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Nyssa Gate City Journal
Thunderegg Capital
Of Oregon
The Sugar City
VOLUME LIX
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1966
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Plan for ¡flood mobile Vi nit Local Business Firms
ASCS Agency, Other Officials Ask
Thai County Be Designated Disaster
Area Due to Bad Drought Conditions
Show Thundereggs;
M & W Holds Contest
Thunderegg displays are ap
pearing in many of the Nyssa
business houses, including one in
the window at the Journal of
fice, with colorful stones fur-
nished by Adolph Schroeder and
Maurice Corey.
An interesting feature of the
Corey exhibit is that it includes
stones from various beds in this
area, with individual samples la
beled as to where they were
found.
Corey, a former Journal em
ployee, says he and his wife,
Fannie, have already been noti
fied by several rockhound friends
that they will be parking their
trailer homes on the Corey prop
erty during Nyssa’s Aug. 4 - 6
Thunderegg Days.
He says they expect even more
visitors at that time and that he
is planning to erect a sign di
recting them to the "Bend-of-the-
River Ranch,” located on the
Snake river three miles south
west of Nyssa, just off the Ad-
rian highway.
Probably the largest Thunder-
egg on display is the one at M
and W Market where weight
guessing competition is now in
progress. A picture of the “big
one,” together with contest data,
can be found in the grocery firm’s
ad in this issue of the Journal.
Dry Range Conditions, Low Stream Flow
Cited as Reasons in Making United Request
The Malheur Disaster committee, composed of Paul Bunch,
Harry Sandquist and Don Kudrna, has made application for
the county to be designated as a “disaster area” due to severe
drouth conditions in rural sections.
Bunch is chairman of the committee, as well as of the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in the
county. Kudrna is supervisor of the Farmers Home adminis
tration and Sandquist is agri
cultural extension agent in
Malheur county.
Bunch and Kudrna toured
the county a few weeks ago
Nyssa Foursome
On Probable Lisi
For County Title
Four young ladies of the Nyssa
area are listed as probable can
didates for the Miss Malheur
County pugeant to be held Aug
20 at the Ontario high school
auditorium.
They are Marilyn lx>wis. daugh
ter of Ml .
Tom Miti hel!
Kris Parks, daughter of former
Nyssans Mr and Mrs Sam Parks,
now residing at Yakima. Wash.;
Lina Flake, daughter of Mr and
Mrs J. M Flake; and Susan
Schenk, whose parents are Mr.
and Mrs. John Schenk.
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Other probable contestants are
Lorraine Busier of Vale; Sura-
belle Hull and Glenda Olson of
Onturio; Diane Pugh, Brogan;
and Judi Alderson of New Ply
mouth.
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Discuss Plans for Pagoani
and reported that sections not re
lying on stored Irrigation water
arc "suffering the worst drought
conditions in their memory —
much worse than those of recent
years, and that many farmers and
ranchers say worse than in the
'30’s.’’ And they state that rain
fall records will bear them out.
The committee sent its report
and recommendation to the state
ASCS office in Portland for ap
proval, following which it goes
to Governor Murk Hatfield for
decision and then to federal auth
orities in Washington.
If approved, us requested, farm-
er* and ranchers will be permit
ted to graze conservation reserves
and diverted acres. Also a feed-
grain program will be made avail
able for n period ending May 1.
1967 Application for relief will
be made to the county ASCS of-
fice and each case judged on its
merits.
The girls met last Thursday
evening ut Moore hotel with Jay- Drought Conditions Detailed
cee and Jay-C-Ette representa
The two members who toured
tives from Nyssa, Ontario and the county reported the range
Vale to discuss plans for the gras* gone at lower elevations,
pageant
becoming more sparse rapidly at
Roger Graves of the Ontario higher elevations Hay produc-
Juycees outlined u list of events i tion is way down and permanent
planned for Miss Malheur County pasture deteriorating due to lack
Miss Toni Winkel of of moisture and extreme heat.
week
Vale, the current title holder,
Some ranchers have been haul
told the girls about the fun and ing water for their livestock —
excitement of the contest and which is costly and time-consum
stated that "entrants have an un ing Hay, normally selling for $20
equalled chance to make friends to $22 per ton at thi* season, is
and better themselves ”
bringing $30 and there is not a
Harlan McClure <rf Vale is en sufficient supply in the nearby
tries committee chairman, while counties at that price.
Ben Cook of Ontario is serving
Worst hit by the dry conditions,
as genera) chairman for the pa according to Sandquist, are the
geant Nyssan Dick Walters is southern part of the county and
one of six co-chairmen.
those areas around Riverside,
Entry blanks are available to Ironside and Unity.
local girls from Mrs. John Marsh
The county court has joined
in Nyssa.
the committee in the action by
passing a resolution and writing
FUEL TANK EXPLODES
to Governor Hatfield asking for
Adrian volunteer firemen an- his assistance.
swered u call Thursday evening,
The executive committee of the
July 21. t<> the Bob Callahan Malheur County Livestock asso
ranch. A gas tank on a combine ciation was to meet in Vale last
had exploded; however, the blaze night und it was expected that
was controlled by the time fire the group would join in the
men arrived on the scene.
action.
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MRS. RICHARD (LINDA) GUSTAVSON (standing) and MRS.
STANLEY (JACKIE) SISSON ara serving as co-chairman of the
Red Cross blood drawing to be held Wednesday. Aug. 3, in the
Nyssa Eagles hall. The bloodmobile unit will be at the local site
between the hours of 2 and 6 p.m. Quota for this drawing has been
set at 150 pints plus an additional 20 percent (180 total) which will
be sent io Vietnam. The co-chairmen report that type "O" blood
is urgently needed with a special plea to donors having "negative"
RH factors. Women of the LDS First ward Relief society will have
charge of the canteen and members of Mrs. Dick Tensen's Girl
Scout Troop 2 will provide baby sitting services.—Staff Photo.
FBI Files Unlawful Flight Charge
Against R. Apodaca on Kidnapping
Scribe With Oregon Wrestling Team
Gives Insight Into Japanese Living
By RICHARD D. JEWETT, Cultural Exchange Correspondent
CHIBA, Japan — Chinese food is prepared for taste. Jap
anese foixt is prepared to attract the eye.
And. it is the attractiveness of the food which has impress
ed Ralph Carter the most during three weeks of travel in
northern Japan Carter, a 196« Nyssa high school graduate,
near completion of an eight Charm of Hosts Adds Appeal
match tour of this country.
RALPH CARTER
Impressed by Oriental Food
Breakfast Offers Varied Fare
Japanese breakfasts have in
cluded ham or bacon and eggs,
cucumbers, cauliflower, tomatoes,
celery, onions, asparagus, soup of
eggs, noodles or vegetables, toma
to and orange juices, milk, tea
and the inevitable rice, which
comes with every meal.
Other meals have included lun
cheon meats, chicken, beef, pork,
prawns and other cooked or raw
sea foods. Bananas, oranges and
melons seem to be plentiful. Bam-
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Chairman Harold Brendle says all is in readiness to roll
out the rerl carpet for thousands of rockhounds and guests
at >«yssa s annual Thunderegg Days next weekend, Aug. 4-5-6.
The event has received nation-wide publicity through ads
placed in the Lapidary magazine by local merchants, acclaim
ing Nyssa as the Thunderegg Capital of Oregon. Due to its
nearness to the marvelous»
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beds where these agate-filled
nodules are found, the title is
well-justified. The Thunder
egg is the official stone of
Oregon and prized highly by
rock hunters.
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Onion Committee
Seis Regulations
For 1966-67 Season
Brendle says the publicity has
already brought hundreds of vis
itors to the city, where registra
tions at the Chamber of Com
merce office show they have
come from Canada, all comers of
the U. S. and states in between.
Since the last week in May,
five or six registrations have been
made daily at the local office.
Many of these have gotten the
news about this area by word-of-
mouth after their vacations were
planned.
game and fur-bearing animals on
Wednesday, Aug. 24, at its Port
land headquarters, 1634 S.W. Al
der street. The meeting will con
vene at 10 a.m.
The commission will consider
rules governing seasons, bag lim
its and methods of taking for up
land game and fur-bearing ani
mals. It will also select senson
dates and bag limits for migra-
tory birds.
Date for opening of the pheas-
ant season in Malheur county is
very important to seed growers.
They desire to have most of the
seed harvested prior to the open
ing. and following their request
in the last few years, the com
mission has delayed the normal
opening date.
The Idaho-Eastern Oregon On
ion committee met July 19 in
Ontario and set regulations
grade, size and maturity for
marketing of onions during
1966-67 season.
The regulations set were
the same as for last year
will go into effect immediately.
Under the regulations all onions
must be inspected and must meet
a moderately cured maturity.
There will be no size or grade
restrictions other than state in
spection requirements until Aug.
20 After that date all white and
yellow onions must meet at least
U. S. No. 2 grade. Mixed grades
may not be shipped. If a lot is
shipped as No. 2’s, the lot can-
not contain more than 30 percent
U. S. No. l’s.
Minimum ____
size for ___
shipment is
2 inches in diameter for yellow
onions and It* inches for whites.
Boilers may be shipped if packed
separately,
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There are approximately 50
acres of set onions in southwes-
ern Idaho that will be harvested
and shipped prior to Aug. 20. The
regular crop from Malheur county
and Idaho will not come off until
after that date.
New officers elected are Lyle
Andrew of Parma, chairman;
Warren Farmer of Nyssa, vian
chairman; and Tom Iseri of On
tario, secretary-treasurer.
The committee approved an
increased budget for the coming
year with greatly expanded re
search and promotion programs.
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Early Ads, Pictures
Requested Next Week
The Journal is seeking pic
tures of rock collections and
stories that will add to interest
of the Thunderegg Day* edition
next week. Deadline for these
ha* been set at noon Monday.
The area will be blanketed with
over 4.200 copies of this special
issue.
For advertiser* who wish
"welcome" or regular ad*, the
copy is needed as soon as poss
ible. Effort will be made by
phone to contact irregular ad
vertisers for space commitment
thi* weekend with copy to be
received by Monday evening.
Idaho Power Sets Open House at Dams
Sunday to Observe 50th Anniversary
is a member of the ()regon*-----------------
High School Cultural Ex-1 to Yamagata, to Sendai, to Ha-
change all-star wrestling team chinohe, to Asahikawa, to Akita
which, as this is written, is and now to Chiba.
The variety of the foods as well
as their color and their garnish
ment, the many dishes and bowls
in which the courses are served
and the exquisiteness of Japan
ese rooms with their frame and
wallboard paneled walls, fiber
matting on the floors and their
low tables at which the diners
kneel or sit cross-legged, all add
to the attractiveness that Ralph
noted. And the charm of the Jap
anese hosts makes the meal even
more appealing.
Except for the vegetable salads
and soups at breakfast time, com
plete with mayonnaise and dried
seaweed, raw vegetables and raw
sea foods, Ralph has not found
the foodstuffs too greatly differ
ent from those at home in Ore
gon.
Advance National Publicity Brings Many
Out-of-State Hobbyists Prior to Slated Event
Tours, Display Planned
Registration will start at 9 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 3—parking has
been arranged—the tours are all
set
—the Snake River Gem club
Amalgamated Picnic (co-hosts
of the event) has plans
Set Saturday, July 30 I all ready for the show Saturday,
Amalgamated Sugar company
In addition, the steam engine-
employees will meet for their powered train of Union Pacific
annual family picnic at 2 p.m. railroad will be through Nyssa
Saturday in Nyssa south park.
on the Boise to Huntington run.
The dinner will be a southern- 1 Hundreds of people in the area,
style barbecue On the entertain too young to have seen one of
ment a >enda will be a ball game, these, will have an opportunity
races for ail ages, horseshoe pit when it stops here between 2:40
ching contest and a sugar draw and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6.
ing, with prizes being offered.
The Journal will again blanket
All former and present em-' , the area for these special events
ployees of the White Satin firm and Nyssa merchants will be “go-
and members of their families arc j ing all-out” to welcome visitors
u. ged to attend.
and offer unusual sale bargains,
Each family should take a cov Watch for details next week.
ered dish and own silverware.
previous Friday, July 15, and ning of the fall school term on
taken across the state line into Aug. 29. according to Gene Ches
Idaho where the assault occurred. ter, high school principal,
Forms for the health tests are
The kidnapping carries a maxi
available at all offices of local
mum penalty of death under fed doctors, Chester
said. He also
eral statute and life imprison noted that some youngsters
ment in Oregon. FBI agents have might previously have had exam
been assisting state and local of inations prior to attending various
ficers in the investigation and summer camps and in this case,
search for Apodaca.
one checkup is sufficient.
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Thunderegg Days Planning Complete
To Welcome Thousands of Rockhouds
Aug. 4-5-6, According io Chairman
Commission Sets
Hearing on Dates
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But, Ralph, like most of the
members of the Oregon delega
tion, will leave a little bit at his
heart in this beautiful land when
he departs from Tokyo to return
to the United States and home.
For the Oregon wrestlers and
their coaches have met kindness,
generosity and friendship at every
turn on their swing around this
land from Tokyo to Tatebayashi,
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10 Cents Per Copy
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John H. Williams, special a^ent in charge, Portland, has
announced the filing of a complaint by the Fedr<$t Bureau Examinations Due
of Investigation July 22 with U.S. Commissioner E. Otis For NHS Freshmen
Smith of Nvssa, charging Richard Apodaca. Ontario, with
Physical examinations for this
The Oregon State Game com
"unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for the crime of kid year's freshman students should mission will hold its annual hear
napping.”
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This adds to three previous
charges made by the state two
days earlier at Ontario. The
26-vear-old former Nyssan has
warrants for his arrest for kid
napping, assault with intent to
rape and intent to detain a child
from its parents.
The victim was a nine-year-old
Ontario girl who was picked up
as she rode her bicycle home the
Thunderegg Days
August 4-5-6, 1966
HARVESTING OATS, the old-
fashioned way — a farm opera
tion rarely seen in this era of
self-propelled combines. Bui on
Monday of this week, shortly
after noon, the eye of the Jour
nal camera was focused on just
such a scene at the Fay Corn
farm north of Nyssa. On the
tractor, with lots of modern
horsepower, is Corn and his
young grandson. Brian Taylor,
son of Bob and Beverly Corn
Taylor. Harry Miner is operat
ing the outmoded twine - tying
grain binder, owned by Charles
Pitman of Apple Valley. Steve
Bielby, a local barber in Miner's
shop, and his teenage daughter,
Ramona, are placing the tied
bundles into shocks. The latter,
in modern attire of Jamaica-
length stretch jeans, sleeveless
blouse and no hat, remarked,
"This is the first time that I've
'really' worked." Reason for har
vesting in this matter is merely
so that early in September the
grain can be extracted from the
hulls with an old - fashioned
threshing machine, powered by
Miner's old-fashoined steam en
gine. also a recent subject of the
Journal Polaroid.
Idaho Power company, now marking a half-century of
service to the Snake River valley that began Aug. 1, 1916,
will hold public open houses at its Brownlee and Oxbow
generating plants next Sunday to highlight observance of
the historic “golden” anniversary.
The
events, among six public tours of facilities through-
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out 4 the
utility’s interconnected
system, will see the two mod offices, where employees will
em plants in the approach to serve birthday cake to visitors.
Hells Canyon opened to in Frost said the Brownlee and
spection by visitors from 1 to Oxbow plants are “interesting” to
6 p.m. on Sunday.
tour because they are Idaho Pow
“Our customers in the western
end of Idaho Power’s system are
cordially invited to take advan
tage of this opportunity to view
the Brownlee and Oxbow plants
on this special occasion,’’ said
Bernard T. Frost of Payette, wes
tern division manager.
Specially Planned Event*
“The open houses have been
especially planned by the com-
pany to permit them to share in
observance of our 50 years of ser
vice to southern Idaho and eas
tern Oregon.”
Frost said the company’s Hells
Canyon Dam project under con
struction farther downstream,
will not be open to the public,
because of the limited space and
large construction machines now
working at the site.
In addition to tours of the
Brownlee and Oxbow plants, con-
ducted by their operating staffs,
refreshments will be served.
Public Welcomed ai Office*
On Monday, the company’s cus
tomers will be welcomed from 1
to 5 p.m. at division and district
er’s newest generating facilities,
incorporating the latest advances
in production equipment and
techniques.
The two projects are part of
Idaho Power’s Hells Canyon de
velopment that will be completed
when construction of 425,000-
kilowatt Hells Canyon dam is
finished in 1968.
Patrons to Discuss
Historical Projects
At Saturday Meeting
A mssting to discuss the for
ming of an historical society and
furthering the Malheur Coun
ty Museum project will be held
at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30.
at the court house in Vale.
All interested patrons of the
county are urged to attend.
According to Mary Graham,
a Vale resident who has long
been interested in historical
events, the discussion will cover
establishment and preservation
of historic sites throughout the
county.
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