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V V V V V V V V V V V V V » Nyssa To Honor AFS Students Featured in the Gate City Journal for the next three weeks will be foreign exchange students from around the Valley who will be visiting Nyssa February 17-20. A “Fiesta Chilena” will culminate their visit at Nyssa High School February 20. MARIBEL FERNANDEZ Also visiting the Thunder Egg Capital will be Maribel Fernan dez, a student this year at Capital High School of Boise. Maribel is an AFS exchange student from Madrid, Spain. ERNESTO ROSSBACH OWYHEE ' Shirley Eckley Phone 372-2778 Mrs. Viola Wesson from In dianapolis, Ind., was a guest at the home of her niece, Mrs. Ronnie Smith, for several days recently. Sunday, January24th, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Smith, Sheri, and Larry attended a Brigid Anne McLeanfrom the dinner at the home of Eileen Republic of South Africa lives Hampton in Mountain Home. with Mr. and Mrs. O.J. McKee The dinner was a family reunion in Baker. She is attending Baker in honor of Mrs. Wesson. Also attending from the Nyssa area High School. was Bud Hampton. Jess Martinez attended the Siempre Adelante Anniversary Banquet at the Eastside Cafe in Ontario Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Cul bertson and Larry attended the horse sale at Caldwell Sunday. Sherry Fehlman and Gordon Leavitt were married at Win nemucca, January 25. After visiting several days with the Fred Fehlman family they will make their home in Roseburg. Mr. and Mrs. Brent Hartley and family were Sunday visitors at the Ray Schulthies home. Mrs. Hartley’s father, Schul thies, is recovering at home from a recent accident. He was run over by a caterpillar while helping a neighbor harvest BR1GID ANNE McLEAN beets. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Nichol son of Boise were Sunday visi tors at the home of her pa Ernesto Rossbach from rents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Skin Guatemala attends Boise High ner of the Owyhee Junction. Sunday callers at the Jess School and has accepted the AFS’s invitation to attend the Rigney home in Nyssa was Mr. Nyssa AFS’s week activities and Mrs. Louis Skinner. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Smith including the AFS Night at and David were Sunday dinner Nyssa, February 20. guests at the home of their son Mr. and Mrs. Mike Smith. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Culbertson, January 31 were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kygar, Jay and Janeen; Mr. and Mrs. Walt McConathy, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Culbertson and children, Mr. and Mrs. Buster Talbot, PHONE 372-2520 Rusty and his fiancee, Louella Linda Bohanon and Mabie Findling, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Piercy were Monday visitors Coleman and Shawn. Later in with Mr. and Mrs. Thurman the day Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Duncan and children of Ontario Piercy in Nyssa. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Lang of visited. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Eckley Nampa were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Ashcraft were luncheon guests Monday Friday Mabie Piercy and at the home of her parents, Mr. Linda Bohanon attended a birth and Mrs. W.E. Young of Fruit day dinner for Judy Mecham in land. Guests also included Mr. and Mrs. Bill Young and family. Nyssa. Mrs. Gayle Martin gave a Mrs. Young is confined at home birthday party Monday after due to a knee injury. Leslie noon for her son, Gayle George Eckley is also recovering from a knee injury, He was hospi- and Rudy Zimmerman. Mrs. Mabel Piercy attended talized earlier this month for the Silver Wedding Anniversary surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Patten of her son, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Piercy at the home of Mr. and and Paulette from New Hamp Mrs. Roy Mecham in Nyssa shire were weekend visitors at the home of her parents, Saturday evening. Mrs. Rosie Bawtenheimer Mr. and Mrs. Earl Crocker. from Roswell visited Friday Sunday visitors tn the Earl with her niece Mr. and Mrs. Crocker home included Mr.and Mrs. Keith Moore and daughter George De Haven. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Parker of Notus, Jeanie Fenn and girls, called on Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Mr. and Mrs. PerryCrocker and son. ____ Parker in Ontario Sunday. Attending the Golden Wedding ’ Anniversary Sunday at the East Side Cafe in Ontario were Mr. CARLENE SAVAGE and Mrs. Robert Long, Mr. and PHONE 372-2711 Mrs. K.l. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Parker and Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Adams and Mrs. George Cartwright. visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Russ Talbot. Mrs. Russ Talbot and Mrs. Elmer Ausman visited Thurs BY AVO MOELLER ARCADIA-Arcadia Club will day with Mr. and Mrs. Keith meet February 12 at the home Cameron of Adrian. Mrs. Mancil Bishop had of Mrs. George Hust. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bowers lunch Friday with Mr. and Mrs. visited Sunday in Boise with Scott Hiatt. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Goodell, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Page, Mr. and family. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Carroll and Mrs. Jim Reed of Vale and family from Weiser visited were Saturday evening card Sunday in the Henry Carroll guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Reed of Nyssa. home. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Can- Mr. and Mrs. Dan Walker who lived in the Elmer Hill non spent Saturday evening with house on Gem Avenue, have Mr. and Mrs. Mancil Bishop. Mrs. Marvin Udlinek and moved to a house on the former Field’s ranch near the ceme children visited with Mrs. Keith tery. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Pet Thompson and children of terson have moved in the Hill Parma Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Goodell house. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hill bought a home in Caldwell. attended the National Farmers Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Evertton Organization dinner at Emmett and familyof Nampa were dinner Monday evening. Rollo Tanner of Ontario guests Sunday in the Parley visited Sunday evening with Mr. Feik home. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bowers and Mrs. Guy Tanner and Kim. The Out Our Way Club will of Ontario visited Sunday eve ning with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde meet with Mrs. Guy Tanner February 10, instead of with Bowers. Doyle and Steve Carroll of Margaret Piercy. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Adams Fruitland and Orville Carroll of Ontario, had dinner Satur visited Sunday afternoon with day in the Henry Carroll home. Marci and Darlene Hill of Boise. Tom Javo and Bob Smalley Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dail and family and Mr. and Mrs. Boyd attended the Potato» Growers Haney and family had Sunday Convention at Moses Lake. They dinner with Mrs. AmyStradley. left Sunday and will return Fri Lee Dail, David and Marla ot day. Stan Hogan from Sutherlin, Nyssa visited in the Otis Bul lard home Sunday. The Dails Oregon, Harold Hatcher from and Bullards visited Mr. and Umpqua, Oregon and Dr. Lewis Mrs. Theo Matherly Sunday eve Michalek from Roseburg were here for duck hunting season ning. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Petterson in January and were guests of left last week for Yuma, Ariz. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cleaver. where they will visit at the home of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A minority business firm will Frank Walker. manufacture 114,144 American Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stephen flags under a VA contract. sen were guests at the Dr. Ken Pfaff home in Ontario recently Since May 1968, more than to view slides taken while elk 2,000,000 Vietnam Era vets have hunting in the Wallowa moun- been alerted about GI Bill bene tains last fall. fits and programs bv VA. EVENTS AROUND ADRIAN GLADYS THOMAS ADRIAN-Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fujlshin were Wednesday eve ning callers in the Robert Long home. Friday, Mrs. Beck took Cheryl Burroughs, Mary Looney, Matsuko Hori, and Carol Burroughs to the National Honor Society Convention in Portland. They returned home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Cart wright visited Sunday with her mother Mrs. Alma Hibbard in Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Parker received a recent telpehone call from Mr. and Mrs. David Rams- dale of Battle Mountain, Nev., annoucing the arrival of a new daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Barnes accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Ro bert Long to the Annual Teachers Credit Union Dinner meeting in Ontario Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hoffman of Payette were Sunday after noon visitors in the N.C. Thomas home. Mrs. Fannie Sandlin of Rich mond, Calif., and Mrs. Pauline Berkley of Tescott, Kansas, came Wednesday to visit their sister, Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Mackey. Another sister Mrs. Hannah Gage of Boise came Friday to visit. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dennis and boys visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith in the Big Bend area Sunday afternoon. Mabie Piercy and Bernice Toomb were Wednesday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Thomas in Weiser. Mrs. Bill Willis spent Fri- day in Boise visiting her daughter-in-law Mrs. Billy Willis and little granddaughter. Mrs. Bernice Toomb was a Tuesday dinner guest of Mrs. Mabie Piercy. Mr. and Mrs. George De Haven were Saturday overnight guests of his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Gaylen Raney in Hunting ton. Coming home Sunday they stopped in Weiser and visited Mrs. De Haven’s aunts, Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Thomas and Mrs. Ida Wyman. Mrs. Mabie Piercy and Mrs. Bernice Toomb attended the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Judd and Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Kinney at the East Side Cafe in Ontario Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Mackey visitied Saturday with her mother, Mrs. Florence Gowey in Boise. Marie Moore, Mary Barnes, Gladys Newbill, and Anna Long attended Delta Kappa Gamma meeting in Nyssa Friday eve ning. Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Mackey took Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Freel to dinner in Caldwell Sunday to celebrate Mrs. Mackey's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stan ton of Payette visited Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Thomas Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Hamil ton of Wilder were Sunday visi tors with Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Ashcraft. Thursday, February 4, 1971 The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Page Six Ray Russels Tell Of Mexico Experiences assassaassasasssasss KINGMAN KOLONY NEWS APPLE VALLEY Mr. and Mrs. Ray Russell their homes were quite com spent from November 30 until fortable. The women seemed to be con January 18 traveling in their camper in what they expressed stantly washing, Mrs. Russell as a very interesting and educa said, but one can see why, for with all the inconviences they tional trip to Mexico. They left Nyssa and went di have, it is next to impossible rectly to Oxnard, Calif., where to keep things clean. We saw they were joined by Mrs. women by the river washing Russell’s sister’s family, Mr. near the large rocks and they and Mrs. Jim Kirby and would spread their clothes on daughter, Tracy. The five of bushes to dry. We spent a week end at Guay- them then proceeded from amas and had our first ex Nogales on to Guadalajara. Their route included the cities perience with a hairdresser. from Nogales to Hermosillo, It was a somewhat different Guaymas, Ciadad Orbregon, experience than having one’s Navjon, Las Mochas, Culiacan, hair done here. Mrs. Russell on to Mazatlan. From Mezat- said that she, her sister and lan, they took a side trip to niece all had a shampoo and They heated the water San Blas to Tepic and then on set. to Guadalajara where they spent there in a bucket with an electric coil and used the same 10 days. In Guadalajara, they met Dr. brush and comb for all three of and Mrs. Louie Maulding and them before and after the sham spent Christmas together. poo. We enjoyed the shopping in Other than enjoying the com pany of home town friends, Mrs. Mazatlan and also the beach Russell said it was just fabulous there. The many cathedrals in the the way the other trailer visi tors and residents decorated in towns are very old. Some of such unique ways for C hirst- the murals on the inside walls mas. At that time, they en and ceilings are magnificent. Most all of the people are very joyed 80 degree weather. One trip they made on a Sun religious. One sees them going day from Guadalajara into Mag in and out of church all hours dalena was most interesting to of the day. The large market in Guadala- them. In this small town they mine opals. At the filling station, jara was really something to the little old women have small see. It covers several blocks boxes of polished opals for sale and everything is under one roof and quite often will trade them A person can buy almost any to a person for almost any thing there (except a small note article of clothing. They seem book). I never found one in any to need clothing more than any town in Mexico. Their paper is very scarce and any purchase thing else there. Mrs. Russell described her you make is wrapped in news trip in the following manner: paper. We learned quickly to Our trip to Mexico was very buy one of the large plastic mesh interesting. We saw poverty bags with plastic handles to we couldn’t believe existed, but carry our purchases in. Almost we also saw many prosperous every Mexican you see has one of these bags. communities. One of the highlights of the About half-way down from the border at Nogales to Guadala trip was a side trip to San Blas. jara, we found nice farming, It was right on the ocean and which was most interesting to us. quite tropical. We took a three The towns of Las Mochas and and one-half hour boat ride up Ciudad Obergon had beautiful a swampy, lagoon type water fields so pretty and green. They way that the natives had made raise many vegetables there. by using machete knives to chop Some farms have all modern away the heavy tropical growth. equipment while others have the During the boat ride, we stopped very crudest methods, such as at a banana plantation and bought old fashioned plows beingpulled bananas and a pineapple. The by a very thin underfed horse stalk of bananas cost 32? and the with the man walking behind. pineapple 8? American money. We saw burros loaded down At the end of the waterway was with huge sacks of dry corn a waterfall and a place to swim headed for market. It made a and buy refreshments. person wonder how the burro Both Mr. and Mrs. Russell could walk under the heavy load. said they enjoyed every minute People there are lucky to have and everything about their trip such a warm climate. Their but now wonder if they didn’t clothing was skimpy and their stop too soon as a recent letter homes or shacks often lacked from Dr. and Mrs. Maulding doors or windows and had dirt stated that they were now in floors. Naturally not all of Manzanillo on the Coast and they them have this type of house. feel they have found their Their houses differed just as “Utopia”. their farming did. Some of APPLE VALLEY-Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sells visited January 24 with Mr. and Mrs. David Sells at Boise. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sells visited Friday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Hawkins at Cald well. They also visited Mrs. Mabie Barber in the Caldwell Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rook stool and family of Caldwell and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rookstool drove to McCall Sunday to see the Ice Sculptures. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Strong and Mrs. Maude Atteberry of Weiser were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Honey. John Griffin of Baker was a Saturday overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Griffin and a Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Honey. Sue Dibble attended the Roller Skating Party at Nampa on Mon day evening with the Nazarene Young People’sGroupof Parma. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dibble and Sue were Tuesday dinner guests of Rev. and Mrs. Hibberd. Mrs. Lloyd Dibble visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs. William Knox. After church services Sunday evening guests in the Dwight Seward home were Dr. and Mrs. Morris Weigelt and daughter of Nampa, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Winget from Lake Hopatcony, N.J. , and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pierce and children of Boise. Nazarene Women’s Prayer Group met in the Dwight Se- ward home Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Whittom of Boise were Wednesday guests of Mrs. Nell Correll. Mrs. Lucille Reed and Mrs. Nell Correll shopped in On tario Friday afternoon. Bud Bolten of Huntington Beach, Calif., came by plane Friday and visited Mr. and Mrs. Earl Boston and other relatives until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Boston and Bud Bolten were Friday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shippy of Weiser. Mrs. Helen Wilson visited Mrs. Lavone Fox of Caldwell and George Miller, Landis Dut- ro, and other friends and re latives in Nampa on Sunday. Mrs. Robert Smalley and children of Ontario were Sun day afternoon visitors in the Rex Nichols and Waldo Smalley homes. WITT ■ KINGMAN KOLONY-Kermit Landes moved to Anaheim, Calif., January 20 to live with his mother’s sister, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Evans. Mrs. John Downer of Taft, Calif., was a Thursday din ner guest at the Jim Phifer home. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Phifer were among those who attended the 50th wedding an niversary reception in Ontario Sunday for Mrs. John Downer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Judd. Mrs. Bill Toomb and Mrs. Mabie Piercy attended the wed ding anniversary for the M.L. Judds in Ontario Sunday after noon, and Mrs. Piercy spent the evening at the home of Mrs. Toombs. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Osborn visited Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mon tague in Apple Valley Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nedrow and son took their household goods and left their home Wednesday, January 20, because of the high water. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Brown until January 30th. Saturday over night guests were Mr. and Mrs. Harvy Buker of Unity. Their house burned in Unity before hunting season, and they built a new home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kygar were Saturday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walt McConathy, and were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Cul bertson. Janeen Kygar of Ontario spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kygar. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Duncam and family were Sunday dinner guests in the Earl Kygar home. Mrs. Klaas Laan went to the Home Extension program plan ning meeting in Nyssa Wed nesday afternoon. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Klaas Laan attended >-^-BY DALE PHONE 372-2183 the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Judd. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bowers were Thursday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bowers, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Phifer of Ontario were Saturday visitors in the Bowers home. Frank Ray of Quincy, Wash., was a week end guest in the Chas. Bowers home. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bowers and David were Sunday dinner guests. ' AKH Home Extension met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Mary Laan. There were seven members and four guests pre sent. The lesson was "Keep ing Clothes in Service” and was given by Mrs. Marie Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Piercy accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Monty Spellman, attended a surprise 25th wedding anniver sary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Piercy of Parma at the Roy Mecham home in Nyssa Saturday evening. Mrs. Rowena Kreager re- cieved word that Mrs. Fred (Velma) Vanderpool ofCoolidge, Ariz. passsed away, and the funeral services were Monday, February 1. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vanderpool were former King- man Kolony residents. They lived on what was then the H.L. Holland farm. Don Fox returned home from the hospital in Nyssa Tuesday and is getting along fine. The Advanced Home Econo mic Jr. and Sr. class students Adrian High School who are studying home furnishing and decorating called at the Wayne Robb home Monday and made a tour of the Robb home. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Robb were Saturday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Bre- shears in Roswell. Annual Eastern Oregon Bull Sale Scheduled Eighty-two bulls will be sold at the annual Eastern Oregon Hereford Breeders Association Sale in Ontario, February 27 according to George Bain, As sociation secretary. These bulls are all consigned by local breeders, Bain says. The bulls will be graded by a committee, February 26, after Craig Lewis Snow they are checked for sound King Candidate ness by Dr.ChadClark, Payette The yearly Snow King and veterinary. The grading com Queen contest is in full swing mittee is composed of Bill Ross, at Ricks College, with Craig Jordan Valley rancher and pure Lewis, Nyssa, one of the can bred breeder; George Russell, didates for King. feeder and commercial cattle The Snow Royalty will be man from Vale; and John Lan picked by vote of the student ders, Animal Science Specialist body, and will be announced from Oregon State University at a later date. Extension Service. The sale, February 27, will start at 1 p.m. The Association will again give $ 100 to one of the buyers still present at the close of the sale. His buyer number will be drawn from a hat, following the sale of the last bull, Bain says. 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