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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97403 Nyssa Gate City Journal Volume LXV The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon The Sugar City Thursday, August 5, 1971 FOUR DIE AS SPRAY PLANES COLLIDE, DESTROY RURAL NYSSA HOME Three persons died Monday night when two planes spraying farm crops collied over a farm home, killing both pilots and a woman in the home. A fourth person died on the way to a hospital after suffering a heart attack at the scene of the accident. One plane carried the wing and burning motor of the other plane into the Ray Schulthies farm home, and the home and plane were consumed by flames. The other plane came to rest, completely demolished in a field about a fourth mile from the Schulthies home. The dead include both pilots, Ross Allen, 39, Ontario, and William Pierce, 33, Mountain Home ar.d Mrs. Evelyn Schul thies, 44, wife of Ray Schulthies, of Route 1, Nyssa. Schulthies and other members of the home escaped uninjured. A neighbor of the Schulthies, Mrs. Dewey Garner, 61, died enroute to Malheur Memorial Hospital of an apparent heart attack. A fifth person was hospita lized for treatment of a possible heart attack. This was Carl Simpson, 65, on whose farm Pierce was spraying. He was released Tuesday morning. Schulthies said Mrs. Schul thies had trouble sleeping be cause of the oppressive heat and had moved from the bed room to the living room in the front portion of their home. This is where the plane struck. The Federal Aviation Ad ministration Tuesday ordered Benefit Dance Called Success Owyhee Riding Club spon sored a benefit dance Saturday evening, July 31, for the Bud Sappe family who recently had the misfortune of having their house completely destroyed by fire. A good crowd truned out, not only to have a good time, but also to help the Sappe family. The Riding Club made approxi mately $275 for their benefit. It would be almost impossible to name individuals who donated their services and time to help with the dance but members of the Owyhee Riding Club wished to state that the Twilight Cafe donated “coffee time money” in the amount of $20.75 plus $43.88 which was collected in a container at the counter of their cafe. The M & W Market donated two three-pound cans of coffee; the Grizzley Bear donated three large pizzas and the Owyhee Beverage Company and the Oly mpic Club furnished the door prizes. Owyhee RidingClubmembers appreciate and wish to thank all those who made the dance such a success. autopsies on the bodies of the pilots as the investigation con tinued with the assistance of the Malheur County Sheriffs Department and other law en forcement officers. The Nyssa Fire Department quickly responded tc the call but were unable to save the farm house, which was destroyed. Deputies said that Allen, an employe of Ontario Flight Ser vice, was apparently about to land at the Folkman Air Strip a quarter mile south of the Schulthies farm, and indications were that Pierce was turning for a spraying pass at a field when the accident occurred. Pierce was working for Clark’s FlyingService of Nampa and was operating from an air strip nearby. Deputy Sheriff Tom Boren said he and Sheriff Robert In gram arrived at about 11:30 p.m. and the Nyssa Fire De partment already had the blaze “pretty well cooled down.’’ He said both Mrs. Schulthies and Pierce were burned beyond re cognition. Neighbors were on hand in force Tuesday helping with the farm chores which included the moving of cattle from fields that might possibly be contaminated by the pesticides lost in the crash. Bishop Farrell Peterson, of the Owyhee Ward, LDS Church, is directing a drive to help the family acquire needed household items and clothing. PUC Blocks Gas Rate Increase Public Utility Commissioner Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain has blocked a proposed rate in crease by Cascade Natural Gas Corporation and has ordered an investigation into the pro priety and reasonableness of the proposed tariff filing. Cascade Natural Gas seeks an increase in rates which would provide additional gross re venue of $1,270,950. The average increase proposed is approximately 20 percent, though individual increases would vary according to type and location of service. The Commissioner’s order suspends the tariff filing for six months, during which the Commissioner will determine what charges Cascade may law fully impose. Service areas of Cascade Na tural Gas include the following communities: Central Oregon --Bend, Chemult, Crescent, Gilchrist, Madras, Prineville, Redmond, and Sun River. Eas tern Oregon —Baker, Hunting ton, Nyssa and Ontario, Pendle ton area -- Athena, Hermiston, Milton-Freewater, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Stanfield, Umatilla, and Weston. Rockhounds Visit Nyssa Rural or P.O. Boxholdar (Ona io Each Family) Number XXXI NYSSA THUNDEREGG DAYS ATTRACTS VISITORS FROM MANY STATES The Sixth Annual Thunder egg Days program in Nyssa started Wednesday morning, with rockhounds arriving, and registration and visiting taking up most of the first day. Guided tours got underway this morning at 7 a.m. to the three main rock areas. Visitors had a choice of going after Thundereggs in the Succor Creek area south of Nyssa, to hunt Plume Agates at Graveyard Point near Home dale, or to search for Petri fied Wood in the Bully Creek area near Vale. Guided tours will also leave the park area Friday and Saturday mornings at the same time. Chairman Wayne Moncur, assisted by Bernard Eastman, has everything in readiness for the visitors, which are arriving in record numbers. Chamber of Commerce members are as sisting the committee, and are taking care of the registration booth. Parking is again around the South Park, with spaces assig ned to each party. Visitors are assigned stakes with their names on them when they re gister, which are used to serve their spaces while out rock hunting. The event is widely advertised in the Lapidary Journal, Gems and Minerals and the Canadian Rockhounds. Each reaches a wide segment of rock-hunting enthusiasts. As the event grows in popularity we find that many rockhounds hear about Nyssa from visiting with other rock hounds. The Nyssa Jaycees are again sponsoring a barbeuce to be held in the South Park tonight at 6:30 p.m. Doug Patterson is The chimney of the Ray Schulthies home and the skeleton of the crop spraying plane piloted by William Pierce, which crashed into it is a grim reminder of Monday night’s tragedy. The home was consumed by flames, and Mrs. Schulthies and the two pilots of the planes that collided in mid air died in the accident. A fourth person, Mrs. Dewey (Thelma) Garner, a neighbor of the Schulthies family, died of an apparent heart attack enroute to the hospital. In the picture at right can be seen the wreckage of the plane owned by Ontario Flight Service and piloted by Ross Allen. Impasse on Draft Causes Uncertainty Selective Service System Local BoardChairman, Francis R. Chilman, Malheur County Local Board No. 22, Ontario, says the current Congressional impasse over extending the in duction authority has created great uncertainty among area draft-age men. “Our local board has been specifically in structed to continue to register and classify men, and to order for preinduction physical exam inations those young men who may be needed to fill draft calls. Men with lottery numbers through 125 were eligible for induction in June in order to fill draft calls. Since then, the Defense Department has asked Selective Service to draft 16,000 men in July-August. This request is pending final Con gressional action on the draft bill. Registrants with RSN 001-175 are now scheduled for prein duction physical examinations. "Many young men,” said Mr. Chilman, “seem to think that the Selective Service Act has VIEWERS IMPEDE FIRE FIGHTERS permanently expired and that they probably _ will never be drafted. Some of them also think that the entire system has stopped. They, therefore, may be unintentionally breaking the law by falling to register at age 18, by not keeping their local boards informed of their current address, or by failing to report, if ordered, for their preinduction physical examina tions.” Younfc men who had planned to submit requests for defer ments or exemptions are en couraged to do so. "The ex piration of the induction authority does not affect our responsibility to classify young men,” Chilman added. Mrs. Ruth Ingebritsen, Ex ecutive Secretary, may be con tacted at 368 S.W. 5th Avenue, Ontario, Oregon, the office of Local Board No. 22. Office hours are8:00 A.M. to5:00P.M. Monday through Wednesday; 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 P.M. on Thursday. The office is not open on Fri days or Saturdays. WEATHER Two TVCC Instructors Resign NEW PHARMACIST AT MICHAEL’S Chris Cheung is employed as a pharmacist intern at Michael’s Pharmacy. He is a native of Hong Kong, where he graduated from high school, and since 1966 a resident of Seattle where his parents live, and where his fa ther is an architect. ART PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT AT FAIR Changes in the Art and Photography exhibits for the 1971 Malheur County Fair scheduled for August 18 through 21st were discussed by Mrs. Ann Kane, Nyssa, Chairman of the division. She said that space in the Commercial Building has been donated by merchants and or ganizations of the area for the art exhibits. These donors include The Amalgamated Sugar Company, Beal Seed Company, Benson Glass, Blackaby Insur ance Company, First National Bank of Ontario, Idaho Power, Malheur Farm Bureau, Maiieur Home Telephone, Ontario Chamber of Commence, and Superior Block. Mrs. Kane stated that the exhibits will be better housed and permit easier and more convenient viewing by fairgoers. Professional artists are also encouraged to exhibit this year, Mrs. Kane said, and expressed the hope that the many fine artists in the area will partici pate. She also said that all MAX MIN pictures must be framed and DATE 60 ready for hangine. July 28 101 62 100 July 29 Fair premium books are now 103 65 available at the Malheur County July 30 64 Agents Office and may be ob July 31 102 103 August 1 C5 tained by either cal’incor writ August 2 71 ing them. 102 99 August 3 69 Mrs. Kane said anyone wish 65 ing more information concerniuL' August 4 the art and photography divi Owvhee Reservoir Storage sion can pick up a fair book Feet at either the Nyssa Rexall or 8/4/71 599,600 Acre 8/4/70 604,890 Acre Feet the new: (taper office. City Manager Fred Koch said that persons and curiosity seekers who follow the fire trucks and impede the work of firemen are not only creating a very serious hazard, but make it more difficult for the fire men to fight the fire. He said that friends and neighbors who are actually helping are always welcome, but sight seers must keep back. A case in point is the Schul theis fire Monday night, when traffic was so heavy that the ambulance couldnot get through, and in some cases people re fused to move. One arrest had to be made, and there will be more in the future if these hazards continue, he said. The manager said that another hazard is youngsters riding their bicycles at night in the city without lights. City codes require that all vehicles be lighted when operated after dark. Rockhounds started arriving early in the week, and by Tuesday evening they were strung around South City Park in their camping vehicles, as can be seen in the top photo. In the bottom picture Mr. and Mrs. Pun M< Mullen of Gar dena. California are partakinc of an A i W supper while visitine with Byron Horton of Bloomington, California in the background. Thunderegg Capital SAMPLE COPY Chris graduated from the Pharmacy School at Idaho State University in May of this year, and passed his Idaho State Phar macy Board exam. He must put in 1750 hours as an intern be fore he becomes a licensed pharmacist. Oregon and Idaho accept students from the other state on a reciprocal agree ment. Chris worked in a hospital in Stockton, California last sum mer to acquire some of the hours needed for his license. He lives at 109 N. 3rd Street, and enjoys hunting and fishing. He is a bachelor, girls. NEW TEACHERS COMPLETE FACULTY Superintendent W.L. McPart- land said today that the Nvssa School faculty is complete with the hiring of two instructors in the elementary school. New teachers are Nadine Spitze, a Nyssa and OSU graduate and duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Spitze; and Thomas W. Bird from Grants Pass and a graduate of Southern Oregon College. P. Ramirez Returns TVCC Board Sets Fees At a meeting Wednesday eve ning of the Treasure Valley Community College Board of Directors, a new schedule of flight fees was presented by Robert Franklin, Flight Pro gram Coordinator. Fees for flight labs will be raised to cover increased costs of in struction and equipment. For the first time Multi-engine Flight Lab 6.525 will be offered if a minimum of five students register. The Board approved the new schedule. Earl McCollum, Director of Occupational Education, an nounced that the cosmetology program can enroll twice as many students this year with new facilities and shift sche dules. Business Manager Jim Ro berts reported that paving by Ontario Asphalt was finished and that the lower level gymnasium electrical work should be com pleted this month. The Tech, lab building, the most recent addition to the campus plant, is 80% complete with plumbing, fixtures and tile yet to be in stalled. Following a canvass of the Harper withdrawal election, the Board voted to set the district vote on the issue in mid-Sept- ember. Regarding the dormitories, President Skinner reported meeting with two representa tives of ModuleâseCorporation, successor to Modulux. The college is seeking a more sa tisfactory arrangement for dis patching its obligation with Mo- dulease. Edwin Haynes, Treasure Valley Community College Dean of Instruction, announced at the July 28 Board Meeting the resignation of two vocational faculty members. Charles Howell has accepted post of Coordinator for Trades and Industrial Training Pro grams at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He had been associated with Treasure Val ley seven years in the Mechani cal Technology program. Robert Turpin, welding in structor, has resigned to accept a grant to finish his B.S. degree in Industrial Education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Turpin came to Treasure Valley Community College from Oregon Technical Institute and has taught here two years. chairman, and the meal will feature barbecued beef, expertly prepared by Bill Wahlert. Corn on the cob, baked potatoes, rolls and milk and coffee complete the menu. Nyssa merchants have tickets or they may be purchased at the dinner. Prices are $1.50 for adults, 75? for children 6 to 12, and children under 6 are free. Rock and gem displays can be seen in the old gym at the “Y” on Main Street each day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Tail-gating (the buying and selling of rocks) will again be permitted, with these rigs in the lot in front of the gym. This will enable visitors to accumulate rocks from areas where they might not be able to secure otherwise. There is no admission charge for any of these events, and all visitors and townspeople are urged to come out and see some of these valuable collections. PRACTICAL NURSES END WORKSHOP Mrs. Jean Joyce, Ontario and Mrs. Elain Balderson, Wesier R.N.s have returned from a workshop at Colorado State Uni versity that was co-sponsored by Colorado State University and the National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service. (NAPNES). In the five-day program on “The Reality of Nursing,” the registered nurses received in struction on developing an open- end curriculum and the curri culum blueprint from CSU fa culty members, and from Shirley E. Mannion, R.N., State Supervisor of Health Occupa tional Education, Arizona De partment of Vocational Educa tion, and Esther R. Sherrod, R.N., Coordinator of Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Arts, Ferris State College, Big Rapids, Michigan. Mrs. Joyce is the Director of the Practical Nuse pro gram at Treasure Valley Com munity College and Mrs. Bald erson is an instructor. NAPNES, the oldest nursing organization in the U.S. with a total commitment to practical nursing, wasestablishedin 1941. It informs the public about LPNs, develops and promotes sound standards for their education, and accredits practical nursing programs. Its 35,000 members include licensed practical nur ses, practical nursing edu cators, hospital and nursing home administrators, and phy sicians. The association main tains a headquarters office at 1465 Broadyway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Thunderegg Days Attract Visitors Blood Drawing Date Set For August A blood drawing will be held at the Eagles Hall from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 17. Nyssa’s quota is ISOpints. Last blood drawing was held May 12 of this year. Ward Announces Music Teacher Hired Glen Ward, Superintendent of At top F.A. Hickin.in of Eddyville, Nebraska is visiting the Adrian schools, announced Their Paula Ramirez, Nvssa AFS toda\ that he had hired Anita with Byron B. Shipley, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. student this past year, notified Cummings of Pocatello toteach wives, Edna and Thelma, were busy preparing their suppers. In the bottom photo Mrs. Hester Williams of Akron, Ohio, the Carl I.inegar family, her music in the Adrian school host family, telling them that system, but that he is still left, is visaing with Mr. and Mrs. Omar J. Mitchell of Phila for a mathematics delphia, Pa. Bv noon Wednesday over 50 Rockhounds had re she had arrived home in Chile, looking in the junior high level. gistered, representing everv part of the U.S. and Canada. teacher Julv 20. To Chile July 20