 and Mon- he called, “Get out of here!” and wiggling around and go to sleep .” the average for the past two years
The Sewards have five children tana highway patrolmen fear the when he shouted, "I’m going to When he told her that he thought which influenced the commission Nov. 15, Western Oregon, 10 per
V-
day, 20 in possession.
\ beautiful wedding c a k e and all were present with their total may reach 25. The first shoot,” and still someone kept she was doing the wiggling, they to adopt a reduced bag limit.
Bobwhite quail—8 a m.,Oct. 10-
for the celebration, quake split an 8000 foot mountain | rocking the pickup and rattling got up to see the rocking chairs
during a “ golden stairway” was families
Eastern Oregon QuaiJ hunters
itered on the lace-covered namely, Dwight, Don, Virgil, and and reduced it to a cavern and j the chains, it finally dawned on still rocking By that, they decid­ received a break with an increas­ Nov. 15, entire state, 5 per day, 10
in possession.
>le from which the guests were Leroy Seward, all of Route 2, covered the river and highway him that it was an earthquake ed it was an earthquake.
ed bag limit on valley quail from
Mountain q u a i 1—Oct. 3-11;
It was also blamed by Mrs. Ray 10 last year to 15 for the coming
■ved by several of the grand- Parma, and Mrs R A. Kellogg of with debris Many persons, camp­ He said that it was several sec­
ughters. Mrs Hugh Pierce cut Nampa There are 19 grandchil­ ers and vacationers in Yellow­ onds before things settled back to Griffiths for causing her front season. Populations of valley Western Oregon, 5 per day, 10 in
door to swing shut and knock her quail, especially in the southeast possession
d served the cake, Miss Nelda dren. Mrs. Seward has four sis­ stone park were stranded. Many normal
Mountain quail—8 a.m , Oct.
ward presided at the punch ters and two brothers, a l l o f people are still hemmed in below
The Ray Foxes were awakened prized plate off the wall
section of the state were reported 10- Nov. 15; Eastern Oregon, 10
Mrs C. B Bunch reports that
wl Assistants were LaDonna whom are living and in g o o d Hebgen dam on the Madison r iv -' by a noise and she looked out to
the highest in years.
per day, 20 in possession.
ward, Anita Kellogg, and Shar- health Four of these were pres­ er The dirt dam, reported to have see a stray dog had knocked over she believed the wind to be blow-
Sage grouse hunters were again
Hungarian partridge—8 am..
Gibson Shirley Seward kept ent on the anniversary day, Mr a 17 foot crack in it. i> loca’ ri a tile neighbor's trash can. They ing very hard, as the house
«Bowed
a
short
season
in
south-
Oct.
10-Nov. 15, Eastern Oregon,
and
Mrs
Walter
League,
Wood­
few miles inside the Montana b o r ., went back to sleep, not suspecting creaking and making wjerd noises
> guest book and Mrs. Virgil
ward assisted at the gift table, ward, Okla , Mr and Mrs Walter der with the northeast corner o f ! that anything besides a dog had Her parakeet, who never leaves east Oregon from September 5 | jq p er day t 20 in possession,
Chukar partridge—8 a m., Oct.
his cage at night, awakened sud. through 13, with a bag limit of 2
uquets of lovely flowers which Cook, Wakeeney, K an, Mr. and Wyoming on the east and the ! caused them to wake up
An undisclosed person, who denly. flew out of the cage and per day, 4 in possession Bag io_Nov is ; Eastern Oregon, 10
■re gifts from relatives and Mrs. Ray Noah. Palco, Kan . and northeast corner of the “ Pan” in
day, 20 in possession,
; never fancied himself a drinker, into the kitchen Her husband limits on other upland game birds
ends, made beautiful decora- Mr. and Mrs Byron Eaton, Wa­ the Idaho Panhandle due south
( j) Oregon waterfowl regula-
keeney, Kan Cousins of Mr. Se­
Officials have reported that the enjoyed approximately four beers who was asleep, awakened when remained the same as last year
ns for the room and tables.
Following is a complete break- | tions for the 1959-60 season will
Mr. and Mrs. Seward were ward. Mr and Mrs Bill Oden- Mfrtitana area is still feeling trem. at the Fireman’s card party Mon- the french doors flew open
day night and after trying to walk
Several have reported that they down of the upland game bird be set by the game commission
irried August 4, 1909. near Pal- wald. came from Orofino. Idaho ors from the quake.
Chickens at the Tony and Rudy to the refreshment table during thought they had suddenly be and trapping seasons showing within the framework ef the fed-
K an. where they lived on a Other rousins, nephews, nieces,
-m until coming to Idaho in and their families also came for Marostica ranch north of town the quake, has become a total ab- come ill. Some thought they were season dates, bag limits, and open ieral regulations. The fedeaal angu­
lations should be availsM rfo the
18 Mr Seward was born at the occasion, making a total of were literally “acting like chick- stainer. Of course at the time he having h e a r t attacks, others areas
fiarne commission on l IfloritUjy
ierton. Iowa and homesteaded 101 relatives who attended the 3- ens with their heads cut off” didn’t know that something be- , thought they were just overtired Species
Moarwmg
dove—Sept.
1-30;
en­
August 17.
d
*
m
m
i
m
Monday
evening
when
the
quake
'sides
the
bubbiey
liq*wd
had
mad«
;or
maybe
having
dizzy
spell*.
taras .a Colaracsa taafsr« «oing
Principal Lists
Needs o( Grade
School Children
Lake Road Repair
Is Discussed
At Chamber Meet
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Seward Honored
Al Open House on 50th Anniversary
Pheasant and Other Upland Game
Birds Seasons and Limits Set
Monday's Earthquake Brinns Unusual Local Experiences