THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
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Published Every Thursday at Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon.
Entered at the Post Office at Nyssa, Oregon, for Transmission
Through the United States Mails, as a Second Class Matter
Under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Grange Group Hears
Talk by Dr. J. Sarazin
Adrian Congregation
Collects Gift Items
For State Institution
Hoosl Uhristmas Seal Sales
Adrian Community church con
gregation is collecting a box of
Chrismas gifts to be sent to the
state hospital in Pendleton, A
container will be placed in the
vestibule for articles to be de- j
posited. Those contributing gifts |
are asked to have them in the)
box by Dec. 10.
Most popular items desired in- |
elude toilet articles for men or
women (not in glass containers), j
wash cloths, soap, tooth paste,
shaving cream, hand lotion, new I
clothing including men’s shirts
or socks, lingerie and hosiery for
women.
Also needed are games, model
airplanes, car model kits, stamp- j
ed needlwork items, crochet or
embroidery thread, scraps of ma-
terial for quilts, new dress ma-
terials, stationery, tea, coffee and
cash.
Donated money should be giv-
en or sent to Mrs. Ira Price, Sr.,
route 2, Nyssa. Packages need not
be wrapped as that will be done
at the hospital. Christmas wrap
pings, however, will be appre
ciated.
By Mr». O. P. Council
SUNSET VALLEY — Approxi
mately 30 area residents were
j present for the Oregon Trail
Grange booster night and pot-
| luck dinner held recently at the
area hall.
Singing and a talk by Dr. J. J.
Sarazin were highlights of the
evening’s entertainment. The
Writer Recalls Past area’s pioneer doctor told of early
happenings around Nyssa and
Visits to Nyssa Area day
the
Oregon
Trail community. His
Nov. 21, 1963
By Mrs. O. P. Counsil
son,
Norbert,
showed movies of
Ted M. Brammer
SUNSET VALLEY — Members
a
trip
up
the
Owyhee
river,
vari
Nyssa, Oregon
ous events occurring tn the vici of the Pleasant Hour club will
Dear Ted,
nity and dedication of Owyhee hold their annual Christmas pot
luck dinner and gift exchange
I have just been reading your dam.
Thursday, Dec. 12, at the home of
Oct. 31 issue of the Gate City
Mrs. Ira Price, Sr.
Journal, also the Townsend Star
Eight members of Worthwhile
Meat dishes have been arrang
published by your brother in club met last Thursday at the
ed for by various members. The
Montana.
home of Mrs. James Langley. The
I don’t think I ever knew your ladies discussed plans for the an dinner will be held at noon.
brother and about the best ac nual Christmas meeting and gift
Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Counsil and
quaintance I had with you was exchange to be held in December.
when I ate dinner with you in
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Corbett of John Knottingham of the Mitchell
Harrison and asked a lot of ques Grangeville, Idaho, visited last Butte community were Thanks
tions about insurance.
week in the homes of Mr. and giving dinner guests of Mr. and
To read your newspaper makes Mrs. Oscar Kurtz, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. R. C. Smith, Sr. They visit
my feet itch. We spent a number O. P. Counsil and other friends. ed members of the Joe Counsil
of years in the west. Even last They are former residents of family of Yakima, Wash., who
spent the holidays with the R. C.
summer (1962), we spent 33 days Nyssa.
Smith,
Sr., and R. C. Smith, Jr.,
saying “hello” to old friends,
families.
neighbors and relatives; climbed GUESTS IN NEDROW HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Counsil and
four of the highest passes in the
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Lovitt and children of Yakima were Satur
Rockies; attended the World’s sons of Vale visited Sunday and
Fair and the 46th annual Snake Monday with the Ed Nedrows day dinner guests at the home of
River Stampede in Nampa. We o f Owyhee junction. Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Counsil.
Sunset Valley auxiliary mem
also visited the largest trout pro evening callers were Mr. and
bers
have postponed their Decem
ducing plant at Thousand Springs. Mrs. Carlisle Jensen of Madras.
I took my wife to see Fort Town Thanksgiving day dinner guests ber meeting due to illnesses and
absence of members.
send and old Fort Worden where were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Brown Visitors
in Pric» Home
I spent time with the heavy coast and children.
Mr.
and
Mrs. Marion Carey and
artillery 44 years ago.
I think of Nyssa nestled among sa. We knew her back in Arkan children of Grangeville, Idaho,
acres and miles of fertile land, sas when she was Pearl Edmond spent the recent holidays at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
good country and good people.
son.
Ira Price, Sr. Other Thanksgiving
I rode ditch for five years at
I was through Nyssa when the dinner guests were Price’s sister,
Emmett and south of Nampa hospital was being built.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pitkin of Cal
where I helped deliver water to
I have had many experiences loway, Neb. They have been vis
64 farms under U. S. reclamation. in the western United States and iting in Sunset Valley for some
I worked at everything from dig since we moved back here, I have
time.
ging ditches to saleswork.
written a number of short stories
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Price
I have a cousin, Foy Brown, of my experiences in Idaho, Ore and children of Adrian, Mr. and
near your town. His wife, Linda, gon, Washington and Canada for Mrs. Ira Price, Jr., and children
was swimming champion of her the Green Forest Tribune and the of Ridgeview spent Thanksgiving
home state (Minnesota) in the Springfield (Mo.) Daily.
evening in the parental Price
1940’s, I believe. He and Fred
I worked in that country and home. Mrs. Price and Mrs. Carey
Howe from Berryville were in saw Morrison - Knudsen, whose visited Nov. 29 with Mrs. Albert
the Grocery store business at headquarters are in Boise, when Notheis.
Nyssa.
their only power was actually
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pitkin of
At one time we visited Mr. and horse-power. I watched their fine Calloway, Neb., and Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. George Schweizer near Nys- four-horse teams move dirt with Ed Price of Sunset Valley left
a fresno many times. But today Saturday to visit the Prices’
machinery is immense and they daughter. Mr. and Mrs. James
HAMMOND
can bore a hole through a moun Bayard and family in Las Vegas.
tain or do contract work in Guam.
ORGANS
When M-K recently moved into
and
Branson. Mo., to build Table Rock RETURN TO BURLEY
HAMMOND PIANOS
Mr. and Mrs. Max Dane and
dam, it seemed to us that some
daughter
Monday for their
Hammond Organ of the western folks had come in. home in left
Burley after spending
It
is
early,
but
1
want
to
wish
Studios of Boise
for you and yours a joyous Yule- the weekend with her parents,
7009 Fairview Avenue
tide season, a happy and pros Mr. and Mrs. Howard Myrick,
Russell and Shelley. Sunday din
— PHONE —
perous New Year.
ner guests in the Myrick home
Mrs. Grant Jones
ROSS B REA
included the Dane family and Mr.
Route 3, Box 34
372-2461 — Nyssa. Oregon
and Mrs. Jerry Myrick and Vicki
Green Forest. Ark.
Lynn.
Pleasant Hour
Club Members
Plan Yule Dinner
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1963
BAZAAR, HAM DINNER SET
FRIDAY BY RELIEF SOCIETY
Women of the Nyssa LDS First
ward Relief society have schedul
ed their annual bazaar and ham
dinner Friday evening, Dec. 6, at
the Nyssa stake house.
Serving hours will be from 6
to 8 o’clock. On sale all evening
will be Christmas cakes as well
as numerous bazaar items and a
satin quilt wiU be given away.
Owyhee Community
Church News
THESE YOUNG LADIES, together with other members of Girl
Scout Troops 38 and 120. placed Christmas seal posters in many
of the downtown business houses Monday after school hours. The
girls are (left to right) Linda Colby, Sally Smith, Margaret Galle
gos, Barbara Wilt, Mary Lee Wahlert and Linda's twin sister, Ann
Colby. The Girl Scouts and their troop leaders are to be commend
ed for their assistance with the sale of these stamps distributed
annually for the fight against tuberculosis. Leaders of troop 38
are Mmes. Art Colby, Dick G. Tensen and Hal Henigson. The troop
has a total of 16 members. Troop 120 has 30 members and leaders
of this group are Mmes. Clarence Clapp, Bill Wahlert and Bob
Wilson.
—Journal Photo.
Traditional Thanksgiving Gatherings
Held as Residents Observe Holiday
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Dneirlnnlr
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Mrs. Grant Rinehart, Mrs. OU? Mr. and Mrs. Paul H™,.o iL
Mr. and Mrs. Paul House, Bon-
via Rinehart and Triena returned I 1 nie and Butch were hosts at a
early Monday morning from Med- j Thanksgiving dinner for Mr. and
ford where they spent the Mrs. Dick Herriman and family
Thanksgiving holidays with the j
| of Enterprise, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
the former’s .son - in - law and | J Barnes and Todd of Vale, Mr. and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Mrs. Glenn Marcum and family.
Hayes. Jan Rinehart who attends
college in Ashland joined the
Nyssans at her sister’s home in
Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Sallee, Mr.
and Mrs. George Sallee were
Thanksgiving dinner guests of the
men’s brother-in-law and sister.
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Sheldon in
Boise.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quinowski
and family spent the Thanksgiv
ing holiday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Barry and other |
relatives in Madras.
Thanksgiving dinner guests in
the J. E. Brower home were Mr. J
and Mrs. Jarvis Mitchell and chil
dren of Madras, Mr. and Mrs. [
Stanley Bybea and sons of Pay
ette, Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson, !
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bybee, Mr.
and Mrs. Brent Folkman. Satur
day dinner guests of the Browers
were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bur
dette of Ogden and Mrs. Eliza
Weston.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Froerer and
family, Mrs. H. E. Chamberlain,
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Bybee were
guests for Thanksgiving dinner
at the Ray Bybee home in Brig
ham City. Utah.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Geiger left
Saturday for their home in Ogden
after spending the holiday with
their son - in - law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Child and
sons. In addition to the Geigers,
Thanksgiving dinner guests in the
Child home were his sister, Mrs.
Florence Hayden of Boise, Dee
and Andrew' Child of Logan.
Utah.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bybee, Pame- >
la and Tamara were guests for |
Thanksgiving dinner at the home j
of her brother and sister-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Courtney and j
family in Roy, Utah.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lowe, Caro
lyn and Patty, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Elliott had Thanksgiving dinner,
in Jordan Valley. The men spent
the holiday w’eekend goose hunt-'
ing in that area.
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The annual fall banquet was
held Nov. 12 at Owyhee Commu
nity church with approximately
I 100 plates, filled with ham and
I associated foods, prepared and
served. The dinner was sponsor
ed by the church young people,
assisted by ladies of the Mission
ary circle.
Featured speaker was the Rev.
Tom Starr, pastor of the Bible
Baptist church at Payette. A
piano solo was presented by Mrs.
Meyer of Malheur Butte Baptist
church and special vocal selec
tions were rendered by a quar
tet of young men including Dick
Skogan, Bill Martin, Mark and
Axel Stephen.
Church Hosts Teenage Retreat
The Owyhee church was host
during an American Sunday
school teenage retreat held Nov.
29-30 and attended by approxi
mately 25 young people repre
senting Baptist churches through
out the valley.
The session was under direc
tion of Marvin McLean, represen
tative of the American Sunday
School union of the Treasure Val
ley area. Featured speaker was
the Rev. Ken Swanby of Cole
Community church in Boise.
Sunday Morning Talk
By Congo Missionary
Set at Local Church
Special evangelistic services are
now in progress at the First
Christian church in Nyssa with
the Rev. B. Ross Evans as fea
tured speaker.
Services are being held at 7:30
each evening and will continue
through Sunday, with the excep
tion of Friday. This evening
(Thursday) is men’s night and the
sermon topic will be “An Amaz
ing Testimony." “What Do You
Want?” is title of the sermon to
be heard on Saturday, family
night.
Mrs. Phyllis Weare of Burns
will be guest speaker Sunday
morning, designated as “women’s
day.” She is the wife of a physi
cian affiliated with a Bums cli
nic. Mrs. Weare is a nurse, and
with her doctor husband recently
spent three years in the Congo
during the time of a great crisis.
“Beyond the Sunset” will be
the topic of the Rev. Evans’ Sun-
day evening sermon. Nursery
care for pre - school children is
being provided during each ser
vice, is announcement made by
the Rev. Wallace Prowell, local
pastor.
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9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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