Nyssa Gate City Journal Volume LXIV Th« Nyssa Got« City Journal, Nysso, Or«oon Th« Sugar City Thursday, May 14, 1970 He said he agreed with Pre sident Nixon that the Cambodian campaign would “save Ameri can lives and permit the con tinued withdrawl of U.S. troops from Vietnam.” The vice president was late in arriving for his speech, tel ling the assembly that he had taken time to watch the tele vision interview of President Nixon with the media in Wash ington, D.C. As a result ofthe President’s remarks that “when the action is hot, the rhetoric should be cooled,” Agnew said he was eli minating one page of his pre pared text. (In this, the vice president had made some men tion of campus unrest and riots, although most of the press re presentatives could find nothing particularly inflammatory in the text.) The vice president did say that President Nixon is “gravely concerned with the blanket of Superintendent W.L. McPart emotion that has settled over land announced that he has hired this nation.” eleven new teachers to fill va “Lately the conviction lias cancies created by teachers grown abroad that overpowering leaving, and he still has two po pressures exist in this country sitions yet to fill in the high to force us to come to terms school. They are Biology and with them on their terms rather Social Studies. than others coming to terms New teachers hired are Mel with us on a basis of recipro- vin Munn, Lakeview, Oregon, Elementary principal; Thomas Edwards, Northwest Nazarene College, Elementary P.E.;Glen Walker, former Nyssa graduate, High School; Gary Sant, return ing to Nyssa after obtaining his Three members of the Gover masters degree at the University nor’s Commission of Youth of Oregon, High School; Deryl spoke to the Nyssa Lions Club Legget, Wallowa, Vo-Ag, Doval Tuesday. They were Lucille Snyder, Nampa, Elementary; (Sal) Morgan, Jim Botwinis and Mrs. Leila Baker, EOC, Kin Bill Flock. They told about dergarten; Miss Agnes McLou setting up offices to employ ghlin, EOC, Junior and Senior youth during the •summer. High; Mrs. Mary Sheehy, Botwinis will be in charge of the Ontario, Elementary; Arthur Nyssa office, and will operate Bullock, North Bend, Junior out of the school administra- High; and Barbara Bullock, tion office. North Bend, Elementary. Hirai and Tom George Troop 419 scout- Nishitani, Superintendent McPartland masters, were guests and pre said that the following teachers sented the club with a 25-year will not return to the Nyssa charter as sponsors of the schools next year. They are troop. This entitles the scouts Mrs. Lona Contreras, Junior to wear a silver bar above their and Senior high; Charles Cahp- number. They were accom man, Elementary P.E.; Gary panied by Bob Oswald, district Jasper, Elementary; Virgil Se scout executive. ward, Elementary; Steve Glau Dan Martin is chairman of the ner, Elementary; Gary Megglin, annual athletic banquet spon High School; Mrs. Rosalie Juar sored by the Lions Club, and ez, Kindergarten; Mrs. Donna said that it will be held Thurs Blackburn, high school; and day, May 21, in the high school Mrs. Janet Johnson, Junior High. cafeteria. New Teachers Hired For Nyssa Schools Lions Club Hears Youth Commission (One io Each Family) NUMBER XX IDAHO-EASTERN OREGON ONION COMMITTEE MEMBERS NAMED The United states Department of Agriculture has announced the appointment of members and alternates who will serve the next two years on the Idaho- Eastern Oregon Onion Com mittee. The appointees were nominated by producers and handlers in the area. Officials of USDA’s Comsu- mer and Marketingservice said the committee administers the Federal marketing order regu lating the handling of onions grown in Idaho and Malheur County. The committee consists of six producer members and four handler members, and an al ternate for each member. The marketing order specifies a two-year term of office, with the terms of half the membership expiring each year. Principal functions of the committee are to recommend to USDA the grade, size and qua lity requirements which should apply to their onion shipments this year and to determine whether research and promo tion projects would benefit their marketing of sweet Spanish onions. The following members and alternates will serve through May 31, 1972, succeed ing those whose terms expire this May 31. city. This has never been the attitude of this country in the past. It must not, in the in terests of peace, be our atti tude today,” he said. “This is, indeed, the moment for this nation to stand firm. I am certain that our ability to achieve a just peace depends above all upon the character of the American people, and that character must find expression in a firm spirit. That spirit, I am confident, is there.” he con cluded. To the delight of the audience, Art Linkletter, a national te levision personality, lived upto all expectations as an outstand ing master of ceremonies. Jerry Kramer, Idaho’s noted professional football player was honorary chairman and was highly complimentary of Gov ernor Don Samuelson whom the dinner honored. Fundsfromthe $100 per plate dinner are earmarked for the general elec tion campaign of the Republican candidate for governor this fall. Samuelson is being opposed by Eldon Smith of RexburgandEd ward Whittaker of Marsing in the GOP primaries. The anticipated “demonstra tion” by young critics of the Cambodian action took place but was not as large as advance re ports predicted. About 350, some carrying signs of “Give Peace aChance”, appeared out side the Rodeway Inn where Ag new was speaking. There was no disturbance, however. Rural or P.O. Boxholder Thund«r«og Capital AGNEW SAYS CAMBODIAN CAMPAIGN WILL SAVE AMERICAN UVES American troops will be with drawn from Cambodia “Within six to eight weeks” after a li mited campaign to neutralize Viet Cong bases and supply depots there, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told about 1,100 persons attending the $100 a plate Republican fund raising banquet in Boise Friday night. The vice president said he had received information ear lier that day that the Cambodian campaign had already resulted in the capture or destruction of 1,327,000 rounds of Viet Cong artillery ammunition, 1,620 mortar rounds and 1,148,900 rounds of rifle ammunition. He added that 1,660 bunkers had been destroyed 3,360 enemy killed and 1,004 prisoners of war captured. Only 53 Ameri can lives had been lost in the initial action, he said. SAMPLE COPY Idaho Governor Don Samuelson, ex-Green 3ay Packer and University of Idaho football star Jerry Kramer, U.S. Repre sentative James McClure, Idaho, and Art Linkletter pose at the head table at Boise’s new Rodeway Inn, scene of the Republican banquet last Friday evening. At right is the Honorable Spiro T. Agnew, Vice President of the United States, delivering the main address. Governor Samuelson, Jerry Kramer, Representative McClure each spoke; and Art Linkletter kept the crowd of over 1,100 laughing most of the evening as he introduced each of the princi pal speakers. Roger Skeen Promoted To Manager of First National Bank, Bend Former Nyssa resident Roger W. Skeen, previously manager of the East Bend branch of First National Bank of Oregon, has returned to Bend as manager of First National’s Bend branch, bank President Ralph J. Voss has announced. Skeen replaces M.F. (Maurie) Shelton, who will transfer to the tank’s Roseburg branch as vice president and manager there. The new manager began his banking career with First Na tional at his hometown branch at Nyssa in 1955. He trans ferred to the Bend branch as assistant operations officer in 1957, was promoted to branch operations officer in 1959, and in 1963 was named installment loan officer. He was general loan officer at the branch at the time of his promotion to manager of the East Bend office in 1965. In 1967 Skeen transferred to the bank’s regional head quarters and an assignment as personnel and operations of ficer. He was named area ad ministrator and elected assis tant vice president last year. BIOOD DRAWING MAY 21 NEEDS 150 DONORS TO MEET QUOTA Heading theMay21 RedCross and blood recipients for re blood drawing committee are placements. Persons age 18 through 65 Mrs. Alvin Allen and Mrs. Ron Rookstool, members of the are accepted. Unmarried per sponsoring Nyssa Jay-C-ettes. sons between 18 and 21 no lon Quota for the Thursday drawing ger need parents consent. If is 150 pints of the life-saving you are in good health and other wise meet elegibility re fluid. Dr. David Sarazin will be on quirements why not come and duty during the mobile unit’s give a pint? REMEMBER DO visit from 2 to 6 p.m. at the NORS: BLOOD DRAWING MAY Nyssa Eagles Hall, located at N. 21 -- 2 to 6 p.m. at NYSSA 3rd St. and Bower Ave. Wo EAGLES HALL. men from the Nazarene Church will be in charge of the canteen SUPERINTENDENT service and members of Girl EXPLAINS 1970-71 Scout Troop #89 will be baby sitting. SCHOOL BUDGET The Hospital Auxiliary is co Superintendent W.L. Me Part sponsoring the blood drive and is land explained the 1970-71 bud contacting organizations, busi get to the Nyssa Jaycees Mon nesses, churches, etc. to sche day evening at their regular dule the blood drawing. meeting. The budget will be up The traveling trophy was for approval at the budget elec awarded to The Amalgamated tion F riday, May 22 in the Multi Sugar Co. at the December 11, purpose room of the Primary 1979 drawing. To be elegible, Building. an organization must have ten The superintendent notedthat or more members, and the trophy Nyssa school’s cost of operation is given on a percentage basis per child is third lowest in the of members donating blood State of Oregon for 1st class at any one d awing. The trophy districts with enrollment of is on display at the Nyssa City 1,000 to 2,999 students. The Library at the present time. average cost for these 42 dis There is a desperate need tricts last year was $762.45 for blood lor patients who re per pupil, and the per pupil cost side in this area. At the last in Nyssa was $578.12. This is drawing they were just 11 pints $184.33 below the average, and short of making their quota of much below the highest in this 150 pints. A committee iscon- category. tacting Gamma Globulin patients Superintendent McPartland said that the 1970-71 budget is $81,318 above last year’s bud get. This includes salaries for 1 1/2 new teachers needed be cause of an expected increase in enrollment, andalsoincludes $15,000 for new and replace ment equipment to strengthen some academic fields. Please, Be A Blood Donor! Producer members and their respective alternates: District 1 - George Matsuura, Fruitland, and Howard K. Al bano, Weiser. District 3 - Joe Y. Saito and Kay Teramura, Ontario. District 5 - Lyle Andrew and James Yamada, Parma. Handler members and their respective alternates: Representing Oregon - Joe Komoto, Ontario and Maylin U. Maxfield, Nyssa. Representing the production area-at-large - Thomas V. Moore and Shigeru Hironaka, Ontario. The following members and alternates, previously appointed will continue to serve through May 31, 1971. Producer members and their respective alternates: District 2 - Mas Yano and Paul U. Saito, Weiser. District 4 - Joel Mitchell and Harold E. Dail, Nyssa. District 6 - Kay Inouye and Ken Tamura, Homedale. Handler members and their respective alternates: Representing Idaho - Robert A. Parsons, Weiser, and George Sugai, Payette. Representing the production area-at-large - Tom Iseri, Ontario, and Charles E. John son, Parma. While headquartered at Bend Skeen was active in many com munity activities. He was a di rector of the Bend Chamber of Commerce, a director of the Ro tary Club, board member ofthe Oregon United Appeal, co- chairman of the Pine Mountain Observatory, past president of Toastmasters and past pre sident of the Deschutes County United Fund. He was also active in th»- old Bend Water Pageant and in several athle tic associations. I k '-V When he left Bend for his as signment on the bank's regional staff, he was prsident-elect of the Central Oregon Bankers Association. Skeen lias re PR EC mained active in the American Institute of Banking and has .08 completed several comprehen sive courses in banking and fi .07 nance sponsored by the AIB. Skeen and his wife, Janice, have five children. They are .03 Robin, 14, Steven, 13; Judy, 11; Cynthia, 8; and Stuart, 5. WFATI I IF k "* DR. JJ. SARAZIN PAINTINGS ARE SHOWN AT LIBRARY “Tragedy ofthe Hills”, “Paul Bunyan and Babe Digging Hells Canyon”, “Lake Superior” and “Apples and Bananas”, art work by the late Dr. J.J. Sarazin are on display at the Nyssa Pub lic Library during the month of May. Dr. Sarazin, the first physi cian in this area, came to the Nyssa community in 1905. He practiced medicine until his re tirement at the age of 80 in 1958. The paintings now on exhibit were all done after his retirement. Dr. Sarazin had painted some as a child but never pursued it until after ceasing to practice nedicine. His only art instruc tions were through the “famous artist correspondence course” and the artist Kim Kimmerling. He was the father of Mrs. Dick Tensen, Norbert Sa- razin and Dr. David Sarazin, all of Nyssa. DATE May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 MAX 57 66 64 67 58 58 62 MIN 52 45 39 43 42 29 34 39 GOVERNOR ISSUES COUNTY EMPLOYEES STATEMENT ON NOMINATE OFFICERS COLLEGE CLOSURES Judy Peery and Norma Burbank, members the Red Cross Blood Drawing. The quota of the Nyssa Jay-C-Ettes, show the posters is 150 pints, and every effurt is being made that will be displayed all over town reminding to assure that this quota will be reached. people that May 21 is the date set for The Malheur County Em ployee Association held their regular monthly luncheon meeting May 7 with 24 members present. President Oscar Brat ton presided. The following were nominated as officers for the coming fis cal year. They are Oscar Bratton, Dick Pounds, and Le- Roy Huff for president. Nancy Moore and Paul Hale for vice president. Betty Hiatt and Yvonne Osborn, secretary- treasurer. Five delegates at large tor the Bargaining Committee will be voted on at the same time ballots are cast for the other officers. The election is May 21, with voting from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The following statement was issued by Governor Tom Mc Call. “Three state institutes of higher education in Oregon sus pended all classes on one or more days this week. Discre tion was vested with the presi dent of each institution to de- cide whether each closure was advisable in light of his on- the-scene evaluation of the sit- uation. I have informed the president of each institution in the state system that 1 ex pect regular academic ac tivities to be resumed Monday morning. I am ready to counsel and assist them in restoring the normal functions of their schools and in assuring all students the right to continue their education.” Shown are eight sophomores who were initiated Tuesday evening into the Adrian High School Chapter of the National Honor Society. They are, front row, Jill Franklin, Vikki Shenk, Lisa Sykes and Teresa Lane. Back row, Sheilah Pratt, Donna Rossbach, Mary Timmerman and Bruce Ishida. Senior members of the honor society are Nina Salomon, president; Marsha Top- liff, secretary-treasurer; and Mark Pratt, Steve Davis, Vickie King and Jane Rossbach. Junior members are Mots Hori, vice presi dent, and John Mantel, Cheryl Burroughs, and Tina Call. Members are selected on the basis ol outstanding achievement in scholarship, ser vice, leadership arid character.