Th« Nyssa Oaf« City Journal, Nyssa, Oragon
Thursday, July 29, 1971
Service News
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PO3c R. McCormick
; USS TOWERS - Navy Petty
Officer Third Class Ronald L.
McCormick, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil H. McCormick of
Adrian, Ore., has returned to
his homeport
of San Diego
guided missle
aboard
the
destroyer USS Towers after a
six-month deployment to the
Western Pacific.
E3c Donald Bishop
E3c Donald Bishop, left July
25, for Point Hueneme, Calif.,
where he will be in training
as heavy equipment operator
with the Seabees. Donald is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mancel
Bishop of Rt. 2 Nyssa.
Pvt. Donnis Orr
FT. ORD, CALIF. —Army
Private Dennis L. Orr, 20.son
of Mrs. Betty J. Orr, 588 S. E.
Second St., Ontario, is assigned
to Ft. Ord, Calif., where he
is training under the Modern
Volunteer Army Field experi­
ment.
The new concept, called Volar,
combines basic and advanced in­
dividual training into a single
16-week program. Decentral­
ized instruction at the unit level
and a reduction of formations
and inspections gives the soldier
more time to train and increased
off-duty time. Fewer restric­
tions on off-duty travel and im­
proved living facilities are other
benefits of the Volar Concept.
Pvt. Orr entered the army
June 21 and is scheduled to
complete the first phase of his
volar training on August 20.
His father, William L. Orr,
lives in Costa Mesa.
Pvt. L. Rhinehart
FT KNOX, KY. - Army Pri­
vate Larry L. Rhinehart, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Rhine­
hart, Route 1, Payette, recently
completed eight weeks of basic
training at the U.S. Army Train­
ing Center, Armor, Ft. Knox,
Ky.
He received instruction in
Drill andCeremonies, Weapons,
Map Reading, Combat Tactics,
Military Courtesy, Military Jus­
tice, First Aid, and Army His­
tory and Traditions.
His wife, Mary, lives at 1236
W. Idaho Ave., Ontario,
Capt. Jodie Glore
CAMP EVANS, VIETNAM -
Jodie K. Glore, 24, son öf Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Glore, 136
N.W. Fourth St., Ontario, was
recently promoted to Army Cap­
tain while serving with the 101st
Airborne Division (Airmobile)
at Camp Evans, Vietnam.
Capt. Glore, whose wife, San­
dra, lives at 9 Berkley Dr.,
Clinton, N.Y., is adjutant of
Headquarters Company, 1st bat­
talion of the Division’s 506th
Infantry.
He received a bachelor of
science degree in 1969 from
the U.S. Military Academy, West
Point, N.Y.
Owyhee Riding Club
Members of the Owyhee Ri­
ding Club will meet this Friday
night at 8 p.m. at the South
Park in Nyssa.
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BIG BEND NEWS
BIG BEND - Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Witty attended the Tri­
County Grange picnic on Camp
Creek Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Auker returned
Saturday from a three-week
vacation with her daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Costley and
family at Beaverton, Ore.
Mrs. Verl Bishop, Mrs. Dyre
Roberts and Mrs. Varner Hop­
kins attended an Extension
Alumni picnic at the Lion’s
Park in Ontario Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bennett
took Charlie Olson to the home
of his son, Wesley in Ontario
Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sillonis
and family returned Wednesday
from a week vacation spent
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Douglas at Cath­
lamet, Wash, and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Sillonis in Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Barker
of Grants Pass were Sunday
overnight guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Verl Bishop.
They were enroute to Minne­
sota to a wedding.
Mrs. Dyre Roberts and Mrs.
Edythe Prosser attended the
Happy Dozen Card Club Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Pete Van De Oord in Nyssa.
Mrs. Prosser won a prize.
Mr. and Mrs. Varner Hopkins
had their grandchildren, the
Hills of Boise, with them last
week.
Harvey Bennett and Charlie
Olson visited the Ray Cart­
wrights and the Noel Tuppenys
Friday afternoon.
There were quite a few from
Big Bend attending the fare­
well picnic for Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Johnson at the Adrian Park
Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Heaps
and family of Nampa called on
Mr. and Mrs. Dyre Roberts
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Mary Auker visited Sun­
day with Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Auker and family in Home­
dale.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bennett
and family spent several days
last week camping at Fish Lake.
Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Banks
of Parma called on Mr. and
Mrs. Verl Bishop and Mr. and
Mrs. Dyre Roberts Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Edythe Prosser and Mrs.
C.K. Smith attended theSimplot
Alumni picnic Tuesday inCald­
well.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Van De
Water were Thursday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Bennett.
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Mr. & Mrs. Pett Narrate
On Their Tour of Europe
This is a synopsis of the re­
cent trip to Europe taken by
Taft and Lucille Pett, written
by Mrs. Pett.
We met our BYU tour group
at Salt Lake City the morning of
June 16th. Our plane was a .
chartered World Airways 707.
There were 172 people in our
group. We were placed under
a group leader with 43 people
in our group. Our color was
yellow and our group leader
was Dr. Richard Ellsworth from
BYU.
We left Salt Lake about 10
a.m. Our plane flew Northeast
and we refueled at Winnipeg,
Canada. We flew over Hudson
Bay, and over the southern tip
of Greenland and Ireland then
to Geneva, Switzerland. Our
bus was waiting at the airport
and we drove around Geneva
then followed Lake Leman to an
old Castle built in the 13th
century. It was made famous
by Lord Byron in his poem
“The Prisoner of Chillon”. We
then drove through some very
picturesque scenery. The moun­
tains were steep but had houses
built nearly to the top of them.
The barns were under the houses
and nearly every window had a
windowbox with flowers. The
hay was hung on poles to dry.
We went on to Bern, drove out
to the Mormon temple, and the
visitor’s center. We then went
to visit the famous bear pits.
We fianlly got to our hotel
where we rested awhile then had
a delicious dinner served very
formally.
We left Bern the next morning
and drove through some of the
most breath-taking scenery I
have ever seen. We went through
Interlaken where two lakes are
joined by a canal. We stopped
to watch a woodcarver at work
and buy some souveniers. We
drove through
high alpine
country and had dinner at a place
called Grimsel passat the 7,000
foot level. It was snowing and
there were high snowbanks on
either side of the road. After
dinner we went still higher to
a glacier where a tunnel had
been carved into the glacier.
The
view from there was
fabulous,
The Alps are so
beautiful,
We passed some
of the most famous ski areas
in the world. The little vil­
lages were picturesque with a
church with a steeple in each.
We got to Lucern early. We
met our son Stan and his wife
Judi there. The next morning
we were to have gone to the
top of Mt. Piletus on a cable
car but it was raining and the
trip was cancelled so we went
shopping instead. That evening
we went to an entertainment
and watched Swiss dancers in
native costumes, heard some
good yodelers and heard a man
play his Alphorn.
We left Lucern by train that
took us to Rome, Italy. We
saw some pretty countryside.
It was midnight when we ar­
rived and the porters were on
strike so the men had to handle
all the luggage. The next day
our tour bus took us to see the
Vatican. We saw St. Peters
Basillica and the Sistine Chapel.
This is a very beautiful and in­
teresting place. In the after­
noon we went on tour and saw
the Pantheon, the catacombs,
and the ruins of the Colluseum
and Roman forums. We followed
the Appian Way and saw many
beautiful fountains, among them
Trevi fountain and the Capitol
Hill. We visited many beau­
tiful cathedrals. There were
marble statues everywhere.
We drove out to the Villa
D*Este to see the beautiful Tivoli
fountains at night. They were
spectacular.
We spent three interesting
days in Rome then drove toPisa,
saw the leaning tower, the ba-
pistry, and another beautiful
church. We went on to Florence
where we stayed. We had din­
ner at the Michelangelo Plaza
that overlooks the whole city.
We loved Florence with its
beautiful churches, statues, and
the Uffizi Art Gallery. We also
visited the Petti Palace. At
night they had fireworks—we
wondered if they were in our
honor. The next day we went
to Venice. Our ride in the Gon­
dolas with our Italian soloist and
a man playing the accordian was
a highlight of the trip for me.
The lights on the canals made it
so pretty. We visited the Doges
Castle, St. Mark’s Cathedral
and square, and a glass blowing
shop. We took a water bus to
our train station where we took
the train to Salsburg, Austria.
It was midnight again when we
arrived at our hotel. The next
morning
part of the group
climbed the mountain to the salt
mines. Taft found it most in­
teresting and a lot of fun riding
slides down into the mine. In the
afternoon we went to see Mari-
bell palace, saw the places
where the film “The Sound of
Music” was filmed. We went
to Hellbrum Castle which was
a very unusual place with water
fountains all over in unexpected
places to cool the guests. There
was a whole miniature city with
carved animated figures, most
interesting.
We visited the
fortress overlooking the city
and rode the trolley car to get
there.
We left Salzburg for Bavaria
where we took a boatride to visit
one of the three castles built
by King Ludwig II. We visited
all three castles; Linderhof,
Herrenchiemsee,
and Sch-
losser-Berge-Seen, Theywere
the most fantastic places one
could imagine with such ornate
decorations, draperies, mirrors
and
chandeliers you can
imagine. He visited Versailles
in France and tried to out-do
the lavishness of their castle.
I think he succeeded. We drove
on to Hidleburg, saw the Uni­
versity and an old castle on
top of the mountain. It con­
tained the largest wine barrel
in the world.
It held 50,000
gallons.
The students hold
parties there. We stayed in
Munich one night after leaving
Salzburg.
We went on to Frankfort. We
had time to do some shopping
but we weren’t impressed with
the city. There were too many
hippies everywhere. Stan and
Judl left us here to fly to
Spain. They had to catch their
plane back to Iceland from Spain.
The next day we rode a
steamer up the Rhine River from
Koblenz to Cologne.
It was
a beautiful ride and the scenery
on both sides of the river was
beautiful.
Many castles had
been built by the robber-barons
to rob the people who traveled
the river. Our bus met us at
Cologne and we continued on to
Amsterdam. Wetouredthecity,
rode a boat on the canal, visited
a flower market, saw a cheese­
making farm and visited the city
of Vollendam which is on the
Zuider-Zee. The people were
dressed in their native costumes
here.
We next went to Paris. It is
a beautiful city with many in­
teresting places; the Eiffel
Tower, Palace de Concord, the
Opera house, Champs Elysse,
La Saints Chapel, and then Ver­
sailles. We attended the “Swan
Lake Ballet” in Paris and
visited the Louvre. We stayed
in Paris three days. We boarded
the train for London. We had
a sleeper car and the train
drove right on a ferry which took
us to England. By morning we
were in England. We saw the
Pag« Sevan
NEW BABIES
MALHEUR MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL
JULY 24 - Mr. and Mrs.
Isidro Elquezabal of Nyssa, a
girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Coons
of Parma, a girl.
JULY 27 - Mr. and Mrs.
William Ashcraft of Homedale,
a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bates
of Nyssa, a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Garcia
of Nyssa, a girl.
HOLY ROSARY
HOSPITAL
JULY 27 - Mr. and Mrs.
John Taylor of Vale, a girl.
Firemen Summoned
Nyssa Volunteer Firemen an­
swered a call on North 3rdStreet
Wednesday, July 21 only to find
the Idaho Power Company ser­
vicemen had already practically
extinguished a small grass fire
started when a high power line
dropped on the ground and
sparks from the line ignited the
grass.
No damage was re­
ported.
White Cliffs of Dover. In London
we saw St. Paul’s Cathedral,
Trafalgar Square, Big Ben,
West-minister Abbey and the
Parliament buildings, Picadilly
Circus and the Tower of London.
We especially enjoyed the
Changing of the Guards in front
of Buckingham Palace. We saw
the Royal Museum and a stage
play “Fiddler on the Roof”.
We went to a session at the Lon­
don Temple on Saturday. We
saw a lot of English country­
side which reminds me of the
Oregon coast. We saw a Shake­
spearian play.
We attended
church in the Hyde Park Chapel
in London then our bus took
us to the plane.
We had an interesting trip
home. We flew over the United
States and we could see the
Great Lakes, Niagara Fallsand
many of the large cities. We
were glad to get back to our
native land. We have a greater
appreciation for our own heri­
tage now. We loved the people
of the countries we visited.
They were kind and friendly,
but their ways are not our ways
and my own land is dearer to
me than ever before. We arrived
back in Salt Lake City about
9 p.m. We had a marvelous
time but were glad to be home
after 26 days of being away.
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Private lessons have been in session at the Nyssa Public
Pool during the month of July and will continue thru August.
Pictured above from left, are Brent and Bruce Cowgill,
receiving instructions from Russ Myrick. In the background
are Gigi and Mattie Saito enjoying lessons given by Lorinda
Baker.
You may register for private lessons with one of the regular
lifeguards, Ruth Ann McGinley, Sallee Morgan, Lorinda Raker
or Dave Danford by contacting them at their homes.
Approximately 125 boys and girls, ages 5 thru 9 years,
participated in Red Cross swimming instructions which ended
last week, according to Mel Calhoun, pool manager. The lessons
consisted of 3 two week sessions.
It was ten years ago this month that the Nyssa Pool was
near completion and scheduled to open August 1st.
Family, Relatives
Visited By Sassers
Mr. and Mrs. Foy Sasser
returned home Friday, July 23
after visiting his sisters, Mr.
and Mrs. George D. Williams
in Klamath Falls, and Mr. and
Mrs. H.O. Stevens in Tulelake,
Calif., and with Mrs. Sasser’s
children Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Smiley and family in West Co­
vina, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Elvin
Alexander and family in Engle-
wood, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Alexander and family in
Chino, California.
While visiting at the Smiley
home, Mr. and Mrs. Sasser
were honored with a wedding
reception open house for over
30 of their friends and relatives
there. The reception was held
in the Smiley home Sunday eve­
ning, July 18.
Bonnie Smiley returned home
with her grandparents to spend
two weeks until her parents
arrive to visit and take her
home.
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13 N. 2ND ST.
PHONE 372-3911
Nyssa, Oregon
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