The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Thursday, January 28, 1971
NEWELL HEIGHTS ITEMS
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■ ■ ■ BY DALE WITT ■ ■
NEWELL HEIGHTS-A bridal
shower was given Friday after
noon at the Adrian Presbyterian
Church Social Room for Mrs.
George Schiemer. Hostesses
were Mrs. Kenneth Price, Mrs.
Carl Lee Hill, Mrs. K.I. Peter
son, Mrs. Marie Moore and Mrs.
Bill Looney. Mrs. Price was
in charge of games and prizes
were won by Mrs. Raymond
Wilson, Mrs. Gladys Newbill,
and Mrs. Helen Bishop. Mrs.
Hill gave a reading “How a
Wife Translates Their Hus
band’s Language”. Mrs. Hill
helped Mrs. Schiemer open her
many lovely gifts and Terri
Hill and Shelly Hill assisted in
the showing of the gifts. Re
freshments were served«
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Eason
of Homedale were Sunday din
ner guests of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Simpson.
Mrs. Edith Fenn, Mrs. Ida
Fenn and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Simpson were Thursday dinner
guests of Mrs. Marie Moore.
Mrs. John Downer of Taft,
Calif., came by plane Wednes
day to visit her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M.L. Judd and to help pre
pare for their golden wedding
anniversary reception to be held
Sunday, January 31. See details
on social pages.
R.D. McKinley accompanied
Roy Hirai to Klamath Falls
Janaury 20 to attend a three-
day meeting of the Oregon
* State Potato Growers.
Mrs. R.D. McKinley went by
train January 18 to La Grande
where she visited her daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Earnest and
family, returning home on Sa
turday.
Mr. and Mrs. Monty Spell
man were Sunday visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lee Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Price
were also afternoon callers.
Mrs. Marie Moore enter
tained Coffee Klutch at her
home Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Simp
son visited Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Fenn and family Sunday.
Leslie York and Bill Bones
of Ontario were Sunday visitors
at the Alfred Simpson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Topliff
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bochlke
in Nampa.
Mrs. Dale Witt was a guest
at the Lions Club Dinner in
Adrian Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gherke
of Mountain Home visited Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Rhodes.
Mrs. Dave Savage and girls
visited at the Gene Simpson
home Friday afternoon, and
Mrs. Abby Walker and children
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were Friday evening guests.
David, Bill, Barbara and Jody
Phelps and Jimmie Fenn were
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Simpson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kriegh
drove to the Owyhee Dam Sun
day to see the water conditions
there.
Burdette Pratt, who attends
college at La Grande, spent the
week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Pratt.
Shelia, Robert and Carolyn
Pratt attended the ball game
at Greenleaf Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Leedy of
Huntington were Tuesday lun
cheon guests of Mrs. Lydia
Worden.
Mrs. Carl Fenn spent Wed
nesday and Thursday at the
Alfred Simpson home due to
the high water at her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Andrews
and two children of Portland
visited Mrs. Carl Fenn Tuesday.
They were on their way to Il
linois where he had beentrans-
fered.
Mrs. Bruce Andrews
is the daughter of Mrs. Donald
Fenn.
Mrs. L.C. McDermott and
Mrs. Martha Besendorfer went
to Nyssa to do their weekly
shopping Thursday before the
flood water would get higher
under the bridges.
Mrs. Gene Pratt took Mrs.
Judy Kerby and Mrs. George
Dilly of Caldwell to Boise Tues
day to catch the plane for Den
ver. They were sent to Denver
by the Mercy Hospital in Nampa
to attend a Seminar on Pediat
ric’s Intensive Care at the Uni
versity.
Mrs. Edith Fenn visited Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Simpson Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Ida Fenn visited Mrs.
Edith Fenn Sunday evening.
Mrs. Marie Moore was a
guest Sunday at a birthday din
ner in honor of K.I. Peterson
at the home of his daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Mervil Hutchin
son in Nyssa.
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Kingman Kolony
BY DALE WITT
PHONE 372-2183
KINGMAN KOLONY - Polly
anna Club will hold their annual
“Coffee for Heart and March of
Dimes”, Thursday afternoon,
February 4, at the Herschel
Thompson home. Men and wo
men of Kingman Kolony and
other areas, are invited to at
tend to give donations, and
to visit their neighbors. Polly
anna members will furnish
cookies.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Phifer and
Jan visited the Marvin Wright
family in Boise Sunday.
Mrs. Bill Toomb was a guest
at the dinner given by the Lions
Club in Adrian Sunday. She was
a Sunday afternoon visitor at
the Charles Bowers home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Begeman
and Mrs. Dale Witt were guests
for oyster stew at the W.C.
Van De Water home in Big
Bend Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Camp
bell, Nancy and Connie went to
La Grande Saturday to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Slippy, re
turning home Sunday evening.
Mike Robb, who attends col
lege in Portland, flew home to
spend the week end with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Robb.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bailey
of Ontario were Sunday after
noon visitors in the Wayne Robb
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Bowers
moved out of their home Wed
nesday night and stayed with
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bowers in
Adrian until Saturday morning
due to the flood water near
their home.
Mrs. Eunice Phifer and Loye
Phifer of Elko, were Monday and
Tuesday overnight guests at the
Charles Bowers home.
Mrs. Mary Laan visited Mrs.
Al Thompson Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. Rex Walters of Boise
arrived Wednesday and is stay
ing with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs.
Al Thompson.
Mrs.
Thompson hasn’t been too well
the past week.
Don Fox entered Nyssa Hospi
tal Saturday for treatment and
care.
Ross Mills was a Sunday
afternoon visitor
at the Al
Thompson home.
Mrs. Carl Piercy, Mrs. Bill
Toomb and Mrs. Don Fox at
tended the Happy Dozen Card
Club meeting at the home of
Mabie Piercy in Adrian, the
loosers entertained the winners
with a dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Strawn
visited their daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Carter in New Ply
mouth Sunday afternoon. They
also visited Mrs. Strawn’s sis
ter, Mrs. A.J. Reiber.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gherke of
Mountain Home visted Mr. and
Mrs. Willis Conant Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Osborn
visited Friday with her parents,
GRANGE
regular
meeting of
Oregon Trail Grange was called
to order Thursday evening, Jan
uary 21, by Master Don Somers.
Grange officers were seated by
stewards Mr. and Mrs. Ernie
Metcalf.
Master Somers welcomed ap
proximately 60 members and
friends who were present to
hear eight Nyssa Vo-Ag stu
dents compete in a public speak
ing contest. Vo-Ag Instructor
Deryl Leggett was introduced by
Grange Lecturer Mrs. James
Stephen. Leggett introduced the
students and explained that their
talks would be judged on sub
ject matter, timing, voice, ex
pression, stage manner.com-
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Cearly in
Emmett.
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Osborn
and Mr. and Mrs. Myron Os
born were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Begeman
were Friday evening visitors
at the Oscar Schafer home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Marshall
of Meridian, his mother, Mrs.
Maude French of Nezperse,
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Schafer,
They drove up to the Owyhee
Dam to see the high water.
NEWS
position, and shakers ability to
answer qu< st ions at the end of
the talk.
He stated that this
year the Nyssa Chapter is having
a special Freshman Chapter
contest.
The students who participated
were; Glen Gibson who spoke
on “FFA Opportunities”; Bob
Holmes, “What Are They Really
Doing Down On the Farm”;
Carl Cleaver, “Save Our Soils”;
Fred Child, “Take a Good
Look”; Jack Joyce, “What the
BLM Has Done for Our Eastern
Oregon Range Lands”; ’Grant
Richesin, “Progress Is What
Makes It”. The freshman con
testants were Dave Robbins,
“Advantages of Pesticides”;
and Kent Cleaver, “Farm
Safety”.
The judges were Clyde
Swisher and Don Bates from
the Nyssa High School and Joe
Martin, First National Bank.
Lurelie Robbins was the time
keeper.
Don Bates reported that the
task of judging was difficult be
cause of the excellence of each
speaker. The first place award
went to Bob Holmes; second
place to Fred Child; thirdplace
Jack Joyce, and fourth place to
David Robbins. Kent Cleaver
placed first in the contest for
Page Three
Freshmen. The freshmen and
chapter winners will receive
the awards at the parent and
son banquet this spring.
oriacDT c caaitlj
to cover welfare costs
The winner of the chapter con- “T KOorRi r. SMITH for the next biennium.
test will compete in the Snake
,
This is by far the largest
River District contest whicliOregon House Speakerincrease in either dollars or
contest which includes spea
percentage for any service pro
The Oregon Legislature is vided by state government.
kers from Baker, Adrian, Vale,
And, welfare administrators
Ontario and Nyssa. This con facing its moment of truth on
test will be held at Vale on the question of financing public tell us that the end is nowhere
January 28 at 10:00 a.m. The welfare programs, and I am insight. Thealarmingincrease
Oregon State Grange provides determined that we must not in caseloads is expected to con
an FFA belt and buckle for the avoid our responsibility to tinue indefinitely.
In my opinion, Oregonians
District winner and an FFA tie devise alternatives to the pre
need not worry about proving
bar for second place. The first sent system.
Our problem can be simply their generosity andcompassion
and second place winners will
defined.
Oregon’s welfare case for the less fortunate members
advance to a sectional contest
They have
in which they will compete loads during the past year have of our society.
against the first and second grown at a faster rate than the demonstrated their concern
place winners from the Eastern caseloads in 48 other states. time and again.
Only New Jersey has ex-
No one will take exception to
Oregon District.
The Oregon State Grange pro perienced a faster rate of the statement that there are
those in our society--particu-
vides a trophy for the sectional growth.
At the present time, there are larly the aged, blind, disabled,
winner and miniature plaques
for the second, third and fourth more than 100,000 Oregonians and very young--who are re
place winners. The first place receiving welfare. This can be ceivingpublic assistance through
compared to a work force of no fault of their own.
winner from the sectional con
slightly more than 900,000per
The vast majority of these
test competes next at the annual
sons.
persons
are reluctant re
Oregon FFA State Convention.
Welfare costs have been cipients, and they desire only
The FFA Foundation awards
growing several times faster the opportunity to live in se-
$100.00 to the state winner.
than state revenues, and they curity and dignity.
At this contest the Oregon State
are outstripping our ability to
We must, however, face the
Grange provides an individual
pay.
Gov. Tom McCall has bitter fact that welfare has
plaque to the first place winner,
recommended an increase of failed miserably. It has done
rotating plaque and FFA ban
more than $100 million in the little or nothing to eliminate
ner with emblem to the winner’s
dependency,
Rather, it has
chapter and state award medals
ing. The next regular grange created an institution of po
to all participants.
meeting will be held February
Pot luck dinner was served 4, 8 p.m. All grange members verty, and many of those on
the public dole are third and
prior to the meeting with cake are urged to attend.
fourth generation welfare fa-
and coffee following the meet-
THE 56TH LEGISLATURE
milies.
At the same time, welfare
programs have spread them-
selves so thin that in spite of
their extravagance and bureau
cratic overhead many of those
whose need is greatest are pro
vided a minimum subsistence.
Some have suggested that we
solve this problem by increas
ing taxes. This would be an
easy way out--for everyone,
that is, but the taxpayer, who
is already paying 37-cents out
of each dollar earned to pay
the costs of government.
The special House Task Force
on Welfare which I created a
month ago has already held
several public hearings in va
rious parts of the state, and will
soon be prepared to submit its
recommendations to the full
Legislature.
I am optimistic that the Task
Force will present suggestions
which will result in an elimina
tion of waste and a redirection
of programs at the state level.
Above all, I am hopeful that
we can propose some measures
which will eliminate the open-
handed approach presently being
followed, and provide the oppor
tunity for recipients to get off
the welfare rolls and onto the
payrolls.
There is no greater challenge
facing Oregon or the nation.
Why shouldn’t Oregon take the
first step? In my opinion, we
cannot afford not to.