Thursday, July 1, 1971
Th* Nyssa Gat* City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Our Volunteer Fire Department
N*dry Retires From
NEWS FROM BIG BEND
................. •••• by GOLDIE
BIG BEND - Mrs. Patti Dec
ker
and son Mike returned home
e
to Caburn, Idaho Tuesday after
a short visit with her grand
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a
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noel
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Tuppeny.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Van De
Water, Gail and Cleve Clucas
attended a “Baptist Church
Choir Get Together” at the Roy
Rucker home north of Parma
Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Verl Bishop
and Steve were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Bishop and family.
Mrs. Dick Bennett accom
panied Mrs. Charlie Glenn to
Boise Monday.
Mrs. Edythe Prosser and
Mrs. Dyre Roberts attended the
Happy Dozen CardClub meeting
Shown above is Jayme and her daddy Doug Hicks. They
at the home of Mrs. Mabel
were among the many attending the Nyssa Volunteer Firemens’
Piercy in Adrian Friday after
picnic Monday evening. The picnic was held at the City Hall for
noon. Mrs. Roberts was one of
the firemen and their families. Some of the Foreign Exchange
the prize winners.
Students staying with the families were also present.
Mr. and Mrs. DavidWittyand
A delicious picnic lunch was served by the First Ward Re
children left Monday for their
lief Society and games were played by the younger set.
home in Okanogan, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Knapp
There are usually 25 men department by Nyssa City and
on the Nyssa Volunteer Fire Rural Districts. This money were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Department, but at the present is used for recreation such as Mrs. Phil Clucas. Laura Ward
of Arena Valley was a guest
time there is one vacancy.
the annual picnic, Christmas
of Julie Clucas.
: Fire telephones are installed party, etc.
Mr.
and Mrs. Al Davaz
Members of the department
;in seven of the volunteers homes
and Clay Wisby of Seattle were
and one at the Fire Station. The consist of Fire Chief, Delbert
Wednesday overnight guests of
first fireman that answers his Malloy and Volunteer Firemen
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wood.
home telephone, takes the in Mike Anderson, Art Cartwright,
Mrs. Wilma Bernes and Jeff
formation from the party calling Wilmer (Duke) Hipp, Rod Hol
returned
home to Ontario
and sets off the fire alarm. comb, Doug Hicks, Harold
Thursday after spending a week
He stays as his home telephone Kassman, Ralph Lawrence,
recuperating at the Ray Cart
until the first fireman to reach Ralph Lowe, Glenn Marcum,
wright home.
the station receives this in Richard Mejia, Steve Marez,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nel
formation from him. The in Robert Meisinger, Lyle Miner,
son
and family moved to Ontario
formation is then posted on the Howard Myrick, Gene Orr, Ray
Saturday.
board at the fire station, so Page, Jack Pittz, Garold Ropp,
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tailman
late comers know where the Kenneth Sanders, Gary Ward,
returned
Wednesday evening
fire is located.
Bob Wilson, Dean Winchester
from a honeymoon spent at Sun
These men are on 24 hour and Bill Kiefer.
Valley and have moved into the
The community of Nyssa owes
call, to protect our homes and
Thompson house vacated by the
property.
It is reported that a great deal of thanks to these
Nelsons.
all available men, usually 20 dedicated men for their efficient
Dianna Chaney is the latest
of the 25, answer each call. and prompt action of fire calls.
Big Bend victim of the mumps.
Sometimes it may only require
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wood
two men but there is no way of
were Sunday dinner guests of
determining at the time, the
Mrs. Mary Wood in Parma.
extent of the fire.
Mrs. Horace Chaney returned
The Volunteers meet every
Litter cleanup of public home Monday night by plane
Monday. The first Monday of
areas costs an estimated from Detroit where they had
the month is a business meet
$500,000,000 annually. If you consulted Dr. Tuckel about Ro
ing and the other three are for
add the cost of litter removal salie’s health.
from private property, the an
practice.
Mr. and Mrs. Noel Tuppeny
nual national litter bill ap
Our fire trucks are equipped
accompanied by Mrs. Persis
proaches $1 billion!
*****
with fire protective clothing,
Brumbaugh of Roswell returned
According to a recent study,
gas masks and a respirator in-
last week from a three-month
halator (used for emergency each year motorists drop
vacation. They visited the Tup-
16,000 pieces of trash on each
breathing for victims overcome mile
peny
’s daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
of primary highway.
by smoke or drowning.)
John Luciano and family in
Volunteer Firemen receive
Denver and also visited his
no pay for their services, with
brothers and sisters. Then on
the exception of the Fire Chief,
The marih marigold is really a
to Kansas where they visited
member of the crowfoot family,
who receives a small salary.
aunts and uncles and Mrs. Brum
(note: it’s a flower)
Some funds are paid to the
baugh visited some of her fa
mily. From there they went
to visit an aunt in Nebraska
and cousins in Eastern Kansas.
They drove through Arkansas,
Tennessee, Mississippi, and on
to Florida where they visited
Mr. and Mrs. John Walter Tup
peny and family for three weeks.
On the return trip they drove
along the Gulf of Mexico through
Georgia, Alabama, Louisana and
Tecas. Mr. and Mrs. George
Tuppeny accompanied them
home from Denver for a visit.
Mrs. Dyre Roberts and grand
daughters, SusanCarroll and Ro
chelle Roberts visited Mrs. Flo
rence Henderlider and Mrs.
Marie Douglas in Nampa Satur
day afternoon.
Many from Big Bend attended
funeral services in Nyssa Tues
day afternoon for Jerry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edens of
Ontario.
Robert and Philip
Callahan and Harry Packwood
were pallbearers. The Edens
lived for many years in Ros
well and Big Bend before mo
ving to Ontario.
Mr. and Mrs. RayCartwright
called on Mr. and Mrs. Mich
ael O’Leary in Nu Acres and
Mr. anti Mrs. Jim Butler in
New Plymouth Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Evans of
Boise and Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Miller and son of rural Cald
well called on Mrs. Edythe
Prosser Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Nila Foroth of Fresno,
Calif., was a Saturday over
night guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Wood.
Mrs. Darrell English retur
ned home Saturday morning
from a four-week visit with her I
children, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley I
Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Ross
English in Alexandria, La.
Mrs. Dyre Roberts and Mrs.
Edythe Prosser called on Mrs.
Delno Brock in Ontario and Mrs. I
Tom Buckles in Vale Thurs- I
day afternoon.
Harold Noah of SouthernCal- I
ifornia called on his cousin,
Verl Bishop Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Van I
De Water accompanied by Mr. I
and Mrs. Carl Begeman of King- I
man Kolony spent the weekend I
with Mr. and Mrs. Archie Rum- I
oaugh and Mr. and Mrs. Dean I
Goddard at Sparks, Nevada. I
They were all friends and
neighbors years ago in Kansas. I
While there they were taken I
sight seeing to Virginia City, I
Carson City, Lake Tahoe, Squaw I
Valley and Donner Pass.
I
Mr. and Mrs. Noel Tuppeny I
LITTER-
ALLY TRUE!
ROBERTS
and Mr. and Mrs. George Tup-
peny spent from Tuesday until
Saturday visiting the men’s
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo
Bassett in Albany, Oregon.
Relatives and friends who
came for the wedding of Lois
Seuell and Tim Tailman and
were guests of the Ernest Seu-
ells were Mr. and Mrs. M.C.
Seuell, Mrs. Lloyd Seuell, Alan
and Vickie of Connell, Wash.,
Michele Savikka of Douglas,
Alaska, Linda Rook of Cor
vallis, Jacque Deads of Rid
dle, Oregon and Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Hoff and Becky of Spokane.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bennett
and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett
visited Mrs. John Church and
daughter and family of Sac rem-
ento in the Bob Stubblefield
home in Parma Saturday eve
ning.
BANK DEBITS
DOWN IN MAY
Bank debits for the 8 report
ing banks including Harney and
Malheur counties were down
in May, 1971, compared to May,
1970; the University of Oregon
Bureau of Business and Eco
nomic Research has reported.
Debits for May, 1971, totaled
$44,945,000. For April, 1971,
the totalwas$57,643,000andfor
May, 1970, the total was $49,-
573,000.
Oregon with 366 banks re
porting had a percentage de
crease of 10.3% in May, 1971,
as compared to April, 1971,
and a 10.9 percentage increase
in May, 1971, compared with
May, 1970.
Total banks debits for May,
1971, came to $5,052,734,000.
For April, 1971, tie total was
$5,634,412,000 and for May,
1970, the
was $4,-
556,107,000.
Chief Warrant Officer Dirick
E. Nedry, Nyssa, was placed on
the retired list of the U.S. Naval
Reserve in ceremonies at the
Naval Reserve Training Center
m Boise Monday evening. The
retirement, effective July 1,
1971, completes 36 years of
service in the Naval Reserve
in Portland April 25, 1935 and
was a member of the Portland
unit, and later the Tacoma,
Washington unit prior to active
service in the Navy during
World War II. Five years active
duty included 37 months over
seas in the Pacific area.
Since 1949 he has been af-
filiated with the Naval Air Re
serve, Spokane; Surface Di
vision, Spokane; Composite
Group, Payette; Surface Divi-
sion, Salem; and for the past
nine years with the Surface
Division, 13-1(M), Boise.
Going through the ranks from
Seaman to Chief Petty Officer,
Nedry was promoted to Warrant
Officer in August, 1944; and to
Chief (Commissioned) Warrant
Officer in 1946. He has held
the rank of CWO-4 since May,
1958.
Pag* S*v*n
APPLE VALLEY
Community Pride Activity
■'wBY FRANCES SMALLEY*»*
APPLE VALLEY - Mr. and
Mrs. George Griffin entertained
at dinner Sunday in honor of
Mrs. Gene Honey’s birthday an
niversary. Other guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Griffin and
daughters. Mr. andMrs. Leeland
Dewey and Gene Honey.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Honey
were Saturday dinner guests
of Mrs. Henry Atteberry in
Weiser. After dinner they at
tended the Old Fiddlers Final
Contest.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grimes of
Caldwell andMrs. Mary Nichols
of Nampa were Monday luncheon
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo
Smalley.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sheppard
returned home Tuesday from a
four-week trip to Tulsa, Okla.,
and South Dakota where they
visited relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Orley Smith of
Seattle visited in the Helen
Wilson home Saturday evening.
Gary Seward visited Sunday
afternoon with Jim Langley in
Sunset Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wild and
Mrs. Phyllis Leseberg of Iowa
visited Mrs. Ethel Wildwhohas
been ill this past week in the
Those smiling faces you see
Dwight Seward home.
resulted from the first official
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wild were
Oregon Community Pride acti
Sunday dinner guests in the
vity - the planting of this flo
Dwight Seward home.
wering cherry tree on the OSU
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Tuttle
campus. Community Pride is
of Notus were Sunday after-
a program co-sponsored by the
noon visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
4-H
and the Standard Oil Com
Ed Sells.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sim pany of California. It seeks to
mons andchildrenof Boise were improve and beautify the local
Saturday overnight and Sunday environment. Shown above are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rex K.G. Johnsen, Public Relations
Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Counsel for Standard; Susan
Simmons and family of Boise Schaffeld and Teresa Hollopeter
were also Sunday guests of Mr. from the Malheur County Em
pire Builders Club; and E.E.
and Mrs. Nichols.
Mrs. J.D. Gooing returned Bonham, 4-H County Agent,
Wednesday from Salt Lake City Wasco County.
Community Pride was begun
where she went to see her sis
ter, Mrs. W.L. Edgar who is by Standard in California some
quite ill. Mrs. Gooing visited five years ago. Since that time,
the program has expanded into
there a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Collins Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho,
were in LaGrande from June and this year, is being started
23 through the 27th attending in Oregon. 4-H Clubs decide
what makes a good Community
an Eagles State Convention.
Pride project and this might
include the sprucing up of a
neglected county park, a com
munity-wide anti-litter drive,
or any other project resulting
in community betterment.
The Empire Builders have
already had a Pride Day where
tons of litter was picked up
along many roads. The also
plan to clean up and landscape
the fair grounds in Ontario.
Clubs submit their projects
on a special report form through
the county agents to their State
4-H organization at Oregon
State University, Corvallis.
A selection of winners is made
by state leaders who issue cert
ificates acknowledging the bene
ficial work of country clubs. In
the fall, a conference will be
sponsored by Standard Oil Com
pany, where winning clubs will
be further honored by a pre
sentation of specially designed
ceramic and walnut plaques.
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