THURSDAY. MARCH 7. 1963
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
PAGE TWO
THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
TED M. BRAMMER. Editor and Publisher
Knife and Fork Club Members Jo Hear
Concluding Services Offering to Help Ministerial Group
Slated This Evening Congo Leadership Plans Two Services Kansan Speaking on Tour of Russia
« The story of four long trips of
During Holy Season
By Guest Minister
♦
♦
investigation through Russia and
A breakfast meeting was held
Final service of the preaching
mission with the Rev. Ross Miller
as guest minister will be held this
evening at 8 o’clock in the Metho­
dist church. Sermon title will be
“New Life for an Old Body.”
Following the evening service,
the evangelism commission will
sponsor a social hour.
The Rev. Paul Ludlow has an­
nounced that a Lenten series of
sermons will be conducted Sun­
day mornings on “The Vocabu­
lary of Salvation.” Topic for next
Sunday will be ‘Christian Con­
viction.”
There will also be Sunday eve­
ning services through Lent on the
“Fruits of the Spirit.”
Training Program
its satellite countries will be un­
Monday morning in Brownie’s
folded
to members of the Knife
j cafe by members of Nyssa Minis­
SUBSCRIPTION SATES
and Fork club by its guest speak­
terial association and their wives.
er, John W. Crutcher, who again
| Purpose of the session was to
Single Copies .___ 10c
spent
months in the Soviet last
'
conduct
regular
business
and
to
In Malheur County, Oregon,
summer. It was his fourth trip,
welcome new pastors and their
and Payette and Canyon
others having been made in 1957,
I families, including Pastor and
Counties, Idaho:
1958 and 1960.
Mrs. John Milbrath, Faith Luth­
One Year----------- $3.50
eran church; Pastor and Mrs. John
The club meeting is scheduled
Six Months _ _$2.50
Bullock, Nazarene; Pastor and
for Monday evening, March 11,
Elsewhere in the U. S. A.:
Mrs. Lupe Juarez, Spanish-speak­
at East Side cafe in Ontario.
Per Year_______ $4.00
■
ing Assembly of God; and Pastor
¿AFFILIATE MEMBER
Six Months_____ $2.50
Having served a hitch as lieu­
Carl Burns, Missionary Baptist.
I
tenant commander in the Navy
Good Friday services were dis­
during World War II and also in
Published Every Thursday at Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon.
cussed and plans were made for
the Korean war, Crutcher (now
the service to be held at 8 p.m.
Entered at the Post Office at Nyssa, Oregon, for Transmission
an investman man in the heart
Friday, April 12, in the Methodist
Through the United States Mails, as a Second Class Matter
of the Kansas wheat belt) always
church with various ministers
Under the Act of March 3, 1879.
had a yen to make an extensive
speaking on “The Seven Last
tour of Russia to determine what
Words.”
makes the average Russian think
REUNION SET MARCH 15
The Rev. Bullock is in charge
as he does. He got his wish.
AT OWYHEE WARD CHAPEL
of preparing a program for the
From north in Leningrad to
The Owyhee LDS ward reunion
Easter sunrise service.
Odessa in the south, across the
By ROBERT H. ELSNER will be held March 15 at the ward
Black sea in a Russian steamer
JOHN W. CRUTCHER
Others attending the Monday
chapel. Dinner will be served
and east to a point in Central
. . . To Appear March 11
morning session were Pastors and
from 6 to 8 p.m., followed by a
Asia close to the Red China bor­
Mmes.
Paul
Ludlow,
Joe
Moore,
ed
as
14
witnesses
charged
that
Lawmakers to Begin the proposal discriminates against program.
der, Crutcher traveled — always
J J. L. Mussell and the Rev. Ar-
All former and present ward
Bill Balloting
log trucks.
: mand Larive and the Rev. Wal­ Annual Ham Dinner asking questions, observing cus­
Nazarene
Elect
members are invited to attend.
toms, modes, work and “politics.”
Activity in the legislature is
lace Prowell.
The witnesses claimed that they
To
Sunday
Directors
Before coming back to the
picking up. In the weeks ahead, operate on secondary and often
Next meeting will be at 10 a m.
Plans are complete for the an- States, he was successful in get­
Men’s fellowship group of the on April 8 at the Joe Moore
an increasing number of bills poorly maintained roads, yet must PLAY TO BE PRESENTED
. nual ham dinner to be served ting a three-hour interview with
will be returned from committees pay the same license fees as1 SUNDAY AT LOCAL CHURCH Nyssa Nazarene church met Feb. home.
| Sunday by St. Bridget’s Altar so­ Nikita Khrushchev in the Krem­
—usually after lengthy discussion 1 trucks which operate on primary I “New Lives Require New Spir­ 25 at the church with a good at­
ciety, according to Mrs. Victor lin. As Crutcher puts it, “From
and public hearings—to the House highways. They also complained it” is the title of the play to be tendance reported.
Haburchak.
and Senate floors. There, the is­ that log trucks are denied use of presented Sunday evening, March
Members of the board of direc­
a standpoint of interest and im­
10,
at
the
Christian
church.
Committee members in charge portance, that was the high spot
sues will be debated and voted highways on weekends and holi- ¡
tors were elected. They are Bill To Be Held
of the dinner are Mrs. Bill Wah-
Meeting time for the “School j Fitzsimmons, Dwight Seward,
upon.
trip.”
days while buses and other trucks
God lert, Mrs. James McMillen and of A the graduate
Final hearings have concluded operate anytime. Log trucks, it
of the University of
World Outreach” is 8:30 pjn. Floyd Rhoades, Vane Rusco, John At
There will be a sectional fel­ Mrs. Art Bosselman. Others as­ Kansas, Crutcher has served two
on a number of bills; a good many was voiced, pay the same federal and everyone is invited, it has Height, E. J. Hobson and Bob
more will be heard early this use tax as trucks driving many been announced by the Rev. Wal- Martin. Rhoades was named pres­ lowship service on March 11 at sisting are Mrs. Roy Hirai, din­ terms in the Kansas Legislature.
month.
ident of the organization. Other the Assembly of God, located at ing room chairman; Mrs. Gene
He is president of the Hutchin­
more miles per year over improv­ i lace Prowell.
—
Nearly 400 persons attended a ed highways.
officers will be appointed by the Second and Reece avenue, accord­ DeMinck and Mrs. R. L. Wilson, son Investment company and
ing to announcement by Pastor decorations; Mrs. Charles J. Smith gives freely to civic endeavors.
public hearing last week on the Crowd Support* Amendment
Oregon's Bankruptcy board.
and Mrs. Charles Quinowski, tic­
controversial Sunday closing bill
A film entitled “My Church” J. L. Mussell.
Another crowd in excess of 300
kets; and Mrs. Eugene Pratt, in ATTENDS SEATTLE SERVICES
(HB 1256) before the House Plan­
Afternoon
services
will
begin
Is
the
Highest
was
shown
by
Fitzsimmons
and
turned out for a public hearing
charge of serving.
ning and Development committee.
Mrs. Myrtle Raymond returned
at
2:30
o
’
clock
with
the
evening
refreshments were served.
on the “Liberty Amendment,”
for 1961
Most witnesses spoke in favor of
home
Monday from Seattle where
meal
at
5
o
’
clock
in
the
church
The
dinner
will
be
served
be
­
Normally we can take pride in
the proposal and urged the legis­ which would forbid certain acti­
basement. Women’s Missionary tween the hours of 2 and 6 p.m. she attended funeral services last
vities of the federal government being first at one thing or another. LUTHERAN PASTOR HOLDS
lators to take action rather than
abolish the personal income Oregon’s record in bankruptcy WEEKLY LENTEN SERVICES council meeting will be held at in the school cafetorium and will week for her daughter-in-law,
referring it to a popular vote of and
Mrs. Larry Raymond.
Mid-week Lenten services are 6:30 and the evening service at also feature homemade pie.
tax.
cases for 1961, however, leaves
the people. Lack of time pre­
7:30.
being
conducted
each
Thursday
This throng, too, was vigorously much to be desired. And even
vented many people from testi-
Participating will be the 11
one-sided in support of the meas­ 1962 statistics, yet to be complet­ evening at 8 o’clock in Faith Lu­
fying.
ure. Most testimony favored it. ed, show little if any improve­ theran church, according to Pas­ assemblies in eastern Oregon in-
Second Hearing Scheduled
tor John Milbrath.
eluding those from Nyssa, On­
One witness who opposed it was
As a result, a second hearing booed. But the House State and ment.
Sermon topic for this week will tario, Vale, Baker, Hereford, El­
There is no question about it. be “Offense Taken at the Cross.” gin, Imbler, La Grande, Wallowa,
has been set for Wednesday, Federal Affairs committee, by a
March 13, in Room 6 of the Capi­ 6-3 vote, killed the proposal—at In 1961 Oregon “led the nation”
Pastor Milbrath also announces Enterprise and Union.
tol building at 3 p.m. Persons least for this session—by tabling in bankruptcies. And the auth­ that adult instruction and infor­
The public is invited to attend [
ority is Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., mation classes are still meeting
planning to attend should arrive it.
although other publications later at 8 o’clock Tuesday evenings in these services, the Rev. Mussell
early. Many late-comers at last
A pair of bills, HB 1462 and HB
concluded.
week’s crowded session were un­ 1463, relating to property taxation reported similar or even iden­ the church.
tical
statistics.
able to get in.
were introduced last month. One
CIRCLE MEETINGS SLATED
Dun & Bradstreet’s publication,
The House Taxation committee would exempt labor union halls
BY METHODIST LADIES
Community
“
The
Failure
Record
Through
is spending long hours in discus­ and labor temple associations
Regular meetings of Methodist
sion and public hearings on the from taxation. The other bill 1961,” shows Oregon at the very
WSCS circles will be held Thurs­
top
(or
should
we
say,
“
bottom
”
)
many tax proposals. Meeting each would remove present tax exemp­
Bible study group met last day, March 21, in various homes.
afternoon, as well as two even­ tions from churches and benevo­ with 195.6 bankruptcies per 10,000 Thursday afternoon at the home Mrs. Maurice Corey will be hos­
Are Supplied
ings a week, this important group lent, charitable and scientific in­ listed concerns. Next was Cali­ of Mrs. Erma Sparks with 15 la­ tess to members of the Lenora
fornia with 136.9; Florida with dies presei^*. Mrs. Lynn Hurst
will ultimately shape a program stitutions.
circle.
25-
133.1; New York. 129.5; Washing­ led the lesson taken from the
to raise up to $50 million in addi­ Proposed by Same Sponsor
Ladies of the Fulton circle will
ton, 113.4; and Arizona, 110.5.
tional state revenue over the next
book,
“
One
People
of
God."
What makes it even more inter­
meet at the home of Mrs. William
The relatively high bankruptcy
two years.
Next meeting will be with Mrs. Smiley and Mrs. Charles Pitman
esting—or confusing—is that both ratio for California, Florida, New
Most observers predict the final bills have the same principal
K. I. Peterson in Adrian.
of Apple Valley will host the
form will be a broader-based in­ sponsor, Representative Richard York. Washington and Arizona Executive Committee Meets
Helen Barns group.
come tax and a cigarette tax of Eymann (D - Marcóla). It raises probably can be explained in
The executive committee of
Evelyn de Vries circle will meet
large
measure,
if
not
completely,
about 4 cents per pack. Chances the theory of a possible “double
Friendship Mariners met Satur­ at 8 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Ken
by the high rate of growth—both day evening at the M. L. Kurtz
for a sales tax seem dim because standard,” if nothing else.
Toomb.
population and industrial—being home.
(1) Oregonians traditionally have
And a daylight savings time enjoyed by these states.
opposed it and (2) it would not bill saw light in the Senate last
New committee chairmen were
as
as
Want ...
Oregon’s high mortality rate, appointed, including Mr. and Mrs. GUEST PASTOR TO SPEAK
.produce enough money by itself. month. It would extend DST to
TO METHODIST WOMEN
however,
cannot
be
similarly
ex
­
When
Pay
Only
for
This means the income tax could the last weekend in October, to
Lynn Hurst, chaplains; Mr. and
Methodist Woman’s Society of
not be eliminated even if a sales conform with the surrounding plained. Its industrial growth is Mrs. Jim Lane, lookouts; Mr. and Christian Service general meet­
microscopically modest, to say the Mrs. K. I. Peterson, navigators;
tax were adopted.
Pacific Coast states. Oregon’s vot­ least; and had it not been for a
ing will be held at 2 o’clock this
• Woman Bartenders Object
ers readily approved DST in last valiant effort on the part of Ore­ Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Witt, pub­ afternoon. Members of the Eve­
licity.
One of the session’s hottest year’s elections, only as accepted
lyn de Vries circle are in charge
Tentative plans were made for of the program.
bills to date is HB 1535, which then the cutoff date was to be gon babies, the state would not
have shown even the meager the March meeting
. would prohibit women from the final weekend in September. population increase of 8,793 over
The Rev. Ross Miller, guest
working in bars or other estab­
The bill’s 40 sponsors believe last year. We believe in young Church io Purchase Organ
minister from Pocatello, will
The sermon last Sunday was
lishments where liquor is served. Oregonians will agree that day­
people having a stake in Oregon’s given by Dr. Ruth Grob from the speak to the group on “What
“Your N. A. P. A. Jobber”
Introduced by Rep. Ed Whelan light savings time should begin
Shall We Tell Our Children About
(D-Multnomah), who stated that and end uniformly in all Pacific future, but we hate to see it all College of Idaho. Dr. Chalker, Money?” which is program topic
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North
Third
St.
Phone 372-2293
left up to mother and child!
also from C of I, will conduct for the day.
■bars are “hot a proper place for Coast states.
Obviously something is wrong. services next Sunday. Pastor and
women to work," the bill was Urge* Correspondence
And
reluctant though we are to Mrs. Gerard Kuiper are still on
protested violently by the women
With more and more decisions face the issue the answer must vacation. The church is now try­
. involved.
facing Oregon’s 30 senators and
So great was their uproar that 60 representatives in the weeks lie in Oregon’s economic climate. ing out various makes of organs
Rep. Whelan backed down from ahead, the importance of corres­ After Arizona’s bankruptcy rate each Sunday. One will be pur­
his original statement and later pondence from the people “back of 110.5, the mortalities fall off chased soon from funds being do­
sharply, with South Carolina in nated to the fund in memory of
said his intention was merely to
home” cannot be overemphasized. seventh place at 88.3 and Wyo­ the late Rev. Henry Moore.
guarantee women equal wages as Legislators are elected by the
ming in last place with a ratio of
men when the ladies perform bar-
people
and
these
lawmakers
want
1.7. These lower figures give rise
tending duties.
Community
to know what the people are to even greater concern for Ore­
He also agreed to amend his thinking.
gon
’
s
extremely
high
rate
of
Church
News
bill to comply with this latter
Letters to legislators need not i 195 6
Ladies’ Missionary circle of the
statement, if necessary The bill,
Whatever the reason — and it Owyhee Community church met
in its original form, makes no ! be lengthy or elaborate. They
need not be typewritten. They probably is an unfortunate com­ last Friday at the home of Mrs.
mention of equal wages.
should be respectful and sincere. bination of factors that conspire Howard Finger. The afternoon
Loggers Object to Increase
i An insulting letter won’t carry to create Oregon’s economic cli­ J was spent making quilts.
On the subject of protests, al­ much weight. Most important, mate—the future of the state will
Pastor Arthur Skogan and sev­
most 350 logging truck operators letters should explain “why” the not be served by a conspiracy of
eral members of the congregation
turned out for a recent public writer feels as he does.
silence. Oregonian’s deserve to traveled to Caldwell Saturday to
hearing on a bill to increase high­
Citizens who don’t express know the facts — and the facts attend the annual workers’ con­
way use taxes on some trucks. themselves t o their legislators concerning the state’s economy
ference of the American Sunday
The mob, which overflowed the have no room to complain when are nothing to cheer about!
r
School Union. An all-day pro- j
hearing room into the hall, cheer- an unfavorable law is passed.
—Oregon Observer.
gram was held with a potluck
dinner at noon. Keith Himple of
Lewiston, Idaho, was guest speak­
er.
Young people’s group of the
church went on an outing Sun- ’
day with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Robb, leaders. The group hiked
to the top of Mitchell Butte
SALEM SCENE . . .
Church women of Nyssa and
Adrian joined millions of oth­
ers throughout the world Fri­
day during the annual observ­
ance of “World Day of Prayer.“
Representatives from several
churchee in Nyssa and Adrian
took part in special afternoon
services a t th* Methodist
church. The service followed
was identical with the excep­
tion of some of the music.
The offering, in part, will go
into the training of leadership
in the Congo. The Congo Poly­
technic Institute plans to ex­
pand its work in training men
and women to build a stable
nation. The balance will con­
tinue to help projects already
set up.
Mrs. Armand Larive was pro­
gram chairman.
May 1 is date scheduled for
the next fellowship meeting of
the council.
Soon
Men
Be Served
Board of
Sectional Service
Monday
Assembly of
Rate
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Laymen Conduct Worship Hour
Sunday evening worship hour
was conducted by laymen of the
church. Those participating in­
cluded Harold Dail, song leader;
Elver Nielsen, object lesson; Joe
Stephen, scripture reading.
A personal testimony was pre­
sented by Ken Lorensen and
Wayne Robb delivered the mes­
sage.
Vocal selections were presented
by a boys’ quartet comprised of j
Axel Stephen, Orville Carroll.
Mark Stephen and Dick Skogan
Following the meeting. Pastor
and Mrs. Skogan were honored
by the congregation in observance
of their 17th wedding anniver­
sary,
A ringspiralion will be held
at • o'clock Sunday evening.
March 10. at the church.
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