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Q THURSDAY. MARCH 2. 1961 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON PAGE FIVE Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rigney were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter March of Boise. Mrs. March and Mrs Rigney are sis ters. Saturday and Sunday were spent at the March cabin in Pla Vern L. Hill, director of Oregon cerville, Idaho. Mrs. Rigney department of motor vehicles, an states that coasting in the snow Harlan R. Sager was named nounced recently that a new pro was fine. winner of the 1961 Bausch and gram will be initiated immediate Lomb Honorary Science award ly to check qualifications of driv for Nyssa high The annual award program involving drivers with ers with a recent history of avoid questionable physical conditions is given in recognition of superior able accidents and traffic convic and poor performance records. scientific aptitude in over 7000 tions. schools. According to Edward M. Syring, Hill said the majority of drivers High grades in biology, general affected would be those licensed manager of the department's science, chemistry and physics driver license division, driver prior to 1933 who are now having won Harlan the honor. Harlan's driver troubles. These will be re qualifications will not be ques lowest semester grade in a science quested to take a complete driver tioned as long as they maintain class was a 2 in general science, license examination at regular li trouble-free records. But when He is currently enrolled in phy- censing stations. He estimated they begin to accumulate a record sics. that there were approximately of violations or accidents they Harlan is now eligible to com- 50,000 Oregon drivers who had shall be required to pass a test. pete for a science scholarship, Syring says that state motor ve never taken a complete test. hicle laws provide that any licens sponsored by Bausch and Lomb, ‘These people,” he said, “were ed driver can be examined at any Inc., at the University of Roch licensed between 1920 and 1931 time the department has reason ester. and were blanketed in when the to believe the operator might not Combintd Awards Total $21.600 state’s present licensing law be be qualified. Failure to appear At least three scholarships are came effective.” for a test when requested will re awarded each year. The scholar There is also a re-examination sult in license suspension. ships are apportioned according Borge Has Role City Librarian Lists Recent Additions Miss In Production at OSC Stale to Re-Test Of Books Available to Nyssa Readers Certain Drivers City Librarian Joy Bell reports*opment, darkroom apparatus, en- a number of interesting new vol- larging and special techniques, umes added for circulation at CHILDREN'S BOOKS Nyssa public library. Included in -Treaiure in lhe Sand- b Eh. the readable additions are the fol- zabelh Walton owing "Brady" by Jean Fritz. ADULT READING "A Filly for Joan" by C. W. An- "Waicher in the Shadows" by derson. Geoffrey Household. This is the "Young Audubon, Boy Natural story of a manhunt, of a protract- ist" by Miriam E. Mason. ed duel fought out in London and "The Great Declaration" by in the countryside of Sussex by Henry Steele Commager. two of the most accomplished and "Joyful Poems for Children" deadly intelligence officers to by James Whitcomb Riley, have survived World War II. The She Wolf of France by MiIV CflW Tfttcrl Maurice Druon. This is the sec- , VOW 10101 ond series of “The Accursed Tri OlfiaOIl DrODS Kings,” historical novels about y the 14th century. It is in every ¿Q 4/"Y©ar LOW way worthy of its predecessors; Oregon started 1961 with the the canvas is, moreover, wider and the book considerably longer. fewest number of milk cows since "To Kill a Mockingbird" by , 1914, reports Stephen C. Marks, extension agricultural economist Harper Lee. The place of this en- 1 at Oregon State college. Nation chanting, intensely moving story is Maycomb, Ala. The time is the ally, milk cow numbers stand at the lowest level since 1909. depression but Scout and her bro Milk cows and heifers two years ther, Jem. are seldom depressed. ___ have _ appalling ... gifts for — . age and °lder in the state now Thel en- tertaining themselves—appalling, 'lumt>er around 17/.000, Marks that is, to almost everyone ex- as studied reports from cept their wise lawyer father, At- Department of Agncul- ticUS I t 1,rP Fi<nirp« ture. Figures in in thi» the rpnnrtc reports warn were ticus. based on the recently completed "Son and Heir" by Edith P. 1959 Census of Agriculture. Begner. East Side General is a This puts the number of milk busy and fashionable New York hospital; the doctors who serve cows in Oregon two percent be there are, for the most part, hard low that of January a year ago working, dedicated men. But they and nearly 40 percent below the are human, too, and matters of record high of 290,000 set in 1943, life and death sometimes take sec Marks pointed out. Since 1955, ond place to rivalry and personal milk cow numbers have dropped 56,000, with most of this decline ambition. "The Sealer" by James Wood. taking place in the 1955-56 period. Oregon dairymen also have A novel of espionage and the sea. With great virility and deftness, fewer one to two-year-old heifers he takes his very real characters on hand for herd replacements into situations taut with action than a year ago but are keeping more heifer calves, Marks said. and suspense. "The Seven Ages of Woman" Meanwhile, national milk cow by Elizabeth Parker, M. D. This numbers at the start of the year book seeks to establish a founda hit an even deeper low with tion of fact for the understanding dairymen holding the fewest milk of the normal experiences com cows since the turn of the cen mon to the great majority of wo tury. USDA reports show there men. It traces woman’s develop were 19.3 million head of milk ment—physical, psychological and j cows and heifers two years of age spiritual — through the seven or older on Jan. 1—down about stages of her life. one percent from a year earlier. "Diamond Head" by Peter Gil Except for a brief increase in man. In this compelling novel of 1953, there has been a steady de modern Hawaii, Gilman has pain cline in national dairy cow num ted a panoramic view of the Is bers since the all-time high of 27.8 lands, brilliantly interweaving all million head was set in 1945, the elements that make up a Marks noted. During this time, unique and vital way of life. His milk cow numbers have dropped turbulent story of the powerful at the rate of about a half-million Howland clan, one of the foremost head a year. families in the Islands, is the And, as in Oregon, dairymen story of Hawaii itself. over the nation have slightly few "The Capture of Quebec" by er heifers in the one-to-two-year Christopher Lloyd. The battle age bracket on hand but are keep which resulted in the capture of ing a few more heifer calves. Quebec was fought between Technological changes, along forces so small in number that together they would not make up with the cost - price squeeze on a present-day division; and the dairying since World War II, are result of the battle, which lasted major reasons for the decline in only a quarter of an hour, was no dairy cow numbers, Marks be longer in doubt after the British lieves. Higher prices for beef the had fired their first tremendous last few years also caused many farmers to switch from milk to volley. "Bring Forth the Children" by meat production, he added. Yul Brynner. This is a moving account of the new generation growing up today in the refugee camps of Germany, Austria, Jor For the fourth consecutive year dan, Jerusalem and the Gaza the Bulldog has been awarded the Strip. "How to Live Through Junior state certificate of achievement High School" by Eric W Johnson. for its tuberculosis press project This discusses in frank detail the submitted last December. academic, social and sex problems Commented adviser Clyde Swi of children between the ages of sher, “It’s encouraging to see the 11 and 15—problems of study and Bulldog win awards. Even more work habits, making friends, remarkable is the fact that Nyssa drinking, smoking, allowances, high is the only school in Oregon punishment, puberty, sex educa to win the award four times in a tion, necking, going steady and row.” many other troublesome points Returning staff members for 'The Candle Book" by Carli next year are already thinking Laklan. Here is the first — and and making plans for next sea only—complete book about can son’s entry and a chance at win dlecraft and candles; a book for ning a fifth award. The Bulldog was one of six high those who seek a satisfying hob by or an exciting moneymaking schools in the state to win recog nition. Judging has not been venture. "How Man Made Music" by completed on the national level. Fannie R. Buchanan. This tells The Bulldog has three national the fascinating story of the evo awards. lution of musical instruments; of Jlow in striking wood against RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. Murle Marcum returned stone, in beating a hollow log with a club, in blowing into an home Friday from Malheur Mem animal horn, man found that he orial hospital where she under could devise instruments for went major surgery. She is con keeping rhythm or for playing valescing satisfactorily at home. melodies. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Armstrong "Astronomical Photography at the Telescope" by Thomas Rack of Wilder visited Sunday evening ham. This begins by thoroughly with Mr. and Mrs. George McKee. covering the necessary essentials Mr. and Mrs. James Stephen of photography and the important features of telescopes and camer recently attended a merchandise | as. with particular emphasis on display meeting and sales person- the photographic properties of the nel instruction course for Coast- six - inch Newtonian telescope to-Coast company at Multnomah Later chapters describe, among hotel in Portland. other topics, ultra-violet and in fra-red photography, film devel- Journal Claaatfiedi Got Resultai Bulldog Wins Fourth Press Project Award Eastern Oregon college produc tion of "Anything Goes." the | Broadway musical by Bolton and Wodehouse, opens Thursday for a three-night run at EOC theatre. The musical, set to a number of Cole Porter favorites, has a cast of 20 in addition to a chorus of 34, 15 dancers and a 15-piece orchestra. Leading the cast will be Ellen Uesugi, Wahaiwa, Hawaii; Fred Everett, Milton-Freewater; Dave Slabaugh, Ruth Combs, LeRoy Mobley and Deanna Talbott, La Grande. Among local area students cast in the musical is Loretta Kay Borge, a 1960 graduate of Adrian high school and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Borge, route 1, Nyssa. “Anything Goes" is under di rection of Richard G. Hiatt, with music direction by John L. Cobb and choreography by Christine Nicoloff. ATTEND LA GRANDE MEET Andrew J. Child, secertary of Nyssa FFA chapter, and Carl De- | vin, chapter adviser, went to La . Grande Wednesday where Child I will participate in sectional FFA competition. He will enter a pub lic speaking contest with contes tants from Snake River and Eas tern Oregon districts. Science Award Won by Senior Harlan R. Sager to need and have a total combined value of $21,600. Principal Gene Chester stated, “These awards are especially sig nificant. Today, everyone realizes how important science is. 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