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U- of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME LVIII The Sugar City Seniors Eugene Pratt, Gene Worden Earn Scholastic Honors al Adrian THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1965 Nyssa Merchants Plan Promotion Next Weekend Bank Officers Transferred Eugene Pratt has earned honors as valedictorian of Ad rian’s 1965 graduating class by achieving a 3.81 grade point Nyssa merchants are planning average during his four years in high school. Salutatorian a city-wide Spring Value Days promotion for Thursday, Friday honors go to Eugene Worden with a 3.79 GPA during his high I and Saturday of next week. school career. Stores are bulging with fresh The top student, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pratt of stocks bought in anticipation of route 1, Nyssa, . and ’ has . ’---- attend-* ,► ♦ ♦ a very good spring and summer ed Adrian schools for the past season and they will be offered 12 years. at unusually good prices during this three-day period. During his high school days, The Journal will blanket the Eugene held offices in various organizations and classes includ ing class reporter during his freshman year, treasurer while a sophomore and student body rep resentative during his senior year. He is a four-year letterman and is club president this year, has been a member of the honor so ciety while a junior and senior and this year served as president. Pratt attended Boys’ State at Corvallis in 1964, and also at tended last year’s Governor’s conference on children and youth at Salem. He participated in the baseball and basketball programs all four years and played football for three years. He is also a member of the pep club. Sa atatorian Worden is a son of M s. Frances Worden and the late Elvin Worden of route 1, Nyssa, and has also been a stu dent in the Adrian schools for 12 years. Among h i s activities during high school are four years of foot- ♦ ♦ EUGENE PRATT . . Named Valedictorian GENE WORDEN . . . To Give Salutatory ♦ ♦ ball and baseball with two years of basketball play while a fresh man and sophomore. He has been a member of the Lettermen’s club and honor so ciety for the past three years and is also a pep club member. Wor- ’ den was on the student council | while a freshman and junior and this year is serving as president I of both the student body and . senior class. He was in both the junior and senior plays and attended a stu dent council workshop in La Grande. While a freshman, soph omore and senior he was a mem ber of FTA and an FFA member I his first two high school years. Gene was on the high school paper staff while a junior and this year is a member of the an- nual staff. Announcement is made by Su- perintendent Glenn Ward that a combined baccalaureate and com mencement service will be held May 23 in the high school audi torium. Senior class advisers are Mrs. Agnes Dilly and Isaac Ki mura. Local Book Display, Fine-Free Day Planned for National Library Week New books will be on display in the window of a down town business firm during National Library Week, April 25 to May 1, it is announced by Mrs. Max Urry, city librarian. She also states that on Saturday, May 1, all overdue books will be accepted fine-free. Mrs. Urry and members of the library board urge area residents to take time to look* over the new selections pur- source of personal fulfillment, chased during the past year. Also stressed is the importance Their desire is that patrons of the facilities which make read- get acquainted, or reacquaint- ing materials accessible to every- ed with Nyssa Public library. one. With vast changes taking place It is open four afternoons each week for reading enjoyment of in many fields, new pressures are being created for reading mater the public. ials supplied by the libraries. Week Observed Since 1958 Theme chosen for the 1965 National Library week has! weekly observance is “Open Your been observed annually since 1958 Future — Read.” In addition to to focus attention on a most im- I local activities, various other ob- portant community facility and to servances are planned throughout emphasize the ever - increasing 1 Malheur county, need for use and support of all It is hoped that the public will types of libraries. take this opportunity to express Through national and local ac appreciation for the continuing tivities. public attention has been and meaningful service performed focused during library week on within the county. the importance of reading as a Visit your library! trade area and it is suggested that readers check each individual ad for items that can be used. Nyssa is known as a good trading town anytime but will be offering un usual bargains during the promo tion. In addition the merchants have arranged for hundreds of ping pong balls to be dropped on the football field at 2 p.m. Saturday and every one will be a winner. Each will have the name of the firm stamped on it where the prize can be claimed. See the Journal next week for details. The sales event is sponsored by the promotion committee of the Chamber of Commerce. The Journal staff asks that ad vertisers get copy in early for this edition and if help is needed to call the office. Area Chairmen Named In the Nyssa area, books may be given to Mrs. Clarence Clapp or Mrs. Dee Garner or may be left at the Gate City Journal of fice. Adrian area chairman is Mrs. Emery Cameron. Volumes can be taken to her or left at the offices of either Adrian schools. County chairman is Marian Janssen of Ontario. Special book shelf boxes for shipment of the volumes are being constructed by students in Nyssa industrial arts classes. Nyssa, Adrian, Vale Union High Pass School Budgets; TVCC, Ontario, Vale Elementary to Have Second Elections Nyssa, Adrian and Union High of Vale school districts have had their budgets approved this week, while the other three major county schools—Ontario 8-C, Vale Elementary and Treasure Valley Community college—must have a sec ond election, due to previous defeats. Nyssa voters Monday approved, 418 to 256, a $648,853 bud get for a $41,625 increase over* the present school year. Ad- Ad q resent scnooi i A rian j PXntSb a0P3P8r°vo ete their b budget by yalri0 a 100-38 vote on the same <‘ Vale passed a $251,188 budget Tuesday for Union High by 172 to 106.’ THESE MEN, RONALD YOUNG (left) and LEONARD HEWETT are officials of the First National Bank of Oregon. Young has been named Nyssa branch manager io replace Hewett who has held the position for the past 10 years. The new manager is married and has one son and a daughter. The family will move to Nyssa from Bend as soon as suitable housing is available. Hewett, his wife and daughter, Joan, plan to move following end of school to Port land where he will advance to the bank's state office after 14 years at the Nyssa branch—Journal Photo. ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ Leonard Hewett— Ronald Young— Special Activities Hewett, manager of Ronald E. Young, who has been Planned for Meeting the Leonard Nyssa branch of the First assistant ; manager of the Bend Of Adrian PTA Unit National Bank of Oregon for the branch of the First National Bank To Have Second Election TVCC of Ontario will submit the same budget to voters of the district Wednesday, April 28, with the board saying the original fig ures are an absolute minimum to meet the increasing cost from a rapidly growing enrollment. Hours and polling places will be the same as the recent school elections. The budget lost in the April 6 election by a 150-vote margin with Ontario rejecting it along with the local school bud get. Officials and board members are making a special effort to show the importance of the col lege to voters and to justify the $546,190 budget with the millage raised 1.62 for a total of 4.94 mills for local taxpayers. College Pres ident E. F. Voris has a letter in this issue of the Journal answer ing some complaints and misun derstandings. And Grant Rinehart of the board appeared before the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce Wednes day on behalf of the budget. Ure90n 10 0Pen Season on Trout Saturday Morning Saturday, April 24, is “T-Day” for about 400,000 anglers in Ore gon as they head into a long cam paign of trout fishing in the lakes and streams of the state. Without a doubt most of these anglers will be on the scene when the invasion is launched at dawn that day. According to the state fish and game commission, an excellent season is expected, not only for the opener but for the entire period, with success depending largely on the skill of the indi- vidual angler. Weather and snow melt will be a big factor in most areas and it would be well to check road con ditions into the more isolated areas before starting cut. The commission says all forks of the Malheur should be good bets if the streams remain in shape. The Owyhee below the dam should produce some good rainbow and all impoundments in southeastern Oregon should be good if not muddied by inflowing streams. Farther north, streams recom mended are the upper John Day, Powder river, Pine and Eagle creeks. past 10 years, is leaving Sunday i of Oregon, has been appointed night to take a pasition with the i manager of the Nyssa branch of home office in Portland. He is the I bank to succeed Leonard L. being replaced by Ronald Young Hewett. i who has been assistant manager The announcement was made of the bank in Bend. (Further this week by President Ralph information on Young is given in Voss of the home office in Port an adjoining column.) j land. Hewett who has been at the Banker Hewett is a native of Nyssa location for 14 years is The Dalles, was graduated from being promoted to the credit de high school there and attended ] partment of the home office. The Washington State university. In transfers • are to become effective 1939 he was first employed in i at once. Also Nyssa's College the home office of the bank in A native of Ontario, Young be Rinehart stressed that it was Portland, remaining there two gan , his banking career at the Nyssa’s college the same as On- MOVIE PROCEEDS SLATED years before going to North Bend Corvallis i branch in June 1957. tario’s and that Nyssans owned FOR VALE SWIM POOL FUND as assistant cashier. His stay He was promoted to pro-assistant part of it and paid for it through “The Ox-Bow Incident,” star- there lasted seven years during cashier , in 1960 and to assistant support by local taxes, through ring Anthony Quinn and Dana which time he married Margaret cashier the following year, while state and national taxes, and by Date Max. Min. Prec. Andrews will be shown at 8 o’- Olin and spent 3% years in the serving as instalment loan officer a previous vote for money to be April 14 . 71 40 clock Wednesday evening, April Air Corps. 42 73 April 15 at the Pendleton branch. ■used for building construction. 28, at Grace Lutheran church in 54 52 He then went to Woodburn for He said it cost approximately April 16 He joined the Bend branch in Vale. 48 34 .01 three years as assistant manager February 1962 as a loan officer $800 per *tudent for a full year April 17 .04 This is the second movie in a and came to Nyssa in the same and was promoted to assistant at the college and that of this April 18 _______ 50 32 42 series entitled “Dialogue With the capacity, serving under George manager in September 1964. .17 the local taxes accounted for April 19 .............. 58 World.” The brief discussion of Mitchell until the latter’s retire 74 52 He attended Baker high school about $160, the state and national April 20 the film intends to relate its dra ment 10 years ago. April 21 52 .01 about $395 and tuition the bal | and was graduated from Powder ma to the problems of contem Owyhee Reservoir Storage Valley high school. Prior to gra ance. Leonard, as he is affectionately porary life and morals. Rinehart said the school has April 21, 1965___ 671,550 Acre Ft. duating from Oregon State uni There will be a small admission known by those who know him versity he attended Syracuse uni- i 'April 21, 1964___ 595,380 Acre Ft. best, has been active in most af (Continued on Page 4) charge, with proceeds earmarked versity in New York. He studied ' fairs that have been effective for for the Vale swimming pool fund. the welfare of Nyssa and nearby forestry and agriculture at Ore rural communities. He has served gon State and holds a master of PLAN PLAY PRESENTATION as chairman of the Nyssa Cham science degree in agriculture. Adrian high school Thespians While in Bend he was active ber of Commerce, secretary of will present three one-act plays Nyssa Industries, Inc., and served in Toastmasters, the Bend Cham at 8 o’clock Friday evening in on the budget committee of the ber of Commerce, Elks, Kiwanis the school auditorium. Two young ladies from this area have been selected from and Central Oregon Bankers as Titles of the productions are local hospital. among members of the Adrian and Nyssa high school junior He has been active in promot sociation. He served as secretary classes to attend the June 14-20 session of Girls’ State on the “U. S. Revolt,” “Drums in the treasurer of the Bend Soft Ball Night” and “It’s Cold in Them ing the legume seed industry and association and was in charge of Willamette university campus at Salem. (Continued on Page 4) Thar Hills.” They are the Misses Patty Urry of NHS and Lora Jo last year’s Bend Water Pageant. He and his wife, Carolyn, and Stoker of Adrian high, being sponsored by the American Le their two children, Keith 12 and gion auxiliary units of the*_________ ♦ ♦ Marcia 11, will move to Nyssa as two towns. soon as suitable housing can be The girls were chosen on found. The Youngs are members qualities of leadership, char of the Methodist church. Adrian PTA meeting will be held at 8:15 p.m. on April 29 in the high school building, accord ing to an announcement by Mrs. Vern Parker, publicity chairman. Activities planned for the eve ning include a performance by the Treasure Valley chorus, in stallation of newly elected offi cers and new band uniforms will be modeled. Each father in attendance will be considered as two in room count totals. WEATHER Junior Students From Nyssa-Adrian Named as Delegates io Girls' State acter, courage, honesty, scho lastic ability, physical fitness and readiness to cooperate. Patty is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max W. Urry of Nyssa and has been on the honor roll throughout her three high school years, having earned straight A’s three times. When a freshman she was vice Newell Cleaver was victorious president of the class, served as in the race for Nyssa high school student body president over his class president while a sophomore competitor, Ralph Tidwell. Clea and this year is junior class rep ver was elected April 14 by stu resentative to the student council. Miss Urry is secretary of the dents in a secret ballot election that raised him from his present FHA chapter, a member of the position as vice president to head high school dance band and is of the student body for 1965-66. piano accompanist for the high This promotion from vice presi school chorus. The honor student was a mem PATTY URRY dent to president has not hap ber of the cast for the junior . . . Chosen From Nyssa Juniors pened in NHS for many years. ♦ ♦ Taking the position vacated senior play and among outside by Cleaver will be Jim Able of school activities, she is char Lora Jo is a daughter of Mr. man, who won over his class ter president of the candy stripers and Mrs. Lee Stoker of route 2, at Malheur Memorial hospital, a Nyssa, and has been a member mate, Tom Stringer. To com early this year. of Thespians and the FHA chap mence the office of student body group organized ♦ ♦ ter all three of her high school secretary will be Caren Jackson, years, and attended the FHA state who took the position after a convention. close tally of votes which put her on top of Patty Urry. When a freshman, she was on Pete Smit will undertake the I the drill team and for the past position of treasurer over John two years has been a cheerleader, Holton without an extensive! member of the pep club and hon campaign because of the with or society, having served as trea drawal of Holton from the race, surer of the latter while a junior. due to the fact that he will not I Miss Stoker is a member of the attend Nyssa High School in the | band and chorus, serves on the coming year. school paper staff and was select ed as FFA chapter sweetheart Other Officer* Named this year. She also served as To prortiote school spirit next | class representative while a year among the students will be freshman and sophomore. the newly elected public relations | Her out-of-school activities in chairman, Judy Nedry, who won clude work in the LDS church over candidate, Janice Richards. for which she is organist. She Creating rivalry in 1965-66 will | was also in 4-H work for four be the new interclass rivalry years and is now serving as a chairman, Kris Parks, who de-1 substitute den mother. feated Susan Schenk in compe Pictures and a story concern tition for chairman over Pep Cup ing three Adrian - Nyssa Boys’ competition. State delegates will be published Tryouts and election for var in next week’s issue of the Jour LORA JO STOKER sity cheerleader were postponed nal. . . To Represent Adrian to a later date. New NHS Student Officers Named; Cleaver Wins Post Members of the Nyssa and Adrian PTA units, as well as others in Malheur county, are participating in a nation-wide program entitled “One Million Books for Appalachia’s Chil dren.” The project will benefit thousands of young Ameri cans, residing in the Appalachian section of the United States, who have no school or public library facilities. It is a highland region* sweeping diagonally across 10 needed for use in the Appalachian states from Northern Penn schools. sylvania to Northern Alaba Area residents having volumes ma, an area of 165,000 square for the collection may contact local chairmen for details and leave the books with them. Due to limited space, the Journal is unable to print a complete list; however, the PTA women have a list of the desired books. NUMBER 16 Community College and Vale Submit Same Figures; Ontario Planning Substantial Cut Nyssa-Adrian PTA Chapters Collect Volumes for Appalachian Children miles and comprising more than 15 million persons. The movement is now in pro gress and will continue through June 15. It is being sponsored by the National PTA congress in cooperation with the U. S. Office of Economic Opportunity and the REA express. Most Wanted Volumes Among the 100 most wanted volumes are those on social stu dies. Bible stories, holidays, fairy tales and legends, science, applied science, fine arts, poetry, history, biography, fiction, easy-to-read and picture books and material on children’s reading. Reference books, encyclopedias and dictionaries are especially 10 Cents Per Copy THESE LOVELY, LIVE PUPPETS represent the 30 student* from Betty Madge Wilson'* school of dancing who will appear in color ful costumes during the 16th annual dance display io be staged at 8 o'clock tomorrow (Friday) evening in the school cafetorium. The young ladies are (left to right) Laura Parker, Le Anne Wilson, Nancy Bratton and Jane Farmer. They will present the "Dance of the Marionettes," and together with other youngster* will be per forming in all types of dance selections, including an excerpt from "Hello Dolly." Also on the program will be a surprise novelty number, and overture music during intermission and costume changes by a group of junior high students known a* the "Tooting Teens." Following the revue, various achievement awards will be presented to the students. Entire proceed* will be given to Mal heur Memorial hospital auxiliary, sponsoring organisation. The Journal publishers join with members of the auxiliary in com mending Mrs. Wilson for her work on this annual revue for the past 16 year*. It has added greatly to the auxiliary's funds used for various projects benefiting the local hospital.—Journal Photo.