Thursday, May 13, 1971
Th« Nyssa Gat« City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
50 YEARS AGO
OUT OF
THE PAST
10 YEARS AGO
Bonnie Staples has been
named valedictorian of the
Nyssa High School graduating
class of 1961.
Bonnie along
with Harlan Sager, salutatorian,
was awarded this honor on the
basis of scholastic achievement.
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30 YEARS AGO
Nyssa School District No. 26
will organize as a first class
district at the annual school
elections held June 16. Going
into a higher class district is
due to increases in school
population, according to Super­
intendent Hartley. The census,
taken earlier this year, shows
that the district has 1090 boys
and girls between ages of 4
and 20 years.
American Legion Post 79
officers were installed May 4
by installing officer Fred Ben­
nett, past department corn­
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men de r. Officers installed were
the Rev. W.S.Lowrance, chap­
"Gone With the Wind” national
lain;
Theron Wheeler, com­ epic of the screen, adoptedfrom
mander; Martin Greig, adjutant; the book of the same name will
Don Graham, service officer; be shown in a return engage­
Hamilton Chadderdon, executive ment here at the Nyssa Theatre,
committee member; Bennett, May 18 and 19, according to
fir$t vice commander; Jack An­ J.B. Geizentanner, owner.
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derson, executive committee
member; Ralph Lowe, sergeant-
Dedicated to Marion Osborn,
at-arms;
and C.M. Pounds, Nyssa High School, student body
building committee member.
president, the school’s annual,
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"The Tupelo,” was distributed
¿Kayno Saito, Nyssa farmer, to students by the staff this
received a plaque for being week.
Universally liked by
'op beet producer in the west­ the student body and elected to
ern states under the contest the school’s highest position for
sponsored byCaliforniaChemi- the year 1940-41, Marlon was
cal Co., Richmond, Calif. His stricken with infantile paralysis
production for 1960 was 37.15 in the summer of 1940 and was
tons per acre.
unable to attend school during
the year.
20 YEARS AGO
fr Ï e ’ ndship circle
On Friday evening, May 29,
the Senior Class of the Nyssa
High School, assisted by the
Junior class will present their
annual play at the Liberty
Theater at 7:30 p.m. This
year the class will give "The
Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary.”
The cast of characters is as
follows. Geneva Vaughn, Aunt
Mary;
Jack Barrett, her
nephew;
Tressie Lackey, a
friend;
Paul Davis, Jack’s
chum; James Kakebeeke,Jack’s
chum;
Robert Long, Jack’s
chum; Charles Newbill, Aunt
Mary’s lawyer; Will Klinken-
berg. Aunt Mary’s hired man;
Charles Newbill, the butler;
Ruth Barrett, the girl from
Kalamazoo; Lillie May Hunt,
Aunt Mary’s maid; Bliss Car­
ter, a villager.
Patty Longoria, 4, Nyssa’s 1971 Poppy Girl, is showing City
Manager Fred Koch this year’s batch of poppies which go on
sale Saturday, May 22. Patty is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Rudy Longoria.
Mrs. Herman Towne, chairman of this year’s Poppy Day,
said that the red crepe paper memorial poppies worn through­
out the nation on Poppy Day are made by veterans in hospitals
and workshops in 40 states. These disabled servicemen are
paid for each hand-made poppy they make, and the materials
are furnished free by the American Legion Auxiliary in the
states where the hospitals are located.
40 YEARS AGO
The Snake River Bridge at
Nyssa which was closed last
Thursday evening because of
broken braces over the deck,
was re-opened to traffic Fri­
day evening following repair
operations.
The interesting village of Shea
in Tunnel Canyon boasts no
women but a population of 110
men, four kittens and a cat.
Not even a lady barber is per­
mitted, according to Martin
Boss, "boss” for J.F. Shea
' Employes of Carl and Burt’s Co. It is a he-man’s camp.
machine shop of Nyssa welded
However, a lucky representa­
a few of the braces, and traffic
tive of The Journal was invited
was again allowed to pass over
to dine Tuesday at the banquet
the bridge. One of the braces table of Nels Larson, the cook,
had been broken for some time regardless of the fact that she
and the strain caused others
is not a man.
She with Dr.
to break as they carry much
J.J. Sarazin, physician for the
of the load.
Owyhee project camps, shared
During the time the bridge in T-bone steak, hot rolls, green
was closed, the Nyssa Chamber peas, delicious pie and cake.
«f Commerce sponsored a shut­ Boss saw that the guests did
tle service to carry persons not overlook even the napkins
between the bridge and town. at Shea.
After guiding the visitors
Cars were run each way each
15 minutes. The service was from tunnels, compressor and
of special benefit to Idaho re­ shops, Boss proudly exhibited
sidents coming to Nyssa to shop the camp’s four small kittens.
and work. Chamber members When there is time for relaxa­
Expressed thanks at its weekly tion, they are the pets at Shea.
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Ittncheon to the Malheur Home
Bacon at 8 cents per pound.
Telephone Co. for notifying
The price touchedbottomasa
Customers living along the lines
on the Idaho side that the bridge result of a bacon war between
Nyssa grocers and markets
wks closed.
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Saturday. When smoke cleared
- The storm of May 11 and 12 away, it was estimated that I
which spilled approximately one at least 500 pounds of bacon I
toch of rain on the Nyssa area, was sold. No one was killed— I
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fas a genuine benefit to all it was a friendly war.
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crops.
Wild flowers in the sage did I
^Although the thinning of sugar
beets was delayed by the storm not wait for the arrival of May
for two days, “there is plenty blossom. Early in the week,
ai labor in the area to ade- the hills were gay with Indian
(Jiately take care of the beet paint brush, larkspur, bluebells,
cyop in good shape”, according sunflowers, and the pretty little
to Jared Lewis of Nyssa, dis­ lavender blossoms that carpet
trict manager of Amalgamated the desert soil.
There is no end of intriguing
Sugar Co.
• "The rain has been helpful spots in which to picnic between
tithe range men, dairy farmers the colorful canyon walls of the
abd others.
The beets are Owyhee River near Nyssa.
njaking the most rapid growth There is Snively Hot Springs,
flowing recent storms that I the tunnel camps, the dam and
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have ever seen”, Lewis said, still others.
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FOR LADY DRIVERS
The Owyhee Garden Club will
be postponed until May 21st
due to conflicting dates.
It will be held at Mrs. Mary
Hatt’s with Mrs. Doris Chapin
co-hostess.
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Four members of the club
were volunteer workers for the
Cancer Drive and collected
$38.50. They were Ruth Os­
born, Hazel Schafer, Mary Laan
and Evelyn Thompson.
A tasting party is planned
for the June meeting. Bring
a sample of your favorite dish
and the recipe.
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The next meeting will be held
at the home of Bernice Toomb.
A combined Mother’s Day and
birthday was celebrated by the
Harry McGinley family Sunday.
Daughter Colleen’s 11th birth­
day anniversary was also May
9. The day was spent picnick­
ing at the Owyhee Reservoir
and birthday cake was served.
Those present were the Harry
McGinleys, daughter Kathy and
her guest Nancy Wood of On­
tario; daugher Patty and Rod
Phelps of Parma; Colleen and
Mike Wahlert.
Joining the group at the dam
were Miss Abbie McGinley of
Payette, Mrs. Anna Bolejak of
Meridian and Miss Anna Heng-
geler of New Plymouth.
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Two Occasions
The Pollyanna Club met Wed­
nesday May 5 at the home of
Mrs. Dale Witt, with Mrs. Carl
Begeman as co-hostess.
Mrs. Ruth Osborn, president,
presided over the business
meeting. There were 13 women
present and the club had a plant
exchange.
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POLLYANNA CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
The Friendship Circle met
May 7 at the IOOF Hall. The
meeting was preceeded by a 1
p.m. buffet luncheon.
Hostesses were Mmes. Aileen
Morrison, Louise Wernick, and
Alma Kingrey. They were as­
sisted by Wilma Ostrom who
helped with the serving.
Tables were centered with
lovely Petunia plants, purchased
by the hostesses and given to
members
and
guests as
Mother’s Day gifts.
Following the luncheon Orma
Cleaver, president presided
over the meeting. Roll call
was answered by 19 members
and 16 guests were introduced.
Bunco was played with prize
winners Orma Cleaver, high;
Jennie Grider, low; Nita Mae
Wiley, traveling.
Next meeting will be June 4
at 2 p.m. Place to be announced
later.
60 YEARS AGO
Three carloads of road
graders,
scrapers, plows,
shovels, tents and other equip­
ment, including water tank for
the railroadconstruction camps
between Nyssa and Homedale
arrived here yesterday and were
loaded into wagons and started
out for the camps.
Several wagonloads of work­
men have been going out along
the line everyday for the past
week, and many laborers are
congregating in town with the
expectation of employment.
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