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Nyssa Gate City Journal
VOLUME LXI1
THE SUGAR CITY
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1968
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON
FIVE BOYS AND ONE GIRL WIN BICYCLES IN JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION COMPETITION
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THUNDEREGG CAPITAL
NUMBER XLVU
AREA HIGH SCHOOLS
LIST HONOR STUDENTS
Fifty-two Nyssa high school students and 27 at Adrian
high were listed on the honor rolls for the first nine-week
period of the 1968-69 school year.
Heading the NHS list are seven 4.0 students. They are
Seniors George Heider, Brenda McKinney and Barbie Ten-
sen; Juniors Roxy Mason and Barbi Wilt; Sophomore Jean
ine Saito and Freshman Scott Engstrom.
Perfect ‘A’ grades at AHS were made by Cherrylee
Chamberlain and Carolyn Ward, seniors; Nena Salomon,
junior; Debby Campbell, sophomore; Bruce Ishida, Sheila
Pratt and Vikki Shenk, freshmen.
ADRIAN ‘B’ STUDENTS
Sachio Ho ri
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Gary Prowell
Neal Oldemeyer
David Simantel
INCLUDES EVERY ENTRY WHO HANDED IN EVEN ONE SUB
SCRIPTION, ARE GRATEFUL TO FRIENDS ANDSUBSCR1BERS
FOR THEIR SUPPORT DURING THE SUBSCRIPTION
CAMPAIGN.
CANDIDATES AND THEIR STANDINGS ARE LISTED ELSE
WHERE IN THIS ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL. THE CONTEST
SUBSCRIBERS WHO HAVE SEEN ANY OF THE HAPPY
YOUNGSTERS PICTURED ABOVE, ALL OF WHOM RECEIVED
PRIZE BICYCLES, WILL KNOW HOW SINCERELY THEY MEAN
“THANK YOU” TO ALL WHO PAID FOR ANEW OR RENEWAL
SUBSCRIPTION DURING THE GATE CITY JOURNAL’S DRIVE.
THOSE WHO RECEIVED COMMISSION CHECKS, WHICH
Larry Wood
Anna Dority
WHICH ATTRACTED BOYS AND GIRLS FROM ALL OVER THIS
AREA WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THE JOURNAL
HAS EVER CONDUCTED. THESE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO WON
PRIZE BICYCLES OR CASH COMMISSIONS HAVE EVERY
REASON TO BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVE
MENT.
JOURNAL CAMPAIGN
ENDED SATURDAY
Ann Cameron, Leslie Fujish-
in, Janet Hall, Anita Hunnicutt,
Ronnie Lewis, Cindy Shenk, Jo
ann Timmerman and Lisa Winn,
seniors.
OTHER NHS TOP STUDENTS
Near 800 Readers Added
Through 200 New Subs
The Journal subscription campaign that ended Saturday night,
November 16, was a huge success. Six kids were winners of
brand new bicycles, 24 received checks for their efforts and
the local paper added almost 200 new names to the growing
list of new readers.
The campaign, conducted by Mrs. J. D. Stack, started Oct.
26 and lasted three weeks. Judges Mrs. Tom (Ellen) Jones
and Mrs. Earl (Earlene) Jennings came in at 9 p.m. Satur
day to make the final tally of points to determine the pos
ition of all contestants.
.This was completed about 11 p.m. and the bicycle winners
were notified that they could get their prizes that night if
they ‘‘so desired.” TVy all ‘‘desired” except two who wished
to exchange their vehicles for a different style, despite the
lateness of the hour and rather inclement weather.
Earning grade point averages
of 3.8 at Nyssa high are Ann
Zittercob and Angie Labby, sen
iors; Ted Barton, Marty Som
ers, Joyce Jennings, Lissa
Nishitani and Patty Lowe, jun
iors; Mike Smith, Mary Habur-
chak and Martha Heider, soph-
TKfiDKS
FARM-OTY WEEK
SPOTLIGHTS AG
PROGRESS, GOALS
For Our Still Priceless
Blessings and Freedoms
GOOD TRAINING FOR KIDDIES
We are proud indeed to be a part
Parents have remarked what good training the campaign
was for the kiddies. It has taught them more self-reliance,
to handle money and keep records, and most importnat the
idea that work is the best way to attain one’s goals.
It also taught some that a little more effort would have
enabled them to be among the top winners.
A complete list of the rankings of the contestants is car
ried elsewhere in this issue of the Journal.
The fanfare for the week of Nov. 22-28, National Farm-
City Week, is being directed at the second largest member
of Oregon’s 3-F Club, which consists of the state’s industrial
big three, forestry, farming and fun, or in other words -
lumber, agriculture and tourism.
In proclaiming the annual observance, President Johnson
noted that one of the tools for achieving a high quality of life
in the 21st century will be “an agricultural capacity for abund
ance never before attained by any nation.”
Although this goal may be in the future, Robert Coppedge,
Oregon State University extension agriculture economist, has
ferreted out some figures to find out how Oregon family farm
ers are faring in the fight to furnish the nation with the finest
in food and fiber while attempting to remain financially firm
themselves.
of this thriving community ... and to live
among our wonderful friends and neigh
bors. So on Thanksgiving we pause with
heartfelt thanks for our priceless bless-
NEW READERS WELCOMED
The new subscribers, representing about 800 new readers,
are welcomed by the Journal staff, and invited to become
contributors of news and letters. They are also welcomed
by the regular advertisers who will benefit through the wider
coverage.
In addition to the new subscribers a large percentage of
the old readers gave a renewal to the kiddies during the
campaign.
Malheur PT A
Meeting Dated
ings and the privilege of serving you.
FREED
OF
BEUG
WEEK
We are thankful for
the freedom to worship
in the church of our
choke and for the
preservation of peace.
A special meeting of the Mal
heur Council PTA has been set
for Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 7:30
p.m. in the Nyssa Junior high
school. The meeting has been
called to conduct necessary
business and to discuss items
of vital concern to the commun
ity and to Malheur County.
Mrs. Lester Cleaver, council
presdient and also county chair
man for the Governors com
mittee on children and youth,
has just returned from the Ore
gon conference on children and
youth, and extends a special
invitation to school people and
Upland bird hunters have one
other organizations to attend more weekend in which to pur
the council meeting.
sue the colorful ring-necked
Mrs. Cleaver states that the pheasant, considered by most
youth who were at the confer hunters to be the prize upland
ence expressed the desire to game bird in the state. At sun-
speak and to be listened to and
to become involved. The Ore
gon PTA and council officers
are anxious to reorganize high
school PTSA’ s and to see the
young people become really in
volved.
Lee Matthews, Student Body
president of TVCC also at
tended the conference as a pan
el participant, and will come to
the council meeting to share his
ir iressions with you.
Pheasant Season
Closes Sunday
KIP MOGGRIDGE
He has joined the Nyssa branch
of First National Bank of Ore
gon as assistant operations of
ficer, according to Thomas G.
Stenkamp, branch manager. The
new assistant operations officer
joined First National at its On
tario office in October of 1967.
He moved to the Nyssa branch
following completion of a train
ing assignment. Moggridge at
tended Treasure Valley Com
munity college and the Univer
sity of Idaho. He and his wife,
Lynda reside at 57 1/2 N. W.
Third in Ontario.
Among ‘B’ students at Adrian
high school are Jill Franklin,
Teresa Lane, Kermit Landes,
Donna Rossbach, Lisa Sykes,
and Mary Timmerman, fresh
men.
Cheryl Burroughs and Mat-
suko Hori, sophomores; Vikie
King, Mark Pratt, Jane Ross
bach and Earl Stoker, juniors.
set on November 24 the state
wide season on these birds
will come to a close, marking
an end to the 1968 hunt.
Also to close at that time
is the season in western Ore
gon on quail, both valley and
mountain. The season on quail
in eastern Oregon, along with
the season on Hungarian and
chukar partridge, will con
tinue through January 19.
DOGS NEEDED
omore; andJanSaito,freshman.
NHS students who earned 3.7
GPA’s include Ruth Ann Mc
Ginley and Pam Saito, seniors;
Ronald Sarazin, sophomore.
Among those earning 3.6
GPA’s were Carolyn Win
chester, senior; Kathy Garner
and Debra Draper, juniors; San
dra Larkin, Cindy Shy, Dellas
Frederiksen, Janis Taka mi,
Janet Takami, Dana Bratton,
Mardi Tensen, Keith Oldemey
er and Nancy Wilson,soph
omores; Pam Me Partland and
Dan Garner, freshmen.
Also on the honor list with
3.5 grade point averages are
NHS students Colleen Staples,
Lona Shelton, Meria Ashby and
Wendy Bair, seniors; Colleen
Brown, Ken Spitze and Anita
Piercy, juniors; Dave Manley,
LeAnne Wilson and Nancy Jack-
son, sophomores; Sharlene
Kido, Lila Berrett, Norma
Rodríguez, Jim Dail, Eric Ol
son, Ricky Chester and Lee
Barton, freshmen.
most areas of eastern Oregon
but are now scattered at all
Dogs will be required to flush
birds from heavy cover in east
ern Oregon. Also, many ring
necks have taken to the sage
brush hills away from the ad
jacent agricultural lands.
elevations. There is a bumper
crop of valley quail, and shot
gunners are missing an excel
lent bet by not concentrating on
these birds. Mountain quail pop
ulations are also quite high in
many areas. Look for these
Gunners are advised that birds along brushy waterways
chukar populations are good in and adjacent brushy canyons.
For one thing, Coppedge says,
fewer farmers and larger farms
are producing the food and fiber
for a rapidly-growing popul
ation. In 1950, for example, the
average size Oregon farm was
335 acres. By 1968, the aver
age size had increased to 504
acres. During the same time,
the average U. S. farm in
creased from 213 to 369 acres.
Although net farm income in
Oregon is on the rise, (an in
crease of $800 per farm from
1960 to 1967) expenditures are
also going up. The farmer in
Oregon spent $442 million in
1967 to produce his crops. The
majority of these expenditures
are made to Oregon business
men. For example, farmers
spent $109 million for feed, seed
and fertilizer in 1967.
FEWER FARMERS
EXPENSES KEEP PACE
The farm population in Ore
gon dropped from 228,000 in
1950 to 138,000 in 1960 and
the number of farms decreased
from 62,600 in 1950 to 41,500
in 1968. In 1950 one farm work
er supplied 15 people with food
and fiber while he now pro
duces enough for more than 40
people.
More than 100,000 persons
are employed in agriculture or
agri-business jobs in Oregon,
or more than one-seventh of the
total work force. Those emp
loyees, according to Coppedge,
buy clothing, gasoline, enter
tainment, insurance policies,
houses and all the other stand-
and items in the economy.
Production expenses have
kept pace with cash receipts
over the last seven years.Cash
receipts were $100 million
more last year than in 1960,
but the increase in production
expenses also topped $100 mil
lion during the same period.
Total net income to Oregon
farmers declined slightly in
1967 from the 1966 level, but
was higher than in 1960. That
year, the total net Income was
$129.1 million and the 1967
income estimate was $147.6
million. Total net income per
farm was $3,514 last year, com
pared to $2,747 in 1960.
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WEATHER
LEGION NEWS
Legionnaires and auxiliary
members of the Nyssa and Ad
rian posts; and district officers
«ill meet at 7:30p.m.Saturday,
Nov. 23 at East Side cafe in
Ontario.
In addition to dinner, there
will be a business meeting.
Tickets are available from le
gionnaires and auxiliary mem
bers of the sponsoring posts.
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RESERVOIR STORAGE
11/18/67
335,130 Acre Feet
11/18/68
141,140 Acre Feet
With a 5-0 league record the Adrian Antelope football boys
earned the 1968 SRV A-3 championship title. The grid play
ers are: first row (1 to r); Lee Sipes, Jim Thomas, George
Gonzalez, Mike Duncan, Rex Franklin, Gary Franks, John
Davis, Pud Franks, John Phelps, Danny Miller, Manager.
Second row; Nick Gavióla, Keven Hall, Alan Atagi, Sam
Chaney, Ron Miller, Kelly Campbell, Steve Davis, Earl
Stoker, G. B. Condra, Bruce Ishida, Dennis Stoker. Third
row; Andy Warrington, assistant coach, Dan Nelson, Pat
Corn, Dan Judd, Jim Conant, Dan Martin, Daryl Stoker,
Mark Pratt, Clyde Martin, Rod Price, Clyde Underwood,
Bill Grau, Rusty Talbot, Bob Bates, coach. Not shown is
Burdette Pratt.