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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME LVII The Sugar City THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1964 10 Cents Per Copy NUMBER 43 Irrigation Waler Storage in Oregon Volunteer Neighbors Harvest Auker Beets Malheur County Valuation Increases Reservoirs on October 1,1964, Higher Almost $1 Million; Tax Raise Nears $250,000; County Tax Levy Decreases Than 15-Year Average During 1943-57 Nyssa Appraisal Raised $36,000; City Levy Up $6,000, Schools $6,700, Hospital Down Carryover of 464,900 Acre Feet in Owyhee Reservoir, 140 Percent More Than Average '■* ? ià Taxes and property valuations continue to increase in An Oct. 1 water supply and summary for Oregon of the Malheur county. According to a recent release from the office the season just closed shows mostly an adequate supply for of John Koopman, tax assessor, the valuation is $45,286,557, the state as a whole. up $890,645 for 1964-65, while total taxes have increased for In Malheur county, Lake Owyhee has an excellent carry the same period by $246,257. over of 464,900 acre feet, which is 140 percent over the 15- Nyssa has a $2,703,000 valuation (up $36,000) with total year average of 331,800, and is almost double that of 1963 tax bill up $8,000 to $267,000* *when it was only 242,800 acre for a total tax increase of $8,-1 feet. Usable capacity is 715,- 300. Decreases are $4,000 in 000. hospital tax and $1,900 for the Warmsprings and Vale-Ore county levy. Greatest increase gon districts delivered nearly ($6,000) is in the city levy, or the normal allotments although almost equal to the $6,700 in i some lands in the latter got only crease for special and interme I three acre feet. Total carryover diate school tax. of the three reservoirs is down to Mrs. Ellen G. Bowers of Nyssa The Nyssa school budget board 30,700 compared with 57,200 acre Rural Valuation Increases has named a crew leader for held its first meeting Monday feet a year ago. Rural Nyssa valuation is shown the been 1964 census of agriculture, evening to organize, elect officers as $5,019,000 (increase of $254,000) E. Tharaldson, director of and make preliminary plans prior An unusually cool summer re- with a total tax bill of $402,000 John the regional of the U. S. to working on the budget for . duced the total needs for irriga for a $15,000 increase. Here the Bureau of the office tion water. Watershed soil mois Census Seattle, next year. special school tax led all increases announced this week. at The ture is generally below average new The board is comprised of the except in the northeast part of the with $12,000, followed by inter crew leader is one of about 1,825 seven members of the school state mediate school with $7,000 and fall rains are badly throughout the U. S. to board, plus seven property own needed and Treasure Valley Community col persons to recharge before receive this appointment. ers residing within the school the snowpack begins them lege with $4,905. to accumu Mrs. Bowers will supervise a district. The biggest decrease was $8,000 late. on hospital with the only other team of census enumerators who Roy Holmes was elected chair The report shows 24 of the will visit all farms and ranches decrease being county, $1,900. man; Farrell Peterson, vice chair state’s major reservoirs have stor in Malheur county to collect of Third Biggest Increase in Adrian man; and Vic Haburchak, sec age 11 percent better than last census questionnaires from SCENES LAST THURSDAY retary. Peterson presided in the year and one percent better than Adrian district taxpayers had ficial farm operators. Enumeration of when neighbors and friends har absence of the chairman. the third biggest tax increase in the 1943-57 average. vested beets planted by the late the county with $16,633 more all farms in the county will take English Head Speaks How Water Forecasts Are Made John Auker who succumbed on than for 1963-64. This is surpass place in November and early De Clyde Swisher, head of the high Since most of the cultivated July 5 this year. Top photo ed only by rural Ontario with cember. school English department, ap and shows a field located near Mrs. $78,000 and Ontario with $75,000. Census Method Explained populated areas of the west peared before the board and ex have relatively dry summers they Auker's home in Big Bend. In The census will be taken in the The greatest increase in Adrian plained the organization of the must rely on snow falling on the the center is a scene of unload was $10,000 for taxes to operate following way: Shortly after Nov. English department and how it mountains during the winter and ing operations at the Overstreet the newly created fire district. 5, the Bureau of Census will mail operates. He brought out the spring months. This varies from dump and railcars loaded with The special school levy was $9,000 census questionnaires to all rural continuity of the program, with place to place and from year to Auker beets. Picture on the left higher, intermediate school up boxholders. Those required to all English teachers working to year; hence the agencies of the reveals that even the family pets $1,600 and TVCC $1,800. De fill out the forms should do so gether on curriculum and toward federal government make snow accompanied their masters to creases were shown for county, and hold the questionnaires until a common goal. the sugar beet harvest. surveys monthly or semi-month road and hospital. a census enumerator comes to The budget board will hear ly, starting near the first of the —Staff Photos. collect them. At that time, the from other departments within year and continuing into the late ♦ ♦ enumerator will help answer any the school system and will also spring months. questions that may have proved hear of desired or needed pro A snow survey consists of a troublesome. grams prior to actual work on series of about 10 samples taken The crew leader is a key per the new budget. with specially designed snow son in conducting a census of ag sampling equipment along a per riculture. He recruits and trains manent marked line, up to 1000 Annual Malheur County Live the enumerators, schedules their “ What would life be like without good friends and loyal feet in length, called a snow The first in a series of films 1 neighbors?” This question entered the mind of a Journal stock association meeting will be work, reviews the accuracy of course. The snow depth and water explaining modern mathematics held Oct. 23 at Moore hotel in completed forms and conducts content are shown for each sampl will be shown at 2 p.m. Monday, reporter when invited to sit down and eat with a Jovial group Ontario, according to Grady Ro difficult interviews. ing point and the average* is Oct. 26, in the multi-purpose room of Adrian area, .residents last Thursday as they took time out mans, president. Taken Evary Five Year* shown as the snow survey meas at the primary school building, for their noon meal while harvesting beets planted last spring There will be reports On pro The census of agriculture is Miss Nancy Lytle was named urement for that given course. according to Mrs. Clarence Clapp, , by the late John Auker. gress in the calf scour research general chairman of the annual Nyssa PTA president. Mrs. Auker, wearing a grate- Howard Watanabe, Jake Borge, project, beef imports, range re taken every five years in years magazine drive sponsored by the Several Factors Included ending in “4” and "9” to gather These films will explain the ■ ful expression on her face, George Elfers. FHA chapter during a meeting Currently more than 1400 wes newest methods for teaching called at the Journal office Darrell D. Williams, Charles habilitation and beef promotion information on the nation’s agri activities. Also reporting will be held Tuesday morning. The girls tern snow courses are measured mathematics, a plan which will Saturday requesting that the Chapin, Ora Newgen, Virgil Viers, cultural resources and production. were divided into teams with Jo- each year. These furnish the key be adopted into the school system publication extend her deepest Harold Shields, Keith Lane, Verl committee chairmen of various Such information is vital in mak association activities during the Anne Strickland and Sharon Cott data for water supply forecasts. next year. Mrs. Clarice Poor, appreciation to those who gave Bishop, K. Hori, Ron Ward, Earl ing decisions affecting many seg rell chosen as captains. More accurate forecasts are ob grade school principal, will show so generously of their time and Campbell, Dwayne Bennett, Phil past year. ments of the U. S. economy. Data According to Mrs. Virginia Stef tained when other factors such the films and will be available to labor, using their own machinery. Clucas, Tom Ishida, Irvin Top- Programs of activities will be gathered includes the number and outlined for the group at joint fens, FHA adviser, the drive is as soil moisture, base flow and answer questions. Here are Mrs. Auker’s words, liff, Leonard Howes, Jim Miller. meetings of several active com size of farms, acreage and harvest spring precipitation are consider of crops, livestock inventories, Parents with children in grades conducted under the Curtiss plan “On behalf of myself and grand Tony Ocamica, Dick Bennett, one through six are urged to son, David Saxton, I extend our Ross Mills, Boyce Van DeWater, mittees, including legislative and information on farm equipment and Mr. Soper, area chairman, ed and included. will meet Tuesday, Oct. 27. with These forecasts are highly im attend and area residents inter heartfelt thanks to neighbors and Harvey Bennett, L. E. Auker, taxation, wildlife, brand, multiple and improvements, income and the girls to launch the campaign portant to agriculture planning ested in keeping up with the lat friends who assisted with the Dick Holly, Eugene Pratt, Chester use of lands, junior activities, some production expenditures. health and beef promo The information will be pub which will run approximately for each area from year to year est advances in learning are wel harvesting of beets last Thursday. Stanton, W. C. Van DeWater, livestock tion. three weeks. as the farmer must plan his crops come, Mrs. Clapp concluded. lished starting in 1965 for coun In addition to this gesture being John Fahrenbruch, Mike Castro, Romans invites anyone interest ties, states and the nation. Funds earned by the chapter based on available water. a tribute to our late husband and Lester H. Strawn. are used to meet its yearly bud i grandfather, it was an enormous Willis Conant, William Mantel, ed in the Malheur county live FFA Delegates Attend get of $364. Of this, amount, the ADRIAN TEACHERS ATTEND help to us. Your kind gesture Ray Cartwright, Art Sparks, Pete stock industry to attend meetings ALFALFA SEED GROWERS Sillonis, Emery Cameron, David of the association and participate TO MEET MONDAY EVENING girls spend $100 for some worthy OREGON SCHOOL SESSIONS Exposition in Portland will never be forgotten.” Steve Jensen, Van Schulthies Saxton, Elmer Rosenkilde, Ho in discussions as well as attend A meeting of alfalfa seed grow cause. Last year, the money was Mrs. Robert Long and Mrs. Noon Meal Provided mer Brewer, Lenflie Martin, Fred the social hour and banquet that ers will be held at 8 o’clock Mon used to purchase an air condition Charles Newbill of the Adrian and John Glascock were delegates evening at Moore hotel dining er for the nursing home wing at teaching staff attended a reading representing the local FFA chap Sixty - three workers signed Deffer and Noel Tuppeny. day evening, Oct. 26, at Oregon room. their names on sheets or paper ter at the Pacific International Also dining with the group Malheur Memorial hospital, Mrs. conference during the weekend Trail hall, according to George Steffens reported. at Portland. Robert Patterson, Exposition held Oct. 19 in Port furnished by area women who were Ray Larson, manager of Folkman, president of Malheur were in charge of serving the land. Mike Petterson attended as PTA WORKSHOP SCHEDULED Amalgamated Sugar company’s Adrian grade school principal, noon meal provided by them and Nyssa refinery; Larry Schenk, TUESDAY AT CAIRO SCHOOL County Legume Seed Growers as PANCAKE FEED SUCCESSFUL had attended a principals’ con alternate. The local team placed 22nd many other ladies of the commu a fieldman; and Betty Phifer, A county council PTA work sociation. According to Joe Witty, Adrian ference at Eugene during the among the 89 units entered in the nity. weight checker at the Overstreet shop will be held at 8 o’clock Purpose of the meeting is to Lions club president, the pan week and joined the ladies on livestock judging. Tuesday evening, Oct. 27, at the discuss alfalfa seed prices and On hand were an estimated 24 beet dump. cake feed sponsored by the or Saturday. boys spent Saturday night beet trucks, eight harvesters, six Women Serve Donated Food Cairo school plant, according to supplies. Discussions will be held ganization Tuesday evening was Mrs. Mary Thompson and Miss in The Corvallis and toured the OSU Mrs. Lester Fifer of Vale, pub regarding the USDA report on beaters, four extra tractors, eight highly successful. Elma McCracken will attend campus before leaving for home Assisting with serving donated production and seed wuinonup seed _------- «----------------- ______ — produc- licity vuauniau. chairman. The workshop extra truck drivers and 28 labor Proceeds from the project will meetings of the department of on Sunday morning. chili, a variety of sandwiches, will be conducted by Mrs. James I tion surveys made by the local ers with beet knives. Among the be used for community benefits, classroom teachers Friday and latter was O. P. Counsil, oldest numerous kinds of dessert and Flanagan of Ontario, president j association and Interstate Alfalfa Witty said. Saturday at Salem. |Seed council. of the group who is over 70 years hot coffee were Alida Van De- of the organization. WORLD WAR I VETERANS of age. Also on hand was Wilson Water, Goldie Roberts, Helen Bi HOLD DISTRICT MEETING World War I Barracks and aux Witt, using his portable welder shop, Jackie Auker, Carly Ben- (Continued on Page 10) iliary hosted the district 6 meet throughout the day to keep all ing last Sunday at Vale Grange items of machinery in running hall with 66 persons in attendance order. School Officials Plan for 1 o’clock dinner. Rain Interrupt* Harvest Adrian Area Survey Nyssa high school seniors will take over duties as city Guests were in attendance from Youngsters of the Nyssa Adrian area will be “Trick or Weatherwise, the previous day officials Friday, designated as Nyssa’s sixth annual Student Hermiston, Pendleton, Baker, La was a beautiful one, as was the On Building Program Treating for UNICEF” on Halloween night. Instead of treats Grande and Payette. Government day. A community meeting was held for themselves, they will be collecting money to provide vita following Friday. However, on According to Charles Quinowski, instructor of the NHS Tables were decorated in Hal the scheduled harvest date, the this week at the Adrian high mins, medicines, milk and child welfare services for needy modern problems class, the following students have been loween colors. Covered wagon rains came and with it the mud. school in relation to the building children in 116 countries of the world. : nut cups were used in observ The workers were halted for a program, elected to serve as city officials for the day. according to Superin 1 Again this year the Nyssa-Adrian Ministerial association Rolf Lier, A F S exchange*----------------------------------------- ance of Vale’s centennial. Name while, but after the moisture tendent Glenn Ward. In attend Tl UNICEFf will coordinate the UNI 1---- tags were bonnets for the ladies stopped falling and the fields ■ ance at the session were school program with the Rev. Elmer Presidents of the United States, student from Norway, has at 9 o’clock Friday morning at and top hats for the men. board members, representatives dried some, they began again and been named mayor. Gerald the city hall where they will be from Herbert Hoover to Lyndon finished a second field late 1 from each area of school district Rosenkilde as chairman. By B. Johnson, have all endorsed this Wyckoff will serve as city welcomed by Mayor Grant Rine- evening, with the ex- 61 i and Bob Smith of Smith-Keys doing this, every area home program. Last year 11,000 com manager; Alan Cottle, city hart, Colby Lists Schedule Thursday will be visited and none will munities across the country, com firm in Ontario. ception of one load of beets haul- architect < a briefing on opera clerk; Mike Hirai, municipal Following * get more than one call from the For City Leaf Pickup ed to Overstreet dump the follow Committees were appointed to judge; Kent Main, city attorney; tions of the city government by prising some three million chil Leaf pickup in Nyssa will ing morning. , make a survey of the district to UNICEF goblins, the chairman dren, participated in the UNTCEF Colby, the students will spend Robert Palmer, fire chief. Linda Morrison, water superin the first half of the day working begin Monday, Oct. 26. accord the feelings of area said. A report to the Journal reveal- determine < program. tendent; Paul Wilson, sewer sup with Nyssa officials on their re ing to City Manager Ari Colby. ed that 108 truck loads of beets residents in regard to the build Three Districts in Nyssa i Countries Match Funds Piled leaves will be collected were taken out of the ground and ing erintendent; Ellen Saito, park spective jobs. program. Reports of findings During a meeting last Monday i A government requesting aid Monday and Tuesday south of superintendent; Carol Haney, li To Tour City Facilities hauled to the dump, netting 14 will be given during the Novem evening at the Christian church, from these funds agrees to match Main street on both paved and railcar loads. ber PTA and school board meet- leaders from the various churches UNICEF assistance by providing brarian. Councilmen will be Barbara At noon, the student officers dirt streets. On Wednesday, Volunteer Worker* Listed ings. made plans for the Halloween staff members, buildings and lo will dine at Brownie’s care with Thursday and Friday the leaf Smit, Nadine Spitze, Sid Lancas Manager program. The city of Nyssa has cally available supplies. In prac Colby and members of collection will continue north Perhaps some of the men failed ter, Owen Berrett and Bill Lawr been divided into three areas, so tice, governments spend an aver city council. During the af of Main street from city limits to sign their names during the WEATHER ence. A run-off election was to the that fourth, fifth and sixth grade age of |2.5O for every dollar given ternoon hours they will be given to city limits, Colby said. dinner hour and possibly others Min. Prec, Max. Date be held later this week for the students will make calls in one by UNICEF. a tour of the various city facili If necessary the same process worked sometime during the day Oct. 14 _ section; seventh, 39 ____ 77 chief of police position. eighth and ninth The country also agrees to con ties. will continue the following but did not join the group for the 40 .19 graders in another section and tinue the project as part of its 15 __ ....... 56 City Manager Speaks The one-day officials will re week under the same schedule, meal; however, those registered Oct. --- 10th, 11th and 12th grade pupils 44 ___ 58 Oct. 16 permanent services after the per City Manager Art Colby spent port during class session on Mon the city manager stated. — in include W. V. Hopkins, L. L. Oct. 17 28 ___ 58 a third area. iod of assistance has been con a part of yesterday and is spend day, telling fellow students of __ Colby cautions Nyssa resi Kreager, Earl Crocker, Elmer Oct. 18 __ __ 59 27 cluded. A little money contribut Each group will report back to ing some time today speaking to knowledge gained. dents against burning leaves on Wood, John L. Thiel, Leonard R. Oct. 19 ... ____ 60 — 29 ed to UNICEF goes a long way its area meeting place where re Student Government day began paved streets and asks that Wood, Charles W. Olson, Tokuo Oct. 20 members of the modem problems 29 — freshments will be served. The there, the Rev. Rosenkilde added. ___63 class. He is discussing careers in Nyssa in 1959 and is designed they do not pile them on the Nishimura, Cory Barton, Carl Oct. 21 ____ — — 30 children will be supplied with Meeting time and places for the in public administration, giving to help the seniors understand streets too far ahead of the Begeman, Dyre Roberts, Wilson Owyhee Reservoir Storage official coin boxes and identifica various age groups will be an instructions on local planning and the practical application of city pickup schedule as in case of Witt, Ted Morinaka, Ernie Seuell, preparations for city growth. government wherever they may rain, the drains will become Mas Atagi, Tony Martinez, Owen Oct 19, 1964 442,460 Acre Ft. tion badges when they go out nounced in the Oct. 29 issue of the Journal. clogged. The elected officials will meet reside in future years. 19, 1963 228,230 Acre Ft. to make their calls. Counsil, Kay Ishida, Herb Wenke, Oct. 1 Nyssan io Head Malheur County 1964 Farm Census Discussion Held On Budget Plans For Local Schools FHA-Sponsored Magazine Drive To Begin Tuesday Films Scheduled On New Methods Of Math Teaching Generous Area Residents Combine Efforts in Harvesting Sugar Beets Stockmen Slate Annual Meeting Friday in Ontario ahu Annual Student Government Day Sei Friday as Seniors Fill City Positions Area Youngsters io Canvass Homes On Halloween Night io Aid UNICEF