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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1966 f Neighbors Hold Monday Work Day At Asumendi Farm in Sunset Valley By Freda Astoreca SUNSET VALLEY Fourteen I neighbors took tractors and ma chinery Monday, March 21, to the ■ Jess Asuinendi ranch und had a i work day. Asumendi is recover ing from recent surgery. Ladies i took food and Mrs Asumendi mid Mrs Ixdund Montgomery served dinner to the workers. Mrs Asumendi, Lelena, Roberta und Christine visited Friday af ternoon with Mrs. Phil Mitchell mid Mrs. Bert Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. Babe Derrick visited during the evening of March 17 with Mr. and Mrs. Russ Talbot at Juntura. Mrs. Charles Glenn and girls. Mr. and Mrs. C. T Blackburn of Nyssa visited March 20 with Mr and Mrs. I-olse Boren in Durkee The lattci hud been quite ill The Nyssans also visit«*«! Daisy Shook at Baker. Mrs. Marion Carey of Grange ville, Idaho, visited March 21 with Mr and Mrs. Ira Price Sr. Visitors From Pocatello Paul Cleaver of Pocatello visit ed last week with his brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs Mag nus Ekanger, and his parents, the John Cleavers of Nyssa. The latter couple visited Friday after noon in the Ekanger home. Mrs Paul Cleuvcr and son came Sat urday and the trio returned hiune on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Folkman were March 21 guests in the Esther Stephen home to honor Russell Gressley on his birthday anniversary. Strom Participates In Joint Exercises By French-U.S. Navies Yeoman Seaman Jerry D. Strom participated in "Fairgame IV," a recent joint French-United States naval training exercise in the western Mediterranean and on Corsica, according to a U. S Navy news release. The young sailor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Strom of route 1, Nyssa, was a crew member aboard the guided missile frigate USS Leahy Fairgame is conducted annually between U B Sixth Fleet and French naval forces to provide tactical training in conducting air, amphibious and naval operations, as well as defense methods against them. The three-phase exercise began with U. S and French carrier task forces training in combined sup port operations. Participating French and U. S air and submar ine forces provided mock opposi tion to the carriers. Phase two consisted of indivi dual ship exercises in which U.S and French observers were ex changinl for orientation and in- doctrinntion. The final phase of Fairgame was a two-nation amphibious landing at Santa Manza, Corsica, ! supported by a fast carrier task force and opposed by French and U. S. submarine, land and air I forces. COTTLES RETURN HOME Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cottle returned Saturday to their home in Nyssa following a 2**4-month stay in Apache Junction, Ariz. The couple reports they spent the winter months seeing the sights and vacationing in the Grand Canyon state. FORMER NYSSANS VISIT Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bowen and sons of Hermiston visited Friday with friends in Nyssa and wore evening guests in the home of his brother - in - law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Cleaver and family, 'rhe Bowens are former Nyssans and he taught last year in the local school system. Joel Price, who is attending college* at Monmouth, is (.pending this week with his parents, the Ira Prices, other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mc Ginnis of Joseph, Ore., spent part of last week visiting in the Price borne Mrs. Don Share and chil dren visited March 21 with her parents, the Price couple and Joel. Dinner Honors George Wilson Mr and Mrs. Bill Batea, owners of Cherry Creek lodge, gave a birthday dinner in honor of George Wilson whose birthday anniversary was March 17. Pres ent were Myrtle Oldson, Messrs, and Mmi'i. Andy Anderson, Elmer Hill, Howard Day und Frank Mor ris. Wilson is caretaker at the lodge on Owyhee reservoir. Mr. and Mrs. James Langley and Jimmy recently spent a week in Moses Lake. They visited the Pete Wilson and Jim Robb fami lies. Mr. and Mrs. John Hobson, u cousin of Mrs. Langley. They also called on Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Gregg in Quincy and spent the weekend in Portland with their son, Rex, who is attending Oregon Dental college. The I^ang- leys were also guests in the Fred Babcock, Claude Wilson and Du- an«* Wilson homes. Mr and Mrs Warren Johnson Pat and Steve went to Mapleton ■Ore, March 17 and stayed until Sunday with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baker and daughter. Released From Hospital Mrs. John Reffett and Mrs. Warren Johnson went to Malheur Memorial hospital March 21 to take Reffett home Hi* had been hospitalized since Friday night and is reported to lx* feeling bet ter at this time. March 14 evening dinner guests in th«* Wayne Robb home were Mr. and Mrs Harry Hathaway and sons of Baker, Orc. Mik«* Robb was u Saturday overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs Bill Hamilton and family in On tario. Lynn Hall of Adrian was a 1 weekend guest of Julie Robb in th«? home of her parents, the Wayne Robbs. Mr and Mrs. Wayne Robb, Mr. j and Mrs. Gabe Astoreca had din- ner March 18 at the Smorquet’s cafe at Caldwell in observance of Mrs. Astoreca's birthday anniver sary. Mr and Mrs. Charles Chapin gave a party Saturday afternoon, March 19, in honor of their son, Dan, on his 11th anniversary. Seven guests spent the afternoon playing games and were served cake and ice cream. Trio Plans Class Reunion Mrs. Charles Chapin and Mrs. Dick Davis visited r«»cently with Mrs. Dick Reed in Boise to plan a reunion for the class of 1951 at Adrian high school. Mrs. Doyn Price and sons of Pendleton arrived March 16 to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ewen Chard, and her brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Elver Nielsen. They were March 17 din ner guests and Friday overnight guests in the Nielsen home. Mrs. Price and Mrs. Nielsen went to Emmett to visit another sister, Mrs. Homer Whitman and family. ' Doyn Price arrived Friday night and the family returned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chard of Meridian visited Sunday after noon in the Nielsen home. Mrs. Gabe Astoreca. Carmen and Audrie went to Jackpot, Nev., March 19 and stayed overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Don Connell and family. They returned Sun day afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Duane Smith of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lorensen took Mrs. Lester Smith to the bus d«-pot March 21 so she could board a bus to return to her home in Johnstown, Neb. She had visited here for a month with the Wil liam Turners, Wilbur Chapins and Lorensens. Spring Tune-Up! ★ Check and Clean Plugs ★ Check Points and Condenser ★ Check and Adjust Timing ★ Adjust Carburetor ALL FOR $4.95 WE'LL REMOVE SNOW TIRES I Ward’s Shell Service WARD LUNDY. Owner 101 North Main St. Nyssa. Oregon Phone 372-3990 1 1 SCHOOL COOKS ATTEND MEETING IN ROSEBURG Returning home March 16 after attending the annual meeting for school cafeteria personnel were Huth Klinkenberg, 1x*ah Meisin- ger, Myrtle Capper, Amy Strad- ley, Peggy Brown and Sadie Butcher. The three-day meeting was held this year in Roseburg. According to Mrs. Butcher, head of Nyssa cafeteria operations, one of the mam topics discussed was the financial problems facing the department, due to recent an nouncement of a decrease in fed eral funds. Enroute home the women stop ped in Eugene where Mmei. Klin kenberg und Brown visited the former’s daughter, Kathy and her husband. Mrs. Meisinger was ar> overnight guest of her nieces, daughters of former Nyssans, the Arnold Winklers, and Mrs. Strad- ley visited u friend whom she hud not seen for 25 years. PAGE THREE MARCH 28 MEETING SET FOR HOSPITAL AUXILIARY A meeting of Malheur Memorial hospital auxiliary will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 28, in the hospital basement. According to Mrs. David W. Sarazin, auxiliary president, among items of business to be discussed will be plans for a forthcoming silver tea. She urges all members to be present. VISIT SEATTLE RELATIVES Raymond Sager recently took his sister, Mrs. Blaine Brown of Nampa, to Seattle where he at tended to business and she visited her daughter. Before returning home, they also visited a brother, Earl Sager and family in the Seattle area. HOWARD ZINK, chairman of associaiion. Carl Flood of Lane the Department of Mathematics Community college was alactad at Treasure Valley Community ▼ice president, with Hazel An college, has been elected presi derson of Clatsop college named dent of the Community College section of the Oregon Education I secretary. Mazóla — 24-Oz. Corn Oil Libby's — Mandarin Oranges Number of Dairy Cows in State Drops To 50-Year Low; 1965 Production Same Oregon’s milk cow population* to 977 million pounds. A record dropped to the lowest figure in 50 1 high production per cow of 7,570 years during 1965, but January's pounds | was reported. milk production remained the , Practically all states recorded same as a year earlier at 63 mil- < decreases in milk cow numbers lion pounds. ? with a national reduction to 16.6 head. Milk production fell Stephen C. Marks, Oregon State 1 million 1 2 billion pounds short of university extension agricultural nearly 1 1964 record of 127 billion economist, said cow numbers de- the ' creased 10,000 head last year, the pounds. 1 largest number change since 1957. The remaining 140,000 head on STUDENTS j ARRIVE HOME Oregon’s dairy farms at the start Miss Bonnie Sager arrived home of 1966 numbered less than half Friday evening from Eastern Ore that of the early 1940’s. gon college in La Grande to spend Marks noted that replacement spring vacation with her parents, dairy stock is also scarcer this ; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sager. year. Heifers numbered only 38,- Arriving Saturday afternoon from 000 at the start of January and < Oregon State university in Cor heifer calves were down to 52,000 vallis were Harlan Sager and his head. < fiancee, Karen Ellis. They plan Oregon’s milk flow dropped be- to i visit the latter’s mother, Mrs. low 1 billion pounds for the first Beth Ellis, and also in the Sager time last year. Total output came home. 59' .. 5 Tins $ 1
