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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON
THE SUGAR CITY
THURSDAY, MAY II, 19*7
USDA Ag Dept.
Name« Officials
On Spud Group
The United States Department
of Agriculture has announced
appointment of the members
and alternates who will serve
on the Idaho-Eastern Oregon
Potato Committee. The com­
mittee administers the federal
marketing order for potatoes
grown in Idaho and Malheur
County, Ore.
USDA’s Consumer and
Marketing Service said one of
the main functions of the com­
mittee is to recommend to the
Secretary of Agriculture the
grades, sizes and qualities of
potatoes which should b e ship­
ped from the production area.
Area members and alternates
will serve through May 31,1968:
Producers:
District 2 - Joe Y. Saito,
Ontario, Ore., and Raymond
F. Russell, Nyssa, Ore.
Handlers;
District 2 -- Ralph Bowman,
Marsing, Idaho and Jim Wil­
liams, Nyssa, Ore.
Thunderegg Mall Anniversary
To Be Celebrated This Week
The owners of the Thunder­
egg Mall at Second and Main
streets in Nyssa are celebrat­
ing the first anniversary of the
opening this week.
They plan to give $500 in
merchandise to the person hold­
ing the lucky number at a 2 p.m.
Saturday drawing to tie held on
the mall.
No formal program is plan­
ned but the merchants, along
with other businesses, have ad­
vertisements in this week’s
Journal that they say are list­
ing real bargains.
The eight owners and oper­
ators of the facility are real
proud of this possession and
have spent a considerable a-
TERESA ELGUEZABAL
Senior Sisters
Earn Grants
To Mt. Angel
The Elguezabla sisters,
Maria and Teresa, have been
granted ’complete cost’ finan­
cial aid awards for one year
of study at Mt. Angel College,
Ore.
According to Charles Quin­
owski, NHS guidance counselor,
they are two of the most out*
standing Mexican students to
graduate from the local high
school.
They have excelled in acade­
mic endeavors as well as par­
ticipating in school and out-of­
school activities.
Maria was active in organi­
zations while in high school,
Including Spanish and Mexican
Alliance clubs, GAA, Thes­
pians, and Future Homemakers
of America. She was a member
of the debate team and also
served on the annual staff for
two years.
Offices held include assistant
business manager for the an­
nual during her junior year and
business manager while a sen­
ior. In out-of-school activities
Maria has been very active in
the Catholic youth organization,
and also provided special ser­
vices when called upon. She
has been an interpreter at the
Mexican PTA meetings and was
on the clothing drive committee
this year.
Among special awards Maria
served as a councilman on stu­
dent government day and was
chosen by her fellow students
to be the most talented girl
in the senior class.
Teresa’s activities have in­
cluded GAA, Spanish and Mexi­
can Alliance Clubs. She was
elected as freshman class sec­
retary, has served as student
body secretaiy during her sen-
lor year and also co-edltor of
the NHS paper, the Bulldog. She
has served as head of the girl
and boy of the month elections
and was a councilman on student
government day.
She attended the Pendleton
press conference for two years,
earned a 60-word per minute
typing pin when a sophomore,
and was a Girl’s State candi­
date. Like her sister, she has
participated in the Catholic
youth organization.
Quinowski has commented
that both Maria and Teresa
should serve as fine examples
to all students, particularly
those of Mexican descent. Maria
plans to study mathematics
while Teresa plans to stress
English, literature and possibly
foreign language. The sisters
are daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Max Elguezabal of Nyssa.
Number 19
TVCC FUNDS MIS USED
BOARD ASKS $1,043,576
Pfaff Tells
Of Epidemic
Patrons In the Treasure Valley area education district will
be asked to vote on two issues at the May 24 election. These
two issues were discussed and approved at the second budget
meeting of the college May 3. Voters will be asked to approve
Malheur County Health of- a tax levy of $308,576, the amount outside the six per cent limi­
ficer Dr. Ken Pfaff reports tation, and a bond issue of $735,000.
whooping cough is known to be Existence Said Threatened
spreading in the Nyssa area.
The Budget Board, Board of Education and administration
To prevent an epidemic im­ reported to the group of about 40 citizens attending the meet­
mediate steps should be taken. ing that "both the budget and bond issue are absolutely nec­
It is strongly advised that essary to the existence of this institution and it cannot exist
all pre-school children and beyond July 1, 1967, unless the district sees fit to approve both
those attending first grade have the budget and bond.”
an immediate immunization.
College officials admitted that insufficient control over spend­
For those who have had the ing money has been exercised, with the result that buildings have
three series, DPT shots, a been built and all of the available money has been paid out, yet
booster should be given. Those there still exists an unpaid obligation to the bank for funds
who have had no previous im­ furnished for construction in the amount of $300,000.
munities should begin the series
The use of available funds without consideration of what to
as soon as it could be arranged. use to pay for furnishings has created the need for borrowing
Please consult your family from the general fund to pay for the equipping of the buildings.
doctor. Welfare families and This has created a debt owing from the construction fund to
low income persons may con­ the general fund in the amount of $180,090. There also is
tact the health department.
$20,792 owing to others for buildings and equipment.
Purpose Explained
If the proposed $735,000bond
issue passes it would be used
to repay the $300,000 for con­
struction to the bank, the $180,-
Members of Adrian Lions 090 repayment for construction
club will sponsor a donkey base­
equipment to the general fund,
ball game at 8 p.m., Monday,
and the $20,792 to others for
May 15 at the Adrian High construction and new equip­
school football field.
ment, leaving $234,000 avail­
Admission for adults is $1;
able for the cost of bonding
grades 1-8, 50 cents; children and for matching state and
under six free. Proceeds will federal funds.
be used for community acti­
Meeting the needs of the ex­
vities.
plosive growth of students,
which has far exceeded original
thinking, with physical facilities
and the teaching faculty has
been the preoccupation of the
administration and the board of
education, officials said. This
preoccupation has been at the
United States Postal Savings expense of adequate planning
certificates on deposit ceased and sound financial manage­
drawing any interest on April ment in the area of construc­
27, 1967. There is no fund in tion and equipment, officials
the local post office as they explained.
were transferred to the Ontario • They added that the present
state of affairs is not the prod­
several years ago.
uct of conditions over which
The department ceased ac­
cepting deposits on April 27, they had no control - but be­
1966 and while the rate of cause controls were “inad*-
interest paid was much less quately exercised” in the area
than on government bonds there of accounting with respect to
was more than $90 million in the planning and financial man­
agement of construction and
the fund recently.
If these are not redemmed equipment.
man, fourth grade; Miss Chris­
tine McPlke, fifth grade; Den­ prior to June 30, 1997 they Records Audited
nis Savage, junior high science will be held in a trust fund
Since Jan. 1, when it was
and Gerald Talbot, junior high in the Treasury department un­ found that a “problem” existed,
til
liquidated.
math.
an independent auditor has been
Any certificate holders can
Retiring Nyssa teachers,
working and only within the
arrange
to
redeem
them
simply
Mrs. Francis Bates, Muri Lan­
past few weeks has the extent
caster and Frank Parr will be by applying at the post office of the financial situation been
where
the
certificates
were
feted with a dinner held in
issued. The postmaster there assessed.
their honor.
Others Troubled
The smorgasbord dinner will will provide guidance and nec­
The legislative report from
be held May 18 at 7 p.m. in the essary forms to assist lncash-
ing them.
Senator Yturri and Rep. Smith,
school cafeteria.
dated May 5, says, “Both senate
and house leaders have taken
notice of this week's tendency
on the part of Oregon voters,
particular in urban areas, to
Representative Robert F. Smith (R-Burns), Majority Leader vote down school budget in­
creases.
of the Oregon House of Representatives, protested the Depart­
ment of Interior’s hearing in Burns to discuss the possibility of
The recent issue of the Ore­
including Malheur and Harney Lakes within the National Wilder­ gon voter carried the following
ness Preservation System.
statement on Community col­
Smith pointed specifically to the fact that the first knowledge lege proposals, "Community
of this hearing was received April 27, which was only 5 days College proposals found the go­
prior to the actual hearing. He stated that this was not ade­ ing rough. In Clackamas Com­
quate notice, particularly for a subject so important to the munity College District, voters
economy and future of Harney County. He requested that the defeated both a one-year tax
Department hold another hearing with proper notice so that levy for operation and a five-
all interest individuals would have an opportunity to study the year serial levy of $300,000
issues and prepare testimony.
a year for grounds and a start
Smith, who is Oregon’s representative on the Congressional on a campus. In Central Ore­
Public Land Law Review Commission, received word of the gon, where Bend voters ap­
May 2nd hearing only on May 1. His notification came from proved a budget excess of $1.7
Frank G. White, Harney County Commissioner, who had, him­ million by some 200 votes, they
self, been informed only on April 27 by the County Extension defeated the $1,113,067 commu­
Office.
nity college item by about 1,000
“The total picture of wilderness area versus total public votes.”
"A proposed mid­
lands is currently being considered by the Public Land Law Columbia Community College
Review Commission,” Smith said. "Hopefully, the balanced was decisively rejected by vo­
need study and wilderness potential plan will come forth from ters in Hood River, Gilliam and
the Commission’s findings.
Since the report of the Public Sherman counties, although it
Land Law Review Commission is due in 1968, Smith suggests, received an approximate two-
no further proceedings under the Wilderness Act of 1964 be in­ to-one favorable margin in
augurated until the Commission’s study has been completed and Wasco county.
Lane county
its findings documented.”
electors also rejected the pro­
posed Lane Community College
proposal.”
Lions Sponsor
Baseball Game
mount of time and money to
make it possible. They are;
First National Bank, NySsa
branch, Bracken’s Dept, store,
Wilson’s Market, Inc., Nyssa
Rexall Pharmacy, Paulus Jew­
elry, Wilson’s Dept, store,
Coast-To-Coast store and
Michael’s Pharmacy.
Pictured above are the two
sections stretching along Sec­
ond street on both sides of
Main street.
They are easily accessible
from all directions, handle hun­
dreds of cars and trucks tn the
course of a normal day, and
are within a block of most of
the down-town stores.
Not only have they made it
more convenient for local
people to shop, they have eased
the problem of through traffic,
since Main street is also the
highway for U. S. 20 and 26.
Parking Problems Grow
The April 24 issue of It*
Wall Street Journal carried a
long story on the parking prob­
lems faced by many areas of
the U. S. and some foreign
countries. It is a problem up­
on which the very existence of
some communities rest, and
from the local level on up
through the state and federal
agencies solutions are being
sought at great expense.
The Journal does not infer
that this problem was facing
Nyssa at the time of the open­
ing of the local parking mall
but it does benefit the entire
town and community, and it
will tend to keep trade from
going to shopping centers of
nearby towns.
And not the
least it adds to the attractive­
ness of the town in which every­
one should take pride.
And
it was accomplished without
asking for help from taxpayers
through federal agencies.
MARIA ELGUEZABAL
THUNDEREGG CAPITAL
Postal Savings
No Longer Draw
Any Interest
Water Prospects
Improved In Area
Farmers, ranchers and other
water users in Malheur county
can expect average water sup­
plies this spring and summer,
according to a report released
today by A. J. Webber, State
Conservationist, Soil Conser­
vation Service, Portland, and
prepared by W. T. Frost, State
Snow Survey Supervisor, repre­
senting cooperating federal,
state, and private agencies.
Stored water supplies in ad­
dition to expected May-July
runoff will prove adequate. Sub­
stantial precipitation during
April has increased the fore­
casts from last month’s esti­
mates.
Streamflow has been
low due to cold weather but
will pick up as soon as warmer
temperatures are experienced.
Colder than normal tempera­
tures in addition to 200% of
average precipitation for April
increased the water content of
the snowpack at the higher ele­
vation snow courses. Normally
by May 1 much of the snow has
melted but the above factors
have combined to give us a
snowpack considerably above
average for May 1.
The soil moisture is now
about 81% of average on the
Malheur and about 92% of aver­
age on Owyhee watershed. This
is above average.
Water stored in Lake Owyhee
on May 1 amounted to 458,500
acre feet compared to 630,200
acre feet last year.
Total storage in Warm­
springs, Agency Valley and
Bully Creek reservoirs was
193,200 acre feet on May 1
compared to 231,400 a year ago
and when combined with the
streamflows expected in the
next three months will provide
a sufficient water supply.
Inflow to Lake Owyhee has
been very late this year, how­
ever, 152,000 acre feet is still
expected during the May-July
period. This is 90%of average.
Jordan Creek is forecast at
100,000 acre feet for May-July
or 102% of average.
These forecasts assume near
average conditions of precipi­
tation and temperature will pre­
vail during the forecast period.
The next report on water
supply conditions in Oregon will
be issued on or about June 8,
1967.
U.S. Department of Agricul­
ture, Soil Conservation Service,
1218 S. W. Washington St., Port­
land, Oregon 97205
PTA Officers
To Be Installed
Dinner To Fete Retiring
Teachers; Others Resign
Three Nyssa teachers will
retire at the end of this school
year. They are Mrs. Frances
Bates from the elementary
school, Frank Parrof the junior
high school and Muri Lancaster,
junior high school principal.
According to school officials,
other teachers not returning to
Nyssa next year are Miss Mar­
gery Nihart, English and book­
keeping; Gary Clawson, vocal
music; Jack Hunt, instrumental
music; John Moawad, social
studies; James Skeen, junior
high social studies.
Other instructors leaving the
Nyssa school system are Miss
Nelle Hayes, special program;
Mrs. Patricia Skeen, fourth
grade; Mrs. Marjorie Mitchell,
fourth grade; Mrs. Berniece
Fisher, first grade; Don Bishop,
VALE—Richard Apodaca of elementary vice principal.
Teachers hired for next year
Ontario, accused of kidnapping
a small Ontario girl, was back include Mrs. Kathleen Reed,
in the Malheur County jail Tues­ first grade; Mrs. Lorraine Bau-
day following the conclusion of
his second trial in Baker cir­
cuit court.
The trial ended in a hung
jury when jurors were dead­
Max. Min. Prec.
locked 6-6.
His first trial Date
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35
last December also ended in a May 3
May
4
68
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hung jury.
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39
Malheur County District At­ May 5
43
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torney H. Clifford Looney said May 6
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Tuesday that a decision will May 7
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43
be made later this week whether May 8
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to try Apodaca a third time. May 9
43
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He is accused of taking a May 10
nine-year old Ontario girl into
the State of Idaho where he OWYHEE RESERVOIR
allegedly attempted to assault STORAGE
461,040 Acre Ft.
her. He was tried only on the 5/10/67
5/10/66
608,190 Acre FL
kidnapping charge.
Installation of new officers
will be a highlight of the
Nyssa PTA meeting to be held
at 8 o’clock this evening, May
11 in the school cafetorium.
This will be the final session
of the school year.
The new officials are Mrs.
Owen Froerer, president; Mrs.
Bud Sappe, vice president; Mrs.
Ken Pfaff, secretary and M^s.
Don Bishop, treasurer.
A musical program is also
on tap for the meeting this
evening.
Apodaca Stays
In Malheur Jail
After Raker Trial
The Weather
Rep. R. Smith Registers
Wilderness Hearing Protest
Board Members
To Talk TVCC
Al Joint Meet
McCONNEL
DOR1TY
MOSS
Six members of the Nyssa Quinowski, NHS guidance coun­
high school 1967 graduating selor.
class have been selected by the
Oregon State Scholarship Com­
Most of these are one-year
mission to receive partial tui­ awards, with renewals based on
tion and fee scholarships to the students’ academic stand­
various schools in the state ing In the following three years
system of higher education, it while pursuing undergraduate
has been announced bv Charles programs.
BÎELBY
The seniors are Kathy Dority,
who was awarded a scholarship
by Southern Oregon college;
Ramona Blelby, Charles Mc-
Connel, Bob Okano and Gary
Moss all of whom were honored
by Oregon State university.
Jim Ableman chose to de­
cline his scholarship from Uni-
OKANO
versity of Oregon to attend
Cornell university.
The scholarship recipients
listed have maintained out­
standing scholastic records as
well as being very active in
various school and extra-cur­
ricular activities.
Dale Adams, president of the
local Chamber of Commerci
announced Wednesday afternoon
that there would be a joint
meeting of the club and Lions
at Brownie’s Cafe Tuesday noon
of next week.
TVCC Board
Chairman Grant Rinehart and
some other members will dis­
cuss the proposed budget for
the college and explain prob­
lems. Adams says the regular
meeting of the Chamber wifi
be held at the regular hour the
following day.