THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON
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OBITUARIES
The Gate City Journal
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Published Every Thursday at Nyssa, Malheur County,
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Class Matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A LESSON FOR US!
One of the Founding Fathers of our country warned a long
time ago that internal weaknesses might present a greater
threat to the perpetuation of our country than foreign military
aggression. We have now had a first-rate example oi how internal
NICK RUDELICK
weakness can wreck a nation. Within a space of 22 years
following World War II, the British Empire disintegrated. The
obituaries of Britain’s decline have been documented in the
Funeral rites for Nicholas
world’s press. What Hitler and his mighty air armada were (Nick) Rudelick were conducted
unable to accomplish — the extinction of Britain as a world Tuesday, July 23, 1968 at Lien-
power — is now a fact ofhistory. From all accounts, the demise kaemper chapel. Officiating was
of Britain is traceable largely to socialist leaders. The energy the Rev. Armand Larive of St.
sapping philosophy of the welfare state which they advocated Paul’s Episcopal church.
apparently played an important part in the rapid decline of
Mr. Rudelick succumbed on
British fortunes. U. S. citizens should take note that even the
the previous Saturday at Mal
mightiest nation can be brought down by its own weaknesses —
heur Memorial hospital, fol
just as was predicted nearly two centuries ago.
lowing an extended illness.
He was born Sept. 6, 1893
at Smilyan, Austria, and was
married to Bertha Frankel on
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rulon
August 24, 1925 at Caldwell,
Staples, and Susan Hartley,
Idaho. They came to Nyssa
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark
in 1930.
Hartley, all of Nyssa; Lois
The deceased owned and
Seuell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
operated the Olympic club until
Ernest Seuell, Adrian; May Mc
1945, worked for the Fraternal
Bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Order of Eagles for seven years
Floyd McBride, Jamieson; and
and in 1954 purchased Brown
Glenda Sunderland, daughter of
ie’s Lounge which he operated
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sunder until 1961.
Six Malheur County girlshave land, Willowcreek. Miss Sun
derland, the current Farm Bu
entered the Malheur Farm
reau sweetheart, has entered •W
Bureau sweetheart contest and
this year’s contest.
were guests, along with their
mothers, at a luncheon this week
wr*»‘-“inf...... «a 1
ESSAY REQUIRED
sponsored by the Farm Bureau.
Farm Bureau
To Select
Sweetheart
a»-
FIRE CALLS!
Meeting with the girls at the
East Side cafe was Mrs Donald
Oakes, contest chairman. She
instructed them in the contest,
the essay they must write and
the three-minute talk they will
give at the annual Farm Bu
reau picnic Aug. 3.
GIVES COURSE
Mrs. Dee Winegar gave the
girls a short course on charm,
beauty and poise, and Glenda
Sunderland, 1967-68 sweet
heart, talked on her experiences
of the past year.
Contestants are Pamela
Saito, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Saito, Colleen Staples,
The girls will be required to
submit a 1,500-word essay on
"Farm Bureau Today -- Builds
the World Tomorrow,” and each
girl will give a three-minute
talk at the Farm Bureau picnic
at Li^ns Park in Ontario. Win
ner of the contest will be an
nounced later.
The Oregon Farm Bureau
sweetheart contest will be held
at the state convention at Salem
in November. The winner of the
county contest will receive an
expense-paid trip to the state
contest. The state contest win
ner will receive a $300 cash
award from the U. S. National
Bank plus a course at a Port
land charm school.
ADRIAN - The Adrian vol
unteer firemen were summoned
on the afternoon of July 17
to the Dean Montgomery farm
near Mitchell Butte.
It is reported that a loafing
shed, haystack, hay wagon, bee
boards and a portion of the
corrals were destroyed by the
blaze.
Within the past week the
Nyssa firemen answered two
false alarms. On Friday, July
19 the Idaho Corn Cannery
workers were burning weed
stubble and someone called in
the alarm.
The other call was to the
Nyssa labor camp where a
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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 196«
Ray Russell Named
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Mr. Rudelick was a member
of St. Paul’s church, the Elks
and Eagles lodges. His favorite
hobbies were hunting and fish
ing.
In addition to his widow of
the home at 413 North Fourth
street in Nyssa, he is survived
by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Lewis
Rudelich, a nephew, John Rud-
elich; two nieces, Mrs. Law
rence Findling and Mrs. D. W.
Pappas, all of Midvale, Utah.
Lewis Rudelich, a brother, pre
ceded him in death.
Interment was made in the
Nyssa cemetery, under direc
tion of Lienkaemper chapel.
Active pallbearers were Dick
Tensen, E. H. Brandt, Jack
Walters, Marion Tracy, John
Broad and Art Servoss. Serv
ing as honorary bearers were
Artie Robertson, Aden Wilson,
Theron Wheeler, Jack Ander
son, William Hipp, Herbert
Fisher, William Schireman and
Robert Thompson.
MILTON CONNELLY
Former Nyssan Mil ton James
Connely, 59, of Culver City,
Calif., died May 21, 1968 at his
home, following an extended
illness.
He was born Oct. 20, 1907
at Brady, Nebr.,andcametothe
Nyssa area in the 1930’s with
his wife, Alyson and small son,
John William. They purchased
a ranch in the Nu Acres com
munity where they farmed for
many years, and during the win
ter months Mr. Connellyworked
at the Nyssa sugar factory.
In the 1950’s the deceased
and his family moved to Culver
City where he resided until time
of his death.
Among survivors, including
Mr. Connelly’s widow, are two
sons, John William (Bill) in
California and Thomas (Miles)
Connelly of Parma; three
daughters, Mrs. Lee (Mickie)
Grady, Ruth and Violet
Connelly, all of Culver City.
Also surviving are eight
grandchildren; two brothers,
Andrew of Brady, Nebr., and
Leo Connelly of Parma; two
sisters, Mrs. Charles Reutzel
of Maxwell, Nebr., and Mrs.
Axel Carlson of Hubbard, Ore.
Funeral services were con
ducted May 25 by the Rev. Albert
Julius Gray of the First Baptist
church at Winchester, Calif.
Interment was made in Forest
Lawn - Cypress cemetery at
Cypress, Calif.
leaking gas line was of some
concern to an occupant in one
of the cabins.
The trouble had been erased
before the volunteers arrived on
the scene.
Oblivion is full of men who
permitted the opinion of others
to overrule their belief in them
selves.
»ud Commission
State Senator Tony Yturri(R-
Ontario) announced today that
Governor Tom McCall has
appointed Ray Russell, 58, a
Nyssa farmer, to the Oregon
Potato Commission.
Russell, who has been a
farmer for the past quarter
century, is a member of the On
tario Elks Lodge. He is married
and has two grown daughters.
MRS. SOYO ATAGI
A wake service for Mrs.
Soyo Atagi will be conducted
at 8 o’clock Friday evening,
July 26, 1968 at the Idaho -
Oregon Buddhist church in
Ontario. Funeral rites will be
held at 2 o’clock Saturday after
noon at the church, and inter
ment will be made in Ever
green cemetery at Ontario,
under direction of Bertelson-
Lienkaemper chapel. Officiat
ing will be the Rev. T. Hir-
ota of the Idaho-Oregon Bud
dhist church.
Mrs. Atagi succumbed Tues
day at Malheur Memorial
hospital, following an extended
illness.
She was born Nov. 20, 1884,
in Hidaka-gun, Wakayama,
Japan, a daughter of Denbi and
Fusaye Odawa. She entered the
United States on June 3, 1912
and was married that day to
Kiyozo Atagi in the Buddhist
church at Seattle, by the Rev.
H. Fujii.
From 1913 until 1926, the
deceased lived at Lewiston,
Utah; Blackfoot, Montpelier and
American Falls, Idaho. The
family moved to Ontario in 1926
and resided there for ten years
before moving to the Nyssa
area.
In addition to Mr. Atagi, the
deceased is survived by three
sons, Masato, Archie and Dange
Atagi, all of Nyssa; three
daughters, Mrs. Asako Atagi
of Ontario, Mrs. JoyeSadamori
and Miss Mary Atagi of Nyssa.
Other survivors include 12
grandchildren; two great
grandchildren; and two sisters,
Mrs. Nami Tsumura and Mrs.
Osada Kawasuna in Japan. Mrs.
Atagi was preceded in death by
two sons, Esow and Koki Atagi.
Fred O. Koch, president of
Faith Lutheran church, will
speak at congregational
services at 8 o’clock this even
ing. Bob Ure will conduct the
liturgy during the 11 a. m.
worship service Sunday.
Dan Nichols, Dana and Jen
nifer Ure are planning to at
tend the Intermediate - week
session to be held July 28-
August 3 at Luther Heights
Bible camp at Lake Alturas,
Idaho.
Members of the Nyssa United
Methodist church will hold their
annual ice cream and cake
social from 7 to 10 p.m., Fri
day evening. August 2 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie
Metcalf at 823 Adrian blvd.
The public is invited to attend.
COMING EVENTS
TODAY - 10:30 a.m. Senior
Citizens meet at Dr. and Mrs.
John E. Long’s residence. Bring
sack lunch.
JULY 26-9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MISSIONARY
Driver License Examiner at
BAPTIST CHURCH
Nyssa public library.
JULY 26-8 p.m. Owyhee
Riding club members regular
Members of the First Mis monthly meeting at South park.
JULY 28-9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
sionary Baptist church of
Nyssa, at Second and Ehrgood Public Dance, Moore hotel ball
streets, have recently pur room, Ontario. Sponsored by
chased a parsonage for the members of Nyssa Siempre
pastor.
Adelante club.
JULY 31 - 2 to 6 p.m. Blood
The new address of the Rev. drawing at F. O. E. lodge hall.
James W. Dotson is 413 Ennis
AUG. 1-7 p.m. Barbecue
avenue. His phone number is at South park. Nyssa Jaycee
372-3517.
sponsored kick-off for Thun
This move has enlarged the deregg Days weekend activities.
Sunday school capacity from 50
to nearly 100. The number of
We always think a man’s ideas
classes has been increased,
are
good if they coincide with
giving a higher quality of
teaching to each age group. ours.
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The regular schedule of ser
It is more to one’s credit to
vices are Sunday: Sunday go straight than to move in the
school 10 A. M.; Morning best circles.
Worship, 11 o’clock BTC., 7
P.M.; Worship service 8 P.M.
Wednesday: prayer meeting, 8
P.M.
HELLO
ZjT WORLD!
BIG BEND - Mr. and Mrs.
Wally Steiner became grand
parents of a girl born July 17,
1968 to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Leavitt at Caldwell Memorial
hospital.
The infant joins a two-year-
old brother, Dick.
BIG BEND - Mrs. Darrell
English received word July 19,
1968 of the arrival of a girl
born that evening to Mr. and
Mrs. David O’Brien at Omaha,
Nebr. She joins a brother,
Tommy, 1 1/2 years of age.
The infant’s mother is the
former Martha Clary of Ros
well.
AT MALHEUR MEMORIAL
JULY 19 - To Mr. and Mrs.
James Moore of Nyssa, an
eight - pound, five - ounce girl,
Gina Leigh.
JULY 21 - To Mr. and Mrs.
Andres Alcoser of Nyssa, a
seven-pound girl, Graciela.
JULY 21 - To Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Reynolds of Vale, a
boy.
JULY 22 - To Mr. and Mrs.
Larry DeHaven ot Parma, a
boy.
AT HOLY ROSARY
JULY 21 - To Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Fonda of Nyssa, a boy.
METHODIST CHURCH
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ASSEMBLY OF GOD
The Rev. Earl McMilin, a
recording artist, will be the
featured guest for services
planned at 11 o’clock Sunday
morning, August 4 at the Nyssa
Assembly of God Church, 115
Reece Avenue.
Rev. McMilin conducted two
Gospel concerts in Chico,
Calif., during the pastorate of
the Reverend Carl Johnson, Jr.,
now pastor of the Nyssa church.
The public is cordially
invited.
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ICE CREAM SOCIAL
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1968
7 to 10 p.m.
At Ernie Metcalf Residence
(823 Adrian Blvd . . . Nyssa)
Homemade lee Cream •
Coffee — Punch
Cake
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Friday. 10 to 12 Saturday.
MAULDING CLINIC
L. A. Maul ding, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Dial 372-2216 -
HOURS: 9 to 12 noon and
2 to 5 p. m., - Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday. 9 to 12 noon, Sat
urday. Weight labs "By
appointment only” - Wed
nesday.
DAVID W. SARAZIN, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
HOURS: 10 to 12 noon A
2 to 5p.m. - Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday, Friday. 10
to 12 Thursday A Saturday.
Phones: Office 372-3365
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