Thursday, March 11, 197.1
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
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The Gate City Journal
DIR1CK NEDRY, Editor A Publisher
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Editor, The Journal:
Members of the Siempre
Adelante Organization and most
of the Mexican American Citi
zens wish to take this oppor
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
tunity to let the people of the
Nyssa Community know that we
FmrnuCINNA SUSTAINING
do not have the same feelings
MEMBER
as those expressed in the poem
printed in last week’s Gate
City Journal.
We are Americans and want
Published Every Thursday at Nyssa, Malheur County,
our children to become good
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citizens and do not expect any
special treatment.
We are
proud of our children who have
Entered at the Post Office at Nyssa, Oregon, for Trans
held offices and have done well
mission through the United States Mails, as a Second
in school.
Class Matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
We believe that we gain re
spect for what we are and not
for our nationality.
We want you to know that the
majority
of Mexican-Americans
Nyssa sports fans are looking forward to a full weekend, with
many planning to travel to such places asCorvallis and John Day. are loyal American citizens and
Coach Mel Calhoun will take seven wrestlers to the State are interested in promoting the
Wrestling Tournament at Corvallis Thursday, and the boys will role of the Mexican-American
within the comunity - not apart
compete in matches Friday and Saturday.
Based on their
from the community.
performances in past years, we can expect some of them to
Siempre Adelante Organiza
return home as state champs. In any event, they have had a
tion.
marvelous season and we can be very proud of their efforts.
It is a great honor for an athlete to perform in a state tourna
ment, and for seven to qualify is a tribute to Coach Calhoun Nyssa Ministers Plan
and his wrestlers.
Good Friday Service !
Basketball coach Gerald Talbot will take his team to John
Day for a play-off game with Madras, the winner to go to the
The Nyssa Ministerial As
State Basketball Tournament at Eugene March 22. Win or lose, sociation urges all in the
the basketball team has finished a very successful season Nyssa Community to keep Holy
with a 16 won, 6 loss record; much the best record of any team Week, April 4 to 10, as free
in recent Nyssa history, and we can be very proud of these boys of secular festivities as pos
also.
sible to recall to all the sacred
Coming on top of a winning football season, this has certainly ness of this week in the life of
been one of the best sports years in history. Winning is a state Christians.
The individual
of mind, and it can become contagious. During the first part churches will celebrate Holy
of the season our basketbailers hadn’t become completely con Week in their own way, but the
vinced that they were invincible. As the season wore on and the Ministerial Association, as in
wins piled up, it started to become evident that they could win. the past, will sponsor an In
It became a habit.
terdenominational Service Good
The whole thing reached a climax last weekend when the boys Friday evening, April 9.
pulled two tough victories out of the fire on a hard road trip,
The service this year will be
games that they had to win to stay in contention for state. conducted in the Methodist
Behind by 3 points with only 27 seconds to play, they beat Church with Pastor Don Crego,
Wahtonka Friday night. Then on Saturday they defeated Madras President of the Association,
with a big fourth quarter after being tied most of the ball acting as host. All the people
game.
of the Nyssa area are invited,
They have the momentum going and we think they can win, and and more details of the Good
so does every sports fan in Nyssa. You coaches and players of Friday service will appear in
Nyssa High School can be assured that your community is behind this paper at a later date.
you. Good luck, and whatever the outcome, you have our support.
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FIRST MISSIONARY
St. Bridget's News
Sisters Clare Inez and Alice
Ann O.S.F., The Associate Di
rectors of the Baker Diocese
Confraternity of Christian Doc
trine, spent Monday through
Wednesday at St. Bridget’s par
ish. While in Nyssa, they worked
with teachers and students in
the CCD program of St.
Bridget’s parish. They visited
the CCD classes at Adrian on
Monday, helped in the planning
of the students Mass on Tues
day afternoon in Nyssa, and at
tended the high school classes
on Wednesday evening.
The Sisters brought with them
many of the new films available
through theCCDDiocesanoffice.
Plans are now being formulated
to show some of these to the
high school students on Wed
nesday evening, and to adults
at the coffee hour after Mass
on Sundays.
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH NOTES
The United Methodist Church
of Nyssa will have a Fellow
ship Dinner on March 14, fol
lowing the morning church ser
vice. Miss Nancy Wilson and
Miss Patsy Wilson will show
slides and speak on their trip
to Europe during the summer
of 1970.
Everyone is invited to come,
bring food, and your own table
service. Friends of the Wil
son girls from other churches
are especially invited.
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Special Lenten worship ser
vices are being held by the
Nyssa United Methodist Chruch
each Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m.
The total theme of these ser
vices is built around the words
of
Jesus from the Cross,
using each of them in turn.
The topic for Sunday, March
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14, is “Son, Behold Thy Mo
St. Bridget’s Altar Society ther!”
is going ahead with plans for
Everyone is invited to walk
a card party May 7. Games of the Via Dolorosa, the Path of
all types will be the goal to fit Sorrows, with the Christ and
all tastes with tables also set us during this Lenten season.
aside for discussion. Refresh
ments will be served. A good APOSTOLIC FAITH
adult social evening is the goal.
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Apostolic Church of the Faith
The second class of the pre in Christ Jesus services will
sent Inquirers’ series will be be held in the evenings Sunday,
held in St. Bridget’s rectory Wednesday, andFridayat7p.m.
Monday evening, March 15, at Sunday School services are held
8:00 p.m. This Thursday, an from 10 a.m. until noon. All
advanced adult discussion group are welcome, announced Pastor
is beginning at 8:00 p.m. Those Mike Valverde. Jr. Thechurch
wishing to attend are asked to is located at 612 North 9th
read the first three chapters
Street in Nyssa.
of the book of “Revelations”.
Journal Classifieds
Bring Results!
ST. PATRICK’S
t DANCE
¿^EAGLES HALL
SATURDAY, MARCH 13
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. and Mrs. James W. Dot-
son of the First Baptist Church
will accompanythe church youth
group Saturday, March 13, at
6:30 p.m. when they will attend
a progressive dinner.
Their first stop will be at
the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Bill Lowrance progressing to
Parma to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Dale McDaniel and Mr.
and Mrs. Willis Hiatt and back
to Nyssa to the Everett Hiatt
home.
From there they will go to
the Ray VanderOord home and
the Scott Hiatt home, with their
last call being a return to the
Lowrance home. There will be
food, a program, and devotions
at each home.
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Ladies Monday Bible Study
and Prayer hour was held this
week at the home of Mrs.
Harley Sager in Parma. Next
Monday, the group will meet
at 9 a.m. at the home of Mrs.
Iona Greig.
CARD OF THANKS
THE PAST
10 YEARS AGO
20 YEARS AGO
Basket ball fans who believe
that the typical high school is
that large building that has
ivy creeping on the outside and
teachers creeping on the inside
are due for a big surprise.
The male members of Nyssa
High School faculty have decided
to shatter that myth about the
creeping and prove they still
possess athletic prowess. Re
cently at an informal meeting,
the boys voted to form a basket
ball team to be officially known
as “the Sad Sackers”.
Although admitting they are
not exactly big league material,
these aging athletes will pool
their wisdom, experience and
whatever muscle available to
defeat the student varsity team,
all for the purpose of sending
the senior members of the high
school basketball team to the
state tournament. The slaught
er should begin promptly at
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 13,pro
viding the professors can gather
their hair nets and muscle oint
ment in time.
Rumor indicates that due to
the length of the court, the
older gentlemen will need both
an offensive and defensive team.
They may also insist on their
baskets counting four points.
The shifty passing of “cat
gut” Lawrence and “Sliderule”
Cox is expected to keep the
varsity team on their toes.
“Two Ton” Lovejoy and Dennis
(the rotund) Patch are expected
to work the backboards. It
is hoped that “Nicotine” Char
ley Steffens will keep the fans
cheering.
Lee “Ragmop”
Miller and “Vitamin” Over
stake will round out the octet.
GRANGE
NEWS
We wish to thank those who
sent food, flowers and cards at
the time of the death of our
The March 2 meeting of the
mother and grandmother.
Committee of Women’s Acti
—The Neils Larsen family
vities of Oregon Trail Grange
was held at the home of Mrs.
Frank Parr.
SENIOR CITIZEN
ACTIVITIES
30 YEARS AGO
Although a warm wet Feb
ruary had raised the hopes of
Malheur County farmers for
an improved irrigation water
supply outlook, the situation
is more gloomy than a month
ago. Warm rains and melting
have Increased the flow but
reduced the possibility of a
good springandsummer stream
flow.
Paul House, North Board of
Control manager, said under
present conditions it appears
the Owyhee users may be limited
to 3 1/2 acre feet.
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Marguerite McNeil, owner
and operator of Marguerite’s
Apparel will hold her grand
opening Monday. The new busi
ness is located in Peterson’s
furniture building. Mrs. Mc
Neil is a daughter of Mrs.
Freda Miner and a sister of
Harry Miner, Nyssa.
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Representative Emil Stunz
and Senator Anthony Yturri re
ported Tuesday that they were
quite optimistic over the pos
sibility of state funds being
available to pave the road to
Lake Owyhee in the near future.
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Harlan Sager, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Sager is
a winner
of Ontario Elks
Scholarship contest. He re
ceived $200 and will attend
the district contest to be held
in Lakeview.
The meeting was called to
order by Mrs. Eric Boenig,
Nyssa Senior Citizens and acting chairman, in the absence
Senior Citizens of other nearby of Mrs. Frank Holub.
towns met with the OntarloCity
Project for the month was to
Citizens at their center for a make bibs for use at the nur
joint potluck meeting March 8. sing home. Each member was
Approximately 60 attended the invited to make two bibs of
affair with 12 .being from the colored or flowered material,
Nyssa group.
The program size 18 by 36 inches with a tape
included a talk on the problems tie. Bibs are to be brought to
of and for the Senior Citizens. the next club meeting.
The members then were placed
Refreshments were served to
in six groups to discuss the 12 members by the co-hostess
talk and the afternoon was then Mrs. Fern Runcorn.
The next meeting will beheld
spent discussing how Senior
Tuesday, April 6, 2:00 p.m. at
Citizens could do things to help
the home of Mrs. William
others and how they could work
Smiley with Mrs. Don Somers as
together and with others to ac
co-hostess.
complish the goals they set out
All grange women are invited
to do.
to attend.
Twenty years service as a
Nyssa rural mail carrier was
completed by Artie Robertson
last Friday.
He entered the
service on March 7,1921 taking
the place of George Schweizer
who was then a substitute
carrier.
“A bushel basket would hold
all the mail that we carried
in those days,” Robertson said.
There were about 90 mail boxes
serving about 100 families along
the 33 mile route, all of which
reached by the usual unsurfaced,
ungraveled country roads, ex
cept for about 150 yards of
graveled roads just south of
Nyssa city limits. The route
has always been a daily one.
In contrast to the number
of patrons on his route when
he started, there are now 225
mail boxes and 273 families,
all of whom can be reached
on either surfaced or graveled
roads. And the amount of mail
has increased, “until at times
a fellow could make good use
of a truck,” according to Artie.
Another sidelight on the
growth of the local post office,
which has advanced from what
was then a third class office
to it’s second class rating now,
is that there was only Elizabeth
Thompson, post-mistress and
Artie.
They were required
to put in two hours work on
each Sunday in addition to their
daily week work and no extra
help for Christmas rush, at
present there are the post
master, three clerks and two
carriers in the Nyssa office.
Robertson has served under
three postmasters during his
20 years service, Elizabeth
Thompson, Dean Smith and the
present postmaster, S.D. Gosh
ert.
50 YEARS AGO
Many Nyssa people have pre
pared grounds for gardens and
lawns with the expectation of
securing water from the pro
posed
municipal irrigation
system are wondering when the
water will be turned on. It
is to be regretted that this
improvement should be delayed.
According to estimates, $4500
will install the system, bonds
for which have already been
issued. Difficulty in disposing
of
the
bonds has been
encountered, which is said to
be the obstacle that is pre
venting the immediate install
ation of the system.
This
is a condition for which the
City Council does not appear
to be to blame, but Nyssa people
will be sadly disappointed if
the irrigation system is delayed.
and they are Beth Barton, Nancy Roberts,
Bobbie Ray, Becky Blaylock, Roberta Morrow
and Vedas Estrada. Mrs. Margaret Tensen
is advisor.
These four Candy Stripers were awarded
100 Hour pins in ceremonies Monday at
Malheur Memorial Hospital by Ernest King,
hospital administrator. They are, from left,
Debbie Haney, Vickie Franklin, Judy Belveal
and Norma Menchaca; shown with Mrs. Emma
Singer, a resident of the Nursing Home.
Six girls were awarded 50 Hour pins,
The awards are given in recognition of the
many hours of public service given to the
community by the Candy Stripers.
Adrian FFA Chapt er
Parents - Son Banquet
Adrian High School held the
Thirtieth Annual FFA Parent-
Son Banquet February 23, with
approximately 180 members,
parents and guests in attend
ance at the school cafetorium.
The banquet is held to give
recognition to
parents and
people in the community who
make it possible to have a
FFA Chapter and carry out
FFA activities.
Recognition awards of out
standing FFA members are pre
sented at the banquet.
Following the invocation by the
Rev. Raymond Wilson, the FHA
girls served dinner consisting
of baked ham, corn, hot rolls,
tossed salad, mashed potatoes,
and gravy, pie and ice cream.
Chapter Sentinal Alan Atagi
introduced the guests. State
farmers, honorary members
and delegates from the sur
rounding chapters were special
guests attending.
Melvin Wilson was guest
speaker and a former Adrian
FFA Chapter president. After
graduation from high school he
furthered his education at OSU
in Corvallis and is presently
an instructor at TVCC.
Clyde Martin, Jim Thomas
and Curt Fewkes reported on
their trip to the National FFA
Convention at Kansas city last
fall. Clyde Martin was in the
National Chorus, while Jim and
Curt wentasChapterDelegates.
Chapter Adviser Joe Witty,
presented letter awards, which
is based on activities in FFA,
and go to the top third of the
group.
Chapter Sweetheart was pre
sented by Bruce Ishida. Can
didates this year were Linda
Martin, Susan Olsen, Wanda
Gregg and Kelly Shenk. Linda
Martin was elected Sweetheart
of the year.
Proficiency awards were
presented to outstanding mem
bers by the sophomores. Those
receiving awards were; Jim
Thomas, dairy proficiency; Alan
Atagi, crop production; Clyde
Martin, farm home electrifi
cation; Ron Miller, soil and
water management; Clyde Mar
tin, processing; Jim Conant,
farm mechanics; Dan Martin,
placement in agriculture; Monte
Fujishin, livestock production;
Jim Thomas, Star Chapter far
mer;
Monte Fujishin, Star
Greenhand; Greg Topliff, farm
safety; and Clyde Martin, pub-
lie speaking.
Honorary Farmers Degree is
given to outstanding individuals
in the community who help the
FFA Chapter. This year three
people received this dis
tinguished
award.
Kenneth
Thomas, father of James D.
Thomas, has helped make it
possible for Jim to have pro
jects that assisted him in be
coming a state farmer last year.
He has also supported the
Chapter for the last five years;
Ross Corn, father of Patrick
R. Corn, has also contributed
to the FFA.
He encouraged
Pat to participate in all Chapter
activities. He also supported
the annual slave sale for the
last three years.
Clarence Nelson is the fa
ther of four boys who have
been active in FFA. Two of
his sons, Eddie and Norman,
were both Chapter Presidents.
Charles Nelson attained the de
gree of State Farmer. Dan Nel
son is currently Chapter Re
porter.
—by Dan Nelson and Pat Corn
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