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• • Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME LVI Th* Sugar City THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. JUNE 22. 1961 Nampan Dies ai Nyssa Sunday Dance From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound; Authorities Lisi Accidental Shooting fri A7*tr Eiiiiipinvni Miss Lena Kalaya. exchangeThope was that Nyssans had leam- student from Greece, left yester- ed something of her country. Her day by bus with Job’s Daughters greatest desire is for Nyssa to who were enroute to Portland to continue the exchange student attend grand session. program. Miss Kalaya will meet other Anxious to See Family exchange students in that city Lena said, “I have made many where they will board 54 buses. She will be aboard bus No. 53. friends here and will miss my They will leave Portland June 23 host iamily, the Rineharts, but I and travel via Washington. Mon am most anxious to return to rr.y tana, North Dakota, Minnesota, own family and native country. I Illinois. Ohio, Pennsylvania. New love my family and home here, but I also love my family in York and Washington, D.C They will arrive in the capital Greece.” She added that she hoped to city July 14 where they will be given tours. Each student was visit here again soon and will given an opportunity to select correspond with friends. one of a set number of such tours. Miss Kalaya’s father is a lawyer Miss Kalaya chose the trip to Vir in Volos but does a lot of his ginia where they will visit his practicing in Athens. She has two toric Alexandria and Mt. Vernon. sisters, one younger and one old er than she. Will Tour Capital City When she returns home she While in Washington, D.C., the students will visit the capitol plans to work with her local AFS building. White house. Pentagon committee to secure exchange and many other sites of interest. students for her country A young Miss Kalaya will leave the lady from Milton-Freewater, Ore., capital city by plane July 27 and is the student selected to go to arrive in her native Greece the her community for the summer program. following day While on the buses enroute to She told a Journal reporter that she enjoyed her stay in Nyssa and Washington. D.C, the exchange wanted to thank the students and students will receive mail for whole community for making it warded to them from AFS head possible for her to come here as quarters Lena's address will be c/o American Field Service, 313 an exchange student. She said she learned so much E. 43rd St, Bus 53, New York 17. about the United States and her NY City Facing Acute Waler Shortage; Excessive Irrigation Demand Leaves Insufficient for Fire-Fighting Needs Nyssa $2 Days According to Colby, approxi Climax Saturday; mately 800 gallons of water are delivered into city mains daily Prizes Offered i for each person in Nyssa but it is Pool Construction Now on Schedule Miss Lena Kalaya, Exchange Student, Leaves Nyssa tor Home in Greece NUMBER 25 Nyssa is again facing an acute water shortage—not from the standpoint of domestic users but in the amount that would be needed under sufficient pressure to fight a serious fire that might occur, according to City Manager Art Colby. He says that in spite of the city delivering almost 2Vi mil lion gallons daily through city pumps, there is no water stored in the tanks through much of* ---------------------------- the day. Some gains are made' at night but they are short - I lived when irrigation begins 1 the following day David Delfinio Negrette, 32. Nampa, died almost instantly about 11 p.m. Sunday on the Nyssa school grounds, from a self- inflicted bullet wound, according to local police authorities. The shooting was ruled accidental and occurred after the victim had displayed the .22 caliber automatic pistol among other friends who were in attendance at the local dance held ♦each Sunday night in the old school gym. The only eye - witness, ac cording to reports, was Rebec ca Zavala, Nampa, who was seated with the victim in a park A Wednesday morning check on ed car in the driveway a short on the swimming pool revealed distance from the gym. Accord that progress is about on schedule ing to her story to the police, Ne- with work being done by both grette took the pistol from his contractors. pocket and placed the barrel Foundation for the bath house against the right side of his head (Holcomb and Main, contractors) saying. Tm not scared of any is finished, about 50 percent of thing,” pulled the trigger and fell the rough-in plumbing was done over against her. She immediate and it was thought that by the ly ran to the gym where the dance middle of next week construction was in progress and informed one would start on the floor and of her friends who notified Pa trolman F. E. Petrie who was on walls. The sewer line was to be com duty there. pleted and hooked up by a city Physician Summoned crew by last night (Wednesday). Petrie found the victim alive Excavation was complete on but he was pronounced dead by a the shallow part of the pool and ! physician upon his arrival at the Lynn Snodgrass, who was doing | scene. the excavating on the deep part County officers and state police of the pool, said he should finish | assisted in the investigation along that portion of it before the Jour with Bert Lienkaemper, deputy nal went to press. j coroner. L. M. Johnson, foreman for Negrette was a member of the Conely company, Salt Lake City, Catholic church and funeral ar contractors on the pool portion of rangements were to be made the job, said they were practically through Alsip chapel of Nampa. on schedule with their work. They had drains in the bottom of Survivors were listed as his the pool and a pump taking the wife, Rose; five daughters and one water out so they could put in a son, all of Torrington, Wyo.; five ’ sisters, Polly Lopez and Hope gravel base. The deep part of the pool (the Negrette, Nampa; Ruth Gemenez, diving area) will be 11 feet deep, Egbert, Wyo.; Angie Lope of sloping up to a five-foot depth Torrington and Sister Ramona of at the opposite end of the pool. Milwaukee, Wis.; six brothers, :Tom of Lingle, Wyo.; Selso of Sunrise, Wyo.; Paz, Jr., Roland, Emergency Cases Frankie and Danny, all of Nam and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Treated at Hospital pa On June 13, children of Mr. Paz Negrette. also of Nampa. and Mrs. Mel Nielsen, ages one and three years, were treated at Potato Committee Malheur Memorial hospital for strychnine poisoning after eating To Set Regulations gopher tablets. Governing 1961 Crop The following day, Robert H. Malheur county and Western Mormon, 610 SW Third street, On Idaho potato growers will.Meet tario, was treated for contusion Monday evening, June 26, at the of the nose. He was injured while community hall in Parma to dis removing a mail box post. cuss shipping regulations for the Two cases were treated June 17. 1961 potato crop, reports Fred Ernest Payne, four-year old son 1 Hagelstein, Malheur county ex of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Payne, re tension agent. Meeting time is ceived a lacerated ankle when he scheduled for 8 p.m. dropped a glass which struck him. Growers will discuss regulations Dick Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. they want in effect under a potato Lloyd Lewis, received a lacerated marketing agreement that covers left heel when he stepped in a shipments from Malheur county bowl at the family home. and all of Idaho. These regula Dale Lowtrip, son of Mrs. Del- tions cover minimum grades, sizes phene Collins, was treated June and maturity standards for 1961 19 for laceration of the left el crop potatoes to be shipped from bow after falling on broken glass. the area, according to Hagelstein. The control committee for the WEATHER... marketing agreement is scheduled Max. Min. to meet June 27 in Boise to make Date 94 53 a decision on the regulations to June 14 56 be put into effect. The committee 96 June 15 57 is made up of eight members rep 100 June 16 .1 u ne 17 60 resenting growers and handlers 102 64 from the entire area. Recommen 101 June 18 June 19 100 74 dations from the growers meeting 60 at Parma and also recommenda June 20 101 June 21 61 tions from handlers will be con Owyhee Lake Storage sidered by the control committee 243,990 Acre Ft. at their June 27 meeting. June 21, 1961 427,530 Acre Ft. (Continued on Page 6) June 21, 1960 10 Cents Per Copy DR. K. A. DANFORD demonstrate* use of the Star. Thompson, secretary; Mr*. Esther Leuck. cardiac defibrillator presented recently to Mal registered nurse; Lauren Wright, outgoing treas heur Memorial hospital by members of Nyssa urer. Lloyd Wilson, new president; Don Olde- Lion* club. Lions officers and member* of the meyer. outgoing president; Dr. Danford: Mr*. hospital staff watch as he explains operations of Dorothy Sheppard. R.N.; and Mr*. Lillian Wagner, the life-saving apparatus. They are (left to right) surgical technician of Parma. —Staff Photo. ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 Nyssa Lions Present Defibrillator For Use on Heart Cases at Hospital Recreation Head Reveals Summer Activities Program Nyssa's Two Dollar Days will reach a climax Saturday, June 24, when prizes will be displayed in 41 participating stores with * serial number taken from a $3 bill given out in change by the Suggestions Listed store. If the possessor of one of His suggestions for remedying these bills has a number matching the situation are (1) Water early the prize displayed, he is a win in the mornings and late in the ner. afternoons when evaporation will According to Leonard Hewett, be much less. (2) check amount 1 .H-ai. banker, ha ordered 20,000 of water used by placing an open of these unusual bills for this can in the sprinkler area and special promotion. He estimated move when one inch of water ac that this was probaibly more than cumulates in the container, (3) was normally in circulation in the cut out the use of open-hose irri entire state of Oregon. gation, (4) repair all leaks on the The Merchants’ Promotion com premises. Unless usage is controlled this mittee of the local chamber start way, Colby said he would recom ed the idea and sold the program mend to the council next Tuesday to the other merchants in town. night that they enforce an exist Last week’s Journal carried a ing ordinance providing for met chamber of commerce advertise ers at the landowner’s expense ment announcing the program where known excessive water is would start last Thursday when merchants would begin giving $3 being used. bills in change. This issue carries a full page Zamora ’ ad showing the names of all the ' merchants participating. A laige Full-Tuition I crowd is expected Saturday to for prizes and to see the OSU Scholarship | check bargains these stores offer for daily needs. still insufficient to leave storage water for fire-fighting, and will continue so until the citizens use continue so until citizens exer cise more care in use of it. A cardiac defibrillator, whichepen in surgery or in cases of any provides internal treatment of severe shock or stress which the Bob Q. Smith, park recreation ventricular fibrillation, was pre person may encounter in daily i director, has announced a sched sented recently to Malheur Me living. ule of activities for the summer morial hospital by members of Machine Combats Emergency program. Crafts will be conduct Nyssa Lions club. ed during morning hours on Mon Statistics show that during day, Wednesday and Friday. Fibrillation is described by about one out of every 10,000 ad-, Webster as a condition occurring ministered anesthesias, cardiac ar Recreational swimming will be in organic disease of the heart, rest could occur. With this ma each afternoon on Monday. Wed in which various groups of its chine the surgeon can adequately nesday and Friday in the Parma muscle fibers beat independently combat this emergency. pool. A bus will leave Nyssa and without rhythm. park at 1 p.m. and return Several months ago, when Lions south The apparatus is used for de members first took on this pro at 3:30. Total swimming cost will fibrillation of heart muscles that ject, they were shown the film be 30 cents per day and must be is encountered frequently during "Decision” and operations of the paid before boarding the bus. a cardiac arrest which may hap- apparatus explained to them Tuesdays and Thursdays will be which prompted purchase of the play days. Boys will be organized into teams for baseball, wrestling, Seed Potato Growers defibrillator. Nyssa Class of 1956 badminton, horseshoes, tennis or film was also shown Tues ! volleyball. Have July 1 Deadline day The evening Sets Sunday Reunion when the budget Girls will be organized into Nyssa high school class mem To File Applications hearing was scheduled. D. S. teams Tuesday, June 27, for soft- I bers of 1956 are planning a class Daniels, M.D., of Vale explained Growers of seed potatoes who picnic Sunday, June 25, at Nyssa wish to certify their crops should use of the apparatus and told of I ball or any desired games which 1 are available. south park. Activities will begin make application to the county the need for it in a hospital. Miss Mildred Staples will assist with social hour at 10 a.m. and agent’s office in Ontario by Sat According to Charles J. Smith, I a potluck dinner will be served urday, July 1, according to Fred hospital manager, approximately : Smith with recreation activities at 1 p.m. Hagelstein, county extension 15 area resii’en'jr attended th.e \ this year. Red Cross swimming lessons Arrangements are being made hearing and film showing, but no agent. by Mmes. Cleta Boetger, Don. The certification program pro questions arose concerning the I will be scheduled at a later date, the director said. Savage, Guy Sparks, Stanley By vides check on the quality of seed budget. bee, John Simianer and Kenneth potatoes by two field inspections SUMMER MIGRANT SCHOOL Toomb. and plot test in the greenhouse of Service Par s Plan BEGINS JULY 5 AT CAIRO each field being certified, Hagel Class members and their fami- Summer school for migrant stein says. The first field inspec Open House Friday lies are invited to attend this re children a t Cairo elementary tion is usually made about Aug. 1, Service Parts company, 17 North union. and advance application is neces Fourth, are having their formal building will begin July 5, it was Plans will be made by class .. ........................ Friday (tomorrow) and announced this week by Mrs. J. sary to arrange for inspection by opening members for a regular reunion to invite the public to inspect their Rigney. Nyssa special educa- personnel of Oregon State uni be held next year, and all 1956 who will assist * with new quarters and get acquainted | tion ......... teacher, ............ versity. graduates will be contacted and instruction at the school. Potato certification fees are $5 with Don Jones, manager, and I invited to participate, according BEN ZAMORA per acre with a $15 minimum Jerry McLay, assistant, Free re Details will appear in next . . . son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike | to sponsors of this year’s get- week ’ s issue of the Journal. charge. This fee covers the costs freshments and door prizes will Zamora of route 1, Nyssa, was together. of field inspections and green be given the public. recently presented a full-tuition The Nyssa business is one of a house test and also provides for scholarship for 1961-62 by the MEETING DATE CHANGED tags to identify seed from lots chain of 15 stores in Idaho and Mother's club at Oregon Stale FOR HOSPITAL AUXILIARY that meet all certification require Oregon and was established here Malheur Memorial hospital aux univeristy. Zamora is a sopho approximately 12 years ago. ments. more studying fisheries and iliary members will meet Tues The store was moved from the wildlife management at OSU day, June 27, instead of the regu Peterson building on Main street and is employed this summer lar meeting time on Monday, it Johnson and Parra to the new building in November j by the Fish and Wildlife ser i has been announced by M-s. Rob- Win Bank Day Prizes 1960, with Jones coming here as Funeral services for John Dan vice in Alaska. At OSU he is 1 ert Heldt, president. Lewellyn Johnson of Nyssa was manager Feb. 1 of this year. Business to be discussed will iel Lackey were conducted Tues active in music and is athletic Jones came here from Caldwell day morning, June 20. 1961, at manager ai Hawthorne Manor, include air conditioning for the recipient of the $100 jackpot prize and David Parra, 210 North Ninth where he had been employed for [Lienkaemper chapel with Hubert his living group. | hospital, Mrs. Heldt said. street, was winner of the $10 sec five years with the same com Christensen, former bishop of ond award at Tuesday’s Nyssa pany. He and his family reside Nyssa LDS Second ward, officiat Days event. Lester Robin at 112 Park avenue. McClay and ing. son, route 2, Nyssa, was drawn his family moved here from Pay Mr. Lackey was born at Dell, for the $5 third prize but he was ette where he had been in a Malheur county, Ore., on Sept. not on hand to claim his award. company store one year. They are 30, 1880, a son of John F. and Jackpot prize will revert to the at home at 605 North First street, Susan Mackay Lackey. He suc Bill Morris, acting director of*bank of Oregon, observed that Nyssa. $50 minimum next week. cumbed June 17 at his home on agricultural education in Oregon, high school and adult students Alberta avenue following a ling- opened the 40th annual state agri alike rely heavily upon principle* cultural teachers’ workshop June of accounting in their farm oper erin® 1!lnes18- r r The family moved to the Nyssa 13 at Ontario high school. Official ations. Leonard Kunzman. super area and he received his early welcome was extended by Mayor visor of Oregon’s vocational edu schooling at Nyssa and Ontario. Vernon Reed on behalf of the city cation in agriculture, gave visual On Nov. 25, 1901, he was united of Ontario. presentation o n "Agricultural in marriage to Kathryn Lawler at “Needs for Education in Agri Education in the Future — Its Vale. The couple resided on a culture” was the topic of a sym Deeds and Challenges.” homestead at the present Amal posium moderated by Morris. T Family Picnic Held gamated Sugar company location W Calkins, superintendent of On Following the afternoon work until 1910 when they moved to tario schools, explained that he shop, Snake River district ag their farm on Alberta avenue. felt each local instructor must wives, led by Mrs. Earl McCollum Mr Lackey was engaged in farm continually appraise his objec and Mrs. Carl Devin, were hos ing until his retirement five years tives and teachings methods to tesses for an all-family picnic at ago. adapt the vocational - agriculture Ontario city park. Ice cream was | His mam interest was in the program to needs of modem agri furnished by Clover Lawn dairy. progress of this community. cultural industries. At the end of the first day, the Along with Dr. J. J. Sarazin, he W R. Jones, superintendent of Ontario swimming pool was made was prominent in getting the available to the ag instructors and I railroad depot at Nyssa instead Estacada schools, emphasized im their families by the pool man portance of instructors keeping of Arcadia where the company ager and Ontario Chamber of had planned to construct the ter- abreast with advanced teaching Commerce. methods in the rapidly changing , minal. Wednesday's workshop contin In addition to his widow, Kath business of agriculture. ued with committee work. Repre Nyssa Farmer Speaks to Group ryn of the home, he is survived sentatives from the agricultural by one daughter, Mrs. Tressie I Glen Peterson, prominent Nys education department of OSU King of Quincy, Wash.; a grand- , sa farmer whose sons are gradu were on hand together with Fred daughter, Mrs. Patricia Rollins of ates of the vo-ag program, point Hansen, president of Nevada ag Boise, and three great-grandchil ed out that the student must have ricultural teachers association. an opportunity to actually per Don Reed of Halfway, president dren. Also surviving are two sisters, | form practices and skills taught of Oregon FFA, attended the con I Mrs. Grace Ernest of Portland | in the classroom. Howard Ben ference representing the 4000 'and Mrs. Andrulla Whalen of! nett, an ag instructor with 30 FFA boys in Oregon. years of experience in Oregon, Ontario. THE FLYING EAGLETTES (left to right) Kay Brendle, Virginia Interment was »made at Nyssa emphasized the need to teach Veteran Instructor HonorM J—- Lyman Patton of Baker, veter- Bybee. Lena Tyler and Mabie Fangen display trophies they won cemetery under the direction of each student individually, adapt recently as top team in the Lady Eagles or Thursday night bowling Lienkaemper funeral home Pall ing his course of study in prepar 1 an ag teacher with 38 years eM- league. The awards were presented by Charlotte Allen at the bearers were Jacob Fischer. El ing him to form or enter a re penence in Oregon, was honorbd for effective service to the pro Ontario Women's Bowling association annual banquet held May 12 wood Flinders, Aden Wilson, lated agricultural field. I^onard Hewett, manager of fession at the annual "RecoglS- at East Side cafe in Ontario. Mrs. Fangen also displays a trophy Daniel Rollins, Gerrit Stam and (Continued on Page 6) Nyssa branch of First National awarded to her for high handicap series of 680 pin*.— Staff Photo. I Audrey Ward Receives 1961-62 Last Rites Held For John Lackey, Pioneer Resident Vocaiional Agricultural Instructors Meet in Ontario for 40th Conference IhHrlers nifiplaii Trophivs O