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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97403 Nyssa Gate City Journal Volume LXIV The Sugar City The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon BLOOD DRAWING SET FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 AT NYSSA EAGLES HALL The Boise Regional RedCross i Blood Center Bloodmobile will be set up at the Eagles Hall in Nyssa on August 18th. Hours are from 1:30 through 6 p.m. Prospective donors are being contacted through their churches and place of employ ment. Others who have not already been contacted may call 372-2268 to make an appoint ment. According to officials at the Regional Center supplies of fresh whole blood supplies have been dwindling but all requests have been filled. Much of the problem has come from the fact that the past few months have been vacation months and many local chapters have fallen far below their quotas. Needshave been met, however, because a few communities have worked very hard and gone over their quotas, allowing the Center to meet the needs of the entire region. People may take a vacation from work and their business can and does survive without them, but for those in the com munity who need blood there can be no holiday from the constant requirement of donation, pro cessing and distribution of this life giving and life saving sub stance. The Boise Regional Center has published statistics for 1969 showing that Malheur County MONEY GRANTED FOR HELP TO MIGRANT CHILDREN Senator Mark O. Hatfield an nounced today that $310,480.00 has been granted to the Oregon State Board of Education to aid children of Migrant workers. Approximately 4200 children will receive instruction in Oral Language skills to help each child adjust to his grade level, r ika I aiKl ueaiui services, as well as professional counciling, will be provided in the program which operates during the regular and summer term. School districts in Malheur County receiving grants are Nyssa, Adrian and Ontario. MALHEUR PAGEANT SETS FINAL PLANS Final plans have been made in Ontario for the 1970 Miss Malheur County Pageant, to be held at 8 Saturday evening at Ontario High School, under sponsorship of the Jaycees in Malheur County and KSRV. The big day will get unde’rway with a Parade, consisting of the 9 contestants, former queen Linda Ballou Ady, Field Director of the Miss MalheurCounty, Karen Ryder, and Miss La Grande of 1970 Elaine Kurtz. The pa rade will start Saturday after noon at 12:30 in Ontario, with the group going from Ontario to Vale and then Nyssa. An afternoon tea will be held for only the five out-of-town judges and the contestants; Contestants wiU then vie for the Miss Malheur title in the evening with Clint Bellows, Master of Ceremonies. Advance tickets are on sale and available at the Carriage House and Les Schwab Tire Cen ter. Tickets may also be obtained at the door that night. 1970 Nyssa Thunderegg Days received more blood from within the region than was donated by county residents. Our doctors and hospitals used 1168 pints and our residents donated 1136 pints for a net deficit of 32 pints that had to come from people outside our county. Nyssa’s quota for 1969 was 450 pints, but only 311 were ac tually collected. Malheur County isalsoshown to be a heavy user of Gamma Globulin, a blood fraction used to fight certain types of in fection. In 1969 896 c.c. of this fraction was given to doctors and hospitals in the County and most of that went to treat patients just in Nyssa and surrounding area. To find the number of pints of blood required to process that much Gamma Globulin, divide by 4, and one other thing, this blood fraction is provided ABSOLU TELY FREE by the Red Cross. There is never anything charged for blood itself, but some charge must be made to cover the cost of collecting, processing and distributing the blood. Last year Nyssa did not donate enough to cover its own com munity needs. Won’t you resolve right now to make an appoint ment to give blood on August 18th, and become a regular donor? Adrian High Annual Party The Adrian High School “An nual Party” will be held Friday, 4 to 8 p.m. in the school park. Students are requested to pick up their high school year books at that time. LOCAL BOYS IN FFA TRACTOR DRIVING CONTEST The annual Farm Bureau sponsored County FFA iractoi Driving Contest was held last Saturday afternoon at the On tario Junior High School field. 7 he contest was won by Steve Shaw of Ontario. Bob Holmes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Holmes finished fifth in the over-all contest and was the high scoring individual from the Nyssa FFA Chapter. Robert will represent the Nyssa Cha pter in the State Tractor Dri ving Contest at Salem during the State Fair August 30. The contest included a new event this year which consisted of operating and properly maneuvering a hay swather through and obstacle course. Other events included loading a tractor on an implement trailer so that it balanced, rolling a drum through an obstacle course with a blade mounted on the back of a tractor and driving a trac tor hitched to a 4 wheeled wagon through a very narrow obstacle course. Brent Richesin of Nyssa placed 3rd in the tractor ma neuvering part of the contest with the tractor and trailer. Others from Nyssa who parti cipated in the contest were Lu- relle and David Robbins. FFA member Mark Osborn, a sophomore at Adrian High School, also competed in the contest. This was his first time to compete and he took third place. Rep. All Ullman Visits Nyssa 1 I I Congressman Al Ullman was in Nyssa Friday morning for an early breakfast, meeting with about 30 Nyssa residents, He is shown above visiting with Don Oldemeyer and son, Keith Oldemeyer. Dr. C.R. Van Patten, Ontario, chairman of the Malheur County Democratic Party, introduced the Congressman and Jake Fischer, Nyssa, acted as spokesman for the meeting. Rep. Ullman spoke to the group, and then spent about two hours in Nyssa visiting with people around town. He later appeared at Ontario for a press conference and luncheon at the La Paloma Cafe. Thursday, August 13, 1970 Thunderegg Capital NUMBER XXXtll NYSSA SCHOOLS PREPARE FOR OPENING AUGUST 31, REGISTRATION NEXT WEEK Nyssa schools will openearly elementary school, said that re- this year, with the first day of gistration for youngsters en- school to be Monday, August 31. tering the first grade this school Classes will run just to noon year will be held August 20 Monday, with the first full day and 21 between the hours of of classes on Tuesday. 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the pri High school principal, Gene mary building. Chester has scheduled regis Parents are urged to regis tration for Tuesday, Wednesday, ter children in advance so that and Thursday of next week, with delay and confusion are avoided the schedule as follows: on the first day of school. Tuesday, August 18 - Juniors Each beginner must have a and Seniors with last names birth certificate, and must also beginning A through I, 10 a.m. have a physical examination, to noon, J to R, 1 to 3 p.m. using the Goldenrod form. and S to Z, 3 to 5p.m. Working These must be completed and students may register 7 to 9 sent to the county health office p.m. at Vale, and are available at the Wednesday, August 19 - doctor’s offices or the school Sophomores, A to H, 9 a.m. to administration office, noon; 1 to S, 1 to 3 p.m.; T There will be a $1.75 re to Z, 3 to 5 p.m. gistration fee which will pro- Thursday, August 20- Fresh- vide all of the year’s supplies, men, A to M, 9 a.m. to noon; except tennis shoes needed for N to Z, 1 to 4 p.m. Physical physical education classes. The examinations are again required $2.00 fee for school insurance for Freshmen this year. may also be paid at time of Pupils should know their registration. complete address and the dis tance they live from home to school. Required fees for high school students are Books (except Paula Ramirez of Arica, Chile workbooks) $8.50; Accounting, $2.00; Towel Fee, $2.00; will arrive in Nyssa Friday to Locker, 50Ç; Ag Shop, $2.00; spend the school year with the Industrial Arts Shop, $2.00; Ac Carl Lineger family as an Ame rican Field Service (AFS) stu tivity Ticket, $4.00. Paula will be the 11th Students should be prepared dent. to pay class dues to the class AFS student in the Nyssa schools treasurer, and each class will since the program was started in determine the amount and 1958. source of the dues. Optional fees include student insurance, $4.75, which covers school attendance and compe tition in all sports except foot ball, wrestling and skiing. Ath letic insurance, $17.00 for foot ball and wrestling. Tupelo, $5.00 JUNIOR HIGHSCHOOL Dan Martin, principal of the junior high, said that regis- ration will be open at the same hours as high school, with no restrictions on who may re gister at any time. Each student will be charged a fee of $3.50 which should be paid at the time of registra tion. Optional fees are school insurance, which covers all ath letics, $3.00; and a student body ticket, $3.00, for admit tance to all high school ath letic events. Paula is the daughter of Dr. NYSSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and Mrs. Sergio Ramirez, and Melvin Munn, principal of the he is a medical doctor in Arica. Wilderness Calls She has four sisters, Ximena 18, Veronica 15, Constanza 11¡ Adrian FFA Boys Loreto 9, and a brother, Ser Joe Witty, Agriculture In- gio 4. Paula is 17. structor in the Adrian High Her parents visited the United School system, and four FFA States in 1962 and Paula says officers spent the past week on they like this beautiful country, a camping trip in the Eagle Cap and especially Washington, D.C. Wilderness area in the Wallowa Paula says that “I would like mountains. Boys accompanying to go to a little town, where Witty were Pat Corn, Jim the people know the other people Thomas, Alan Atagi and Bruce who live there, because I could Asheda. They took horses with know all kinds of people, not only them so as to enjoy riding the the family with whom I would trails. Fishing, also, occupied live and my classmates”. a great deal of their time. AFS Student Arrives Friday Part of the serving line and part of the large crowd which hounds stayed in Nyssa before and after the five-day event. attended the barbecue lastThursday evening in South Park By far the most successful to date, this fifth annual are shown above. Chairman Wayne Moncur of the Thunder Thunderegg Days event drew much praise from the many egg celebration estimated that 1,200 persons attended the bar visitors, and Moncur said that already many of them are becue, sponsored by the Nyssa Jaycees. making plans for next year. They were well pleased with Moncur said that registration nearly doubled that of last the quality of the rocks found; the rock area for showing, year, with 3535 signed up. They came from 24 states in trading, buying and selling; and the hospitality of the Nyssa cluding Hawaii, and 3 Canadian provinces, many of the rock- ■people. Lutz Kliche Returns To Germany Steve Fonda, president of the Nyssa Chapter of AFS, received the following letter from Lutz Kliche, exchange student the past year at the Roy Hirai home, who has returned to his home in Germany. Dear Mr. Fonda: Now, I am back in my home town for over a week, and I think it is about time to tell you (and the Nyssa AFS- committee) about the time after leaving Nyssa and before arri ving at home. Well, as you probably know, 1 went down to Sacramento to start the bus trip. We were about forty students on the bus, most of them from around Sa cramento, five from Idaho and only two from Oregon. The first day of the trip, we went all the way down to San Clemente, Calif, which is about fifty miles north of San Diego. We stayed there for four days and had a great time. Then we went nonstop to Salt Lake City in an eight teen-hour-drive. We stayed there for three days, which were nice, too. All the kids on the bus were great, and it was really nice clique. Besides I always was put into nice families.- From Salt Lake City we went to Denver, our conference stop. After four days of discussions, meetings, and, of course, par ties, we had to say “Good bye” to most of the students on our bus. The Germans took a plane to New York, where we spent a week of reorientation (speak ing German, which seemed very hard). But most of the time, I spent in the city visiting every thing worth seeing. Then, Friday, July 17, we left the U.S. with mixed emo tions. Now I am back home again and the old life has begun again. The past year has been and still is one of the most pre cious for me, and I hope that everything, all the experiences and all the things I learned will last and stay in my memory. One thing is for sure: I will be back in Nyssa some day and as soon as possible! Hoping to hear from you soon, Lutz Forest Fire Danger High MALHEUR COUNTY FAIR BOARD READY FOR SHOW AUGUST 26,27,28,29 The Malheur County Fair ’ Board is in the process of ' completing planning for the 1970 > County Fair scheduled for Au gust 26, 27, 28 and 29th. Paint ing and clean-up has been pro gressing for several weeks and I numerous improvements are planned both for the convenience of fairgoers and for exhibitors. Scotty Payne, Vale, long-time member of the Board announced several changes in the livestock area. A new show arena is being built southwest of the Exhibit Hall primarily for use of showmanship classes. A wash rack for horses is under con struction and concrete floors have been poured in the swine barn. The Main Exhibit Hall housing the land products exhibits and the organization and com munity booth displays is coming in for its share of attention ac- JAPAN HOST TO SCOUT JAMBOREE Applications are now being taken for the 13th World Scout Jamboree to be held in Japan in August, 1971. Boy Scouts and Explorer Scout« are eli gible, but they must be 14 years old by June 1, 1971 and must not have reached their 18th birthday by that date. Applications must be made to the Ore-Ida Council, 110 Scout Lane, Boise, not later than Sept. 20. George Hirai, Nyssa, has been selected as Scoutmaster for the Jamboree Troop, and his assistants are Gene Palmer, Ontario; George Kubosumi, Homedale; and W es ley Kluckohn, Boise. Approximately 25 days will be spent on the trip, with 8 days at the jamboree, 8 days tour of Japan, and the balance of the time spent inpre-jambo- ree training and traveling. The jamboree site is at the base of Mount Fuji. Boys must earn their own money for the trip, and to date five Nyssa boys have indicated that they are going. George Hirai asks that any boy interested can contact him for details of the trip, and he point s out that there is only a little over a month left to ubmit applications. Forest Fire Danger To-Day boards were set this morning on EXTREME for the first time this fire season. Northeast MAX. MIN. winds and lower humidity with DATE temperatures remaining above Aug. 6 98 66 normal and no rain indicated Aug. 7 93 57 is creating serious forest fire Aug. 8 83 57 hazard. Aug. 9 87 48 Fair and warm weather will Aug. 10 93 51 continue. Aug. 11 95 52 All citizens are urged by the Aug. 12 — 54 Keep Oregon Green Association to use extreme caution with 8/12/70 5,882,470 Acre Feet fire. 543,950 Acre Feet 8/ 2/69 WEATHER cording to Guy Sparks, Nyssa. Future plans for this building include some extensive re modeling. Entertainment is planned for each night of the four day fair and Jed Shane, Chairman, an nounced that top talent has been secured. Headlining the bill will be country-western show band Jimmy Walker and the Country Travelers. Howard Hardin, a juggler, will emcee the show which will include a trampoline act, "The Tuckers”, and a chimpanzee act. Under the direction of Gordon Capps, a talent show is scheduled for Wednesday night featuring local talent with Mandrake the Ma gician as a special attraction. Admission will be charged for the Fair again this year, but several changes are in effect. Seperate charges will be made for the entertainment with a ge neral admission charge to the grounds as follows: Adults sea son ticket for $2.50 and chil dren $1.50; and nightly charges will be adults $1.25 and chil dren seventy-five cents. There will be no charge in the Armory Building which hou ses all the home economics exhibits, art, photography, flo wers, and garden club booths. 4-H and FFA members, live stock exhibitors, concessio naries, and those working at the Fair will receive free general admission passes. Eagles To Hold Hawaiian Luau The Nyssa Eagles Lodge will hold a traditional Hawaiian Luau Saturday evening for all mem bers and out of town guests. Chuck Jones is chairman of the event, and says that the luau will be in true island fashion, with the lodge hall appropriately decorated. A former chef of the Owyhee Hotel in Boise will prepare the feast, and afterwards members and guests will dance to music by Jim Barnes and his Band. Feast time is from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Guests are to come in Hawaiian dress if possible, and a door prize will be awarded to the best dressed Hawaiian couple, Leis will be presen ted at ce door to all guests. LOCAL MEN GUESTS ON NAVY CRUISE Ted Morgan, Nyssa and Charles Smith, Ontario, were guests of the U.S. Navy aboard the USS VEGA, a refrigerated supply ship last week. They boarded the VEGA at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Bangor, Wn., Tuesday, August 4, and disembarked Friday at Alameda, Calif. Both men re ported afinecruise.andenjoyed the Navy’s hospitality. Dr. Charles E. Vanetti And Family HALFWAY ARTIST SHOWS WORK Larry Fredrick, Halfway, is showing fourteen drawings and paintings in Ontario during the month of August. The ex hibit is now hanging upstairs in the Weese Buildingon the Trea sure Valley Community College campus. Much of his work is of the Eastern Oregon area, especially around Halfway where he teaches in the high school, and should be of special interest to residents of this area. The work has been com pleted within the past two years for the most part and was col lected for the show from pri vate collections and from his portfolio. Fredrick has an M.A. De gree in Art from the University of Montana. He has shown pre viously in that state and in Minnesota. CLAY MYERS IS U OF O SPEAKER Clay Myers, Oregon’s Secre tary of State and an alumnus of the University of Oregon, will give the address at the Uni versity’s 1970 summer gradua tion convocation August 15. More than 1,400 candidates will be presented for baccalau reate and advanced degrees at the ceremony. Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Vanetti and family are newcomers to Nyssa, where he will be associated with Dr. L.A. Maulding in the Maulding Clinic, and will be doing all phases of general family practice. Shown above are Eric 9, and Charles II in front, Dr. Vanetti, wife, jean and Bridget 8, and standing are Nina 12 and Cllf 13. Dr. Vanetti is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1964, He interned in Greenville General Hospital, Greenville, S.C., and was with the U.S. Army for one year at Fort Meyer, Arlington, Va., and one year in South Vietnam. Since that time he has been in general practice in Lexington, Ky. The Vanetti’s have wanted for some time to get their family out of the big city with all of its increasing problems, and are im pressed with this area, it’s good schools, and recreational opportunities. Dr. Vanetti is particularly impressed with Malheur Me morial Hospital, which he says is outstanding for a community this size. Both Dr. and Mrs. Vanetti play golf, as does the oldest son, Cllf, and the rest of the kids just have fun. They have enjoyed the “Southern hospitality” of Eastern Oregon as they await moving into their home at 510 N. 8th Street.