Thursday, February 18, 1971
Hometown News
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Owyhee Garden
Club
NEWS FROM BIC, BEND
REBEKAHS MEET
BY GOLDIE ROBERIS
The Yellow Rose Rebekah
Lodge met in regular session
February 9 at the IOOF Hall
with Noble Grand Nellie Jen­
kins presiding. There were
15 members present. A visit
to Harmony Rebekah Lodge in
Payette is planned.
The Owyhee GardenClubheld
BIG BEND - Mr. and Mrs.
Word was-received by Mrs. traveled down to the Mexican
their regular monthly meeting Ernest Seuell spent last week
Holmer Hight that Manuel Silva Border and returned home
February 12, at the home of end with their daughter, Lois
is now attending Oregon State through Arizona.
Mrs. Orville Groves, Parma, at Oregon State University in
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University. Manuel, a graduate
with 14 members present. Mrs. Corvallis.
of Nyssa High School, also at­
Mr. and Mrs. Arvin Wiley of
Keith Tallman was co-hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilson
tended Oregon Technical Insti- Caldwell were Sunday visitors
tue in Klamath Falls. He is at the Elton Clapp residence.
Winners of the poster contest returned Saturday from a trip
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taking a course in Industrial
on Ecology held in the Adrain across the United States. While
Arts Education at OSU. En­
Visiting at the home of Mrs. schools was announced. Ap­ in New York they spent two days
joying school and working hard Emma L. Wimp this week were proximately 40 entries were sight seeing. They spent four
he hopes some day to teach her daughters, Mrs. Bertha Wil­ submitted. The winning pos­ days in Washington D.C. visiting
liams of Moses Lake, and Mrs. ters will be entered in the Dist­ friends and sight seeing. Ray
industrial arts.
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Wilson left Monday morningfor
Flora Mae Black of Chemult, rict and State contest.
Visiting Sunday in Nyssa at Oregon. Mrs. Williams visited
Utah to look for living location
the home of their mother, Mrs. from Saturday until Monday and
It was announced that the for his family who have spent
Louise Smith was her son Ed­ Mrs. Black visited from Satur­ Oregon State University Ex­ the winter with her parents, Mr.
ward E. Smith and family of day until Wednesday.
tension Service willholdaland­ and Mrs. Leonard Howes while
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Nampa and her daughter, Mrs.
scaping workshop for home­ her husband was in Germany.
Claudia Grace Taylor of On-
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Long, owners on March 10,11, and
Mr. and Mrs. Dyre Roberts
tario.
Mrs. Ethel Lay, Mrs. Cynthia 12 in Ontario.
attended Mrs. Marie Douglas’
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Gilbert, Mrs. Frances Kratz-
Plans are being made to finish farm sale Thursday in Nampa.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Morgan berg, Mrs. Louise Collins and the stone wall in front of the
Mr. and Mrs. Delno Brock of
spent a few days last week in Mrs. Otis Nichols were Wed­ Owyhee Cemetery.
Ontario were Saturday eveing
Woodland, Calif., where they nesday, February 10, callers at
guests of Mrs. Edythe Prosser.
visited
at
the
home of the Frank Byers home to help
Mrs. Herron, District Chair­
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Van De
Morgan’s aunt, Jeanette Calkins. Sunshine Dunten celebrate her man, will attend the club’s next Water entertained with a dinner
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meeting, which will be held at Wednesday for the Rev. and
92nd birthday anniversary.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sallee and
the home of Mrs. Ira Price. Mrs. Paulson of Roswell and
family of Davis, Calif., visited
Favors consisting of home­ Rev. Michael Gillchrist of Port­
Mrs. Cynthia Gilbert, Mr. and
from Thursday until Monday Mrs. Frank Byers andSunshine made cookies with Valentines land.
at the home of his parents, Mr. Dunten were dinner guests at the attached were made up by club
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bennett
and Mrs. George Sallee.
home of Mrs. Dunten’s daughter, members and taken to the nur­ and family called on Mr. and
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Mrs. Tom Boren in Vale Sun­
Mrs. Eva Embree in Ontario sing home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jile Carey of Wednesday to celebrate Sun­
Refreshments were served. day afternoon.
Nyssa called at the Frank Byers shine’s birthday.
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home Tuesday evening to extend
birthday wishes and give a gift
Tuesday dinner guests at the
to Sunshine Dunten.
home of Everett and Mr. A.L.
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Heldt were Mrs. Heldt’s two
Mrs. Afton Mitchell, Mrs. other sons, Mr. and Mrs. War­
George Hust and Mrs. Donna ren Heldt and son Steven of
Glenn spent Tuesday in McCall Aloha, Oregon and Mr. and Mrs.
where they viewed the icesculp- Albert Heldt of Nyssa, also
ters and had lunch.
Esther Heldt of Ontario.
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Mrs. S.P. Bybee and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson
Donna Glenn entertained Mrs. and family of Othello spent from
Afton Mitchell at lunch at the Friday until Monday visiting at
Eastside Cafe in Ontario Wed­ at the homes of their parents,
nesday in honor of Mrs. Mit­ Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Brower and
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Peterson.
chell’s birthday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Curtis
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Griffin
visited Sunday at the home of of Burley visited Saturday mor­
Griffin’s son, Mr. and Mrs. ning at the home of Mrs. Curtis’
George Griffin’s daughter, Mr. brother, Mr. and Mrs. J.E.
and Mrs. Phil Nicely and child­ Brower.
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ren of Baker, arrived to visit.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gary Shearer of
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hobson Mt. Home visited Sunday and
and Libby Jane of Hagerman Monday at the J.E. Brower
spent the week end visiting at the home.
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home of her parents, Mr. and
Dareld Steinke and family of
Mrs. Muri Lancaster.
Vale, Mrs. Effie Murphy and
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Mr. and Mrs. Owen Gann and Mrs. Faye Pandoof Apple Valley
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Looney and were Sunday dinner guests at
sons visited Sunday at the home 1 the home of Dareld’s mother,
of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Bond in Mrs. Verda Steinke. The din­
Vale.
1 ner was a belated birthday
dinner honoring Kirt, Dean and
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Mr. and Mrs. John E. Lanig Dareld.
Mr. and Mrs. Norville J.
moved Tuesday to Route 2, Leuck of Santa Barbara, Calif.,
Nyssa, from Dallas, Oregon. visited for a short time at the
Mr. and Mrs. Lanig are retired
home of Mrs. Tom Johnson Feb.
and plan to make their home
15. They were just passing thru
here.
Nyssa on their way to attend a
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funeral in Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bunn re­
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turned Sunday evening from a
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Jackson
three-week’s trip. They spent and their children, Mrs. John
10 days in Needles, California, Wortendyke and son David of
Portland, Mrs. Gary Mason of
Ashland, Mrs. David Wimmer
of Canby and Bruce Jackson who
is stationed on the USS King in
San Diego, all attended the fune­
ral of Mrs. Jackson’s father
Tom Hillman, in Victorville,
California, February 1.
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Mrs. Irma Meyers returned
to her home in Nyssa February
Do you ever doubt the
13 after spending the winter
sun will rise in the
months visiting at the home of
her son, Col. and Mrs. H.W.
morning?
Meyers in Cape Coral, Florida.
Even if rain or fog hide
On her return trip home, Mrs.
its rays, you know it’s
Meyers visited in Denver at
still there. You don’t
the home of her nephew, Mr.
and Mrs. John Kenyon and
doubt this because you
daughter.
are familiar with the
Life
without
doubt
laws governing the
earth's relationship to
the sun.
In the same way, each
of us could eliminate
much fear and doubt
from our lives if we
understood the laws
governing man's
relationship to God.
Hear James Pike, of
The Christian Science
Board of Lectureship,
tell how effectively
people have been able
to act, even in a grave
crisis, by listening to
God’s direction.
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Feb. 21, 3.00 p.m.
High School Auditorium
Ontario
Sponsored by the Christian
Science Society, Ontario
THANK YOU !
I wish to thank my friends
and relatives for the cards
and gifts I received during my
recent illness. Also thanks to
the nurses and other members
of the staff at Holy Rosary Hos­
pital, and Dr. James R. Mann
for the wonderful care.
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Mr. and Mrs. RayCartwright
attended the wedding of their
grandson, Dean, in Nyssa Sa­
turday evening.
Big Bend TOPS Club met
Monday with Mrs. Horace
Chaney, there were nine pre­
sent. Lesson No. 6 on nut­
rition was given by Mrs. Ben
Witty. A Valentine exchange
was held.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Avery spent
the week end with her brother,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Greene in
La Grande.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Witty were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Spears in Vale. In
the afternoon they attended the
Community Concert in Ontario.
Laurie Paulson of Roswell
was an overnight guest of Gayle
Clucas Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Graham
and family of Middleton spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Chaney.
Mrs. Dyre Roberts and Mrs.
Edythe Prosser visited Mrs.
Henry Carroll in Arcadia and
Mr. and Mrs. Delno Brock in
Ontario Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Van De
Water were Sunday dinner
Each officer found a Valen­
tine favor at her station.
Merle Johnson and Harriet
Warren served delicious re­
freshments.
Next meeting will be Feb. 23.
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Reed in Boise.
Mrs. Mike Sillonis returned
to her home Tuesday from the
Malheur Memorial Hospital
where she had been a patient
for two days. Julie and Angela
stayed with their grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. Muri Burns for
a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Witty at­
tended special church services
at the Ontario Friends Church
Thursday evening.
The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Wood of Nyssa spent se­
veral days last week with Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Wood while
their mother was in the hospital.
ANK Garden Club Members
Plan Spring Show, Silver Tea
ANK Garden Club met at the
home of Mrs. Gerrit Stam Tues­
day, February 9. The Stam
home was beautifully decorated
with several arrangements and
plants.
Mrs. Elton McCormick gave
the program on “Hearts and
Flowers’’. She presented the
program not only because of
Valentines Day, but also to
coincide with the two golden
wedding anniversaries, the
Gerrit Stams and the Maurice
Judds, and also the wedding of
Mrs. Lila Wilson and J. Hoover
of Parma. A gift from the club
was present to Mrs. Hoover.
The group voted to present
a spring flower show at the
Nyssa Library Club Rooms in
May. A tentative date was set
for May 15. This will be an
arrangement show for the
pleasure of the public. A silver
tea will be held at the show
with the funds to be given to
the Malheur Memorial Hospi­
tal.
Mrs. Arie Bakker will
act as chairman of the show and
will announce her committee at
a later date.
Mrs. Blake Lowell, president,
appointed Mrs. Hoover, Mrs.
Dale Ashcraft and Mrs. Joe
Perecz, all of Parma, to serve
as the ANK committee to work
on the garden club's part of
planting the Old Oregon Trail
Park in Parma. This is one
of the club’s newer projects.
Next meeting of the ANK
Garden Club will be held at
the home of Mrs. Viola Knight
in Parma, March 9. At this
meeting, the exchange students
from Nyssa and Parma will be
guests.
Jaycees Sponsor
Narcotics Program
Parma Jaycees and Jay-C-
Ettes are sponsoring a pro­
gram on Narcotics February
23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Parma
Junior High building.
The speaker will be Ralph
Poindexter who is an addict.
He will have first-hand infor­
mation to give. He is a mem­
ber of the Tablerock Jaycees
at the Idaho State Penitentiary
and is also program manager
on youth assistance.
This is an open to the public
meeting and all are urged to
attend, announced Jim Eggler,
President of the Parma Jay­
cees.