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TUL NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, ÜRE<»ON
7HURSDAY, DM I MBER 21, 1967
Thunikregg Capital
NUMBER U
A Vietnam Veteran's
Letter To Santa Claus
NHS MATMEN TAKE TOP
SPOT AT INVITATIONAL
"Dear Santa I haw decided to ask for only one file .ent
this year. Since there Is no -.now here in Vietnam, you can’t
land your sleigh, so just please wiap up my present and I
am sure the postal department will take < ate of your delivery.
"Santa, can you imagine the joy on my (ace when I o|»ui
your gift and find the one thing that I want for Christmas • an
anti- Vietnam demonstrator.
"At least I’d have .someone, all mine, to share mv excitement
and experiences with, and Santa, I promise I’ll take special
care of liilil.
"FIRST THING, I’ll give him a haircut, if I have io do it
with a bayonet. But I can't promise to k -op him clean. Hie way
I’d like to I m tiecause baths are pretty scarce over here,
"I’ll share my cold f'M>d with turn, and even give him my
miserable tuink.
"1’11 share the Impossible steaming heat witti him.
"I’ll share the heartbreak of seeing my buddies fall leside
me.
“I’ll hare the misery of trying to Id» ntify the liodies that
the Cong have left behind.
“1'11 share my hours with him sitting beside me, waist-deep
in mud and water filled (ox hob's.
"BUT, SANTA, I'll be warm witti th»* joy of giving a deserving
welcome to tins ( hristmas present you were thoughtful enough
to send me,
"I Will tie so careful of him, and watch out foi the things
he deserves. The next tune one of our patrols are attacked
by the Cong, I will I«- ttie first one to let him run to th«' front
to tell them (fiat h< love . them and wants to give them a flower.
"Santa, 1 don't want to ask for a C hristmas present just
for me. So do you think that perhaps you could send all my buddies
a demonstrator for their very own?"
(Sent in by Carl Roth)
After a close first round, a
powerful Nyssa wrestling team
steadily pu’led away through the
semis and final rounds to rack
up a stunning 10-point victory
voer its nearest rival Saturday-
night m ttie climax of the Capital
invitational wrestling tourna
ment.
At the end of the first day
of activities, the Bulldog unit
held a slim lead over Boise and
Parma, but a strong showing
in the second session gave the
NHS lads a 12-point edge over
Capital and Caldwell.
Nyssa sailed into the cham
pionship and consolation finals
with seven wrestlers listed for
competition. The local club had
six wrestling in the champion
ship finals anil five of these
notched wins to give them the
big bulge.
Term scoring was as fol
lows: Nyssa 91, Caldwell 81.
Capital 74, Parma 68. La
Grande 61, Boise and Borah
60 and Twin Falls, 47.
Darr Jensen (148-pound)
Richard Parra (115-pound).
both of Nyssa, recorded pins in
the finals along with Capital s
Frank Whittier (heavyweight).
Jensen’s was fast, coming in
1:09 of the first period over La
Grande’s Rick Isaacson. Parra
pinned Joe Shine of Boise to
the mats in 1:30 of the third.
Another pin ?liampion in ttie
consolation bracket was Gary
Breshears, of Nyssa, who
wa-ded little time with Lynn
Morrison of Parma, pinning him
in one minute of the first period
of the 168-pound class.
Veteran a Set
New lleeord
On Kepaymenta
Ttie bi- .1 month on i »*< <>r«l in
Orego n veterans’ (arm and
home loan repayments was
scored in November, the State
Department of Veterans’
Affairs recently r»*port»*d.
II. ('. Sa a Held, veterans’
affairs director, said only 110
veterans wi re seriously delin
quent- that is, three months or
more behind in payment.s--last
month, 'Hit of 34,062 loans out
standing.
This represents a delin
quency rate of .32 percent,
bteakmg ttie previous record of
.33 percent set in January, 1963.
It amounts to slightly over three
delinquent .trenunt* for every
thousand loans outstanding.
Saalfeld said that of 60,150
loans granted since 1945, there
have been only 406 foreclosures
or deeds in lieu of foreclosure--
a rate of less tlian seven fore-
closures for every thousand
loans gi anted.
Veterans currently an* bor-
iowing at the rate of more than
>5 million a month. Over ttie
22 years of Ihe program they
have boi r ow e d $556,681,874.
Their monthly repayments
including interest tun over $4
million, and over all they have
repaid $287.4 million in prin
cipal and $97.2 million in inter
est.
Most of the department’s
money for lending comes from
the sal«' of bonds, of which the
agency has issued $432 million
and has paid off $84 million.
The rest comes from loan
repayments and from interest
earnings -- th»* difference
iM'tween the cost of the bonds
(3.28 percent) and the interest
paid by veterans on their loans
(4 percent). After payment of
administrative expenses, these
loan earnings now amount to
mor»* than $22 million. Most of
this has been re-loaned to
veterans, thus reducing the
numtier of bonds that have to
be sold.
THESE NYSSANS WERE RM ENTLY ELM TED as board inem
bers ot the Chamber of Commerce and will direct the
organization’s activities during 1968. Seated (left to right)
are Mrs. Chuck (Marlene) Michael, co-owner of Michael’s
Pharmacy; president Arleigh Adams, manager and co-owner
of Johannesen-Adams Motor Co.; Izale Adams, ex-president
and automatically a member of the n»*w board, manager for
MM Hospital
Stork Derby
On January I
Th«' Malheur Memorial hos
pital's 16th Annual Stork Derby
will start January first. The
first baby, of natural birth,
born after the stroke of mid
night Dec. 31 will be receiving
a stock of "loot”. It will start
with a big cut on the hospital
and doctor bill for bringing the
little tyke into tills world and
range from a starting bank
account to clothing enough to
last quit«' a spell.
Parents will also be given
goods and services for their
part in the tug event- -all du<
Idaho Power co. in Nyssa. Standing are Paul Penrod, re
elected secretary, retired Idaho Power manager, Ray Larson,
district manager for Amalgamated Sugar company and Dave
Reib, owner-operator of Reibs Market. Out of town " hen the
picture was made was Tom Stenkamp, manager ot the Nyssa
branch of ttie First National Bank of Oregon, who was elected
vice-president.
to the merchants and profes
sional men of Nyssa who spon
sor the long - standing event. For
a full list of the offerings con
testants can refer to the full
Eagles of the Nyssa Aerie
page ad in next week’s Jour have completed plans for their
nal. A full set of rules will be holiday events, according to
carried at that time.
President Bob Church.
Th»- annual Christma.-. party
will be held this coming Satur
NORTHRUP LEAVES day, December 23, starting with
free refreshments from 7:00
FOR ARMY TRAINING p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for Eagles
Craig Northrup, Nyssa bar" and guests. There will also be
director, will report for has# a free snack bar and a free
training at Fr. Jackson, N. C.,
on January 5, 1968. He is a
member of the 25th Army band
at Caldwell B:r ic will be a
19-week stint and he should
finish the latter part of May.
Charles Thomson will take
over direction of the band. He
sp*nt eleven years as head of
ttie Newberg school music pro
gram. School officials feel
Nyssa is fortunate to have
someone with his background to
take over.
Mrs. Dalzell will assist with
(he elementary and junior high
school music program and Don
Rates will take over the high
school choir.
NYSSA EAGLES
PLAN PARTIES
dance with live music.
On Sunday night, December
31, the Annual New Year’s eve
party will be held with a flat
charge per person to take care
of all expenses for the evening.
Tins is always a gala event
climaxed by ringing out the old
year and ringing in the new one
with darn ing to live music pre
ceding and following the zero
hour.
All members and out-of-town
guests are welcome to both
eVents.
WIN OVER NAMPA
A pair of Bulldogs got to
gether in Nyssa Tuesday night
on ttie local mats anti the home
team topped a winless Nampa
squad by a lopsided 44-8score.
The NHS matmen wontheir
third match against one loss
while Nampa was absorbing its
fourth straight loss with no
wins
95 - Burningham (N) dec.
Pena 7-4.
103 - Ba»e (N) pin Berrelez
1st.
112 - Parra (N) dec. Baker
18-0.
120 - Cleaver (N) pin Hogg
2nd.
127 - Wright(N)dec. Ramirez
9-5.
133 - Gal Iagos (Nam) dec
Church 22-10.
138 - Vendrell (N) pin Olsen
1st.
145 - Jensen (N) pm Spitz
1st.
154 - Esplin (N) pin McKee
2nd.
165 - Breshears (N) pin
Hoobing 1st.
183 - Marostica (N) pin Ellis
2nd.
Heavy - Allen (N) pin K.
Chur.-h 3rd.
Yule Concert
Set Tonight
In Cafetori um
The Nyssa high school band
and chorus, and the eighth
grade chorus will present their
annual Christmas concert this
evening. December 21, at 8:00
o’clock in the Nyssa school
cafetorium.
The concert, directed by
Charles Thomson and Craig
Northrup, will feature 150
musicians who will sing and
play both traditional and less
familiar Christmas music.
The eighth-grade chorus will
open the concert with three
selec tions, followed by the high
school chorus singing a med
ley of well-known Christmas
songs and carols. DianneWilson
will provide cathedral chime
accompaniment.
Nyssa’s concert band will be
featured in a suite of Christ
mas songs from around the
world, and will end the concert
with several old favorites.
GOVERNOR McCALL’S
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Christmas is the time of year
when we, as Christians,
celebrate the birth of the
Founder of our faith. It is the
day when we renew our dedi
cation to His message of peace THESE NHS LADS are among some of Treasure Valley’s
and goodwill toward all men top wrestlers, having won the recent invitational meet at
which has guided mankind for Capital high in Boise. They are (1 to r - front row) Chip
Burningham, Charles Bale, Richard Parra, Alan Cleaver,
the last 2,000 years.
Butch W right and Bob Church. Behind them are Rudy Vendrell,
We celebrate Christmas, as
did our forefathers, because of
today (Thursday) according to
the deep spiritual meaning it
Police Chief Alvin Allen.
holds for us, because the
This annual event is spon
teachings of Christ are funda
sored by the Nyssa Jayceesand
menta 1 to our lives, and
will be judged tonight by the
because we want the youngest of DATE
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our generation to grow up
the Ontario and Vale clubs.
knowing the significance of this Dec. 13
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tradition and the story of the Dec. 14
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coming of the immortal Prince Dec. 15
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area and the best decorated
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•• church. Registration can be
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anxious thoughts will be with Dec. 18
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faraway loved ones who are Dec. 19
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suffering hardships and misery, Dec. 20
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risking their lives to preserve
RESERVOIR STORAGE
for us and for all mankind the 12/18/67 349,980 Acre Feet
fruits of His teachings and the 12/18/66 285,670 Acre Feet
foundation of civilization.
For these men and all LIGHTING CONTEST
The Apple Valley school
America, I welcome Christmas DEADLINE TODAY
Christmas program will be held
and the New Year because of the
The deadline for entering the at 8 p.m. Dec. 21 in the gym.
promise the season holds for a
Santa Claus will have treats
Christmas lighting contest in
better, more tranquil world.
the Nyssa area is 4:00 p.m. for everyone.
^WEATHER JS
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MRS. JOHN (TERRY) MARSH (on left)and MRS.
BOB (GAYNO) WEST are serving as Jay-C-
Ette chairman for the Dec. 28 Red Cross
blood drawing in Nyssa. In addition to a
blood poster, they display a traveling trophy
won by their organization when the blood-
mobile last visited Nyssa, ihe award will,
after each visitation, go to the civic, frater
nal or church group producing the greatest
percentage of donors. The Jay-C-Ette chair
men announce that after each drawing, a list
of donors from the high-percentage business
firms will be published in the Journal. BLOOD
DONORS REMEMBER! The date is THURSDAY,
DEC. 28; the hours are from 2 TO 6 P.M.,
the place is the EAGLES HALL in NYSSA. -
Staff photo.
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Darr Jensen, Fred Esplin, Gary Breshears and Dan Marostica.
Among other varsity wrestlers, not pictured, are Ken Church
and Randy Charters. The squad’s coach is Mel Calhoun. -
NHS Bulldog photo.
P. O. OPEN
SUNDAY
Postmaster Lee Dail an
nounced this week that the local
office will be open Saturday,
December 23 from 8:30 a.m.
JOURNAL NEEDS
COPY IN CARLY
The Journal will be mailed
at the regular time next week.
But to do so it will be necessary
to get advertising copy into the
office this weekend. The office
will be closed Christmas Day.
Rural correspondence and
social items should be in the
office on Tuesday, if at all
possible, but the staff will make
a special effort to get all of
it in this edition.
to 5:00 p.m. and that the local
force would remain as long as
“practical” to accomodate
those who might be in the office
at closing time.
A clerk will be on duty Sun-
da y, December 24, from the
hours of 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
for delivery of late arriving
parcels.
ALIENS NEED
TO REGISTER
William L. Pattillo, Acting
District Director, of the
Immigration and Naturalization
Service advised today that the
annual alien address report
program is again under way.
The Immigration official
pointed out that the address
reports are required by law and
willful failure to comply with
these requirements may lead
to serious consequences.
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