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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97403 X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME LXI THE SUGAR CITY WRIGHT VENDRELL ESPLIN JENSEN The Oregon district 7-A2 and B tournament is to tie staged Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16- 17 in the Nyssa high school gymnasium. Opening round of the tourney will begin at 12:30 p.m. Friday, with the second session begin ning at 7 o'clock that evening. The third round will start at 12 noon Saturday and the fourth session starts off with the con solation matches at 7 p.m. fol low ed by the championship matches at 8 o’clock. Tickets for the matches can be purchased at the local high school plant. Price for adults is 75 cents for each session, $1 for the c onsol a t ion a nd c ha m • pionship session and $3 for a tournament ticket which in cludes entrance to all four ses sions. Local season tickets will not admit holders to the district meet, it is announced by NHS Principal Gene Chester. Stu dents with activity tickets will be charged 35 cents for each M i ui , 50 cents for the conso lation and championship session and $1.50 for tournament Marty Sommers, Barbara Wilt, Janis Piercy, Alicia Huffman, Shelley Schuliies, Patty Lowe, and Ken Spitze and Freshmen Jeanine Salto, Janet and Jams Takami, Mary Haburchak, Martha Heider, Pam Labby, Debra Fangen, Ron Sarazin, and Mario Fife provided the decora tions for their respective booths. Other decorations included flags of eight foreign countries representing Nyssa’s past foreign exchange students. Mrs. Ralph ljwrence constructed the Turkish flag in addition to most of the others. Miss Marie Coate’s art students provided the silhouettes. Photographs of each of the past students were handled by Mrs. Brumbach. A portrait of Ulvi, done by Denzel Weeks, hung over the stage. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Adams, Ulvi’s host parents, displayed articles they tad received from Ulvi’s parents. Denzel Weeks, W arren Adams and Doyle Riggs were in charge of the other decorations. - Barbie Tensen, NHS Bulldog staff. SUGAR FACTORY 90%THROUGH 6« RUN; TONNAGE UP, SUGAR CONTENT DOWN; GROSS SAME Instructor Resigns Marylou Denman submitted her resignation as Adrian high school music instructor. Effec tive the end of the school year. The Adrian school board ac cepted her resignation. Miss Denman said her plans for next year are indefinite. ticket . Participating lb the tourna ment will be grapplers from Nyssa, Enterprise, Vale, Wah- tonka, Burns, Stanfield, Wasco County, Culver, Sherman, Wal lowa, Elgin and Madras. There will be many out standing wrestlers competing in this year’s tournament including Paul Okita from Burns, last year's state cham pion at 98-pounds. He owns a fine 12-1 record this year and will wrestle at 98. Another is Stan Masuda from Stanfield, who was thirdat state last year, has a 19-1 record Amalgamated Sugar company’s Nyssa factory was approxi mately 90 percent through processing the 1967 beet crop Wednes day morning, according to District Manager Ray Larson. Of the 925,000 tons of beets for the past year 825,000 had been converted into sugar and the remaining 100,000 tons were being processed at the rate of 6,600 tons daily. A tentative completion date of Feb. 27 has been set. This will make the operating period about 2 weeks longer than that of last year and mean bringing about $125,000 additional payroll into the area. Larson said the total payroll for the 139 days would approximate $1 1/4 million. Stockpiles have all been cleaned out with the exception grants brought i in by the com- of the factory, Marsing, Over- pany to care for • the 1968 crop. Weed control chemicals and street and Homedale. Marsing beets should be on cars no improvements in mechanization later than Friday with the others of harvest equipment would nor mally cut the figure down but all removed by the 26th. it is estimated that tliere wll,» be an increase of 7-8 percent GROSS UNCHANGED in the acreage over the ‘67 total, Tonnage per acre for the making the additional numbers Nyssa district is 25.09 and necessary. The labor supply is sugar content is running 14.2 calculated on a basis of one percent. These figures compare man for each 30 acres ofbeets. with 22.5 tons and 15.13 per GROWER MEETINGS HELD cent for the previous year. Thus while the sugar content is down The first meeting of company tonnage is up, thereby evening off with the 1966 crop, providing officials and growers was held the price remains near the in December for the signing of 1968 contracts. The second same. The manager says much of the was to be held in Boise yes labor recruiting has been com terday (Wednesday) afternoon pleted with crew leaders in with all districts represented Texas, and that it appears there by growers. Planting normally starts will again be about 1200 mi- about March 1 but seed will not be issued until after con tracts have been signed. Grower representatives for the Nyssa area are Bob Holmes and Frank Skeen of Nyssa and William G. Carson of Weiser. SGT. DONALD HAILE KILLED IN VIETNAM ROBERT MUNN Jaycee Award Winners Announced At Banquet Nyssa Jaycees announced the names of two outstanding young men of the area during special ceremonies Saturday evening at Oregon Trail hall. Dave Rieb was honored by re ceiving the Jaycee distinguished service award for civic con tributions to the community during the past year. Named as recipient of the Outstanding Young Farmer award was Robert Munn, prominent alfalfa seed grower in the Nyssa-Adrian area. Rieb is owner-operator of Rieb’s Market in Nyssa. He has been in the grocery business for ten years, and purchased his present market on Feb. 22, 1966. His wife and helpmate is the former Betty Pollard and they have two children, David Scott, 6 years old and Jennifer Jo, 3. Dave served as co-chairman of the Nyssa Christmas parade THUNDEREGG CAPITAL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 NHS HOSTS DISTRICT 7 WRÍSTUNG TOURNAMENT AFS FESTIVAL FRIDAY NIGHT CLEARS 8650 Over $650 was netted at Seker-Bayrami, the AFS Turk ish festival. A capacity crowd attended tile event on Feb. 9 in the Nyssa schoolcafetorium. Wilton Jackson, AFS chapter president welcomed the group and introduced Master ofCere- monies Don Bates. Under direc tion of Charles Thomson the NHS band performed the nation al anthems of loth Turkey and the Untied States. Dick G. Ten- sen, AFS past president, pre- 4 sented a brief history of the American Field Service pro gram. Previous host families were introduced by Bates. A highlight of the program was a talk by this year’s Ex change Student Ulvi Unal from Ankara, Turkey. Ulvi described tlie geograptiy of his homeland, as well as its history, govern ment, Turkish people and cus toms. Six NHS students presented a Turkish folk dance. Those performing were Sallee Mor- gan, l.alhiwn Haney, Marie Dur fee, Rodger Garner, Orrin Corak and Ulvi. A short film on Turkey was also shown. Miss Julie Hipp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. (Duke) Hipp, won the door-prize, a 100-pound bag of sugar donated by Amalgamated Sugar com pany. Ray Larson, district man ager, made the presentation. Mrs. Harriet Brumbach and Mrs. Mel Beck headed the food committees. Working in the senior booth were Mrs. Norbert Sarazm and Bruce, Mrs. Kayno Saito, Lynn Finch and Lucille Bertram, Mrs. LeRoy Bair and Wendy,- Mrs. Duane Holcomb, Angle Labby, Kay Abe, Chris tine Meyer and Pam Saito manned the junior booth. Mrs. Tom Nishitani and Lissa, Mrs. George Sadamori and Gary, Mrs. Don Sommers and Marty, Barbara Wilt, Debra Draper, and Roxanne Mason attended the sophomore booth. Freshman volunteers were Mrs. Sonny Takami and her daughters, Janet and Janis, Mrs. Roy Hirai and Brian, and Mrs. Don Oldemeyer and Keith. The booths were constructed by Georgi* Fanning and his in dustrial arts class'. They were decorated by Linda Ballou, Lucille Bertram, Arlene Val dez, Cille and Cindy Tracy, Linda Meacham, Janan Bunn, Joan Stunz, Lorraine Wilson, and Sallee Morgan; seniors. Pam Saito, Colleen Staples, Carolyn Sells, Kathy Nelson, Brenda McKinney, Peggy Moore, Mary Webb, Kay Abe, and Barbara Fangen prepared the junior class booth. Sophomores Lissa Nishitani, THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON for the past two years, was head of the JC Christmas tree sale and chairman oftheJaycee Christmas float committee this year. He is presently a mem ber of the board of directors of the nyssa Chamber of Com merce and is C of C chair man for the 1968 Nyssa Nite rodeo. Munn is a 1956 graduate of Adrian high school and is mar ried to the former Larna Gar ner. Their three children are Shana Lee, 11 years old; Stan ton, 7 and Randy, 4. The OYF award winner has farmed for 12 years. While a student at AHS, he was active in the FFA chapter, served as an officer of the organization and received his State Farmer degree. Munn is a member of the board of directors of the Mal heur County Seed Growers association, an Explorer Scout adviser and is active in workof DAVE RIEB the LDS church. In addition to alfalfa seed, he grows sugar beets and potatoes and raises fattening beef cattle. The DSA award was presented to Rieb by Nyssa C of C Presi dent Arleigh Adams, and Munn’s award was presented by Nyssa City Manager Fred O. Koch. This award was co-sponsored by Wilton C. Jackson, owner operator of Ideal Gas and Ap pliance. Other special Jaycee awards were presented at the Saturday evening banquet by President Monty Burbank and Seventh Dis trict Vice President Larry Fuller. Jim Robertson received the Spoke award as an out standing first-year Jaycee. Sparkplug awards went to Rich ard Gustavson, Alvin Allen, Dick Walters and Burbank. Lee Johnson, candidate for attorney general for the State of Oregon, was principal speaker and Stanley Sisson, FFA adviser at NHS, served as master of ceremonies for the dinner attended by about 60 per sons. Word was received Wednes day morning, by members of his family, that Army Sgt. Donald Haile was killed in ac tion in Vietnam. His wife, the fcmer Cordy Valdez and two children, Mark, 5 years old and Margo, 4, reside on the Strick land farm, southwest of Nyssa. Sgt. Haile was a son of Can yon County Sheriff and Mrs. Dale Haile of Caldwell, Idaho; and was a former member of the Nyssa police force. Further details of his death were not available at presstime Wednesday evening. NFO MEETING SET The National Farmer’s Organization will hold a meeting Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. in the Nyssa high school little theatre. Farmers and their wives are urged to attend this informative session. Company representa tives will be present io answer juestions. WEATHER MIN. MAX. DATE 26 46 Feb. 7 24 48 Feb. 8 22 43 Feb. 9 27 48 Feb. 10 21 48 Feb. 11 22 41 Feb. 12 21 36 Feb. 13 21 — Feb. 14 .25 precipitation recorded on Feb. 13. ****** RESERVOIR STORAGE 12/12/68 382,220 Acre Feet 12/12/67 344,420 Acre Feet **************** BURNINGHAM 1968 WATER SUPPLY IN COUNTY STREAMS FAR BELOW AVERAGE PARRA and will wrestle at 115. Mikf :hampion at 130, undefeated this Skeans of Madras Is 15-3 this 'ear at 136. Fred Esplin is also year and was third at district ndefeated this year at 157, last year at 106. placed third at district last year. Darr Jensen has only one Bob Recla of Vale will be loss this year at 148 and was competing in the 168-pound second in state last year. weight class. Bob’s Team mate Tim Lovell is 12-3 in Chipper Burningham, also the 130-pound weight class. He has an undefeated record this will find tough competition from year with only one draw in the Nyssa’s Butch Wright who is 98-pound weight class. Richard 15-2 this year and has twice Parra, placed fotuth at state placed third in Wyoming state last year and will compete in competition at 115-pounds. the 115-pound weight division. Other Nyssa favorites are The six top grapplers on the Rudy Vendrell, two-year state NHS squad are pictured above. Stuart Henigson Named National Merit Finalist Stuart Henigson, a Nyssa high school senior has been named a finalist in 1967-68 National Merit competition, it is announced by Charles Quinowski, NHS guidance director. An earlier report had confirmed that Stuart was among semi-finalists who become finalists if they are endorsed by their school, complete and return information forms, andconfirm their high scores on National Merit Tests (NMSQT)by perform ance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). This notification signifies that Stuart has advanced to finalist standing, an honor that he shares with about 1/2 of 1% of the graduating secondary school seniors throughout the nation. As a finalist, Henigson is program. now eligible for scholarships Central purpose of the Honors sponsored by the National Merit College is to provide for high Scholarship corporation, some ability students interested in in 340 other corporations, various tellectual development for its organizations and individuals. own sake, rather than just as In winning this highest scho a preparation for a profession. lastic honor, Stuart not only This is the kind of education brings honor to himself, but that will give students a grasp also to his family, his teachers of important ideas and skills and the community. His success needed for an understanding of is a result of his own efforts, modern world complex. including well-directed energy coupled with effective direction and encouragement of parents, friends and instructors. The NHS counselor states that Nyssa school officials, instruc tors and students are very proud of the student’s accomplish ments and achievements. Stuart is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Henigson who reside on Alberta Avenue, west of Nyssa. The NHS senior says he is planning very strongly on at tending the University of Ore gon at Eugene. He has applied, and hopes to gain admission to the Honors College prior to making his decision as to a professional course to follow. In correspondence with the Director of the Honors Col lege, he has received a tenta tive admission to the honors STUART HENIGSON Federal Funds Pay Personnel, Buy Equipment BY W. L. McPARTLAND Nyssa has received $35,581 this school year, Operation Bootstrap, under Title I E.S. E.A. This money comes to a school district on the basis of the number of low income families in the school plus the A.D.C. children. Approximately 10% of this year’s allotment may be spent on equipment and 90% must be put into personnel. At the pres ent time we have three full- time teachers plus two aides - one each at the junior high, elementary and primary level. One group of children is working on extended reading readiness opportunities to 1 - acquire an oral and lis tening vocabulary that will en able them to understand and speak English appropriate to their school, home and com munity environment. 2 - Be taught appropriate behavior as it pertains to the classroom, playground, and social amenities with other children, family and adults in general. It is an attempt to prepare these children so that they can meet the problems of the first grade. The local police are acting as truant officers in spare time. Habitual truants are contacted and returned to school under the penalty of the law. The equipment purchased under this program includes 2 slide projectors, 2 overhead NUMBER VII Flow of Malheur county streams in the spring and summer of 1968 will be far below the average, according to a report released today by A. J. Webber, State ConservationisL Soil Conservation Service, Portland, and prepared by W. T. Frost, State Snow Survey Supervisor, representing cooperating federal, state and private agencies. Water supplies for irrigators served from major reservoirs will definitely be limited to the usual amounts and water users without reservoirs will experience severe shortages unless February and March storms produce at least double the usual amounts of snow on the upper water sheds. Water content of the mountain snowpack is about 30 percent of the 1948-62 average on the Owyhee and 72 percent average on the Malheur watersheds. Winter precipitation, up to February first, according to the U. S. Weather Bureau, has been only 62 percent of average with January falling far behind at 46 percent average. Watershed soils under the snowpack are much drier than usual. On the Owyhee soils are wet up to about 83 percent of capacity, while on the Malheur moisture is only 64 percent of capacity. These dry soils will soak up about two to nine inches of snowmelt water in the spring. Water stored in Lake Owyhee on February first was about 375,100 acre feet compared with 317,900 acre feet a year ago. Total storage in Warmsprings, Agency Valley and Bully Creek Reservoirs was about 108,800 acre feet on February first compared with 89,300 acre feet last year on this date. Antelope Reservoir on Jordan Creek held 5,100 acre feet on the first of the month compared with 7,600 acre feet a year ago. Assuming average conditions of temperature and precipitation for the balance of the year the flow of the Owyhee River is forecast at 186,000 acre feet or 48 percent of the 15-year average (1948-62) for the period April through September. This amount is about half of last year’s flow for the same period but is not as low as the 101,500 acre feet measured in 1966. Jordan Creek is forecast to flow 58,000 acre feet or 59 per cent average April through September compared with 34,100 acre feet in 1966. Malheur River near Drewsey is forecast at 50,000 acre feet or 61 percent average April through September compared with 24,800 acre feet in 1966. Flow of the Malheur, North Fork at Beulah, is forecast at 44,000 acre feet or 68 percent average for April through September. The 1966 flow for this six-month period was 32,900 acre feet. Statewide, Oregon’s 1968 water supplies are forecast to range from poor to near average in the coming spring and summer months. This is the outlook if the balance of the winter has normal temperatures and precipitation. But if the present trend of abnormally warm temperatures continues, most of any precipitation that occurs will fall as rain, not as snow, and the summer streamflow will be further reduced by the lack of snowmelt water. About two-thirds of Oregon’s irrigated lands, without storage water, will nave “short” water supplies or even very deficient supplies this year. The remaining irrigated lands will have a near average water supply because of available reservoired water. Serious shortages of water are probable for lands served from McKay Reservoir in Umatilla County, Bully Creek Reservoir in MalheurCounty, and most of Crook County upstream from major reservoirs plus Hay and Trout Creeks in eastern Jefferson County and Mountain and Bridge Creeks on the John Day River in Wheeler County. The next report on water supply conditions in Oregon will be issued about March 8, 1968. HOMEMAKER OF TOMORROW HONORS EARNED BY SENIOR Teresa Haburchak was re cently named Betty Crocker’s 1968 Homemaker of Tomorrow at Nyssa high school. Among 18 senior girls enrolled in NHS homemaking courses, Teresa received the highest score on a written aptitude test given Dec. 7 last year. The NHS student has par ticipated in FHA activities for three years, two of which she served as chairman of the or projectors, Kodak 2x2 projec ganization’s sale of magazines. tors, filing cabinets, table and She is presently active in GAA chairs, encyclopedia and other material. The program has been valu able to us and enables individ ual help for children with special needs. and is also an enthusiastic member of the Pep club. Teresa is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Haburchak. General Mills, Inc., sponsor of the program, will award her a ‘Homemaker of Tomorrow’ pin to signify her achievement. Her test paper will automat ically be entered in state com petition. The State Homemaker of To morrow will be awarded a $1500 college scholarship and will be named a national finalist. Her Par man Hurt W hen Car Hit By Freight A 27-year-old Parma man, Alan Leroy Bennet, was injured Sunday in a train-pickup crash on a private crossing south of Adrian. Bennett was taken to Cald well Memorial Hospital where officials listed his condition as fair Sunday night. He suffered head injuries in the crash. Oregon State Police said the crash occured about 9:50 a.m. on a crossing about three-quar ters of a mile from Adrian. They said Bennett apparently drove the pickup across the tracks in front of the train. He was alone in the pickup. Saturday Dance A public dance will be held Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Ore gon Trail Grange hall, five miles southwest of Nyssa, on highway 201. Dancing will begin at 9:30 p.m. to the live music of the Schroll orchestra. The affair is being sponsored by the mem bers of the Owyhee Ridingclub. A midnight supper will be served. TERESA HABURCHAK school will be presented with a set of Encyclopedia Britan nica. The second place state will receive a $500 scholarship. In the spring, State Home makers of Tomorrow, each ac companied by a school adviser, will be given an all-expense naid educational tour toColonial Williamsburg, Va., Washington, D.C. and New York City. The trip will be climaxed by the naming of the 1968 Betty Croc ker All-American Homemaker. This girl will be selected on the basis of her original test score, together with personal observation and interviews dur ing the trip. Her scholarship will be increased by $5,000. National runners up will re ceive $4000, $3000 and $2000 scholarships, respectively. Since the program was launched, more than 3 1/2 mil lion girls have participated and scholarships approximating $1 million have been awarded. The Betty Crocker search is approved by the National Asso- c'ation of Secondary School Principals. Judging is by Science Research Associates in Chicago, a nationally known ed ucational, publishing and testing organization. -NHSBulldog staff member.