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Ü. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon e Thunderegg Capital Of Oregon VOLUME LIX Nyssa Gate City Journal THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. JUNE 23. 1966 Th« Suqar Chy Im prow* men!* Appvar on Schoo! Ground* Thunderegg Days First Week in August 10 Cents Par Copy NUMBER 25 Chairman Urges New Instructors Officials of Area Report on Progress TVCC Staff Local Merchants loin For Fall Classes Of Potato, Onion and Beet Production Dr. E. F. Voris, president To Dress Up City Treasure Valley Community col With Outlook Considered Satisfactory of An open planning meeting for Tliunderegg »iy*, Aug. 4-8, was held Monday morning in Brow- nie’s,-'cafe. Chairman Harold Brendle stressed that as a city, Nyssa is being "looked over’’ every day by tourists not waiting for Thunderegg Days. He stated it is very important that the town be “dressed up” now and not to wait until the event is just a week away. He suggested putting up welcome flags and banners across Main street. lege, has announced appointment of five new faculty members. Joining the TVCC faculty are Dr. Sam Pobanz in health educa tion; Richard C. Coalwell, mathe matics; Norman Millikin, distri butive education and business; Delbert M Stelljes, the humani ties; and James Hill, engineering. Dr. Pobanz of Ontario holds a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Indiana and has been a practicing physician in the Ontario area for the past 17 years. He will supervise health ser Urges Participation by Marchants vices, with emphasis on expan Brendle also urged merchants sion in this area. with businesses on Main street to Information Given on Others take over where the committee Coalwell of Northridge, Calif., might leave off and do their part holds a BS degree in chemistry to make the celebration a success from University of Oregon and Service station attendants and a master of arts in mathematics restaurant owners also need to be from Boston college. He is pres well-acquainted with the outlined ently employed in the Los Ange program so they will be able to give clear directions to tourists les city system. Millikin come* from Boise and seeking information. was a teacher-coordinator of dis The chairman reported that tributive education in the Boise Girl Scouts had volunteered to clean up the Succor Creek area school system. Stelljes of Pullman, Wash., is and urged all to support them in presently engaged in graduate this project. study at Washington State and Oscar Elliott, president of the will be an instructor in English Snake River Gem club, was in composition and Shakespeare. troduced and discussed his group’s Hill of Junction City, Ore., has part in the rock show to be held had a wealth of experience in at the high school ckfetorium. agriculture implement and elec A meeting is scheduled for trical systems engingeering. He 7 o'clock tonight (Thursday) at will teach engineering orientation Brownie's cafe. At this time, a as well as agricultural engineer complete outline of the festivi ing. ties will be discussed, so it is IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE at the high school athletic field include (above) the restroom - concession facility which is being constructed under sponsorship of Nyssa Lions club. This photo shows the plumbing in a "roughed-in" stage and the foundation of the building. Restrooms will be at each end of the structure with a 14-foot space for concession stand in between. As soon as the cement floor is poured, construction will continue and the walls added. Lion* conducted recent "block" sales to raise funds to construct the building. It is planned to have the facility ready for use during Thunder egg Days. Aug. 4-6. The new facility is located on the east side of the football field and bleachers will be placed against the north of the building when it is completed. Pictured on the right is one of two dugouts being built at the baseball field as a memorial to the late Jack Zittercob. This photo shows the concrete walls with stairs and roof yet to be added. Forms for the other dugout are in place and will be poured in the near future. The dugouts are being constructed during evening hours by friends of the Zittercob family under super vision of Wilbur Holcomb, local contractor. Cement ha* been donated by Oregon Concrete Products. Glade Chadwick, local manager: and cash donations are also being utilised. Dedi cation is being planned prior to Aug. 1.—Journal Photos. Forihcoming Thunderegg Days Event Studied at Wednesday C of C Meeting very important to have all mer chants present, Brendle empha- siesd. Service station personnel and restaurant owner* are es pecially urged to attend. Strong Beet Market Noted by Ray Larson; County Agent Reports Acreage Increases The general outlook for various crops around the valley is reported to be “pretty good,” according to agriculture offi cials. Steve Besse, county agent, reports that the onion crop is generally looking good. However, it is somewhat behind last year due to the large amount of wind and poor growing weather that have occurred. Some thrip and mildew have been showing up in onions*— ----------------------------------- and are being treated by the Idahoan Arrested growers. Potato production,Besse re Following Theft ports, is quite satisfactory. The weather has been suitable for growth and recovery from recent frosts. Very little disease has been reported, with some black leg noted on the Norgolds. Due to the frost, however, the potato crop is between a week and 10 days behind schedule. Besse stated that onion acreage is approximately 10 percent higher than last year, while the potato acreage has a 10 to 15 per cent increase over 1965. Beef Progress Reported Ray G. Larson, manager of the Nyssa district, Amalgamated Su gar company,, released the fol lowing information regarding pro gress of the sugar crop in his district. Larson reports that there are 29,000 acres planted in this area and that thinning has been completed. In general, the crop is “grow ing pretty well,” and although the final totals are not completed yet, the market is strong and a little better than last year. Lions Members Use 'Getting Acquainted' As Meeting Theme Freeze Causes Replanting Nyssa Lions club met Tuesday, '< June 21. at noon in Brownie’s Boy Scout Officials cafe, with Gene Chester as pre- Nursery School Held Name New Executive i siding officer There was no regu- At Primary Building For Oregon District lar program scheduled; therefore. Larry H. Sapp Jr. is the new the meeting was used as a get- For Migrant Children | District Boy Scout Executive for acquainted time for newer mem- A nursery school, under direc Larson stated that 4.400 acres were replanted in the Nyssa dis trict due to the May freeze. Summer maintenance crews are now working, with a normal number of workers reported at the refinery. Cultivation and irrigation are under way in the fields, with ¡ome hoeing and side - dressing being done. The Agricultural Stabilization Conservation committee is at present making final allotments, Larson concluded. i Oregon district of coun- , bers. Thunderegg Days was one cf the main topics discussed» of Mrs. Lucile Cary, first I cil, it is announced by Jack Long, Each Lion present gave a two- by members of Nyssa Chamber of Commerce at their regular! tion grade teacher, is being conducted Boy Scout executive. minute talk to help acquaint the weekly meeting held Wednesday noon, June 22, at Brownie's in the multipurpose room of the | initiates with the club. Floyd Sapp has just completed the cafe, with President Kay Tarter officiating. primary building, according to Rhoades, newly elected president, Mrs. Marlene Michael reported on the meeting held Mon information reported by Superin- : 275th National Scout Executive’s although already installed, will Training course at Mendham. N.J. day morning to acquaint merchants with the ountlined Thun- tendent W. L. McPartland. not take over officially until the He is a graduate of the Univer ♦deregg Days program and A total of 58 migrant young sity of Missouri at Columbia and first meeting in July. City Manager Notes stressed the importance of ev sters between the ages of two Post Card Features The annual sale of fireworks Nightly Water Usage ’s attendance at the one and five years were registered is an Eagle Scout. Besides serving as district exe was discussed, with starting date Official Photograph eryone City Manager Fred O. Koch to be held Thursday at 7 p.m when the school opened on Mon- cutive for Ontario. Vale, Nyssa. set at June 25 in the downtown reported this week that Nyssa Official Thunderegg Days in Brownie's cafe. area. day, June 13. post cards have arrived and are now available at Harry's Rock Shop in downtown Nyssa. The front carries a colorful repro duction of the official photo graph taken by Ron Schoen which has appeared in past is sues of the Journal. Printed on the back of the mailing piece are the words: THUNDEREGG—Oregon State Rock—"THUNDEREGG DAYS," held 1st week in August at NYSSA. THE THUNDEREGG CAPITAL OF OREGON. GROUPS PLAN BANQUET FOR OFFICER INSTALLATION Joint installation banquet of Nyssa Jaycees and Jay-C-Ettes will I m * served Saturday, June 25, at 8 p m. in Brownie’s cafe. Featured speaker of the eve ning will be Larry Stephens, bio logy instructor and coach at Trea sure Valley Community college. Reception to Honor Australian Student An open house reception hon oring Miss Margie Staples, ex change student from Australia, will be held Friday, June 24. from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on the lawn at the Dirick Nedry residence. All members of Margie's class, faculty. American Field Ser vice committee members and friends are invited to attend the reception. Miss Stamples will leave Sun day by bus from Boise and tra vel to New York City, with other exchangees enroute to the city. She will board a plane to San Francisco and then will fly to her home in Australia. Stan McNutt also urged each businessman to get behind this project and really make it a suc cess. He also noted the coopera tion of the Gate City Journal in promotion efforts. During discussion of the Jay- cee breakfast to be held dur ing the event, one of the mem ber* »uggseted adding scram bled "Thundcreggs" to the plan ned menu. Serving as assistants to Mrs. Cary are Lois Spitze and Tone Wahlert. Aides are Rose Valdez, Lidia Martinez, Adela Menchaca. Christina Mejia, Mary Ellen Al- coser, Martha Chavez, Linda Ma drid. Martha Sanchez, Juanita DeLeon and Lupe Lopez. Meals are served to the young sters in the school cafeteria. Adnan, Harper, Burns and Hines. Sapp will be on the camp staff at Camp Billy Rice this summer, along with other council assign ments. | The Oregon district has had a [ 20 percent gain in units and mem bership during the past two years j and has had the most troops at- j tend summer camp each summer j in the last few years. Duties of Proposed OMSI Advisory Council Io Assisi Oregon Farmers Lloyd Mackrill discussed the forthcoming group visit of West Linn students and the possibi I niinnil In A rrirl IlwArmn ► lity of the C of C paying for their use of the municipal pool at their Malheur county recently exceeded its quota of $2000 which convenience. This motion was was being asked to help finance construction of the agricul passed unanimously. tural wing at the OMSI building in Portland. Because of the success of the In a recent letter to Nyssan Tom Jones, Malheur county smorgasbord held June 8, a mo chairman, Museum Director Loren McKinley stated that “in tion was passed to hold one each week to increase attendance at soliciting funds statewide for the Max Lehmann Agricul tural Hall at OMSI, we have* regular meetings. I discovered that the producers there, directly from the people Tom Jones discussed the pos of agricultural products and for whom the hall will be built.” sibility of getting a shipping de those in agri-business in Ore- It is proposed that a statewide pot in Nyssa to handle the out i gon not only have a deep un committee be organized which flow of rocks from this area. derstanding of farm problems, but will be called the "OMSI Agri Dr. David Sarazin reminded some good ideas on possible solu cultural Hall Advisory Council.” members of the county Red Cross tions.” General duties and responsibili meeting to be held Thursday He also said that after stating ties of members will be to act as morning, June 23, at Brownie's the aims and purposes of the ag spokesmen for their counties and cafe. All those interested were ricultural wing, the committee agricultural communities. urged to attend. Representatives will be selected found willing workers in every by the existing OMSI hall com county of the state. SHOPLIFTING OFFENSES mittee with one for each county. Belongs io All Oregonians REPORTED ON INCREASE Council members will serve for a Police Chief F. E. Petrie re McKinley stated that since fi minimum term of two years, with port* that a number of inves nancial contributions had been county committee option extend tigation* have been made re asked from all the people of Ore ing for two more years. In order garding shoplifting aud three gon, committee members felt that to stagger expiration dates for offender* have been taken into the Agricultural Hall should truly continuity's sake, 18 members custody. belong to all Oregonians. will be named for two years ini Chief Petrie urge* local mar "This means,” he said, “that tially and 18 more for three years. chant* to be on the alert for we should have a continuing flow The three-year members, chosen ■hoplifter* a* the number seems of advice as to the direction we by lot, will revert to two - year i to be increasing. I are going and how we should get (Continued on Page 7) Munager At Olympic Club A break-in at the Olympic club was reported to the Nyssa Police department at 9:45 Sunday morn ing and the arrest of Orvil K. Gunter Sr., 22, was made at ap proximately 11 o’clock. Police Chief F. E. Petrie re ports that more than $175 in cash, a .308 rifle, a high calibre auto matic pistol and the firm’s front door key were taken from the establishment which was entered early Sunday morning. The suspect who listed his home address as Pocatello, Idaho, was staying at the Owyhee hotel while assisting with a magazine drive in the area. He gained entry to the club by going through a hotel window to the roof next door and through the ceiling, the police chief said. Gunter was indicted by the grand jury on Monday and ar raigned in circuit court the fol lowing day. Petrie reports that bail has been set at $2500. RESIGNATION SUBMITTED BY NYSSA TRACK COACH W. L. McPartland, superinten dent of Nyssa schools, has an nounced the resignation of Doug Wilkerson, instructor in chemis try, physics and NHS track coach. McPartland also reported that a high school social studies teacher. Charles S. Newkirk, has been hired for the coming year. Newkirk taught during the pest school year at Notus. The superintendent stated that two openings in the primary sys tem still need to be filled. Early-Day Students Plan Sunday Picnic Students who attended early- day Nyssa schools have slated their annual potluck picnic for residents are using 450 gallons of Sunday. June 26. in Nyssa south water per minute throughout the park, according to Audrey Ward, night. He stated that there is a member of the planning com ample water for all; however, he mittee. feels that much of this being All students and teachers af drawn may be wasted through filiated with the schools up to I leaking faucets and other ways. and including 1920 are urged io The city manager has asked the attend and take a potluck pic Journal to list his appeal to Nys- nic dinner. Those traveling sans to check their plumbing and from a distance are not expect fixtures for leaks. ed to furnish food. Ward said. According to those who have He further stated that the new wells on the Idaho side of Snake | attended these yearly gather j river are functioning properly ings. visiting and reminiscing and sufficient water is being pro. furnish the only entertainment needed. I vided. West Linn Siudenis Expected Friday To Study Earth Science in Local Area A group of 41 seventh, eighth and ninth grade students from various West Linn schools are expected to arrive Friday in Nyssa for a weekend of science study in the area. The local visit is part of a two-week science field study i which will take the western Oregon students on a tour from j the Idaho border to the Pacific shoreline. The youngsters are interest-*---------------------------------------- ' ed in all kinds of earth science group, attended Nyssa high school and are urged to make collec- and was graduated in 1941. He , tions of specimens during is assisted in the field of study by their travels. four additional counselors. The JOHN STUDER . . . assumed duties May 15 as Adolph Schroeder, well-known manager of Dessert Seed com Nyssa rockhound, will serve as pany in Nyssa. He is no stran 1 guide to the visitors during their ger to the seed business, having stay here. been employed for the past nine This marks the sixth year this year* at the main office of Des sert Seed in El Centro. Calif. Science camp has ventured into The new manager and his wife. the field in various parts of Ore Ann. have two daughters, Joan, gon. Other places of interest they 7, and Brenda. 6 year* of age. plan to visit while on the tour Mr*. Studer recently joined her are Fossil Lake, the old mining husband here and as «oon a* town or Greenhorn, John Day suitable housing is found, th* fossil beds and the tide pools of couple plans to move their southern Lincoln county. Rd Jordan, director of the family and furnishings. group travels by bus, accompan ied by a supply truck and field kitchen. Lloyd Mackrill, manager of Nyssa M and W Market, is serv- ing as activities coordinator for the students during their visit to the local area. He stated that this is an ex ample of things to be expected now that Nyssa is recognized as the Thunderegg Capital of Ore gon and the rock has been desig nated as the state’s official stone. Economic Importance of Dairy Industry Revealed in Locai Eactn. Fiyures Annual income of the dairy industry in Malheur county has reached an all-time high. Residents of this prosperous county should realize the economic importance of the dairy industry to each of them individually. According to Harry R. Sandquist, county extension agent, Malheur ranks second in the state of Oregon for the number of cows in 1965 with a total of 14,700. Total income last year was $3.5 million, which places Malheur third among the state’s counties. During the last five years, since the 1960 census, the number of milk producers has dropped one-third, Sandquist reported. How ever, there has been no decrease in the num ber of cows producing milk. The smaller farmers have simply dropped out, providing more opportunity for the larger producers to expand their herds. In 1960, 1200 dairy farmers sold milk for processing. Rec ords show that this figure had dropped to 800 in 1965. More farm families receive partial or total income from dairying than from any other 0 ♦ Saluting Junéis daily month farming enterprise. It is a relatively stable income, paying twice a month the year around, the county agent stated. Don Engstrom, owner-manager of Nyssa’s Clover Lawn Dairy plant, which supplies all of Malheur county with dairy products, has provided the following figures regarding pro duction at his plant. In 1965, 168,940.44 pounds of butterfat were received at the dairy; 4,300,531 pounds of milk were processed; and a total of $201,502.67 was paid out to producers. Home delivery represents 30 percent of the total sales, with the rest going to wholesalers. Clover Lawn Dairy provides Malheur coun ty residents with a varied selection of dairy products including homogenized milk, 2% low- fat milk, skim milk, whipping cream, half and half, buttermilk, cottage "heese, 6% softy mix and 4% softy mix. JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH and the perfect time to start using and enjoying more nutri tious dairy products produced and processed right here in our own community.
