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Nyssa Gafe City Journal
VOLUME LVn
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1962
The Sugar City
10 Cents Per Copy
NUMBER 32
Elks-Sponsored Little League Boys Spray ¡‘Hot Escape» injury in Plane Crash Zerbel Flying Service Spray Plane
From Seven Area Towns Victorious
Is Total Loss From Sunday Mishap;
In State Competition at Klamath Falls
Pilot Suffers Only Minor Injuries
Champion All-Stars Leave Wednesday
By Plane for Canada; Games to Be Aired
Too Low Into Sunflower Tops Causes Crash
But Same Plants Cut Speed Before Smashup
Area Little League All-Stars, sponsored by Ontario Elks
lodge No. 1690, emerged as state champions Saturday at Kla­
math Falls by defeating Portland’s Hollywood team by a final
score of 5-3.
The boys, ages 10 to 12, are from seven Treasure Valley
towns including Payette, New Plymouth and Fruitland, Idaho;
--------------------------- ♦Vale, Adrian, Ontario and
Nyssa, Ore. Their coach is
Butch Ogawa of Ontario and
Bill Courtney, also of Ontario,
is team manager.
Bible School Ends
At Migrant Camp;
Instructors Named
,
Vacation Bible school ended
July 27 at Nyssa migrant camp
after a 10-day session.
Mrs. Gus Liming was general
chairman, assisted by the Rev.
Omar Barnhouse of Nyssa Nazar-
ene church and the Rev. Wallace
Prowell of Nyssa First Christian
church.
A portable organ was furnished
by the Christian church and mu­
sic was under direction of Mrs.
Herb Grosdidier.
Mrs. Royce Cole was in charge
of handcrafts for both divisions.
Bible instruction was shared by
the two assisting ministers. Miss
Nora Valdez presented Bible
stories and lessons in Spanish to
pre-schoolers and first graders.
Others assisting with the Bible
school were Mmes. Don Perdue,
Foy Brown, Cecil Richards, the
Misses Charlene Grosdidier, Trie-
na Rinehart, Elaine and Nancy
Meier and David Sherbert.
Auto Accident Victim
Remains Unconscious
The last report received at the
Journal office from friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Fox was that
he still remained unconscious but
was “holding his own” at St. Al­
phonsus hospital in Boise,
The couple’s daughter, Mrs.
James Boston and three children
of Myrtle Creek, Ore., are now in
Boise with her parents and are
staying at the home of her broth­
er, Harland Fox and family in the
Idaho capital city.
Mr. and Mrs. Murle Marcum
took a trailer house to Boise Sun­
day, where Mrs. Fox and her sis­
ter, Mrs. Boyd Vorhees, are now
residing.
ADRIAN CLASS OF 1959
PLANS AUGUST 18 PICNIC
Members of Adrian high school
graduating class of 1959 are plan­
ning an Aug. 18 picnic to be held
at 7 p.m. on the high school lawn,
it has been announced by Rex
Langley.
Those desiring additional infor­
mation are asked to contact him
by dialing 372-2180.
(See Picture on Page 10)
The squad defeated the Pendle­
ton Nationals 9-0 in sub-district
play on July 21 at Baker. The lads
went on to the district contests
held July 27 in Ontario where
they downed the Deschutes All­
Stars by a score of 4-2.
Flying streamers, sirens and
honking car horns welcomed the
champs back to Ontario Sunday
as they returned victorious from
state competition in Klamath
Falls.
Four Nyssa Players on Team
Nyssa boys who are members
of the team are Frank Rambaud,
Gary Berg, Bobby Smith and Dirk
Tibbets. From Adrian are Grant
Patterson and Tim Tallman.
Other team members include
Phil Meador, Payette; Mike Sasa­
ki, Fruitland; Randy Meyer, New
Plymouth; Pat Camman, Vale;
Tom Koyama, Gary Mathewson,
Mike Echanis, Bill Courtney, John
Echanis and Tom Widmer, On­
tario.
The boys left Wednesday morn­
ing by plane for Victoria, British
Columbia, where they will meet
the Washington state champions
Friday afternoon i n divisional
competition.
The winner at Victoria will ad­
vance to regional competition,
scheduled for Vancouver, B.C.,
with the top team heading for the
Little League series in Williams­
port, Pa.
"Tremendous Determination"
In commenting on the area boys
and games played so far. Manager
Courtney and Coach Ogawa stat­
ed that their wins were due to
tremendous determination and ef­
fort on the part of the team as a
whole, and added that each player
was doing what the rest of the
team expected of him.
“If the team effort continues,”
Ogawa added, “the Ontario Elks
All-Stars will go far in the tour­
nament series.”
Radio station KSRV in Ontario
will broadcast the Friday game,
Ontario vs. Bellevue, Wash., be­
ginning at 2:30 p.m. If the local
team loses, their next game will
be aired at 2:30 p.m. Saturday,
but if they win over Bellevue,
their game will be broadcast at
4:30 Saturday afternoon.
Jack Avey, 51, Wenatchee, Wash., miraculously escaped
without serious injuries when the Zerbel spray plane he was
flying crashed Sunday afternoon in George Schiemer’s alfalfa
field two miles west of Adrian.
The 450-horsepower Boeing-made Stearman biplane, load-
ded with dylox, was making the last pass over a section of
ilfalfa field near a fence line*-------------- —---------------------
when the pilot let the plane
low enough to start dragging
a dense growth of sunflowers.
The ground sloped upward
PILOT JACK AVEY, 51, of Wenatchee, Wash.,
walked from the remains of this Zerbel Flying
Service plane following a crash while spraying
alfalfa Sunday evening northwest of Adrian. The
engine, left foreground, was torn out of the plane,
one wheel was about 50 feet in the opposite direc­
tion and the aircraft was turned almost completely
Importance of Blood
Drawing Illustrated
In Washington Quote
Mrs. Harold Henigson, publi­
city chairman for the Red Cross
blood committee, submitted
the following quotation to be
studied by those who are un­
aware of the importance of
blood donations and replace-
ments.
"Where is a man to be found
who wishes to remain indebted
for the defense of his own per­
son io the exertion, the bravery
and the blood of others, with­
out making generous effort to
repay the debt of honor and
gratitude."—George Washington.
A blood drawing is scheduled
for Tuesday. Aug. 28, between
the hours of 12 noon and 6 p.m.
in the high school gymnasium.
PTA Workshop Slated
August 16 at Cairo
By County Officials
Malheur county PTA officers
and chairmen will conduct a lead­
ership workshop at 8 o’clock
Thursday evening, Aug. 16. in the
multi-purpose room at Cairo
school, it has been announced by
Mrs. George Miller, publicity
chairman.
The workshop Will be presented
round table with special help of­
fered to new officers and chair­
men, Mrs. Miller said.
All PTA presidents are asked
to take a list of their officers and
chairmen with addresses and tele­
phone numbers.
The Thursday evening session
will be an open meeting and all
interested county residents are
invited to attend, Mrs. Miller
added.
L. R. Price Wins $5
At Bank Day Drawing
L. R. Price, route 3, Parma, was
Sugar Bowl Consiruciion on Schedule; winner
of the $5 third prize at
Tuesday’s Bank Days drawing.
Leagues Planned for Sept. 1 Opening Other names drawn but not
Construction on the 12-lane Sugar Bowl is proceeding near
schedule, according to Manager Duane Holcomb, and is ex­
pected to be open near Sept. 1.
Approximately 25 men were working on the project when
it was visited by a Journal reporter Tuesday. Of this num­
ber about 12 were building the lane beds; Duane, Mrs. Hol­
comb and Bill Purcell were*
putting the finishing touches
to the exterior painting; and
several of Holcomb and Main
crewmen were working in the
present were Norman Hipp, 303
Verde drive, Ontario, $75 jackpot,
and Carl Piercy, route 1, Nyssa,
$10 second award.
Jackpot prize will advance to
$100 next Tuesday afternoon.
Ariie Robertson Retires From Service
After 41 Years as Rural Mail Carrier
After 41 years and five months as regular Nyssa rural
route 1 mail carrier, Artie Robertson retired effective July
31, 1962. Mr. Robertson was born Oct. 17, 1895, 10 miles
southwest of Nyssa, a son of Joseph W. and Sarah Pettet
Robertson. He attended Owyhee grade school and Vale high
♦school.
He was united in marriage
in 1920 to Ida A. Ray in Vale.
The couple has one daughter,
Mrs. Richard (Carole) Keeney
of Salem, and four grandchildren.
A son, Joseph R., succumbed in
June 1961.
Mr. Robertson started as a rural
substitute carrier in September
1919 and served periodically in
that capacity for two years. He
also worked as a general land
surveyor and at Idanha orchards,
northwest of Nyssa.
MEMBERS OF THE NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL BAND
are shown in this official photograph as they appeared
May 31 at the World's Fair in Seattle. Left to right,
they are, front row, Joanne Durfee, Brenda Draper,
Jackie Strickland. Colleen Christensen. Joyce Morin-
aka, Louise Freitag. Ona Lou Winchester, Toni Fife.
Caren Jackson, Leila Farmer. Marcia Wyckoff, Janice
Richards, Linda Leseberg. Harriet Cleaver. Kathleen
McPartland. Carolyn Pond, Judi Bingham. Second row,
Jo Anne Strickland, Christina Feik, Joanne Stephen.
Glenda Hoffman. Arlela Cartwright. Karen Smith.
and with the drag on the loaded
plane by plants he was unable
to get altitude for clearance.
Distance from first contact with
the sunflowers to point of crash
was about 400 feet. The pilot and
Owner Ron Zerbel said that the
motor was torn loose and rolled
about one-third this distance be­
fore the plane tail hit it and the
crash occurred.
Crashes at Slow Speed
While the plants were the direct
cause of the accident, they were
also responsible for slowing the
plane from its 90 miles per hour
speed to a pace that permitted the
crash at a relatively slow speed.
Pilot Avey, who has been fly­
ing commercial planes for 34
years, said this was only his sec­
ond crash and he was uninjured
in the other one. He suffered only
two black eyes and a bruised fore­
head in this mishap and was back
on the job flying another Zerbel
plane the following day.
Zerbel lost a plane, and the pi­
lot, Kenneth Klapstein of Manson,
Wash., was killed June 24 last
year when the wing caught under
a telephone wire about seven
miles south of Adrian while
spraying on the Bill Nelson farm.
Both accidents occured near the
same time of day—about 8:15 p.m.
Gene Chester. Nyssa high school
principal, has released the follow­
ing information with regard to
registration of high school stu­
dents. They are asked to pay
their fees, if possible, when they
register.
Juniors and seniors will register
Wednesday, Aug. 22, from 8 a.m.
until 5 p.m. Freshman and sopho­
more registration date is Thurs­
day, Aug. 23, from 8 a.m. until
5 p.m. and from 7 until 9 p.m.
All students are asked to regis­
ter during the above scheduled
hours, regardless of whether or
not they have enough money to
pay their fees.
All seniors will receive notices
scheduling interviews based on
general aptitude tests given by
the Oregon department of labor.
Mrs. Peterson, from the depart­
ment, will interview all seniors
and it is imperative, Chester said,
that they meet their appointment
at the schedule time as she will
be at the high school during those
hours only.
Junior High Registration Set
Junior high school students will
register on the same dates and at
the same hours as high school stu­
dents. it has been announced by
Principal Muri Lancaster.
They will report to the junior
high office where they will re­
ceive a schedule of classes, room
and locker assignments and
should also pay their fees at that
Only Two Postal Employees
He was employed at the or- "FINGERS CAN COUNT"
chard when he received his ap- HEARD BY TOASTMASTERS
pointment as regular rural route 1
“Fingers Can Count” was the
carrier on March 7, 1921. At that topic of Jeff Ford’s talk at the
time Elizabeth Thompson was Thursday morning meeting o f
postmistress and he was the only Nyssa Toastmasters. He told the
other Nyssa postal employee.
story of how natives of Latvia time.
The post office was then located can multiply with their fingers.
All junior high students are re­
ARTIE ROBERTSON
on Good avenue, just across the
Table topic subject was “The quired to pay a yearly $2 towel
. . . Leaves Nyssa Route 1
street north from Nyssa Furniture Most Interesting Moment of My fee and a book fee of $1. They
company and in t h e 1 ocation Life.”
may purchase interscholastic in­
J where a new hobby shop will
Paul House served as toastmas­ surance which costs $2 and may
open tomorrow.
ter; Dr. David Sarazin was topic­ also get an activity ticket for $3
The office was moved in the master and W. L. McPartland act­ which admits them to high school
early 1940’s to the corner of First ed as critic.
athletic games.
and Main streets, in the building
Local farmers and other inter­ now occupied by “Love Notes,”
ested persons will have an oppor­ and in 1955 to the present loca­
tunity to view trials on soybeans tion on North Fourth street.
Mr. Robertson started carrying
and other oilseed crops, safflower
and flax Thursday, Aug. 23, at the the mail in a Model T Ford. His
first route was approximately 33
Malheur experiment station. Vis­
Policies were established and qualifications outlined for
miles long with only about 200
itors are invited to stop by at any yards of it graveled. The balance the newly established clerk-business manager position in the
time from 1 p.m. until dark.
was dirt roads. He estimates that Nyssa schools at an Aug. 2 special meeting of the school board.
Briefly, according to Supt. Walter L. McPartland, the
E. N. Hoffman and Luther Fitch, route 1 is now 75.55 miles in
experiment station staff members, I length with 47 miles paved and duties of the clerk of a school district are to give notice of all
will be on hand to explain the the remainder graveled. It is now meetings of the district school board, audit bills, prepare the
♦payroll and pay claims against
trials and discuss production of considered an all-season route.
these crops and their potential Delivered Mail to Adrian
SCHEDULE ANNUAL PICNIC
the district. He maintains
for Malheur county.
Malheur county pioneers will such accounts and accounting
For approximately 3 0 years,
Other investigations of interest the retired carrier delivered the meet Aug. 31 in Vale park for procedures as necessary. The
that may be seen at this time are mail to Adrian. It is now taken their annual picnic, according to duties are listed specifically in
corn and grain sorghum variety by the star route carrier and Nys- i an announcement by Mrs. G. Y. the Oregon school law.
Chester.
Lunch will be served at
trials, onion pink - root control sa now has two rural routes.
1
The policy concerning a busi­
tests and alfalfa trials for forage
Mr. Robertson says that he 12 noon, followed by an afternoon ness manager was set up by the
and seed, including work with couldn’t have lasted his 41 years program.
I
board as follows:
An old-time dance is scheduled
leafcutter and alkali bees as pol-1 as rural route 1 carrier without
“The business manager shall
in the evening.
(Continued on Page 4)
linators.
function under the general direc­
tion of the superintendent of
, schools. Under this general direc­
i ssii
tion he shall have charge of the
business affairs of the district and
shall be in charge of the proper­
ties, contracts and business acti­
vities of the schools. He shall ad­
minister the business affairs of
the district and shall be covered
by the clerk’s bond.”
More specifically, the business
manager will, first, acquaint him­
self with the laws governing
school business and see that such
laws are complied with in his
| division. He will be responsible
for legal contracts and records.
To Assist Superintendent
He will assist the superintend­
ent in preparation of the budget,
maintain a continuous budget
control of school expenditures,
render a monthly financial state­
ment to the district school board
I and superintendent and be re­
sponsible for the annual financial
and properties report.
Experiment Station
Staff Members Slate
Crop Trial Visitation
Official Photograph Pirture» X /
interior where the snack bar and
fountain are to be located.
•*
The 12-lane beds are being con­
structed under the supervision
of Brunswick personnel. Each is
nailed together in an upright
position to be lowered onto the
framework after completion. Each
weighs about 3000 pounds, con­
tains about 8000 nails and is made
of pine and maple, pre - cut in
tongue and groove from Bruns­
wick factories in Muskegon, Mich.,
and Marion, Va.
After the beds are lowered to
the framework the surfaces must
be free of any depression, groove,
high spot or tilt in excess of
4/100ths of an inch to be approv­
ed for American Bowling Con­
gress sanctioned league play.
Team sponsors have been se­
cured for most of the teams in
women's play and are being lined
up for men bowlers now. Sched­
ules will not be completed until
all teams and sponsors have been
secured.
The lanes will be open from
11 a m. until finish of play, Mon­
day through Friday and from 12
noon to 12 midnight on Saturdays.
On Sundays the bowling lanes
will be open from 1 p.m. until
midnight.
Anyone wishing to sponsor a
team or to bowl should contact
Manager Holcomb as early as
possible.
around from the direction in which it was flying.
The crash appeared to be caused by pilot error in
dropping too low over a thick growth of sun­
flowers along a fence row, causing the loaded
plane to lose altitude and drag. Avey emerged
with bruises and two black eyes. He was back at
work in another plane next day.—Staff Photo.
School Principals
Slate Registration
For August 22-23
School Board Outlines Qualifications,
Policy for Clerk-Business Manager
High Hand al Seattle World9» Fair
Marilyn Clarkson, Carolyn Lowe. Sandra Weeks, Karen
Huai. Susan Schenk. Carol Haney, Doug Patterson.
Bonnie Sager, Barbara Smit, Sondra Holmes, Sue Olson.
Third row. Director Bob Q. Smith, Paul Wilson, Christy
Wyckoff. Marilyn Pond, Susan Holmes. Wanda Hand-
ley. Linda Wilson. Nancy Lytle, Janelle Neiger. Janet
Coleman, Carolyn Tensen. Verna Clarkson. John Doug­
las, Kent Main. Eugene Brown. Fourth row, D. L. Fife,
Paul Okano, Steve Henigson. John Wohlcke, Mike Hi­
rai. Myron McCrady. Craig Burbank, Junior Morinaka,
Larry Hirai, Brad Bumingham. Roy Gibson, Ralph
Carter, Greg Sumner. Vernon Maulding, Bob Corfield.
Fifth row. Mike Roberts, Mark Stephen. Vai Flake.
David Nishitani. Victor Haburchak. Jim Houston. Ron­
ald Cottrell. Voyne Mitchell. Mark Poulsen, Gerald
Wyckoff, John Berg, Wayne Riggs, Terry Oft. Back
row. Bob Bowers, Pai Dority, Richard Cannon. Glade
Williams. Sid Lancaster, Alan Cottle. Mike Oft. Ralph
Talbot, Dick McPartland, Roger Maulding, Roger Rusco,
Mike Jefferies, Larry Stephen and Jerry Long. The
local band received commendation from fair officials
who described it as "a marvelous musical organisation."
Work of both clerk and business
manager has been done in the
past in the superintendent’s office
by McPartland and Mary Sallee,
office secretary. Members of the
board made the decision to create
the new position of clerk-business
manager earlier this year in order
to give McPartland more time for
his duties as supervisor and ad­
ministrator of school affairs.
Qualifications for the person to
fill the position of clerk-business
manager as set by board members
are training or experience in ac­
counting, college training, busi­
ness experience preferable, ad­
aptable and willing to learn.