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Nyssa Gate City Journal
VOLUME LVI
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1961
The Sugar City
Interview Residents on Area Facilities—
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Jaycee 'Operation Find-Out' Survey
Begins Door-to-Door Monday Evening
Beginning Monday, Feb. 13, some 500 homes in Nyssa will
be visited by members of the Nyssa Junior Chamber of Com­
merce as they begin operation “Find-Out.” Co-chairmen Paul
Hirai and Dr. David Sarazin announced this week that the
door-to-door phase is the initial step in the area-wide sur­
vey the Jaycees are conducting and should take about 10
♦days to complete.
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I Householders will be inter­
viewed during the evening
hours and then given a sur­
vey sheet with 66 questions.
Local PTA Group
To Hear Teenage
Panel Discussion
They will be asked to complete
the questionnaire at their conven­
ience and mail it to the Jaycees
for tabulation.
Sample questions are:
1. What are the reasons for in­
crease, decrease or static popula­
tion of Nyssa?
2. What are the most often
heard complaints of the commun­
ity?
3. What development is most
desirable to work for in your
community?
Jaycees are anxiously encour-
aging residents to express them­
selves through the survey ques­
tions, L. E. Tibbets, publicity
chairman, declared.
Canvassing of the rural areas
will follow completion of the city
population, the co-chairmen stat­
ed. It is anticipated that “Find-
Out” will take about one month
to complete.
Looking to the future and with
hope in their hearts, Alice Birney
and Phoebe Hearst met with a
small group 64 years ago to organ­
ize what has now become the Na­
tional Congress of Parents and
Teachers. Their goal was to se­
cure for all children what the
wisest and best parents want for
their own offspring.
The Nyssa unit, together with
local units all over the United
States, Japan and Europe, will be
holding Founders’ day meetings
this month, honoring these two
women.
The ladies’ dream did not go
unheeded, for what started as a
small group of hopeful mothers
has grown to an organization
comprising many hard working,
willing parents and teachers to
be found in various communities.
The PTA is now engaged in
one of the most important busi­
ness enterprises in the world, that
of helping children grow in free­
dom and dignity and to become
useful, happy, responsible citi­
zens. The current theme is
“Strengthening the Home, Source
of Our Nation’s Greatness.”
Disregarding traffic signs or
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Mrs. Leslie Ballantyne will signals is a good way to find
speak briefly on the subject at yourself involved in an accident.
tonight’s PTA session, which will Chief of Police Bob Love point­
be held at 8 o’clock in the cafe­ ed out today.
torium. There will be a table dis­
When a police officer spots a
playing literature and a plate for driver running a stop sign or
an annual silver offering.
signal, it indicates to him one of
Mrs. Bill Wilson, program chair­ three things about the driver, the
man, has arranged for a panel of chief said.
’’Either he’s inattentive, he’s
teenagers, under the direction of
Lawrence Schwarz. The five se­ discourteous, or he has little re­
lected from his speech class have gard for the importance of traffic
chosen as their topic, “Problems laws," he observed.
In any case he’s a driver on his
of PTA as Related to Schools and
way to trouble since about half
Parents.”
Refreshments will be served. of all traffic accidents occur at in-
The public is cordially invited to tersections. During the first six
months of 1960, latest period for
attend.
which figures are available, 6.6
percent of Oregon’s fatal acci­
Specialist From OSC dents involved disregarding a
traffic signal, stop sign or rail­
To Speak at Adrian road
signal, he said.
PT A Program Tonight Street signs, the chief conclud­
Adrian P T A program which ed, are ‘‘signs of life,” and it’s too
was scheduled for Feb. 16 has bad more people don’t recognize
been set ahead one week and them as such.
will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in
Adrian grade school. Roberta ADRIAN LIONS SLATE
Frasier, family life specialist from SATURDAY BENEFIT SUPPER
Oregon State college, will be
Adrian Lions club members are
guest speaker. Her subject will sponsoring a benefit pancake sup
be “The Family Cycle.”
per Saturday night at the grade
AKH and Big Bend extension school cafeteria with serving from
units will assist with refresh­ 5 to 8 p.m.
Proceeds will go to help pro-1
ments.
The public is invited to attend vide for needy children in the
Adrian area.
this meeting.
Police Chief Love
Cites Importance
Of Traffic Signs
GLADE CHADWICK
. . . of 806 North Second has
been appointed manager of Ore­
gon Concrete Products Nyssa
plant. The plant is in full-time
operation and features ready
mixed concrete for ditch Uning.
pit silos, feed lots, driveways,
basements, patios and all con­
crete needs. Chadwick needs no
introduction io Nyssans as he
has been a resident here for a
number of years and active in
many organisations.
Miss Malheur County
Registration Deadline
March 1; Pageant Set
Gene DeMinck has been named
local chairman for the Jaycee-
sponsored Miss Malheur County
pageant, it was announced this
week.
Sponsored by Ontario and Nys­
sa Jaycees, the event will be held
April 15 at Ontario high school
gymnasium.
During the pageant, Miss Mal­
heur County will be selected.
First place winner will receive
$250 scholarship and the oppor­
tunity to enter state competition.
Second place winner will receive
a $100 bond and a $50 bond will
be awarded to third place winner.
Candidates must be registered
by March 1, DeMinck said, and
those young ladies desiring to be­
come candidates may contact him
prior to the deadline date.
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GENE HINER
. . . newest member of the lo­
cal police force, comes to Nyssa
from Richfield. Idaho. He be­
gan duties as Nyssa patrolman
Jan. 23. He spent two years on
the police force at Meridian.
Idaho, and was sergeant-patrol­
man with the Garden City.
Idaho, force for two years. He
also worked for six months in
the sheriff's office in Ada coun­
ty, Idaho. Hiner attended traf­
fic courses covering general
functions of law in regard to
police work in various cities
while a member of law en­
forcement staffs. He. his wife.
Margaret, and seven-month-old
daughter, Laura, are now resid­
ing in Nyssa.
No Winners Present
At Tuesday Drawing
Names drawn this week at Nys­
sa Bank Days event were Paul
Johanex, route 1, New Plymouth.
$150 jackpot prize; Alme W Hen­
dricks, 606 North 10th street. $10
second award, and William W
Lewis, route 1, Ontario, third
prize of $5 There were no win-
ners on hand to claim their
a,wards.
Next Tuesday the jackpot prize
will climb to its maximum of
$200.
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Ow-yi-^e Lak* Storage
Feb 8, 1961
Feb 8, 1960
215,050 Acre Ft.
229,960 Acre Ft.
NUMBER 6
New Directors to Be Named—
School Board Election Feb. 14 Draws
Nineieen Candidates for Seven Posts
Prospective voters of reorganized Administrative School
District 26 will have a wide choice from which to select the
next school board at the election Tuesday, Feb. 14.
According to W. L. McPartland, school superintendent and
secretary of the present board, a total of 19 names had been
filed for the seven spots on the new board when filing time
ended Tuesday night.
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Names of candidates, in al­
phabetical order, are Fred
Arai, Dale Bingman, Lee Dail,
Mrs. K. A. Danford, Warren
DON JONES
. . . new manager of Service
Parts company, began his duties
in that capacity Feb. 1. replac­
ing Keith Stouffer who resign­
ed effective that dale. Jones,
his wife. Donna, and daughters.
Dawn. 4. and Lisa. 2, have been
making their home in Caldwell
where he was assistant manaqer
of the store there. He plans io
move his family to Nyssa as
soon as suitable housing is
available.
Nyssa AFS Chapter
Re-Elects Officers,
Plans March 17 Meet
American Field Service. Nyssa
chapter committee members met
at noon Tuesday at the high
school cafetorium.
The group re-elected the entire
slate of officers. They are Gene
Stunz, chairman; Mrs. Max Urry,
homes chairman; W. B Russell,
financial chairman; W. L. McPart­
land, school liaison officer; and
Bob Thompson, secretary. Mrs.
Ted Brammer was named a mem­
ber of the committee.
Alice Wilson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Seburn of rural
Nyssa and a junior at Nyssa high,
was nominated last fall as a can­
didate for Americans Abroad
program.
Successful candidates will spend
from six months to a full year
in some foreign country.
No information has been re­
ceived from National AFS head­
quarters in New York as to which
candidates were selected.
Plans are being formulated for
a one-hour evening foreign ex­
change program to be held March
17 at the local school.
Adrian Thespians
Give One-Act Plays
At High School Gym
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Purtii Head
Dellin Erickson told the Nyssa
Chamber of Commerce Wednes­
day that legislation is pending on
both state and national levels that
would vitally affect the opera­
tions of all retail merchants and
other small business men.
He enumerated the wage and
hour bills that had been intro-
duced to bring the minimum wage
to $1.25 an hour with amendments
concerning overtime and work
performed on weekends and holi­
days, labor-sponsored bills that
would deprive employers of man­
agerial rights, and workmen’s
compensation laws.
It was his suggestion that all
concerned should write to their
congressman and let their views
be known, whether they wished
more governmental control with
the corresponding increase in
taxes or if they, desired less con­
trol with people doing more of
the things noir being done for
them at federal expense.
Erickson also warned the group
against recognition of Red China
and dealing with Communistic
nations. "They may want peace,”
he said, “but on only their own
terms. There is no such thing as
coexistence.”
It was announced that Mal­
heur County Development asso­
ciation would meet at Moore ho­
tel in Ontario tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock and the Idaho-Eastern
Oregon Development council will
meet at Emmett next Monday at
8 p.m.
Promotions listed for the com­
ing year were Easter egg hunt in
April in cooperation with the Jay­
cees, $2 day in June, rodeo in
July, back-to-school day in Au­
gust, crazy day in September, mu­
sic festival day in October and
Santa Claus day during Christ­
mas season.
W. L. McPartland said March
2 had been tentatively set as date
for the annual C of C banquet
with Nephi Grigg as speaker.
Hipp Named Bank
Ag Representative
In Local District
Appointment of Norman F
Hipp, Malheur county farmer, as
agricultural representative for
First National Bank of Oregon in
the Ontario-Nyssa district has
been announced by Leonard Hew­
ett, manager of the bank’s Nyssa
branch.
Hipp has lived near Ontario most
of his life and is a graduate of
Ontario high school. He has been
row crop farming and feeding
cattle for the past 13 years. He is
married and has three daughters,
the oldest a freshman at Oregon
State college.
Active in a number of commun­
ity affairs, Hipp is president of
Malheur County Cattlemen’s as­
sociation, and a member of Beet
Growers and Potato Growers as­
sociations, Ontario Elks, Nyssa
Eagles and Bi-Ag club.
“Hipp’s practical background as
a cattle feeder and row crop far­
mer qualify him highly for his
By Representative Emil Stunz
riders under a 40-hour week was new bank field position,” Hewett
stated.
We are now beginning the fifth tabled in committee.
HB 1239 relates to marketing of
week of the 51st session. The bills
are coming out of committees fas­ agricultural commodities and en­ Adrien High School
ter and as a result our daily ses- , courages producer negotiating as­
Honor Sfuden*s
sions are lasting until noon each sociations, deals with unfair mar­ I
day. Soon we will be having af- 1 keting practices, etc. I believe
According to Glenn Ward. Ad­
that this bill will be of interest rian high school superintendent,
temoon session.
I will now refer back to some | to many people in our area. There several high school students hav­
of the bills that I commented on i will be a public hearing at the ing high grade averages have
in last week’s report. Many peo- I capitpl at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13.
been placed on the first semester
pie at home have been writing to | Our bill which aimed to short- honor roll. Students must earn
ten the legislative session to 90 grades of 2 or better to be plac­
me about these bills.
days was amended in committee ed on the roster.
Status Given on Bills
Names released this week from
HB 1010, relating to tax on in­ ■ to read 100 days and then was
ventories. The status of this bill defeated in the House by two the superintendent’s office are
seniors, Mary Ashcraft, Larry
is unchanged. Hearing date is votes.
HB 1097, which would have Mackey and Karen Mitchell; jun­
set for Feb. 20.
HB 1034 and 1036 have to do allowed school boards to admit iors. Linda Bishop. Barbara Brew­
with the taxing of trees, shrubs only children who were six years er, Marvin Haney, Anne Newman,
and growing crops. In further of age as of July 1 into the first Wayne Sparks, Gary Thompson
explanation of these two bills: grade if they thought it was a and Donna Turner.
HB 1034 leaves NO exemption on good idea, fell by the wayside in
Sophomore honor students are
crops while HB 1036 leaves only committee Friday after a public Donna Davis, Michael 'Hastrider,
trees and shrubs unassessable. A hearing at which many mothers Kiyohoru Hori, Karla Knegh, Da­
hearing was held on these bills and fathers voiced their views on vid Looney, Judy Mackey, Mi­
and as yet they are in committee. the subject. There was only one chael Pratt and Marlene Slippy;
Some 200 farmers attended the dissenting vote in the committee freshmen, Pauline Butler, Kenny
hearing at which Sen. Leth of and that by the chairman who is Hopkins, Daniel Hotchkiss, Effie
Polk county had this to say, “Far­ a school teacher. The bill had the Laan, Lenna Ritthaler, Terry
mers are paying all they can and support of the OEA and the As­ Tallman. Donna Taylor and Mary
passage would automatically re­ sociation of Elementary School Worden.
sult in increased farm taxes.” He Principals.
A biB has been ir
iced that
explained that assessing would be
Personnel Changed
made on crops growing on land would require that notices be sent
and that these change from year to relatives of persons applying At Nyssa Motors
to year and that even the same for welfare assistance. These no­
John Pierson, manage • of Ny ■ a
crops change greatly in value is tices would inform the relatives Motors, an^pur.cei a recent
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they
m.4ht
later
be
l.able
to
short periods of time. Cost of ad­
change in garage personnel Keith
ministrate. would be prohibitive repay the State Welfare commis­ Ston iter r now parts manager
sion
in
welfare
payments.
as it would take an army to keep
and LeRoy Miller, former parts
assessed valuation of crops up to Auto Insurance Bill Introduced
manager, has been put in charge
An
ilitomobile
insurance
bill
date.
of the service department.
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requiring
liability
insurance
for
Ditch R.4^r Bill Tabled
Stouffer resigned Feb 1 as
(Clhtinued n Pa£ 7)
HB 1042 which would put ditch
manager of Sendee Parts
Emil Stunz Gives Legislative Report;
Discusses Many Bills of Local Interest
Erickson Reports
On Pending Bills
At Chamber Meet
10 Cents Per Copy
Adrian Thespians group pre­
sented three one-act plays Jan.
31 in the high school gym. Mrs.
Wally Krause was director, as­
sisted by Larry Mackey. First
play was “Standing Room Only,”
written by Jerry Jones. Cast
members were Linda DeHaven,
Jesse Kygar, Jeannine Wynn, Ron­
nie Martin, Karla Kriegh, David
Looney, Paul Parker, Mary Ash­
craft and Marlene Slippy.
Second play, “Who’s That
Knocking on My Door,” was writ­
ten by Anne Coulter Martens.
Cast included Judy Mackey, La-
Raine Barton, Vernon Slippy,
Gary Thompson, Pauline Butler,
Lynnette Mitchell, Ellen Jones,
Linda DeHaven and David Loo­
ney.
Third play was “The Uninvited
Ghost” and the cast included La-
Raine Barton, Judy Mackey, Da­
vid Looney, Vernon Slippy, Mary
Ashcraft, Jeannine Wynn, Karla
Kriegh, Anne Newman, Gary
Thompson, Rich Stroh and Alice
Simpson.
Adrian high school band played
selections between acts and was
directed by Wally Krause, music
instructor.
The cast presented Mrs. Krause
and Mackey with gifts of appre­
ciation.
Farmer, Bill Fitzsimmons, Mark
Hartley, Paul Hirai, Wilton Jack-
son. Marvin Jefferies, Ray Larson,
Ralph Lawrence. Joel Mitchell,
Melvin Spitze, Gene Stunz, Dick
Tensen, Rex Voeller, Don Wilson
and Henry Zobell.
To vote one must be registered
and a resident of the school dis­
trict for 30 days prior to election.
It is not necessary to be an owner
of property or a taxpayer.
Voting place is the junior high
school little theater and voting
hours are from 2 to 8 p.m. next
Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Nyssa Jaycees
Favor Proposed
Swimming Pool
Bennefi Named
County Chairman
For Heart Drive
Fred E Bennett of Nyssa has
been named Malheur county
chairman for the 1961 Heart Fund
drive during February, Mrs. C. E.
Gunn, state heart fund chairman,
announced recently.
The month - long fund - raising
drive will reach its high point on
Heart Sunday. Feb. 26, wljen vol­
unteers throughout the County’s
residential areas will call on
neighbors for contributions.
In accepting appointment the
new campaign chairman pointed
out that local heart fund contri­
butions make possible the support
of cardio-vascular research in
Oregon and aid scientists in
clinics and university laboratories
throughout the nation.
Deaths due to heart diseases
add up to more than 900,000 a
year, surpassing the combined to­
tal from all other causes.
Progress of the American Heart
association in bringing heart dis­
ease under control depends upon
increased public support.
Bennett said the local campaign
will be conducted through or­
ganizational operations. Litera­
ture will be distributed in the
immediate area to help fight
public enemy No. 1—heart dis­
ease.
Tom Jones has been named lo­
cal chairman for the drive.
Nyssa Jaycees endorsed the
swimming pool project, made
plans for the annual Easter egg
hunt, discussed the Miss Malheur
County pageant and the coming
school election at the Feb. 2 meet­
ing, according to Secretary Bill
Barton.
Endorsement of the swimming
pool followed a detailed explana­
tion of the proposed project by
Stan Newman and Don Olde-
meyer. The group also agreed to
aid in getting voters to the polls
on election day, Feb. 28.
Bill Fangen was appointed to
serve as chairman of the egg hunt
while Gene DeMinck, Dick Hart
and Neal Miller are to handle
the county beauty pageant.
Bud Tibbets announced that the
"Find-Out” program sponsored | Gladys Ethel Goucher, 66, route
by the local group would start in I 1, Vale, was cited for failure to
Nyssa next Monday, Feb. 13.
yield the right-of-way following
I a three-car crash at Second and
Main Monday afternoon about
Hartley Named Head I 2:45
o’clock.
Of Potato Growers
There were no injuries but con­
siderable damage was done to two
In Malheur County
of the cars involved.
Sam Hartley of Nyssa was
According to police reports,
elected president of Malheur Mrs. Goucher, driving a 1954 Pon­
County Potato Growers associa­ tiac sedan and traveling west on
tion at a special directors meeting Main street, ran the stop sign and
held last week in Ontario.
was hit broadside by a 1949 Chev­
Other officers elected were Tom rolet sedan driven by Guy Alfred
Burns of Oregon Slope, vice pres­ Love, 76, route 2, Nyssa, who was
ident; Malheur county extension crossing Main going north. The
agent Fred Hagelstein, secretary; impact threw the Goucher car
and Cal Lee of Ontario, treasurer. around into a 1961 Falcon driven
Hartley also appointed the 1961 by William J. Rose, 29, Boise.
advertising committee of the as­
Most of the damage was sus­
sociation. Appointed were Bill tained by the Pontiac and Falcon.
Russell of Nyssa, Maurice Judd
of Adrian and Clarence Lee of
Electrical Industry
Ontario.
Advertising committee is cur­ Personnel Invited
rently planning an advertising
program for the 1961 potato crop. To Boise Conference
Possibility of increased promotion
Electrical dealers, contractors,
in California markets is also be­ repair and electronics people and
ing studied by the committee.
their wives from the Nyssa area
are invited to participate in an
all-day
week conference
Co-op Officers Attend sponsored Electric
by Snake River Valley
Clinic for Farm Needs Electrical association m Boise on
Members of Nyssa Co-op at­ Saturday, according to Paul Pen­
tending a chemical-fertilizer clin­ rod, Idaho Power district manag­
ic at Ontario today and tomorrow er and member of the association.
are Ernie Metcalf, Ed Mason and
The conference opens at Hotel
John Ward.
Boise at 9 a m Awards for out­
Following the clinic, specialists standing achievement culminat­
from the Research and Develop­ ing from a three-month associa­
ment departments of Pacific Co­ tion contest will be presented in
operatives will come to Nyssa the afternoon. Nationally known
Saturday, Feb. 11 to meet farmers speakers will be featured.
of the area and aid them in solv­
A special program including a
ing their fertilizer and chemical noon luncheon and fashion show
problems, Metcalf said.
| has been planned for the ladies.
Three-Car Wreck
Brings Citation
To Vale Woman
Stun:' H ohí Í-H Membyr*
Large Crowd Attends
Girl Scout Banquet
A large crowd of fathers, adop­
ted fathers,” Girl Scouts and
Brownies were present at the an­
nual father - daughter banquet
held Monday evening at the
school cafetorium. Complete ham
dinner was furnished by troop
members and their mothers.
Program consisted of songs and
dances by members of the various
troops.
Troop 81 with Mrs. Wilton
Jackson and Mrs. Gene Stunz as
leaders held its flying-up cere-
mony.
According to Mrs. Bill Hamil-
ton, n< .gnboghood chairman, some
silverware and bowls were left
at the cafetorium. They are avail­
able at the Hamilton home, 410
I j^ing avenue.
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REP. and MRS. EMIL STUNZ ware on hand io walcome Malheur
county 4H members io Salem when they visited the capital city
during the recent 4-H government conference. The couple gave the
4*H'ers special attention when they showed them inside glimpses
of house proceedings. Pictured with Mr. and Mrs. Stuns are Sally
Griffin of Vale and John Jones of Jordan Valley.