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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1969 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON BETTER MAILBOX WEEK OBSERVED The Post Office Department designates a week in May each year when Patrons on Rural Routes, city motorized, and box-delivery star routes are encouraged to examine, and im prove where necessary the ap pearance of their mailboxes. The week of May 19-24 has been selected this year. The purpose of Mailbox Improve ment Week is to call attention to the need for providing mail receptacles which are designed to protect the mail from the weather, and which are neat > TAKING HONORS AS SCHOOL PATROLMEN for the months of April and May, 1969 are Nyssa sixth-grade students, (1 to r) Laurel Nevins, Vonda Hansen, David Blaylock and Doug Wade. Laurel is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pierce, is a student in Mrs. Dorothy Wilson’s classroom and was named Patrol-Captain-of-the-Month of April by faculty members and the Nyssa Police department. Vonda’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hansen, she is a student in Mrs. Jan Wilson’s room and was given honors as Patrolman-of-the-Month. David, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Blaylock, is a student m Mrs. Hazel Lane’s classroom and was named Patrolman-of-the-Month of May. Doug’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wade, he is a student in Mrs. Dorothy Wilson’s room and received honors as Patrol- Captain-of-the-Month of May. They display traveling trophies which are given by the police department, together with individual certificates. - Journal Photo. À Salem Scene W-' By Everett E. Cuttei By Everett E. Cutter Cascade Gas Union Men Back On Joh As the 1969 legislative session enters its final days, one of its most productive results appears to be in the area of A five-week strike of some state government reorganization. Gov. Tom McCall, in his January opening message to the 200 Cascade Natural Gas ser legislature, emphasized the need to modernize government vice, maintenance and con structure and functions in all three branches in order to meet struction worker ended recenth demands of the future. He drew upon recommendations of several when a new contract was rati interim study committees and his Project 70’s Task Force fied by members of the Inter national Chemical Workers report to support his argument. His proposals—particularly in view of an eight-year legislative Union and the utility. The new agreement provides stalemate on Constitutional revision, have achieved a remarkable for an average wage increase degree of success. Both houses now have voted Legislative approval of such of approximately 6.7% includ to abolish Oregon’s 56-year- reorganization now eliminates ing fringe benefits. The union old Board of Control, an action some objections noted in past has been asking for an over sought by Gov. McCall and his attempts to put a revised Con all increase of about 8.6%. Other employes of the com two predecessors. The board, stitution before Oregon voters consisting of the governor, sec as well. In recent sessions, pany--salesmen, cahiers, ac retary of state and state treas- House members have wanted countants and supervisory per urert had been created largely sweeping changes through Con sonnel-kept the utility operat to supervise administration of stitutional revision, while sena ing during the strike. There state institutions. It often has tors, have held out for mere was no interrruption of service been touchy business and, ac rewriting and updateing to customers. Cascade President O. Mar cording to the Project 70’s changes. Last week the Senate passed shall Jones said the men would report, can lend itself too read ily to political grandstanding. a new version of a revised be called back to work im The board’s existence now Constitution, again mostly just mediately. “We are grateful for the will end on June 30; functions editing. It does not call for will be given to the Depart reorganization of state agencies tireless efforts of our salaried ment of General Services and, into 20 departments, for that no and supervisory employes if the Senate concurs with the longer is considered necessary. during this emergency,’’ Jones House, to a new Department Elimination of the need for said. “In the public interest, of Human Resources. The latter that portion, previously wanted a utility has no alternative but would combine under one de by the House, can help smooth to continue to serve its cus partment mental hospitals, pub the way for agreement between tomers, so we were obliged to lic welfare, penal and correc the two chambers and possibly do our best under the circum- tions institutions, vocational put the matter before the people stances. Understanding cus rehabilitation and unemploy in the 1970 primary election. tomers who cooperated with us It does, however, propose so thoroughly made the task ment compensation. Already signed into law by changes in the legislative much easier.” the governor is a measure pass branch: one would allow the ed this year tocreate an Execu legislature to call itself into tive Department, becoming op special session, an action now erational on July 1. It brings reserved for the governor, and HELLO together under one executive- another would add one member WORLD! administrative umbrella sev to each house in order to avoid eral planning and personnel de tie votes. The first of these velopment programs, including already has been passed in Capt. and Mrs. Vard Olsen some civil service personnel another bill by both houses, of Elsworth (Sp.) Air Force functions. and will be on the November, Last week the Senate joined 1970 ballot if Constitutional re Base are the new parents of an adopted daughter, Tiffany. the House in approving a new vision is not referred. Tiffany was born Feb. 9,1969 Department of Transportation, In his welcomingaddresslast and she went to live with the as recommended by the Interim January, Gov. McCall opened Committee on Business Cli by “endorsing and attitude Olsens April 18,1969. Tiffany’s mate. It brings together high stressed in the Project 70’s grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. ways, ports, airports and the report”: the executive and leg Ted Frahm of Ontario and Mr Department of Motor Vehicles, islative branches must identify and Mrs. Brig Olsen of Nyssa and establishes a new division much more closely in dealing of mass transit for the state. with the broad and complex MALHEUR MEMORIAL The Senate and House also problems of the 1970’s. HOSPITAL, 1969 both have approved legislation Inasmuch as government re to change the name of the State organization and streamlining MAY 15 - To Mr. and Mrs. Sanitary Authority to the En for the future are involved in Henry Mendazona of Nyssa, a vironmental Quality Commis such identification, Gov. McCaU girl. sion and to place it directly can be pleased with successes MAY 17 - To Mr. and Mrs. under the governor. And a re denied previous administra Marcas Fuentes of Nyssa, a lated opening address proposal tions. girl. to help control Oregon environ MAY 18 - To Mr. and Mrs. ment has cleared both houses: Larry Coles of Payette, a boy. the governor is given authority FORMER NYSSAN to zone all land not zoned by the counties by December 31, GETS PROMOTION WORK SMARTER 1971. - NOT HARDER Creation of a Department of AT FNB OF ORE Natural Resources has gained Former Nyssa resident Carl APPLIANCE REPAIR PROB House approval. It would co ordinate activities of several Bartlett has been elevated to LEMS have become a national far-flung agencies but, like commercial loan officer at issue during the past months. most other consolidation First National Bank of Oregon’s Considerable money is wasted moves, would not affect policy- Portland Main Office, according on service calls that are not making authority of the various to Kenneth C. Hume, vice pres really necessary. Automatic ident and manager. washers have come in for more bodies. Bartlett, an assistant vice than their share of complaints. Also in Senate study follow p >sident at the statewide bank, To save money on repairs ask ing House approval is a bill moves from an assignment with your county Extension office for to create a State Department First National’s Eastern Ore a free copy of our fact sheet, of Revenue. It would assume gon regional staff. He had been "How to Avoid Unnecessary tax and fee collection functions in charge of the region’s sales Service Calls on Laundry Appll. of the State Tax Commission, activities for nearly five years. ances.” Bartlett is a native of Baker state treasurer and public util ities commissioner, and would who was graduated from Baker ed assistant vice president in supervise aircraft and motor High School and Oregon State F ebruary of the following year. His activities have included University, where he majored vehicle fuel taxes. in agriculture. He joined the memberships in the Oregon bank in 1958 as an agri-busi State Beaver Club, the Port TAKES CABINET FORM ness representative and was land Chamber of Commerce, Such sweeping reorganization assigned to The Dalles, Nyssa Elks Club, Al Kader Shrine, steps, unprecedented in Oregon and Baker while working in that Portland Golf Club and the history, are seen as a move capacity. He was promoted to American Institute of Banking. toward a cabinet form of gov general loan officer at the He also has completed several ernment, cutting down on dup bank's Klamath Falls branch in comprehensive courses in licate or overlapping services 1960, and his assignment with banking and finance offered by and centralizing authority in the the regional staff dated from the American Institute of Bonk August of 1964. He was elect- in«. state’s chief executive. in appearance. In the past, steps have been undertaken to ask patrons to put their names on boxes, which is a regulation requirement. We have not been as successful as we feel that we should have been as many patrons still do not have their names on boxes. During inspections last year it was noted that a good many had gone to great efforts to make their boxes quite an at traction, being erected in a rather fashionable manner. We also noted that the F. F. A. boys have about one of the best mailbox supports that are made. You can secure one of these by soliciting from them PAGE THREE and I believe they will also erect it. Rural carriers are very appreciative of boxes properly erected as they can serve them more readily and quicker. Time is essential if the rural carrier are to main HAIR STYLES AND BEAUTY tain regular schedules. Any im GUIDE by Frank Bowers. provement that can be made Pretty-girl curls, five-ways for to anyones rural box will be combouts, famous beauty looks, much appreciated by the Postal hairdos and horoscopes, these Department. are just some of the interesting ideas found in this book. 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