THURSDAY. JUNE 13. 1963
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
Transferred
Club Members Purchase Lawn Chair Tibbets
To The Dalles Bank;
Replaced by Spitler
For Elderly Palients al Hospital
By Mrs. Wilson Witt
“ Mrs. John Timmerman entered
NEWELL HEIGHTS — Modern Malheur Memorial hospital June
Pioneer club met Wednesday af 5 for treatment and care.
ternoon with Mrs. Thelma Borge
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Borge. Mane
with 12 members in attendance. and Terry spent Sunday evening
Roll call was “Something Funny with Mr. and Mrs Bill McKelvy
or Odd That Happened at a Wed in Caldwell. Mrs. McKelvy’s par
ding.” Program topic was "Tell ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris
About a Place You Wish You and Kelly of Madras were visiting
Could Have Visited on Your Hon in the Caldwell home. Mrs. Har
eymoon But Didn’t.”
ris and Mrs. Borge are sisters.
A letter from a soldier. Jakie They are former residents of
Smith, stationed in Viet Nam, Newell Heights and still own
was read by Anna Pratt, Jakie their farm in this community.
had worked for Louis Pratt sev Former Residents Visit
eral years ago. Frankie Worden
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Anderson
won the drawing prize.
and Russell of Portland, Mario
Lydia Worden and Ruby Leedy Anderson and son, Chris of Tuc
displayed a lawn chair they had son, Ariz., called last Thursday
purchased for the club to be given afternoon at the M. L. Kurtz
to Malheur Memorial hospital to home. They are former residents
be used by elderly residents on of this community, having resid
the patio. Marie Borge showed ed in the basement house on the
slides of her trip to Hawaii.
Eugene Pratt farm. They have
This was the last meeting until asked to be remembered to their
September. There will be a club many friends in this area and
picnic at the R. D. McKinley home stated that time did not permit
this summer with date to be an them to make the visits they
nounced.
would liked to have made. Mario
Mrs. George Schiemer and Mrs. has been professor at the Univer
Lydia Worden delivered the lawn sity of Arizona and will be mov
chair to the Nyssa hospital last ing soon to New Hampshire to
Thursday afternoon and the el assume new duties.
derly residents expressed their
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glenn
appreciation.
took Lynn to Baker Saturday to
visit Mrs. Daisy Shook. The fam
Sunday dinner guests in the ily also visited Mr. and Mrs. Loise
home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Kurtz Boren at Durkee.
were the Rev. and Mrs. Murray
Antone Richter, who lives at
Russell and family, Mrs. Marie the Charles Leedy home, spent
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Sunday with his parents in On
Kurtz and family, Tam, Kim tario.
and Niki Highland. On Sunday
Tam, Kim and Niki Highland,
evening the Rev. and Mrs. Rus grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. M.
sell and family, Mrs. Moore, Mr. L. Kurtz, spent Friday and Satur
and Mrs. M. L. Kurtz and their day with their other grandpar
grandchildren attended dinner at ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Hoffman
the Roswell Presbyterian church in Sunset Valley, returning to the
preceding evening services during Kurtz home Sunday morning.
which the Rev. Russell showed
Mrs. Irvin Topliff, Rita Mae
pictures and told of their work Topliff and Mrs. Wilson Witt at-
in Ethiopia.
j tended the Friday afternoon style
Word from Kaye Borge was re-1 J review at the 4-H spring fair in
ceived this week, stating she had Ontario.
been presented an award for out
Mrs. Helen Butler and Pauline
standing activities in home econo were Memorial day dinner guests
mics at the University of Hawaii. of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Farmer of
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Stringham Ontario.
of Bountiful, Utah, and Brent
Stringham of Ogden arrived Fri Attend Graduation Rites
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. McKinley
day to visit their daughter, Mr
and Mrs. Leon Chamberlain and j went to Corvallis Saturday to
family. They left Monday accom- ! . visit their son and daughter-in-
panied by Steven Call who had | law, Mr. and Mrs. James McKin-
spent the past 10 days visiting in | ley. Sunday afternoon they at
tended the graduation of their son
the Chamberalin home.
James and his wife, Dixie. After
the services they w’ent to North
Malheur's Gumprecht Bend to visit their daughter, Mr.
Mrs. Hugh Eddy and daugh
Assigned to Umatilla; and
ter, returning home Monday.
New Agent Unknown Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kriegh, Kar
Miss Jan Gumprecht, Malheur la and Steve were Sunday dinner
county agent in 4-H club work, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hill
has accepted an appointment to at Cascade.
a similar position on the Umatilla
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. McKinley
county extension staff with head went to La Grande Monday to
quarters in Pendleton. The an meet their son-in-law and daugh
nouncement, made by Gene M. ter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ernest and
Lear, associate director of the children. They brought Missy and
Oregon State university extension Susie Ernest home with them to
service, stated the transfer would spend a week while their parents
be effective July 1.
are moving to La Grande.
Harry Sandquist, Malheur coun
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fenn were
ty agent, said Miss Gumprecht, a camping and fishing from Tues
graduate of Colorado State uni day until Friday at Brownlee
versity, has served on the Mal dam.
heur staff since October 1960.
Celebrate Anniversary
During this time she has develop
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Glenn, Mr.
ed an outstanding program in the
home economics division of coun and Mrs. Charles Schweizer of
Nyssa, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ben
ty 4-H club work.
Sandquist said an appointment nett of Big Bend spent Wednes
to fill the position on the Malheur day evening at the home of Mr.
staff is expected in the near fu- and Mrs. Charles Glenn where
they helped Charles Glenn cele
ture.
brate his birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Helen Butler and Pauline,
OLSENS RETURN HOME
Mrs. John Olsen, Trudy and accompanied by Mrs. Ada Butler
Jack went to Portland June 5, of Ontario, went to Warden,
where they were guests in the Wash., Friday to visit Mr. and
home of Dr. and Mrs. Bill Galla Mrs. Edmond Butler and family.
gher. On Friday evening the Ol Butler has been in the hospital at
sens went to Corvallis to get Mary Moses Lake recovering from a re
Kay who has been attending OSU cent heart attack. The trio re
and the family returned to Nyssa turned home Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Province of
Saturday.
Caldwell arrived Sunday to visit
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
BROWNS HAVE GRANDSON
McDermott
and did some indoor
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Brown have
received word of a new grandson painting for them.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Savage and
born to her son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Gary DeRock family of Nyssa and Mr. and Mrs.
of Reno, Nev. The infant weighed Gene Simpson were Sunday af
7 pounds and joins a sister, Bren ternoon guests at the Carl Fenn
I home.
da, 3 years of age.
Lester E. (Bud) Tibbets, loan
officer in the Nyssa bank since
1958, was transferred to the bank
in The Dalles effective Monday,
June 10.
Prior to joining the First Na
tional Bank of Oregon. Tibbets
taught school in The Dalles and
engaged in custom farm work His
first position with the bank in
1954 was as agricultural repre
sentative.
He has been active in PTA, Cub
Scouting and Junior Chamber of
Commerce during his stay in
Nyssa.
Mrs. Tibbets told a Journal re
porter this week that the family
would probably move about the
first of August.
Replacing Tibbets is Carlton W
Spitler who has been loan officer
for the eastern district, working
out of the Portland office. He
has been associated with the bank
approximately 15 years.
Spitler was born, raised and
educated in The Dalles. He will
be joined in the near future by
his wife, Harriet, and two daugh
ters, Cynthia, 11, and Kathy, 9.
They plan to attend the Christian
church.
VISIT FROM WASHINGTON
Mr. and Mrs. Don Eldredge and
family of Washougal, Wash., ar
rived Saturday for a week’s visit
Range Inspection
Planned lune 20;
Public Welcomed
A range rehabilitation tour
through the Vale BLM district’s
Soldier Creek unit will be con
ducted June 20, leaving Jordan
Valley at 9 a.m.. according to
George Bain, Malheur county ex
tension agent.
The tour jointly sponsored by
the Bureau of Land Management
and Extension service will be con
ducted through areas that have
been treated by chemical sage
brush removal, plowing and seed
ing. and seeding following sage
brush spraying. Water develop
ments securing better distribution
of livestock will be included in
the itinerary. Stops will be made
in areas treated several years ago
and now in use, as well as more
recent treatments including a
spray operation last month.
Everyone interested in range
rehabilitation is invited to join
the tour, Bain said. They should
come in vehicles with adequate
clearance for field travel and
bring a sack lunch.
VISIT IN SPARKS HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sparxs and
family of Boise, Mr. and Mrs. Art
Sparks were Sunday guests in
the Guy Sparks home. Dick
Sparks, Jr., is spending this week
in the Guy Sparks home and at
tending Methodist Bible school
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
with his cousin, Gary.
Tom Eldredge.
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Nyssa Chapel Rites
Held Wednesday
For Kathryn Lackey
Funeral rites for Kathryn Law
ler Lackey were conducted yes
terday afternoon. June 12, 1963,
at Lienkaemper chapel. D. Hu
bert Christensen. LDS Nyssa
stake mission president, officiated.
Soloist was Mrs. Dwight Wyc
koff.
Mrs. Lackey succumbed Sunday
following a heart attack, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Bill Smiley.
She had been in failing health for
some time.
She was born May 13. 1887,
in Ketchum. Idaho, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Lawler. The
family moved to Boise where they
remained until 1897 when they
came to the Nyssa area. Mr. Law
ler was a section foreman with
the railroad.
Kathryn Lawler and John Da
niel Lackey, a lifelong resident of
Malheur county, were united in
marriage on Nov. 25, 1901, at
Vale. The couple resided on a
homestead at the present Amal
gamated Sugar company site un
til 1910 when they moved to their
farm o n Alberta avenue. Mr.
Lackey succumbed June 17, 1961.
Survivors include one daughter.
Mrs. Tressie King of Quincy,
Wash.; one granddaughter, Mrs.
Patricia Rollins of Boise; three
great-grandchildren. Debbie, Gary
and Nancy of Boise.
Other survivors are two broth
ers, O. J. Lawler of Everett,
PAGE FIVE
NYSSAN ATTENDS BANQUET
FOR VETERAN IOOF GROUP
Fred Kratzberg. a member of
Gate City lodge No. 214 of Nyssa
and also Parma lodge No. 55,
went with other members from
Parma to a June 5 no-host ban
quet honoring 30 old-timers of
Caldwell IOOF lodge No. 10. Men
accompanying him were Tom
Drost, Jim Pritchard and Tony
June 6—To Mr. and Mrs. Luz
Garza of Nyssa, a 7-pound, 12’6-
ounce son, Roberto.
June 6—To Mr. and Mrs. Al
bern Allen of Vale, a 7-pound,
13 Vt -ounce daughter, unnamed.
June 7—To Mr. and Mrs. Mel
vin Nielsen of Parma, a 9-pound,
4-ounce daughter, Margie.
Kratzberg.
June 12—To Mr. and Mrs. Don
The honorees were given jewel ald Bullard of Ontario, an 8-
ed service pins, ranging from 25 i pound, 4-ounce son, unnamed.
to 40 years. One 70-year veteran
member is a patient in a Cald- I STUDENTS ARRIVE HOME
well nursing home.
Dee and Andrew Child arrived
Visitors included those from June 4 at the home of their par
Weiser. Payette, Nyssa, Parma, ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edison Child.
Boise, Nampa and other valley They have been attending college
towns.
at Utah State university in Logan.
Kratzberg, who carries a 35-
year award, said he became re- I
acquainted at the banquet with
a long - time friend. Harry Mc
Cluskey. The Nyssan knew’ him
at the age of 15 years. They lived
on the banks of the Snake river i
across from the present site of
and
Marsing. It was called River Side
or Pleasant Valley, Kratzberg re
called.
FRONT END
ALIGNMENT
Wash., and William Lawler of
Meridian, Idaho; three sisters,
Mrs. Margaret Lowe of Hines,
Ore., Mrs. Anna Kelley of Burns
and Mrs. Mary Chamberlain of ■
Boise.
Interment was made in Nyssa i
cemetery. Pallbearers were Jake 1
Fischer, Audrey Ward, Robert
Thompson, Aden Wilson, Gerrit
I Stam and William Smiley.
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