University of Oregon
Nyssa Gate City Journal
Volum« LXIV
The Sugar City
ANNUAL MEETING OF
MALHEUR-IDAHO ONION
GROWERS SET FEB. 10
Th« Ny«»a Gat« City Journal, Ny»ia, Oregon
Vista Ridge Tunnels And Stadium Freeway
A panel discussion on the
The tenth annual joint meeting
of the Malheur County and South­ program of advertising and pro­
western Idaho Onion grower’s motion of onions that has been
associations will be held carried on as well as plans
Tuesday, February 10. Kay for future work in this project
Teramura, president of the Mal­ will be headed by Lyle And­
heur Onion Growers Association rew, Parma, chairman of the
said the meeting will be held Onion Control Committee. This
at the La Poloma restaurant in panel will also present statistics
Ontario with registration start­ on the production and marketing
of the crop for the past year.
ing 9:00.
Joe Saito, Ontario, will head
Teramura said the program
committee has selected topics a panel that will discuss the
to be covered by talks and panel harvesting, handling and storage
discussions that will be of of onions. Other panel members
current interest and important will include DeLance Franklin,
to onion growers. Teramura Superintendent of the Parma
will preside over the morning Experiment Station. Ray Rus­
session that will include, in sell a Nyssa grower and Ray
addition to reports of the two Obendorf a Parma grower will
associations, a progress report also be on this panel. Shig
on the Pink-root research pro­ Hiranaka a grower-shipper will
ject by Dr. Edward Vaughan, discuss results of different
Professor of Plant Pathology, methods of handling and storing
Oregon State University. Part of onions.
the cost of this project,
Teramura explained that the
according to Teramura, has close working relationship that
been financed by a joint effort has existed between the two
of the two associations.
associations has been one re­
Luther Fitch, agronomist, sulting in mutual benefit to
Malheur Experiment Station will members of both groups. He
View shows east portals of Vista Ridge Tunnels and por-
report on progress being made said the two associations have
tions of the Stadium Freeway (1-405) in southwest Portland,
in the use of herbicides to jointly sponsored projects in
Eastbound lanes were opened on February 25, 1969 and west-:
control weeds in onions. Roland research and education that
Groder, Extension Marketing have been of real value to the
Specialist, OSU, is also sche­ whole industry.
duled to discuss onion marketing
at the morning session.
REMINDER
The noon luncheon will be
sponsored by the two as­
Budget Hearing for Trea­
sociations and all members and
sure Valley Community
Rep. Jim McClure, R-Idaho,
guests are invited to attend.
College, Monday, Feb. 9 at
will be the guest speaker Feb.
James Wakagawa, Weiser,
Diseases of the heart are,
8 p.m. in the Administra­
10 at the Lincoln Day Banquet by far, the nation’s number one
president of the Southwestern
tion Classroom Building.
sponsored by the Malheur killer. The Oregon State Board
Idaho Onion Growers Associ-
County
Republican Central of Health reports that last last
•ation will preside during the
Committee.
afternoon session.
The pro­ IRRIGATORS HAVE
year 54.1 percent of all deaths
gram for file afternoon will
in Oregon were attributed to
include a report of the acti- COURSES AVAILABLE
cardiovascular-renal diseases.
An irrigators short course
vities of the National Onion
No one is immune. Each year
Association by Thomas Iseri. for area farmers has been sche­
heart diseases cause more than
Iseri serves as MalheurCounty duled for Ontario on Feb. 11
Trustee for the National As­ and 19 according to Malheur
County Extension Agent, Leeds
sociation.
— Bailey. The first session will
be held at the East Side Cafe
A full house was present at
while the February 19 meeting
the Nyssa Chamber of Com­
will be held at Treasure Val­
merce meeting Wednesday at
ley Community College. Both
Brownies Cafe to hear Dr.
days instruction will start at
Emery J. Skinner, President of
10:00 a.m., break for lunch,
Treasure Valley Community
The
election
of Onion and continue to 3:00 p.m.
College, and members of his
Bailey says that two experts
Grower Committee Members
staff discuss the college and the
for the Idaho-Eastern Oregon in the field of irrigation will
proposed budget. Accompanying
Onion Committee is to be held conduct the course. They are
Dr. Skinner were Ed Haynes,
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1970 at the Oregon State University Soils
dean
of students; and Otis Mur­
and
Irrigation
Specialists
J.A.
LaPaloma Restaurant in On­
McClure is now serving his
tario. The election will be a Vomocil and Marvin Shearer. second consecutive term in the ray, dean of student affairs.
Also present were Alice
Persons desiring to attend the U.S. Congress from the First
part of the program of the
joint Annual Meeting of the Mal­ school can obtain further infor­ Congressional District of Idaho, Lloyd, chairman of the college
heur Onion Growers Associa­ mation by calling the Malheur and his committee assignments budget committee, who intro­
tion and the Southwest Idaho County Extension Office.
include the Interior and Insu­ duced the speakers; and Grant
Onion Growers Association.
lar Affairs Committee and the Rinehart and Jim Williams,
The GrowerCommittee Mem­ JOB S DAUGHTERS
Post Office and Civil Service members of the budget com-
bers, whose term of office will PLAN ANNUAL FEED Committee. He is also a mem­ mittee.
The college personnel pre­
be expiring May 31/1970, are
The Jobs Daughters will hold ber of the Joint Commission of sented highlights of the pro­
as follows;
Coinage.
the
their annual dinner Sunday, Feb-
Dist. #1 Howard Albany, ruary 15, 12 to 5, in the high
McClure and his wife, Louise posed budget, then spent most
Route 3, Weiser, Idaho. George school cafetorium. The menu are both natives of Idaho and of the meeting answering ques­
Matsuura, Route 1, Fruitland, consists of roast turkey, roast resided in the Payette area tions from the chamber mem­
bers. The overall budget will
Idaho.
beef, baked salmon and all the where McClure practiced law be $3,071,615, with $684,945
Dist. #3 Joe Y. Saito, 2408 trimmings.
and served in the State Legis­
to be raised by district taxes.
S.W. Ave., Ontario, Ore. Kay
Tickets are being sold by the lature before his election to The balance of the money comes
Teramura, Route 1, Ontario. girls, and also may be pur­ Congress in 1966.
from student fees, state and
Dist. #5 Lyle Andrew, Route chased at the door. They are
The 7 p.m. dinner will be at
1,
Parma, Idaho. James 757 for children under 12, $1.75 the East Side Cafe in Ontario federal monies, tuition, housing
Yamada, Route 1, Parma, Ida. for adults, or $7.50 for a family. with Oregon State Sen. Tony and student services.
They ask that everyone
All Onion Growers of South­
Proceeds will be used to help Yturri the master of ceremo­ interested in the operation of the
western Idaho and Malheur
in the Jobie’s philanthropic nies.
college attend the budget hearing
County, Oregon are urged to be work, and for expenses to the
Tickets for the dinner maybe
Monday evening, Feb. 9 in the
in attendance at this meeting. Grand Session inJune.
obtained through the central Administrative Building.
committee or from the Ontario
Chamber of Commerce office.
Rep. McClure
Will Add ress
GOP Banquet
These students from Nyssa High School have been selectee
to participate in the 1970 Oregon All-State Music Festival
to be held in Portland, April 1, 2, and 3, with the final per­
formance scheduled for 2:00 p.m. April 3, at Civic Audi­
torium. They are Diane Haney, S< tt Engstrom, Nancy Seward
and Larry Miner.
Selected for the choir were Nancy Seward, daughl iter of Mrs.
Glen Seward and Diane Haney, daughter of Mi Ir. and Mrs.
Robert Haney. Larry Miner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Miner
was selected for orchestra and Scott Engstrom, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Engstrom, was selected to participate in the band.
Miss Seward is a second alto and Miss Haney is a second
soprano. Larry is proficient on several percussion instruments,
but is noted for his ability on the drums. Scott will be ex-
cercising his talent on the baritone.
Contestants were selected from throughout the state from
tape recordings sent to the judges, who in turn selected those
who are to participate.
The event is sponsored by the Oregon Music Educators As­
sociation.
Accompanying the students to Portland will be Mr. Gary Condon
and Mr. Craig Northrup of the Nyssa High School Music De­
partment.
Federal Land
Adrian Band
Bank Meets
Boosters Raise February 6
E. Roberts, Manager of
Large Amount the Dan Federal
Lank Bank Asso­
The Adrian Band Boosters
raised #S3,300 at their com­
munity auction sale last week­
end in an effort to raise enough
money to send their marching
band anddrill team totheCherry
Blossom Festival.
Band Director Jim Johnson
said a large crowd from all
parts of the Treasure Valley
attended the benefit. "All of
the bleachers were full and
all of the merchandise was
sold, some going for much
more than its actual value and
some items going for less,’’ he
said.
WEATHER
MIN
MAX
DATE
PR EC
Jan 28
45
29
Jan 29
44
22
Jan 30
44
26
39
Jan 31
23
Feb 1
48
28
.11
48
31
Feb 2
32
Feb 3
42
24
Feb 4
OWYHEE RESERVOIR
STORAGE
2/4/70 615,060
Acre Feet.
2/4/69 315,290 Acre Feet.
«
bound lanes are expected to be ready this spring. The tunnels
lead throught the hill to the Beaverton and valley area.
(Oregon State Highway Division Photo)
Gov. McCall Issues
Statement For Heart
Fund In February
Chamber Hears
CoBege Staff
Onion Growers
Election Set
For Feb. 10
All-State Musicians
Thursday, February 5, 1970
ciation of Ontario, reports plans
have been completed for the as­
sociations’ annual stockholders
meeting to be held in Ontario,
Friday, Feb. 6. Mr. Roberts
says this year’s meeting will
start with registrational 11:15
a.m. and will be held in the
East Side Cafe (Lions Den).
Wayne Parris, Ass’t. Vice-
President of the Federal Land
Bank of Spokane, will be the
afternoon speaker. Mr. Parris
has been associated with this
Bank for 18 years. His wide
experience in farm financing
provides a background for a
message which will be of special
Interest to the stockholder­
members and guests.
Susanne Flock, Miss TVCC,
will provide the entertainment
for the group after dinner.
R.H. Howland of Cambridge
vice-president of the Board of
Directors, will preside for the
business session, which will
feature a report of the year’s
business and election of direc­
tors.
The terms of George
Tarter of Mann Creek and Wil­
liam Verile Holbrook of New
Plvinouth expire this year.
10,000 deaths in Oregon alone;
at least 2,000,000 days are lost
because of heart diseases—ap­
proximately $40,000,000 an­
nually.
February is national Heart
Month — an observance which
Oregon enthusiastically sup­
ports. Now that there have been
breakthroughs in progress, new
ideas and new methods for heart
treatment, a remarkable new
era in heart health may well
be near.
Since 1950, as a result of
heart research, there has been
a 20.1 percent decline in the
cardiovascular death rate for
vulnerable age groups under
65.
During this same period
the Oregon Heart Association
has channeled more than 2 1/2
million dollars into research,
thanks to the donations and time
of many concerned Oregonians.
A theme for today and tomor­
row is unity in will and unity
in effort. That is how we have
forged frontiers in space, tech­
nology and science, and that
is how we will conquer disease.
Your contribution to the Heart
Fund will help realize another
milestone victory in man’s
aspirations.
Justice Tongue
Files Again
Supreme Court Justice Tho­
mas H. Tongue announced today
that he will stand for re­
election in the May primary.
Tongue was appointed by Go­
vernor McCall to the Supreme
Court last December to fill a
vacancy resulting from the ap­
pointment of Justice A. T. Go­
odwin to the federal bench.
Under state law, appointess fil­
ling such vacancies face re­
election at the general election
following their appointment.
Receive State
Highway Funds
Number VI
SHELLEY SCHULTHIESWINS
HIGH SCORE FOR
HOMEMAKER AWARD
Shelley Schulthies, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schul­
thies of Nyssa, has earned the
highest ranking score in the
homemaking knowledge and ap­
titude test, taken by the senior
homemaking students. The pur­
pose of the test is the search
of the 1970 BettyCrocker Home-
maker of tomorrow.
Shelley’s achievement was
announced Jan. 30, by Mrs.
Virginia Steffens homemaking
instructor, during the High Sc­
hool Pep Assembly. She was
also presented with a specially
designed silver Homemaker
Charm from General Mills,
sponser
of
the annual
homemaking education program.
Miss Schulthies is now eli­
gible for one of the 102 col­
lege
Scholarships, totaling
$110,000. She is a senior at
Nyssa High School.
From school winners in the
state, a State Homemaker of
Tomorrow and runner-up will
be selected within the next few
weeks. The state winner will
be awarded a $1,500 scholar­
ship and the runner-up a $500
educational grant. In addition,
the school of the state Home­
maker of Tomorrow will re­
ceive a complete set of Encyclo­
paedia Britannica from the com­
pany.
This spring, the 51 Home­
makers representing every
state and the District ofColum-
bia, each accompanied by a
school advisor, will join for an
SENATOR HATFIELD
INTRODUCES BILL
FOR FOURTH JUDGE
Senator Mark O. Hatfield to­
day introduced a bill which would
create a fourth U.S. District
Court judge.
The last such judgeship was
created in 1949-50 when Ore­
gon’s
population was
1.5
million.
Estimates are that it will be
In gaining the Supreme Court in excess of 2 million by 1975.
appointment, Tongue topped a
Hatfield said that a fourth
field of nine candidates in a judge is needed because "many
statewide poll of the Oregon cases on the docket are com­
State Bar, winning by an un­ plex matters which require a
precedented margin. He gar­ judge to be removed from for­
nered thirty per cent of the mal case disposal for weeks at
total vote, including a plura­ a time to hear and decide miltu-
lity in three of the four con­ faceted lawsuits.**
gressional districts.
"The justice that is afforded
In announcing Tongue’s ap­ by a prompt trial must not be
pointment, Governor McCall jeapardized by long delay be­
said, "Tom Tongue has been fore a case can be heard’’,
an exemplar for legal practi­ he said.
tioners in Oregon, and he bears
a name closely associated with AREA STUDENTS
Oregon’s development.”
MAKE HONOR ROLL
Both Justice Tongue’s grand­
father and father practiced law
in Oregon.
The former was
a member of Congress from the
first congressional district.
A native of Hillsboro, Tongue
practiced law for 25 years in
Portland, where he established
a statewide reputation as an
appellate attorney. He has also
The semiannual apportioning been active in public affairs,
of the State Highway Fund to particularly in the field of judi­
the incorporated cities of Ore­ cial administration.
gon was announced today by the
State Highway Commission.
Funds to be released by the
Commission total $6,625,240.-
89, which will be distributed to
226 incorporated cities in Ore­
gon whose population now totals
1,160,441.
The allocation is
based on the statutory 12 per­
cent tor the period July 1
through December 31, 1969.
The funds come from the
following sources: motor ve­
hicle registration and operators
license fees, gasoline tax, use
fuel tax, motor carrier fees,
and fines and penalties for vio­
lations of the size and weight
statutes where complaints are
made
by Highway Division
weighmasters.
The city of Nyssa will re­
ceive $14,143.85.
Nyssa Will
Thunderegg Caoital
Among the 118 students whose
grades put them on the dean’s
honor list at Eastern Oregon
College
last term, were
four from Nyssa and Adrian
according to Dr. Lyle H. John­
son, dean of students.
Carolyn Sue Ward had a per­
fect 4.0 grade, and those with
3.5 averages included Knute
Signe Stoneberg, Jane Marie
Timmerman, and Joann Eliza­
beth Timmerman.
expense-paid educational tour
of Washington, D.C., and Co­
lonial Williamsburg, Va. Climax
of the tour will be announcement
of the 1970 BettyCrocker All-
American Homemaker of To­
morrow.
Selected from the
51 finalists on the basis of
original test scores and per-
sonal observation and inter­
views during the tour, she will
be awarded an increase in her
scholarship to $5,000. Second,
third, and fourth-ranking Home­
makers of Tomorrow in the
nation will also be chosen, and
will receive scholarship in­
creases to $4,000, $3,000 and
$2,000, respectively.
Begun by General Mills in the
1954-55 school year to em-
phasite the importance of home­
making as a career, the Betty
Crocker Search is the only
national undergraduate scholar­
ship program exclusively for
high school senior girls. During
its 16-year history, more than
seven million young women have
participated in the program and
scholarship awards, with this
year’s grants, will total over
$1,700,000.
A record 646,041 senior girls
in 15,040 of the country’s high
schools were enrolled In this
year’s Search.
RANGE MANAGER
FOR BLM WILL
MOVE TO NEVADA
The promotion and transfer
of Roger L. Mertens to Win­
nemucca, Nev., was announced
today by Maxwell T. Lieurance,
manager of the Vale District,
Bureau of Land Management.
Mertens, who has served as
a range conservationist in the
Northern and Central Malheur
Resource Areas since he came
to Vale in June, 1963, will be
manager of the Sonoma Area in
the Winnemucca BLM District.
His transfer is effective Feb.
22.
Mertens
and his
wife,
Marilyn, came to Vale from
Lincoln, Nebr., where he at­
tended
the
University of
Nebraska. They have one son,
four old Jon.
No replacement has yet been
made for Merten’s position in
the Central Malheur Resource
Area, Lieurance said.
PINEWOOD DERBY WINNERS
Operators Of .Farm
Labor Housing
Must Register
To all owners or operators of
migrant farm labor housing fa­
cilities, in accordance with
Oregon revised statutes
446.510-660, anyone intending to
operate migrant farm labor
housing for the coming season
which did not operate housing
last year shouldcontact the Mal­
heur County Health Department
for the necessary forms show­
ing ’intent to Operate”.
This »ill enable inspections to
t>e made prior to opening of the
housing units for occupancy.
Pictured above are, L to R, David Ross, attended, among them were Mrs. Branson
Mike Walburn and Lance Lane, winners in and the Park Avenue Baptist Pack; Gerald
the Pinewood Derby held Friday, January Flinders and Mr. and Mrs. John Stacy,
27.
Pack 401, Cairo; Mr. and Mrs. Don Perkins,
Twenty seven boys participated in this, Pack 421, Ontario; and Willard and Theo
the most successful derby to date, before Jensen. Pack 425, Ontario.
125 spectators. Last year’s second place
Mrs. Don Savage led the singing and Cub­
winner, Mike Walburn, came in first. David master Ed Tyner and Assistant Cubmaster
Ross placed second, and Lance l^ne was D. Walburn presented the awards. Den 2
third. Lance also captured theCraftmanship took the Attandance Ribbon.
Award.
The Blue and Gold Banquet will be held
Judges for the event were Tom Nishitani February 24 at 7;30 p.m. at the High School
and George Hirai, Scoutmasters from Boy Cafeteria.
Banners were by courtesy of
Scout Troop No. 419.
Kirt Savage was Johannesen-Adams Motors, and posters by
scorekeeper.
Randy Savage.
Several guests from other Cub Packs also
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