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The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, June 17, 1971 Fay and Dona, who are leaving for California. About one hun dred friends gathered to wish them good luck on their journey. Games andcontests were played and several speeches made. Speaking were Rev. W. F. Shields, S. D. Goshers, Mr. Dean, C. C. Hunt, and W. S. near Berlin, they are loatn Clore. A most enjoyable time to leave America. was had, although all regret Nyssa friends Mr. and Mrs. to se Mr. Foster and family J.M. Robertson, were their leave Nyssa. guests yesterday at Middleton. THE PAST 10 YEARS AGO Michawi Oft is recipient of an ArMDedrick music scholar ship Which is awarded to out standing high school musicians throughout the United States. It entitles the winner to a six weeks, all expense paid summer school at Camp Pacific, Carls bad, Calif., under direction and supervision of Al Polhamus, re nowned composer, arranger and musician. Mike is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eggert Oft of Nyssa. * ♦ 60 YEARS AGO 50 YEARS AGO A farewell party was given in the basement of the Pres byterian Church Tuesday night in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Foster and daughters Stanford Emison led a party of rabbit hunters on Bridge Island the 4th, who succeeded in destroying 139 of the long eared pests. * There are twenty-five new citizens of the United States following naturalization cere monies conducted June 8 at Malheur County Court House in Vale. Among them are four Nyssans; Mr. and Mrs. Klass Hart, both natives of Holland. Manuel Defuentes, a native of Spain and Cesar Alcocer, nat ive of Mexico. • • * Five Nyssa Trackmen attend ed the recent state meet at Corvallis, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey Keveren, Harry McGinley and Walter Me Partland. They are Don Arai, Frank Walker, Luke Baker, Mike Savage, and Paige Zobeli. 20 YEARS AGO Three persons instrumental in the achievement of the Mal heur Jersey Cattle Club win ning the Hulbert trophy for stag ing the best spring show in 1951 are Lewis Johnson of Vale, pre sident; Mrs. William Toomb, Of Kingman Kolony, secretary treasurer, and Herschel Thompson of Kingman Kolony, vice president. Rosel Hunter was president and Mrs. Charley Grider was secretary-treasu rer when the trophy was won by the Malheur Club in 1948 and 1949. Winning three times gives the local club permanent possession of the trophy. Coleen Bybee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Bybee of Nyssa, was chosen as queen of the Nyssa Rodeo for 1951 by the Owyhee Riding Club. The 16-year-old girl will be attended by Virginia Corn of Nyssa, Es telle Goodson of Parma, and Nannette Bybee of Nyssa. 30 YEARS AGO Nyssa’s $207,000 underpass will open to restricted traffic on Saturday according to Tom Edwards, Oregon State Highway Department engineer. The un derpass will not however be completely finished until about August 1, just a year from the time that Henry Horn the con tractor, started the con- struction. The Nyssa underpass is one of the costliest in the state, and the largest in eastern Ore gon. Into it’s construction went 760,000 pounds of structural steel, 450,000 pounds of re enforcing steel, 5000 cubic yards of concrete. Thirty-thou sand yards of dirt were moved in the excavation. The underpass is equipped with an automatic pump to take care of the water. In celebration of the com pletion of the underpass, Dr. K. E. Kerby, president of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce has appointed J. B. Geizein- tanner and Bernard Eastman as a committee to arrance a suitable program to be staged on July 24. 40 YEARS AGO Walter Marionholtz of Middle ton, formerly of Nyssa, has inherited an estate in Germany valued at more than $300,000. He is making arrangements to leave Middleton and his adopted land in June, as the will of his aunt, in which he is named beneficiary, calls for his re turn to Germany. To the old German custom of priority for the eldest son, Marionholtz gives credit for his good fortune. The estate was owned by his two maiden aunts many years. They had named his father their heir but after death Marionholtz was next in line. When Marionholtz labored from morn till night on the Sapi Little farm just across the river from Nyssa a few years agp, he did not dream of the fortune coming his way. He was born and reared in Mis souri. He has lived in America so; long he feels a stranger in Germany, He has been happy here. For him his wife and three children, Germany will be an experience. Although they will live in a picturesque old castle • X »XtX-X 'iX*X < ’X‘XtXtXtXtX< rWwWrrn Up to about three years ago, there were no jackrabbits on Bridge Island, but since that time the little fellows have learned to cross on the rail road bridge, with the result that they have now become so numerous there that active measures were necessary to protect the crops, trees and vines. * « * Representatives of a syn dicate of eastern capitalists visited Nyssa this week to make arrangements for the taking over of 2000 acres of land in the Kingman Kolony. The land for which these people are dealing includes the rich tracts owned by E. P. Pratt and Hub Walters, some of the best in this territory. The purchasers, we are in formed, are in a position to put in pumping plants to fur nish water for the irrigation of lands on either side of the river. The invasion of this territory by the capital represented by this syndicate means the bring ing into cultivation of an im mense body of land out-side of the holdings of the syndicate itself, for there is a vast body of land, both on the Oregon and Idaho sides of the river, that is only waiting the nec essary capital to furnish water for its irrigation. Page Three Basques Plan Annual Picnic The Annual Basque picnic will be held June 20, Father’s Day, at the Ontario Lions Park, be ginning at 12 noon. This will be a potluck picnic and those planning to attend are asked to bring a meat dish and a salad or dessert, and their own table service. The Basque Club will furnish ice cream and beverages. There will be games for the children during the afternoon with cash prizes for tee winners. All Basques in the sur rounding area are invited to attend. MERRY WIDOWS Merry Widows met at the home of Mrs. Nina Lowe Sat urday evening for 6:30 dinner. Mrs. Angie Cook, Mrs. Hazel Pounds and Mrs. OrmaCleaver assisted the hostess. The following evening all 12 members attended a payoff din ner at McGarvin’s in Cald well. After the dinner in Caldwell the group returned to the home of Mrs. Pounds and played pinochle. / FATHERS DAY IS JUNE 20a\ Marriage Licenses Chiharu Charles Matsui, Wa pato, Wash, and Yukiko Mary Matsumura, Ontario. Robert Jackson Callahan and Lois Jean Ocamica of Pai ma, Idaho. Rickey Leon May, Fruitland and Alice Fay Chamber, On tario. David Floyd Elordi and Gladys Marie Dowell of Jordan Valley. Stanley Eugene Tatro, Kirk land, Wash., and Mary Frances Cruson, Nyssa.
