THURSDAY. MARCH 21. 1963
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
PAGE TWELVE
SATURDAY BANQUET SET
Nyssa
. .
BY MEN'S BOWLING GROUP
March 13 — To Mr. and Mrs.
First annual Men’s City Bowl Neil O. Mower of Parma, an 8-
ing association banquet will be pound, 15-ounce son, Nathan Neil.
served by Job’s Daughters at 7:30
March 14 — To Mr. and Mrs
Highly accurate forecasts of crop maturity and yields are Saturday evening in the school Ralph DeLong of Vale, a 9-pound,
“Keep ’em here another day"
2-ounce son, Richard Wayne.
now possible and crop quality forecasts will come in the: near cafetorium.
and
the state’s economy will be
future, according to a nationally-known agncultural meteor Tournament awards will be March 15 — To Mr. and Mrs. enriched
by $70 million.
ologist who is a visiting professor at Oregon State university. presented following the dinner. Ambrose Hernandez of Adrian, This is the theme of the Oregon
a
7-pound
son,
David
P.
The forecasts will be possible early in the season—perhaps Tickets are now on sale by
March 17 — To Mr. and Mrs. State Highway department in its
as early as 12 to 20 days after planting, says Drjen Yu team members of the various Albert
Harris of Parma, an 8- efforts to expand tourist promo
leagues.
(David) Wang.
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pound, 2%-ounce daughter, Janet tion from out-of-state. The de
partment is heading a campaign
Kay.
Revised yield forecasts have to 20 days after planting in 1961 BASIC SPEECHES GIVEN
proved to be 85 to 95 percent ac- j
March 18 — To Mr. and Mrs. among chambers of commerce, re-
to be issued later in the season curate
for sweet com and peas.
BY LOCAL TOASTMASTERS
Charles Wood of Nyssa, an 8- ' sorts, trade associations and busi-
depending on the current wea
Last
year,
his
forecasts
covered
“
Is
Air
Travel
Safe?
”
was
topic
pound,
3t4 - ounce son, Rodney 1 nesses catering to the traveling
ther but maturity and quality
public.
forecasts can be made quite yields as well as maturity date. i of the speech given last Thursday Jay.
March 20 — To
Due to the Seattle World’s Fair,
accurately without using long- For peas, the accuracy of these morning by Bob Sherbert at the
range weather forecasts, he in forecasts ranged from 75 to 99 regular meeting of Nyssa Toast Gonzalo Escobedo of Nyssa, a 7- [ more than a normal number of
percent at various test sites and I masters. The Rev. Wallace Prow pound, 5*£-ounce daughter, San tourists traversed the state in
sists.
1962. But if the 9,255,000 motor
Wang has been in charge of from 89 to 97 percent for sweet ell presented “Hello,” what hap dra Lou
pens at breakfast when the tele
ists had spent one more day in
crop forecast research at Univer j corn.
phone rings. Both were basic Add Salt Last in Salad Making
Oregon their spending within the
sity of Wisconsin since 1957. Crop To Add Quality Forecasts
speeches of Toastmasters.
maturity date forecasts made 12
Save the salt until last when state would have been $55 million
He expects to add quality fore
__ _______
_ a _____
____ more, according to State Highway
making
green salad.
casts to maturity and yield out-1 The Rev. Armand Larive serv- you are
ica tko
Otherwise,
the coif
salt xitill
will rlnmir
draw Engineer Forrest Cooper,
look within five years. There ed as toastmaster, the Rev. Paul Ofhnmv
for
And if those travelers by bus,
aren’t many crops that can’t be Ludlow, topic master and Don moisture out of the leaves and
Bowers, evaluator.
leave them wilted.
train and plane had spent an ex-
Registration
forecast, he says.
Scheduled
29 Such forecasts are of tremen
Signup date for Nyssa boys de dous value to the canning indus
siring to play baseball this sum try and to other agricultural in
mer has been set for 7 o’clock terests, Wang pointed out.
Wang’s forecast methods com
Friday evening, March 29, at the
American Legion hall on North bine the ancient science of phe
Second street, according to Dick nology with the latest electronic
Wilson, a member of the commit measuring and recording instru
ments to give almost minute-by-
tee.
All boys aged seven through 18 minute information on the crop
will have a chance to participate and environment.
in summer baseball this year. The
Phenology, a science dating
program has been enlarged to back to ancient China, is the use
include a Pee Wee division com of plants or animals as indicators
prising boys seven through nine of weather conditions, he ex
years of age.
plains. More formally, it is a stu
Breakdown of teams by age for dy of the relationships between
the coming season include Pee- various physical environmental
Wee, boys seven through nine factors and periodic changes in
years; Little league, nine through growth and development during
12; Babe Ruth and Pony league, the life cycles of plants and ani-
13 through 15; Junior Legion, 15 mals.
through 18. All ages are figured Based on Temperature Units
as of Aug. 1, 1963.
A basic concept is that all
All players are urged to sign plants have a certain minimum
up at the Friday night meeting air temperature necessary for
instead of waiting until later, Wil growth depending upon the en
son said. This will simplify rec vironmental conditions. A certain
ord processing for the committee. number of these temperature
Boys aged nine through 18 are “units” are required for crop
asked to take their birth certifi maturity, depending upon species
cates to the meeting.
and varieties.
Parents and interested persons
Air and soil temperatures and
are invited to attend the signup a number of other factors are
meeting. An outline of the “Base considered the significant ele
ball for Kids” program will be ments, Wang says, and the plant-
given and it will give parents a ing-to-seedling stage as the signi
chance to ask questions about the ficant period.
sport which has now become a
Eight years of work at Univer
big event in their son’s lives, Wil sity of Wisconsin indicate that
Births
Advances in Crop Forecasting Noted
By Nationally-Known Meteorologist
'Baseball
TO GRANDVIEW
Tourists in State MOVE
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perko, for-
residents of the Sunset Val
Leave $217 Million I mer
ley community who have been re-
near Caldwell, have pur-
During '62 Season l i siding
chased a farm near Grandview,
.
Kids'
Meet
March
all these _.
low prices/J
Mabel Turner Rites
Held in Prairie City
Prairie City funeral services for
Mabel C. Turner were conducted
Saturday, March 16, 1963. She
succumbed last week in that city.
She was born Feb. 22, 18iM, in
Florence, Kan., and was united in
marriage on Feb. 18, 1918, at Mar
ion, Kan., to Cash R. Turner. The
couple resided for many years in
the Sunset Valley area nea? Nys-
In addition to Mr. Turner, sur
vivors include a daughter, Mrs.
LeVina Howard of Bates, Ore.;
two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Tuttle of
Florence and Mrs. Iva Wiley of
Emporia, Kan.
Also surviving are two grand
children, Mrs. Patricia Rush of
Boise, Gerald L. Howard of Red
Bluff, Calif., and two great-
grandchildren.
Interment was made in the
cemetery at Prairie City.
Classifieds Get Quick Results’
soil temperature at the early
stage is the predetermining factor
for maturity of sweet corn. Simi
larly, night temperature is the
significant element at the repro
ductive stage of sweet corn, ac
cording to Wang.
Electronic Device* Used
Wang uses electronic recording
devices to keep an “eye” on soil
and air temperature, evaporation,
precipitation, etc. Findings are
plotted, predicting equations de-
veloped and worked out on com-
puters.
Wang came to OSU to conduct
a special series of seminars on
agricultural meteorology. He was
earlier a Weather bureau meteor
ologist and teacher in China and
Formosa before coming to this
country for graduate work at Uni
versity of Chicago and Wiscon
sin.
Two books by Wang have been
published the past year. One is a
700-page “Bibliography of Agri
cultural Meteorology;” the other
is titled "Agricultural Meteorolo
gy”
VISIT IN PORTLAND AREA
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Weeks and
Mrs. Lloyd Orris spent a recent
weekend in the Portland area.
The weeks couple were guests of
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Weeks and
tra day in Oregon, they would
family at Milwaukie while Mrs.,
have left an additional $15 mil
Orris visited a niece at Oregon
lion in the state.
The department has an exten City.
sive campaign of advertising and
promotion to attract these visitors VISITS FROM SPOKANE
Al Schomburg of Spokane left
but it is up to the citizens at the
local level to make them feel wel Tuesday evening for his home af
come and keep them here longer, ter visiting his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ol
Cooper noted.
Included in the department’s sen. He also attended a meeting
program are plans to inform local at the Gem Potato Chip company
people, especially in the retail in Nampa while in this area.
and service fields, what the local
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stances suit his temper; but is
more excellent who can suit his
temper to any circumstances.
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