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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon c Somothinif NUw About Nffaaa By BTAN BETTIS (From ths Eugens Register-Guard. Oct. 3, 1965) Toduy, it seems, minority group integration is supposed to result from the pressures of street demonstrations. But all too often well-meant attempts to achieve integration result in further misunderstandings and the eruption of violence. The eastern Oregon fanning community of Nyssa offers a vivid contrast to such methods . nd results. In spite of a •yearly influx of more than 1,000 migrant Mexican-Ameri can farm workers, the town has avoided potentially seri ous race relations problems with no fuss and no demon strations Malheur County Medicare Sign-Up Set October 19-22 Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME LVIII Nyssa City Council Photo Actions Reported At the regular October meeting Tuesday night, the Nyssa council approved payment of September accounts, ordered another street light installed, decided to con sider bids on a police car from out - of - town dealers and study better fire protection. The new street light is desig nated for the corner of Ninth and IxK'ust and was approved as the result of a petition from Iona Greig. The city manager was in structed to advertise for bids on th«- police car September bills totaled $13,090.51. Mutual fire fighting aid will be studied by officials of area towns in a meeting at Ontario Thursday, Oct. 21. Ontario, Vale, Nyssa, New Plymouth, Fruitland. Weiser and Payette are all expected to be represented at the meeting City Manager Fred Koch and Fire Chief Frank Morris will repre sent Nyssa. Matters Deferred A possible dog control ordi nance and study of fire insurance were tabled for a later meeting The new evergreen planters on the walk in front of Peterson Furniture store came up for dis cussion and the matter was refer red to the Planning commission (now in the process of reorgani zation). But not without effort. The Allan Ruinsberry, field repre comments of three community sentative for the Social Security leaders the chief of police, the udministration announced today city manager and the school sup make it clear that that Malheur County Sign • Up erintendent Day» for the new "medicare” community-wide interest and ac provisions of the 1965 Social Se tion account for Nyssa's success. The chief of police, F E Petrie, curity law have been established These special day» will >»• Oct is tall and husky with hair as 19 through 22. The Social Se black as carbon paper. His soft curity office, located at 514 SW voice and slow speech bear out Fourth street in Ontario, will be the “no-nonsense” expression on open from 9 am through 8 p.m. his broad face. All in all he looks on Tuesdny, Oct. 19. and Wednes like television’s idea of a tough day, Oct. 20, and from 9 am young cop. through 5 p in on Thursday and ’’Up until three, maybe three- Friday, Oct. 21-22. and-a-half years ago,” said Petrie, This special sign-up period is "whenever we’d arrest a Mexican which was pretty often — he'd ijr those fieople age 65 and over who have never filed for Social complain about persecution, about Security lienefits. Railroad Re not knowing the laws. tirement or Public Welfure pay Special Programs Arranged ments. "So we shifted our emphasis Rainsberry stated, "While prac from enforcement to education. tically everyone over age 05 or who will reach that age by the Through special programs for end of the year will be entitled , new arrivals we make sure the to hospital insurance benefits, migrants know their rights. "Our biggest problems with the they must sign an application to <■st.ibli.il their eligibility This Mexicans used to be traffic and includes people who are still drinking violations. Once the edu working and also those people cation program got under way, who have never worked under we found many of them didn't understand the need for traffic social security.” In addition to “medicare,” the regulations or even the reason for Ralph Warren, director of re 1965 amendments provide pay having a driver’s license. As for search with the Oregon Council ment of benefits to the following: drinking, if a kid was doing a on Alcohol Problems (OCAP) has Unmarried students age 18 to man's work in the fields, he was been in Malheur county this week 22 whose parent is deceased, dis ¡considered old enough to drink. speaking to various area organi “As soon as we took the trouble abled or retired. to explain the laws, to show that zations, according to Pastor Wal- Widows age 60 and 61. lace Prowell, public relations di- Certain people over age 72 with everybody lives by them, the rector. ut least three quarters of cover crime rate took a nosedive. Now Warren's speaking schedule for age who did not qualify for bene if a crime docs occur—whether the remainder of the week is as it's running a stop sign or start fits before. follows: People who are confined at ing a brawl— we get cooperation Tonight. 8 p.m. — Nyssa PTA instead of arguments. home by illness or in a hospital meeting. will be contacted at their resi "Understanding,” said Petrie, Friday, 10 a m.—Treasure Val- dence if they will write to Social “on both sides -that's what’s sav ley Community college; 2 p m.. Security Administration, P.O. Box ed Nyssa from minority group Tri-Valley Extension club at the 927, lui Grande, Ore., and explain problems." home of Mrs. Earl Ward. their Circumstances. City Manager Quoted ♦ ♦ Ci$y Manager Fred O. Koch am plifies Petrie’s statement. "Townspeople here huven't con During a meeting of the Adrian sciously worked at integration school board held Tuesday eve But they have worked to see that ning, Charles Sykes was named the migrants live under good con to replace Emery Cameron who ditions.” Koch, who looks like a weath recently resigned. Sykes will serve as representative of the Big er - hardened rancher and talks Bend area until May when a new like a machine gun, says that "migrant workers are vital to board member will lie elected. According to Superintendent Nyssa's type of economy." Nyssa, its back to the Snake Glenn Ward, the board voted una nimously to dispense with grad River, is surrounded on three uation exercises for eighth grade sides by fields of potatoes, corn, students Beginning with the 1964 onions and sugar beets. It's here class, an afternoon program will (Continued on Page 10) be held when graduates will be given recognition. NYSSA VOLUNTEERS ANSWER In other action district 61 board TWO FIRE ALARMS TUESDAY. members instructed the architect Two alarms summoned the to draw a new set of plans for Nyssa volunteer fire department the building program, All rc on Tuesday. The first call was to modeling to the present structure the Jay Gibson farm located ap is to be eliminated and basically proximately five miles west of the new addition will be about town on Enterprise avenue where the same as previously submitted. a straw stack was burning. Fire men report that about 15 tons of RALPH WARREN GOLFER BANQUET SET straw were destroyed. . . . Talks to Area Groups The Ontario Golf association's The second call was to the ♦ ♦ annual award banquet is set at Gary Clawson home at 601 North for speaking in His schedule 8 o'clock Saturday evening. Oct. Fifth street. It was reported that 16. at the East Side cafe in On a furnace had overheated, filling churches of the area will be: Sunday, Oct. 17, 9:45 a m. tario. the dwelling with smoke. Adrian Kingman Memorial Com munity church; 11 am., Nyssa Christan church; 5:30 p.m.. Forty- Niners group of Faith Lutheran church; 8 p.m., Nyssa Methodist church. Churches or community organi Burl Snowden of Kennewick, Wash., has been named dis zations interested in having War trict manager of the Ontario-Nyssa area for Cascade Natural ren as a guest speaker next year gas corporation. may contact Pastor Prowell. Appointment of New District Manager Announced by Cascade Gas Officials Announcement of the appointment was made recently by President O. Marshall Jones of the utility’s Seattle office. Snowden had been head serviceman in the company’s tri- ♦city district and has been with ♦ ♦ r .................................... I Cascade for the past six years. His experience in natural gas distribution totals 15 years, in cluding service with the for mer Pacific Natural Gas company in Longview, Wash., and Southern Union Gas company at Albuquer que. N. M. I BURL SNOWDEN . . From Kennewick Area Mrs. Snowden (Mary) and daughter, Marian Kay, plan to join their husband and father in Ontario early in November. The latter will be a kindergarten stu dent in the neighboring city. The Snowdens also have a son. Danny, who is stationed with the U. S. Air Force at Larson Base in Moses Lake, Wash. They are members of and tend services at the Church Christ, and the new district man ager is a member of the Masonic lodge. Working with Snowden as sales representative for the Ontario- Nyssa area is Fran Dois, who in July was appointed to that posi tion by Cascade officials. He and his family have been residents of the immediate area for over seven years and live in Ontario. NUMBER 41 Win* National Award Nyssa Amalgamated Plant Operating Round-the-Clock; Unlimited Digging To Start No Later Than October 21 50,000 Tons of Beets Now Harvested; Figure Represents About 7 Percent of Total Crop Amalgamated Sugar company’s Nyssa factory has been operating round-the-clock, starting Thursday of last week. Digging has been on a limited basis since it was started Wed nesday of last week, due to unseasonably warm weather. Re ceiving stations have been closed on a rotating basis with stockpiling only at the Nyssa plant. However, under grower con-* I tract, all limitations will be j i removed no later than Thurs- j day, Oct. 21, and beets will be ! received at all company sta tions. District Manager Ray Larson ' estimated about 50,000 tons had been harvested through yester day, or approximately 7 percent of the 700,000 - ton total for the I district. Testing Proves Slow Operation I There are still some “bugs” in the new sugar-content beet test ing laboratory. Samples have ; been taken of all growers’ beets 1 but have had to be tested in the company research lab by hand, ’ and this has proven such a slow I operation that no growers have been informed as to the sugar content of their beets. Factory tests on all beets pro cessed to date show an increase I of one-half of one percent above last year, Larson said. The manager said he had been informed that the new lab would be in full operation by the time harvest restrictions have been re- | moved on Oct. 21. Latest Equipment In Telephones To Be Shown Here “Communications Unlimited,” Malheur Home Telephone com pany’s display trailer, will be in Nyssa Tuesday, Oct. 26, for a free public showing. Inside the 42-foot trailer are seven displays of the latest com munication equipment and ser vices available in modem Ameri ca. Special features of the dis play are the new “tap-and-talk” Touch - Tone telephones and the various communications facilities specially designed for business use. Other displays range from a model of the Telstar satellite to the farm interphone, which al lows instant communications any where on the farm. Touch - Tone sets, included in the “Telephones of the Future” display, are operated by pushing buttons instead of dialing. A timer is provided to allow visitors to compare the two methods of Oregon students, high school age or younger, are eligible. _ _ _ reaching a number. to participate in S speech contest sponsored by Oregon Asso- Alcohol - Teenage A wide variety of phones now ciation of Soil and .Water Conservation districts and the State ToDlC to Be Heard available to the public are in Soil and Water Conservation C-*—••------------........ ------------ j u.. committee, it is announced by t >._ xt . __ — DTK cluded in the display, including >ci chairman. W. L. Chapin, loci automatic dialers which dial tele laVe until to enter enter the and Patrons attending the 8 o clock phone numbers when a button Contestants have until Oct. Oct. 21 21 to the comnetitinn competition and Nyssa PTA meeting this evening will be required to give a* ! will hear Ralph Warren, director is pushed. seven-minute talk on “Wild Displays explaining direct dis of the Oregon Council on Alcohol life Management in an Oregon tance dialing (DDD) and long ! Problems. Soil and Water Conservation He is in the area this week, distance calling are highlighted by animated effects. District.” speaking to students at Adrian, 1 A penalty of five points will i Superintendent Glenn Ward re- Vale, Ontario^ Nyssa and Trea- Panel phones that inset into the be given by each judge for a ports that there are 20 students sure Valley Community college, 1 wall, attractive wall phones and speech less than five or over. enrolled in the pre-school migrant , as well as at organizational meet the musical Bell Chime are in eight minutes >on<L Reference program at Adrian. Classes are ings and in the various churches. cluded in the "Home Services” ' notes will be permissrole, but any under direction of Miss Judy PTA officials invite all adults display. The speaker-phone, Call speech read in text will be dis Shurtliff and Mrs. Rosie Martinez 'of the surrounding area to hear Director, home interphone and qualified. and are held in the Kingman Me Warren’s talk on “Alcohol and Princess phone are also featured. The display will be in front of morial Presbyterian church at Teenage Drinking Problems.” A S15. $10. $5 District Awards the Idaho Power company office film being shown to the students Students within the immediate Adrian. at 210 Main street from 2 to 4 will also be viewed at this meet Mrs. Hazel Schafer is instructor district will give their speeches p.m. Oct. 26. during an afternoon meeting to for remedial students and con ing. be held Thursday. Oct. 21. at Ad ducts classes in shifts throughout j This is National PTA Member ship week, and Mrs. Gene De nan. District awards of $15, $10 the day. interested Minck, membership chairman of and $5 will be given to first, sec Ward _____ stated that ___ ond and third place winners. residents of the area are invited t*le, ^oca^ Present t0 Over 500 visitors registered at Two district winners will then to visit any of these migrant welcome all new members. the floral exhibit held Saturday compete in an area contest slated classes or at either of the school and Sunday in Ontario, sponsor on the afternoon of Oct. 27 at plants. If visitors desire, they ed by the Treasure Valley Chrys may also stay for lunch in the Unity and the top four (two from anthemum society. each area) will enter semifinal school cafetorium, Ward conclud Entries, totaling 415, were fea Adrian PTA patrons are re competition, with state finalists ed. tured at the mum show, “Nature’s minded that a meeting will be receiving trophies, plus $50 and held at 8:15 Friday evening. Oct. Royalty.” Among 47 entries in $25 savings bonds, and a $10 cash the artistic division was one call 22, in the high school building. award for first, second and third ed "Queen’s Jewels” shown by According to an announcement place. Fourth and fifth place by Mrs. Vern Parker, publicity Mrs. E. T. Gillispie of Weiser who awards will be trophies. chairman, speaker of the evening won the tri-color champion rib Further information regarding Leona Anderson of the Idaho will be a boy who is named win I bon. with Nyssan Mrs. M. L. Judd the contest may be secured from Power company spoke on wild ner in the soil conservation con taking “best of show” honors in Chapin, who will also accept the horticultural division. game cooking and recipes at a test. names of participants. Also included on the program A list of other winners will be recent Thursday evening meeting will be a film entitled ‘The World published in next week’s issue of of the Nyssa Jay-C-Ettes. STATE OFFICIAL TO SPEAK 1 the Journal. Mrs. Jim Grunke became presi Is One." ON TRAFFIC SAFETY TOPIC dent of the organization, having A traffic safety and education meeting for all Malheur county been moved up from the position administrative law enforcement of vice president, due to the officers and judges will be held resignation of Mrs. Harvey Eas-1 Friday in Brownie’s cafe dining ton who recently moved from | Nyssa to the New Plymouth area.' room at Nyssa. Onions and potatoes continued to dominate Oregon’s fresh Mrs. Dick Walters was named As announced by Nyssa Police Chief F. E. Petrie, members of vice president, replacing Mrs. produce moving to market last month. Of the 2,867 cars of fresh fruits and vegetables checked by the local police department will Grunke; Mrs. Bob West was se host the meeting, with Howard lected as chairman of the social federal-state shipping point inspectors in September, 1,020 Eddy of the Oregon State Traffic committee, with Mrs. Mervil Hut were onions and 956 cars potatoes. chinson named as head of charity Education division in charge. Malheur county shipped 943 cars of onions and Salem 77 work. cars, while two-fifths of a car*' Mrs. Larry Schenk was winner moved from Medford. In ad of brine cherries, one car of corn, of the money-tree door prize and dition to this 10,515 tons of three cars of in-shell filberts, a report on a holiday candle-mak onions in Malheur were in- eight cars of in-shell walnuts, ing project was given by Mrs. spected for processing. nine cars of peaches. 6,300 pounds Ken Rosencrans. She announced Malheur county was also the of cucumbers and 2,000 pounds that work on the candles will be heaviest potato shipper, having of grapes. gin at the Oct. 28 meeting in the 527 cars and, in addition to this, home of Mrs. Walters. had 24.566 tons of processing po tatoes inspected. ADRIAN SCHOOL RENAMED Redmond shipped 108 cars of ON ACCREDITED LIST potatoes, Salem 51 cars. Merrill Adrian school is on the approv 201, Hermiston 56.8 cars and Port ed list of the Northwest Associa land 12.1 cars. tion of Secondary and Higher Pears began moving In volume, Schools, according to an an with Medford shipping 439 cars, nouncement by Superintendent Hood River 299 cars and Portland Glenn Ward. The school’s namejlcars. has appeared on the list for the | past four years and on the ac Apple Shipments Slow Only small amounts of apples credited list since 1954, Ward had begun to move and there was said. indication of a shortage of storage space in the Hood River area. SENIOR CITIZENS HOLD One large grower and shipper DISCUSSION ON MEDICARE i sold all of their apples to a Yaki REPRESENTING NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL at the fifth annual Members of the Senior Citizens Eastern Oregon Press conference held recently in Pendleton are club met Friday at Faith Luth ma firm and they will be packed (left to right) Teresa Elguexabal. Jim Ableman. Patty Urry, Adviser eran church, with the morning and shipped from there. Milton-Freewater was the big Dale Schraufnagel, Janet and Judy Nedry. Theme of this year's hours spent playing games and gest shipper of apples during the EMIL STUNZ . . . Chairman of meeting was "Journalism—A Key to the Future," with activities visiting. month, but had only 28 cars mov advanced gifts for the United including general assembly sessions, gToup workshops on photo* Following the noon luncheon, ing. Malheur county had five Fund drive. He is already con graphy, advertising, editorials, cartoons and straight news report a business meeting was held and cars, Portland three and Hood tacting individuals regarding ing. These students and their journalism instructor, delegates from the Medicare program was dis River four. the UF campaign, according to both the yearbook and Bulldog staffs, were among those attending cussed. Prior to adjournment, a Other fresh produce inspected the Rev. John Bullock, area from 27 Eastern Oregon schools.—Journal Photo. included 18 cars of plums, 63 cars chairman for Malheur county. song session was held. Additional Lectures Planned by Speaker On Alcohol Problems Charles Sykes Named To District 61 Board THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1965 RON SCHOEN, a Nyssa photographer; Little "Lil" Moore, a local young lady: and Jorge Lawrence, a family pet, recently received first place honors in a color photo contest. The setting was a potato field, with Malheur Butte and surrounding hills in the background. Schoen is owner-operator of Schoen Studios; "Lil," a freckle faced little redhead, is a daughter of Tom and Dottie Moore; and Jorge is a Dachshund pet belonging to Ralph and Ethel Lawrence. The winning photo (reproduced above) is entitled "Malheur Pota toes Make Friends Anywhere." A congratulatory letter was sent to Schoen, together with the cash award, by John E. Brady Jr. of the Henry McGrew Printing company in Kansas City, Mo. The correspondence read in part, "Winning photos for the 1965 third quarter will be reproduced on fourth-quarter calendars to be mail ed to 18.000 dealers and photographers throughout the country." "Lil" was presented an identification bracelet by Schoen Studios. Jorge merely posed. Soil, Waler Conservation Sponsors Student Speech Contest on Wildlife By Nyssa PT A Group Adrian School Head Reports on Program For Migrant Pupils Valley Flower Show Draws Many Visitors Friday Meeting Set By Adrian PTA Unit Activities Reported By Local Jay-C-Ettes; New Officers Named Malheur Leads Stale in Shipments Of Fresh Produce During September