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__ ■_ .» i I ■ 4. ; A ■ ? ! gj s,- o ìM- ■*7 .. if. University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore« 97403 . I i X X X X X Ñyssa "Gâte City Journal VOLUME LXIII Th* Sugar City GRADY ROMANS NAMED TO PRODUGION BOARD Glen L. Hutchinson, row crop farmer and livestock operator of Malheur County, retired from the board of directors of Baker Production Credit Association and an 18-year member of the association was named to succeed him. He is Grady W. Romans, Rt. 2 Vale, a stockman. Mr. Hutchinson has served on the PCA board for 24 years and since May 12, 1965 has been its president. He retires by resignation, having asked to be relieved of the duties because of requirements in his own affairs and to assist Mrs. Hutchinson who is recovering from a very serious hip operation. Elevated to succeed Hutchi son as president is a veteran on tern Oklahoma in 1919 and re the board, Merton A. Davis of ceived his education there. He moved to his present loca Union; with Joe Freeman, Baker rancher and purebred Angus tion in the fall of 1937, where he breeder, named to succeed in the fall of 1937, where he and his wife Martha E., have Davis as vice-president. operated a livestock herd ever since. Their son Kenneth and wife have four children. The Romans also have land near Westfall for their summer operation, bringing yearlings in to the Vale ranch to finish out. They operate about 1500 acres and a herd of 800 head of cat tle. He has been a PC A member since 1951. Besides his busy farming work he has found time to be Farm Bureau Livestock Committee chairman; serveson the BLM District 13 advisory board; is chairman of the Public Lands committee of the Malheur County Livestock Association and was president of that group in 1963-64. He has served on the school board and has been active in 4-H club work many years. Mr. Hutchinson has been ac tive in the direction of the Baker Production Credit Association during the strenuous post-war times and has seen it grow to its present position of serving The board’s other directors Eastern Oregon agriculture are Wayne E. Phillips, Jr., with over $30 million annually Keating rancher; Warner Maag, in loans. He has also seen Jamieson farmer; and the new the association reach aposition member, Mr. Romans. of full member-ownership. Mr. Romans was born on a farm near Detriot, Texas, March 31, 1912, moved toWes- AREA ONIONS RATE Nyssa Schools Close Friday Superintendent W. L. Mc- Partland announced that there will be no school Friday, Oct. 10, in the Nyssa schools. All schools in Malheur County are closed on that day while the teachers go to various training sessions, meetings, and in-ser vice within their own schools. In the high school George Fanning and Don Bates will present the Migrapac program, which is a learning program in basic skills. High school teachers will work in the after noon in the resource center. Special education teachers will visit the class for train- able children in Ontario, and later meet with’ the Ontario school special education tea chers at Alameda School. The elementary staff will re view achievement testing pro gram and spend rest of the day correcting tests and recording test results. Kindergarten personnel will attend a conference on Migrant Education at Gearhart, Ore. HIGH IN NATION Southwestern Idaho-Eastern Oregon has grown into a tidnally lfntiortanHSh* ^.rfTmer onion producing area, reports Warren Henninger, County Ex tension Agent. Based on imformation from the Idaho-Oregon Onion Com mittee’s office in Parma, Idaho, Idaho-Oregon onions receive the widest distribution and ac ceptance throughout the U.S. and Canada in comparison to all other late summer onion producing areas. Production wise, this area produced 21% of the late summer onions in 1968 and this year’s production proves to be just as impor tant with yields and quality being good, reports Henninger. Five years ago, this area shipped about 5,000 railroad carlots of onions compared to last year’s total of 8,300 car lots. Jim Watsom, a noted grower and shipper of onions from Parma, Idaho, anticipates an output of 10,000 car lots of onions from this area within five years. Idaho-Oregon’s Mild Sweet Spanish onions will remain a THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON NYSSA AMALGAMATED SUGAR FACTORY witn ine sniOKv anti sioani uyiiig luwdiuo un? urdvri», men working around the clock, beet trucks running and stockpiles growing; this scene reminds us that there has been a purpose behind all the activity since early March on farms VENDRELL HONORED IN HANDICAP WEEK OMBUDSMAN TO MEET PUBLIC AT COURT HOUSE Governor McCall has announ ced that October 5 - 11 is to be known as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. Local committees throughout the State have nom inated candidates to compete in the annual selection for the Handicapped Oregonian. The winner will represent our state for National Award presented later this year. Tuesday, Oct. 7, the Annual Awards luncheon was held in Salem to present special cita tion awards to all Oregon can didates who permitted their 0SWKIS to.be entered. I uis Vendrell. Jr. of Nyssa was among those honored for this achievement and performance in life by overcoming a severe physical handicap, and he was one of four presented with a special citation. Vendrell lias worked as labor dispatcher for the Oregon De partment of Employment for 10- years, and for the past year he has worked for the Office of Economic Opportunity as direc tor of the Nyssa Opportunity Center under the Treasure Val ley Migrant Education Pro gram. He conducts classes in Basic English, Citizenship, Spanish, GED, and the Driver’s Manual. He helps people with transla tion and interpretation pro blems, and performs an in valuable service for many peo ple who profit by his help, very influential link is the na tion’s onion industry not to men tion the impact on this com munity’s economy, states Henninger. PACK ARTICLESCAREFULL' 'Jared with typewriter or pen „„ ... .. ______ -*nd lalu . The APO and FPO All articles should be packed are the same as the Zip Code in wood boxes preferrably or and must be shown on all par metal. Solid fiberboard or cels. Dail said that any questions strong double faced corrugated fiberboard boxes should be se about sending parcels, limita curely wrapped in heavy paper tions, size and cost will gladly which materially strengthens be supplied by postal person the package, if used. Each box nel. should be well tied with strong cord. Sufficient cushioning CIVIL AIR PATROL material should be used to pre vent any rattling or loosening MEETS TUESDAY The first fall meeting of the of articles within the parcel. Unless tightly filled, boxes are Nyssa Composit Squadron of the likely to be crushed. A slip Civil Air Patrol will be Tues showing a list of contents and day, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m., in the name and address of the the Nyssa high school. The first half of the meet sender and addressee, should be enclosed in the parcel as well ing will be devoted to a film as forms needed if contents are from the Federal Aviation Ad ministration entitled, "The liable for Customs duty. Investment We Ever In addition to articles Best normally prohibited in the mail, Made.” This film is a fac matches of all kinds as well tual documentary on the value as lighter fluid may not be of small-town airports to a It is mailed to overseas military community’s economy. addresses. Cigarettes, other narrated by Authur Godfrey. The following Tuesday, Oct. tobacco products, coffee and various other items are pro 21, the film will be, “It Pays hibited to parcels addressed to To Stay Open.” Following each some military post offices. Ad film a short seminar will be dresses must be legible and held to improve the basic aero complete and should be pre- nautical skills of the squad ron’s members. FAIR BOARD TO and Dan Nichols, Mike Smith, Harry Brendle and Ron Sarazin. Troop No. 419 is sponsored by the Nyssa Lions Club and is rated one of the outstanding Boy Scout Troops in the U.S. With 30 ac tive members, lOofthe boys are Eagle Scouts, which ranks them right at the top nationally. Mr. Oswald said that theywere singled out by National Scout executives as one of the finest troops at the jamboree. The other Eagle Scouts not present at the meeting are Mark Hirai, Lynn Hirai, Brian Hirai, Maurice Smith and Kenneth Schilling. ARMY NEEDS- COLLEGE WOMEN Sergeant John Mathews, the Army Recruiter here, today issued an appeal to college senior coeds and graduates who are looking for an interesting position that will make their de gree pay for itself. The sergeant quoted the con tents of a recent Department of the Army message calling for college women to fill po sitions in 150 career fields ranging from Art to Zoology. '•Hundreds of young women have brought their latent execu tive ability into play and found real challenge through the op portunities provided by the Army to continue their ed ucation and develope their lead ership potential,” Sergeant Mathews said. College graduates or seniors between the ages of 20 and 33 may contact Sergeant John Mathews at 889-5521 Ontario for complete details. CHAMBER WILL HEAR ADA COUNTY Oregon Campground Will Close Nov. 2 Overnight campgrounds in Oregon State Parks will close for the 1969 season on Sunday, November 2, after another ex tremely successful season, it was announced today by Forrest Cooper, state highway engineer. As usual, five overnight campgrounds along the Oregon coast will remain open through out the year. These are Fort Stevens, Cape Lookout, Beverly Beach, Jessie M. Honeyman, and Harris Beach. Generally the State Parksareneverclosed to the public for day use, which means that picnic facilities will be available, although in some areas drinking water and elec tric stoves may not be oper able. In higher elevations, snow and freezing weather close ac cess to some areas or require draining water systems and closing rest rooms. In the valley, coastal, and low-altitude DATE MAX. MIN. PREC areas, this disruption of ser 72 <5 Oct. 1 vice may be only for short 58 <5 .17 Oct. 2 periods of time. Oct. 3 58 40 .05 Although final attendance fig 59 38 Oct. 4 ures are not yet available for Oct. 5 61 30 this season. Indications are that Oct. 6 66 31 they win tx> above last year’s, 65 31 Oct. 7 when almost 20,800,000 visited 43 Oct. 8 the parks. OWYHEE RESERVOIR The overnight campgr >unds STORAGE which are closed for the win 10/9/69 427,840 Acre Feet ter will reopen 'or the 1970 10/9/68 126.970 Acre Feet. season in May. WEATHER Ray Larson, district manager for the Amalgamated Sugar Company, said that the U. S. Department of Agriculture has set acreage allotments for the 1970 sugar beet crop. There were 1,660,000 acres planted nationwide in 1969, and the 1970 acreage allotment is 1,450,000 acres, a reduction of about 12 and one half percent. Larson said that approxi mately this same ratio will ap ply to the Nyssa district, or about a 5,000 acre reduction for 1970. SHERIFF Jake Fischer, chamber sec retary, reported to the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce Wed nesday that 334 persons were fed at the Adrian cafeteria last Thursday evening. This was the chamber’s pancake feed and proved to be very popular. Arleigh Adams, program chairman, said that next Wed nesday Paul Bright, Ada County Sheriff, will talk tothechamber on narcotics and problemscon- nected with drugs in Treasure Valley. Adams urges a good attendance at this meeting to hear Sheriff Bright. “The State doesn’t have the resources to help all,” Haggard said in Eugene on an earlier field trip, "but we try. Some times it helps people just to have someone to talk to. And, while I’m hearing individual concerns, I’m looking for the larger patterns and trends, too. That way, we may be able to prescribe larger cures. So far I’ve heard very legitimate com plaints.” •W.. The current swing, into Eastern Oregon is the first of what is hoped will be periodic visits. SUGAR ACREAGE CUT FOR 1970 SEASON Nyssa postmaster Lee Dail said today that the following periods have been designated for mailing Christmas parcels to members of the Armed Servites overseas: (1) Surface Transportation Oct. 13 to Nov. 8 (2) Sam (Space Available Parcel Airlift) Oct. 20 to Nov. 22. (3) PAL Oct. 27 to Nov. 29 . (4) Airmail Dec. 1 to Dec. 13 The term "Armed Services Overseas”, includes personnel of the Armed Forces, members of their families, and U.S. Civilians employed overseas who receive their mail through an APO or FPO, New York, San Francisco or Seattle. Plans for the 1970 County Fair will be the main item of busi ness at the Ocotber meeting of the Malheur County Fair Board, according to E.M. Hauser, secretary of the board. The meeting will be held Mon day, Oct. 13, in the County Li brary building in Ontario, starting at 8:00 p.m. The Fair Board has invited interested organizations to send representatives to the meeting to act in an advisory capa city in planning operations for the coming year. The board intends to take a close look at some of the more contro versial features of the fair and discuss changes that can be made to improve the over-all operation. “My work is meant primarily to make state government more visible and meaningful to the people,” Haggard explains. “I want to hear directly any pro blems or complaints that a citi zen has regarding his dealings with state government. I will do my best to answer each in quiry and to register it at the highest level.” The ombudsman concept ori ginated in Sweden. Oregon be came, last July, the first state to have an official ombudsman. Haggard reports to the gover nor and the legislature, but is inhibited by neither. The post affords the ombudsman im munity of counsel, allowing him to work directly and confiden tially with each case, in com plete frankness. ago and portrays graphically the busy scene at Nyssa’s Amalgamated Sugar Company plant for the next five months. Then it’s time to plant again, and the cycle starts all over. POSTMASTER SAYS TO MAIL PACKAGES EARLY MEET OCTOBER 13 From left to right they are Rev. DonCrego, Assistant District Commissioner for Nyssa, Parma, and Adrian; Bob Oswald. District Scout Executive from Payette; Keith Olde- meyer; George Hirai, Troop 419Scoutmaster, NUMBER XLI Marko L. Haggard, Ombudsman for the people of Oregon, will visit Malheur County of Thursday, October 9. Haggard will establish a temporary headquarters through the office of Judge Ellis A. White and will be located in Room 102, Courthouse, Vale. He will be available to meet and talk to all interested parties from 8:30 a.m., throughout the day. If a special meeting time is required, Haggard will attempt to accomodate it. A call on Thursday to 473-3123 can set-up an appointment or answer questions. ________ ___ SCOUTS VISIT LION’S CLUB Pictured above are five members of Troop No. 419 and their leaders who attended the Tuesday noon meeting of the Nyssa Lions Club, and showed films and slides taken by the boys at the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Farragut State Park in Northern Idaho last summer. Thund*r*gg Capital THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1969 Local FHA Girls Attend Convention Twelve members of the Nyssa Chapter of Future Homemakers of America, their advisor, Mrs. Virginia Steffens and Chapter Mother, Mrs. Larry Saito at tended the annual district con- vention at Pendleton high school, Oct. 4. Accompanying the group were members of the Adrian chapter and their ad visor, Mrs. Rodger Watts. “Eyes on You” was the theme of the meeting which focused on the 1969-1973 objectives. Mrs. Ted Smith gave the keynote address, “Prepared ness—The Key to Opportunity.” Miss Pat Poliner, Home Eco nomist for the Armo Company demonstrated the inside story of quality garmets. Reporting on her experiences as an IFY student in Ireland, Miss Judy Connors tied her topic in with the goal “Our World—A Growing Heritage." A Seventeen Magazine Style Show featuring garmets made from McCall’s patterns was another highlight of the pro gram. Since next year’s district chairman is Dianna Freel, the next district convention will be presented in Wallowa, the hometown of the district chair man. Terry Lynn Chamberlin of Adrian was installed as dis trict secretary. Besided attending the confer ence, the chapter from both Nyssa and Adrian were able to find time to tour the Pendle ton Woolen Mills. “The experience of the en tire trip was educational and re warding for members of the FHA chapters and their ad visors,” stated Mrs. Virginia Steffens. PTA ROOM REPS WILL MEET Mrs. Cordy Haile asked that PTA Room Representatives 'or 1969-70 are invited to at.end the Room Representatives Tea on Monday, Oct. 13, 2:00 p.m. in the multipurpose room of the The purpose of the gathering is (1) to discuss plans for the Oct. 25 PTA Dinner and Car nival; and (2) to discuss other ways that the Room Represen tatives can be most effective in our school. ”1 want to bring government and the people closer together,” the ombudsman says. “And to do it, I’m going to meet the public where they are.” IRRIGATION SEASON EXTENDED 1 WEEK At the regular board meeting of the North Board of Control, Owyhee Project, the decision was made to extend the irriga tion season until October 15. Adam Focht, manager, said that due to the long dry spell farmers have requested that the water be left on for the addi tional week. Two Nyssa Lads Chosen To Attend National Chosen as 2 of the 170 de legates from Oregon, Gary Kurtz and Fred Child will re present the local Future Farmers of America chapter at the national convention, Oct. 14-17. To obtain an insight into the workings of a national conven tion and the problems of the various chapters throughout the United States, and to enable the lads to gain information which will aid them in a suc cessful program for their lo cal chapters are some of the purposes of this confab. The two boys will leave Nyssa Sunday morning by Union Pacific Railroad, and will ar rive in Kansas City where ap proximately 13,000 members from throughout the country will gather. Nyssa FFA members raised the necessary funds from their annual crappie feed and slave sale Oct. 2. This year’s aver age sale price was $11. Science Students View Demonstration Nyssa high school chemis try and physics classes attended a lecture - demonstration en titled "This Atomic World,” at TVCC, Oct. 3. TVCC Sci ence Department members served as hosts for the pro gram. The Atomic EnergyCommls- sion of Oakridge, Tenn, in con junction with the University of Oregon sponsoring the pro THEIR gram. Mr. Rod Tiller, their REVIEWING itinerary are Gary Kurtz son of trained representative, gave the Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kurtz, presentation. Junior high students were and Fred Child son of Mr. also enable to attend th» pro- and Mrs. Edison A. Child; Nyssa high school’s delegates to the (Continued On Page 2) National Future Farmers of A- merica convention. Gary and F red were chosen by the senior officers of their organization to represent their local group in Kansas City, Missouri, Oct 14-17.