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Th« Nyssa Gat« City Journal, Nyssa, Or«gon Thursday, June 10, 1971 Page Thr«« MRS. HELDT AND SON OUT OF VISIT LOUISIANA x ATTEND GRADUATION THE PAST 10 YEARS AGO 50 YEARS AGO Wilson Bros. Department Store (Bob Wilson, manager) and Wilson’s Super Market (Houston Wilson, manager) are celebrating their 50th anniver sary this year. They are the oldest continuous businesses in Nyssa as their fathers, Barney and Ernest Wilson, established the first grocery store in 1911. The original store, known as Wilson Bros. Grocery, was lo cated where the Gate City Journal now is. It was a typical small-town store of the eggs, butter, chickens and fresh pro duce in season to trade for sugar, coffee, salt and other food items they were unable to produce. Cash was at a premium and the store offered a five percent dis count on all such purchases. Butter purchased was all dumped together and sent to Portland. Coffee beans were ground in an old hand-operated grinder; cheese was cut by hand. Chewing tobacco came in large flat pieces which were cut for each individual plug. False fronts built into the front sides of counters dis played dried vegetable items along with white and brown sugar. Items sold were carried in drawers extending to the rear of the false fronts and were scooped out and weighed. Items in the false fronts were changed “every few years” when they became faded, dirty or full of weevill. At this early date Nyssa had very few stores, many of them were still frame, the streets were either muddy or dusty, a ditch ran across Main Street, about where Eder’s Hardware is now located, and was spanned by a wooden bridge. Hitching post rails in front of stores were common and most all stores were located in the one block. The brothers dissolved part nership in 1947 with Ernest keeping the building on Main Street and Barney building the present Wilsons Super Market. On Wednesday evening twenty car loads of friends from Nyssa and Apple Valley surprised Rev. and Mrs. Henry Young at the parsonage in Apple Valley. The occasion bfing the birthday of Rev. Young. After enjoying a delightful lunch, a number of short speeches were given, during which, in the name of the friends of the two communities which are joined in sanctimonial bonds, having the same pastor, Mr. A.W. Foulds, in a few, well chosen words, presented Rev. Young with a substantial gift, consisting of a well billed purse. After prayer a very enjoyable evening was brought to a close. 20 YEARS AGO Word has been received from President Frank Bybee of Smithfield, Utah, that the By bee reunion will be held this year at Hyland Park, at Idaho Falls July 13, with a temple excursion the day following. Any person bearing the name of £ybee or those of Bybee decent, are invited to join this event. •Mrs. Ethel Criddle of Idaho >alls is secretary treasurer of Jhis national Bybee surname as sociation. 30 YEARS AGO 4 ; The movement of an estima ted 50 to 60 carloads of Mal heur County lettuce, to eastern ^markets started at the J.C. Batson Co. packing sheds in Nyssa, the latter part of last >eek, according to Felton Dun- yan. The company is shipping out approximately four carloads •of lettuce each day, and it is Expected that this will be in creased in a very short time. It takes three carloads of ice Jo pack out the daily run of lettuce. Hugh Taylor, U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector, said that Malheur County early lettuce was the finest that he Jias seen, the packs all are of Excelled quality and the yields better than the average. A typical example of the yields of the crop this year, which has been favored with unusually good growing weather, M.L. Judd of Newell Heights made a first cutting of 561 packed crates from 14 acres and a second eutting of 318 crates. There is still another cutting to be made. Z The average price has been favorable to the grower too, being around two dollars on packed crates, net to the grower. ♦ ♦ * Grandma Bradley has been suffering from an attack of lumbago but is now somewhat recovered. Mrs. Louise Heldt and son Everett recently returned via plane, from New Orleans, after visiting for ten days with re latives in Louisiana. They attended graduation ex ercises June 1, of Linda Nail, the daughter of Mrs. Heldt’s niece. Linda graduated from Andrew Jackson High School, Chalmette, La. She was listed 5th in the top five of a class of 301 girl graduates. While there, they took a five hour boat trip through Bayou County and Canals covering over 40 miles. A tour was made of the Gulf Coast, viewing the damage and change brought about by the Hurricane of August 1969. They also visited the Museum and last home of Jefferson Da vis, President of the Confede rate States. Mrs. Heldt’s sister came from Nebraska to visit them. The Heldt’s also attended an appearance of Phyllis George, Miss America 1971, at the shopping centers in the area. 60 YEARS AGO Three carloads of road graders, scrapers, plows, sho vels, tents and other equipment, including a water tank for the railroad construction camps be tween Nyssa and Homedale ar rived here yesterday and were loaded into wagons and started out for the camps. Several wagon loads of work men have been going out along the line every day for the past week, and many laborers are congregating in town with ex pectation of employment. * « Journal Classifieds Bring Results! Mixed Quartet To Present Service Granny's RECIPES & RULES Recipes and important rules of conduct from the cookbook of Great Grandmother Burger, published in 1800. Information received from Mrs. Dale Witt. PUDDINGS Pudding molds or basins must be well buttered. Pudding should be put into boiling water, and the water kept boiling all the time. Have the water come up as high as the pudding in the mold. Fill with boiling water as fast as it evaporates. It takes nearly as long to boil or steam as it does to bake. If it is necessary to wash the raisins for pudding, do it the day before so they are dry. If wet, they will make the pud ding heavy. COCOANUT PUDDING One quart milk, 3 teaspoons, even, corn starch, 3 eggs bea ten, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 cup co coanut grated, 1 teaspoon but ter, 1 teaspoon lemon extract. Scald milk, stir the corn starch which has been mixed with 2 tablespoons of milk into the beaten eggs and sugar. Put into the scalded milk, add cocoanut and extract. Bake about 1/2 hour in a pudding dish, or until it sets. If oven seems too hot, set pudding dish a pan of water with 1 inches of water. IMPORTANT RULES OF CONDUCT Never exhibit anger, patience or excitement when an accident happens. Never pass between two per sons who are talking together without an apology. Never enter a room noisely, never fail to close the door after you, and never slam it. Never forget that if you are faithful in a few things, you may be ruler of many. Never exhibit too great fami liarity with the new aquaintance, you may give offense. Never will a gentleman al lude to conquest, which he may have made with ladies. Musical Messengers, a mixed quartet from the Montana Institute of the Bible, Billings, Montana, will present a service of sacred melodies at the Owyhee Community Church, Tuesday night, June 15 at 8 p.m. Members of the group, shown above back row from left to right are Larry Vanover of Kalispell, Mont., Lowanda Lind of Hysham, Mont., and Robert Lowry of Spokane, Wash., and in the front row from left to right are Virgie Puglessi of Chicago, 111 Joyce Lew of Corvallis, Mont. Also taking part in the service will be the school’s director of music, Ron Ward. He states that the Montana Institute of the Bible is a college level, co-educational school that prepares todays youth for Chris tian service. Graduates of the denomina tionally unrelated institute are now rving on the mission fields and in the pastorate. Rev. Fred Moxom, pastor of the Owyhee Community Church, extends a cordial invit ation to the public to attend this service of sacred music. • The Kelly Bros, of Pocatello were in Nyssa a few days ago looking over the prospects and making estimates for the cons truction of a large hotel on their property on the corner of Bower Ave. and First Street. With the rush that will be on in Nyssa during the coming season, hotel facilities will be in great demand, and Kelly Bros, were urged by the business men of Nyssa to begin work on the proposed 75 room structure at the earliest possible date. -M X ■" ' MK "*X X "" 11 "'" W BRIDGE ACTIVITIES Saturday Evening Couples Bridge club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Eldredge with two tables in play. Prize winners were Eldredge and Mrs. Fred Guthrie. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Jackson entertained members of their Couples Bridge club at their home Friday evening. Two tables were in play with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilson holding high score. * * * Mrs. Frank Morgan enter tained members of the Tuesday Bridge Club in her home Fri day with Mrs. Blaine Ballah of Denver, Mrs. Ted Morgan and Mrs. Ray Larson as guests. Prizes were won by Mrs. Ballah and Mrs. Ted Morgan. ♦ ♦ » Mrs. E.H. Brandt entertained Thursday Bridge Club at her home last week. Guests were Mrs. Herb Fisher, Mrs. E. Otis Smith and Mrs. Fred Guthrie. Prize winners were Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. R.G. Larson, Sr. *************AAAAAAAA Samba Group Meets Mrs. E. H. Brandt enter tained members of the Samba Club at her home May 28 with Mrs. Harry Miner and Mrs. Vibrant Kisler of Utah, as guests. Prize winners were Mrs. S.P. Bybee and Mrs.W.D. Holcomb. THANK YOU ! I would like to take this op portunity to thank all my many friends for the flowers, gifts, visits, get-well cards, and many other acts of kindness, 40 YEARS AGO during my confinement in Holy Rosary Hospital. They were * The last roundup of range deeply appreciated. Worses has begun. Thebuckaroo —Mrs. Lois Riggs. 4x>ss andhis wranglers are again combing the hills of Malheur THANK YOU I bounty, Idaho and Nevada, in a last great drive to rid the range I would like to thank the hospi X»f horses. tal staff for the good care I A shipment for Schlesser received, Dr. Vanetti for his frothers of Portland, received professional services, and my «heir first shipment from Nyssa friends for the flowers, candy last week. A carload of nags and cards and for visiting me. ended their career as chicken —Mrs. Mabel Houston. Xeed. * Archie Myers, of McDermitt, THANK YOU I jhief boss in last year’s drive Js riding again. According to I would like to say thank you County Commissioner Ora E. ¿lark, who saw Meyers last to all of the thoughful people ieek, the drive will be conducted who offered prayers for me, With horses alone. Last year sent the beautiful .’lowers, )e used an airplane. He says cards, other gifts, food and for tie cannot afford a plane as the coming to visit me during my priced dropped from $1 to 85 recent illness. cents per hundred live weight. —Kirk Savage. I A * i •4 i
