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Nyssa Gate City Journal
Volume LXV
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
The Sugar City
CARLSEN SUCCEEDS ROACH
AS BOARD CHAIRMAN OF
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
New hands hold the reins of
Idaho Power Company leader-
ship--closing one era of sure,
steady guidance and opening
another.
The new hands are the ex
perienced ones of Albert Carl
sen, formerly the utility’s pre
sident and chief operating of
ficer, now its board chairman
and president.
Carlsen was elected to the
top management post last week
to succeed the retiring T.E.
Roach—for nearly a quarter
century Idaho Power’s leader
through its era of greatest
growth and prime mover behind
the huge Hells Canyon develop
ment fittingly bearing his name.
To the stirring applause of
shareowners at their annual
meeting, Roach stepped down
as chief executive with this
farewell;
"I lay down my burden with
only pleasure and happiness over
24 very wonderful years.”
Moments before, he had heard
the shareowners unanimously
adopt a resolution praising
Roach for his "dedicated and
untiring
leadership” that
brought Idaho Power to an “en
viable position among electric
utilities” and enabled it “to
be ready at all times to serve
all of the electric power and
energy requirements of the
area.” The resolution, intro
duced by Carlsen, concluded:
” . . . the shareowners do
hereby express to Thomas E.
Roach their utmost gratitude
and appreciation for the count
less hours, days and years of
hard and unrelenting labor and
toil he spent so successfully
guiding the destinies of Idaho
Power Company.”
It was comfortingly clear in
the leadership’s passing that
Idaho Power’s course will be no
different in the new era than
in the old.
Under Carlsen, as under
Roach, that course will be sound,
reasoned expansion to supply
the Snake River Valley’s grow
ing electric demands and re-
sponsible, businesslike manage
ment.
The new board chairman
president has a realistic and re
sponsive sense of his company’s
responsibility--as a regulated
public utility—to provide its
area with the most reliable
electric service in adequate
supply at the least possible
cost.
And no wonder. For Carlsen
was cast in the utility mold.
Starting with Idaho Power as
a youth, he worked for it some
14 years before leaving to guide
another enterprise, became a
company director in 1965 and
rejoined it in 1967 as presi
dent-chief operating officer.
Carlsen’s first Idaho Power
job was as a laborer helping
to construct new transmission
lines and substations. He later
was a generating plant oiler,
then a serviceman and com
mercial-industrial marketing
representative at Pocatello.
In the marketingpost, he gave
a helping hand to the early farm
chemurgic program Idaho Po
wer then was sponsoring. Aim
of the project, one of several
the utility has fostered as an
economy-stimulating service
to its area, was to create a po
tato starch industry giving far
mers a market for their cull
potatoes.
Carlsen helped nurse the pro
gram through its infancy and
then, in 1942, left Idaho Power
to join newly formed Idaho Po
tato Starch Company as general
manager and guide the project’s
successful growth to maturity.
Idaho Potato Starch fairly
leaped to strapping adulthooi
When Carlsen--by then presi
dent and a principal owner-
sold the processing firm to a
Reynold Industries subsidiary,
Idaho Potato Starch was among
the state’s most successful in
dustrial enterprises, operating
plants in Aberdeen, Blackfoot
and Idaho Falls, as well as
Colorado.
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Firestone Dealers Earn Awards
Student Government Day Participants
City Receives $50,000 Check
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■NYSSA
PLANT
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While at the convention they
had the privilege of listening
to and later visiting with the
Rev. Dr. Mikko Juva from Hel
sinki, Finland, president of the
Lutheran World Federation.
At the main banquet on May 7
Eagle Scout Dan Nichols led the
Pledge of Allegiance, and then
was one of six persons to re
ceive awards for outstanding
endeavors in several fields.
Dan won the top Youth award,
the others were Civic, Educa
tional, Chuch Music, Art and
Branch Activities.
Students met with Nyssa City Officials
for luncheon at the El Tejano Cafe as part
of their Student Government Day observance.
In the top photo, seated from left, are Nancy
Bale, Nancy Jackson, Mayor Larry Bauman,
Jane Joyce, Janis Takami, Julie Elguezabal
and City Attorney Hal Henigson. Standing
are City Councilmen Cecil Morrison, Ernest
Metcalf and Don Oldemeyer.
In the lower photo, seated, are City Man
ager Fred Koch, Steve Ross, Jeanine Saito
and Keith Oldemeyer. Standing are David
Manley, Janet Takami, Becky Blaylock and
Mark Stringer
Squeezed out of the pictures were Greg
Perdue, who was acting city manager, and
Patty McGinley, city judge.
NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL
Participating in the annual
Student Government Day were
fourteen Nyssa High School Se
niors. Purpose of the event was
to acquaint students with the
functions and operations of run
ning a city.
City officials for the day were
Greg Perdue, city manager;
Janis Takami, city mayor; Patty
McGinley, city judge; Janet Ta
kami, city clerk; Jeanine Saito,
fire chief; Dave Manley, sewer
superintendent; Keith Oldeme
yer, water supervisor; Becky
Blaylock, city librarian; Mark
Stringer, chief of police; Nancy
Bale, Jane Joyce, Nancy Jack-
son, Steve Ross and Julie El
guezabal, city councilmen.
The officials were elected by
the senior class, explained Max
Brittingham, modern problems
Bulldogs Play
For District
Championship
Nyssa High School baseball
team will play Madras High
this weekend for the champion
ship of District 7A2 in the
Greater Oregon League. The
Bulldogs earned their spot in
the play-offs when Vale was
beaten by John Day in two
games last Saturday. Nyssa
had previously beaten John Day
three times.
The first game of the play
offs will be at the Nyssa field
Friday at 4:30 p.m. The se
cond game will be Saturday
at noon, with the third game,
if necessary, immediately fol
lowing. The championship will
be decided on the basis of two
wins in the three game series.
WEATHER
City Manager Fred Koch, left, and Mayor Larry Bauman
receive the first installment from the Federal Government,
a check for $50,000 to help pay for Nyssa’s new sewage treat
ment plant improvements.
A second payment of $7,600 will
complete the governments obligation to the city.
City officials extend a welcome to all Nyssa residents to come
and inspect the new, modern plant any week day during working
hours. Frank Lawrence is the plant manager.
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Dan Nichols
Wins Award
At Convention
Danny Nichols, accompanied
by his mother Mrs. James
Nichols and sister Nellda re
cently attended the 18th General
Convention of the Lutheran Bro
therhood, held at the Palmer
House in Chicago.
Dan received a certificate
and check for $1,000 that he
had been awarded earlier in
the year. The money is to
be used to pay all expenses
to the World Jamboree of the
Boy Scouts in Japan this com
ing July.
STUDENTS PARTICIPATE
IN GOVERNMENT DAY
Al Newman, territory manager for the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company, is shown presenting 25-year pins to Marvin
Jefferies, left, and Don Moss of the Nyssa Firestone Store.
The three men represent 75 years of association with Fire
stone, and each of the three received a Lord Elgin wrist watch
five years ago representing 20 years of service.
Thursday, May 13, 1971
MAX
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May 9
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Owyhee Reservoir Storage
5/12/71 715,000 Acre Feet
5/12/70 704,320 Acre Feet
instructor.
Agenda for the day included
tours through the city sewer
plant, water plant, public works
and city jail. Fred Koch, city
manager, acted as tour guide
and also discussed with the
youths city improvements and
problems. The students were
luncheon guests of the city
councilmen at the El Tejano
Cafe.
After lunch the group saw a
film concerning the techniques
of arrest used by a policeman.
Returning to school, the stu
dents reported to their classes
their learnings and observations
about the operations of the city
of Nyssa.
Nyssa School District
patrons will vote Monday,
May 17 on the 1971-72
school budget, with polls to
be open from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. at the Primary
School multi-purpose room.
The amount to be appro
ved is $157,010 outside the
6% limitation.
Concert In
Park Tonight
The final concert of the Nyssa
High School Music Department
will feature popular music to
night, Thursday, 13, at 7:30
p.m. in the South Park. Bring
your lawn chairs or a blanket
to sit on and enjoy an evening
of fun.
One of the highlights of the con
cert will be the FACULTY
DIXIELAND BAND. The tea
chers will dust off their old
instruments to swing to the toe
tapping rhythm of southern old-
time jazz. The band includes
"Bomb Shell” Buchtel on the
trumpet, "Badman” Britting
ham on gut-bucket, "Rocky”
Richardson on trombone, "Ma
sher" Martin on sax, “Blade”
Blackburn on drums, "Con-
man” Qondon on piano, and
“Nuckels” Norfhruponclarinet.
All parents of band members
are asked to attend a meeting
in the High School cafeteria
following the concert. This is
a very important meeting so
please be there.
LIONS BANQUET
HONORS ATHLETES
Nearly 300 fathers and sons
gathered at the Nyssa High
School Cafetorium for the annual
Athletic Banquet Tuesday even
ing sponsored by the Nyssa
Lions Club.
All boys in the junior and
senior high schools who par
ticipated in competitive ath
letics were guests of honor,
and were introduced by their
respective coaches.
Dan Martin, junior high
school principal and secretary
of the Lions Club, acted as
master of ceremonies.
On
display at the head table were
trophies won by this year’s
athletic teams, probably the
most successful athletic year
in Nyssa High School’s history.
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Bock Named To
Hospital Board
The
Malheur
Memorial
Hospital Board met Tuesday
evening, and elected Cyrus Bock
to replace Dick Miller, who has
moved to The Dalles.
Bock
will serve until the next general
election.
Ted Morgan was elected se
cretary of the board to replace
Miller in that capacity.
The budget committee then
met at 8:30 p.m. andorganized,
with Gerritt Timmerman elec
ted chairman and Ruben Lopez,
secretary.
The budget committee ap
proved a proposed budget cal
ling for a tax levy of $61,120
for 1971-72, down slightly from
the current levy of $61,314,85.
Since the levy is within the
6% limitation an election is not
required.
NOTICE OF PTA
MEETING CHANGE
The Malheur Council PTA
meeting has been changed from
May 13 to May 27. It will be
held at the Adrian Cafeteria
at 8 p.m.
All PTA executives andcom-
mittee chairmen are invited to
There will be an in-
attend,
stallation of new officers and
a report on the convention,
Let’s all come and get
acquainted.
Thunderegg Capital
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Number XIX
INCREASED POSTAL RATES
EFFECTIVE MAY 16 WITH
JUMPS IN ALL GASSES
Postmaster Lee Dail said
today that increases in most
postage rates will take effect
May 16 as the new UnitedStates
Postal Service begins its task
of achieveing self sufficiency
as required by the Postal Re
organization Act.
Dail noted that general post
age rates have not been in
creased since 1967 when Con
gress passed what was to be
come its final legislative act
in this respect.
He pointed out that, earlier,
requests for rate increases
were proposed to Congress in
1969 by both President John
son and President Nixon. In
addition, President Nixon pro
posed an increase again in 1970,
although none of the proposed
increases was acted upon by
Congress.
Dail explained that the new
increases -- authorized on a
temporary basis until the newly
created Postal Rate Commis
sion can make recommendations
to the Governors of the Postal
Service on permanent changes
-- will raise first-class letter
rates from 6 to 8 cents an
ounce, and airmail letter rates
from 10 to 11 cents an ounce.
Post cards will go from 5 to 6
cents each and airmail post
cards will go from 8 to 9 cents
each.
Dail said he has the
new stamps on hand in the
Nyssa office.
The increases will be borne
more by business than by in
dividuals,
the
postmaster
pointed out, since about 75 per
cent of first class and airmail
is from commercial mailers.
In addition to increases in
first-class rates, second and
third class will go up on
May 16. However, the full in
crease proposed by the Pos
tal Service will not be put into
effect on a temporary basis, in
second and third class since
the postal reform legislation
contemplates that such in
creases be phased over 5 years
— or ten years for nonprofit
organization — provided Con
gress appropriates the nece
ssary funds to ease the transi
tion to full rates.
Because of the phasing pro
vision, the increases to become
effective May 16 for second
and third-class will generally
be only l/5th of the total in
crease which has been proposed
by the Postal Service.
The new temporary rates also
make changes in other post
age rate categories and special
service fees, such as special
delivery and registered mail.
Trip To Capital Termed
Fruitless By OEO Group
Wilton Jackson, Juan Vargas
and Roy Uranga returned from
their trip to Washington, D.C.
to visit with OEO officials, and
were very disappointed in the
results of their trip.
They met with delegates from
Burley, Idaho who are part of
the local OEO program and
called on Senators FrankChruch
and
Len Jordan and Con
gressman Al Ullman, Oregon.
Jackson said that these gentle
men and the governors of Oregon
and Idaho were most coopera
tive in arranging meetings with
OEO officials, but that they
(OEO personnel) seemed to have
their minds made up long be
fore the visit.
The delegation met with Ruth
Graves, director of all migrant
programs for the OEO for over
two hours, and she informed
them that the Utah Migrant
League would take over and ad
minister the present programs
for at least eight months, or
until new programs and spon
sors were established. She
apparently showed no interest in
the local problems at all, Jack-
son said.
They also met with Fred
Wortman, deputy district di
rector of OEO and assistant
to Mr. Carlucci, the director
of all OEO programs.
Mr.
Wortman brought in a field
coordinator and other depart
ment heads, and he said they
would review and give an an
swer, which hasn’t been re
ceived at this date.
Jackson said that the local
programs will now be run by
the Utah people, with local peo
ple having no voice in the pro
grams. He said that the Nyssa
Advisory Board will continue
to help the migrant people all
they can, but they will not allow
the programs to be dominated
by activist or militant groups
if at all possible.
Jackson also thanked those
local citizens who contributed
money to help with the ex
penses of Vargas and Uranga.
Nyssan Tapped For
Phi Beta Kappa
Teresa (Elguezabal) Pyne, 23,
Nyssa, had been tapped for
membership in Phi Beta Kappa,
national liberal arts honorary.
She was initiated Monday, May
Eligibility requires at least
a 3.25 grade point average on
a scale of 4.0. Membership
is determined during the stu
dent’s senior year by a vote of
the faculty.
Mrs. Pyne, an English major,
is a 1967 graduate of Nyssa
High School.
She hopes to
begin work for a master’s de
gree at WSU next year.
She is the daughter of Maxi
miliano Elguezabal, 101 East
3rd Street.
Adrian High School Honor Society
Rod Hohnhorst, defensive line
coach at Boise State College,
was the principal speaker. He
said that a good team doesn’t
get beat, it just runs out of
time; and he told the athletes
to resolve to work harder the
next game if time does run out
on them.
Council Makes
Zone Change
The Nyssa City Council con
ducted their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday evening, and
among other routine business
zoned three lots from single
residential to multiple residen
tial.
They were lots 10, 11
and 12, Block 3, Taylor Addi
tion. There was no opposition
to the zone change, which allows
construction of an apartment
house on the oldCatholic Church
basement.
In other business the council
purchased a new police car
from Johannesen-Adams Motors,
and awarded the liability insu
rance to the Eastman Insurance
Agency.
into the Adrian High School Chapter of the
National Honor Society in impressive rites
Monday evening in the school cafeteria with
parents present for the ceremony.
Seated, left to right, are Kathy Soloman,
Cindy Duncan, Linda Austin, Vicki Nelson and
Sandy Davis.
Back row, Dick Cameron, Monte Fujishin,
Lane and Carol Burroughs.
Members are selected on the basis of out
standing achievement in scholarship, service,
leadership and character.
Matsuko Hori presided at the meeting
and refreshments were served after a skit
by the sophomore class.
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