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THURSDAY. JULY 13. 1961 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON PAGE FOURTEEN LOCAL MASONS AND GUESTS ATTEND SILVER CITY MEET Regular meeting and initiation of Sliver City Masonic lodge were held Saturday and Sunday at Sil ver City. Meetings began at 4 p.m. Saturday, followed with pot luck supper at 6:30. Sessions re sumed after the dinner hour and dancing climaxed the evening. A buckaroo breakfast was serv ed Sunday morning, after which the group toured the nearby mountains. Attending from Nyssa were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lowe, Carolyn and Patricia; Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Newell and granddaughters, Sher ry and Deborah; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Huffman, Sheila and Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Paul House and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wernick. Sharp Increases Shown in Oregon Farmland Values Oregon farmland values, led by increases on grazing lands, moved upYharply this spring, according to Mrs. Elvera Horrell, extension agricultural economist at Oregon State university. Farmland values in the state, after leveling off the last half of 1960, spurted upward this spring, Mrs. Horrell found as she studied reports from the U. S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research service. As a result, the market value of farmland in Oregon on March 1 stood nearly 6 percent Lynn Findley of Junction City, above that of last fall and a little Ore., is visiting this week with more than 6 percent above that his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. of a year earlier. Grazing land values led the way Owen Gann. with a 10 percent increase, Mrs. Horrell said. Dry farmland values followed with an 8 percent in crease, but irrigated land values leveled off and held steady. and Transfers of farm real estate in Oregon also moved ahead of a year earlier, Mrs. Horrell indicat ed. Title transfers were at the Irvin Zimmerman rate of about 72 per 1000 farms PARMA—4-2981 in the state during the year end ing March 15, compared to 67 per PLUMBING HEATING It's Easy, Convenient and Economical To Wash at... NYSSA KWIK WASH 15c Wash — 5c Dry First and Main Street Nyssa, Oregon went to Boise Friday. They were ily. They all went to Owyhee dam for a two-week trip to visit rela evening dinner guests at the Rex Saturday to fish. tives in Nebraska. Marvin Bowers Walters home and in the evening A family dinner picnic was is doing chores while they are the women attended a pink and held July* 4 at the Walter Pink gone. blue shower for Mrs. Brenda Wal ston home. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mil Honored on Anniversary ters Launt, the Ellis Walters' ton visited in the afternoon Mr and Mrs. Morris Geiser and By Mrs. Herschel Thompson granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Piercy and family of Kearney, Neb., were KINGMAN KOLONY — Polly- Mr. and Mrs Dale Ashcraft Carrie Modlin and Mr. and Mrs. overnight guests Tuesday at the anna club picnic was held Sun were guests for supper and cards Carl Piercy attended a recent Charlie Bo-.vers home. They and day at the Charlie Bowers home. Friday at the Bill Toomb home birthday party honoring Tim Me- the Marvin Bowers family of Thirty neighbors and members Mr and Mrs Claire Snyder and cham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nyssa were guests Tuesday eve 1 attended. The August meeting family of Big Bend were July 4 Mecham. ning in the Jim Phifer home for will be held at the home of Mrs picnic guests at the Keith Lane ice cream and cake to honor Deb Mr. and Mrs. Carl Piercy, Mr Raymond Price with Mrs. Willis home. bie, daughter of the Marvin Bow Thurman Piercy and and Mrs. Conant assisting. Date will be Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Mefford and family and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Me ers, on her third birthday anni given later. family, Mr and Mrs. Keith Moss cham and family of Nyssa attend versary. —-------- and son, Pamela Alexander and a July 4 family picnic at the Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Callister "Well, I may not have the Mr. and Mrs. Henry Young, Jan Gregg of Nyssa had a picnic ed home of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley left Thursday to attend a family facta straight, of course, but Gale and Gregg of Coos Bay, Ore., July 4 at Caldwell park. Piercy. reunion in Preston, Idaho, The everything else is true, By came Friday to spend the week Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Mefford and couple will stay there until Sun- Mr. and Mrs. Al Thompson George!” end at the Carl Begeman home. girls went to Boise Sunday for Mrs. Young is a granddaughter of dinner and to visit their son, the were hosts for a Fourth of July day. Jim Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Re x Walters 1000 farms during the previous Mrs. Ida Hodge. Clifford Mefford family. LeRoy Bennett and Allen were of Boise, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Witt were Mrs. Dale Ashcraft and Mrs. Thompson and Gary, Mrs. Marie guests at a Fourth of July picnic year. Voluntary sales and trades ac Monday evening coffee guests at Bill Toomb attended the koffee Earp were guests. The Walters dinner at the Dwayne Bennett counted for 54 of these 72 trans the Carl Begeman home. klutch Wednesday afternoon at and Thompsons visited at the Bob home. fers. Foreclosures made up five Mr. and Mrs. Willis Conant vis the home of Mrs. K. I. Peterson. Thompson home in Nyssa and the Salvador Martinez and Ernest and other sales 13. Tax sales ited Saturday evening at the Vir Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ashcraft Byrd Walters home in the after Rodriguez are now home on a made up only three-tenths of one gil Viers home. were dinner guests Saturday at noon. 20-day leave from the Marine sale per 1000 farms, but this was Mr. and Mrs. Herke Stam and corps. They are both stationed at # Mr. and Mrs. Klaas Laan and the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. an increase over the previous girls and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Laan Nelson in Nampa. Mrs. Nelson is his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andries San Diego, Calif. year when none was reported. Stam, who are visiting from Hol Mr. and Mrs. Bernal Maybon and girls attended a Fourth of a sister of Ashcraft. Oregon was only one of six July family picnic at the park in Schafers Entertain land, visited Saturday evening at and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Wilson of Caldwell went to Stanley basin states reporting a higher rate of Parma. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Marshall and the Klaas Laan home. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Phifer and on a fishing trip over the Fourth voluntary farm sales this year, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith and son of Boise were guests at a pic Mrs. Horrell added. Nationally, family of Alhambra, Calif., niece I nic dinner July 4 at the Oscar Jeanette left Wednesday morning of July. the rate of voluntary sales was of Oscar Schafer, arrived Satur-1 Schafer home. In the afternoon down 8 percent for the year and day to spend the weekend at the Mr. and Mrs. James Harper and j the lowest since the early 1930’s. Schafer home. Donnie and Frank Beauregard Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Thomp arrived for a visit. Most real estate reporters were Mr. and Mrs. John Thiel took of the opinion that the drop in son and Gary spent the weekend voluntary farm sales over the na at Wolf mountain lookout visiting their house guest, Eric Olson, to Ontario Sunday to visit Mrs. Kate tion came from a weaker demand Mr. and Mrs. Don Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Haney and Kranz. for farmland, rather than from a Mr. and Mrs. Francis Thiel and drop in numbers of farms avail family of Nyssa, Mr. and Mrs. 65c a Gallon at Ranch able, Mrs. Horrell said. And Mike Elliott of Adrian were July family returned home Friday 75c Delivered or at Stores while national farmland values 4 picnic guests at the Ed Brandt from a trip to Canada. They vis rose about one percent over the home. ited relatives in Calgary. Carrie Modlin of McMinnville, last year, the real estate reporters Attend Boise Shower still look for little change or a Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Thomp Ore., arrived Thursday to spend downturn in farmland market son, Mrs. Al Thompson, Mrs. Ma a few days with her uncle, Mr. Phone FR 2-2540 Nyssa, Oregon prices. rie Earp and Mrs. Ellis Walters and Mrs. Wesley Piercy and fam- My Neighbors Kingman Kolony Families Attend Pollyanna Picnic S-A-V-E-!! Buy Grade "A" Raw Milk — State-Inspected Milk! FIFE HOME DAIRY Jantzen . . . Lample . . . Pendleton LAY AWAY EVENT SWEATERS . . . SKIRTS JACKETS The Italian look is headline fashion-and nobody interprets it as authentically as Jantzen. 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