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Th« Nytsa Gat« City Journal, Nyssa, Oragon
Nyssa Gate City Journal
F OUT OF THE PAST
OBITUARIES
Vernal L. Sharp
DIRICK NEDRY. . . .
RUBEN LOPEZ. . . .
BETTY TALBOT. . .
MARGARET NEDRY.
PATSY HICKS.............
RUTH KLINKENBERG.
Editor and Publisher
. . . .Shop Foreman
, . . .News Reporter
. . . .News Reporter
Justowriter Operator
.Justowriter Operator
Services for Vernal Levain
Sharp. 63, of Route 1, Cald
well, who died August 12 in a
Caldwell hospital were con
ducted August 16 at the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints by Bishop Harold G.
Spencer. Interment was at Mid
dleton Cemetery under direction
of Dakan Funeral Chapel.
Mr. Sharp was born May 9,
1908, in Clinton, Utah, and was
reared and educated there. He
served with the U.S. Maritime
Service during World War II,
living at Richmond, Calif. His
first wife, Mrs. Elsie Evelyn
Sharp, died in 1944. He mar
ried Kathleen Nelson Dec. 1,
1945, in Ogden. They moved
to a farm near Nyssa in 1948,
and had lived on a farm near
Middleton since 1961. He was
a member of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles at Nyssa.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.
Sharp are two sons, Dale and
Du Waine Sharp, both of Mid
dleton; a step-son, Richard
Harms of Boise; a daughter,
Mrs. Jim (Joy\Trexler of Boise;
two sisters, Mrs. Golden (Ruth)
Draper of Nyssa and Mrs. James
V. (Iris) Adams of Sunset, Utah,
and four grandchildren.
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10 YEARS AGO
The transfer of many of our
tankers to British service has
left the Eastern markets short
of transportation.
Now the
proposal is to take the West
Coast tankers to serve the more
populous East Coast.”
"Our touring department has
been flooded by calls from
motorists wondering whether
they should start on trips. We
have assured them that they
may take their trips and be
certain to purchase gasoline
to return home on.’’
Michael Glenn, nine-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Glenn suffered a concussion
Thursday while swimming in
Nyssa’s new municipal pool.
Published Evary Thursday at Nyiia, Oragon 97913
Upon jumping in, he apparently
hit his head on the bottom
side of the pool, knocking him
Second Class postage paid at Nyssa, Oregon 97913,
unconscious.
under act of Congress of March 3, 1879
He was rescued by Evan
Weeks, son of Mr. and Mrs.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Oregon
Glen Weeks, from the six-foot
Newspaper
depth of the pool. Artificial
Malheur
County,
Oregon,
Publishers
respiration was given by Mrs.
and Payette and Canyon
Association
Judy Gyllenskog, lifeguard on 40 YEARS AGO
Counties, Idaho;
duty at the time of the acci
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
The nearing Nyssa Flower
dent.
One
Year
................
$5.00
UMtufiw
im
The victim’s mother reports Show is the event of the year
Six Months............... $3.00
that the family doctor said he in Nyssa and is expected to
UNA sustaining
Elsewhere in the U.S.A.
believed an underwater mask draw a record breaking crowd.
One Year.................. $6.00
was responsible for saving his In addition to displays from
Six Months................. $4.00
life, as it provided needed air lovely Nyssa gardens, floral
exhibits from all nearby rural
supply.
CONSERVATIVE
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communities and Owyhee Dam
BAPTIST
Army Pvt. Lyle D. Anderson, are assured.
Mrs. C.W. Barrett,possessor
23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
CHURCH
bur Anderson, 604 N. 8th, Nyssa, of the only extensive rock gar
Another opportunity for chil
is participating with other per den in the countryside, has
dren to attend Vacation Bible
Editor, The Journal;
sonnel from the 101st Airborne kindly consented to bring her
School will be offered at the
In trying to compose this Conservative Baptist Church
Division in Exercise Swift rarest and choicest blooms,
letter, I find it very hard to next week by specially trained
Strike, a massive Army Air even gorgeously colored rocks,
grasp the words to express young people from Oakland,
Force maneuver being con to make a special display. She
myself completely and ac Calif. A full program of Bible
ducted in North andSouthCaro- will virtually transplant her own
beautiful rockery at the Flower
curately, but I will attempt to study, handwork, singing, con
lina.
Show.
do so as best I can.
Anderson
entered
the
Army
tests and games is scheduled.
St. Bridget’s News
Chairmen for the Flower Show
I am speaking of the grati
last November and completed
Each year at this time the
tude that my family and I have Melrose Baptist Church of Oak
basic training at Fort Riley, in nearby communities are:
Mrs. F.A. Banks, Owyhee Dam;
toward the fine people we have land has sent a youth group to
A committee of St. Bridget’s Kan.
Mrs. C.E. Peck, Big Bend;
here in Nyssa. I cannot tell churches in the area of Eastern Altar Society under the chair
Mrs. Conrad Martin, Kingman
you how much we appreciated Oregon and Western Idaho to manship of Mrs. Joe Madrid 20 YEARS AGO
Kolony; Mrs. J.B. Smith, Ore
the cards, letters, and flowers conduct these late summer served and prepared refresh
that different people and or schools. The young people will ments at the blood drawing this
Six traffic tickets were issued gon Trail and Owyhee; Mrs.
ganizations in the community make their headquarters in past Tuesday
from 2;00 to by firemen to motorists who Chas Bullard, Arcadia; Mrs.
sent to us during my recent Payette and will conduct schools 6:00 p.m.
drove their cars over hose at W.F. Adams, Apple Valley.
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illness.
Father
Young
pastor
of
St.
the Polar Cold Storage fire
at Payette, Weiser, Ontario,
E.M. Staggs, a blacksmith
It is a comfort to me to Malheur Butte and Nyssa.
Bridget’s has been appointed Saturday night.
know that in this world so
Firemen said the hose did not 40 years, has leased the Frank
The Nyssa school will beheld Director of the Confraternity
full of turmoil and strife, hateH from 9 to 11:30 each morning, of Christian Doctrine of the obstruct traffic on the highway Leuck Blacksmith Shop. He is
murder, and dissension that we Monday through Friday, August Diocese of Baker by Most Rev. and persons involved were going from Yuma, Ariz., and has
read about every day, that there 23-27. It is open to children Thomas J. Connolly Bishop of to the Morocco Club, located traveled from there to Los
are yet people who are com of any denomination or children Baker. Father Young will be next to the former cold storage Angeles, Boulder City and Salt
passionate, and have concern who do not attend church any leaving Nyssa to reside with the plant. Most of those ticketed Lake and finds Nyssa the most
over their brother’s well-being. where. Registration will begin Bishop
around
the 1st of had been warned a few minutes promising section of all.
People who during their busy at 8;45 a.m. Monday at the September.
Father Robert before not to run over the hose,
schedules, still have time to church door. Material used in Simard will be coming to re firemen said.
50 YEAB5 AGO
think about how they can help the school will be from Scrip place Father Young.
Motorists chasing the fire
A group of popular young
carry the burden and perhaps ture Press PublishingCompany,
Father Young's new duties truck and racing with the fire
lighten the load of the ill fated an interdenominational pub will consist in overseeing the truck and firemen in private married couples from Nyssa
and trouble stricken neighbor lisher.
religious education of the youth cars are going to be stopped. spent a pleasant day Sunday
They went by
and friend.
and
adults of the Diocese of The police will give 100 per at Big Bend.
Guest speaker at the 11 a.m.
I am sincerely proud to live service of the Nyssa Conserva Baker under the direct super cent support. Morotists vio auto and carried a bountiful
in this community, and in some tive Baptist Church on Sunday vision of Bishop Connolly. The lating the ordinance are ham basket dinner along. Among
attended were
who
small way perhaps I can repay will be the Rev. Charles Losie, Diocese of Baker consists of pering firemen going to fires, those
part of the debt that I feel general director of theConser- all of the state of Oregon east endangering lives and des Messers, and Mmes. Charles
Crawford and children; Harry
1 owe this community by help vative Baptist Association of of the Cascade Mountains.
troying property.
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Goshert; Albert Cook and child
ing someone else when they Oregon. Rev. Losie is visiting
are in need.
An article pertaining to the ren; Artie Robinson; Prettyman;
the Nyssa church to present a
activities of the Malheur Home O.G. Bauer; Elmer Stradley;
Sincerely
second Builder’s Club check to
Barney Wilson;
Telephone Company at Nyssa McKenzie;
the church to help pay for the
Jim Robinson
and Ontario appeared in the Jul]
new building. He was invited to
issue of The Monitor, whicl
also deliver the morning
is published at Denver for em
sermon.
ployes of the Mountain State!
The Builder’s Club is a vo
Telephone and TelegraphCom-
luntary organization of in
pany.
dividual Conservative Baptist
When three letters receive«
I Church members who agree to Even though the economy was
i
contribute at least $1.00a month up tight this summer, the Em- within a period of slightly ovei
to help establish and build new ployment Division reported here two weeks, commending opera
tors of the Malheur Telephon«
churches. Each month the total that the Annual Summer Jobs
The atmosphere weighs five
amount of the donations forthat for Youth program, sponsored Company at Nyssa and Ontario
for doing a topnotch telephon«
and a half quadrillion tons
month is given out to a church by the Division and the Go-
about a millionth of the weight
job, it would appear that thing!
that has applied and qualified vernor’s Commission on Youth
of the earth as a whole. At sea
are well in hand in those ad
for
help.
produced
some
good
results.
level, it presses on every square
joining communities.
During May, June and July, the
inch of space with a weight
equal to 14.7 pounds!
Division said, Employment Di
vision
personnel made 7,141 30 YEARS AGO
ZC-rVALlY /VMPG
The world's longest underwater
placements of young people 16
coral formation is Australia's
OP PFAP TI55VÊ /
through 21 years of age, in non-
great Barrier Reef, which
agricultural jobs.“Interestingly
ADRIAN - The Adrian FF A
stretches for 1,250 miles! This
enough,” said Ross Morgan, returned the first of the week
great reef is now threatened by
the crown-of-thorns starfish
Employment Division admini from the Wallowa Mts. where
which destroys the coral in the
strator, "this total was 1,343 they had spent seven days on
pursuit of its prey.
placements up compared with a camping trip.
the same period in 1970.”
Because of the acute labor
situation several could not go
Morgan said that non-agri- who would have otherwise made
cultural placements of young the trip.
people peaked in July for the
Transportation was furnished
three-month period when 2,887
placements were made com by Howard Hatch and his school
pared with 1,571 in May and bus. Those who made the trip
2,683 in June.
Agricultural were; Harold Miller, Russel
Willard
Curtis,
placements of young people du McKague,
ring the May-July period to Donald Dazey, Ray Rumiser,
taled 19,035, for a three-month Joe Cram, Billy Hamilton, Dick
total, agricultural and non-agri- Ashcraft, Ronald Lane, Glen
Kenneth
Buck,
cultural placements, of 26,176, Strickland,
Robert
Glass,
Melvin
Parker,
Morgan said.
Dwain Hatch and Johnny John
son, Instructor, D.W. Patch,
“We were thankful again to principal, Harry Russel, Elbert
have young student workers, Hatch and Donnie Hatch accom
Neighborhood Youth Corps per panied the group as guests.
sonnel, and some Work Study
students, working with us this
“Testimony of Acting Petro
summer to help develop youth leum Coordinator Ralph Davies
jobs. Apparently, they along with before a Senate investigation
our regular youth employment committee that gasoline ration
representatives and staff, and ing is imminent for the Pacific
the cooperation of employers Coast comes as a great sur
and householders around the prise to organized motorists.”
state, have made the Summer
Jobs for Youth campaign suc
■Cl
“The shortage which we face
cessful again.
And we still is not in the gasoline itself
have August and September to but the transportation facilities
report,’’ Morgan said.
to bring it to Northwest market«.
rami
LETTER
TO EDITOR
IGCE3 Wil« ’
Summer Jobs
For Youth
Successful
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71 Ford
clearance
is on!
Gentry Ford Sales, Inc
1802 S.W. 4th Avenu«
Ontario, Oregon
PLUMBING AND HEATING
Authorized Lennox Dealer
13 N. 2ND ST.
Thursday, August 19, 1971
PHONE 372-3911
Nyssa, Oregon
Dwight Smith. After their re
turn they were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Barney
Wilson, where supper was
served on the lawn. All report
a fine time.
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J.R. Hunter, the popular local
agent for McConnon’s house
hold necessities, has fixed up
a poultry wagon and now ex
changes his wares for poultry
during his trips to the farming
districts.
Mr. Hunter states
that a more hopeful feel is evi
dent among the farmers and a
spirit of optimism prevails.
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60 YEARS AGO
The Idaho-Oregon Light and
Power Company, whichhasheld
a franchise in this city for
several months, and for which
several car-loads of poleshave
been here for some time, sent
a crew of surveyors to Nyssa
this morning, surveyed out the
lines and employed a crew of
men to begin setting the poles.
The construction work will
continue till connection is made
with lines at Ontario, and light
and power transmitted to this
city, which will require but
a few weeks, unless something
unforeseen should happen to
delay the work of construction.
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A letter from Arthur Cook,
who accompanied by his wife,
is spending the summer months
in Greenhorn mountains near
Baker City, states that he caught
a basket of 134 trout the day
previous, and has been living on
young sage hens ever since he
landed. Arthur expects to re
turn home soon on account of
the rush of work in the shop
here.
MILESTONES
Mildred Lorraine Holmes of Nyssa received her
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practical
nursing certificate from Treasure Valley Community College
Monday August 9 at an award banquet in Ontario.____________ -
TVCC Practical Nurses
Receive Certificates
The 1971 Treasure Valley
Community College class of
practical nurses received their
certificates August 9 at an award
banquet heldat the Eastside Cafe
in Ontario. Although the girls
went through the spring gradua
tion, an additional summer ses
sion is required to meet state
requirements.
Certified Monday evening
were Shirley Kay Nelson, On
tario; Cheryl Susan Bumpus,
Baker; Jessie Jean Weeks, Ma
dras; Lois Kay Abrell, Lebanon;
Barbara A. Mefford, Ontario;
Julley Ann Manser, New Ply
mouth; Mildred Lorraine
Holmes, Nyssa; Holly Jeanne
Stout, Ontario; Patsy Paterson,
Ontario; Tanya Rae Mitchell,
Union; Susan Gail Gould, On
tario; Anthonette Marie Bevan,
Boise; Mary Ellen Kochsmeier,
Vale; Sharon Louise Servatius,
Weiser; Alice F. May, Burns;
Edwardeen Lavender, Vale;
Emma M. Lobato, Fruitland;
Dorothy R. Shaw, Nyssa; Sister
Martin Wasinger, Ontario; Mary
Elizabeth Norton, Mitchell.
Other awards for the evening
went to Sister Martin Wasinger
who , had the best academic
standing in the class; Millie
Holmes who was named Best
Nurse; and Julie Manser whose
classmates voted Miss Con
geniality.
The girls presented each of
their instructors Elaine Balder-
son, Jean Joyce, and Kathy Ti
ger with an engraved silver
dish. The date August 9, 1973
and the place - the Eastside
Cafe were selected for a reunion
before the banquet ended.
NORTHRUPS TOHOLD OES Clearance Sal«
BARBECUE FORBAND Slated For Aug. 28
^HE FIRST PHYSIC! AH WHOSE
•\JAME ¡5 EEÜ0PPED IM HI4TOey
WAG AU EGYPTIAN, SEKHET'EHANCH
ZjOOO ?■£.). HE "HEAUEP THE KING'S
<MO5TKILS''AUP WAS KIWABPEP WITH
A STATUÉ. BEAKlNGTHt>?fC0«Z>
OF THE. C.ASE..
Members of the Nyssa High
School Band who went to Cal
gary will meet at the Craig
Northrup’s home at 7 p. m.
Thursday, August 26 for a bar
becue.
Bring your pictures and slides
taken at Calgary.
Stardusters of the Order of
the Eastern Star will hold a fall
clearance sale at the side of
Rieb’s Market, August 28 from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Every
thing from nuts to bolts to fancy
dishes and clothes will be on
sale. Come and see for your
self.