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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON ------------------------------------------------- Meihodisi Women Report on Recent Conference Held on C of I Campus THE GATE CITY JOURNAL TED M. BRAMMER. Editor and Publisher NATIONAL NEWSFAPJt SUBSCRIPTION RATES Single Copie* 10c In Malheur County, Oregon, and Payette and Canyon Counties, Idaho: One Year__ ______ H-W Six Months--------- $2.75 Elsewhere in the U. S. A.: Per Year — $5.00 Six Months-------- $3.00 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. LETTERS lo the EDITOR Ted Krause Expresses Former Resident Sees Views on Hometown Small Town Benefits Ogden, Utah Sandia Base July 19, 1966 Albuquerque, N. M. July 18, 1966 i Mr. Ted Brammer Editor. Gate City Journal Gate City Journal Dear Ted: Nyssa, Oregon Enclosed is my check for the Dear Sirs: I have only been away from continuation of my subscription home for about eight months and to the Gate City Journal. I have miss my old hometown. Being in . now been away from Nyssa for the Navy, my folks can’t always nearly two years but still look anxiously to receive the Gate tell me all that happens. Nyssa isn’t a large city, but City Journal through the mail being raised in the community every Saturday. I still miss living in Nyssa and all my life, I have grown to love my hometown and many of the probably will never get the small people in it. I suppose I will al town living out of my system. It ways remember all the wonder is quite a contrast when compar ful people I met working behind ed with a larger city. For in the meat counter at Wilson’s Sup stance, we have been shopping er Market. Many of them only at the same grocery store for knew me as the boy behind the almost two years and there isn’t counter, but now as I try to think. a clerk or checkout girl who ever I miss each and every face I saw. recognizes us. In the Nyssa M & W Market Even as I went into the other business establishments, all one or Ray’s Food Fair, all the per could see were people going out sonnel spoke to us by our first of their way to be friendly to names. everyone. In the local service stations we Nyssa is a wonderful town and are recognized only by a credit I miss it very much. card or the cash. This is quite a I have spent time in several contrast to Don King’s cordial large cities in the last eight I greeting and excellent service. It months — cities like Los Angeles, took 18 months before I could get Chicago, San Diego, Milwaukee a check cashed at the bank with and now Albuquerque. I doubt out identification from a vice if there is any other place in the i president whom I know person nation where the people are as ally. warm and friendly as in Nyssa. While walking down Main So now I would like to sub street in Ogden, very few (if any) scribe to the Gate City Journal people every speak. Occasionally to find out what the people and a business associate may say, the town are doing now that I “Hi.” Church members who am away from home. warmly shake your hand on Sun I would be more than happy day in church, may give you a to rush my payment to you, if faint smile on the street. you would be kind enough to In the larger city everyone ap start sending the Journal and the pears to be in a hurry. Again, cost of my first year’s subscrip what a contrast to the populace tion. of Nyssa! My mailing address at the pres In my case I guess the adage ent time is: is true that “You can take the SA T. E. Krause, B82061 boy out of the country, but you Naval Administration Unit can’t take the country out of the Box 16, Sandia Base boy.' I Albuquerque, N. M. 87115 Sincerely, Yours truly, A Nyssan at Heart, TED KRAUSE H. D. ZOBELL Nazarene Pastor Due Friday; Bible School Program Set Sunday The Rev. Jack Jamison, new pastor for Nyssa Church of the Nazarene, will conduct his first service Sunday morning, July 31. He and his wife have two sons and one daughter and the family will come to Nyssa from Pueblo, Colo. They plan to move into the parsonage the latter part of this week. The Nazarene Bible school, which has been in progress since July 20 will close Friday, accord- Idaho conference “School of Christian Mission.” sponsored by Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service, was held July 11-15 on the College of Idaho campus in Caldwell. Theme of the school was “Chris tian Being and Doing.” Three aims were set: to secure peace in the fight against poverty, to promote human dignity in ap proach as the affluent and pro mote social and economic prog ress by Christian missions. R. Somers Named Delegate Among 60 women attending from the Idaho conference were Mmes. Cyrus Bock and Kenneth Pfaff, representing Nyssa WSCS. Ten girls were also selected to attend as representatives from various areas of southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. Among them was Renee Somers, chosen by the conference to attend as a youth delegate from Nyssa. Plenary sessions were present ed each morning to introduce problems and causes of poverty, and separate application groups were held following the sessions. These were led by Miss Ann Eaton, staff member of the wo man's division and regional sec retary from San Francisco; Mrs. Leslie Pitcher, western jurisdic tion secretary of Christian so. Mrs. Prowell Attends Recent International Meeting at Lafayette Mrs. Wallace Prowell returned home July 6 after attending the third quadrennial assembly of International Christian Women’s Fellowship of Christian churches She accompanied three women from Burns who also attended the meeting held on the campus of Purdue university at Lafayette, Ind. An interesting feature of the trip was that the travelers took sleeping bags and air mattresses and a good portion of the time slept in Christian church base ments across the country. “Courage To Be Christian” was theme of the assembly, attended by 3 830 women. A series of Bible lectures was presented by Dr. Georgia Harkness, well - known professor emeritus of Pacific School of Religion at Berkeley, Calif. A highlight during one of the evening sessions was a commis sioning service of missionaries going into the various fields. Sev enteen were appointed as first term workers and 12, wtih pre vious overseas duty, were com missioned for lifetime service. Mrs. Prowell reports that Miss Jean Woolfolk was one of the outstanding speakers and talked on “Courage in Everyday Life.” She is a businesswomen in Little Rock and told about her exper- iences during the racial crisis in the Arkansas capital city. One of the speaker’s remarks was, “One thing I learned in 1957 is that it is easier to have a cour ageously Christian answer to a COLBY FAMILY VISITS problem 300 miles away, than it Mr. and Mrs. Art Colby and is to have one for a problem on twin daughters, Ann and Linda your own doorstep.” of Thornton, Colo., left Friday after a visit of several days with WEEKEND IN POCATELLO Nyssa friends. Colby was city Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lawrence manager here from early 1959 spent the weekend visiting their until December 1964. During their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and stay in Nyssa, they were house Mrs. Reg Denney in Pocatello. ' guests of the Harold Henigson They were accompanied by their family. grandchildren, Lori, Lini and Buck, who had spent the past ing to Mrs. Dwight Seward, di- | ; two weeks in Nyssa. rector. Concluding program will be VISITS IN IDAHO FALLS presented at 10 o’clock Sunday Boyd Blair spent the past week morning. end visiting friends in Idaho Falls. SEE US cial relations from Wenatchee, < Wash.; and Miss Winona Camp bell, deaconness from Kimberly, Idaho. Various Project* Visited Afternoons were spent visiting various community, state or fed eral project sites. Mrs. Pfaff visited the headstart program at Lakeview school in Nampa; Miss Somers, the day-care center in Caldwell. Other projects visited by stu dents of the school were Salvation .Army Methodist Shoppe, Cald well; Job Corps center. Marsing; and various migrant labor camps. Evening sessions covered an intensive Bible study, presented by the Rev. Keith Mills of Nam pa First Methodist church. Films, skits and panel discus sions were highlights of the week Among the films shown was “The Long March.” depicting world poverty, desolations of war and poverty caused by mother nature. Former Nyssan Mrs. Paul Lud low discussed the new Methodist hymnal now being printed. and Mrs. Tom Foster of Ontario was organist for tl.e week-long ses- sion. The local women say they will be happy to have women of other denominations learn about the program concerning poverty and affluence and will be ready to visit various project sites with others to inform them of needs in the immediate area. wscs CIRCLE MEETING HELD IN WALTERS HOME Members of Methodist WSCS Kaye Green circle met July 21 at the home of Mrs. Ellis Walters with Mrs. Zora Osborne as as sisting hostess. Chairman Mrs. Verna Tobler conducted the business meeting and 11 members answered roll call. Mrs. James Stephen, a new member, was introduced as new vice chairman of the society. A program on “neighbors” was given by Mrs. Jesse Elgan; Mrs. Maurice Corey was in charge of devotions and lively discussions were held on distributed ques tions. Refreshments were served prior to adjournment and it was an nounced that the next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Coff man. Harold Kurtz Family To Leave in August For Ethiopian City The Rev. Harold Kurtz gave the Sunday morning sermon at Ad rian Community church In the evening he showed pictures and told of missionary work in Ethio pia. He has been in that country for two five-year terms and plans to return with his family the latter part of August for another five years. Instead of returning to Muji, he and his wife, Polly, and their six children will go to Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethio pia, with over 300,000 population. Among the many area residents attending the Sunday evening service were Mr. and Mrs. Otto Weick of Caldwell; Nampans Mr and Mrs. Cliff Wilde. Mrs Lucille Patterson. Mrs Leslis McCoy and children, Margaret and Doris Weaver; Nyssan Frank Parr, Harold's high school freshman teacher. Church Women View Slides of Meeting Attended by Nyssan A meeting of the Christian Women's Fellowship group was held July 19 in the church with eight members and one visitor in attendance. Mrs. Wallace Prowell showed slides taken during the quadren nial meeting which she attended on the Purdue university campus in Lafayette, Ind. The women report they are saving Gold Strike stamps to purchase office equipment for the church and area residents wishing to assist with the project may leave their stamps with any CWF member. Next meeting of the group will be at 2 p.m. on Aug. 4 at the home of Mrs. Tom Drydale. ADDRESS CHANGES NOTED Mr. and Mrs. Don Somers and family recently purchased and moved to the Lavone Fox prop erty located near the turn of the highway, north of Nyssa. The family had previously resided in the Denny Bartron house on high way 20-26; however, the Bart- rons returned from Washington to occupy their own dwelling Mrs. Fox has moved to one of her rental units located at 712 Locust avenue. THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1966 Insurance Needs Under Medicare Reviewed by OSU Finance Specialist Now that Medicare is here, recipients face the problem of deciding whether to keep old medical insurance policies, buy new ones or throw them out completely. Before a decision is made, careful consideration should he given to how much of the budget can be spent for health care, says Mrs. Alberta Johnston, extension family finance ■ |'i < i . i Iist at ( tragón State uni ♦ versity. self-administered, it win noted. Knowledge of what Medi-| Any extended illness, one that care will indeed pay for mav requires hospitalization for longet help when deciding what ad than 90 days, will tie covered for ditional coverage, if any, will only the first 90 day«. Twenty percent of all medical expenses be needed, she adds. Person* over 65 who are elig incurred during the year must be ible for social security puyments paid by the patient, reminds Mrs. ure automatically eligible for hos Johnston. pitalization coverage under Medi Companies Supplement Program care. To get coverage, the pa Many insurance companies al tient must stay in the hospital for ready have tailor-made insurance three days. plans which will supplement the Then he pays the first $40 of coverage provided by Medicare. a hospital stay for 60 days and These, together with the Medi $10 daily for the next 30 days. care benefits, should pay most After that the patient pays all medical and hospitalization costa. his own expenses. The patient Obviously, ability to pay the also pays the first $20 for each expenses not covered by Medi 20-day period of diagnostic test- care will be the deciding factor ing. in whether to get some additional insurance, the specialist advised. Other Provisions Notad By determination of needs, and Medicare pays for the first 20 days in a nursing or convalescent consideration of ability to pay home, Mrs. Johnston explains. for what will be needed. Medi For the next 80 days, the patient care recipients can decide how pays $5 daily. After 100 days, best to spend their health care the insured pays all expenses dollars, says Mrs. Johnston. (This goes into effect Jan. 1, ENTERTAIN WITH FISH FRY 1967.) Mr. and Mrs. Buster Edwards Doctor’s visits are not covered entertained Wednesday evening by the hospitalization program They will be paid for, however, of last week with a fish fry for by the supplementary medical Mr. and Mrs Ed Rrnndt of Adrian care program also available and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hensley of through Medicare. St Ixiuis, Mo. For this coverage, the insured I pays $3 monthly, and the govern-1 ment matches this amount. The | Wholesale Prices total, $6. goes into a medical in- i surance fund which pays for phy sicians' and surgeons’ services, after the initial $50 in yearly medical expenses have been paid Up to 400 Lbs. $18.50 for by the patient. 400 to 1.000 Lbs. 14.25 1.000 to 2.000 Lbs. Payment* by Insured Listed 12.25 11.50 Under the voluntary medical 2.000 to 5.000 Lbs. 11.00 insurance program, then, the in- 1 5.000 to 10.000 Lbs. 10.000 to 20.000 Lbs. 10.75 sured would expect to pay for: 10.25 —The first $50 medical expense I Over 20.000 Lbs. every year. BLACK PIPE —The monthly $3 insurance $13.00 (Over 400 Lbs.) premium. —20 percent of all other medi cal expenses each year. Owyhee Junction Neither Medicare program will Phone 372-2108 pay for private nursing care or any prescription drug which is ON STEEL Come Help Us Mark Our 50th Anniversary You are most cordially invited to attend power plant tours at any of five locations throughout the Snake River Valley — or a tour of the massive Boise Bench Substation the "nerve center” of our transmission system. The date Sunday, July 31st, from 1 to 6 pan. Birthday cake in honor of the occa sion, and other refreshments, will be served. Plant tours will be conducted at if AMERICAN FALLS ★ LOWER SALMON, near Hagerman if C. I. STRIKI, south of Mountain Home ★ BROWNLEE, northwest of Cambridge if OXBOW, In Hells Canyon below Brownlee if BOISE BENCH SUBSTATION, off highway 30, eastern outskirts of Boise All of Your ; ★ ★ ★ •!R . There will be Interesting things to eeo, and a warm welcome for every member of the family * POULTRY You are also invited to drop in Monday afternoon, August 1st, at any local Idaho Power Company office for a piece of birthday cake. Come in anytime Livestock Feeds between 1 and 5 pan. Everyone is welcome BILL WAHLERT, SEEDS (Nyssa Elevator) Nyssa, Oregon Phone 372-2253 A TAX-PAYING CITIZEN WHEREVER IT SERVES
