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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
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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
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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.”
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March 14
37
16-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Miner of Nyssa and
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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
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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
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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
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March 11
State Solo Contest and returned home with a first-place medal.
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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
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