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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. MAY 21. 1964
The Sugar City
VOLUME LVII
Nyssa Commencement-Baccalaureate
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Dated Sunday; Dean of NNC io Speak
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Modern Strutture on Alberta Avenue
Miss Helen G. Wilson, dean of women and director of the
news bureau at Northwest Nazarene college in Nampa, will
be speaker at the combined commencement - baccalaureate
program at 8:15 p.m. Sunday, May 24, in the Nyssa high gym.
“The Challenge of Inner Space” will be topic of her ad­
dress. The speaker is a member of Phi Delta Lambda, nation­
al honor society; Phi Kappa
Delta, national speech honor­
ary; and the National Federa­
tion of Press Women. Miss
Wilson was recently named to
“Who’s Who of American
Women.”
MISS HELEN WILSON
. . . To Speak on "Inner Space"
Adrian Graduates
To Hear Address
By EOC President
Combined commencement and
baccalaureate services will be
held at 8 o’clock Sunday evening,
May 24, in the gymnasium for the
24 graduating seniors at Adrian
high school. Dr. Frank Bennett,
president of Eastern Oregon col­
lege in La Grande, will be fea­
tured speaker.
Miss Effie Laan will deliver the
valedictorian address and salu­
tatory will be given by Miss
Pauline Butler.
Class night will be Monday
evening, May 25, when awards
will be presented to all high
school students.
Graduation exercises for the 36
eighth grade students will be at
8 o’clock Wednesday evening,
May 27, in the high school audi­
torium.
She has been a keynote speaker
for a number of gatherings in the
Northwest, including the Idaho
High School Student Officers’ As­
sociation, commencements, bacca­
laureates and so on. She address­
ed NHS seniors earlier this year.
A free-lance writer, she has had
several articles published and this
year was co - author of a book
about Northwest Nazarene Col­
lege of Nampa, Idaho.
Honor Students to Speak
Following the invocation by
Father C. M. Kirkpatrick of St.
Bridget’s Catholic church, there
will be traditional salutatorian
and valedictorian speeches given
by Lynn Jackson and Jim Bene-
diet, respectively.
Mike Oft will play a sousa-
phone solo, accompanied by Vir-
ginia Lewis. Scripture reading
from Luke 12:23-31 will be
given by the Reverend Wallace
Prowell, pastor of the First Chris­
tian Church of Nyssa.
Walter McPartland, superinten­
dent of schools, will present the
speaker, Miss Wilson. Following
her speech, Charles Quinowski
will present scholarships to sev­
eral graduates.
Chairman to Present Diplomas
Principal Gene Chester will
present the graduating class and
Gene Stunz, chairman of the
board of directors, will present
diplomas to them.
The Alma Mater, “Blue and
White,” will be sung by the audi­
ence. Then the benediction will
be given by Bishop Howard Bair
of the Nyssa Second Ward of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Day Saints.
Following the program,
PTA will hold a reception
seniors and their guests.
'Dollar Days' Scheduled for Weekend
In Nyssa; Cartwheels Worth More
Nyssa Business Men’s Promotion committee is sponsoring
“Dollar Days” for Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week with an additional feature not ordinarily found. Silver
dollars are worth $1.20 in merchandise on these three days
in any of the participating stores.
-------------------------------------- A remarkable number of
items are listed for $1, or less,
Ore-Ida Foods, Inc.
in the Journal ads this week.
Declares Dividend
These include groceries, clo­
Ore-Ida Foods, Inc., of Ontario thing, dress material, paint
and Burley, Idaho, declared a two equipment, car cleaners and
percent dividend payable June 24 many others.
to stockholders of record on June
Additional items include all
passenger tires at 20 percent off;
Second quarter earnings were one item at regular price with the
35 cents per share for the period second at one-half price; store­
ending April 19, giving a total of wide bonus of 20 percent given
50 cents for the first half of the in merchandise of choice for pur­
year. Announcement was made chases that may be cash or charge;
Wednesday by Dale McLane, and items that merchants say
company official.
they are offering at cost these
three days only.
HOOPER REMAINS CRITICAL
The sponsoring committee works
The condition of Delbert E. in conjunction with the chamber
(Deb) Hooper remained critical at of commerce and plans to have
presstime late Wednesday, ac­ something special for merchants
cording to Malheur Memorial hos­ to unite on at least once each
pital authorities.
month. Bob Thompson, chairman I
The garage owner suffered ser­ of the committee, says most mer-,
ious head injuries May 13 when chants in town participate and I
a fork lift fell while he was re-1 are offering real bargains on
pairing it.
I these special promotion days.
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Malheur Woman Realtors Present
Business Scholarship io Nyssa Senior
Miss Gloria Henderson has been chosen to receive this
year’s $150 business scholarship awarded annually by Mal­
heur county chapter of Women’s Council of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards.
The student is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hender­
son of route 2, Nyssa, and is a member of the NHS 1964 grad­
uating class. She plans to at-*------------------------- ------------
tend Kinman’s School of Busi­ The award was presented to
ness in Spokane and will also Miss Henderson at a dinner given
receive a matching scholar­ in her honor Monday evening.
May 11, at Four Seasons cafe in
ship from the school.
Tuesday Sign-Up Set
For Pee-Wee Leagues
All boys, ages 7-9, interested
in playing Pee - Wee baseball
this summer are asked to report
at 7 p.m. Tuesday. May 26, at
Nyssa south park, according to
Dick Wilson, member of the
"Baseball for Kids" committee.
Lads who turned out for Lit­
tle league spring training and
were instructed to report for
Pee-Wee league play, are also
asked to be present.
Fathers of these boys are
urged to consider helping with
this league, Wilson said.
Ontario. A group of 33 woman
realtors and their guests were also
in attendance at the meeting, pre­
sided over by Nell Christiansen,
chapter president.
A program was presented by
“The Lonesome Travelers,” a
group of Hootenanny singers from
Nyssa high school who entertain­
ed with folk song selections.
Miss Henderson is the third
NHS graduate in succession to
| receive h i s scholarship. Last
j year’s winner was Sondra Holmes
who is majoring in secretarial
science at Eastern Oregon college
in. La Grande. The 1962 scholar-
i ship was awarded to Gloria Erwin
Roberts of Nyssa.
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Rockefeller Victory in Oregon Upsets
Predictions Favoring Lodge; Others
Trail Badly; Goldwater Wins Here
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TV
10 Cents Per Copy
Tiffany, Bond Winners in County Races;
TVC College Tax Base Issue Still in Doubt
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FOR THIS PHOTO the Journal camera was aim­
ed toward the northwest corner of the newly
erected Treasure Valley Animal hospital located
on Alberta avenue, west of Nyssa. The modern,
one - story structure has natural-colored pumice
outer walls and inverted gravel roof. It houses
a small animal section for treatment, hospitaliza­
tion, grooming and boarding of pets. This section
is complete, with only a few additions to be made
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Malheur County
Red Cross Drive
Nets $2772 Total
A report of the recent Red Cross
drive in Malheur county has been
submitted for publication by
Hugh Baker, chairman.
Total raised in the county
amounted to $2,772.26. Residents
of the Juntura community gave
$111.55 or 56 cents per capita.
Harper, $65.80, 33 cents per capi­
ta; Ontario, $1,676.17, 32 cents;
Nyssa, $691.28, 25 cents; Vale,
$227.46, 13 cents per capita.
Baker has asked the Journal
to express his appreciation to all
who participated in the drive,
including the many county resi­
dents who assisted with solicita­
tions and also those who donated.
The chairman reports that Red
Cross funds are used locally in
times of disaster, for first aid
instruction, water safety training,
blood program, home service (ser­
vice to military personnel) and
grey ladies’ organization.
He states that not one cent of
salary is paid to anyone on the
county level, but thousands of
hours are donated to administer
the above services to communi­
ties involved.
“The per capita payment is
pretty low for the amount of ser­
vice that has been rendered, and
haw long all these services can
be continued is certainly a ques­
tion,” the chairman concluded.
at a later date. The large animal section still
lacks a loading chute, outside stalls and corrals
fir housing large domestic animals, These will
be added in the near future. Visiters will be wel-
corned and escorted through the all-new clinic
Sunday, May 24, between the hours of 2 and 6
p.m. Refreshments will be served during the
visiting hours by Mrs. Dwight Mason and Mrs.
Bert Ross, wives of the veterinarians.
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Treasure Valley Animal Hospital
Open House Sei lor Sunday, May 24
The primary election May 15 brought no upsets in Mal­
heur county. Only two offices were contested (both Republi­
can) in which unofficial tally showed incumbent treasurer
“Pat” Bond winner over Mrs. Marie Van Horn by 129 votes
and Margaret Tiffany by 850 votes over John Elfering as
county clerk nominee.
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In the November general
election, county office contest­
ants will be: county commis­
sioner, Ameil Claude (R) vs.
Jacob Fischer (D), incumbent;
county clerk, Margaret V. Tiffany
(R) vs. J. Homer Schnell (D), in­
cumbent; county sheriff, Wilbur
Atkins (R) vs. Robert C. Ingram 1
(D), incumbent.
Robert F. Smith (R) of Burns, ,
state representative for Malheur
and Harney counties, had no op­
position in the primary but will
face opposition by a write-in can­
didate. Pat O’Loughlen, Adrian
school teacher, was winner as a
write-in in Malheur county but
it is unknown if there was one ■
in Harney county who might have
received more votes than O’­
Loughlen.
State senator Anthony Yturri
(R) will be opposed by Robert J.
Stewart (D) of Baker and incum­
bent congressman Al Ullman (D)
will be opposed by Robert J.
Thoren (R) of Elgin, who defeat­
ed Cromwell in the primary.
Drs. Bert Ross and Dwight Mason announce they will hold
open house Sunday afternoon at their new animal hospital State Results Listed
on Alberta avenue, west of Malheur Memorial hospital.
State interest was centered on
Hours will be from 2 to 6 p.m. and the doctors and mem­ the race for President of the
bers of their staff will be on hand to escort visitors through United States with six contestants
the all-new, modern building with new furnishings.
on the Republican ticket. Voters
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The new structure has nat­ upset state and national pollsters,
ural - colored pumice outer who had seen Lodge the winner,
NYSSA LIONS TO PROVIDE
FUNDS FOR JESSI STUDENT
walls, is one-story and has an by giving Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
At the Monday luncheon meet­ inverted gravel roof. The lo­ approximately one - third of the
ing of Nyssa Lions club, an­ cation furnishes ample off- votes. Lodge was second, Gold­
water third, Nixon fourth, trailed
School Budget
Is Resubmitted
For Monday Vote
Nyssa school district patrons
are reminded that on Monday,
May 25, election will be held on
the 1964-65 budget. The amount
to be voted on is $82,340 above
the six percent limitation.
This is the same budget voted
upon May 4 that was defeated
by a five-vote margin. School
board members have resubmitted
the budget after determining that
84 voters did not mark the lower
part of their ballots that referred
to the budget.
There will be only one ballot
to mark at this election, so there
will not be the confusion that
resulted from six different issues
at the first election.
School officials point out that
this budget is only $24,800 above
the current budget, and this is
earmarked for needed roof re­
pairs, an additional teacher at the
high school for the 40 or 50 extra
students that will be enrolled
next year, a half-time teacher at
the primary level to help in the
fall and spring with the extra
migrant children, and the balance
for necessary supplies and equip­
ment for the increased enroll­
ment.
Polls are open from 2 io 8
p.m. Monday at the little thea­
ter in the high school. Election
judges are Mabel Sallee, Lois
Miner and Evelyn Kelley.
street parking with some large
shade trees around the unfinished by Margaret Chase Smith and
Gov. Scranton of Pennsylvania.
lawn.
Rockefeller will get the 18 dele­
The interior is finished in birch gates on thé first ballot at the Re­
paneling and pastel-shade paints. publican national convention, af­
The flooring is tile throughout, ter which they may switch unless
with the exception of the large he carries 35 percent of the total
animal treatment room which is vote. He was the only candidate
concrete.
campaigning actively in the state.
Inverted Roof Has Utility
Goldwater made a* few brief ap­
Dr. Ross told a Journal reporter pearances but spent most of his
Malheur Dairy Princess candi­
that he and Dr. Mason looked at time in Washington caring for his
100 or more animal hospitals and senatorial duties and in working dates will be guests of the Nyssa
hundreds of plans before starting California where the state pri­ Chamber of Commerce during
their May 27 noon luncheon meet­
construction. He said they final­ mary comes up June 2.
ing at Brownie’s cafe, according
ly made the plans fit their per­ Malheur Vote« Conservative
to Mrs. Brig Olsen, committee
sonal habits and ways of doing
Malheur county Republicans
things. For instance, the inverted gave Goldwater 1019 votes, Lodge member.
During the afternoon, the young
MEXICAN DINNER SLATED
roof was used to permit the high 826, Rockefeller 637 and 'Nixon
A Mexican dinner will be serv­ door in the rear where trucks 321. The Arizona senator’s ladies plan to serve milk on
ed from 7 to 9 Saturday evening could back into the building for strength was largely in the rural Main street in front of Wilson’s
and Bracken’s department stores,
for Eagles in the aerie hall on unloading large animals.
sections and he carried all of if weather permits. Un case of in­
North Third street. Dancing to
Isolation of the various types Eastern Oregon.
clement weather, they will serve
live music will follow. All mem­ of work was kept in mind in the
Tom McCall won the Republi­ at Wilson’s, M & W and Ray’s
bers of the organization are in­ planning, he said.
can nomination over Dan Mosee grocery stores.
vited to attend.
Besides the reception room and for secretary of state, while Al­
Mrs. Olsen reports that all can­
office, there is a room for private fred H. Corbett was winning over didates will be present and invite
1 office space for three doctors, two opponents on the Democratic area residents to stop by, get ac­
laboratory and library. Adjoin­ ticket for the same office. Robert quainted and have a glass of
ing this is the drug and clean-up
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fresh, cold milk.
room with the large animal room
at the southwest corner.
In the central part of the build­
ing is the x-ray and dark room
with the portion on the east used
for small animals.
Complete Small Animal Section
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Jim Benedict has been named
The small animal section is valedictorian for this year with
complete with examination and a GPA of 3.97 and Lynn Jackson,
treatment room, grooming facili- with a 3.92 GPA, will be salu­
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tatorian.
Benedict has received a Bausch
and Lomb science award this year
and last year was announced out­
standing chemistry student.
He has been a member of Hi-Y
for the past three years. As a
junior he was vice president of
the organization and this year he
Carlos Parra, Nyssa’s young ar- was secretary.
tist, will soon be entering the
Chosen for Class Offices
Chouinard Art school in Los
Also in his junior year Benedict
Angeles, Calif. The school is a
branch of California Institute of was class representative. His
Arts and is recognized as one of classmates chose him as their
the outstanding art schools in the president this year.
United States.
Benedict was on the Bulldog
The teenage Nyssan will enroll staff this year as a sports writer
on June 15 for a summer course and became a member of Quill
LYNN JACKSON
which will end Aug. 27. He will and Scroll.
. . . Earns Salutatorian Honors
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have classes in anatomy, fine arts,
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composition and the study of real
He has been a member of the
life.
Lettermen’s Club for the past
Carlos has asked this publica­
three years. He participated in
tion to express his thanks to the
football, basketball and baseball
many area residents who have
all four years and track the first
helped make this art course pos­
three years of high school. Bene­
sible. These include members of
dict was captain of the football
the Nyssa Eagles auxiliary, Mrs.
team this year.
Harriet Brumbach of the Nyssa
school system, Mrs. Virginia
Lynn's Activities Listed
Brandt, his art instructor, and all
Lynn has also been very active
KAREN DENISE HELDT, Nyssa's Poppy Girl, is pictured here as those who have purchased his
in high school. She was selected
she hands the first 1964 poppy to Joe Maughan, commander of pictures so that proceeds may be
as DAR Good Citizen last fall and
American Legion post 79. Karen is the four-year-old daughter of added to the trust fund.
was presented a scholarship by
The young artist’s parents, Mr.1
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Heidi of 516 Park avenue. Poppy day in Nyssa
the Ontario Elks lodge.
will be Saturday, May 23. under sponsorship of American Legion and Mrs. David Parra, his broth­
Lynn was chosen "Hootenanny
Sweetheart” at the Hootenanny
auxiliary ladies. They will be assisted by Nyssa youngsters, Carrol ers and sister have also assisted
held at Nyssa in the fall . She was
Greig, Maurice Smith, Vickie Vandewall, Marilee Wilson, Jo Ann him.
Carlos will be staying with a
also
selected for the job of city
Jefferies. Linda and Susan Clapp. Teresa and Renee DeMinck. brother, Vincent, who is working
engineer on Government Day.
Headquarters will be at Towne's garage and sales will begin at in Los Angeles.
She attended Girls’ State last
8 o'clock in the morning. The auxiliary ladies submit this message,
Those who have followed his
year and was also UN alternate
"Wearing a poppy on Poppy day will honor the more than one-half progress during the past five
and FFA princess.
JIM BENEDICT
million Americans who died and the nearly one million wounded years say, “We wish you well,
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1964
NHS
Valedictorian
during both World Wars and the Korean conflict."—Staff Photo.
Carlos, and the best of luck.”
nouncement was made by the
board of directors that the group
had voted to sponsor a student to
the Junior Engineers and Scien­
tists Summer Institute.
The local Lions will provide
$110 which includes cost of regis­
tration and meals for one dele­
gate.
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Judy Laurance attended last
year’s J ESSI session under spon­
sorship of the Nyssa Lions. Oth­
ers attending institutes held in
June 1963 were Owen Berrett and
Kathy aFrmer. They were spon­
sored by Grain Miller's Union,
local 290, sugar division.
Dairy Princess
Candidates Plan
Nyssa Visitation
Jim Benedict, Lynn Jackson Named
Top NHS Honor Students for 1963-64
Parra lo Study
At Ari School
In Los Angeles