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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.
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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
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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
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Neuberger and Wayne Morse.
They are available for all approximately 2500 acres was
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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.
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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
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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.