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PAGE TWO THE GATE CITY JOURNAL TED M. BRAMMER. Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES Single Copies 10c In Malheur County, Oregon, and Payette and Canyon Counties, Idaho: One Year $4.00 Six Months _ $2.75 Elsewhere in the U.S.A.: Per Year $5.00 Six Months — $3.00 news pa ri» k PUBLISHEIt ''ASSOCIATION NATIONAL NEWSPAPJ* ■ —------ I---- !--------- - Farewell Dinner Slated al Owyhee By Congregation Published Every Thursday at Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon Entered at the Post Office at Nyssa. Oregon, for Transmission Through the United States Mails, as a Second Class Matter Under the Act of March 3, 1879. letter To the Editor 1299 Franklin Lebanon, Ore. May 21. 1966 Dear Ted and Arlene: It is again nearing Strawberry Festival time in Lebanon. The dates are June 9, 10 and 11, and we would like to extend a wel come to all our Nyssa friends and anyone interested in having fun. We have the world’s largest strawberry shortcake and follow ing the grand parade June 11, everyone will enjoy eating it with lots of ice cream piled on top. There are also other fun events _ flower shows, horse shows, a carnival for the kiddies and all kinds of entertainment. Congratulations are in order on the wonderful improvements made recently in Nyssa. You see. we are very proud of our home town and have spent 2H years educating people in these parts as to the whereabouts of Nyssa. we don uuu ’t i need much _____ We encour- swemenVto'expoundoiTthe'beau- __ WW ty of Treasure Valley. Most peo ple now know about Eastern Ore gon and the ones who don’t, soon I learn. We know you hated to lose the Clarence Clapp family and the John Milbraths. but we love hav ing them near. There’s just no one like someone from home. Do hope to see some of our Nyssa friends at our festival. If not. I’m sure many will be mak ing trips right through Lebanon enroute to the coast and we’ll love having them visit us. Sincerely, THELMA and KEN TOOMB Local Youth Receives Publication's Award, Air Force Scholarship At a recent Air Force ceremony, Wayne Riggs was awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver medal by CoL Taras T. Popovitch. USAF vice commander of the 26th Air I division. This award was presented to two sophomore cadets with qua lifications based on individual1 characteristics of initiative, strong moral character, discipline and scholastic achievements. Wayne was also a recipient of a two-year Air Force scholarship. He is a member of the Air Force ROTC Silver Wings drill team at Oregon State university in Cor vallis. The award-winning youth is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Riggs of Nyssa. IT S YOUR LAW By Oregon State Bar Tinders, Keepers' -LT-J-'. 1 --'.Ai. --------------------------- r->----------------------------- :----- I Program, Graduation Rites Planned Tonight for 28 Kindergarten Students Bishop Announces Pastors for Area At Ontario Session Students of Mix. Dorothea Mit-T The small fry have made stew. Bishop A. Raymond Grant of chell's kindergarten class will cli- I jello, cookies, popcorn and ex ♦ Portland conducted sessions of mux their school year with u pro. perimented with many other the Idaho conference of the gram for parents and friends at things Their latest creation was Methodist church during the first 8 o’clock tonight (Thursday) in making real Maracas out of light part of this week in Ontario. tiie cultural hall at the LDS stake bulbs with paper mache and painting them. They will per Minister appointments were an center. nounced during the Monday The young children will present form with them on thrir program. meetings. The Rev. Ralph A | a program of songs, rhythms, ba Mrs. Bowers Assists Lawrence was renamed to serve ' Mrs. Janice Howers has assist ton twirling, marching, recitations the Nyssa church for the third i and rhythm band, which will be ed Mrs. Mitchell this year in her year. Other appointments re- ' followed with a traditional cap kindergarten maining unchanged arc Tom Pupils participating in activi and gown graduation ceremony Foster, Ontario First Methodist; with tiie processional march be ties this year are Dale Berrett, George Uyemura, Community Barbie * Bowers, Troy Calhoun, ing played by Dean Snppe. Methodist; and Virden Seybold. Lori Cleaver, Steve DeMinck, Musical Numbers Planned THE REV. JOHN BULLOCK, Vale Methodist. Paul Fife, Jamie Garner, Bar- Prelude music will lx* presented baru Jean Haney, Cindy Kessler, The Rev. Conrad Holmes of I pastor of Nyssa Church of the Nasarene for the past 3*1 years, by Dellas Frederikaen and guest Wayne Lettin, Toqua Llnegar, Pocatello is replacing George Trobough at the Payette church, announced to his congregation artist will be Dee Farr, young Brent Maggard, Colleen McGin- ley, Lane Montgomery. with the latter going to Southside Sunday that he has accepted a pianist from Adrian. The five-year-old students have Stanton Munn. Jimmy Nedrow, church In Nampa Exchanging call to the Nasarene church at pulpits will be Darw in Secord of Newberg. Ore. Effective Aug. been gathering information, ex Terri Okal. Alan Peterson. Andy Wallowa and Allen C. Lambert 1. he will assume his pastoral perimenting and taking many Peutz, Michelle Sadamorl. Fred duties there. field trips during this school year Stephens. William Van Komen. of Fruitland. On May 2 the children took a Mike Wahlert, Emily Wiley. Mike The Rev. J. J. Fleming, former . train trip to Boise where they Williams, Jimmy Wilson. Tommy Nyssa minister, will be going to Bible School Slated played at Ann Morrison park, fed Wilson and Blaine Woodward. Wilder and the Rev. Paul Lud- I At Church in Adrian the ducks and visited the zoo be. low will remain at Burley. A men’s trio, comprised of Juke fore returning home. BOISEAN VISITS HERE Borge, Ernest Seuell and Al Last week they motored to the Mrs. Louise House of Boise was BIBLE SCHOOL CLASSES Thompson, sang a special selec I Ontario airport to see an airliner a weekend guest in the home of SET AT OWYHEE CHURCH tion during the Sunday morning _ arrive and" depart, ____ ______ ____ They also her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. Bible school classes will begin service at "* Adrian *J-1— ” --------- **" visited a pet shop and played at and Mrs Emil Stunz On Sunday Community Monday. May 30. and continue church. I the Ontario park. evening she accompanied the through Friday, June 10. at Owy Classes Ha- Stunz couplr to commencement Set May 30 to June 10 They visites! Albertson's “ I hee Community church for young /ute exercises at Nyssa high school. sters three years of age through It is announced that Vacation ven” on the Snake river private Bible school will start May 30 island, toured the fire station, A great - grandaughter, Suzanne sixth grade. Evening classes will be con and continue through June 10 took a long farm hike which end Stunz, was a member of the grad- ducted during the week ni June Classes for primary, junior and ed at Wilton Jackson's home to uating class 13-18 for seventh grade students junior high school students will see the real black bear that Jack- Classifieds Bring Resultai through high school age. Gene convene from 9 to 11:30 a.m. son killed this year in Alaska. Lewin. American Sunday School Monday through Friday. Union missionary, will direct the All children of the community evening program. are invited to attend. Few people realize that a dirty- faced urchin is responsible for the main principles behind our law governing the ownership of lost articles. Percy Armory was a chimney sweep’s helper who lived in Lon THE REV. ARTHUR SKOGAN don shortly before the birth of . . . Serves Church Four Year« our own George Washington. He ♦ ♦ found a diamond ring in the street Congregation members of Owy one day. hee Community church will honor Percy took the ring to a gold the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Skogan smith's shop to find out what it and family with a farewell dinner was. The goldsmith's appren Sunday, May 29, following the tice, under the pr«t«ns« of morning worship service. weighing it. stole the diamond The family plans to leave next from its setting. When he told week and reports that plans are Percy the ring was of very indefinite at this time. little value, Percy demanded The Skogans have served the return of the jewel as well as Owyhee church for the past 4*i its setting. The goldsmith and the apprentice refused to give years. A son, Richard, was grad uated in 1965 from Adrian high back his treasure. school and at the present time is But Percy was not the kind to serving with the U. S. Navy, sta be badgered about. He sought the tioned at San Diego. An allocation of $1,015,259 has been received by Oregon services of a lawyer to sue for State university to use next year in its Work-Study program Other children of the couple in recovery of the ring and its jewel- + 'I The ’Vs rndlltc nic suit Cl lit clude Bill, who is completing his — a financial aid program to help needy students complete ed 4 «> set. results /-»T of his their education. have immortalized Percy’s name sophomore year at Adrian high; Nancy. John and Becky, students The federally-sponsored program provides part-time work in the common law. at Adrian grade school; and Ran for students during the school year and full-time work during The goldsmith and apprentice' dy of the home. the summer months. *----- claimed that since Percy had! About 400 students are em throughout the state with 83 co found the ring, he had no better ployed on campus this term operating cities and county agen right to it than they did. The , in a wide variety of jobs. Pres cies. court ordered the diamond re-: ident James H. Jensen report All students participating in the ; turned “because the finder of a I ed. With the new allocation, ap program must be making satisfac- | lost article has the right to hold proximately 1,000 summer jobs tory progress toward graduation, i it against the whole world except By GEORGE DEWEY will be available on campus and Government Pays 90% the true owner.” This principle Executive Secretary established by Percy’s case re Under the program, the fed CHARDS ATTEND SERVICES mains as effective today as it was eral government (Department of over two centuries ago. Campbell Co. Won't Mr. and Mrs. Ewen Chard spent Health. Education and Welfare) However, as far as the owner i Discuss Contracts Sunday in Emmett at the home pays 90 percent of the student of their son-in-law and daughter, wages. The university depart is concerned, the finder of lost The Campbell Soup company Mr. and Mrs. Homer Whitman. goods is merely regarded as a has refused to meet with proces The Nyssans attended evening ments and cooperating agencies depository, holding the goods sing tomato growers from Illi commencement exercises at Em pay the other 10 percent, plus for the true owner. employer costs. The courts draw a distinction nois, Ohio and New Jersey to dis mett high school where their cuss processing tomato production Dennis L. Crawford is adminis granddaughter, Fay Marie, was a between “mislaid” and “lost prop- contracts. trator of the Work-Study program member of the senior class _.” Lost property is property • £ty* The growers from these three at OSU. which the owner casually and states are members of the Am June high school graduates who i thoughtlessly parts with, like the j erican Agricultural Marketing any calendar quarter in the pre plan to enroll at Oregon State this dropping of a wallet in the hurry association, an affiliate of the ceding calendar year, they use fall will be eligible for the sum to get on a bus. Mislaid property, American Farm Bureau federa- more than 500 man-days of agri mer Work - Study program, he on the other hand, is property tion. cultural labor. said, provided they qualify on the which the owner has purposely j There are a growing number In order to determin« the 500 laid down and then forgotten, of the nation’s farmers who man-days of labor, the farmer basis of need. leaving it where placed. believe the only way to receive would exclude (1) members of Work in Home Communities An example of this would be a parity for their produce is to join the employer's imzr.Miate fam By developing job arrange- j handbag placed on a shop coun together in just such a program as ily; (2) all agricultural workers ments with city and county ¡ ter while a customer examines this. This move of the AAMA is harvesting or working on a groups throughout the state, stu merchandise. A finder must leave the first step in uniting growers piece-rate basis in a crop where dents may have work in their mislaid articles with the proprie of a particular crop, and it will such payment has customarily home communities during the tor of the place where found. been made and provided the summer. Crawford explained. (Oregon lawyers offer this be interesting to see the outcome, worker commutes daily from The Work - Study jobs do not only this year but in the column as a public service. No not his permanent residence and take the place of regular staff years ahead. person should apply or interpret has been employed in agricul postions, he continued. They any law without the aid of an Wage Bill Unacceptable ture less than 13 weeks during are jobs that permit added ser attorney who is completely ad The sub-committee of the House the preceding year. vices and that let the university vised of the facts involved. Welfare and Education committee The result of such a “formula” carry on some functions that Even a slight variance in fact has amended the agricultural would be to provide a double would not be possible under regu may change the application of piece-rate provisions of the pro wage standard. A farmer who has lar budgets. the law.) posed minimum wage law (HR over 500 man-days of agricultural OSU’s Work - Study allocation 13712). labor must pay all his employees for the period from July 1, 1965, The amendments, however, the minimum wage, while the to June 30, 1966, was $504,000. would only create havoc on the farmer who did not qualify would About 6 00 different students farms of Oregon. For example, continue to pay piece-rate wages. benefited from the work program. the new proposal would require Oregon congressmen are being Nearly all who applied and qua all farmers to be covered by mini requested to consider amendments lified have been aided, Crawford mum wage legislation, if during to correct this chaotic condition. noted. Oregon Stale University Work-Study Program Gets $1 Million Allocation aj a THURSDAY. MAY 26. 1966 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. TT NYSSA, OREGON ___ _i_----------- TT"“ a FARM BUREAU FURROW Closing Notice Our Offices Will Be Closed Monday, May 30, in Observance Of Memorial Day—1966. -<> Medical care will be available at all times ... In case of emergency, call your family physician or the Malheur Memorial Hospital. -<> Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. K. E. Kerby K. A. Danford K. Pfaff D. W, Sarazin L. A. Maulding BIR.VA GREA NYSSA SWIMMING POOL RATES and SEASON TICKETS Pool Opens Friday, June 3 (WEATHER PERMITTING) Under Six Years of Age . . . No Charge (Allowed in Main Pool With Parent Only) Six to Eighteen Years................. $ .25 Eighteen Years or Over .... $ .50 Season Family season r amily—One or More r___ _ Children Under 21, From June 1 . . . $24.00 (Rates Lower Each 30 Days) Season Family— (No Children) From June 1........................... $12.00 (Rates Lower Each 30 Days) Individual Under 18 Years— From June 1........................... $ 5.00 (Rates Lower Each 30 Days) F or Memorial Day... A TIME TO REMEMBER! We Have Fresh-Cut Flowers and Beautifully Created Artificials . . . Select Now From Our Extensive Stock. o —Sponsored by— We'll Be Open Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. and Memorial Day (Monday) From 6 a.m. Until 11 a.m. JAYCEES Individual Over 18 Years— From June 1........................... $ 7.50 ------------- o-------------- (Rales Lower Each 30 Days) FANGEN FLORAL SPECIAL PARTIES.................... $20.00 (For Not More Than 20 Persons . . Regular Rales for Over 20) West of City on Adrian Blvd Admission . . . 75c (ANYONE. ANY AGE Child or Adult) Phone 372-3437
