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University Of Oregon Library Q7UO3 Eugene, Oree 'll X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal VOLUME LXIII Th« Sugar City THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1969 GOLDEN RULE CHAPTER NO. 131 CELEBRATES GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Thund«r«gg Capital NUMBER XLVIII UNION PACIFIC STARTS DAYTIME SERVICE TO PORTLAND NEXT WEEK By Kathleen Wheeler sented the State of Oregon flag. The Union Pacific Railroad 10 minutes earlier than under Introduced, escorted and pre has filed a new train schedule the psent schedule. Golden Pule Chapter No. 131, sented East were the honored with the Public Utilities Com Further questions on the new C rder of the Eastern Star, cele guests, led by Muriel R. Field, mission, and starting December service be referred to Ralph brated its 50th Anniversary Sat Worthy Grand Matron of the 7 passenger service between Armstrong, Union Pacific agent urday night, November 22, at the Grand Chapter of Oregon and Nyssa and Portland will be a at Nyssa. Nyssa High School Cafetorium. Fred Rodman, Worthy Grand daytime service. Worthy Matron Marie Holmes Patron of the Grand Chapter CASCADE NATURAL presided. Other Grand of Oregon. Under the new schedule Train The impressive ceremony Chapter officers presented GAS PAYS MALHEUR 18, the Portland Rose eastbound opened with the invocation by were Mary Restola, Associate will leave Portland at 7 a.m. COUNTY TAX BILL George Cartwright, Worshipful Grand Conductress; Kathryn and arrive at Nyssa at 6 p.m. A check for $12,235 was de Master of Golden Rule Lodge Rodman, Grand Martha; Ro Train 17, the Portland Rose livered to the county treasurer No. 147. Associate Patron Bob berta Myers, Grand Ada; westbound will leave Nyssa at this week by Calvin Key, dis Holmes, under the escort of the Dorotha Graham, Grand Mar 12:34 p.m. and arrive at Port trict manager for Cascade Marshall, Della Holmes, pre shall; and Florence Jaeger, land at 10 p.m. Under day Natural Gas Corporation in sented the American flag. Billie Past Grand Matron. time service the Union Pacific Ontario. Holmes of the Owyhee Chapter Grand Chapter of Idaho will operate lounge and dining This represents the utility's of DeMolay, under the escort guests introduced were Gail car service from and to Port first quarter 1969-70 payment Worthy Grand of Susan Kouns, Senior Princess Anderson, land. of county property taxes in of Bethel 33, Job’s Daughters, Patron; Genevieve Anderson, Malheur County. presented the Eastern Star flag. Grand Electra; Jim Wheelock, The scheduled stopping times The full year’s taxes amount Bobby Holmes, also of Owyhee Past Grand Patron; and Wayne for the Portland Rose at sta ed to $48,941, an increase of Chapter of DeMolay, under the Woodward, Past Grand Patron. tions in Oregon under the new $148 over the previous year. The officers of Golden Rule escort of Joyce Jennings, Hon service will continue to be ren Taxes paid to Malheur County performed a drill, ored Queen of Bethel 33, pre- Chapter dered at all stations in Oregon by Cascade Natural Gas in the then formed a heart and the where it is presently available. past five years total $209,818, charter members were es STATE HIGHWAY Key said. corted into the center. Blanche Under the new time schedules Boydell was escorted by her COMMISSION the arrival and departure times IDAHO-OREGON son, Edward Boydell; and Eliza of Train 106, The City of Port ALLOCATES FUNDS beth Nedry was escorted by her land, eastbound has been ONION PROMOTION uith ;">0-year pins as charter members of Golden Rule. Shown left to right are Muriel R. Field, Worthy Grand The State Highway Commis son, Dirick Nedry. The Worthy changed. Under the new service Also honored, but unable to be present for the ceremony Matron of the Grand Chapter of Oregon, Salem; Blanche train 106 will arrive and depart COMMITTEE BUSY sion today formally approved Grand Matron and the Worthy was Miss Eva Boydell. The three ladies are the only living Boydell, Nyssa; Elizabeth Nedry, Boise; and Fred Rodman, the distributionof$5,582,402.35 Grand Patron pinned the 50- charter members of Golden Rule Chapter No. 131 who have The Idaho-Oregon Onion Pro Worthy Grand Patron of the Grand Chapter of Oregon, in highway - user tax funds to year pins on the charter motion Committee with offices remained members of the lodge since its beginning in 1919. Oakland. Mrs. Boydell and Mrs. Nedry were honored members. the 36 counties of the state. at Parma, Idaho has made avail Members introduced from the The allocation is based on the able in-store onion promotional floor were Irma Myers, 68- statutory 20 percent of the per Vocational Students material toapproximatlely 1,473 Elsie Brady, YULETIDE SEASON iod July 1 to September 30, year member; chain store divisions, brokers, 55-year member; and Britt Outnumber Others 1969. The funds come from the and receivers of onions. OPENS IN NYSSA following source: motor ve Nedry, Fred Young and Lillie The efforts of the Promotion Young, 50-year members. In Junior Colleges hicle registration and opera Committee are to further Ernie Lewis sang a song writ SATURDAY, DEC. 6 tors’ license fees, gasoline tax, increase the usage of Idaho- use fuel tax, motor carrier fees, ten by Organist Jessie Brown, Vocational courses and Oregon Sweet Spanish onions, who also accompanied on the Congressman Al Ullman Nyssa merchants will of and fines and penalties collec others related to vocational reports Warren Henninger, ficially open the Christmas ted for violations of the size organ and played background education showed an undupli hailed repeal of ammunition Malheur County Extension Payments totaling $23,500,- planted acreage. music all during the ceremony. control regulations by the House Season Saturday, Dec. 6, and weight statutes where com of 51,967 Agent who is adviser to the 000 for first deliveries of the Payments by area totalled cated headcount The chapter history was readby today as “ a recognition that when Santa Claus will make plaints are made by the High 1969 crop of sugarbeets were $874,000 to growers in the Com students in the 12 OregonCom- common sense must prevail in committee. Mae Shireman. his first appearance at 2 way Division weighmasters. Colleges, Carrol The mailing as to the avail made this week by The Amal pany’s northern Utah - south munity Kathleen Wheeler, past p.m. The fee to each county is deBroekert, Associate Superin the law making process.” The ability of this material was east Idaho district; $12,600,000 gamated Sugar Company to its House approved the Interest The stores are well based on the number of ve Matron of Golden Rule Chapter, growers in Utah, Idaho and Ore to growers in the Magic Valley tendent forCommunityColleges Equalization Act (HR 12829) by made September 30. To date, stocked and all will be in hicles registered in it. Mal made the Eastern Star Flag and Career Education, told the gon. of southcentral Idaho, including record vote of 333 to 47 that as a result of this first mail readiness for the entire heur County will receive $71,- which was presented during the The payments were made to the new Company district in Oregon Board of Education at included repeal of registration ing, approximately 24,000 pro ceremony for the first time. family. 196.93 with 18,066 vehicles 5,106 contract growers in the the Mountain Home region; and its Portland meeting November requirements for all sporting motional kits were distributed. She was introduced and es The Journal will again registered. Each kit consists of two onion three-state area and covered-J10,000,000 to Treasure Valley 19. corted to the East where she sat blanket the trading area, The total of students engaged ammunition except .22 caliber banners and a price card, beet deliveries made through growers of southwest Idaho and with the other distinguished rimfire. The Senate has al compliments of the Cham in preparing for vocations con reports Henninger. October 31. The next payment southeast Oregon. guests. ber of Commerce, with trasts with 22,744 enrolled in ready approved a similar E. D. Michaelson, committee for this year ’ s harvest will fol Factory operations have been Twenty-nine chapters were version of the bill. the Dec. 4 issue. manager, reports that requests low on December 1, covering underway for the past few weeks lower division collegiate cour represented at the anniversary Advertisers are asked to for this promotional material deliveries for the first two at Amalgamated’s five fac ses, deBroekert said. Voca celebration. Delegates came Ullman, who said that the have been received from at Oregon stands third in the get ad copy in early for tories. Shortly after the annual tional students represented 65 weeks of November. from Portland, Milton-Free nation in the effectiveness of better service and inorder Harvest operations have pro ‘sugar campaign” began, an per cent of the total state en- registration requirements are least some of the divisions of water, Burns, Baker, La- its education system, as exemp for there to be no delay in ceeded smoothly and rapidly in all-time high company daily rollment in community col- unacceptable because of “the all the major chain stores in Grande, Sumpter, Vale, On inconvenience and harassment the United States and many lified by the success with which the mailing of this issue at all growing areas served beet slicing record of slightly leges. tario, Lebanon, Condon, Prairie Those in the courses from for sportsmen and dealers,” smaller chain stores have re its young men pass the Armed under 30,000 tons per day was regular time. the by Amalgamated, Vice Presi City, Silverton, Astoria, Oak Forces Qualification Test. dent and General Agriculturist set with the addition of the which they may transfer at con noted during the House debate quested material for all of their land, Halfway, Salem, and Only 7.4 per cent of Oregon In addition, many Harry A. Elcock said. The enlarged processing capa clusion tofour-year institutions that he has introduced a bill stores. Cove in Oregon. Idaho cities 18 year-olds fail to pass it. bilities of the Nampa, Idaho of higher learning amount to that would also exempt .22 brokers and receivers have harvest should see 3,324,000 represented were Boise, Cam MALHEUR COUNTY Minnesota has a slightly better tons of sugar beets delivered factory. That plant , which 28 per cent of the total. The caliber rimfire ammunition asked for this material. Re bridge, Nampa, Homedale, Em registration require quests have come from all over record, at 6.9 per cent. And to the Company’s receiving sta at several times this campaign remaining seven per cent, or from mett, Idaho City, Weiser, Par 5,888 students were taking non ments. both are led by Washington, the U.S. and Canada. has sliced at a rate reaching FARMERS ATTEND tions by harvest’s end, a new ma, Payette Wilder, and Cald credit courses. which tops the list of 50 states, In January, the Promotion 9,300 tons daily, is now the record delivery for the well. The State of Wyoming Men outnumbered women in haveing only 5.8 per cent of “I hope that the House will Committee will be making a was represented by delegates STATE CONVENTION Company caused by normal largest of its type in the United the total enrollment by 10 per AFQT failures. begin study of this proposal second mailing of this in-store yields on an unusually high States. from Big Piney. cent, deBroekert’s figures at an early date,” Ullman told promotional material, reports The test itself scares several The meeting closed with the showed. factors, according to the Sur Nine members ofthe Malheur his colleagues. Henninger. Mizpah Benediction, and the geon General of the Army. County Farm Bureau attended more than 300 guests were then Among other things, he said the Oregon Farm Bureau con served refreshments. each individual score “depends vention in Salem last week. Many persons serving on sev on the level of educational at They were Louis M. Wett- eral committees united to make tainment of the youth taking it, stein, county Farm Bureaupre- the Golden Rule 50th Anniver and on the knowledge he has sident;and Mrs. Wettstein; Joe sary celebration such an out gained otherwise during his standing success, and Worthy Hobson, voting delegate, and educational training, both in and Matron Marie Holmes wishes Mrs. Hobson, county secretary; Nyssa High School seniors various departments, and later partment heads were Larry just another tall fish tale? out of school.” By Winona Robbins to thank all who made it pos Leland Reif, county insurance Clay and Mamie spent three again were city officials for the had lunch with the government Miner, Municipal Judge; Robert In presenting the Surgeon agent, all of Ontario; Mamaro sible. day, a custom that has carried heads at Brownie’s Cafe. Peterson, City Attorney; David General’s report to the Oregon Wakasugo, Weiser, Idaho; and Have you ever dreamed of glorious months on the two mil on for many years. Each year Attorney Stephen Fonda Wilson, Police Chief; Harold Board of Education at its Nov Kenneth Romans, incoming re spending a summer on a ranch lion acre Gang Ranch located members of the modern pro addressed the group at noon, Christenson, Fire Chief; Joyce ember 19 meeting, Dale Par gional director, and Mrs. in Canada where you can catch about 53 miles from Clinton, Canada in the Frazier River blems class assume the public and talked about the role and Jennings, Health Officer; Marty nell, Superintendent of Public Romans, Vale. a box full of trout just by plac importance of law in our lives, Somers, City Librarian; Bill Instruction, pointed out th it the Miss Cheryl Mitchell, of Vale ing your box on the bank of a country. Managed by Mamie’s offices to which they are elec and the responsibility of being Zikmund, Street Department ted by their class-mates, and brother, who also is a brother same report appears in t ie cur DATE MAX. MIN. PREC was Malheur county’s contes stream or lake and watching head; Susan Kouns, City Clerk; a citizen. with their regular counterpart of Mrs. Evelyn Kelly of Nyssa, rent issue of a national publi Nov. 19 tant in the Oregon Farm Bu- 45 25 the fish jump in? It sounds John Elguezabal, Water Super in city government learn first Melvin Sidwell and sons, the cation. Therein it is offered Nov. 20 Lutz Kliche, foreign exchange reau Sweetheart contest this like a dream, all right, but 46 22 ranch is owned by Floyd Skel hand the problems of city ad student from Germany, was intendent; and Craig Lewis as “the best national index of Nov. 21 44 21 year. Clay and Mamie Jensen say teacher effectiveness.” acting mayor for the day. Ser Park Superintendent. Nov. 22 New representative on the it’s true and it happened to ton and Bill Studdert of Idaho ministration. 48 23 City Manager Fred Koch said It consists of 1500 “When a child fails, it is the Nov. 23 43 21 OFB women’s advisory council them this summer. And, since Falls. Under their instructor, Max ving as councilmen under him that the students were excep acres farm ground with the bal teacher who fails,” Parnell Nov. 24 were Janice Okano, Roxy 47 21 is Mrs. Edison Child of Nyssa, Clay and Mamie have been Nys Brittingham, they assembled at tionally attentive as they made quoted the publication as Nov. 25 succeeding Mrs. Beryl Bogue, sa residents for many years and ance of its million acres in Nyssa City Hall Thursday, No Mason, Barbi Wilt, Lissa Nlshi- 24 their rounds of city government, timber, meadow, and lakes. An stating. “On this basis, the fact Vale. have always been considered vember 20. Mayor Cecil Mor tani , Karen Zerbel and Gary and he feels that theyarebetter that Oregon stands third in the OWYHEE RESERVOIR Malheur county received the honest, who’s to say this is additional million acres are rison and City Manager Fred Sadimori. equipped to be informed citizens leased from the government Koch briefed the students, then entire nation is a solid tri STORAGE citizenship award for 1969 Doug Garner filled the post after a day spent with munici- for one dollar an acre per year. bute to the quality of teachers 11/24/69 444,820 Acre Feet based on communications with the students visited each of the of City Manager, and other de- pal officers. There are twenty-five good in Oregon schools.” 11/24/68 146,720 Acre Feet. legislators and Congressmen. ATTEND ANNUAL sized lakes, eachone alive with OSBA CONFERENCE trout. Lumbering is a major part of Superintendent W. L. Mc- the total operation with hauling Partland, Deputy Clerk Mary going on day and night. The Sallee, and School Board Mem farming operation itself con ber Dick Tensen attended the sists of 450 acres of tall corn annual Oregon School Boards which yields 30-tons of silage Association convention in Port per acre. About a third of the land last week. 1500 acres is sprinkled, the rest corrugated. There are 10,000 Air Wait Star»« head of beef cattle and 300 saddle horses. New Schedules To This vast operation requires the help of a minimum of 30 And From Portland men year round, some of whom Air West will start a new five- eat and sleep at the ranch. They day-a-week schedule between earn $175 - $200 per month, Ontario and Portland which will plus board and room. Others be a great improvement over with families make $225-$25O past schedules. monthly. Homes are scattered The new flight. No. 94 will on different sections of the leave Portland at 7; 10 a.m., ranch with eleven families liv PST, and will arrive in Ontario ing on the home ranch. at 10:11 a.m. MST. Gang Ranch has its own store, Flight No. 91 will leave On post office, diesel power plant, tario at 5.-09 p.m., and will ar and a sc I kio I for its 18 first to stensen, Doug Garner, Marty Somers and Acting as department heads for City, Acting Mayor Lutz Kliche (center) is Gary Sadimori, Barbi Wilt, Lissa Nishi- rive in Portland at 6; 10 p.m. seventh grade children. Older David Wilson. Standing are Mike Glenn and Government Day were (1 to r) Larry Miner, surrounded by his Citv Counrilmen on City Tim “mini-Jincr” wiUstopat kids attend school in town at a tanl, Janice Okano, Roxy Mason and Karen Bill 71km und. Susan Kouns. Joyce Jennings. Harold Chri- Government Dav They nr»1 deft tn right) 7erbe|. Bak' r enrouti 1« way. (Continued On Page 6) Ullman Hails AMALGAMATED PAYS GROWERS s23.5 MILLION FOR FIRST BEET DELIVERIES Ammunition Control Repeal Oregon Schools Third In Nation Jensen’s Spend Summer On Canadian Ranch; Tell Tall Fish Stories HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ASSUME OFFICES ON CITY GOVERNMENT DAY WEATHER I