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Nyssa Gate City Journal
VOLUME LIX
Agri Exhibits
Planning Done
For OMSI Hall
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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1966
Flotti* Win Au ardti in Annual Ihrinimait Paradt
Thunderegg Capital
NUMBER 50
Vale County Court Meeting Today
To Decide Distribution of Funds
To Districts From Gas Tax Refund
County representatives of Ore­
gon Museum of 'Science and In­
dustry's new Agricultural hall
met in Portland recently for a
The Malheur county court has called a meeting for 1 p.m.
progress report and to luy plans
today
to arrive at a fair figure for distribution of gas tax re­
for exhibits In the new ngricul-
fund money from the state.
tural wing.
OMSI is building u new $200,-
Involved are four road assessment districts (Nyssa, On­
000 agriculture wing which will
tario, Juntura and Ironside) and Consolidated District No. 1,
I m - the only one of its kind in the
consisting of the balance of the rural roads, and which has
entire country. $140,000 has liven
never levied a special tax for1
raised to date by contributions
road construction or mainten­
and fund raising drives curried
ance.
out by individual counties.
Distribution has been based
Malheur county recently spon­
on the assessed valuation of
sored an auction raising $2344 at
property within the districts, with
Nyssa under the supervision of
each sharing proportionally, until
the late Tom Jones Some coun­
last year, when the court reverted
ties m the state have not yet had
to the 1960-61 assessed valuation
Howard Myrick, replacing
a fund raising campaign and it is
basis, which gave the open dis­ Dwight Wyckoff who moved out­
hoped thut the remaining $410,000
trict (No. 1) a higher percentage side of the district, was sworn in
will be raised
of the total funds than received I as a member of the Nyssa school
Now Under Construction
theretofore.
board at the Dec. 8 meeting.
The new agriculture wing is
Nyssa Assessment District No.1 Joel Mitchell was elected by
now under construction and it is
2 officers claim they are entided the board to replace the late War­
expected to be completed by the
to a larger sum than recieved last ren Farmer. He will be sworn in
end of April 1967. The proposed
year, due to a big increase in as- ! at the next regular meeting, Jan.
exhibits for the wing will include
• CAPTURING FIRST PLACE HONORS in Nyssa's Saturday Christ- sessed valuation of farm property I 12. Both will serve only until the
four sections covering Oregon
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mas parade was the float (on left), sponsored by the Polar Bear in the district, reflected in the1 next school election in May 1967.
agriculture.
latest assessment figures.
Elected to the budget board
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Abbott. Janine Myer.
Heavy emphasis will be given
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More Funds Needed
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physics, chemistry and physio­
The court apparently feels that Miner, both for three-year terms.
logy. Also the application of sci­
with 1,620 miles of road compos- j Olsen succeeds himself and Miner
ence to farming will be heavily
ing the non - assessment district | replaces Vic Haburchak. Hold­
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road, bridge construction and Darwin Jensen, Bob Wilson, Gene
ban areas and Oregon's natural
maintenance than has been avail- DeMinck and Farrell Peterson.
Superintendent W. L. McPart-
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The agriculture committee stu­
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Food Fair and built by FFA students, was named third place winner.
The issue has been forced by | partment of Education had tenta­
died the exhibits which are al­
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♦-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- , Grant Rinehart and E. H. “Shor- tively approved the Nyssa School
ready planned for the hull and
i ty” Brandt, officials of the Nyssa district request for federal funds
discussed other proposed exhibits
Road district, with the other spe- [ under Title I, Public Law 89-10
which could be included Over
cial assassment districts joining for $44,752.84. The money is al­
300,000 people visited OMSI last
The Nyssa Jaycees have Christ­ in the action.
lotted to school districts in Ore­
year an increase of 50,000 over
mas trees for sale again this year.
Based on figures supplied by gon on the basis of $273 for each
the preceding year.
Buyers
may
choose
either
Doug
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i County Judge Ellis White, the dependent child of low income
A huge crowd was in Nyssa for the annual Christmas par­
OMSI and the new agricultural
The Journal owners wish lo las fir or Scottish pines in various special districts are now gettting people, and will be used mainly
wing will give tremendous expo­ ade and Santa’s first appearance Saturday afternoon of last
thank their many friends and ' sizes with prices ranging from $1 152 percent of the total refunds for underprivileged children.
sure to students and to urban week The sidewalks were lined with people for blocks along customers for the consideration ' to $5.50.
and the outside district 48 percent.
The superintendent said that
people in observing agriculture's Main street and the east end of Good avenue. Due to tem­ shown last week when press
The location is the vacant lot If current assessment figures were
perature,
not
far
above
the
freezing
mark,
others
watched
place within the state
most
of the program this year
involved, in some cases, on the north side of Main street used, the special districts would
from cars and store windows. Parking was at a premium for trouble
Auditorium Set Up
will be devoted to remedial work
late delivery of the paper.
; in the 200 block between Idaho get about 59 percent and the
In addition to exhibits, the new those not already set when
with these children at all levels
FIRST, to advertisers who I Power office and Sugar City 5 other 41 percent.
in the system, with particular em­
agricultural wing will house an the parade approached from
lost some potential shoppers & 10. Trees will be available
phasis on reading. About 20 per­
uuditorium where pictures can be . the west end of Main street.
Based on Valuation
through Christmas eve.
Thursday due t"4we delay:
cent of the funds will be for
shown or group meetings can be
The
release,
dated
Dec.
9,
1966,
Twenty-two floats passoT in
SECOND, to Mr. and Mrs.
held There will also be facilities review, accompanied by the
and signed by White, says the equipment, and typists will be
Larry Robinson, owners of the HOSPITAL BOND ELECTION
Nyssa high school officials have
for 55 students to do original re­ Nyssa and Adrian school bands
present allocation is based on the hired to complete cataloging and
Independent-Enterprise in Pay­ DATE CHANGED TO JAN. 10
work in the new elementary li-
search work in agriculture.
and various choral groups, follow- indicated a need for student em­ ette, who so graciously let the
The date of the election for a 1960-61 assessed valuation figure,
As was pointed out by Ixrrin D | ed by Santa aboard a buggy pull­ ployment during the holiday va­ staff use all their facilities to bond issue to finance the nursing but Rinehart says they received | brary and some additional work
in the high school library.
McKinley, director of OMSI, ed by a small Shetland pony (fur­ cation. They have drafted a stu­ complete the press runs; and,
home wing at the local hospital payment this past quarter based
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dent work program, which it is
many top students in Oregon are nished by Dixie Kincaid).
on
the
latest
assessed
valuation
THIRD, to KSRV radio sta­ has been changed to Tuesday,
hoped will meet needs of local
lost to other states because of a
tion which announced on the Jan. 10, 1967. It will be held at totals.
citizens as well as students who
lack of local facilities for carrying Prize Winners Named
There is definitely a difference
air several times the dilemma the little theater room of the high
Prize winners, as determined are unable to finance Christmas but that all copies would be school from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
out individual research projects
of opinion in how the monies
The annual PTA Christmas
The OMSI agriculture wing will by out-of-town judges, were Po- expense and graduation costs in­ mailed Thursday.
The change was made to let should be distributed. Rinehart concert will be staged at 7
encourage students interested in . lar Bear Drive-In, first, $50; Rieb’s cluding pictures, announcements,
The publishers are also very people spending Christmas away admits that the county could use o'clock this evening. Dec. IS.
doing original agricultural re- | Market and Fangen Floral, sec­ cap and gown, etc.
pleased that so many people from home have an opportunity all the money for District No. 1. in the Nyssa school cafetorium.
The employment program will
search to make use of facilities ond, $25; and Ray's Food Fair,
indicated they missed the local to vote where perhaps not poss­ under the present law. but if that It is announced that there will
third, $15. Most of the floats were be coordinated through the guid­
provided by OMSI.
paper. In spite of the number ible under the Dec. 27 date ori- were the case action would be be no business meeting this
Norman llipp of the First Na- ' built by school and scout organi­ ance department of the school. of times the Ontario radio sta­
taken to remedy the situation on month.
I ginally set.
tional Bank is representative for zations with funds furnished by Charles Quinowski stated that tion carried the announcement,
a permanent basis.
Selections will be presented
local
merchants.
Prize
money
was
each
student
referred
for
employ
­
Malheur county with Steve Besse j
they still got a lot of calls indi­ POST OFFICE HOURS TOLD
The meeting is open to the by grade school choruses and
Malheur county agent, being the given to those building the win- ment will present the employer cating subscribers thought their
Postmaster Lee Dail announces public.
sixth grade band students.
with a brief evaluation sheet
alternate. Besse attended the 1 ning floats.
papers hadn't been mailed.
that
the Nyssa post office will be
Portland meeting
Representa­
Local merchants in the down­ which is to be filled out and re­
It could happen to a small­ open Saturdays until 5 p.m.. be­
tives from most of the counties town section report brisk buying turned to the guidance office for town weekly any time, with
ginning Saturday, Dec. 17.
purpose
of
aiding
the
student
in
were present for the one - day throughout the weekend with an
old, antiquated equipment, but
Office hours will remain the
work adjustment.
meeting which was jointly chair­ unusually good day Saturday.
it is with warm hearts that the same next week unless customer
Listed here are a number of
maned by OMSI Director McKin­ Santa io Return
staff and owners learn how demands require additional ser­
ley and Jean Scheel, assistant di­
For the benefit of the kiddies tasks that students can do: Clerk­ much the local edition is miss­ vice. Then the office will be open
The Nyssa Gate City Journal will publish Babson’s Busi­
rector of the Oregon State Exten­ who did not get to talk to Santa ing during the Christmas rush, ed, if not delivered on time!
until 6 p.m., at the latest.
sion service.
ness and Financial Forecast for 1967 on Thursday, Dec. 29.
last week, he will be back again taking store inventories, baby
Readers will find it on page 1.
The committee plans to meet this Saturday at the same place sitting, driving tractor, chopping
twice each year with one meet­ (Taylor building on Main street) wood, cleaning yards, etc.
We are calling attention to this feature because 1967 will
Those who can help a student
ing being at OMSI headquarters at the same time. He will again
be a year of many changes. This Babson Forecast will con­
with his employment problem are
in Portland und the second ses­ have a gift for all little ones.
tain predictions covering such important subjects as:
sion held somewhere out in the
They will again be cared for by urged to call one of the following:
“Sudden Peace or Bigger War." f
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High school office, 2-3598; agri­
counties.
Nyssa Jay-C-Ettes.
"Deflation
in
Midst
of
Infla
­
feature
of
his
philosophy
has
been
The Nyssa city council voted to accept the low bid for
cultural department, 2-3415; or
tion."
his life-long insistence on the im­
guidance office 2-3378. They are purchase of a new police car and set the date for opening
portance of both religion and ad­
"Coming Tax Squeeze."
asked to state type of work to be of bids for construction of the new library building at the
"Bonds on the Bargain Coun­ vertising in business.
done, skill needed to do the job Tuesday, Dec. 13, meeting.
Bom and reared in an old-
and hours the student will be ex­
City Manager Fred Koch was instructed to prepare pur­ ter."
fashioned atmosphere of hard
pected to work.
"Looting
in
the
War
on
Pov
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chase order for a new 1967 Chevrolet four-door sedan from
work and hustle on a farm in
John N. Hutchens, Malheur j Hutchens chose not to seek re-
*Johannesen - Adams Motor erty."
Gloucester, Babson went to the
"Price
and
Wage
Controls."
county district attorney since election this year, deciding in-
company on their $1,032 bid "Vicious Selectivity in Stocks." Massachusetts Institute of Tech­
1963, will return to private prac-1 stead to return to his private
nology. Upon graduating, he turn­
with trade-in of the present "Crisis in Home Building."
tice of law early next year when practice. The public position he ,
ed instinctively to financial and
police
car.
The
only
other
bid
­
"Soaring
Living
Costs."
he assumes partnership with Wil­ held will be assumed by H. Clif­
business activities in which his
der was Gentry Ford with a "Stalemate in Congress."
liam F. Schroeder and Donnivan ford Looney who was elected to
father was engaged.
"Inventory
Liquidation."
$1,495
figure.
S. Denning Jr., longtime law part­ the office last month.
His exertions, however, under­
"Labor at the Crossroads."
The date set for opening of the
ners at Vale.
Hutchens became a member of
mined
his health; he contracted
"Shrinkage in Profits."
construction bids for the library
The new partnership will be the Oregon State Bar association
tuberculosis and he was sent West
"Rise
in
Unemployment."
is Jan. 10, 1967, with plans and
officially effective Jan. 3. 1967, in September 1960, after obtain­
“as good as dead!” It was while
"Gold in the Spotlight."
specifications available at the
according to an announcement ing degrees in political science
he was convalescing from this
architectural office of Smith 8c Background of Babson
made this week by Schroeder and and law at the University of Ore- [
dread malady that he worked out
Keyes in Ontario on Dec. 20.
Denning.
gon in Eugene. He served as an
American business has no more some of the possibilities and prob­
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insurance adjuster for one year |
Other Business Reported
inspiring personality than Roger lems of business forecasting. His
after law school, then established
Also the council approved op­ W. Babson, internationally known weekly releases are used by over
private practice at Ontario in
plication for a license to operate business commentator and invest­ 400 newspapers and his financial
July 1961.
a recreation center by Mr. and ment adviser. An outstanding reports by 20,000 corporations and
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estates. His research work is car­
Bar Association President
Mrs. William C. Craddock at 508
ried on by a large staff of experts.
Hutchens is currently serving
Main'street (former Twilight Cafe
as president of the Malheur Coun­
and Lounge location). This has
Founds Educational Institutions
ty Bar association. He is a mem­
been operated in recent weeks in
Mr. Babson founded Babson In­
ber of the Ontario Lions club, I
the east end of Nyssa Food Cen­
stitute for Men; and, in coopera­
Elks lodge and Jaycees. He was
ter, diagonally across the street.
tion with the late Mrs. Babson,
president of Phi Alpha Delta,
Note was also taken of accounts
developed Webber College for
legal fraternity, during his stay
delinquent under Bancroft bond­
Women — both nationally known
at the university. More recently,
ing with assessments overdue in
educational institutions. Here
he has served as a part-time in­ A CHRISTMAS GIFT for Richard L. Lovitt. stationed with the
several districts. Koch was in­
young men and women may con­
structor in police science at Trea­ U. S. Navy in Newfoundland. His wife. Linda Moseley Lovitt.
structed to mail out notices to
centrate on the fundamentals of
sure Valley Community college.
holds their twin daughters born at 2:30 a.m. Monday. Dec. 12. 1966. these specific accounts.
honest and efficient business ad­
Hutchens, his wife, Lucy, and
ministration.
Ordinance No. 423, to revise
their two children will continue in Malheur Memorial hospital. Cuddled in her right arm is Julia,
Later, he founded a Midwest
who
weighed
in
at
six-pounds,
13-ounces;
and
in
her
left
arm
is
rates
for
garbage
collection,
was
to reside in Ontario. He will
Institute
of Business administra­
six-pound,
four-ounce
Rhonda.
Now
they
are
a
family
of
six,
as
deferred
on
third
and
final
read­
commute to the Schroeder, Den­
tion, located in Eureka, Kan., the
ning and Hutchens offices at Vale. the infants join two sisters, Laura, 6, and Valarie. 4 years old. ing due to absence of City Attor­
center of the United States. He
Schroeder has practiced law in Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Allan L. Jones of Kent. Wash.: Mr. ney Harold Henigson.
has been active also in the estab­
Newly elected council members,
Vale since 1949 and Denning and Mrs. Lee Lovitt of the Big Bend area, route 3, Parma. Pater­
lishment of other mediums of
nal
great-g'randparents
are
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Carl
Callaham
of
route
Ernie Metcalf, Larry Bauman and
since 1959. The Schroeder-Den­
service to the public, such as the
ROGER W. BABSON
ning partnership has been in ex­ 1, Nyssa. Dad Lovitt plans to visit his family in Adrian around Glade Chadwick, were introduced
JOHN N. HUTCHENS
. . . Business Forecaster
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li stance since 1962.
mid-January when he will arrive home on leave.
by Mayor Grant Rinehart.
. . Prosecutor Since 1963
Special Districts Say New Assessment
Totals Should Be Used — Not 1960 61
New Members
Added to School,
Budget Boards
b
m
a
Huge Crowd Saturday Views Parade Journal Owners
Thanks
Opening Official Christmas Season Express
For Recent Aid
Jaycees Sell Trees
Student Workers
In Need of Jobs
Christmas Concert
Slated This Evening
Journal io Carry Babson's Forecast
On Business, Finances for 1967 Year
Council Accepts Bid for Police Car;
Seis Library Construction Bid Date
Disirici Attorney John N. Hutchens
To Join Schroeder-Denning Law Firm
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