THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA. OREGON
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Methodists to Hear
Revival Meeting
Sunday Farewell Speaker
From Nampa To Begin Sunday
Service to Honor
Nicholas B. Howes
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By T. M. B.
ELDER "NICK" HOWES
... To Serve LDS Mission
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A farewell testimonial service
for Nicholas Bybee Howes will
be held at 6 o’clock Sunday eve
ning, Aug. 9, in the Nyssa First
ward chapel. Elder Howes is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Howes and will leave soon on a
Brazilian South mission for the
LDS church.
Friends of the family are in
vited to attend the Sunday eve
ning service.
Elder Howes will enter the mis
sion home at Salt Lake City on
Aug. 17 and will spend three
months attending the language
school at Brigham Young univer
sity before' leaving for his head
quarters at Curitiba, Brazil.
The young missionary was
graduated from Nyssa high school
with the class of 1963 and at
tended Treasure Valley Commu
nity college at Ontario for one
year.
Troubles! Troubles! It seems program spending $2 million per
the whole world is troubled — day more than the Kennedy ad-
nations, states, cities, rural com ministration.
Bui like the beef producer:
munities and just plain people—
and all during a time when no they are outnumbered by the
major wars are (supposedly) go consumers so the latter are con
sidered more in legislation.
ing on anywhere.
Europe is worried about Russia There will be more recipients
first and trade second. Asia is of government aid than taxpay
torn with strife and we take part ers, if the programs continue to
in a “no-win" war where we have increase.
But why worry if the federal
no positive plans of where to
debt has gone beyond $300 billion
head.
South American countries are —as one county official here said
bothered with Castro, unstable recently, ‘It will never have to be
paid.”
governments and poverty.
The U. S. is bothered with On the Lighter Side . . .
trying to "mother" all the
When the trooper asked Joe
world and furnish it finances. why he beat his truck with a 2x4
We're still concerned with our he was told, “I’ve got a 10-ton
image abroad. On the home rig, am hauling 11 tons of para
front we are bothered with riots keets and must keep a ton of
in spite of passage of the Civil those birds flying at all times.”
Rights bill. Northern states are
"President Hoover set a bad
getting more than their share
example when he was president
of these while the South Is rela
in giving all his salary back
tively quiet.
io the government and now en in the U. S. now have a drivers
The states are concerned now they've got us all doing it."—
over the Supreme court ruling Ovid (N.Y.) Gaiette and Inde- license?
One-third of the jobholders in
that calls for redistricting—which pendent.
the U. S. are women and over
in turn takes representation away
The World War I rookie said
from the rural sections and places he called cooties “arithmetic half of them are married?
it in urban areas. Cities are con bugs” because they added to his CLOSING THOUGHT . . .
cerned over transportation prob misery, subtracted from his pleas
Littering highways with paper
lems, rising crime rates and pov ure and multiplied like the dick cans and bottles should be stop
erty.
ped. If done near your town, it
ens.
President Johnson is spending
reflects on you — the highways
at the highest peace time rate in DID YOU KNOW?
belong to all the people and your
history and with his anti-poverty
The automobile industry uses money pays for cleaning them.
program, medicare, social secur almost two-thirds of all the rub And if you throw litter across the
ity, etc., is trying to eliminate all ber used in the United States?
i right-of-way. you are littering the
financial problems of all people
More than 77 percent of the j farmers’ land and making a per-
Yet he tells us he has an economy men and 46.5 percent of the worn- [ sonal expense for him.
!
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1964
J. Donald Crego of Nampa will
be guest speaker during the mor
ning service next Sunday at Nys
sa Methodist church.
Return From Indiana
Bonnie Sager and Frances Seu-
ell returned home Tuesday from
Indiana where they attended the
dist youth at Purdue university.
National Convocation of Metho
Camp at Wallowa Lake
Eight junior high students and
five counselors from Nyssa Meth
odist church returned home Mon
day from a week of camping at
Wallowa lake Methodist camp.
Highlight of the activities was a
16-mile hike to Ice lake by 38
campers.
Jim Wilson, son of the Sherman
Wilsons, was athletic director for
the camp and led several addi
tional campers on a hike to the
top of 10,000-foot high Matterhorn
mountain.
Other features of the camp in
cluded “Quest Groups," cookouts,
swimming, volleyball and evening
programs.
Retired Minister Is Guest
Guest minister last Sunday in
the absence of the Rev. Ralph A.
Lawrence was the Rev. Dr. Charles
M. Donaldson, retired Methodist
minister from Nampa. Gene Ches
ter, church lay leader, conducted
the service.
ATTENDS CHURCH MUSIC
WORKSHOP IN EUGENE
Mrs. Elvin Ballou attended the
July 23-28 annual workshop for
Association of Disciples’ Musi
cians held at Northwest Christian
college in Eugene.
The national session was at
tended by Christian church musi
cians from throughout the United
States. Classes of instruction were
given in choir direction, anthem
repertoire, youth choir and selec
tion of various kinds of church
music.
A highlight of the workshop
was the participants singing two
choral selections. “Gloria” and
“The Peaceable Kingdom.” di
rected by Dr. Elaine Brown of
Singing City. Philadelphia. Pa.
THE REV. CLAY COURSEY
. . . To Lead Services
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The Rev. Clay Coursey will
lead in an Aug. 9-16 revival
meeting at Park Avenue Baptist
church, according to the Rev.
Jimmy R. Williams, pastor.
Rev. Coursey is a graduate of
Wayland Baptist college in Plain
view, Texas, and has pastored
churches in West Texas.
Services will begin each eve
ning at 8 o’clock and special mu
sic will be featured.
In connection with the revival
meeting, there will be an Aug.
10-15 daily vacation Bible school
especially for children of the Nys
sa area. The Bible school will
begin each morning at 9 o’clock.
The public is invited to attend
and support these services in the
air-conditioned church located at
Third street and Park avenue in
Nyssa. Pastor Williams added.
WAYNE ROBBS ENTERTAIN
OWYHEE CHURCH GROUP
Sunset Valley—We-2 group of
Owyhee Community church met
July 23 at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Robb. Sixteen mem-
oers and guests were in attend-
ance for a social evening.
Out - of - state guests were Mr
and Mrs. Don Parker. Mr. and
Mrs. Art Fair and Melvin, ail of
Sunnyvale. <¥> *__________
Bible Missionary
Revival Services
To Begin Tomorrow
The Bible Missionary church in
Nyssa will be the scene of an
Aug. 7-16 revival meeting with
services beginning at 7:45 each
evening.
The Rev. J. E. Ray, business
manager of Bible Missionary col
lege in Rock Island, Ill., will be
speaker. Tommy Crutchfield, also
of Rock Island, will be in charge
of special singing.
Local pastor, the Rev. Mike
Kelly, and his congregation ex
tend a cordial invitation to every
one.
Service to Honor
LDS Missionary
Douglas R. Skeen
METHODIST CHURCH SLATES
AUG. 12 ICE CREAM SOCIAL
The congregation of Nyssa
Methodist church will hold its an
nual ice cream social between the
hours of 7 and 10 p.m. Wednes
day, Aug. 12, on the lawn at the
Don Oldemeyer residence at 109
DOUGLAS R. SKEEN
North Sixth street.
... To Leave for Minnesota
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Featured will be homemade ice
cream, cake, coffee and punch,
Douglas Richard Skeen, son of
Proceeds will be applied to the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skeen of
church building fund.
Nyssa, has been called to fulfill
an LDS mission in the North Cen
GOSPEL MAGICIAN TO GIVE tral States with headquarters at
PROGRAM AT NYSSA CHURCH : Minneapolis, Minn.
Residents of the area are in
A farewell testimonial will be
vited to see and hear “Wonders held at 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9,
of the Gospel,” presented by at the Nyssa stake house on Al-
Wade M. Gustin, gospel magician, | berta avenue. Friends of the
at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, at ■ family are cordially invited to
the Nyssa Church of the Nazar- attend.
ene.
The young missionary is a 1963
According to Pastor John Bul graduate of Nyssa high school
lock, Gustin will impressively and attended Weber State college
present wonderful truths of the and Brigham Young university.
Bible through mystifying object He will enter the mission home
lessons.
in Salt Lake City on Aug. 17 and
will leave for Minnesota on Aug.
i 25 by plane.
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