THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
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Meihodisi Women Report on Recent
Conference Held on C of I Campus
THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
TED M. BRAMMER. Editor and Publisher
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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,
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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