THURSDAY, OCTOBER ? Brother of Nys Dies at Meridi Catholic Rites PAGE FOUR Michael Pratt Leaves for Florida To Attend Six-Month Navy School By Dale Witt NEWELL HEIGHTS — Michael Pratt, who is in the service, spent the past two weeks with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pratt. He is leaving this week for Pensacola, Fla., where he will at tend a six-month Navy communi cations school. Mrs. Lettie Stoker of Roy, Utah, spent the weekend with her children, the Dewey Garners and Lee Stokers. Mr. and Mrs. Luit Siam were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Stam. Other guests were the Stam men’s bro ther-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Leeuw. Pheasant Hunters Arrive Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Warrington of Bend spent the weekend hunt ing in the area and visiting their son, Andy, a school teacher re siding in the Thelma Hammon home. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Howe of Bend have their trailer house parked near the Pete Hammon home and plan to spend several days pheasant hunting in this area. Happy Dozen card group met Friday afternoon at the home of Sue Ashcraft. Guest players were Rose Willis and Ima Begeman. Prize winners were Edna De Haven, Gnetty Piercy, Anna Van- derOord and Mrs. Begeman. Bill Holdt and son visited Sun day afternoon with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ulis Holdt at Parma. Bert Domy of Boise spent last week visiting in the Wilson Witt home. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bege man were Saturday evening call ers. Birthday Dinner Served Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Piercy of Adrian were Saturday evening dinner guests at a birthday din ner for Bill Johnston in the Marie Moore home. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Eason and baby of Homedale were Sun day dinner guests of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Simpson. The Simpsons were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Strong. Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Jones of Nyssa visited Sunday in the Eu gene Pratt home and did some pheasant hunting in the area. Mary Ann Blanch was a Sun day afternoon visitor in the L. C. McDermott home. Mr. and Mrs. Benny Beach and | family of Vale, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fenn were Sunday dinner guests | of the Gene Simpsons. Mrs. Mary McConnell of Nyssa was a Saturday dinner guest of the Rollo Fenns. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simmons of the Oregon Trail community were Saturday evening visitors in the Bill Holdt residence. Mrs. Lowell Madison and chil dren of New Meadows arrived Friday evening and remained un til Sunday with her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fenn and fam ily. Teresa Topliff and Jane Tim merman attended a slumber party Friday night at the home of Lois Seuell in Big Bend. Al Azar, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hickman of Portland are guests of Mrs. Marie Moore while pheas ant hunting in this vicinity. Visitors From Portland Dr. Merle Kurtz, Gary and Scott arrived Friday afternoon by plane from Portland to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Kurtz and also did some bird hunting. Al Monroe and son, Brad, also of Portland, arrived Friday evening and all left for their homes early this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Winslow of Bend and other friends called at the parental Kurtz home dur ing the weekend to visit with Dr. Kurtz. The latter’s daughter, Sheryl, a student at the College of Idaho, spent the weekend with her grandparents. Mrs. Irvin Topliff, Teresa and Marcia were Sunday dinner guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warren at Parma. Pheasant hunters, with their trailer houses parked near the Jake Borge home, include the Dale Holdens, Mr. Lillienthall and daughters of Coos Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Henderson, Paul Bern hardt and George Williams of Reedsport; Mr. and Mrs. George Wu of Bonanza, Ore. The visiting nimrods, the Ernest Seuells of Big Bend and the Ern est Eilers of Ontario were Sun day evening guests at a birthday party honoring Mrs. Holden. The event was held in the Borge home. Visit Hardman Family Martha Ritter of Vale was a Sunday morning visitor at the home of Mrs. Sid Hardman and daughters. Hazel Fenn visited Oct. 18 with the Hardman family. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fenn spent several days last week fishing at Beulah reservoir and report good luck. Karla Kriegh spent the week end with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hill at Cascade, Idaho. Mr. and M'rs. Jake Borge, Ern est Seuell, Kenneth Price and son, Rodney, spent a recent weekend deer hunting in the Beulah area. The nimrods return ed with two two-point bucks. The Borge couple and Mrs. Sid Hard man returned to the area Friday but returned empty-handed. The Bill Raper family and Mr. Johnson of Bend have their trail er houses parked on the Irvin Judds Entertain Topliff property while pheasant Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Judd en hunting in this vicinity. tertained with dinner Saturday. Guests were her parents, Mr. and VISIT IN SOUTH DAKOTA Mrs. L. J. Kinney of Ontario; Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Smith re their house guests, Taylor Price turned Sunday from e two-week of Washington, D C., and J. Price trip to Lemmon, S.D., where they of Prairie City. The men did visited her son and daughter-in- some pheasant hunting while in law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kressly the area. and family. Saturday Evening Box Social Slated By NHS Lettermen Recitation of John L. Towne was frZ ning, Oct. 21, Chapel of the Chime, dian, with requiem mass ed Saturday morning m cis Cabrini Catholic d * Activities for the annual box social, sponsored by NHS letter- men, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sat urday, Oct. 29, in the multipur pose room of the primary school building. Boxes will be sold by Roger Baker, area auctioneer, to highest bidders, and a prize will be given to the young lady whose box sells for the most money. A prize will also be given for the best decor ated container. Mel Calhoun, adviser, announ ces that boxes should be packed with individual dinners rather than combined. Immediately following the din ner, there will be dancing to a stereo record-player. There will be an admission charge for the dance and casual attire will be permitted, the adviser concluded. Celebrant was Fr McGlinchey, and inte made in the Meridian The deceased, a brotl san Herman Towne Oct. 19 in a Boise hosp ing a brief illness. Mr. Towne was bom 1897, at 'Southview s n went to Eagle, Idaho,’in North Dakota. He was » May 24, 1924, to Helen F™ Caldwell. The deceased had sen cashier for both the Fruitlai Kuna banks, as well as Ada ty deputy assessor for years. He had resided in MendW the past 29 years, was J IT'S YOUR LAW By Oregon State Bar The Playful Jury A jury trial is serious business, especially for the parties. The jurors have grave responsibilities! and if justice is to be done, the jurors must be able to concentrate | on the evidence and to deliberate without distraction to reach a | verdict. But what if that isn’t the situa tion? Allan lost his case by ver dict of the jury, but from what he learned afterward, the jurors had really enjoyed themselves. The fact was the jury mem bers had played cards, conduct ed a football pool, watched tele vision and listened to the radio, all during the time they were presumed to have been serious ly deliberating on the findings. Allan moved for a new trial on the grounds that the trial jury was too relaxed. The court grant ed his request. The court held that where a jury shows a lack of awareness of its duty by playing cards, sub scribing to a sports pool and watching or listening to television or the radio, the question of whe ther any party to the action re ceived his right to deliberation free from extraneous influence is placed in serious doubt. Thus what goes on in the jury room is to a limited extent pub lic business. Just as tampering with a jury can result in a mis trial, so can an improper atti tude by the jury. Jury duty is a high honor and a civic responsibility and an im portant part of our system of jus tice. The parties to the case are entitled to full application to duty. The parties are also entitled to an impartial and unbiased jury. Where, because of local notoriety or public sentiment, a jury of lo cal citizens is apt to have formed firm opinions about the case, the judge may transfer the case to another county for trial. (Oregon lawyers offer this column as a public service. No person should apply or inter pret any law without the aid of an attorney who is complete ly advised of the facts involved. IT'S OFFICIAL . . . The number one First Na tional BankAmericard has been issued to Ralph J. Voss, left, president of First National Bank of Oregon. Beaming his approval is Walter G. Zeller, vice president in charge of the bank s credit card division. The all-purpose cards will Nyssa Youth Attends Electricians' School At California Base Fireman Apprentice Gerald D. Finch, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Finch of Nyssa, is attend ing a 14-week Electrician’s Mate school at the Naval Training Cen be distributed beginning Oct. 31 and will be accepted by more than 10.000 businesses of all types throughout the state. It is estimated by First National officials that more than 400,000 Oregonians will carry the BankAmericards by the end of the year. ter, San Diego, Calif., according to a Navy news release. Upon graduation, he will be qualified to operate various elec trical equipment, maintain and repair power and lighting circuits, electrical fixtures, motors, gener ators and other electrical equip ment. WEEKEND IN LA GRANDE Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rigney spent the weekend in La Grande where they were met by their daughter, Doris Ayyoub and daughters, Laila and Yaman. The time was spent visiting college friends, touring the EOC campus and attending church services on Sunday morning. the J. L. Towne Oil compJ a member of St. Francis! church. He was a World] veteran and a member Meridian Legion post, LioJ and chamber of commertd In addition to his widow! home and brother of NyssJ survived by one son, jJ Meridian; two daughters Peggy Hughell of Ata Calif., and Mrs. Maxine 1 of Vacaville, Calif. Also surviving are thre brothers, Vinson and Erne of Boise, Leon Towne of and 12 grandchildren. J To Buy, Sell or 1 Try the Cluiifitd electric clothes dryers In the Nyssa Area you know where Hie In Crowd is? At your Quafity Buick dealer’s.(Where else?) Wilson Buick Co • 2nd and Good Ave New Special GS Low priced Nice’ Keepmg your family smartly clothed is less of a worry With pei manent press fabrics. A requirement for wrinkle- free laundering of the new miracle clothing is a modern dryer. 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