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THURSDAY. MARCH 2. 1961 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON PAGE SIX - I---------------- -------- Eagles Auxiliary Members Honored At Birthday Party Eagles auxiliary met Tuesday evening at Eagles hall with 22 members attending the short business meeting and initiation of Sharen Jaques Mabie Fangen won the door prize and Silvie Smith missed the jackpot prize. Ruth Collins reported on the trip she made with Madam State President Barbara Jaques on vis itation to coastal aeries. Following the meeting, a birth day party honored Bertha Rude- lick, Johnny Russell. Dorothy Mitchell, Gladys Morfitt, Bernice Cleaver and Virginia Brandt. Cake and coffee were served by Larene Beckstead, Lillian Lundy and Juanita Allen and gifts were presented to the honorees by the auxiliary. A social evening was spent playing bridge and pi- nochle. Next meeting will be held March 7. Ethel Wilson will fur- nish the door prize; Rose Toombs and Kathryn Grunke, refresh ments; and Anna VanderOord and Greta Broad, entertainment. Thursday Bridge Group Meets at Eldredge Home Mrs. Tom Eldredge was hostess last week to members of the Thursday afternoon bridge club. Prizes were won by Mrs. Harry Miner and Mrs. Artie Robertson. Rebekah Group Lists Pinochle Party Winners A benefit pancake supper was served Saturday evening at IOOF hall by members of Rebekah and Odd Fellows lodges. Following the serving hour, eight tables of pinochle were in play. Mrs. John Reeves and Walter Fox received high prize awards, Mrs. Owen Gann and Emil Wohlcke were winners of second high prizes and traveling awards went to Mrs. Orma Cleaver and Herman Towne. Mrs. Lancaster Hosts Tuesday Bridge Group Mrs. Muri Lancaster entertain ed last week for members of the Tuesday afternoon bridge group with two tables in play. Prizes were won by Mrs. A H. Boydell and Mrs. Paul Penrod. +—+ Eastern Star Chapter Holds Regular Meeting Golden Rule chapter 131, Order of Eastern Star, met Feb. 20 at the Masonic hall with Worthy Matron Mrs. Elizabeth House pre siding. Following a short business meeting, refreshments were serv ed by William Schireman and C. A. Wernick. Jaycee Wives Club Meets at DeMinck Home Mrs. Delwin Holcomb, Mrs. Rudy Marostica and Mrs. Floyd Hale were guest players at Jay- cees wives bridge club when members met Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Eugene De- Minck. Prize winners were Mrs. Holcomb, Mrs. Marostica and Mrs. Paul Hirai. __ 4. Auxiliary Members Plan Fashion Show, Elect New Officers Annual spring fashion show was the topic of discussion when hos pital auxiliary members met Mon day in the hospital basement. The event is slated at 2 p m. Saturday, March 16, in the school cafetor- ium. Mrs K. A. Danford was named overall chairman for the spring show. Tickets for admission will en title the holder to membership in the auxiliary, although it should not be interpreted to mean that the holder is expected to be an active working member, Mrs. Danford said. New officers were also elected Mrs. at the Monday meeting Robert Heldt was chosen to head the group. Other officers elected were Mrs. Joe Maughn, vice president; Mrs Willis Bertram, secretary; and Mrs. Robert Fan gen, treasurer. David Beers Honored On Birthday Anniversary Appear in Communii y Convert Marrh 7 Coming Events . . . Tonight. 7 pjn,—PTA executive meeting. Tonight. 7:30 p.m. — Regular meeting of Job's Daughters at Masonic hall. Tonight. 8 p.m.—Nyssa Legion and auxiliary meeting at com munity hall. Tonight. 8 p.m.—WSCS general meeting at Methodist church. March 3. 2 p.m.—Rebekah Sun Mrs. Neal Miller Feted shine club meeting at home of Feb. 21 At Stork Shower Mrs. Walter Fox. Mrs. Neal Miller was guest March 3. 8 p.m.—Nyssa public honor at a pink and blue shower school music concert in high held Feb. 21 at the home of Mrs. school gym. Eugene DeMinck. Mrs. Paul Hi March 4. 8:30 p.m. — Oregon rai, Mrs. Art Bosselman, Mrs. Trail card party at Grange hall. Harold Wilson and Mrs. DeMinck March 4 and 5 — LDS confer were hostesses for the event. ence at Nyssa stake house. The evening was spent playing March 5. 12 noon to 5 p.m. — games, after which refreshments Job's Daughters smorgasboard at were served to the 15 ladies in school cafeiorium. attendance. March 6, 10 a.m. — Girl Scout ♦—+ neighborhood meeting at high school building. March 6, 8 p.m.—Eastern Star meeting at Masonic halt March 6, 8 p.m.—Adrian Legion and auxiliary meeting. Everett Jones of Jordan Valley, March 7, 8 p.m.—SRV commun master of Golden Rule lodge No. A SNAKE RIVER VALLEY community orchestra will be free. Those standing in the above photo ity orchestra at Ontario high 147 of Nyssa, was master of cere has been formed under direction of Charles Clau- are (left to right) Clauser: Eggert Oft, Nyssa, school auditorium. monies at the annual Washington March 7, 8 p.m.—Eagles auxil banquet held Friday evening at ser, music supervisor of Ontario public schools. trombone; Joyce Jensen. Emmett, cello; Raymon East Side cafe in Ontario. The The group is preparing for a concert at Ontario Hinton, Ontario, horn. Seated are Bernice Fisher, iary meeting at Eagles hall. March 8. 1 p.m. — Irrigation dinner was attended by Eastern high school auditorium March 7 at 8 p.m. There Nyssa, concert mistress: and Lillian Anderson. forecast meeting at county court Star members, Masons and guests will be more than 35 musicians in the orchestra Payette, clarinet. house. from all Malheur county lodges. from towns in the surrounding area. Admission March 8. 8 p.m. — Chamber of Bob MacArthur, past master of Commerce annual banquet at Silver City lodge No. 13 of Home Oregon Trail hall. dale, was guest speaker. His topic March 9, 1:30 p.m.—Nyssa ex was George Washington and he tension unit meeting at Methodist described his Masonic career, church. political activities and personal March 9. 8 p.m.—PTA meeting. Funeral services for Edna characteristics. with nine to 15 leaflets. It isn't Strom Barclay were held Tues Although there are five spe Joe A. Bennett, also a past mas cies of so-called Oregon grape as tall and the leaves aren’t day afternoon, Feb. 28, 1961, at ter of Silver City lodge, showed in the state, only one of them is as shiny. Lienkaemper chapel with the colored slides of the upper Owy the official state flower. In early history Oregon grape Rev. Paul L. Ludlow of Nyssa hee country, Silver City, Jordan March 3. 8 p.m.—Nyssa public If a person doesn't know the was made into a popular tea Methodist church officiating. Valley, Atlanta and Rocky Bar, difference, chances are he hasn't and was the chief ingredient in Mrs. Barclay was born Sept. 17, school music concert in high which are pioneer gold mining the state flower in his flower a famous spring tonic called 1910, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, school gym. towns of Idaho, and other scenic garden, according to Dr. Helen March 4—Idaho Power-sponsor, "Pfunder's Oregon Blood Puri Canada. She succumbed Feb. 26, sections of Idaho and eastern Ore M. Gilkey, retired curator of fier." 1961, in Nyssa following a linger ed trip to Brownlee and Oxbow gon. the Oregon State college herb In a more concentrated solu ing illness. dams for Science club group. Among those attending from arium. Oregon grape was se tion, the roots were used in She was married to Carl Bar March 6, 7 p.m.—Adult begin Nyssa were Messrs, and Mmes. lected as the state flower in medicine as a cathartic, stimu clay on March 31, 1934, in Winni ners welding class. W. O. Hipp, Emil Paulus, B. B March 7—Merit scholarship test lant to the kidneys, in dyspep peg. The family came to Nyssa 1899. some 40 years after Ore Lienkaemper, Art Colby, C. A. gon became a state on Feb. 14, sia, dysentery, typhoid fever 11 years ago from Portland. Mrs. will be given to all members of Wernick, Earl Jennings, Paul 1859. Barclay was a member of Nyssa i junior class. and malaria. House, Ray Huffman, William | The berries of Oregon grape Methodist church. March 7, 7 p.m.—Adult advanc All the Oregon grape species Schireman, Harold Brendle, Mrs. have compound leaves made up In addition to Mr. Barclay, sur- j ed welding class. were used for both food and Angie Cook, Mrs. Lyda Kohl and | drink. A yellow dye was made vivors include one daughter, Mrs. I March 7, 7:30 p.m.—FFA meet of leaflets. These also have yel Tom Jones. by steeping the twigs and bark Patricia Collins of Auburn, Wash., I ing. low flowers and blue grape-like and her mother, Mrs. Christine March 8—Agriculture teachers in water. Adrian guests included Mr. and berries. Strom of Berkeley, Calif. of Malheur county will meet at Mrs. William Webb, Mr. and Mrs. But here's the difference: The Interment was made in Nyssa Ontario. George Cartwright, Mrs. Bill Wil state flower grows as a rather Cities Allowed io Negotiate March 9. 8 pun.—PT A meeting. Massachusetts adopted a law m cemetery under direction of Lien lis, Mrs. Lois Williams and Mr large shrub, up to 10 feet, com kaemper funeral home. Pallbear and Mrs. Glen Brown. pared to others in the state 1960 authorizing cities and towns Ministers of the valley were which are only about two feet to enter into collective bargain ers were Ray Russell, Dale Garri ing agreements with labor organ son, Clarence Neely, Joe Able special guests. high. izations representing their em man, E. H. Brandt and Lawrence : Feb. 18—To Mr. and Mrs. J. B. has Besides being bushy, it McGinnis of Parma, a boy. ployees, except police officers. Pace. giossy green leaves which are Feb. 23—To Mr. and Mrs. Wil divided into five to seven spiny liam Eugene Barnes of Vale, a leaflets. The flower cluster, boy. which is branched and re Feb. 26—To Mr. and Mrs. Fred The month of February was set branched on the stale flower, is Defier of Nyssa, a boy. aside for the purpose of gathering larger. Oregon grape is known Feb. 26—To Mr. and Mrs. David birthday pennies for the Primary either by the genus Berberís or Although the incidence of tu-finarians, private and salaried, Savage of Nyssa, a girl. Children's hospital in Salt Lake Mahonia. Either is correct. Dr. berculosis in livestock has in throughout the state. When the City. Members of LDS wards and Gilkey said. creased in some states, it has not statewide certification was at Labor Force Totals 73.7 Million primary organizations were asked The labor force, including the The state flower grows in the in Oregon, according to figures tained, the routine testing rate to give two cents for each past Douglas fir woods and margins released by the State Department was reestablished after July 1959 Armed Forces, totaled 73.7 million birthday. Primary includes chil of it and in thickets where of Agriculture. The year 1960 showed a de in November 1960, according to dren from ages 4 to 12 years. there is plenty of rainfall in !In addition to ranch testing in crease of about 8,500 cattle tested the U. S. Labor department's bur The hospital originally had 35 Western Oregon and Northwes the year 1959. 129,971 cattle and on the ranch compared with 1959. eau of labor statistics. beds but has grown to accommo tern Idaho and points from 14,720 calves were examined for Eighteen skin lesion cases were date many small patients in addi Washington to British Colum TB on post - mortem by state detected and a total of 11 cases Main Tourist Attraction tion to numerous out-patients. The United Nations headquar bia. meat inspectors at state-inspected showed visible lesion on post- According to information fur Long - leaved Oregon grape slaughter plants. An equivalent mortem. Of these 11 cases, six ters now ranks as the top tourist nished by Mrs. J. Elwood Flin grows in higher altitudes. It number was examined by federal were not confirmed by laboratory attraction in New York, More ders, objective of the hospital is differs from the "state" one in meat inspectors. Of all these ani examination; five were laboratory than two million persons a year| to help children who can be cured having a simple flower cluster mals, six showed gross lesions. negative. No positive case was visit it. or rehabilitated to become nor Five proved negative to TB on listed. mal, useful citizens. Mentally de In view of the increase in other Journal Classifieds Get Results! laboratory examination and one ficient children or incurable cases j case was not sent for confirma states, every precaution to pre cannot be accepted. The hospital [ vent such a situation in Oregon tion. serves any eligible child under ( is being taken, say authorities. In 1960. 153.620 cattle and 15,- Fulltime personnel are tracing all 14 years of age without regard Home economics students from 558 calves were examined for TB contacts coming into and going to race, color or creed. Children whose families are un Nyssa high school will participate Of these, two cows were confirm out of infected herds and compil able to pay for their care are in the 16th annual meeting of ed positive on laboratory examin ing case histories on them. Re treated free of charge. Those who Oregon’s Future Homemakers of ation of post - mortem material, tests on infected herds are con can pay in part or in full are ex America March 3 and 4 at Ore two were negative on laboratory ducted by assistant state veterin examination and two were not arians who are instructed to leave gon State college in Corvallis. pected to do so. Some 400 representatives from sent for laboratory diagnosis. Mrs. Flinders stated that any- no stone unturned in the detec To detect, control and eradicate tion of possible infection. one in this area who is interested 111 junior and senior high school chapters across the state are ex | TB, Oregon is divided into east either in entering a child in the hospital or in contributing to its pected for the state meeting. To ern or beef counties, and western Wealth, m itself, is not wrong FOR FINE PRINTING program may contact her or eith tal FHA membership in Oregon or dairy counties. Federal reac- but there are differences of opin THE GATE CITY er of the ward primary presidents, is now 4042. creditation for TB falls due every ion about how far a man can go JOURNAL! Two goals will be emphasized three years on a county basis. Mrs. S. R. Mitchell or Mrs Melvin in getting it Feik. Examinations and treat- at the meetings: to develop a In range counties (eastern Ore ments are by appointment only. better understanding of family gon) this reaccreditation consists I members and neighbors and to of tuberculin testing 5 percent of 1 Mrs. Gerald Mackey of Adrian develop individual potential abili beef range cows over three years i and Mrs. George N. Bear attend ties. of age accounting for 15 percent | Mrs. Virginia Steffens is chap of range females on regular I ed Silver chapter 83, Order of Eastern Star, Tuesday night at ter adviser of Nyssa high school slaughter reports. Also required chapter which has 73 members. I is a tuberculin test of all pure- J Homedale. bred herds, all commercial dairy herds and a retest of herds which showed advanced infection over j the last 12 years. Retests should i be accomplished within the three- year period. In western Oregon dairy coun ties federal reactreditation in volves testing a 11 commercial dairy herds and 10 percent of all mature cattle This includes the one to five-cow herds which are TB tested simultaneously to the three-vear Bang's test. This system gives adequate pro tection to the livestock industry ■ as well as to the consumer of beef and dairy products, officials be lieve Numbers of ranch and dairy cattle tested annually in the past few years are 1957, 102,806 head; 1958.' 41,313 head; 1959 98.985 head, I960. 90.492 head The decrease in numbers tested : *n 1956 was the result of the all- •ut brucellous testing tamp* ;:i to achieve certification ofa the state All available funds were diverted brucellosis work, as o were the everts of all veter- Mrs. David Beers entertained Feb. 19 with dinner honoring her husband on his birthday anniver sary. Attending the event were Mr. and Mrs. John Cranner of New Plymouth, Mr. and Mrs. Les lie Topliff, Mr. and Mrs Leroy Herrman and Bruce Jenkins. ♦—♦ A PRE PLAN! FERTILIZATION PAYS Washington Banquet Is Held by Masons Of Malheur County One of Five Oregon Grape Species Designated as Official Slate Flower Final Rites Held Tuesday Afternoon For Edna Barclay Nyssa High School Calendar of Events Nyssa Births . . . LDS Organizations Give Birthday Money For Hospital Support State Incidence Low in Livestock TR In Spite of Increases in Other Areas FERTILIZE Local Home Ec Girls Scheduled to Attend Annual Meet at OSC Nitrogen Fertilizers ------------ - Store Hours Changed THE STORK SHOP IS MOVING EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 OUR NEW STORE HOURS ARE ONE BLOCK EAST TO 219 MAIN STREET . . . and Will Be Closed March 6 Through 9! RE-OPENING FRIDAY, MARCH 10 Monday Thru Friday Saturdays (These Hours Will Closely Conform to Those of Our Customers) . . . but REMOVAL SALE CONTINUES THIS WEEK StoàJt Shop. . 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