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Parents Host Senior Events APPLE VALLEY ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Jacksoa opened their home to the 196$ graduating Seniors, Friday eve ning, May 24 for their class dinner, Tupelo annual signing party and dancing. A Japanese theme was carried out in decorations, entertainment and food. The students sat on the floor, cross-legged and with chop sticks ate a meal of barbecued whole pig, which had been pre pared by Mr. and Mrs. Bill W a h 1 e r t. There were many interesting dishes served in cluding chow mein, prepared by Mrs. Harry (Jessie) Naka shima, Mr. and Mrs. Kayno Saito and Mr. and Mrs. Kiji Okano. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Corak helped with the serving. While the guests ate, Jap anese soft music was played in the background. Jan Saito and Charlene Kido, gave renditions of authentic Japanese dances and Mrs. Tom (Alice) Nishi- tani sang, “Sayonara.” MR. AND MRS. STEPHEN ROGERS Miss Louise Brewer became the bride of Stephen Rogers during a May 4, 1968 ceremony at Nyssa Church of the Naza- NM. Parents of the newlyweds are Mr. and Mrs. Homer Brewer of rural Nyssa, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kenneth Rogers of La Granda. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1968 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON PAGE FOUR accompanied by Mrs. Dan Martin. Assisting at a reception, fol lowing the ceremony, were Mmes. Jim Langley, Roger Watts, Don Brewer, E. J. Hob son, Darrell Williams, Keith Tallman, Howard Evans, Roy Brewer and Joe Hobson. The newlyweds are now re siding in La Grande. The bride was attired in a gown of silk organza and car ried a bouquet of white roses. SENIOR CITIZEN Mrs. Larry Adams was maid of honor, with the Misses Mary ACTIVITIES Brewer and Linda Givens at tending as bridesmaids. Sherri Senior Citizens will meet at Adams was flower girl, with Todd Langley serving as ring 10:30 a.m. on the Dr. John Long bear er. Candlelighters were lawn Thursday, June 13. Those Kathleen Deffer and Janet Kim attending are asked to take sack lunches. ball. Members hope to have Mrs. Loren Fihn served as best man, while usheis were Ralph Collins of the Social Security office, on hand at noon, to con Lacer and Don Starr. Mrs. Loren Fihn was in duct a question and answef charge of guest registration, session. The last meeting was held in with gifts cared for by the Misses Mary Laan. Patty Urry the conference room at the city library. - Lois Counsii, and Sue Conrad. Soloist was Earnie Lewis, reporter. At midnight, the graduates at tended a double-feature show at the Nyssa theatre, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Stunz, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bunn and Mrs. Ross (Maxine) Brown. After the show at 5 a.m., they all congregated at the NHS cafe- torium for breakfast, served by co-chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Dee Garner, Messrs, and Mmes. Carl Burningham, Farrell Petersen, Howard Myrick, Don Perdue, Victor Haburchak, Charles Belveal; Mmes. Bill Fitzsimmons and Art Cart wright. PINOCHLE PARTY First place winners at the Saturday evening IOOF pinochle party were John Cleaver and Angie Cook, with John Reeves and Orma Cleaver placing second high. Traveling awards went to Vern Duus and Ethel Cleaver. Serving as hostesses for the June 1 session were Leona Reeves and Alma Kingrey. Next card party will be Satur day evening, June 15 at the Odd Fellows hall in Nyssa, with play beginning at 8 o’clock. MARGERY MORTON Her engagement to Kevin Clevenger is announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morton of Route 2, Nyssa. Her fiance is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clevenger of Middleton. Miss Morton is a 1965 graduate of Nyssa high school and will graduate this month from Ore gon State university in Cor vallis. The future bridegroom was graduated in 1965 from Middleton high school, attended Treasure Valley Community college and is now working in Caldwell. An August 9 wedding is being planned by the betrothed couple. Small Students Report on Trip (A group of young students at the Arcadia school plant recently took a trip to Boise. Mrs. Grant Rinehart, who has been their substitute teacher in the absence of Mrs. Naomi May, has submitted their story for Journal publication. Mrs. May has been ill. Students who composed the story are Lori Needs, Shelly Apodaca, Gloria Apodaca, Rosa Sifuentes, Lupe Fuentes, Sammy Olvera, Roger Camp bell, Freddyie Garza, Ronald Silence, Hector Mena, Eloisa Alcoser and Irene Lucero) We went to the zoo and saw many animals. Mr. Jensen took us to the zoo in Boise in a bus. Mr. and Mrs. Rigney went with us. Mrs. Rinehart, Mrs. Jacobson, Mrs. Larive and Mrs. Fischer went too. We fed many ducks bread. A duck took bread from Roger’s and Hector’s hands. Shelly touched a duck. The ducks are friendly. We saw two black swans and baby swans. There were baby ducklings swimming with their mother. They were ...........BY FRANCES SMALLEY APPLE VALLEY - Mr. and Mrs. John Boston of Apple Mrs. George Griffin, Gary and Bailey. Also present were 13 Lori, Mr. and Mrs. Leland great-grandchildren; grand Dewey spent June 2 at Lost mothers Lucy Rogers and Anna Boston of Roswell Mr. and Mrs Lake. Mrs. Virginia Rookstool Howard Rogers of Tacoma, visited on the evening of May 31 Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph in the Roy Rookstool home. Rogers and sons of Nampa and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elston of Gaylene Brumbaugh of Boise Payette, Mr. and Mrs. Frank were also guests for a May 31 Plagman of Jefferson, Ore., family dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Smal visited May 29 with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Thompson. ley of Campbell, Calif., were Mrs. H. L. Hall and Mrs. Jay guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Keller of Carcon City, Nev., Waldo Smalley. On May 29 they were May 30 afternoon visitors picnicked at BlackCanyonpark. in the Thompson home. On May 30 they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Bill MacCarthy, and family of Payette were June Mr. and Mrs. Amos Malaise 2 dinner guests of his parents, at Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. Lawerence Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dibble Thompson. entertained with a May 30birth Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sandy and day dinner for their son, Henry sons of Pateros, Wash., Mrs. of Boise. Mrs. Henry Dibble Willis of Kuna were recent and children were also guests. visitors in the Lloyd Dibble Jess and Bill Norman from home. Washington arrived June 2 to be Mr and Mrs. Cleo Whittom with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. were May 30 dinner guests of Hap Norman. Mr. Norman has Mr. and Mrs. Jim Correll. been quite ill. Mrs. Luella Breneman of On Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Fritts tario was a guest last week of were May 30 dinner guests of Mrs. Ed Sells. They alsocalled Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tuning. on Helen Wilson, Elsie Robin The Fritts couple attended May son and Frances Smalley. 31 graduation exercises for Mrs. Ed Sells visited May 31 Linda Barrett at Capital high with her father, C. L. Hawkins school in Boise. who was admitted to a Cald Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Arma- well hospital on the previous cost of Meadows were May 30 evening. overnight guests of Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Boston Mrs. C. L. Fritts. had all of their children home John Martin, brother of Mrs. from May 29 through June 2. Dale Collins, entered the Vet It was the first time in nine erans’ hospital in Boise May 30 years that all of them had been and is under observation. home at the same time. The Mrs. Evelyn Ramey and two children are Major and Mrs. children of Portland visited Gene Boston of Albany, Ore., several days last week with her Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bolten of parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Huntington Beach, Calif., Mr. Ferguson. and Mrs. DickHarrisofSpring- May 30 dinner guests of Mr. field, Ore., Mr. and Mrs. Don and Mrs. Tom Ferguson were Boston of Seattle, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hatch and Bob Shippy of Payette, Mr. and Paul Hatch of Joseph, Ore., Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hatch yellow. of Fruitland, Mr. and Mrs. Lori liked the monkeys be Homer Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. cause they could do many tricks. Ralph Hatch and sons of Moun Shelly saw three deer. One was tain nume Home ano and neien Helen naicn. Hatch. c_____ . . . . taui Afternoon visitors were Minnie monkey small pieces of candy. Nelson of Richland, Wash., The golden eagle can turn his Donovan Nelson of Kuna, Mr. head very far back. He has and Mrs. C. D. Judd, Mr. and very sharp claws. There was Mrs. Herman Jones of Nampa. a baby gorilla. Peacocks have Mrs. John Miller and George bright colored long tails. Miller of Melba, Mrs. Glen We made sandwiches, sliced Jensen and baby of Nampa were pickles, fixed lettuce, fixed car May 29 guests of Mrs. Helen rot strips and baked two cakes. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Landis One was chocolate and one was Dutro of Nampa were May 30 lemon. This was our picnic guests. lunch. We had fun. MR. AND MRS. ROY ROOKSTOOL Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rookstool were honored May 26, 1968 with an open house reception at their rural home in Apple Valley in observance of their 40th wedding anniversary. A lovely four-tier cake, baked and decorated by Mrs. Keith Carpenter of Ontario, centered the refreshment table. The hon orees received many lovely gifts and cards. Hosts and hostesses for the event were the couples children Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rookstool and family of Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. James Edens and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rook stool and family, all of Nyssa. One son Kenneth of Paramont, Calif., was unable to attend. BATES TO ATTEND SPECIAL SPEECH INSTITUTE AT WSU Donald P. Bates, speech and drama instructor at Nyssa high school, was recently notified that he is recipient of a Nation al Defense Educational Act (NDEA) grant for a special in stitute in speech to be held June 17-July 26 on campus at Washington State university in Pullman. Bates, competitively selected from Idaho, Montana, Washing The Rookstools were mar ried at Beaver City, Nebr., on May 26, 1928 and lived at Calla way, Nebr., until 1937 when they moved to the Nyssa area on a homestead in Sunset Val ley near Chalk Butte. They moved to the Apple Val ley community in 1963 and have continued to reside there since that time. ton and Oregon speech and drama teachers, will study problems relative to speech training for teachers and prep aration for dramatic curricula in the public schools. Prior to his teaching at Nyssa in 1961, Bates taught in Idaho schools at Paul and American Falls. He received his B.A. and M.Ed. degrees from Idaho State university. He has pur sued additional graduate study in speech at University of Idaho, University of Utah, and Oregon State university. Credits earned this summer will be applicable to a Ph.D. in either speech or drama. In addition to teaching speech and English, Bates directs local forensics, coaches debate and stages dramatic productions. The Bates couple, together with their children, reside at 507 N. 7th street in Nyssa. •>•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ; Shop at Bracken’s Dept. 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