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o Letters to Editor THE GATE CITY JOURNAL Signed letter» to the editor ere welcomed and will be printed it they do not contain comment* of a libelous nature or attacks on religious and racial groups. Pub lication of the letter* doe* not lignify the agreement of this newspaper with opinions ex pressed. TED M. BRAMMER. Editor and Publuhar SUBSCRIPTION RATES t DITORI Al Single Copies 10c In Malheur County, Oregon, and Payette and Canyon Counties, Idaho: 1 Year $3 50 6 Months $2.50 Elsewhere in the USA: Per Year $4 00 6 Months $2.50 Published every Thursday at Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon. Entered at the postoffice at Nyssa, Oregon, for transmission through the United States Mails, as a second class matter under the act of March 3, 1879. Penny Wise . . . Pound Foolish? Since 1891 Oregon has had a law requiring counties to publish proceedings of the county court and a schedule of expenditures made for the preceding month. This permitted people to know WHO got the money, What it was spent for, and HOW MUCH was paid. Not everyone read the record, any more than they read the printing of city ordinances and other legals. But it was there for those who were interested in know ing how their tax money was being spent. And the fact that the officiate knew it was going to appear in print made them doubly careful in their actions. But a bill (SB 77) has been introduced in this session of the legislature to eliminate this law. It was introduc ed by Senator Boyd R. Overhulse and Representative Ben Evick, both of Madras, at the request of the Asso ciation of Oregon Counties (a body supported by tax payers’ money). The organization says the law is “archaic” and “the cost to the county taxpayer of this publication is an un necessary burden.” We agree that it is “archaic,” in that it is over 70 years old, and it does cost the taxpayers money. (From reports of 11 Oregon counties the cost per person is about 3*6 cents annually.) But it is hardly a “burden” on the taxpayer. They further argue that the records are open to the public and anyone can check the records. This is true but how many have the time or inclination to drive to Vale for this purpose. Malheur county is rather large and it would take hours for Jordan Valley folks just to make the trip without lining up to check the county rec ords. If all the 20,000 plus people in the county wished to check the records when would the elected officials do their work? It might be argued that we oppose this because it would cut down our revenue as one of the publishers but this is not the case. Our income from this source is a small portion of the paper’s revenue. If you think the people are entitled to know what transpires in county government and the 3*6 cents per person is a good investment, it might be well to let your senator and representative know it. We believe the people are “entitled to know” and that this law of 1891 is one that should be retained. OUR THANKS 1 ■ 1 ' 1 I 1 ■ I I I THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1961 .------ ---------------- - ---------- >------------- THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON PAGE TWO To the People Listed Below Who Have Made Possible NYSSA'S FIRST ANNUAL F. O.E. BOWLING TOURNEY Nyssa Rexall Pharmacy Ben Franklin Store Coast-to-Coast Store The Gate City Journal Nyssa Co-op Supply Paulus Jewelry Nyssa Auto Parts Bingham Utoco Service Bestway Building Center Eddie and Bertha Taylor Amalgamated Sugar Company J. R, Simplot Company Wilson's Super Market Zinn's Flying "A" Service Ralph Lawrence Insurance Agency Miner's Barber Shop The Nyssa Merc Bracken's Department Store Eder Hardware Wilson Bros. Department Store Firestone Store Service Parts Company Owyhee Barber Shop Jackson Jewelers Vane Rusco Peterson Furniture Company Roberts-Nyssa, Inc. Olympic Club M. & W. Market . Brownie's Cafe Elliott Tire Company Farmers Feed & Seed Bob Thompson Insurance First Ncftional B<mk of Oregon Ken Renstrom Agency Idaho Power Com parry — TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE — ■ I ■ I • Í • I January 30, 1961 To the Editor: February 14 this year has three distinct meanings: to the young er set, it means the exchanging of valentines; to others, it means the remembrance of the day Oregon became a state; to the voters of Nyasa school district, it means an important election. On Feb. 14 this year, members of the board of directors are to be elected. In past years, with the five man board in effect, only one member’s term expired each year. This was good. There remained four members who had been di recting the progress of the school system. School laws governing the state of Oregon said it should be this way. Effective July 1, 1961, Malheur County School District 26-C will no longer exist. In its stead will be Administrative School District 26. The Nyssa school board (direc tors of the newly formed district) is being reorganized to fulfill the requirements of the Oregon state school laws. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1961, between the hours of 2 and 8 p.m., voters of Nyssa school dis trict should vote at the little thea ter of the junior high school buil ding to elect seven (7) members to serve as the board of directors. Terms expire for all members of the outdated five (5) man board. It is possible that the seven newly elected directors could be serving and not have had any pre vious experience. It would be well to scrutinize the list of can didates and choose only those who you believe will make the best qualified directors. Present school board members are Henry Zobell, Ralph Lawrence, Warren Farmer, Melvin Spitze and Dale Bingman. Nyssa schools have been for tunate in the past to have these areas represented on the school board: the area north of the city, Arcadia; the area south of the city, Oregon Trail; industrial area and the business section. With the reorganizing to elect a seven man board another area should be represented — the Sunset Valley community. People who reside in these areas should be represented on the new school board. They should ask themselves, “Will he make a good qualified director?” This is not a popularity contest. This is an op portunity to elect men who you believe will do a commendable job of directing the progress of your schools. Voters of the Nyssa schools: It is in your hands, now! The fu ture of your schools! Never be fore has so much depended upon your choice of directors. For the first time you have the oppor tunity to vote for a whole new school board . . . seven members ... all at one time! VOTE! Feb. 14, 1961, 2 to 8 p.m. at the little theater in the junior high school building. Turn right when passing through the center entrance facing Adrian boulevard (highway 201). —W. A. BARTON To the Editor: I have been reading Stan Thompson's sports column in the Gate City Journal with consider able interest. It marks the first time in my association with the Nyssa community that the Jour nal has had a sports editor. True enough, over the years, busy edi tors have tried to cover the sports area and I wouldn't like to detract from their efforts or to appear unappreciative of Mr. Thomas, Mr. Powell or Mr. Alters in their attempts to cover our high school athletics. Aside from his refreshing style I of reporting the actual game sit uations, I notice more and more his invasion of the editorial field of sports writing, such as the con duct of the cheerleaders and half- time entertainment. He could en large his scope of constructive criticism to include an analysis of the current slump of our bas ketball team. Some things are hard to say without stepping on someone's toes or needlessly hurting some one's feelings I know that when things go wrong with a team the first person to be criticized is the coach. Have you ever listened to the "board of strategy" that meets on the front steps between halves of the games. There one learns of all the mis takes of our coaches, our players, the opponents' weaknesses and which boys should be playing in stead of the ones who are playing These remarks are all healthy. It is our way of bolstering our ego among our fellow men We can convey the idea that we are ex perts in this game of basketball This is an old established cfe- tom which adds zest to this biw- ness of supporting local high sch-^l ath nta I wonder sometimes just how far these ex perts. including myself, should go in trying to mold the thinking of at Shepherds Field, people of all different walks of life and people of different colored skins were gathered from many lands to par ticipate in the ceremony. Every one in his own tongue was sing ing of peace and love together. Adrian area residents, estimat . For once these people had forgot ed at 100, attended an apprecia- j ten their troubles, quarrels and tion dinner Sunday for the Rev.: racial problems amongst them and Mrs. Henry Moore. The din- ' selves and had gathered here as ner followed regular Sunday j one big family sharing in the morning worship service at Ad Christmas services together. rian Community church. Immediately following the ser A program was presented at the vices, we went into the Shepherds fellowship gathering. Betty Jean cave where roasted lamb cooked Phifer and daughter, Janette, pre over an open fire was served be sented accordion solos and a vo tween two slices of bread. From cal trio was rendered by Dale Shepherds Field we drove to Borge, Linda Bishop and Harry Bethlehem where we visited the Packwood, accompanied by Borge Church of Nativity built over the on his guitar. Also on the pro old inn and manger where Christ gram were talks by Irvin Topliff was born. and Charles Witty, who paid tri bute to the Moores and thanked I expected to see a humble them for their years of faithful place and was a little disappoint leadership. ed in going down to the manger On behalf of church members and seeing silver covering the and friends, Mrs. M. L. Judd pre place where He was lain and silks sented the Moores with a money and incense burners adorning the tree gift. place. I have tried to forget that The Rev. Moore retired from | which I saw and still try to think his pastoral duties at the begin of the place of our Christ’s birth ning of this year. He came to the as it must have been then, hum Adrian church from Portland 14 | ble and plain. years ago. The couple has two | Upon completing our Christmas children, Hank who teaches in, eve visit, our little group got into the grade schools at Indio, Calif.,1 our car and started down the cur and Mrs. Betty Jacobson of Hay-1 vacious road leading down to fork, Calif. Jericho located at an elevation of The Rev. and Mrs. Moore plan . I 1,000 feet below sea level. to remain in Adrian where Mrs. • * Christmas morning, Bernard Moore is home economics instruc-1 Erven, my fellow IFYE, and I tor and librarian in the Adrian took a bus to Jerusalem where JAMES McKINLEY, IFYE delegate to Jordan, is shown walking high school ‘ we attended Christmas morning down the street in Jerusalem known as the "Way of the Cross. Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Smith were Thi* is the street where Christ drug hi* cross to the place of Hi* service at the Lutheran church in Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and crucifixion. The Nyssan visited the Holy City during the past the Old City of Jerusalem. The Old City is surrounded by Mrs. Don Strickland and girls. Christmas season and describe* hi* experience* in the accompany the famous old walls of Jerusalem ing story. McKinley is the son of Mr. and Mr». R. D. McKinley and it is in these walls that lies the coaches or players. I coached the Golden Gate. To me Old Jer basketball for nine years in three of rouie L Nyssa. ♦ • ♦ 4 usalem is one of the most fascin towns, all larger than Nyssa. ating cities I have ever been in. Basketball has changed consid Many of the same buildings and erably from those days, but boys’ streets that were there in the and coaches’ psychological prob days of Christ are still being used lems are pretty much the same. today. There are four gates lead Yet, I would not presume to be (James McKinley, son of Mr. * We drove through Bethlehem ing into the Old City, allowing enough of an expert to tell a coach whom he should play, or and Mrs. R. D. McKinley, route and on to the Shepherds Field only people and donkeys to pass the strategy he should use. I L Nyssa, recently sent the Jour which is located about two miles through. As usual the narrow streets might ask him in a respectful nal the following report on his away. Here at Shepherds Field, were crowded with people and an we along with about a thousand Christmas visit to the Holy way why so and so isn’t making the grade, and I’d most likely get Land. McKinley is presently others attended the Christmas occasional donkey carrying sacks a reasonable answer which in ret staying at the Arab Develop services and sang carols. It was of flour, vegetables and fruits to rospect would be borne out by ment Society farm in Jericho. here that the angels appeared to market. Over the top of the this player’s performance on the He went in September io Jor the shepherds bringing them glad crowd I could see baskets filled with results of the morning shop court. I would not ask this ques dan where he is participating in tidings about 2,000 years ago. At one time during the singing, ping being balanced on the heads tion for at least a day after a the 1960-61 International Farm Youth Exchange (IFYE) pro I stopped and looked around and of women as they made their way hard fought game. listened. What I saw and heard through the crowded streets. Now I don’t believe the advice given gram.) (Continued on Page 3) an experienced coach is going to Greetings from the Holy Land, filled me with inspiration. Here make much difference in his the land where Christmas began! choice of players or in his over Everyone probably has at one all strategy. He knows what he time or another wondered what wants his boys to do and he Christmas would be like in the works all week long trying to per land where it all came about. I fect the pattern of his plays. Cri was fortunate to be here during ticism no doubt worries a coach, the Christmas season this year as perhaps makes him less confident an IFYE student and had a won and therefore less effective in derful opportunity to witness this handling his boys. occasion first hand. The big damage is done among This little desolate country his players. Self pity for the lack would probably be relatively un of recognition which we experts important and seldom heard of can instill in a boy makes him if it were not for the many places less cooperative. He doesn’t put of iblical interest that lie within the effort into practice sessions of Biblical interest that lie within and the whole team suffers as a time you pick up your Bible and result. turn to the New Testament, you This condition has developed in read from the scriptures the set the present season’s play. Up to ting of which took place right and including the Ontario over here in Jordan a few thousand o time game we had a very credit years ago. able squad. Rumor has it that Three Names Are Drawn Each Tuesday During the Christmas season there was considerable beefing this little country somes to life. at 3 p.m. — One for the Jackpot Prize of about the strategy of that game. People from all over the world It was a well played game in any come on Christmas day to wor $50 to $200 — One Each for $10 and $5 one's reasonable mind but to hear ship and take in the services dur — Winning Amounts Are Issued by Nyssa the howls you’d have thought it ing the celebration. was Podunk that handed us the Chamber of Commerce on Certificates. To give you an idea of the near defeat. Since that game our boys ness of the many Biblical places, o have played lack-luster basket follow with cur small party of six ball. to Bethlehem on the afternoon I think our experts have ruined of Christmas eve. Our starting what might have been a fairly point was the Arab Development successful season. The sad part Society farm which is located in IN TRADE CERTIFICATES! of this is that the advice is given the Jordan valley between the . . . Sponsored by . . . sincerely in an attempt to bolster hills of Moab to the east and the the winning ways of our team hills of Judea to the west. Just Nyssa C of C Businessmen's Committee. Let’s confine our beefing to our two miles below the farm is the With the Following Merchants Participating . . . adult friends out of earshot of the place where John baptized Jesus youthful competitors who may in the Jordan river (Matt. 3:1). The Merc Department Store not be aware of our lack of a basis To the west is the Mount of Wilson's Super Market for constructive criticism. On the Temptation (Mark 4:1-10) with front steps between halves every the ancient city of Jericho located Bracken's Department Store body is recognized by his peers at its base. Within Jericho is Eli Taylor's Food Market as an expert. Let’s leave it there sha's fountain (II Kings 2:19-23). until the next game. We traveled through Jericho Wilson Bros. Department Store —FRANK PARR taking the upward climbing road M & W Market leading to Jerusalem. This road Dear Editor: takes us through the barren hills Eder's . . . Nyssa I read the paper and I see the of the Judean wilderness. This Ray's Food Fair city is going to build a swimming land as in Biblical times serves pool this summer. As a commun only for the grazing of flocks of Ben Franklin Store ity resident, I couldn't help won sheep and goats in years of ample Firestone Store der if thus is good sound thinking. rainfall. Half way to Jerusalem, It seems as though we will need we came to the Inn of the Good Idaho Power Company some new school rooms, etc., in Samaritan (Luke 10:30) The Gate City Journal After climbing 3540 feet by a the near future. Also the city winding road, we came to the needs some new streets. Nyssa Food Center I think the city planners are Fountain of the Apostles. It Nyssa Co-op Supply getting the cart before the horse. marks the boundary between the Would I buy a bath tub before I territories of the Tribes of Ben Brownie's Cafe bought the house Do we have jamin and Judah. Just one more O. K. Rubber Welders recreation or recess in school be curve and we were at the top and in the small village of Bethany fore we study? I think it's time Ideal Gas & Appliance the planners start thinking about (Mark 14 3) with old buildings Bob Thompson Agency the pocketbook of the taxpayers lining each side of the road. Beth any was much favored by our and let us pay as we go or buy The Polar Bear according to the money we have. Lord and it was here in the House Nyssa Insurance Agency . I find in a successful business, of Simon the Leper that the wo and the city is a business, you men anointed Him with precious • Bernard Eastman Insurance have recreation according to the ointment. Peterson Furniture Co. Going on through Bethany, we pocketbook. And that pocketbook • Pound's Grocery appears very short in Nyssa, or came do the Garden of Gethse the streets, city equipment, city mane which is located just «t the RenstTom Insurance Agency employees' wages, etc., wo^ld far foot of the^fount of Olives The Mount of Olives is intimately as exceed what they appear o Malheur Memorial Hospital I'm just thinking; maybe I’m sociated with the last day on Gate City Cleaners wrong ^may change my way of earth of the Lord (Luke 24 50) Bestway Building Center thinking. J like Nyssa and would Just as we came to the outskirts of Jeri^alem we turned to th< like to st-F it prosper. Cascade Natural Gas, Inc. left onto an even more curvacious A :: ELDOW BARKER I road leading on to Bethlehem Retiring Pastor At Adrian Honored By Congregation IFYE Delegate to Jordan Describes Interesting Yule Visit io Holy Land Now . • . NYSSA BANK DAYS are BIGGER and BETTER THAN EVER! SI50-TUESDAY, FEB. 7