Image provided by: Nyssa Public Library; Nyssa, OR
About Nyssa gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1937-199? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1966)
PAGE TEN Scoreless Deadlock Is Result of Nyssa, Payette Grid Game SUGAR BOWL Standings o THURSDAY THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA. OREGON o o o o o o o A scoreless deadlock was the ■ result of the Nyssa-Payette foot-’ ball game played Friday evening on the Pirates’ gridiron. Both clubs played defensive ball but neither could get far enough into the other’s territory to reach the double stripe in the end zones. It was the Payette team’s sec ond tie as the scoreboard read 6-6 in a previous game with Parma. Their record stands at 1-1-2, while the Bulldogs had lost three games prior to the Friday contest. Nyssa will travel to Emmett Friday night to battle the Hus kies. o o SPORTSMEN S LEAGUE 4 Nyssa Auto Parts 12 0 Zinn’s Flying “A” .......10 « Oregon Concrete 10 7 Idaho Power Co. 9 7 Wilson’s Dept. Store .... 9 9 Q’s Trophy Cabin 7 NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL 12 M and W Market 4 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 13 Autolite 3 Oct. 7— Football game at Em High scratch games, Jim Peters, mett. 233; Paul House, 223; Sherman Oct. 8, 5 io 8 p.m.—PT A inter Keck, 218. High scratch series, national smorgasbord in cafetor- Paul House, 588; J. Peters, 582; ium. Don Breshears, 521. Oct. 10-15—National FFA con o o o o vention. THURSDAY MIXED LEAGUE Oct. 10-15 — Test week (stand 4 Bullard-Huffman 12 ardised menial maturity and ach 5 Fortin-Cleaver 11 ievement tests). VanderOord- Oct. 10-11 — Regional student 9 7 Vinsonhaler ----- 7 I council workshop at Ontario. Bartron-Morris 9 Oct. 12—Frosh football, Ontario 9 7 Holmes-Myrick 7% here. 8% Wheeler-Page 8% Stunz-Church 7% Oct. 13, 3:45 p.m.—GAA acti 9 vity. 7 Stutheit-Hitch------ 10 6 Sutton-Riggs Oct. 13—FFA soil judging con 6 10 Lienkaemper-Chadd tests at Halfway. 11 5 Codr-Wright ----- Oct. 14 — Football game here 11 5 Holverson-Card___ with Enterprise. Connie Bullard, women’s high Oct. 15 — American College game and series, 178/493. Jim Testing tests. Sutton, men’s high game and ser ies, 199/526. Bullard - Huffman, ADRIAN DEFEATS MELBA team high game, 638; Fortin-Clea The Melba Mustangs were de ver, team high series, 1796, feated 33-6 by the Adrian Ante o o o o lopes in a Friday evening grid WEDNESDAY HOUSEWIVES game on the Idaho field. 11 5 King Pins The Oregon team will host the __ 10 • Cherry Pickers Kuna Kavemen Friday night. 10 e Chukars 8 Vim 'n Vigor 8 7 9 Bowl Weevils 7 9 Pin Pickers 8 10 Goof Ups By Oregon Stale Bax 11 5 Pins Up High scratch games, Velma Stam, 201; Aikne Holmes and The 'Philadelphia Al'ie Haitlev 181; Emma Bene- d t 170. Hi h scratch series, A. Lawyer' Explained Frequently, when a problem is Holmes 474: Mar an Danford, 467; particularly perplexing, someone A. IHirtl y, 454. will exclaim that “this would con o o o o NYSSA COMMERCIAL LEAGUE fuse a Philadelphia lawyer.” The term has a close connection with lio ■ ard’s Texaco 13 7 one of the most important cases Tarter’s OK Tires 12 8 in American legal history — the Eder's 11 9 trial of John Peter Zenger in Nyssa Co-op Supply 11 9 1735. White Satin 11 9 Zenger was the printer and Eastman Agency 9 11 publisher of a paper known as First National Bank 8 12 the New York Weekly Journal. The BptM la 5 15 High scratch games. Ernie Met He criticized the administration calf, 234; Ernie F'sher, 228; Dick of Royal Governor Cosby of New Butcher, 219. High scratch series, York in print. The tyrannical Dick Butcher, 618; E. Metcalf, Cosby had Zenger jailed on a charge of libel. 586; Joel Mitchell, 574 Zenger had editorialized that o o o o the governor had deeds to lands PATRIOTS LEAGUE destroyed, judges arbitrarily Sept. 26 Standings displaced, new courts establish White Satin 12 4 ed without the consent of the Paulus Jewelry 11 5 legislature and had denied the Regal Rides 9 7 right to vote to certain land- Dessert Seed 9 7 owners. Malheur Hospital 9 7 All of these accusations were 8 Merc Dept. Store 8 Bracken’s 7% 8% true but truth was held to be no defense in a prosecution for sedi Nyssa Welding 7 I tious libel, which was defined as B & M Equipment 9 7 “a written censure upon public Sugar Bowl 6 10 men for their conduct as such.” Wilson’s Market « 10 Zenger was brought to trial and Golden Slipper 4% n% his New York counsel were dis High scratch games, Lou Simp barred because they came to his son. 197; Lois Page, 189; Sadie defense. After disbarment they Butcher, 188. High scratch series. secured the services of Andrew I Anna Talbot, 498; Cherie Ford, Hamilton of the Philadelphia bar 490; Sumi Ishida, 489. [ to continue the defense. Hamilton o o o o was the foremost lawyer in the MONDAY MIXED LEAGUE American Colonies and the term Snyder-Skelton 17 7 i ’’Philadelphia lawyer" was long Saito-Miyasako 14 10 I used as a special compliment in Jones-Knowles 14 10 his individual honor. Tyler-Talbot 13 11 Hamilton offered his services Rieb-Clary 12% 11% to Zenger without fee. Display Sadamori-Takami 12 12 ing great moral courage he de Sarazin-Larson* 12 8 fied the judges who were con Leavitt-Stedman 11% 12% trolled by the governor and told Holcomb-Stacy 11 13 the jury it was not considering VanderOord-Stam 11 13 the cause of just ■ poor printer. Stam-Stam* 9 11 Instead, it was considering the Laan-Phifer 3 21 cause of "the liberty both of ex * Oct. 3 games postponed. In posing and opposing arbitrary dividual high games and series power by speaking and writing will be reported following make truth.” up games. The chief justice instructed the O O o o jury that the printed words of THURSDAY BUSINESSMEN Zenger were libelous and that if Frank’s Sinclair_ _ 13 the jury found he had published 7 Sugar Bowl ________ 13 them (and he admitted he had), T Rieb’s Market 11 then Zenger should be found 9 Gordon Ford Tractor 11 guilty. Under such circumstances 9 Gate City Journal 11 it seemed obvious that Zenger 9 Skinner's Service 8 would be convicted. 12 Home Dairies 7 Fortunately, the jury, which IS Ward’s Shell Service 6 was not controlled by the gov 14 Jess Asumendl, high scratch ernor. defied the court. Zenger game. 224 Emil Wohleke, high was found not guilty and waa scratch series, 578 Gate City freed. Journal, high team game, 938. Governor Morris, one of the Home Dairies, high team series. members of the Constitutional 2570. convention, said vears later. "The trial of Zenger in 1735 was the germ of American freedom, the Nyssa Births . . . morning star of that liberty which Sept 30—To Mr and Mrs. Gua subsequently revolutionized Am-1 dalupe Lara of Nyssa, a 7-pound. erica.” 11-ounce girl. Esmeralda. The trial of Zenger kindled the Oct. 3—To Mr. and Mrs Isabel idea of a free press in America— Sifuentes of Adrian, a 6-pound. an idea and an ideal that «till sur 9-ounce girl, Rosa Irene. vives with vigor after more than 200 years. IT'S YOUR LAW (Oregon lawyers offer this I column aa a public service.) SCHOOLDAY k Rease Í0 ¿V.:, ROAS U.S.D.A. Choice BLADE-CUT POUND ONLY YOUNG — TENDER LEAN Western Steaks 59* ^EF LIVER Pound.......................... WW 3 Pound....................... Van Camp's — 8-Oz. Size School Boy—Top Quality Peanut Butter Tomato Sau $ 97* 40-Oz Stokely's — Finest Quality Sunny Jim SYRUP 49 Decanter CREAM STYLE or WHOLE KERNEL No. 303 Cans COR $ 6 Miracle Whip Prestone — Permanent Anti - Freeze $469 Gallon Only Salad Pressi Quart Jar 5 Diamond — Light Walnut Mea GOLDEN—RIPE A i BANANAS Pound Local 8 ggc Half Bushel................ WW 9 — Prices Effective — THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURD A MARKET u Golden or Rome Apples Pound Package