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i U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon e Nyssa Gate City Journal Thunderegg Capital Of Oregon VOLUME LIX The Sugar City THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYS SA, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1966 A Time for Reminiscing I he annual reunion picnic for Nyssa students of many years ago is over for another year as it was held Sunday, June 26, 1966, m Nyssa south park And according to those attend ing, the session seems to get more interesting each year. 1 here seems to be a lack of interest on tne part of local residents who are eligible to attend. However, more and ♦more are appearing from far- places. Premium Prices i away Among those attending this year were Dave and Lulu Paid for Lambs Canham who studied in the Nyssa schools, were married here and left in 1915. Over 50 head of 4-H and FFA Lulu is the daughter of the late lambs were exhibited und sold at Bob Harris, tin Owyhee pioneer. the unnual Market Lamb show Most of those present at the re nnd sale held at Malheur county union had not seen the ccuple fairgrounds Monday, June 27 The for over 50 years. sale was held at the regular tiuc- | One man, Roy Tietsort, did re tion Tuesday, June 28, at Ontario call having seen Dave in 1918 livestock Commission company. when they met in a chow line Grand champion in the lamb in France, Until last Sunday they classes went to Dale Amick of had not seen each other since. Harper, with Dorothy McKay, | They both agreed that the picnic also of Harper, showing the re dinner was a great improvement serve champion. over the meal in France. Blue ribbon winners in other Sylvester Morris and his wife 4-H classes included Ralph De- Long of Jamieson, Michael Am came for the reunion from Wash ick nnd IVnny Amick, both of ington state and most of those attending had not seen Syl for Harper. Tim Holly of Adrian had , over half a century. the top lamb in the FFA classes ! and also t<M>k first place in the • He stated that he is going to be u regular attendant from now FFA showmanship contest. on as he now rculizes the fun to In 4-H showmnnship, Cheryl be derived by the association Coleman of Harper placed first Among others attending and in the senior division. Penny Am who have been present at the re ick in the Intermediate and Pat unions for one or more years are Erstrom took top honors in the Maude (Largent) Cosho of Ari junior division. zona; Sadie (Peer) Doherty, Bak. At the sale, the 40 head sold er, Gilder and Myrtle Wat as singles brought a total of $1,-' son, Ore.; Seattle. 186 86 Tills was an avrrage of Vera (Green) Hansen and Olive over 28 cents per pound, which is about seven cents above the ^Megorden) Ainsworth, Califor nia; Doug nnd Julia McDonald, top market. Top price was 38 cents per Ham and Mrs, Crosswhite, Caid pound paid by Farmers Feed and well; Villa (Tietsort) Cooper of Seed of Nyssa to Diana Blanks Emmett; Lulu (Megorden) Chil of Cairo for her 92-pound lamb. ders, Washington Attending from Boise were and Georgia Whittaker, Cas- Injured Man Taken i Jess sic Goshert, Ellen and Mary (Lar- To Nampa Hospital gent) Forbes. «■* • •*■»•• By Local Ambulance Paul and Lulu Childers were The Nyssa ambulance, driven among those anxious for the by Police Chief F E Petrie, was school reunions to become a real summoned to Cherry Creek re ity and insisted that they be kept sort Sunday afternoon to trans going. port 45-year-old Glen Ivey to Paul died two years ago, short, Mercy hospital in Nampa. ly after attending one of the an A resident of Nampa, Ivey was nual gatherings. Lulu has con reportedly injured earlier in the tinued to appear at the reunions day in a shooting accident near and say* she will do so as long the upper end of Lake Owyhee as she is able. in I-eshe Gulch. Her home is at Olympia, Wash., Chief Petrie said the wounded and it is felt by many that she man told him that he picked up deserves much praise for her1 a 22 caliber automatic to shoot effort to attend each year — and a rattlesnake when the firearm again this year she was among [ discharged an the bullet pene the 45 former Nyssa students at (rated trated his leg. the annual picnic. Early this week, hospital auth- I orities reported that he was listed R. Young Injured in good condition. In Vietnam Action 201h Annual Nyssa Nile Rodeo Slated For Friday and Saturday, July 8-9 Lynn Snodgrass, chairman for the 20th annual Nyssa Nite Rodeo, announced Wednesday that planning was on’schedule and everything would be ready for the first showing Friday evening, July 8. The place is the rodeo grounds in the southwest part of Nyssa (just south of the Adrian highway); time for the rodeo is 8:15 o’clock both nights fol-* lowing the big downtown par All participants in the parade ades at 7:30 leading into the will be admitted free both nights, grounds. ns well as all children under 12, ♦ Mayor Proclaims Nyssa Rodeo Week WHEREAS, the date* of July 8 and 9 have been set for Nys sa's 20th Annual Nite Rodeo, and WHEREAS, this is a national western sport enjoyed by mil lion* of people, and WHEREAS, the sponsors are a group of local people acting without any selfish, profit mo tive*. I, GRANT H. RINEHART. Mayor of the City of Nyssa, hereby proclaim and declare the week starting Monday. July 4. as Nyssa Rodeo week and feel it would be fitting for all citi zens of the city to dress in western garb, a* far as possible, to advertise the affair. GRANT H. RINEHART Mayor For the City of Nyssa accompanied by their parents. Admission for adults, including grandstand seats, is $1.50. Snodgrass said in addition to the six big events each night, con sisting of saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, calf roping, bull riding, steer bulldogging and team roping, there will be some special events with local people parti- pating. Businessmen to Compete One of these, he said, would be a businessmen's calf tying contest, for Which he had some local dignitaries signed up, whose names will be announced next week in the Journal. Mayor Grant H. Rinehart has proclaimed next week as rodeo week, starting Monday, and sug gests that all citizens dress in western attire. For a more detailed account of this coming event, see the Journal next week. NUMBER 26 Went to Washington in Drouth Years and Got Appropriations Restored to Complete Marshall Dana, a reporter and editor for the Oregon Jour nal, died in Oregon City Friday of last week at the age of 80 years. He retired in 1951 after spending the last 13 years as editor of the editorial page for the paper and was well-known nationally as a writer as well as an able editor. But in Malheur county he was much better known by older citizens for his work in*------------------------------------- securing the completion of the the Owyhee project back in the depression and drou drouth years of the early “thirties. Rockhound Says Dana came to Oregon in 1909 Volcanic Areas after serving on a number of ■ newspapers in several states, and Produce 'T-Eggs' while not an accomplished auth- At 4-H, FFA Sale A REMINDER Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young re- Citizens are again reminded 1 reived a telegram Tuesday from that Bower avenue is now a United States officials informing through street from North First them that their son. Richard, had to North Main. The change was suffered a hip injury on June 25 made at the last regular meeting in Vietnam. of the city council to alleviate Richard is serving with the heavy traffic on Main street and 101st Airborne division. He was to correspond with the traffic pat- i taken to an Army hospital where tern on Good avenue paralleling 1 he was listed in “not serious" Main street on the south. condition. 10 Cents Per Copy Thunderegg Days First Week in August Marshall Dana, Oregon Journal Editor And Reporter for 42 Years, Succumbs Friday; Was Owyhee Plan 'Saviour' Reunions Termed More Interesting Each Year lor Pupils of Early Days • a Oscar Elliott, president of the i ority on reclamation projects, he j Snake River Valley Gem club, j became interested in the possibi told Nyssa businessmen at a lities of areas rich in potential meeting last Thursday evening but lacking in water. that there will be approximately No one knows when this phase $1.5 million worth of gems, min 1 of Western life became attractive erals and rocks on display during to him but it became very im Thunderegg Days, Aug. 4, 5 and portant at the time the Owyhee 6 in the Nyssa school cafetorium. Elliott and other members of THESE MEN ARE NEW OFFICERS of the Nyssa tor and immediate past president: and Stu Haun, project, which is the very life Jaycees and were installed by Bob Harrod of Vale treasurer. Jim Armstrong. n?w tocretary. wv. net blood of Malheur county, was in the club met with the local men at Brownie’s cafe. The president during a banquet meeting held Saturday evening on hand when the photo was taken. The installa the process of developing. at Brownie's cafe. Seated (left to right) are Dick tion meeting was held jointly with Nyssa Jay-C- According to J. J. Sarazin, a talked on the Thunderegg and Walters, external vice president: and John Marsh, Ettes, and guest speaker was Larry Stevens, bio retired physician in Nyssa (age explained that it is a spherical president. Standing behind them are Dick Burns, logy instructor, football and wrestling coach at unknown to most people and still mass of silicified claystone and internal vice president; Richard Gustavson, direc- Treasure Valley Community college.—Staff Photo. a young man in spirit), it was rhyolite filled with agate, Thun- about 1932 that Dana became so dereggs are found near extinct volcanic action areas. important to this area. He and other members of the Sometime between 1925 and 1930. through his writings and in club gave the definition of a terests manifested at meetings, rockhound, told the group what Dana was elected the first presi to expect during Thunderegg dent of the National Reclamation Days and told thei the probable Nyssa Mayor Grant H. Rinehart and Ray Tarter, president of the Chamber of Commerce, this week submitted requests A break in a canal lateral west association. Shortly thereafter types of questions . tat will be to the Post Office department asking that a special commem of Malheur Butte about 8 a.m. he wrote many articles favorable asked. orative rockhound stamp be issued at the Nyssa post office. Saturday has been repaired and to Franklin D. Roosevelt who be The speaker emphasized that friendliness will be the most im The Thunderegg Days committee of the C of C urges citi water restored Monday night and came president in 1932. factor of all, and it will zens of Nyssa to obtain the official Thunderegg post card and Tuesday morning, according to Before this time, appropriations port'nt undoubtedly bring the rock had been made for a start on the send one to each of Oregon’s!- Paul House, manager of the North hounds back each year as the Owyhee dam and appropriations United States congressmen Permits Required Board of Control. set up in congress on a term basis materials they will be searching requesting them to do their House said five or six acres of for the money necessary to keep for are plentiful in this area. To Use City Dump utmost in obtaining a postage crop land was heavily damaged Elliott also stated that an esti City Manager Frad‘ Koch an and lesser damage occurred to the project moving. stamp bearing the official pic mated 5000 people will view the with The dam was completed nounced Wednesday that new ture. some hay and pasture land as a The government officials are permit* are required for use of result of the break caused by previous appropriations but no rock exhibit. Members of the funds were allowed for distribu Snake River Gem club will spon- Representatives Al Ullman. Edith the city dump ground*. They part of a hill sliding. tion of the water—the canals were sor the cafetorium gem display Green, Robert Duncan and Wal are available Friday and must Land damage was confined to ter Norbiad: Senators Maunne be secured no late.- th« -. July XL the Monee and Hurst ranches and not constructed, no tunnels built, and during Thunderegg Days it will be open to the public from (Continued on Page 10) Neuberger and Wayne Morse. They are available for all approximately 2500 acres was _____________ 10 a.m. to 10 p m. on Thursday, The local committee feels that Nysac resident* without charge, I without water for three days. i Aug. 4, and from 10 a.m. to 5rM if each Nyssan would send a card are not transferable and can House estimated about 2100 in. Motorists Warned p.m. on Friday and Saturday. to the above individuals that the be revoked for abuse of the pri ches of water was lost during the Of Traffic Risks commemorative stamp can be a vilege. The latter is the cause break before it was shut off at reality by next summer. Over Fourth of July Gene LaFay Remains for issuing new permits, Koch j the main canal. The Thunderegg picture post said. Every 7.4 minutes, an accident In Boise Hospital; Repairs were made by North cards can be purchased at Arrow Fee charges are posted at i Board crews using only then- occurred in Oregon during 1965. T— head Motel, Brownie’s Cafe, M the dump for use of non-Nyssa equipment while working around- Every 18.7 minutes, an accident improves blOWly resulting in serious injury occur-' Gene LaFay, owner - operator and W Market, Harry’s Rock resident*. l the-clock. Shop, Michael's Pharmacy, Nyssa red and once every 12.9 hours. °f Nyssa Rexall Pharmacy, is someone was killed on highways slowly improving in the Veter- Pharmacy, Wally’s Dress Shop in the state. ans' hospital at Boise. Mrs. La- and Wilson’s Market. The Traffic Safety division of Fay «ay) said Wednesday that the Department of Motor Ve- he hoped to be able to return Former Nyssa Youth hicles said that mixing “fire- home within two weeks. To Study in Holland works” and “fire-water” on the He was hospitalized May 18, Purchasers of cigarettes in Oregon will pay a four-cent Fourth of July is “just asking for underwent Royce Zobell, former NHS stu back surgery on June dent, was selected by the Ameri per package tax effective tomorrow, Friday, July 1. The levy trouble.” The division pointed 8 and later suffered complications, can Field Service to participate was passed by the 1965 legislature and approved by voters out that last Fourth of July week- delaying his release. Many friends in the American Abroad program at the May statewide primary election after suffering six end, five motorists lost their lives have called on him during his which allows him to attend school previous defeats. on the highways and another 263 confinement and can still do so The new law differs from the previous proposals in that received serious injuries from 392 a‘ room 225 in the Veterans hos- in a foreign country. Royce recently departed from the net revenue is all dedi-» accidents. | P'tal. Ogden by plane for New York cated rather than going into the stamps and for facilities for "We can cut the total number Harvey Wilhite of Ontario has City where he boarded the Seven the state general fund. One- setting meters. of accidents and subsequent in- served as pharmacist during most Seas for an ocean voyage to Eur half the receipts will go to the To Yield $10 Million Yearly juries down by driving in a safe ope. He will make his home for state’s local property tax re and defensive manner,” stated the Oregon's new tax is expected lief account for the benefit of all the coming three months with division. A few basic suggestions Medicare Benefits to yield approximately $10 mil the Emmo van der Deen family taxing districts in the state. for a safer holiday trip were that lion per year based on an esti in Emmeloord, The Netherlands. One-quarter will go to cities all motorists should drive alert Available July 1 His foster father is an agricul and the remaining one-fourth to mated sales of 260 million pack and be aware of what is going on At Local Hospital turist and has eight children. counties, with both allocations ages annually. It is announced by Pheral around their own vehicle as well Cities and counties will received as what others are doing. Parents of the exchangee are based on population. Dodson, Malheur Memorial hos Mr and Mrs. Henry Zobell who Beginning at 8 a.m. Pacific their share from the office of the Allowing plenty of driving pital administrator, that the reside at 1336 31st street in Og Standard time, all legal packs of secretary of state quarterly, with time as well as adjusting driving local hospital has been approv den. 20 will have the stamp affixed the state funds being distributed habits to meet the conditions was ed for participation in the Medi Royce was accompanied to or a meter-imprinted impression annually. care program which will go urged by traffic officials. Europe by Dennis Groberg who plainly visible on the wrapper. This leaves only North Carolina “Sometimes, the heavy amount into effect Friday, July 1. is also an exchangee and will be A contract has been awarded to without a cigarette tax and it has of traffic on our highways re Malheur Memorial was one living with the Johann Kogler the U. S. National Bank of Ore a retail sales tax on tobacco pro quires that motorists slow down of the first hospitals in the area family in Ternberg. Austria. gon for statewide distribution of ducts. , and take more time before arriv* to be approved, Dodson said. All patrons over 65 years of ing at their destination. Drivers i who are operating their cars in age are eligible for the hospital an unsafe and reckless manner do benefits: however, the medical I not save time but build up ten portion of the program is op sion and cause accidents,’’ con tional and those qualified had I cluded the division. to sign up prior io May 1. <--------------------------------------------- -—------------------------------------------- Thunderegg Commemoraiive Stamp Erosion Small Requested by Nyssa Civic Leaders In Canal Break West of Ontario Four-Ceni Cigarette Tax Effective Friday, July 1, Throughout Oregon Nyssa's Little League Team Wins First Nine Games of Baseball Season Nyssa’s Major Little League baseball team, coached by Chuck Michaels and Terry Thompson, has won nine straight games without a loss since the season opened May 31. They will go to Caldwell Saturday to play in a tourna ment of 10 of the better teams in the valley. Time of play and their first opponent were not yet known at press time. Scores of previous games" won by the small fry are (Nyssa given first): 13, Adrian 0; 8, New Plymouth 0; 15, On x Weather • • • tario (No. 1) 11; 6, Fruitland 5; Max. Mln. 4. Vale 3; 6, Ontario (No. 2) 2; Data THESE LADS ARE MEMBERS of Nyssa's unde feated Little League Major baseball team. In the front row (left to right) are Greg Michael, Arthur Strom, Bat Boy Kiri Michael, Dwayne Ulrey and John Tensen. Standing behind them are Scott Ableman, Roy Balveal, Ronnie Wilson. Tony Da- Minck. Ronnie Moffis, Greg Perdue, Kenny Van- dewall and Bryan Feik. These boys, together with others, will participate in the Little League tournamnt to be held at Nyssa early in August. 6, Adrian 5; 13, New Plymouth 3; June 23 69 54 and Tuesday night of this week, June 24 68 46 Nyssa 5 and Ontario (No. 1) 4. 78 36 June 25 90 40 Two games are played each June 26 93 57 week and the next on tap for the June 27 97 58 locals is at Fruitland tomorrow June 28 Owyhee Resarvoir Storage night (Friday). All games are 694,750 Acre Ft. scheduled at 6:30 p.m. with four June 29, 1965 June 29, 1966 480,900 Acre Ft. remaining after this week.
