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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97403 Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME XI THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON THE SUGAR CITY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1967 Crazy Days Big Success CRAZY DAYS in Nyssa seem to be getting better with each succeeding year. A check with Chairman Fred Bracken and a spot check with individual mer chants indicate tiiat business was better than ever. Houston Wilson said, “It was the biggest day in the history of Wilson’s Market, even sur passing that of last year.” Other traffic store managers stated that it was always the largest single day of the year, while others said it was about the same voiume as last year. The general opinion of the parade and contests was that it had more participants than in previous years. Ron Rookstool, speaking for the Nyssa Jaycees, said their breakfast was well attended by merchants and clerks and he wished to thank all of them, as well as those who donated space and equip ment or other services. Rictiard (Gus) Gustavson re ported a nice crowd at the Crazy Day feed and dance at the Eagles lodge hall and said they were also well pleased. Parade winners, and perhaps other "Krazy” characters will be pictured in the Journal. « M t/ * X r* 4 ' 1 The big day for most Oregon hunters has been delayed one week by the State Game Commission. The season opener due to be this Saturday, Sept. 30, has been delayed to October 7, due to extremely dangerous fireronditions. It is assumed, prior to that time, the group will review the situation and see if conditions have changed sufficiently for the opening at that time. Otherwise the nimrods will have a choice of targets. They can hunt buck deer throughout the state, chukars, Hungarian partridges in Eastern Oregon, blue and ruffed grouse in the western portion of the state. GRADUATES OF NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF ________________ 1957 HELD THEIR ____ TEN- year reunion on August 19, with a banquet at East Side cafe in Ontario. There were 38 former classmates and 41 guests in attendance. Among guests were th«' former students teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steffens and Mrs. Joe Brumbach. President Don Dirksen welcomed th«- group, and the Rev. Dirk Rinehart asked the blessing. Tiie former NHS students introduced themselves by telling how they had, or had not, lived up to their senior-year ambitions. Glenda Brown came the fartherest from New York City. The group also held a picnic on August 20 at Nyssa south park. They plan another reunion in five years. Members of ot the class are (front row - 1 to r) Dirk Rinehart, Marylyn Parent.-, are invited to attend the visitation and are urged to discuss post high school plans with their sons and daugh ters before and after the con ference. Representing tiie state institutions will t>e J. Richard Pizzo, director of high school relations and team captain; Gregory Reed, assistant director, office of high school relations; Waldo Bowers, as sistant director of admissions, Oregon State university; Vern on Barkhurst, diriTtor of ad missions, University of Oregon; Miss Guhli Olson, professor of nursing education, U of O School of Nursing, Almon L. Geiss, director of information, Oregon Technical institute; Wilber M. Osterloh, director of institutional research, Eastern STUART HENIGSON, Nyssa Oregon college. high school senior, has been named a semi-finalist in the 1966 1967 Merit Scholarship competition, it is announced by Charles Quinowski, NHS guid ance director. Stuart is among the highest scoring students in the nation on a qualifying exam administered last spring in 17,500 schools through out the nation. Stuart’s selection as a semi-finalist brings to a total of seven Nyssa students who have gained this distinction since inception of the National Merit scholarship program in 1958. Quinowski notes that Nyssa has a record here that schools three times the enroll ment would be very proud to claim. BRENDA ARMSTRONG was first place winner in the Saturday ••KRAZY DAY” parade and won the $5 cash award given by the Gate City Journal. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Armstrong - and the Journal publishers feel the judges did their best - ‘‘Just who could have looked c-r-a-z-i-e-r?” NYSSA I JONS DATE AUCTION HIGHWAY DEPT. re - surfacing MAIN STREET A state highway crew is re surfacing Main street in Nyssa. Work started at the ‘Y’ Monday morning and had progressed in to the third block east at press time Wednesday afternoon. Only one-half of the street is being done at a time, thus leaving one lane open to traffic. r The semi-finalists must ad vance to finalist standings to be considered for Merit scholarships, since all winners will be selected from the final ist group. Semi-finalists become final ists by receiving the endorse ment of their schools, taking a second examination (SAT), and submitting information about their achievements and interests. »»»>»» WEEK This item was submitted for publication by Roger Fletcher, Malheur county extension agent. Mini-skirts, mods and the Monkeys are all a part of being young. So is 4-H! Thirteen hundred young Malheurians think its groovy. They don’t think its square at all. And next week, Sept. 30 - Oct. 7, along with two and three-quarter million groovey, young Americans, Malheur county 4-Hers will observe National 4-H week. The Nyssa area boasts in ex cess of 350 4-H members. These youngsters “learn by doing” in such projects as sew ing, cooking, knitting, livestock raising, horses, health, Empire Builders and others. (Continued On Page 4) Whitaker Spangler, Shirley Coleman Haney, Margaret Morinaka Sasai, Glenda Brown, Louie Vendrell, Nancy House Barnes, Jean Lancaster Wood, Nora Valdez and Jeanine Drown Tanner. In the middle row are Michael Eastman, Everett Hiatt, Jerry Lankford, Duane Drydale, Donald Dirksen, David Wynn, Lama Garner Munn, Phyllis Medlock Leseberg, Delores I> jus Halcom, Delores Gallegos Gomeza, Cberie Toomb Ford, Shirley Schilling Schnabel, Sue Mace Adams, Nadin| May Garner, Sally Kesler, Sherral Sisson Shoemaker, Mardelle Thompson Godfrey. Top row: William Russell, Marvin Udlinek, Vai Garner, Aaron Cuttlerj, Robert Cooper, David Krause, John Franklin, Dennis Forbess, Douglas Lewis Lowry Flake and Keith Child. Director Says Previous Report Full Of Errors Semi-finalists scored the highest in each state on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test given last Feb ruary. They constitute less than one percent of the graduating secondary school seniors in the nation. Members of the Nyssa Lions club will hold an auction at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7 at Thunderegg mall in downtown Nyssa. Proceeds from the sale will be used to pay for the ‘dog house’ building on the NHS athletic field. The structure was given to the local school by the Lions. It houses the confectionary counter, rest rooms, radio and observation stand. HUNTING SEASON OPENS WEEK LATE DUE TO FIRE CONDITIONS IN STATE 1 I * A1 College Educators Plan Nyssa high school will host a visitation team comprised of representatives of the state system institutions at 9 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 5, it is an nounced by Charles Quinowski, Nyssa guidance director. Unique throughout the United States is tiie Oregon State System of Higher Education “visitation team” which visits every high school in the state impressing upon secondary Students tile need foi some type of post high school education or training. The visitation supplements the guidance program of Nyssa high school. Students will be given first - hand information about course offerings, admis sion requirements, costs to at tend, flnanciaI aids and scholar- ships and other Infor m a t ion pertinent to planning for col lege experience. NUMBER XXXIX THUNDEREGG C APITAL Every semi-finalist who be comes a finalist will be con sidered for one of about 2,400 four-year Merit scholarships financed by some 400 corpor ations, foundations, colleges, unions, trusts, professional as sociations and other organiz ations. High school grades, accomp lishments, leadership qualities, extracurricular activities and school citizenship of the final ists are then evaluated, along with test scores, in selecting Merit Scholarship winners. In achieving this honor, Stuart brings honor to his family who deserves much credit as do his teachers and residents of the community. The student is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Henigson who reside on Al berta avenue, west of Nyssa. Smorgasbord Dinner Scheduled A smorgasbord dinner is set at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 in the Nyssa school cafetorium for faculty members, other school employees, former personnel and members of their families. Chairman Mrs. Dorothy Wil son states that games will be provided for the youngsters and a program will be staged for the adults. Each family is asked to take own table service. The deer season is set to run through October 22, east of the Cascades. Legal bag limit is one buck with visible ant lers. For the shotgunners there is no open season on the chukars and Huns in the western part of the state. The season is a long one and does not close until Jan. 17, 1968. The bag limit is eight birds per day in the aggregate and possession limit of 16. The game commission re ports the coming season should be“good to excellent”, depend ing on the area hunted. Weather will be a prime factor and hunt er success will also depend on how well the individual knows the country and the animal he is hunting. Excellent foodproduction this spring and summer will make them more difficult to hunt as they will not have to spend as much time moving about to fill their food requirements. Pharmacy Sale Details Told Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kane of Salem purchased the Nyssa Pharmacy from Mr. and Mrs. Gene LaFay, effective Friday of last week. Kane has taken over operation of the store, but the family has remained in Salem awaiting the sale of their home there and the find ing of a house in Nyssa. Kane, a native of Boise, was graduated from Idaho State Uni versity School of Pharmacy at Pocatello, and has been a licensed pharmacist for ten years. Part of that time he has served stores in Idaho, but has been manager of a Salem store in recent years. Mrs. Kane (Terri) is a na tive of Oklahoma, but has lived in the western states since early childhood. The couple has four boys, David and Red, 14; Danny, 12; Timmy, 10 and an eight-year-old daughter, Tina. Kane is a veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict. His hobbies are hunting, fish ing and golf. The boys are all active in Scouting and school and summer sports. Daughter Tina is a tap and ballet dancer and recently won a contest in Stayton, Oregon. The Journal will introduce the family pictorially upon their ar rival in Nyssa. Bob Patterson, Ontario, executive director of Treasure Valley Migrant Programs, presented the noon program for members of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce at Brownie's cafe Wednesday. Officials of the commission He made a brief introductory talk and then threw the meet state that inventories on the ing open for a question and answer session. He said quite a mule deer in eastern Oregon number of statements made before the group (by Joaquin indicate the populations are up Hernandez and Louis Vendrell) and carried in the Journal two about 10 percent from last year. weeks ago, were in error. The buck-doe ration is about The director said the pro- One of these, he said, was 16 per 100 does and a fawn crop that the salary drawn by the gram was needed in Nyssa of 76 per 100 does. director of the Nyssa center worse than in either of the was $650 per bJWjth - not $800. other two towns due to the Another erroneous statement greater number of migrant reported was the "firing” of laborers. But, he said it had the director, Larry Sights, and not worked as well as they hiring him the same night as had hoped for, and that two counsellor at a higher salary.«»weeks prior to the meeting LaFAY’S PLANS He said he was hired for the in Nyssa (where the program The LaFays, who purchased better paying job, but was not was severely criticized) the the pharmacy from Mr. and fired as director. Still an board had discussed the short Mrs. Orin Sumner two years other wrong statement was that comings and started to do some ago, plan to continue making the center was locked and not thing to improve it. He said the hours for the their home in Nyssa. Gene has open much of the time. Patter son said it was open six days classes had not worked out been in ill health with back trouble for many months and a week from 1 p.m. to either too well due to (1) Daylight saving time affected quitting says this made it necessary 9 or 10 p.m. to give up the business. He said in winter time, the time for field workers, (2) re basement was frequently closed fusal of the Farm Sponsoring He left Monday morning for when not in use to conserve on group to permit classes to be held in the labor camp where it the fuel bill. the Veterans* hospital in Boise would be much handier for the for a series ofcheck-ups, prior workers, (3) a lack of publicity to having back surgery. CENTER BACKGROUND given out by those in charge Mrs. LaFay (Kay) said they Patterson said the Nyssa of the program, (4) the refusal are really happy with the Nyssa center was opened last Decem to permit Saturday night dances people and schools, and the en ber when the area program was in the center. There was no reason given tire family is appreciative for changed from that of one for their friends and store patrons. school children to migrant adult for refusal to held the clas- and family-type program. The ses at the labor camp, where The Kanes have an announce local program was set up by the OEO offered to pay rent the board of the area and not for the needed space, Pat- MORE "K-R-A—Z-Y D-A-Y” Parade Winners. On the left ment ad, and the LaFays have is Sharon Pickett, daughter of the Kenneth Picketts. She was a thank you ad in this issue of as a direct request from the terson said. The reason for not being able second place winner in the craziest-dressed kid’s classification the Journal. citizens of Nyssa. Other centers are maintained to get permission for the and won $3 for her efforts. On the right is Jeff Eastman at Ontario and Weiser with dances, he said, he was in who captured third place award among those “crazy-dressed” a director, an aide at $350 formed by the local center dir kids who paraded down Nyssa’s “Mane Streat” Saturday. Has Third Surgery per month and teachers on a ector was that it was in a Jeff is a son of the Michael Eastmans. part-time basis at $5 per hour. residential section. Eddie Taylor returned to A total of $18,000 was set up Nyssa Friday after spending CHANGES PLANNED for Nyssa to pay salaries, rent, a week with his father at a utilities and supplies. hospital in Beloit, Kans. While The 12-man board is seek Eddie was there his father had ing a replacement for Sights Oregon boys and girls of two surgeries and has since as Nyssa director, and plans high school age or younger been taken to Kansas City for to add another man as an aide are invited to participate in third operation. a to him. But there are not any the speech contest sponsored applicants for the director’s job by the Oregon Association of at the $650 salary figure. Qual Soil and Water Conservation Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Houston The ground at the west end ifications, he said, were that districts, according to Wilbur of the Arcadia area, near Nyssa, of the South city park has been they must be bi-lingual, have Chapin, association director received word this week that re-seeded and is being watered a sociological background and representing the southeastern their son, James Cecil Houston almost continuously now. capable of doing the enormous section of Oregon. had suffered shrapnel wounds in It was disked several times amount of paper work required The topic for this year’s Vietnam. weeks ago, soil analysis was by the government. contest is, “Water Manage Mrs. Houston says that she made, and it has been treated ment in an Oregon Soil and knows he will enjoy hearing and fertilized. (EDITOR’S NOTE) Water Conservation District.” from his friends in this area. City Manager Fred Koch says The length of the speech is Envelopes addressed to Jim as soon as he has enough jail Shortly after the end of the listed as seven minutes with should read: JamesCecil Hous inmates who are working out chamber meeting City Manager penalty assessed to partici ton FN-B81-92-97 River their fines, he will have it rak Fred Koch called the Journal pants whose talks are less than Assault Sq. No. 9 A-91-6 c/o ed down finely. He says there office and denied that he or five minutes or longer than FPO San Francisco, Calif. should be a good stand of the council had been approached eight minutes. 96601. grass by next spring. about the matter of holding Chapin says that elimination dances in the Nyssa center, by contests will be held at four Patterson, Sights or anyone levels. The winner of local TVCC Enrollment connected with the agency. district contests will compete on an area basis. The winner Reaches 1,000 Mark of the area contest will compete Enrollment at Treasure Val Adult Woodworking in the semi-finals and these ley Community college for the DATE MAX. MIN. winners will present their talks fall quarter has reached 800 Registration Set for top prizes at the state finals full-time and 199 part-time 52 SEPT. 20 89 An organizational meeting for to be held Nov. 10 at Lakeview. students, according to James H. SEPT. 21 11 all adults wishing to enroll in The Adrian and Malheur Soil 90 Roberts Jr., registrar. -AND THEN THERE WERE 51 an evening woodworking class and Water Conservation dis SEPT. 22 83 He further commented that those ‘tiny’ krazy people taking 50 is slated from 7 to 10 o’clock tricts sponsor the local con SEPT. 23 80 registration will remain open part in the activities. Taking 45 this evening in the NHS Indust tests and provide prize money. SEPT. 24 85 until October 6 and he feels top honors for the youngest SEPT. 25 50 rial Arts room. These contests must be com 86 that the final enrollment fig SEPT. 26 83 S5 The course will be entitled, pleted before Oct. 20. Any ure will be about the same as participant was nine-month-old Danny Sage who won $5 in -- SEPT. 27 48 ‘•Woods and Finishes” and one interested in the contests last year’s fall term. merchandise, given by Wilson George Fanning, NHS instruct can get complete information Within the 999 total are 253 Bros. Department store. The RESERVOIR STORAGE or, will register the interested from the Adrian Soil and Water students. Cost of the course, Conservation district otfice at full-time vocational technical ‘wee one’ is a son of Mr. 9-27-67 339,170 Acre Feet sponsored by TVCC, will be Owyhee Corners, or the Mal enrollees and 547 lower-divi and Mrs. LeRoy Sage. But you 9-27-66 should have seen his motherl 274,570 Acre Feet $13, plus materials. heur district office at Vale. sion students. 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