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Nyssa Gate City Journal
VOLUME LVI
The Sugar City
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3. 1961
10 Cents Per Copy
NUMBER 31
County Court Opposes Planned Change Construction Progresses at\gssn Refinery Nyssa's New $60,000 Municipal Swim
In Welfare Payments That Would Stop
Pool io Open Wednesday, August 9;
Malheur's Use of Able-Bodied Clients
Dedication Ceremonies Due in 1962
The county court in session at Vale last Wednesday vigor
ously opposed a proposed change in the method of payment
of welfare funds that would eliminate the greater portion of
work performed by welfare clients in the county.
Under the present plan general assistance funds are used
to nay the entire amount received by a family on welfare.
*Thus if the family receives
$150 and the man is able-
bodied, he can work 150 hours
at the rate of $1 per hour.
Poiaio Shipments
Increase as Slow
Market Reported
Potato shipments continue to
increase with a peak expected
within the next 10 days, accord
ing to Tom Jones, freight agent.
His records show 95 cars ship
ped since the report last week
with approximately 30 due to
have been shipped yesterday
(Wednesday). Total number for
this year (through Tuesday) was
148, or 100 more than had been
shipped at this time last year.
Maturity has been slow but
quality good up to this time. Hot
weather, however, is beginning to
have an adverse effect. The mar
ket has been slow the past few
days, according to Tom Eldredge,
manager of J. C. Watson com
pany, and no prices are quoted for
Reds. Early Gems have not been
less than $1.25 per hundred for
No. l’s up to Wednesday of this
week. White Rose variety is just
starting to move and will prob
ably open at $1, Eldredge said.
Nyssa’s new municipal swimming pool will be ready for
use Wednesday of next week, according to City Manager Art
Colby. He said there would be considerable work unfinished
at that time but that it could be done with the pool operating.
An inspection by a Journal reporter Wednesday noon re
vealed that the decking around the pool had just been com
pleted, except for smoothing*
down. The pool proper was i
being cleaned preparatory to |
plastering and the bath house ,
interior was being painted and
Cominco Fertilizer
hardware installed. The heater Warehouse Here
had not yet arrived, the fence to 1
enclose the area was not there
and the steps to the bath house Nears Completion
Under the proposed plan being
considered by congress only the
father would receive his portion
of the funds from general assist
ance and the balance paid to the
other members of the family
would come from aid to depen
dent children funds. Thus if the
father got bnly $30, he would be
able to be used only 30 hours al
though his family would get the
other $120—giving the same $150
total.
County Man Hours Total 13,843
Malheur county was the second
in the state to adopt the work
plan and had received a total of
13.843 man hours of work on
county projects in addition to
6,311 man hours on the county
fair grounds and buildings. Prac
tically the only cost to the county
had been for transportation and
supervision.
A letter of strong protest was
sent by the court to the Oregon
congressional delegation and to
the sub-committee considering the
proposed change.
At press time Wednesday night
only one letter in response to the
court’s opposition had been re
ceived, according to Commission
er Earl Flock. He said chairman
of the sub - committee acknowl
edged the letter and said it would
receive consideration.
Cominco’s new ferti’izer storage
still were to be poured, but with
approximately 18 men working warehouse on the Union Pacific
on the different portions of con- 1 railroad near the intersection of
struction it should have a very South
I
First and King avenue is
different appearance in another in the final stage of construction.
week.
All the steel was delivered Tues
Park avenue paving along the 1 day afternoon and construction
south side will be completed prior began immediately on th. wall
NYSSA FACTORY of Amalga
to pool opening date.
and roof supports.
mated Sugar company is again
Lifeguards Selected
Al Garceau, foreman of the
making extensive additions and
Lifeguards have been secured construction company, said the
improvements to care for the
and will be on duty at all times steel was prefabricated in their
largest acreage of sugar beets
the pool is in operation, Colby Spokane plant and would go up
ever grown in this area. To the
said, but some of the other per very rapidly. He said he expect
left in the above photo can be
sonnel was still to be selected.
ed to have the entire building
seen construction work being
Charges for admission during completed in less than a week.
done to house a new slope diffus
the remainder of this season are
The building will be all steel
er located at the northeast corner
as follows: (1) children under 6 with metal roof and walls with
of the building. The new addi
years of age free, if accompanied reinforced concrete foundation
tion takes in approximately 9400
by parent, (2) age 6 through high and floor. The interior will be
square feet of floor space. To
schoc’, 25 cents per day, (3) adults, free of pillars as the roof will be
the extreme right of the photo,
50 cents per day or (4) season rigid frame. Interior will be 58
on the new silo, a man can be
ticket for family for balance of by 99 feet with 18-foot walls.
seen silhouetted against the sky
season, $5.
Garceau said the fertilizer
in a workman's cage. Photo on
The pool will be closed each would be stored in boxes with
the righi shows the new silo un
Wednesday, following the open each box serving as its own pal
der construction. It is 116 feet
ing next Wednesday, for mainten let to facilitate moving.
in diameter and will be 82 feet
ance and cleaning. All other days
high when completed. It is made
It is presumed the company in
it will open at 12 noon and remain
of steel and set on a five-foot
tends serving a rather wide area
open until 8 p.m.
base of reinforced concrete. It
in the distribution of its Elephant
Swimming Pool Regulations
is located in the yard northwest
brand products as tariff rates
Rules and regulations are based have been established for ship
The Federal-State Market News
of the five concrete silos. It will
on those set up as standard by ment from Canada to Nyssa and
office opened in Caldwell July 31
hold 40 million pounds or 400,000
the state of Oregon and are as redistribution points as far away
and will report daily potato mar
100-pound bags of sugar and will
follows:
kets in the local area until mid
almost double the amount of
as New Meadows, Idaho. Accord
1. No running, pushing or any ing to Tom Jones, freight agent
September, according to Fred
bulk storage capacity.
“horse play” on the pool deck for Union Pacific in Nyssa, the
Hagelstein, Malheur county ex
—Staff Photos.
area or inside the building.
tension agent.
rate is the same as for other com
A concrete slab for the patio at
2. Only one person at a time panies operating in this area.
The daily potato report includes Malheur Memorial hospital nurs
to use the diving board.
prices of potatoes at shipping ing home was completed Satur
Union Pacific has had a spur
3. Persons in street shoes or
points in this and other producing day, according to Mrs. M. L. Judd,
line to the building completed for
dressed in street clothes will not
districts and at terminal markets. member of A N K Garden club,
some time.
be allowed on the pool deck.
It also shows daily carlot move sponsoring organization for the
4. No edibles will be allowed
ments of potatoes over the entire project.
WHEAT SHIPMENTS SHOW
In a special meeting at 113 Main
The letter was signed by Hen
on the pool deck.
country.
The garden club has asked the
A recent inspection and report
No artificial swimming de- INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR
John Kennedy is in charge of Journal to express its apprecia street Tuesday noon, Aug. 1, the igson, Jackson and their wives.
,
5
'
Tom Jones, Union Pacific rail
According to minutes furnished of public prisons in the county. vices are allowed in the deep
the Market News office, which is tion to Glade Chadwick, manager city council (1) authorized the
city
manager
to
have
ordinance
by
City Manager Art Colby, lie ' made by Malheur’s grand jury, area, (No inner tubes allowed at road freight agent at Nyssa, re
located at 1204 Cleveland boule of Oregon Concrete Products, who
found them lacking in facilities all.)
ported 68 cars of wheat had been
vard in Caldwell. Reports on po donated the concrete; Robert drawn up governing operation of 6-inch water line would be run
, and sanitation.
the
municipal
swimming
pool,
(2)
“to
the
city
limits
or
approximate
6. No one except authorized shipped from the local station
tato prices and movement of po Heidi, supervisor of the project;
The Nyssa jail is ‘‘highly un personnel will be allowed in the from July 12 through July 29.
tatoes are issued each afternoon1 Bernard Eastman, Carl Hill, M. accepted a petition from Harold ly some 340 feet from the LDS
and are available by radio or in L. Judd and Charles Smith who Henigson and Wilton Jackson for church fire hydrant and that ad sanitary due to inadequate plum filter room, office or bag room. This was 28 more than shipped
annexation of land they own and justments be made in the proposal bing; floors and bunks are littered
7. No one will be permitted in during the same period last year
written form.
assisted with excavation work;
Radio station KSRV will again Ewen Chard and Bob Taylor, as are purchasing on Alberta avenue by Henigson and Jackson for a 2- with refuse and in need of polic guard stations except lifeguard. when 40 were moved out.
and (3) agreed to run a 6-inch inch service line and that this ing,” according to the report. The
He reported no shipments since
8. Small children or others with
broadcast these daily market re- j
sisting at the time concrete was
ports. Anyone wishing to receive poured; Harvey Springer and water line to serve the property cost be paid by Henigson and jail is crowded and more and bet poor swimming ability must stay July 29 but said there were still
Jackson to supplement the cost ter facilities arc required for at the shallow end or in the wad some being held in storage due to
of Henigson and Jackson.
the report in written form may Theron Gough.
handling the premises, the jury ing pool.
The ordinance covering opera of the 6-inch service line.”
increasing prices.
do so by requesting it from Ken
Mrs. Judd reports that the club
9. No glass containers are al
nedy’s office at Box 301, Caldwell, is planning to plant trees around tion of the swimming pool will
The latter agreement replaces reported.
The group found that Ontario’s lowed in the building or pool area. TAYLOR MANAGES LOUNGE
establish rates for use and rules that agreed upon in the July 12
telephone 9-9396, or by a request
the patio in the fall.
as set up by the state of Oregon meeting when it was proposed to city jail needs better facilities and
10. All bathers must take a hot
at the county agent’s office, city
Eddie Taylor took over Aug. 1
(carried elsewhere in this issue furnish outside water service to requires better ventilation and soapy shower before entering pool as owner-operator of Brownie’s
hall, Ontario, which will be re
of the Journal).
layed to the reporting office.
the two applicants in which they cleaning. The women’s quarters area.
lounge at 113 Main street. Pre
were to “pay all expenses for need clean bedding and cleaner
vious owner was Nick Rudelick.
(Continued on Page 12)
Mrs. Roy Jarvis, route 2, Wilder, Letter Printed
The petition of Henigson and lines, hookups and meters, and mattresses, the jury declared.
NHS CLASS OF 1954
was recipient of the $10 second
Vale’s city jail was found to be
SLATES AUGUST REUNION
award at Nyssa Bank Days event Jackson to have their lands an pay the 30 percent additional
Nyssa high school graduating this week. Other names drawn nexed was in the form of a letter charge for outside users and use in need of better maintenance and
only for domestic purposes.”
cleaning.
class of 1954 is planning a reunion were Merildean Robbins, route 2, (copy as follows):
‘‘The undersigned do hereby
The grand jury reported that
(Editor's Note — We are in
Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 12-13. Nyssa, $125 jackpot prize, and
Members not receiving a notice Roger Tucker, 311 Ennis avenue, petition the City Council to annex formed by City Manager Colby new quarters were needed for
the following described real prop that the land excepted in the juveniles and women at Malheur
of the reunion are asked to con-| third prize of $5.
Funeral services for Mary Ellen
tact Mrs. Rodney Holcomb, 405
Jackpot prize will advance to erty, owned and being purchased petition for annexation is that county jail.
Lyells
were conducted Monday
by
the
undersigned,
lying
contig
The
jury
found
that
more
and
of
A.
C.
Swensen,
who
lives
be
South Eighth, Nyssa.
$150 next Tuesday.
uous to the Nyssa city liimts:
tween the LDS church and the better facilities are needed to afternoon, July 31, 1961, at Lien-
‘‘All of the N^W^W^NEV« Jackson residence and who is handle prisoners as the present kaemper chapel with the Rev.
NE’4 of Section 31, Township 19 not desirous of coming into the jail is antiquated and needs to be Howard Larsen of Ontario First
Christian church officiating. She
South. Range 47 E.W.M.
city at this time.)
enlarged and renovated.
succumbed July 28, 1961, at Pres
“Excepting therefrom that par
byterian nursing home in Ontario.
cel of land beginning at a point
Mrs. Lyells, a pioneer resident
which is 30’ South and 235’ East
of eastern Oregon, was born Dec.
of the Northwest comer of said
13, 1861, in Denison, Iowa, a
N^W%W^NE ’4 NEV4 of Section
i daughter of Ben and Rose Ste-
31, Township 19 South, Range 47
| vens.
E.W.M.. said point being the true
"Recognition of civil defense by ations officer for Oregon CD who
She came to Oregon in 1877 by
point of beginning; thence run
wagon train with other members
ning South 185’; thence running President John F. Kennedy and spoke on communications.
A special award was presented of her family. They left Denison
East 80’; thence running North by Governor Mark Hatfield” was
185’; thence running West 80’; to the topic stressed Tuesday by Col. by Sheets to Bob Ilch of Vale, on April 4 of that year and ar
Arthur M Sheets, director of Ore who resigned recently after hav rived in Baker City on Sept. 29.
the point of beginning.
“The undersigned agree to ob gon Civil Defense agency, when ing given extensive volunteer: I Enroute to Baker, they arrived
tain execution of any legal in he spoke at a disaster conference service as county director. Ap-1 in Vale three days following the
pearing on the morning program Indian skirmish and were housed
struments required by the City of in Ontario.
Approximately 350 area resi were Ilch and his successor, Wei-, for three days in the old stone
Nyssa to effectuate the annexa
fort which still stands.
tion of said land within said dents attended the meeting spon don Reynolds of Ontario.
A film was shown and an illus- j Mrs. Lyells was married July
City.”
sored by Malheur county civil de
fense agency and district 20 of trated talk on radioactive fallout 25, 1880, in Baker to George W
Mary Ellen Lyells
Oregon Nurses association. The was given by Dr. J. T. Burdic of, j Lyells. To this union six chil-
♦
♦
number attending, including rep Ontario. The morning session1 i dren were bom, four of whom
She is survived by one son,
resentatives of many civic and was considered a civic and com-1 ! survive.
The family lived in Baker un William B. Lyells of Nyssa; three
Three men were arrested by community groups, far exceeded munity approach to civil defense,
while
the
afternoon
meeting
was
til
1883 when they moved to Mal daughters, Mrs. Angie Cook of
that
which
was
anticipated
by
Nyssa police Sunday night on a
devoted to home problems and heur City and in 1891 moved to Nyssa, Mrs. Eva Poorman of
charge of breaking and entering. sponsoring organizations.
The program featured practical the family.
Vale. In 1900 the Lyells moved to Seattle and Mrs. Sylvia Palmer
Thomas Albert Hassell, 26; Her
Afternoon speakers included Ontario where they resided until of Boise Two sons preceded her
bert Thompson, 19, both of Phoe home protection plans, facts about
Mrs. Nova Young, nurse consul Mr. Lyells’ death in 1924. Mrs. in death. They were Frank who
nix, Ariz.; and Roger Johnson. 17, radioactive fallout, emergency
Nyssa labor camp, were placed health measures and training, tant for the Oregon CD, who gave Lyells then made her home in died in 1941 and Ed who suc-
an illustrated talk on family plans Boise and Seattle until 1941 when cumbed in 1955.
under $1500 bail and are still in home fallout shelters and a dis
against an emergency; Mrs. Paul she came to Nyssa. She entered
Other survivors include one
the Nyssa jail awaiting prelimin play of mobile emergency hospi-
ine
O
’
Harra,
Boise,
who
told
of
half
- brother, Tom Stevens of
tai
equipment.
the
Ontario
nursing
home
three
ary hearing set for Aug. 3.
Bloomington, Ill.; a half-sister,
The morning program was op- her experiences as a member of years ago.
The trio is charged with break
Mrs. Lyells was baptized at the Mrs. Grace Miller of Sac City,
ELIZABETH CRAY (MISS RUSSET) was selected recently by ing into Treasure Valley Packing ened by Mrs. Keith Carpenter, a family unit in a shelter; and
Mrs Velma Dye, Idaho director age of three years in a river near Iowa; 10 grandchildren; 16 great
Malheur Potato Growers to appear in five large display ads in a company on Alberta avenue and registered nurse, who gave a brief
of women’s activities, who stress
national publication. "The Packer." for promotion of Malheur taking approximately $6 in cur talk on purpose of the conference. ed the importance of women’s Denison and was again baptized grandchildren and 20 great-great
at the age of 92 in the Nyssa grandchildren.
rency.
Stale CD Officer* Speak
county Russet potatoes. She is shown here with chamber of com
work in connection with civil de Christian church when she be
Interment services were con
They
were
apprehended
through
In
addition
to
Col.
Sheets,
state
merce heads (left to right) Ken Kessler, Vale; Chuck Harland. On
fense.
came a member of that denomina ducted by members of Rebekah
tario; and Ken Renstrom. Nyssa, as they display Malheur county the efforts of a Nyssa resident speakers included Anthony R. Mobile Hospital Displayed
tion. She was a member of the lodge at Evergreen cemetery in
Russets. Miss Cray is a daughter of Mrs. Violet Cray of Vale. She who became suspicious of their Cardiello, welfare officer for the
In the Ontario high school hall auxiliary of Legion post 79 and Ontario. Pallbearers were Aden
actions near the packing plant state CD agency, who told of as
was a 1961 graduate of Vale high school and plans to attend college
and followed their car into town, sistance to be expected from this way was a large mobile emergen had been a member of Rebekah Wilson, Elvin Ballou, Marion Tra
this fall She is active in many sports and her hobbies are swim notifying police who made the area for evacuees of disaster re cy hospital display Surgical in- I lodge for 61 years, having joined cy, Sam McConnell. Tom Joh.wum
ming. waler skiing and horseback riding.
—Photo by Schoen.
and Hubert Leuck.
in 1900 at Ontario.
arrest.
(Continued on Page 12)
gions, and Mayion E Scott, oper-
Daily Potato Market
Reports to Be Issued
By New Idaho Office
Garden Club Project
Receives Assistance
From Local Residents
Council Approves Henigson-Jackson
Petition for Annexation, Poo! Rules
Grand Jury Finds
Prisons in County
To Be Inadequate
Wilder Matron Wins
Final Rites Held Monday Afternoon
For Mary Lyells, Pioneer Resident
Prowoh* Jíalheur Potatoe»
Practical Plans for Home Protection
Featured at Civil Defense Conference
Three Men Arrested
On Burglary Charge