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Univeraity Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97403 X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME Utl__________________ THE SUGAR CITY THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON THirRSDAY, MARCH 21 IMS THUNDEREGG CAPITAL BUDGET GROUP APPROVES $895,000 SCHOOL FUNDS; VOTERS PASS ON $71,000 The budget committee of Nyssa school district unanimously approved $895,280.75 for the total requirements of the school year starting July 1, 1968, at a meeting in the High school Little Theatre room Tuesday night. The figure, If unchanged at the final meeting April 10 by the school board, would require local taxes of >584,167.75. Of this amount >440,420 is WITHIN the 6% Limitation, >72,718.75 Is for Bonded Indebtedness and interest (previously approved by the district voters) and >71,029 OUTSIDE the 6% limitation. TYie tatter figure is the amount tiiat voters would be asked to approve at the May election, assuming the board made no changes. There was no election last year as the board figured tiiat with the amount they anticipated getting from the state fund they could live within the figures without voter approval. However, where they had anticipated receiving >239,000 they actually got only >203,000 for the present school year. As a result, part of the funds required are chargeable to this year. SALARY FIGURES INCREASE Salary increases account for a large purport ion of the >71,000. The figures for 63 teachers having certificates in- »creased >50,000, for the super intendent and three principals >1202, for nine custodians - >3,000 and for the transporta tion employees >108. Under the salary scale ap proved tieginning teachers with a B A. degree and no experience would get >5850--an increase of >550 over last year. And an nual increases for each year of experience has been set at >200. The higher salaries also in crease the retirement costs by >2,500, while higher limits on Social Security add another >5,500. All these total $61,000. Anew school bus is set up at >6,500, paving the High-Jr. High area at $2,000. Many other small increases make up the other $1,500 for ttie $71,000 total. near the figures for schools of Eastern Oregon. These, he said, made it necessary to increase pay to retain teachers and se cure others as replacements. Ny$so Chamber Hears Woes Of Railroads; Sees Flm On Area Predator Control LOIS JEAN SEUELL GAY MORINAKA Adrion, Oregon Parma, Idaho (Oregon Side! Adrian Hign School Adrion High School Second Placo Third Piece LINDA JANE BALLOU, Ny»»o, First Place CHANGES NUMBER XII POSSIBLE Nyssa Chamber of Commerce members, Wednesday of last week, heard some of the woes of railroads, particularly the Union Pacific on passenger trains, and saw a film on predator control scened in the local area. S. A. Grayson, Boise, special representative for the Union Pacific Railroad Company appeared in behalf of the firms application to discontinue operating the Portland Rose trains through Nyssa. A hearing has been set before the ICC at Boise. April 8, and Grayson asked that the townspeople not appear opposing tne cessation without having facts to support their contention, as a number of other towns had done. He said the company had quite an investment in property and animals killed were coyotes but equipment in Nyssa, appreci he had films of bobcats killed ated the importance of the town and one of a badger. The trapping was done mostly as shipping point, and, that they would do nothing to hurt the following the den hunting and lasted until late fall. town. Long was no novice in trap But, he stated, it was a matter of cold business with the rail ping as he had trapped thousands roads to discontinue operating of the coyotes for a living with passenger trains. The “Death his own trap line in the 1940’s Knell” was sounded for many when the pelts were worth con of these trains throughout the siderably more than now. He U.S. in November when the Post said, that with the aid of one Office department announced man during five years they that they were replacing the caught 7,300, of which he per trains as mailcarriers and sonally caught 4,300. The poison work, done in the planned to use planes and trucks. The Union Pacific, Ik? fall after most of the hunting noted, lost over >2 million dol was over, extended into all the lars in revenue from the post 265 townships in Malheur office through the discontin county. This necessitated killing old worn-out horsestock, uance. Grayson said the payroll for furnished by farmers and ran Idaho alone for UP was >27 chers of the area, cutting up million for employees at cur (Continued On Page 3) rent wages and pay stock holders a dividend they must JAYCEES TO NAME stop unprofitable operations. For the first nine months of 1967 in Nyssa train *17 had VICE PRESIDENT 158 people get on and 238 get off at the local station. These AT DISTRICT MEET were considerable less than The Nyssa Jaycees will host one-per-day. For train #18 he said the figures were 371 on a District 14 banquet-meeting and 234 off during the same Saturday, March 23, beginning at 7 p.m. at Oregon Trail hall. period. Alvin Allen, publicity chair man said the purpose of the PREDATOR CONTROLS session is to elect a district Robert (“Pud”) Long, Ad vice president. Candidates for the office from rian, retired, long - time em this district are Monty Bur ployee of Oregon Predator Animal Control showed films bank of Nyssa, Harlan McClure made in the area of various of Vale and Pat Brauner of phases of his work. Not only Burns. A smorgasbord dinner will were they very informative but Long was comical in his nar precede the business meeting, with dancing to follow. rative descriptions. WINNER OF THE 1968 citizenship contest sponsored schools participated in the contest. < Miss Ballou s entry The budget committee, com by the Soroptimist club of Ontario is 17-year-old Linda has been submitted to Soroptimist district headquarters posed of the seven members Jane Ballou, a senior student in the Nyssa high school. for district and regional competition. Winners and all of the school board and s< veo Miss Ballou is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin L. other entrants of the local contest will be guests of the members at-large have ap Ballou, who reside on a ranch on Fairview Drive near Ontario Soroptimist club at a meeting Tuesday even proved the budget. Following the Nyssa The second place winner, Miss Lois Jean Seuell, ing, April 9, at the Hotel Moore in Onario. As the con April 10 hearing the board alone is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ernest M Seuell of the test winner, Miss Ballou will reieive a $50 savings will act. Adrian area. Miss Seuell and the winner of the third bond from the sponsoring organization. The second It may lower the figures. It prize. Miss Gay Mormaka, are both seniors in the place winner will be given a $25 savings bond. Miss may change them within the Adrian high school. The Morinaka miss is the daughter Mormaka s prize will be $10 in cash The prizes and total figures. But under the of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Morinaka, who reside near Parma, certificates of recognition for all contestants will be Oregon law it cannot increase Idaho, on the Oregon side. Thirteen senior students presented at the April 9 meeting. the total representing the Nyssa, Adrian, Vale and Ontario high If voters approve the $71,000 the district levy would go up approximately 7 1/2 mills and be about what it was for 1966- ’67 (36.5 mills). The millage for rural school was 22.29 for the current year, and it will likely be increased s 1 igh11 y. Me Partland said one mill in the district would produce approxi Three directors are to be mately $9,500 on the present elected to the Adrian public The apprehension of three EXPLAINS SALARY JUMP valuation in the district. Nyssa teenagers has cleared school board at the annual elec up several recent burglaries tion to be held May 6, 1968. Superintendent w. l . Mc- LOW ATTENDANCE Plans for a major increase in tains most of its beet tonnage in the Nyssa area, it was re A director from Zone 3 will Partland reported that the the size of Amalgamated Sugar from established farms in the ported this week by Police Chief be elected tor a five-year term. salary schedule was arrived at Other than members of tile Calvin Martin has been repre Company’s factory at Nampa, Treasure and Magic valleys. Alvin Allen. after several meetings of the budget board, Superintendent were announced Fridav. "The Nampa expansion will He said that Officer Ron teachers and three meetings Me Partland, C lerk-Business senting this zone for several Company officials said that make it possible for us to years, but is not going to run with the board, He cited a num- Manager Dirick Nedry, Princi the daily beet-slicing capacity accommodate this growing de Rookstool stopped the three ber at schools of similar size pal Gene Chester, two teachers, for re-election. of the plant will be doubled, mand for some time to come” boys, ages 14 and 15, Sunday Pete Franks, who moved from throughout the state (tat had only three persons attended the making it the largest installa- Orme said. “The company in on North First street and they the district, left a four-year higher starting salaries, as well meeting. tion of its kind in the United tends to respond to all requests were in possession of articles vacancy, in Zone 4, and Dwayne as higher Increments for ex States. A synopsis of the budget is for acreage in every square foot reportedly taken from several His control work was com perience. Another chart dis carried on page 6 of this issue Bennett was appointed by the business firms. A number of The world’s largest sugar of this country.” posed of three parts; Den Hun Petition Filing board to serve until the annual played indicated that Nyssa was of the Gate City Journal. For beet factory, with a daily slicing Amalgamated will incorpor the stolen items were found ting, Trapping and Poisoning election. capacity of some 11,000 tons, ate a relatively new concept in Tuesday by the railroad tracks. with each coming at the same Deadline April 6 those desiring to see the com Gerrit Timmerman resigned April 6 is deadline for filing is located in Holland. It is beet sugar processing in the plete document it is available The youths were released to time each year. in February, leaving a three- petitions for the position of believed the Nampa increase building program. The company the custody of their parents, at the office of the superin the films In den hunting year vacancy in Zone 5. Irvin tendent. And any member of Topliff was appointed by the from a present 4,800 tons to will enlarge the slicing end of pending further court action by showed scenes of locations over school board member for Nyssa the budget committee will be board to serve until the annual 9,400 tons daily will make it the factory where the sugar is the Malheur County Juvenile the county, usually with the cubs district, according to Clerk- second biggest. glad to assist in answering any extracted in juice form and is department. and frequently the parents killed Business Manager Dirick election. The multi - mil lion dollar then filtered and purified. questions concerning the fig Places entered last week and at or in the den. These ranged Nedry. The term of Ray Lar Both Bennett and Topliff project was revealed to area An organizational meeting for ures or operation of the school. But it won’t enlarge the so- Sunday were the Nyssa labor from one or two to as many as son is expiring. stated, they intend to run for Malheur County National Farm civic and business leaders at The petition forms may be the offices they now hold. Any a luncheon by Amalgamated’s called sugar end, where the camp, Josephson’s Produce, J. nine pups killed at one den. ers Organization members has juice is boiled and crystallizes R. Simplot potato warehouse, Most of this work was per picked up at the superinten one wishing a petition to place been set at 8 p.m. Thursday Executive Vice President, Keith dent’s office and must bear the a favorite candidate's name on M. Orme. Minutes earlier, the into the granular product that Muir-Robert’s Co., J. C. Wat formed in the early spring when March 28, at the commercial any housewife would recognize. son’s warehouse and the Royal the pups were dependent on the names of at least 20 qualified TVCC REGISTRATION the ballot for Director at the building on the Malheur county plant's employees called to mother for food. Most of the voters. annual election, may secure gether by the wail of it’s fire Instead, the juice created by the Produce company. fairgrounds in Ontario. expanded slicing capacity will Purpose of the session is to TO BEGIN MARCH 25 same at the Clerk’s office in siren, had the first official word be stored in five 5,400,000- Adrian. Petitions must be in establish a county charter and of the undertaking. gallon tanks. the Clerk’s office, with the elect a president, vice-presi Orme said the expansion In dry equivalent, that repre Registration at Treasure necessary signatures of legal dent, secretary, treasurer and should be completed by October sents storage of well over Valley Community College will voters, by April 6, 1968. three trustees. Also selected 1969, just in time for that year’s 1,000,000 100-pound bags of re- begin at 1 p.m. Monday, March Candidates must be from the will be bargaining committee sugarbeet harvest. 25 and will continue throughout respective zones. However,any iC ontinued On Page 3) chairmen for meat, grain and A steady increase in south the day and early evening. registered voter of School Dis west Idaho beet production dairy producers. trict #61 may sign the petition Gordon Schafer, NFO chief makes the mammoth plant POISON PREVENTION negotiator, will be in the On Schedules for spring term and vote for a director at the feasible, Orme reported. Re WEEK MARCH 17-23 tario area April 1, and discuss classes may be obtained from annual election. claimed desert land irrigated by Nearly 1,000 Oregon children the bargaining structure of the the receptionist in the class deep wells and water pumped organization. room - administration building out of the Snake River has under the age of 5 years were A tentative potato conference on campus. added thousands of new acres poisoned accidentally last year, of NFO membersfrom Wash of rich farm land to this sec and three died. Child poisonings in recent ington, California, Oregon and tion of the state since the early Persons interested in a single months are on the increase, Idaho is plannedtocoincide with class or a full-load may check 1960’s. Only two Malheur county Schafer’s visit in which potato with the reglstar on campus to Sugarbeets have been one of according to state health re growers hope to develop a pro see if prerequisites are re offices will be contested in the the favorite desert crops, al ports. Two deaths have already gram for these general areas. quired for any of the classes. May primary. At the end of though the company still ob- occurred this year. A two-year- old Ashland girl drank a half the filing period Tuesday, teaspoon of candle dye, and a County Clerk Robert Morcom 21-month-old Albany boy ate announced three contestants for several diet capsules. County Commissioner and two Dr. Edward Press, state for county assessor. health officer, has issued this Jacob Fischer, incumbent Applications for crop insur special appeal to parents for commissioner whose term ex pires, will be contested by the ance are now being taken by greater precautions against winner in the Republican pri the Federal Crop Insurance poisonings at home: “Within a few days, Poison mary of Henry Esplin, Nyssa Corporation on potatoes, sugar Prevention Week will be ob rancher and Loran S. Wagener beets, barley and wheat. Deadlines f6r filing applica served nationwide from March of Vale. John D. Koopman, incumbent tions are March 31 on grain, 17 to 23. It will be a time of assessor, is unopposed in the April 15 on sugar beets and May concentrated effort through many avenues of communication Democratic primary but will 15 on potatoes. The new district office ser to warn of the hazards facing be faced by Fred Burgess, Vale, who has no opposition from the ving Malheur county is located small children in the form of Reupblicans in the primary. at Room 224, Federal building, everyday articles and medica Sheriff Robert Ingram and 1010 Adams St,, La Grande. tions found in the average home. In order to provide proper “I urge every parent of a Treasurer Jean “Pat” Bond are service for policy holders in youngster just starting to walk unopposed. Malheur county, three local men to give particular attention to have been appointed. They are these warnings. Look carefully Ted Morinaka of Adrian, around your own house. Wher TWO NYSSA - ADRIAN STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE to com Thomas Burns and Ross Harvey ever you see any items that pete in the Oregon State Solo Contest in April as a result DATE MAX. MIN. PR EC. of Oregon Slope. could be harmful if eaten, put of top 'I* ratings received March 7 at the District IX Solo .. March 13 58 41 The Federal Crop Insurance them well out of a youngster’s and Ensemble festival held in Vale. Larry Miner, (on left) -- Corporation is administrated by reach.” 54 March 14 37 16-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Miner of Nyssa and 36 March 15 60 .06 the U.S. Department of Agri Dr. Press cited medicines, a NHS sophomore, was rated the best snare drum soloist. to the club or organization providing the 40 57 .62 culture. It is designed to cover especially aspirin, as being MRS. RICHARD (LINDA) GUSTAVSON (on left) March 16 Earnie Lewis, 17-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lewis highest percentage of donors, based on total March 17 47 37 .06 losses in crops from such natu most often involved in child and MRS. JOHN (TERRY) MARSH are serving of rural Adrian will vie for honors in the tenor voice cate -• ral causes as weather insects, poisoning accidents. Next most as Jay-C-Ette chairman for the April 3 membership. All clubs or organizations in 50 March 18 35 gory. He is an AHS senior, was a contestant last year in the -- deseases and wildlife. Insur frequent are common household Red Cross blood drawing in Nyssa. The the area are urged to vie for the trophy being 55 33 March 11 State Solo Contest and returned home with a first-place medal. — M ance is also provided to cover articles such as washing and mobile unit will be at the Eagles hall between 26 held at the present by the Nyssa Lions. Blood March 10 The state contest this year will be held April 27 at Corvallis. donors are asked to remember that all im RESERVOIR STORAGE losses due to failure of the cleaning agents, polishes, the hours of 2 and 6 p.m. and the quota is Also eligible are two Ontario girls, Debbie Hazard, mezzo- portant date; APRIL 3, 2 to 6 p.m. at the 3/18/68 452,740 Acre Feet water supply from unavoidable paints, insecticides and cos set at 150 pints. The chairmen report that soprano, and Laura Jo Leslie, clarinet. They are both OHS NYSSA FOE HALL. - Journal Photo. 3/18/67 383,570 Acre Feet causes occuring after planting. metics. the Jaycee traveling trophy will again go juniors. Adrian Patrons To Elect SchfMil Board Directors SUGAR CO. ANNOUNCES Youths Charged PLANS FOR LARGEST U S On Six Thefts BEET FACTORY AT NAMPA Organizational Meet March 28 NEO Group Sets County Offices I hill Candidates In May Primary Crop Insurance Deadlines Near — WEATHER -
