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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97^03 X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON THE SUGAR CITY VOLUME XL THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1967 NUMBER 3? NHS Prinicipal Chester Tells Registration Time Nyss.i high school student registration dates for the 1967-68 school year will be August 22, 23 and 24 in the high school building, it is announced by Principal Gene Chester. All student* are urged to cooperate by observing the following schedule. Tuesday, Aug. 22 seniors and Juniors whose last names begin with letters A through D, between the hours of 8 and 10 a.m.; those whose names begin E through 1, 10 a.m. to 12 noon; M through P, 1 to 3 p.m.; Q through S, 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. *4, seniors and Juniors with last names be have a physical examination be ginning T through Z, 8 to 10 fore school starts. All doctor* a.m.; sophomores whose last In Nyssa have the necessary names begin with letters A forms for this examination, or through H, 10 a.m. to 12 noon; they may be picked up at the I through S, 1 to 3 p.m.; T high school office. Physical examinations for through Z, 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, freshmen scout camps and ets. will be with last names beginning A sufficient, however, the forms through M, 8 a.m. to 12 noon; must tie completed and signed by a doctor. N through Z, 1 to 4 p.m. Freshmen are also advised to Provisions will be male for families with a number of child check with their physical educa ren desiring to register at one tion teachers before purchasing time. All students are asked their PE clothes. According to NJHS Principal not to wait until the first day of school to register, tile principal Dan Martin, Junior high student* may register anytime during the added. Opening day of school for all day on the same dates as those Nyssa students will be Tuesday, listed for the high school. Someone from the 7'upelo Sept. 5 with classes to convene An overall scene, showing over half of the display table* and during the morning hou-s only. Staff will be in the halls dur Sunday afternoon visitors al the 1967 rock exhibit staged In ing registration so that students Zj'iv first full day of classes will In may pay for next years annuals the Nyssa school cafetorium during Thunderegg Days. la- Wednesday, Sept. 6. addition to the many specimens on display, there were also at that time. Freshmen are required to rock dealers on land with items for sale. They can be seen Of the dead, 26 were under 25 years of age. Seventeen victims were in the 25-50 age group, ON STATE ROADS and 21 were over 50. DURING JULY ’67 Seventy-nine persons were Sixty-four persons lost their killed during July last year. lives on Oregon’s highways dur This was fifteen more tha.i this ing July bringing this year’s year. total to 366 dead, according to the Oregon Traffic SafetyCom- m lesion. Twenty-eight of the 64, or 44 per cent were killed during the four-day July 4th weekend. Last year, 13 were killed over the holiday which ran for three days. Seven deaths occurred In Phoral Dodson, Malheur Me Lane county. Jackson county morial hospital administrator, listed six dead, and six persons said Wednesday afternoon that were also reported killed in the the article carried in one of tbe Portland-Multnomah county area dailies was in error. It area. said tbe sprinkling *y*te»i Nine of th» incidents caused would add approximately $30,- multiple deaths, and nine In 000 to the jost of the proposed volved excessive speed. Twelve nursing wing, but this was pro persons were thrown from their vided for in the original spec vehicles. Five of the sixty-four ifications. The additional cost dead were pedestrians. is due to the insistence of the State Fire Marshall that th.'* be done in the old part of the Has Eye Surgery hospital since it also figures in Miss Cookie Cole Is under the remodeling program. going surgery this morning Bids for construction were (Thursday) at the eye clinic to be opened at 8 p.m. last of the University of Oregon night (Wednesday) and the board medical center in Portland, It has awa.ted this before dis was reported by her grand cussing plans for floating any mother, Mrs. Pauline Church. additional cost due to the ruling A picture of Cookie and her of the fire marshall. Idaho State Fair prize-winning Dxlson said the Information sweater was published in a re referred to above and carried cent issue of the Gate City in the daily was not given out Journal. by any of the hospital authori ties. 64 PERSONS DIE Nursing Wing Bid Openings Held In Nyssa « 1 ( ¡5 I I J f' MRS. VIRGIL (MARTHA) KRAUSE was lucky winner of a port able television set at Nyssa’s Back-To-School drawing for prizes. Merchants in charge conducted the drawing on the Thunderegg parking mall Saturday afternoon at the southwest corner of Jhe Main "nd First street intersection. On the wall above Martha's new TV set Is a colorful oriental picture sent to her by a son, Jerry, while he was stationed in Japan.— Staff Photo COUNTY VALUES $200 MILLION FOR FIRST TIME Tbe total assessed valuation in Malheur county has reached an all-time high of over $50 million, according to County Assessor John Koopma.i. This is an Increase of almost $2 million over the previous year. This means that the true value of taxable property in the county exceeds $200 million as the assessed value Is only one fourth of true value. Koopman said real property sessor noted. went to $36,180,760 for a net Ontario and vicinity account gain of $1,679,448; personal ed for a great portion of the property dropped to $8,370,809 gain through industrial, com for a loss of $54,703 while mercial and home building, ac utilities increased $160,325 to a cording to Koopma.1. He said $5,722,396 total. he would have a complete break These totals are net and do down by districts later this not include exemptions, the as- month. New Insurance Law Hits Farmers Jan. 1 All farmers and ranchers with a payroll of $1,500 or more for the year will be required to carry workmen’s compen sation insurance on their employes, beginning January 1, at the rear of tbe building, with the ceramic section on the 1968. lefthand side of tbe photo. Visitors entered from two doors The penalties under Oregon law are rather stiff for those leading Into the cafetorium, however, registrations were made not complying with the Act on and after January 1, 1968, at only one. That list of visitors during the three-day show warns John Hayward, general manager of the Oregon Farm totaled 2,044. —Staff Photo. Bureau Insurance company. The severest penalty, Hayward pointed out, is that an in- jured workman can have all the benefits of the act, and at the could give the Farm Bureau a same time, bring legal action group plan with a special group for injuries against any non rating forjgeneral farming. complying farmer or rancher. Although final details remain Workman’s compensation in to be ironed out, Hayward said surance protects the employe a group plan will provide mem For the next two years he during the course of his em bership with a better rate. Ore The Treasure Valley Com munity college board of educa was elementray and secondary ployment for medical and dis gon Farm Bureau Insurance tion appointed Doctor Emery J. supervisor for the Malheur ability benefits. It also pro company agents will be working Skinner to the presidency, in a county intermediate education vides employer protection a- directly with Farm Bureau And from 1959 to gainst any liability from the members on the new program. regular board meeting Monday district. evening. Skinner succeeds E. 1964 served as Malheur county employe. Hayward said the Farm F. Voris as the five-year-old superintendent of the interme “Thus,” said Hayward, “the Bureau insurance sales force institution’s second president. diate district farmer or rancher protects will work with the State Com He will finish his disserta himself by purchasing work pensation Department, hand Doctor Skinner, known as Bud, is no stranger to Malheur tion this summer a; the Univer men’s compensation bill was ling the selling, auditing and county. He taught grades 7 sity of Oregon in Eugene to passed by the 1965 Oregon engineering, while the SCD is and 8 and was principal of tbe culminate doctoral studies, legislature. to process claims. Jordan Valley school from 1954 spanning the last three years. Williams said Farm Bureau The Farm Bureau is going Skinner attended Idaho Falls has talked to several individual all-out to alert farmers and to 1957. high school, graduating in 1945. companies and the State Work ranchers of the important law He then earned a BA in 1951 men ’ s Compensation depart change so no one will get hurt. at Idaho State college, Poca- ment was tbe only on* which (Ore. Agri.) toV'T Hl' VA was earned at Colorado State college in Gree ley. His undergraduate and mas ters majors were speech and drama, his doctoral program has been in administration. Doctor Skinner is finishing a case study dissertation en titled “Emerging Patterns of Development in Oregon’s Com munity Colleges.” MALHEUR EDUCATOR NAMED TVCC HEAD “Bud” and his wife Jeanie have three children; Chris, 13; Robert, 9; and Jon, 6. Scouting has been Skinner’* special interest as has fishing and woodworking. He is an active participant in civic organizations and he once served on the city council of Vale. DR. EMERY SKINNER Family Of Former Ore-Ida Plant Reports Major Command Shift Frank Armour Jr., vice chairman of H. J. Heinz Co., was named chairman of the board and chief executive offi cer of Ore-Ida Foods, Inc., Monday, with responsibility for all Ore-Ida operations, Dale McLane, public relations chief, reported Monday. F. Nephi Grigg, president of Ore-Ida Foods will serve as advisor for Armour. Fundamental iifferences in operating policies have promp ed a number of executive changes and R. Bert Gookin, president of the H. J. HeinzCo. Monday accepted the resigna tion of Golden Grigg, vice pres ident of raw product procure ment; Otis william-., vicepres ident of production; Vaness An derson, vice president of farm operations; Glenn E. Call, vice president and treasurer, and Ross E. Butler, secretary. THE WEATHER MARIAM KUNKEL (the bride) and KATHY SHELL, with the knot about to be tied by Kathy’s marryin’ canine, Lobo. This (sorta’ attractive, and cute) trio took grand prize honors in Nyssa’s Back-To-School parade staged Friday. They were also first-place winners in the costumes division. Kathy Kunkel and Judy Porter took the second place award in this category, with Candy Bybee and Pamela Rhoades capturing third place honors. (This Journal reporter just discovered that Laila Ayyoub, David Lowe and company, Mary Ann and Jackie Chadwick were first, second and third place winners in the ‘PETS’ division instead of •COSTUMES’. — Journal Photo. 4 Date Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Max. 95 99 97 95 93 82 89 — M!n. Prec. 64 ------- 58 ------- 62 ------- 65 ------- 60 ------- 59 ------- 51 ------- 49 ------- OWYHEE RESERVOIR STORAGE August 9, 1967 442,360 Acre Ft. August 9, 1966 365,720 Acre Ft. Continuing to serve in their present executive capacities will be F. E. Osborne, vice president of administration and David Berleson, vice president of marketing and sales. Gookin stated that all mar keting sales and field and fac tory operations in all company locations will continue as sche duled and any changes in organ ization responsibility will be at the direction of Armour and will be communicated to all Ore-Ida personnel. Frank Armour was formerly president of the H. J. HeinzCo. and was elected vice president of the Heinz Board in 1966 with responsibility for coordination of the company’s domestic sub sidiaries inc luding Ore-Ida. Heinz acquired Ore-Ida in 1965. Back From Hawaii Miss Lois Spitze returned this week after spending seven weeks in Hawaii. She spent six of those weeks studying at the University, and visited points of Interest on the islands. Lois plans to spend two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Spitze in the Arcadia area. She will then go to Med ford to attend the wedding of a friend, Georgia Hubbard. The bride-to-be was named Oregon State Dairy Princess two years ago. Miss Spitze will then go to Lake Oswego for her second year there as elementary school teacher. Nyssan Visits Area Wednesday morning visitors at the Journal office were Mrs. Grover (Cleo) Brooks, Kyle and Cecile; Mrs. L. E. Bolt and Le land Jr. (Brownie) of San Diego, Calif. They were in the area visit ing the L. E. Bolts at Emmett They are parents of Mrs. Bolt’s husband. The fivesome also planned to spend some time at McCall, and while in Nyssa called on Mr. and Mrs. Tom Eldredge. The elder Mrs. Bolt and Mrs. Eldredge are cousins. Mrs. Brooks’ husband, Gro ver (Cleo) is a former Nyssan and a son of John and Ruth Brooks. He, his six brothers and sisters attended Nyssa schools before the family moved to American Falls, Idaho a number of years ago. The Brooks reside at 2735 Boundary St., San Diego, Calif. 92104. ROBERTA MORROW, a 12-year-old Nyssa seventh-grade stu dent and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Morrow, was winner of a bicycle given away Saturday afternoon during Nyssa’s Back-To-School promotion. When asked what she thought when her name was called Roberta said, “I just couldn’t believe it! My brother got a new bicycle not long ago, and of course I wanted one too. But mother said I would just have to wait awhile, and I know they are quite expensive.” —Journal photo «th Stationed In Japan S/Sgt. Leonard Krause, for merly at Malstrom Air Force base in Great Falls, Mont., is now stationed at Yokota AFB near Tokyo, Japan. He is a son of Mr. and M -s. Virgil Krause of Nyssa. His wife, Karen and family are presently residing in Caldwell and plan to join him in Japan as soon as he finds suitable housing. ATTEND THE COUNTY FAIR AUGUST 16-19 They are Ed CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE 1967 ROCK SHOW. Pruyn (center) and E. L. Sumpter on right. Th’s photo was snapped Sunday afternoon as they visited with Vaughn Hyde, a guest exhibitor from Nampa, formerly of Arco, Idaho. Both and out-of-area visitors have commented on local residents_________ the many attractive displays. These men, together with other members of the sponsoring Treasure Valley Rock and G^m club, are to be commended for a ‘job well done’.— Journal phito^ I