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U. of 0, Library Eugene, Oregon Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME LVIII The Sugar City THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL 11. 1963 Traditional Observances of Easier Planned by Most Churches of Area; Good Friday, Sunrise Services Slated 10 Cent» Per Copy NUMBER 15 School Board Accepts Local Bank Bid On $95,000 Bond Issue; Hears Request For Assistant to Music Director Smith Through special services, programs by young people and traditional observances of Christ’s betrayal, trial, crucifixion and resurrection, churches have again this year tried to stress the true meaning of Easter and the holy season. Good Friday services are planned tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock in the Methodist church. Theme is the “Seven Last ♦words,” with several ministers participating. The ministerial association is sponsoring Easter Sunrise services at 6 o’clock Sunday morning on cemetery hill. At a special meeting Monday night directors of Nyssa School District 26 adopted the school calendar for the 1963-64 term, awarded contract to First National Bank of Oregon for purchase of $95,000 of school bonds and listened to a group of school patrons interested in obtaining an assistant music director for the coming year. ♦ Prior to opening of the bond bids, minutes of previous meetings of the board and budget board were read and i Board Approves Hospiial Budget; Voters to Decide Million Dollar Rains Hit Area During Past Week approved. Bills for the previous month were also read and approv ed for payment. The effective interest rate of Members of Malheur Memorial the successful bidder was 3.1474 hospital’s budget board met Tues for the $95,000 in bonds, while day evening with the hospital that of the only other bidder, U. S board of directors for their an National o f Portland, Ontario nual budget session. branch, was 3.2181 percent, mak Budget board members are ing a difference of $591.61 interest Maurice O. Judd, chairman; Dick over a period of 15 years. Forbe.ss, secretary; Leonard Hew ett, Bob Webster and Harold Sis Low Bond Interest Rate son. Board of directors includes Both bids were considerably be John Stam, Everett Heldt, Ted low the national average for this Morgan, Tom Drydale and Victor type of bond, according to infor Haburchak. mation received by Dirick Nedry, According to Charles J Smith, district clerk-business manager. hospital manager, the men ap Approximately 25 persons were proved a tax levy of $44,196.56. in the audience in the interest of $22,000 of this amount exceeds the securing an assistant music direc 6 percent limitation and will be tor. As they were not organized voted upon by residents of the and had no appointed spokesman, district. Board members set the School Board President Warren budget hearing for May 14 with Farmer gave each an opportunity election to be held May 24 to be heard. The $22,000 figure is the amount It came out in the meeting that over last year’s budget and in some people thought, from the cludes $11,700 to reduce bank in release carried in the March 21 debtedness; $3,600, roof repair; issue of the Journal, that Music $1,600, fire doors; $1,400, dish Director Bob Q. Smith had resign washer replacement; $400, wall ed to accept a position paying repair and paint; $1,100, equip more money than received in ment repair. Nyssa. When it was learned that Total operating expense is esti he had resigned because he felt mated at $304,000 which includes with a student load of nearly 450 an emergency fund of $50,000. he was unable to do the program Estimated operating expense last justice, patrons began a move year was $305,000. ment to try to retain him and get Prior to the budget meeting, a help for him. letter from the fire marshal was read to the board of directors. Financial Problem Seen President Farmer said he and The correspondence pertained to all board members felt that Smith the required fire doors. The board was advised that had done a remarkable job with the music department and had Mrs. Virginia Steffens and her been most anxious to retain him FHA girls had furnished paint but had felt they could not justify and were in the process of re the additional money in the bud decorating the hospital lobby. Board members have asked the get for an assistant. Farmer said this feeling was caused largely Journal to express their apprecia due to the voters having rejected tion to Mrs. Steffens and her stu the first two budgets submitted dents. last year. School Superintendent W. L. McPartland also voiced his feel ing that Smith has done a re Walan Morgan set a record markable job and said that he was Tuesday evening at the local well aware that he needed an as sistant. Other than his large sche bowling lanes by rolling a 723 duled classes daily, McPartland »cratch series. This is 55 pins said Smith’s night work was “ter above the previous high record ed in league play. Alan Ben rific." nett held the previous high. 668. Scheduled Music Activities In his first game, he started It was brought out that Smith with two strikes, then a split had 339 students in regularly which caused a flat in the third scheduled classes studying instru frame. He finished that game mental music. Of these 84 are in with strikes and began the next the sixth grade, 137 in the seventh with seven (making 16 consecu and eighth grades with 118 in tive strikes). His luck ended high school. when a two pin decided io One choral group, from sopho stand in the eighth frame of the mores through seniors, has about second game. 52 and one class on theory of Morgan's 723 series consisted music is held one hour each day. of 266, 245 and 212 games. His Unscheduled, Smith has a stage handicap series totaled 798. His band program with 36 students team had a 3307 total series in two classes that meet Thurs which proved he was also get day night from 7 to 8:45, a pep ting support from his team band that functions during bas members sponsored by Bing ketball season, two combo groups ham's Service. and all the .students interested in (Continued on Page 6) Faith Lutheran Church A Maundy Thursday commun Rain, general over most of the ion service will be conducted at area, starting Saturday of last 8 o’clock this evening at Faith week, has been worth millions of Lutheran church. Theme of the dollars to grain and cattle pro sermon to be delivered by Pastor 1 ducers. John Milbrath is “Reconciliation Reports show .47 inch falling Came to the Cross.” A Good Friday service with Saturday, .37 inch Monday and .06 Tuesday night for a total of “Father, Forgive Them” as theme, .90 inch. Travelers report rain in will be held at 12:30 Friday af the desert area in the south part ternoon in Faith Lutheran church. of the county. This will be a boon The senior choir will provide to those having cattle on the special music for both the Maun ranges as well as adding to the dy Thursday and Good Friday services. runoff into the reservoirs. Regular Sunday services will Water had been turned into the be conducted Easter morning with canals of the Owyhee project three days before the rain started Sunday school at 10 a m. and the and some farmers had begun irri worship service at 11 o’clock. gation. Some farmers predict they St. Paul's Episcopal Church will not have to do any watering | Holy communion service will of row crops until near the mid be at 8 a.m. and Sunday school dle of May, thus conserving water classes will meet at 9:30 o’clock. A second holy communion ser in the reservoirs. vice will be at 11 o’clock, together Streamflow Prospects Poor The April 8 report from the with sermon by the Rev. Armand Once again it’s Easter, a happy season, joyfully welcomed. A time that USDA predicts streamflow will Larive. brings to mind the cross and the tomb; the crucified Savior, the risen Lord; be the lowest of any year since Assembly of God the crown of thorns replaced by the diadem of the King of Kings. Thus, A special musical program will 1934. Water content of the snow Easter, with its glorious message of spiritual rebirth and promise of life cover on the Owyhee is only 26 be given Sunday by Mrs. Dem- eternal is indeed precious. It is a time for the whole family to reaffirm sey Barnhart during the regular percent of April 1 average, and faith, to pray and praise Him. Your local churches have planned a program on the Malheur is 17 percent. 11 o’clock worship hour at the for all. Assembly of God church. Lands dependent upon natural streamflow may have only one Methodist Church irrigation. A Maundy Thursday commun- One bright spot in the picture I ion service will be held at 8 o’- is the large amount of moisture 1 clock this evening in the Metho in the soil, making ideal condi dist church. tions for rain and snow water to Dual services will be conducted reach the streams and reservoirs. on Easter Sunday with the first to be held at 8:30 a.m. and the The Nyssa school cafetorium was the scene of a Chilean I other at the regular 11 o’clock festival held last Thursday evening. Patrons were greeted by Effective today, April 11, pota ' hour. Church school will be at members of Irl Nolen’s All-American club and given a pro toes shipped by carload lots from I 9:45 a.m. gram, with cover designed by Mike Miranda, as they entered Malheur county will have rates reduced 1 3 cents per hundred Nyssa LDS Second Ward an atmosphere of a country celebration. v pounds. The recent announcement Farrell Peterson will give a Decor of Chilean colors brightened the booths containing by Norman L. Wiegand, Powell talk on the “Meaning of Easter” The annual Easter egg hunt at the morning service at Nyssa crafts peculiar to Chile, foods* Butte, chairman of the Oregon sponsored by Nyssa Jaycees LDS Second ward. Scripture of the country and displays of1 Potato commission, said the new will be held Saturday at Nyssa reading is also planned for the art. Some pictures were paint rates would restore competitive south park beginning at 1 p.m. Easter tnoiTilng program. ed by local talent. rate relationship with rates in ef Pre - schoolers and children in Grant Rinehart, local American An Easter program will be giv The United Nations Pilgrimage fect since March 1962 for growers first, second and third grades en by members of the junior Sun Field Service president, introduc- contest, sponsored by IOOF lod- of southeastern Idaho. will be permitted to participate, day school classes. [ ed Chuck Corak, student body | ges of the area, was held April 7 The new rates will provide a according t o Gene DeMinck, head, who in turn presented Rosa in Baker. Winner of the district saving of $58.50 per 45,000-pound (Continued on Page 6) project chairman. i Alvarez, exchange student from contest was Kay Van Patten of carload and would mean a savings The youngsters will be divid ' Chile. Ontario. She is a daughter of Dr. of $50,000 to $75,000 annually for ed into groups to search for the and Mrs. C. R Van Patten. Malheur county shippers. History of Chile Given eggs. Some of the eggs will be Lynn Jackson, daughter of Mr. Union Pacific railroad and Nor Rosa gave an interesting his wrapped with a slip of paper Three local men were the ob- tory of her country, highlighted and Mrs. Wilton Jackson of Nys thern Lines filed tariffs with the containing names of Nyssa mer I ject of a search at Lake Owyhee by the band playing both the sa, placed second in the competi Interstate Commerce commission chants who are donating prizes. Sunday when they failed to re Chilean and United States nation tion and has been named as alter in March for the necessary reduc When an egg is found with a turn from a fishing trip at the al anthems under direction of Bob nate for the United Nations trip. tions. a merchant's name on it, the time they had planned. Q. Smith, mu^ic instructor. The lucky finder should take the The trio, Willard Willis, Bert audience stood at attention, facing slip to the store and claim the and Dee Crump, took a boat out the flags displayed on stage to prize. at noon, saying they planned to gether with the Chilean national A group of Jaycees and their return about 4 p.m. When it grew emblem. wives gathered last Saturday By WALTER L. McPARTLAND, Superintendent of Schools ’ later and they were still not back. Clyde Swisher, English depart evening in the DeMinck home Cal Hughes, resort manager, and ment head, read a poem written to wrap 90 pounds of candy eggs Jim Henderson began looking for by a poet from Chile. Folk music for the hunt. Assisting with the MRS. BETTY OFT went to high of Topeka, Kan., which was oper was rendered by a flute trio com school in Fruitland and received ated by the famous psychiatrists, project were Mr. and Mrs. Art them. After making several trips prised of Marcia Wyckoff, Caro Bosselman, Mr. and Mrs. Neal her college training at the College Karl and Will Menninger. The across the rough waters of the lyn Pond and Kathy McPartland, Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fan of Idaho, Caldwell. Mrs. Oft has Thomsons have one son who is lake the two found the missing accompanied by Susan Schenk gen, Dr. and Mrs. David Sara- taught for three years in Idaho presently serving in the armed A group from Instructor Smith’s prior to coming to Nyssa. Mrs. forces in France. Mr. Thomson is zin, Mr. and Mrs. DeMinck, Bob fishermen about 5 o’clock Monday morning. They had spent the string and brass section played Oft has boys attending Nyssa high a retired farmer. Chatelain and the Rev. Armand night in a cabin approximately two popular Chilean selections. .Larive. school. Her husband operates a MRS. ELAINE NELSON grad 12 miles from the resort after Those participating were Gerald their boat had developed engine Wyckoff, John Berg. Greg Sum farm on the Idaho side of the uated from Bear River high river but the family makes its school in northern Utah, went to trouble. ner, Wayne Riggs, John Wohlcke, home in Nyssa. Weber college at Ogden and re Linda Hoffman with Miss Schenk MRS. MADGE THOMSON is ceived her bachelor of arts de at the piano. Meeting day for Nyssa Toast At the regular meeting of Ad from Kansas. She went to high gree from Utah State college at masters has been changed to rian school board members held Latin Dance Presented school at Lyons in that state and Logan. She taught for three years Wednesday morning, according to April 9, it was decided to give A Latin dance was performed attended college in Winfield, Kan. in Utah and was a social worker officers of the group. Royce Zobell, Nyssa junior high up either the elementary recrea in costume by Nancy Lytle, Joe There she obtained a degree in for two years. Mrs. Nelson has At the meeting held last week Grijalva, Kathy Farmer and Joe music and earned a bachelor of been in Nyssa nine years. Mr. student, with his project on “Syn tion room or cafeteria for a class in Brownie’s cafe, basic speeches science degree in education from Nelson is a building contractor. thesis of Amino Acids” took a room during the coming year, ac Malheur county potato growers Estrada. were given by Bob Sherbert and are offered insurance on the 1963 The Nelsons have two children in first place ribbon at the district cording to Superintendent Glenn Those in attendance sampled College of Idaho in 1958. the Rev. Armand Larive. Sher-1 crop by the federal government science fair held April 6 in Nam Ward. The board will make the the many different foods for a Mrs. Thomson has taught 21 the Nyssa schools. bert’s topic was “Take Profiting for the first time. The program decision after carefully studying small fee at booths manned by MRS. GLADYS SPITZE went pa. From Charity,” in which he told follows plans and rates evolved high school students and adult years, 12 of which were in Kan the alternatives. Ward said. First and second place winners to high school at Luray, Kan. She of the fund-raising procedures of from using Bingham county, Ida advisers. Archery was enjoyed sas. This makes her ninth year Patrons of the district are urged at Nyssa. She spent four years attended State university at Man- in local science fairs in both jun some charities. to contact their respective board ho, as a pilot county last year. ior high and high schools from by many, as was fishing, films of teaching in the Southard school (Continued on Page 6) “Monkeys in Africa” was topic. The plan, insuring potatoes • • Mountain Home to Baker were members to voice their opinions. Chile and an auction conducted 4 « of the speech given by the Rev. against plant disease, insect infes by Roger Baker. The sale gave If residents have questions on eligible to enter the regional meet Larive. tation, drought, frost or any ad parents and students an oppor held at Northwest Nazarene col the budget they are urged to at Table topics were “In What verse weather conditions, covers tend the budget meeting on April lege. tunity to purchase items from Direction Should Toastmasters almost all risks except the market Chile. Nyssa high school students | 16 in the elementary cafeteria. Go?” Jeff Ford was topic master; | price. whose projects were entered in Mrs. Grant Rinehart, general the Rev. Wallace Prowell, evalu It covers the crop from plant chairman, said the number of stu cluded Victor Haburchak and Da ator; and Art Colby served as ing time to harvest, or Oct. 20. dents and parents involved in vid Sumpter, while Theo Ashby. toastmaster. whichever is earlier. A specific staging the festival was in the Darrell King, Zobell, Sallee Mor amount of production is guaran hundreds and she wishes to thank gan, Bobby Smith, Nancy Boy- teed. When quality falls below everyone who worked so diligent del), Marilyn Stephen and Clinton A n Easter Sunrise service 50 percent of number one potatoes ly to make the event such a suc- Robbins were represented from sponsored by the Nyssa Minis the entire production is adjusted j cess. the junior high school. terial association will be held Premium rates vary, depending Approximately 150 exhibits at 6 o'clock Sunday morning on Union Good Friday services on county history and the amount were on display, most of which cemetery hill. will be held at 8 o'clock tomor of protection selected by the in were winners at local fairs. Qua A program will be presented row evening in Nyssa Methodist dividual farmer. lity of the exhibits, workmanship by youth of the various chur Coverage offered covers only church. Theme of the service and degree of difficulty of the ches. Carol and Mary Pond will Names drawn this week at will be "Seven Last Words." one other Oregon county (Kla Nyssa Bank Days event were projects was outstanding. render a vocal duet and an in with seven ministers participat math), one Washington county Delbert Dacus, route 1. New Ply For the first time in the history strumental duet will be pre ing. They are Pastors J. L. and five in Idaho. of science fairs in the local school sented by Dave Saunders and mouth, $50 jackpot; Melvin Feik. Fieldmen for the Federal Crop route 2, Nyssa, $10 second award; system, Nyssa will have a contes Terry Martin. The Easter mes Mussell, Noble Hunt, Armand Larive, Alvon Griffin, John Insurance corporation will be and Harold G. Mallett, Ontario, tant in the northwest regional fair sage will be given by Bob Bullock, Robert McNeil and contacting local farmers to ex third prize of $5. No winners in Portland as Zobell has entered Maine. plain the program and take appli were on hand to claim their his project in the large exhibit Paul Ludlow. Opening prayer will be given NYSSA'S STAFF of fourth grade teacher» include* (seated. left to Northwest region includes win by the Rev. J. L. Mussell and Special musical numbers are cations for coverage. Mrs. Clar awards. also being planned for the ser ence Saunders of Vale is local Jackpot prize will advance to right) Mr». Betty Oft. Mrs. Madge Thomson. Mr». Elaine Nelson ners from Idaho, Oregon, Wash the Rev. Paul Ludlow will offer and Mr». Eva Chadwick. Standing is Mr«. Gladys Spitze. agent. ington and Montana. $75 next Tuesday afternoon. the closing prayer. vice. Exchange Student Tells of Country At Colorful AFS Chilean Festival Potato Shipment Rates Down 13c Effective Today Annual Egg Hunt Slated Saturday By Local Jaycees Kay Van Patten Wins United Nations Trip Fishermen Stranded Sunday at Reservoir knoir Your Farulty Nyssa's Fourth Grade Teachers Nyssa Toastmasters Change Meeting Dav Morgan Sets Record At Local Sugar Bowl R. Zobell's Project To Be Exhibited At Regional Fair Federal Insurance Offered to County Potato Producers Adrian School Board Studies Alternatives For Elementary Plant Sunrise Service Set Early Easter Morning By Ministerial Group Good Friday Service Set Tomorrow Night In Methodist Church All Prizes Unclaimed At Tuesday Drawina