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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97403 _ _ Nyssa Gate City Journal THE SUGAR CITY VOLUMI- XL THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1967 THUNDEREGG CAPITAL NUMBER XXX VII Nyssa's Eighth Annual Krazy Days Coming This Weekend Sales, Contests, Prizes Features Of Big Event RETIREMENT LAW ESSENTIALS TOLD NYSSA TEACHERS TOWN PLANS AMUSEMENT FOR ALL W-O-W! It’s here again - Nyssa’s K-R-A-Z-Y DAYS cele bration, known as a time of ridiculous dress by merchants, clerks, kids - and even their dogs - PLUS the wildest prices you’ve ever seen, unless you have attended one of the pre vious Crazy Day events. And, as usual, the Merchants Promotion committee has ar ranged for the Journal to blanket the area with the paper, about as wild (the two-color paper section) as the merchants are in dress and with prices. It will pay big dividends for every member of the 4.30C households to scan all the ads in this paper. They’ll find prices not offered any other time of the year by Nyssa Merch ants and seldom seen in any town. Explaining Oregon's new retirement system, Patrick Haney, OEA executive director of research, discussed the provisions of House Bill No. 1264 with members of Hie Nyssa Education chapter on Sept. 19. This new law covers not only educators, tint also all school personnel and Oregon public- employees. Chairmen of various com mittees include Craig North rup, program, Hazel Lane, NEA week, Dale Schraufnagel, pub lic relations, Me| Calhoun, membership, Joy Me Partland, courtesy, Don Bates, nominating, Helen Gonyer, legislativi*, Dorothy Wilson, social; Frances Bates, retirement; Dan Martin, con sultant, Charles Quinowski, re NEW NEA OFFICERS search and Elaine Nelson, pro Nelda Schenk will serve as fessional standards. Nyssa Edu< .lion chapter pres ident for the 1967-68 term and will tie assisted by Charles Migrant Students Qlllllowski, Vice president. Of Treasure Valley Madge Thomson is new sec retary, with Gary Sant named Get Scholarships treasurer. Mandatory contributions ot from 4 to 7 per cent of employ ees* monthly salaries will be made by both the local school district and the employees. Oregon public employees have tin- option of having up to 50 per cent of their contributions Invested m variable annuities such as common stocks. INyssa laTgion (.roups To llosl District Meet The Nyssa American la-gion ind auxiliary of ¡Mist 79 will host (h<- Sept 23 district 10 confer ence. The meeting is slated to begin at 8 p.m. in Hie community hall. According to Fred Bennett and Mrs. Mural Lewis, aux iliary president, distinguished guests will be Mrs. Grover, department auxiliary president, Elizabeth Lins, department secretary, Mildred McDonald, department vice president; Mabie Gearhart, rehabilitation chairmau. , Department commander John Buether, First Vice Command er l^rry Antonrlli; Department Adjutant Glen Howe, Ik-part- nient Service Officer Harry Stephens and Aid to the Com mander Floyd Wooderson. All Legionnaires and aux iliary members and their friends are invited to attend. Anyone having trrxible with Veterans’ claims, hospitaliza tion or Veterans’ farm loans, should tx- on hand. These gentle men should I m - able to give correct advice on how to ob tain these services, the offic ers added. FOCHT W.E. Rawlings, manager of the Columbia Basin Project, re cently presented to the Eltopia Water master Section a spec ial citation for excellence of service in last year’s irrig ation season. The federal citation in this case was o.i be half of Secretary of the In terior Stewart L. Udall. Watermaster Dean Bind er accepted the award, on be half of the section’s crew and of his predecessor, Water master Adam Focht, who has since transferred to another irrigation project at Nyssa. The section was cited for / THIS NEWLY ERECTED FRAME, METAL-CIJ4D BUILDING on the north side of Main street (at the UP underpass) in Nyssa is for onion storage. Owners are those of a newly incorporated firm. Storage Associates, Inc., of Nyssa. Stock holders have not yet been made public and storage arrange ments may I m * made through Muir-Roberts company. The building, constructed by Bob Lzicar of Ontario, is 80* x 14’ x 28’ high and w.H hold 30,000 hundredweight of onions in bulk bins. To the novice that may sound like a lot of onions, but with crops like those grown in Malheur county, the struct ure will be filled by 50-60 acres. There are four air-tunnels, each operated individually by five-horsepower electric fans. Officials of the Treasure Valley migrant education pro grams, Title 3-B, announce the awarding of 14 school-year scholarships and three one- quarter scholarships to attend Treasure Valley Community College. The student awards are made to members of migrant and seasonal farm-worker famil ies. One-quarter scholarships go to Linvale Bergher and Rod ney Mattiis, Weiser; Ruben Rod ríguez, Nyssa. TVMEP officials also an nounce the awarding of seven school-year scholarships for students to attend TVCC for Vo cational-Technical training. The stipends were given to Joe Rodríguez and Jose Blay, Nyssa; Julio Perez, Caldwell; Humberto Fuentes and Joe Sie- fuentes of Weiser; Jose Bueno, Marsing and Juan Vega, On tario. its crews’outstandingperform ance under last season’s dif ficult conditions and their in genuity in handling major crises while maintaining maximum service to water users. There were two crucial breaks in the project’s canals and laterals in the 1966 season. The first was on May 6 when 50 feet of concrete lining wash ed out of the BP2 lateral in Block 2 near Pasco. Working around the clock and with only a 24-hour break in service, the lateral bank was rebuilt and a rubber liner placed inthechan- nel to protect the filled section. The second occurred May 10, when a break in the Potholes canal in Block 16 interrupted water deliveries to 12,600 a- cres. Crews from Eltopia, assisted by personnel from ad jacent water master sections, kept flooding of adjacent land and damage to other parts of the system to a minimum. While these erner gene ies were being remedied, regular service was continued to parts of the system not affected. During the early part of the irrigation season severe cli- n. *ic conditions caused serious problems. High winds clogged canals and laterals with weeds, and in order to meet the above normal requests for water, channel structures had to be cleaned constantly toallow nor mal flow and to prevent pump outages. Taking care of these needs and others, every employee of the section averaged 140 hours of emeregency work in the first three and a half months of the season, often giving up days off or responding to emergency calls at all hours of the day or night. Whether you need groceries, clothing, hardware, farm mach inery, trucks or tractors, drugs, sundries, jewelry, auto motive supplies or paint, you can find it in Nyssa during this event at much cheaper than normal prices. Some firms are again offering storewide discounts all three days. Some will offer prices discounted as much as 50 per cent on season al goods. But if you don’t need a thing and can’t borrow the money to save on bargains -COME ANY WAY and join in the fun. And, when we say, come anyway, that is just what the merchants mean. You’ll be welcome dress ed as you are - whether just fresh out of the ‘spud’ patch or out of the cattle yards. And, you’ll feel at home here. VALUABLE PRIZESOFFERED Among recipients of school- year scholarships are Steve Mendoza, Parma; Rogeiio Fuentes, Payette; Danny Loeda, Wilder; Tomasa Herrera and Rosa Romero, Ontario; Linda Madrid, Sally Gonzales. Vicki Luna and Mary l.eora, Nyssa; Albert Dominguez, Olivia Tos cano, Betty Jean Mathis and Andrew James Perkins, Wei ser; Sharon Fenn, Adrian. Watermaster Given Special Citation ADAM VARIETY OF ITEMS AVAILABLE THIS IS THE SOUTH END OF A NEW BUILDING ON EMISON filling station building at Main and North First streets, but street in Nyssa, between 8th and 9th streets. While not yet needed to expand. This new structure, 40’ x 80’ x 17’ high, fully completed, it will house the operations of Dority Bee will double his capacity. He will have an office in the north Boards, owned by John Doritv. He has been drilling bee boards east corner, will use the northwest corner for his drilling as the home for leaf-cutter bees. These are the smaller type room (where he will add another machine) and the rear or pollinators that are so useful in the western area due to their south end will be used for storage of raw materials and his making their nests in small holes in old boards where they finished bee boards. This end has a wide, high door for easy deposit the larvae for a replacement for themselves the next entrance for loading and unloading. Contractors on the build season. Dority lias had a board-drilling operation in a small ing are J. W. McGinnis and Davis of Adrian - Journal Photo. HELLS CANYON DAM NEAR COMPLETION Annual Picnic Annual picnic of the North and South Boards of Control was held Sept. 10 at Owyhee Bob O’Connor, western division manager of Idaho Power reservoir. company, told Nyssa Chamber of Commerce members Wed Among those attending were nesday that he felt the firm had shown the faith residents had Messrs, and Mmes. Ver Ion shown in the company had not been in vain. Wright, Ken Vanderpool, David He said that without the aid of residents of Nyssa and sur Rees, Wilson Winter, R. V. rounding communities, who had confidence in the ability of Blake, Bill Wells, Evert Hop the private concern to raise money necessary to fill the needs kins. of power users, the company could not have accomplished Ray Olson, Robert Fisher, what it had. Harry Parker, Paul Vander- He reviewed the three-dam With completion of the third hoff, Don Nelson, Thurman complex briefly, starting with dam, the company will have Piercy, Floyd Weitz, Sam the one first in the canyon of spent over $16 million to build (Continued On Page Four) the Snake river, Brownlee, and traced the development through or re-build 127 miles of roads. The new dam will cost approx the second, Oxbow, and on imately $73 million and will Firemen Called through the third, Hells Can Adrian’s volunteer firemen yon, which will soon be com generate 425,000 kilowatts of power. This, he said, is more were summoned on the even pleted. O’Connor said with the com than all the company’s out ing of Sept. 12 to extinguish pletion of the Hells Canyondam lets produced just a few years a blaze in the chimney area of the Larry DeHaven home in the company would have invest ago. The three dams are all multi the Big Bend area. ed nearly $227 million in the three units and connecting fac purpose. While originally de ilities. This is an enormous signed and approved for power they also serve sum, he said, for a power com generation pany operating in a thinly pop flood control through the size ulated area like this, and quite of the reservoirs. They also a compliment to the area, since provide recreation .in the form the financial institutions who of boating, fishing and supply bought the bonds could see a campgrounds for the public - Members of the Nyssa chapt to say nothing of the roads made er of Future Farmersof Amer big future for the area. One of the big "yardsticks” available into the wild country, ica will hold their annual vol for measuring the growth of an by reason of their work. untary slave sale at 7:30 this Under the fishingproject pro evening, Sept. 21, in the Vo- area, in the future, is by the amount of electrical energy that vided by the three dams, O’ Ag building on the NHScampus. will be used. He told of the Connor said, the company has Funds raised from the auction big growth that had already provided a salmon hatchery on will be used for financing the occurred and hinted that the Rapid river near Riggins and chapter’s activities during the company is still seeking an a steelhead hatchery near Buhl. year. other source of energy to take These are company financed, As in the past, Roger Bak care of future growth that is but operated by the Fish and er will serve as auctioneer. Game department of Idaho, and And there will be about 50 coming to the territory. Following his introductory the power company pays the slaves who will volunteer remarks on the background of annual operating costs of nearly their services for an eight- the dams, O’Connor showed a $2 million per year. hour day. The new division manager This year, along with the number of slides of the final dam, Hells Canyon. These invited all to inspect the three auction, the FFA youths will started with views of the ter facilities and see the rugged, sponsor a crappie fry, slated rain, in what Is recognized spectular country. He said the to begin at 7:30. This is to as the deepest canyon in the company would have the road show their appreciation to all US, and continued through the open to the public from dam who have given their support. Those who buy a slave will seventh of this month. The last number two, Brownlee, to the slide showed how near complet last one, Hells Canyon, near automatically be invited to the annual ’parent - son’ banquet. ion the final dam has reached. November 1. FEA Slave Sale Set This Evening 4 ADRIAN PTA MEETING SET THIS EVENING Adrian PTA members will hold their first meeting of the year at 8:15 this evening, Sept. 21, in the school cafeteria. After a short business ses sion, there will be a reception honoring the teachers. New teachers in the school system this year are Verla Holton, seventh-grade and language; Virginia Timmer man, fifth and sixth-grades; Miriam Tumlin, second grade; Carolyn Witty, eighth-grade science; and James Phelps, sixth - grade. Andrew War rington has moved from the elementary school into the high school. These new teachers, together with returning instructors, will be introduced and p r e s e n t e d corsages, made and donated by Owyhee garden club mem bers. Refreshments will be served by members of the PTA execu tive committee. THE WEATHER .------- - DATE Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 MAX. MIN. 70 73 83 82 83 85 83 38 40 41 44 47 48 52 52 ♦ ♦ • No precipitation was recorded during the week. * * * RESERVOIR STORAGE 9-20-67 - 349,980 acre feet. 9-20-66 - 282,020 acre feet. 4 In addition to the bargains, there will be hundreds of val uable prizes offered without any purchase necessary. Just match the number appearing on the upper right hand corner of the colored section of the Journal with those posted in the stores - and the prize will be yours entirely free, or at a pittance of the-. true value merchants will post THEIR NUMBERS AT 9 A.M. SATURDAY - FUN DAY! And, if you are unable to be in town on Saturday, re member a lot of these prices start Thursday and continue for all three days. MORE FEATURES ADDED In addition to the usual fun features of previous years, new ones are added for this Sat urday. The Nyssa Jaycees will have their usual Crazy breakfast for merchants, clerks and others who would like to ‘gang’ up to feel less conspicuous. The menu shows a choice of cof fee, hot cakes, ham and eggs, or for the same 99?, you may have hawg, aigs, colored water and flapjacks. You can be serv ed from 7 to 10 a.m. Following the 2 o’clock par ade, Rays Food Fair will hold a pie-eating contest for kids, ages 6 to 12 at 3:30. And at 4 o’clock Nyssa Variety will have a hula-hoop contest on the west side of their Main street store. Then, to fill requests for en tertainment, following the clos ing of stores, the Eagles lodge has planned a dance for mem bers and guests. They will have live-music and the doors will be open at 7:30 p.m. Saturday evening for those who wish to eat a light meal at 75?, be fore the dance. There will be no admission charge for the dance, proper. PARADE INFO The parade will form on the school grounds at the west end of Main street. It will be led by the local high school band (dressed in CRAZY attire) AND (dressed in CRAZY attire) and in it will be all adults, kids and dogs who wish to compete for prizes offered in each class. They are asked to be at the school grounds at 1 p.m. in order for the judges to make the awards prior to parade time (2 p.m. Saturday). PRIZES LISTED Michael’s Pharmacy will of fer a dog-care kit to the win ner in each of the following CRAZY-dressed dog classes; biggest dog, smallest dog, most unusual breed and champion for all classes. The Journal will again award cash to the Craziest dressed kids as follows; $5 for first place, $3, second and $2, third. (The contest is limited to child ren under the seventh-grade.) In case of ties, awards will be divided. Merchandise prizes are being awarded as follows: Bracken’s Dept, store, $5 for the craz iest dressed male (above the seventh-grade level); Don B. Moss Firestone store, $5 for the Craziest-Dressed female (same age limitations), Nyssa Merc, $5 for the oldest person wearing a goofy garb and Wil son Bros. Dept, store, $5 for the youngest entered in the contest. Ray’s Food Fair is offer ing $5 for the winner of the pie-eating contest to be held at his store at 3:30 p.m., fol lowing the parade. And Nyssa Variety store is offering a list of gifts for winners in a hula hoop contest to be conducted at 4 p.m. on the west side of the store, adjoining Idaho Pow er company’s office. NUMBERS TO BE ASSIGNED The Journal will again call all firms advertising lucky numbers in their ads assign ing them a block of numbers from which they will select those they wish to post in their stores. These should be in a conspicuous place, and should all be posted by 9 a.m., Saturday. COME EARLY - BRING A FRIEND - JOIN IN THE FUN AND STAY ALL DAY. AND BRING ANY KINDOF VEHICLE TO TAKE HOME THE LOOT BEFORE THESE C-R-A-Z-Y NYSSA MERCHANTS RECOV ER THEIR SANITY. New Instructors Join TVCC Staff Rounding out the faculty at Treasure Valley Community college are two new instruct ors, Ernest Cody and Bob Hen dricks, it is announced by col lege officials. Cody is scheduled to teach English composition, English literature and appreciation of literature. Graduating with honors from the University of Florida, he further pursued his interest in English by complet ing all but his thesis on a masters at the same institution. Later he completed require ments for a masters degree in business administration at Temple university where he also taught evening courses. His other teaching experiences include schools in New Jersey and Idaho. Hendricks joins the staff to teach journalism. He is a graduate of Nyssa high school, earned his B. S. and M.S. in business and journalism from the University of Oregon. His interests have carried him into advertising and public relations work for several firms, as well as free lance work for televis ion. Among his duties at Treasure Valley Community college, Hendricks will serve as faculty adviser to the campus news paper, ’Chukar Chatter.’ Hole In One Earl Walker, sales manager for Gentry Ford in Ontario, scored a hole - in - one last Thursday afternoon on the third hole of the Ontario golf course. Playing with his boss, Keith Gentry and Walt Ross, Walker used a six-iron for the trick. He said it rolled and rolled, after hitting the green, and then ‘trickled’ into the cup. Quoting his boss, accord ing to Earl, he said, “You SOB (Same Old Ball) that went in the hole!” Quoting his wife, Lenore, ac cording to Earl, that evening she said, “It’s about time as much golf as you play!”
