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Nyssa Gate City Journal
VOLUME LVIII
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1963
The Sugar City
BLM'S Announcement of 50% Raise
In Grazing Fees on Federally Owned
Land Is Protested by Western States
Architect Visualizes Vo-Ag Ruilding
Ranchers, Legislators Say Additional Funds
Should All Be Used for Range Improvement
10 Cents Per Copy
NUMBER 8
Nyssa's Amalgamated Refinery Seis
Daily, Seasonal Production Records
Believed Universal All-Time Highs
Produces 2,145,000 One-Hundred-Lb. Bags
In 135 Days With 18,000 in Single Day
Bureau of Land Management’s Feb. 15 announcement of
more than a 50 percent increase in grazing fees in 10 western
states has been protested by ranchers and legislators of all
states affected.
The old fee of 19 cents per animal unit month was increas
ed to 30 cents with 10 cents earmarked for range improve-
-♦ments.
Hearings have been held re
cently in Reno, Nev., and in
Washington, D.C., to gain in
formation on a number of
According to Plant Manager Henry Zobell, the Nyssa
Amalgamated refinery set what is believed to be a produc
tion record for one season when 2,145,000 one-hundred-pound
bags of sugar were refined during this campaign that closed
Thursday, Feb. 14.
This was 368,000 more than the previous high of 1,777,000
in 1962. Other new records*---- -------------------- 1
established were 18,000 of the
100-pound bags refined in one
day and 6595 tons of beets
sliced during one 24-hour per
Eagle Bowlers
Mixed Tourney
Begins Saturday
Heart Information
iod. This last figure was 188 tons To Re Broadcast
more than the previous high es
tablished in 1962.
Friday by KSRV
Zobell said contracts with
problems involved under the Tay
lor Act governing these lands.
Many of the 30,000 permittees had
It has been reported by Bill I expected an increase in the char
Three Ontario doctors will par-
growers had been approved and 1 ticipate in a heart information
Hamilton, secretary of the Nyssa ges as they were well aware that
J
rehabilitation
was
needed
on
AóElóULTUEt-
fcUILbUJÓ
much of the acreage had been panel discussion from 7 to 7:30
Eagles Bowling league that 24
UiLVi SCHOOL.
OkLAOU signed for already. The plant ex
teams have registered to partici much of the range. But they ap
p.m. Friday over radio station
pects to handle approximately KSRV.
pate in the Eagles Mixed tourna parently were surprised to learn
that Secretary of Interior Stewart
28,000 acres again this year.
ment which will begin at 5 p.m. Udall
Drs. J. T. Burdic, Gus Tanaka
planned to spend only 5
Saturday at the Sugar Bowl.
Average yield per acre on the and Warren Hall will answer
cents additional for this purpose AN ARCHITECT'S SKETCH of the Nyssa high would consist of classroom, shop, office, storage, 1962
crop was approximately 25.8 questions of a general nature
The Saturday evening schedule when the increase was 11 cents.
school vo-ag building as it would appear when rest rooms and fenced area. Estimated cost of
tons.
calls for team events only with
phoned in from listeners regard-
completed.
The
bond
proposal
calls
for
the
build
this structure is $55.000 including architect's and
flights beginning at 5 and 7 o’ Ullman Protests Use of Increase ing to be located just north of the bus garage and legal fees.
1963 Outlook Good
ing heart and circulatory diseases.
A news release from the office
clock.
»
♦
The
present
outlook for beet A feature of the program will
♦
♦
♦
♦-
Doubles and singles contests of Congressman Al Ullman dated
producers is good now, Zobell i be the playing of tape recordings
will be rolled Sunday beginning Feb. 18 said, “The range users in
said,
with a sufficient supply of of normal and defective heart
at 9 a.m., with final games start Eastern Oregon did not actively
irrigation water practically assur beats as recorded by Dr. Burdic.
oppose the increase because they
ing at 4:30 n.m.
ed, and with the world and do The Malheur county school sys
the need for range
mestic price of sugar higher.
tem was selected by the Oregon
Out-of-town bowlers will reg recognized
improvement and felt some in
State Board of Health for a re
ister at the Eagles hall prior to crease
And
with
arrangements
being
By
W.
L.
McPARTLAND,
Superintendent
of
Schools
was justified if the addi
search
project to record heart
beginning their team events.
made
now
for
laborers
no
worries
There
are
several
reasons
why
the
school
board
feels
that
tional revenue was spent on the
beats
of school children. The rec-
A potluck dinner for all bowl land.
are
anticipated
to
have
sufficient
the bond issue for the new vocational agriculture building and
i ord technique, in principle, is
ers and their partners will be
field workers.
biology
classroom should be favorably accepted at this time.
“
I
am
very
much
disturbed
that
served from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday
Weather being suitable, most similar to the use of mass x-ray
First, the present agriculture shop has been inadequate
at the hall. Liz Peutz is chairman less than half of the increase was
growers
will start planting about clinics for detection of tubercu
losis. In a like manner large
of the food committee and bowl set aside for range improvement. for some years, both from a safety standpoint and the size
March 1.
groups can have their heart beats
ers are asked to contact her re Because of the advanced stage classes that use the facilities. The new building will provide
recorded on a magnetic tape
garding food items they should of range depletion it’s unthink more than twice the present*------------------------------------- -
able that every cent does not go 1 space, but perhaps more im
which in turn will be “listened
furnish.
Group
Hears
Report
logy,
which
is
a
required
high
to
” by specialists to screen for
portant, will be built away school subject. This plan will
A “mixer dance” will follow, for rehabilitation.”
On Migrant Program; heart
defects.
beginning at 9:30. The dance, Udall Compares Charges
from the main building.
provide two more classrooms at
Makes County Study Dr. Tanaka did basic research
under chairmanship of Carlene Udall said that where most The recent fire in the ag shop the high school level at very rea
Love, will be for all members of I stockmen using the federal range at Vale pointed out how danger sonable cost.
Malheur Migrant Ministry com on a heart-lung machine that is
the lodge. Music will be provided had been paying 19 cents, the U.S. ous it is to have the shop adjoin The cost of this program Is $95,-
mittee met Feb. 13 in the Nyssa used in conjunction with heart
by Emaline McGinnis and her Forest Service charges about 60 ing other classrooms. The aver 000. This includes the equipment
Christian church. Chairman Ar I surgery while taking his resi
orchestra.
mand Larive reported on the mi dency in surgery at Kings Coun
cents, the Bureau of Indian Af age size of the ag classes today
On Sunday evening at 7 o’clock fairs $1.25 and up and the com demands that we provide more needed for the biology laboratory.
grant workshop held Feb. 11-1'2 ty hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y.
All of the equipment now used
Dr. Hall attended several con
a smorgasbord will be served to mercial rate is $3 and higher.
in Boise.
space and these classes will get by the agriculture department
ferences and graduate courses
all tourney bowlers and ex-Eagle
Of
special
interest
was
a
report
larger
in
future
years.
He said this was a similar in
will be transferred to the new
bowlers.
of the changing situation in the conducted by the Oregon Heart
crease to that of 1951 when In Second, the high school enroll building. $95,000 worth of bonds
Trophies and cash awards, fur terior Secretary Oscar L. Chap ment will jump from 367 students will be issued over a 15-year per
migrant labor market. It is anti association in Portland. He was
a member of the board of direc
nished by Nyssa merchants, will man raised the monthly fee from at present to 430 or more two iod and will requir
tax levy LEO GONYER. who retired on cipated that within a short time, tors of the Nevada Heart associa-
be presented to winners following 8 to 12 cents. The price was set years from now and will remain
possibly
two
years,
the
recruit
-
of about three-fourths of one mill. Feb. 5 from his work at Amal
i tion prior to going to Ontario.
the Sunday evening dinner.
at 15 cents in 1955 and in 1958 at that level for the foreseeable This means that a person who gamated Sugar company's Nys I ment of labor for this area from
This coming Sunday, Feb. 24,
During the tournament, white a formula linking fees to livestock future. Classes average over 115 owns property with a value of
I
the
southwest
will
be
discontin-
is “Heart Sunday" and marks
elephant gifts will be given for prices resulted in a raise to 19 students from the first grade $10.000 will pay about $1.85 perl sa refinery. He came to Nyssa I ued.
in the spring of 1938 and work
the peak of the Heart fund
various bowling achievements. cents.
This committee is in the process drive. Hundreds of volunteers
through the 10th grade.
ed on construction of the local
year to retire the bonds.
These gifts will be provided by
Classrooms at Reasonable Cost
This program has been under I plant as a locomotive crane I of making a survey of actual con will call on their friends and
members of the aerie and auxil
Third, the biology department study for several years and the I operator. With the exception of ditions regarding migrants and neighbors Sunday afternoon for
iary and are to be left at the
is
now conducting classes in the school board presents it now to | two summers at Grand Coulee newly settled migrants in Mal Heart fund conrtribufions. Each
bowling alley prior to tourna
chemistry and general science provide for the students that we I he worked continuously for the heur county. Health and educa volunteer will wear an official
ment time, Hamilton said. Fur
classrooms, and these rooms are know will be in the high school White Satin company as head tional problems were also discuss identification badge.
ther information about these
entirely inadequate for the needs starting next year. The cost is crane operator. Prior to joining ed.
white elephant awards may be
Next meeting will be at 10 a.m.
of
this department. Remodeling not great and should take care Amalgamated's staff, he had
obtained from Bertha Taylor.
the old ag shop into complete bio of the building needs at the junior worked for the Holly Sugar I March 13 in the Adrian Presby- New Box Numbers
Bob Thornton, potato specialist logy classroom and laboratory high and high school level for as | company and Utah-Idaho Sugar terian church.
Assigned to Patrons
for
Canyon and Owyhee counties, will make good use of this room far as can be seen.
Toastmasters Present announces
company.
| ^11 interested persons are al Of Nyssa Route 1
a special panel discus but will also make room for all of
ways welcome to attend these
Lincoln Quotations
New box numbers are being as
sion program of special interest I the sciences in addition to bio-
meetings.
signed to patrons of Nyssa route
Nyssa Toastmasters presenting to all farmers, particularly potato
1, according to Acting Postmas
five-minute speeches last Thurs producers. This program, to be
i
day morning were Mel Nielsen, heard on KCID radio, Caldwell,
ter
Lee Dail.
George Bear Wins
By WALTER L. McPARTLAND, Superintendent of Schools
He said the purpose was to
Bob Palmer and Bob Sherbert. concerns such important topics as
speed up mail sorting in the local
Neilsen’s talk was entitled “What “Getting a Stand,” “Quality and
Five competent Nyssa School system instructors are en $200 Jackpot Award post
office and make this route
the Farmers Are Buzzing About,” Production Practices,” “Potato
gaged in introducing youngsters to their first formal educa I At Tuesday Drawing conform
with practices recom
in which he told the story of al Fertilization,” “Potato Irrigation”
tion as first graders. They are all married and represent a George Bear, 213 Reece avenue, mended by postal authorities.
falfa seed, growing.
and many other pertinent topics
Nyssa, was winner of the $200
Patrons will suffer no incon
Bob Palmer discussed “The of importance to potato produc A pancake breakfast at Wil total of many years’ experience in the field of education.
son
’
s
Market
Saturday,
Feb.
23,
jackpot
prize Tuesday at Nyssa venience in getting their mail if
MRS.
ZETTE
BUMGARNER
at-*
-
Gentle Art of Caring,” which per tion.
will be the kickoff in the fund tended high school in Phelps, Ky. from College of Idaho. She has Bank Days drawing.
the old numbers are used, Dail
tained to being interested in peo
Appearing
with
Thornton
will
drive
for Baseball for Kids in She received her degree from East taught 20 years, the last two of
Other names drawn but not said, but as fast as practicable
ple.
Kentucky Teachers college and which have been in the Nyssa present to win were M. C. Hooper, new numbers should be used.
“Vocal Variety” was topic of be Dr. Richard Ohms, University Nyssa this summer.
the speech given by Bob Sher- of Idaho Extension potato spe The program now offers super received a Life Secondary Certi system. Mr. Cary works at the route 1, Ontario, $10 second award With this in mind, mimeographed
Roland Portman, exten vised training and recreation for ficate from Kentucky. Mrs. Bum sugar factory.
and Mrs. Roy Jarvis, route 2, lists of patrons and new box num
bftrt, who told of the various cialist;
sion
entomologist
with the Uni over 100 boys, ages 9 to 15 years garner has taught for 28 years,
bers are being furnished local
mood setting tones of voices.
MRS. MARGUERITE LESLIE Wilder, third prize of $5.
Table topics presented by Don ! versity of Idaho; and Dorrel Lar of age. All proceeds from the 14 of which have been in the received her diploma from Eas Jackpot will revert to the $50 firms who do considerable mail
Bates were “Quotations from Ab son, extension irrigationist with breakfast will be donated to the Nyssa system, Mr. Bumgarner tern Oregon college She has had minimum next Tuesday afternoon. ing on the route.
baseball fund as the food is being operates a farm southwest of 10 years of teaching experience.
raham Lincoln’s address to the U of I.
This program is 45 minutes in supplied by the wholesalers.
Nyssa.
Illinois legislature having to do
This is Mrs. Leslie’s first year in
with the Missouri compromise.” length and will be heard on KCID
MRS. GLADYS ENGLEHART the Nyssa system, but she is no
Dick Wilson, store manager and
radio
at
3
p.m.
Saturday,
Feb.
23.
(
Jeff Ford served as toastmaster
chairman of the committee spon went to high school at Sheldon, stranger here as her husband,
and Pete Broers was a guest of on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 1 p.m. and soring the baseball program, says Iowa, and received her bachelor Jim, was in the Nyssa bank for
again at 9 p.m.
( customers will be served all the of science degree in education several years before moving to
the group.
pancakes they can eat plus coffee from Eastern Oregon college in Ontario.
By ANTHONY YTURRL Stat* Senator
or cold drink and sausage, all for 1959. She has taught for 24 years,
MRS. I.ANA SCHENK graduat
Rome
and
I celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary on
25 cents.
10 of which have been in Nyssa. ed from Las Vegas, Nev., high
He said $100 was donated from She has one son and two grand school and received a bachelor of Feb. 14. We had a pleasant surprise. Unknown to rne, and by
last year’s breakfast toward send children. Her husband, formerly science degree in education from a ruse played on Reme, the senators had her seated at my
ing the Nyssa band to the World’s a rancher above Harper, is now Brigham Young university. She lesk on the Senate floor when I arrived from committee. We
Fair
and that he hoped to beat retired.
has taught one year. Her hus-1 were given a gift and our anniversary was recognized by the
By ROBERT F. SMITH, State Representative
that figure this year.
MRS. LUCILLE CARY receiv band, Larry, is an old - timer Senate. Since it was Oregon’s birthday as well as Valentine’s
Without question the most important item of the past
ed her diploma from the high around Nyssa. Lana is known in I.iv, the Senate sang “Happy*
week’s activities in the Legislature was the Joint House and VALE. NYSSA YOUTHS
school at Clearwater, Neb., and school circles as the “young Mrs. | Birthday, Oregon,”
pendent associations and provide
Senate meeting which heard Senator Wayne Morse and Gov SUFFER FRACTURED LEGS
her bachelor of science degree Schenk.
their
own fire protection if they
Also, during this session the
ernor Mark Hatfield discuss the latest developments concem- Keith Hedin, 7-year-old son of
desire. If this occurs, the land
first
really
serious
debate
oc
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hedin of Vale,
the Boardman Space Age Project.
will foot the full cost,
curred in the Senate. I played owners
whatever
it may be.
The state has invested over a million dollars, plus land ex was admitted to Malheur Memor
a part in the debate which result-
ial hospital last Friday for treat
I spoke to a crowd of about 250
changes and other non-mone-*
(■d
in
sustaining
the
governor
’
s
ment of multiple fractures of his
veto of a law which would have persons at Oregon City on Lin
tary values, to secure property repeals federal income taxes and leg. The lad was injured at school
takes
government
out
of
business.
changed
the definition of “in- coln’s birthday. My theme was
along the Columbia river near
when he became entangled in a
X
economy in government as well
sanity” in criminal cases.
Boardman for lease to Boeing Requests Changes in Beef Council merry-go-round. He was released
as the need to approach every
A large part of the week was problem
I In appearing before the House Saturday from the hospital.
Aircraft company.
with the test of "Is it
devoted
toward
ironing
out
the
Billy Marcum, 5-year-old son of
Negotiations recently bogged Committee on Agriculture I was
reasonable?
it realistic? Does
problems that cattlemen have had it make sense Is and
down in Washington, DC. in con successful in requesting that the Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Marcum, was
can we afford
with
the
extremely
high
assess
nection with the Corps of Engin committee propose a bill to amend admitted to the hospital Saturday
it?
”
ments made on range lands for
eers regarding water frontage. existing beef council legislation. suffering from a leg fracture. He
fire protection. Ike Thayer, Don 1 think the people of Oregon
The governor and Senator Morse The amendments center around stepped in a hole while playing
ald Oakes, Floyd McBride, Carrol are becoming ever more aware of
jointly announced that this im I two subjects. First, concerning I in the yard at the family home.
Locey and Bill McNulty testified the cost of government and taxes
passe had been overcome and an the eligibility to vote on a refer- His condition was listed as good
before
a Senate committee ex- and that the Legislature has a
other step taken toward culmina j endum, existing law provides that by hospital attendants Wednesday
duty to bear this in mind as it
pressing their disapproval.
I only those who contribute to the afternoon. He will be hospitalized
tion of the Boardman issue.
acts upon taxes and expenditures.
Law to Be Changed
The past week has been de ! beef council for a period of 24 for several weeks.
Protest Removal of Funds
cidedly more active in connection I months are eligible to vote.
It now appears that the law
!
My
amendment
would
provide
A large delegation from Baker
WARD
EXPLAINS
PROJECT
with passage of bills and public |
will be changed to place an abso
hearings. The first night hearing J ! that anyone could vote regardless School Superintendent Glenn
lute ceiling of 5 cents per acre on county was in Salem Friday to
was held last Wednesday, 7:30 to of whether or not he asked for Ward met Monday evening with
lands to which protection is af protest the removal of $100,000
a
refund
from
the
beef
council.
NYSSA'S
STAFF
OF
FIRST
GRADE
TEACHERS
includes
Mrs.
Adrian
Farm
Bureau
members
to
forded. More important, perhaps,, from the state
----- engineer
- ----- ’s budget
------
10:30. in connection with the Lib-
erty amendment. The Liberty: Secondly, the number of people explain the proposed building Zette Bumgarner (seated) and (left io right) Mrs. Gladys Englehart. is the fact that local areas may This money would have been
(Continued on Page 7)
1 project for Adrian schools.
Mrs. Lucille Cary, Mrs. Marguerite Leslie and Mrs. Lana Schenk. be permitted to form their inde-1
(Continued on Page 7)
amendment, among other things.
Superintendent Discusses Advantages
Of Construction Under Proposed Plan
Retires
Potato Panel Talks
Broadcast by KCID
Saturday, Sunday
Baseball for Kids
Pancake Breakfast
Set for Saturday
Know Y”our Faculty
I Sen. Ylurri Describes Lighter Side
: 01 Legislative Activities at Capitol
Boardman Space Age Project Studied
At Combined Session of Legislature