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Nyssa Gate City Journal
Volunw LXV
Thunderegg Capital
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Annual Nursing Home Christinas Party
AGRICULTURE CENSUS
SHOWS FARM TRENDS
PREDICTED BY EXPERTS
Census data lists 17,003
Most trends revealed by the
1969 Census of Agruiculturefor farms that are not part time,
Oregon were expected, although part retirement, abnormal or
the magnitude os some were un­ Class 6. This is only a slight
expected, points out Robert decline from the 17,985 reported
Coppedge, Oregon State Univer­ in 1964.
‘‘These 17,003 farms accoun­
sity extension agricultural eco­
ted for 98 per cent of all farm
nomist.
Information from the census, sales in the census year, but
the first to be taken by mail composed only 58 per cent of
and the first to include a all farms. More than 1,200 Ore­
sample, has just recently been gon farms had sales exceeding
released by the Bureau of the $80,000,” Coppedge points out.
Census.
“These facts illustrate the
The Oregon totals from the caution with which averages
census reveal a decline in the should be used, particularly
number of farms from 39,757 when talking about net farm in­
in 1964 to 29,063 in 1969. How­ come per farm,” the economist
ever, the decline was heavily cautions.
concentrated in part-time, part­
retirement
operations and TVCC COUNCILING
“Class 6” farms who reported
only $50 to $2,499 in farm SERVICE AVAILABLE
sales, the economist stresses.
Treasure Valley Community
Farms in these categories de­ College Director ofCounseling,
creased 45 per cent.
Louis Gasca, urges students to
Actually, larger farms, those make use of the college’s coun­
with
sales of over $20,000 seling services during the term
Santa Claus gave out presents from organizations, friends
annually, increased 15 per cent break. Anyone planning to en­ and relatives to residents of the Malheur Memorial Hospital
during the same period. On roll winter quarter can save Nursing Home at the annual party given by the hospital auxi­
farms where the operator was time by studying programs and liary members Monday afternoon. Shown in the background
primarily engaged in agricul­
taking care of enrollment, and are Mrs. Barbara Sarazin, Mrs. Louise Heldt, Mrs. Greta
ture, the decline was only 14 possibly transfer procedures,
per cent.
while
counselor
loads are
The
agricultural census, lighter.
The Student Affairs
which is taken every five years, Office is open from 9 a.m. to
has been consideredas a bench­ 5 p.m. Call 889-6493 ext. 74
mark
which affords better for information, or make an
understanding of the world far­ appointment.
mers live in, Coppedge notes.
The U.S. Department of Im­
The Malheur County Potato
It is the only complete descript­
migration and the Nyssa Police Growers Association will hold
ion of the agricultural sector of
Department, working together, their annual meeting on January
Oregon.
have taken 41 illegal entrants 17, 1972 instead of January 13
from the Nyssa area into cus­ as originally planned.
tody, PoliceChief Alvin A. Allen
The meeting location will be
said Thursday.
the Cairo Grange Hall between
The series of apprehensions, Ontario and Cairo Junction.
which began last week, was the
Warren Henninger, Malheur
result of preliminary investi­ County Extension agent said the
gations by the two agencies, agenda for this one day event
which had been working on the is developing rapidly with a host
Named bythe Nyssa Education ing first grade, she has in- project for some time, Chief of speakers linesup. The meet­
ing is scheduled to begin at
Association as the 1971-72 structed grades one through six Allen said.
Investigation is continuing, he 9:30 a.m.
and conclude at
Teacher of the Year is Mrs. but mostly has taught second
4:30 p.m.
Eulah McConnel.
Mrs. Mc- grade.
She also stated that said.
Doyle
Burns,
executive
Connel’s
entry will be sub­ she chose to teach primary
director of the National Po­
mitted to the Oregon Education grades because she is most
tato Council will review and
Association where she will re­ interested in small children
answer questions on the National
present Nyssa teachers in the because she enjoys seeing them
Potato Research and Promotion
Oregon Teacher of the Year con­ grow and learn.
Plan which was authorized by the
test.
As a summary of her occu­
91st Congress on Janualy 11.
Nyssa’s teacher of the year pation Eulah McConnel said, “I
1971.
A referendum will be
is a member of the National feel that children are a very
held sometime during February
Education Association and the important part of our society;
on this potato research and pro­
Oregon Education Association and if I can provide an environ­
motion plan. Each grower pro-
and has served as both treasurer ment in which they learn their
and secretary of the Nyssa basic skills and develope atti-
Education Association.
tudes that will help them be-
BLM Gives Churches
For her educational training, come effective members of our
Mrs. McConnell attended col­ democratic society, I feel I
Christmas Trees
leges in the East and then com­ have accomplished a worthwhile
pleted her course work at goal.”
Local churches were the re­
Eastern Oregon College in La-
Mrs. Eulah McConnel is mar­
cipients of Christmas trees for
Grande.
ried to Ben McConnel of rural
the holiday season through a
When asked what classes she Nyssa and has raisedtwochild-
cooperative effort between the
has taught during her career, ren--a girl who is also a teacher
Forest Service district office
Mrs. McConnel replied that al­ and a son who is currently
at John Day and the Vale Dist­
though she is presently teach- attending college.
rict, Bureau of Land Manage­
ment this year. Also benefit-
ting from the joint action were
many BLM employees.
G.R. Gurr, district manager,
said over 80 trees were cut
by BLM and Forest Service
crews in one of the thinning
areas of the Malheur National
Forest near John Day.
The
Christmas tree cutting was a
two-fold benefit - to furnish
trees and to thin out trees from
an area to provide better grow­
ing conditions for trees remain­
ing in the forest. Thinning and
cutting operations were ham­
pered somewhat by deep snow
conditions.
Permits to cut Christmas
trees are available from Forest
Service offices in the various
national forest, Gurr added.
Border Patrol
Takes 41 Aliens
ONLV
DAYS LEFT
WEATHER
for Oregon “Teacher of the Year” when she
was selected by her fellow teachers as
Nyssa’s “Teacher of the Year.”
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Owyhee Reservoir Storage
12/20/71 516,140 Acre Feet
12/20/70 573,090 Acre Feet
The Sugar City
Number LI
COUNTY COURT AND BLM
WORKING TOGETHER ON
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
The Malheur county court and
the Vale District’s Bureau of
Land Management officials are
working together to solve the
garbage and refuse problems
in Malheur county.
Forty-two dump sites have
been inventoried in the county
at the present time.
Under
current Environmental stan­
dards for sanitary land fills
or garbage dumps, those sites
located on public lands are not
authorized. People are re­
quested to use existing dump
sites only and are asked not to
dump indiscriminately on pub­
lic or private lands until the
problems of disposing 'refuse
can be solved.
“Dumping along public roads
and on public lands is a viola­
tion of state law,” reminds
Malheur County Judge Ellis
White, “and stiff penalties may
be imposed on those found
guilty." The county is autho­
rized by resolution to pay $100
reward upon conviction, for un­
authorized dumping on public
land and roads.
BLM District Manager G.R.
Gurr stated that “Malheur
county is one of the few coun­
ties that is looking ahead by
trying to identify and solve
this serious problem of re­
fuse disposal.”
Sen. Hatfield Introduces
Fish Importation Bill
Broad and Mrs. Margaret Tensen, a few of many auxiliary
members who put on the party.
Instead of individual gifts, the auxiliary gave $100 fora
hydraulic lift for a bath tub at the nursing home.
Annual Meeting Set For
County Potato Growers
Eulah McConnel Chosen
Teacher Of The Year
Mrs. Eunice McConnel is shown with three
of her first grade students, from left, Sharia
Froerer, Patrick Pena and Tina Marez.
Mrs. McConnel is this year’s candidate
Thursday, December 2 3, 1971
OSUOpen House
Slated Jan. 22
ducing potatoes on five acres
Open house will be held at
or more is entitled to vote. Oregon State University Satur­
Henninger encourages area day, January 22, for Oregon
potato growers to hear this high school seniors and com­
speech so that a wise decision munity college students who
can be made in this referendum. are interested in attending the
Another speaker on the pro­ university in years to come.
gram is Walter Purcell of Chi­
The all-day orientation pro­
cago, director of the Frozen gram for students and their
Potato Products Institute, who parents will focus on academic
will make a presentation on the offerings and career opportuni­
frozen potato products ad­ ties. Half of the schools and
vertising program of the Insti­ departments will outline their
tute. Approximately 97% of the programs in the morning; the
in Malheur other half in the afternoon.
potatoes grown
County are processed into Questions-answer periods will
frozen potato products, Hen- be included.
ninger said.
General sessions are sche­
Again, the Malheur Potato duled throughout the day on ad­
Growers Association’s annual mission requirements and pro­
meeting will be held Monday, cedures, costs, housing, finan-
January
--------- , 17, 1972, , at the Bou- cial aids, advising-counseling,
levard Grange Hall near Ontario.
university honors program,
President
Joel Mitchell of Nyssa ro TC, and summer term.
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encourages all potato growers
The registration charge for
of this area to attend and hear those attending is $3 per person,
various presentations on pro­ according to Dr. Dan W. Poling,
duction and marketing of pota­ director of new student pro­
toes in this are?.
grams and associate dean of
students. This includes lunch in
one ofthe university dining halls
Hirai Nominated To
Participants may pre-register
in advance by mail or on Open
Service Academy
House day in theColiseum from
8:30 a.m. until noon. The
Congressman Al Ullman an­ opening general meeting is
nounced the selection of 22 young scheduled there at 9 a.m. Some
men from the Second Congres­ 3,000 to 4,000 persons are ex­
sional District for nom ¡nation to pected.
A bill empowering the Pre­
sident to prohibit importations
of foreign fish products from
any country found to be har­
vesting fish in violation of in­
ternational
agreements was
passed by the Senate Commerce
Committee on Saturday accord­
ing to Senator Mark Hatfield.
“This legislation will give the
President a useful tool in seeing
that treaties governing the pre­
servation and conservation of
fish are not broken,” he said.
Hatfield pointed out
that
“more than 60% of the ftsh we
eat is imported and we must not
permit other countries to vio­
late fish conservation treaties
and then export these very fish
products to the “U.S.”
He said that “preservation
of our fishery resource must
take place on a world-wide
basis.”
A second bill passing the
Commerce Committee Saturday
establishes a special fund to
provide prompt repayment to
owners of U.S. fishing vessels
illegally seized by foreign coun­
tries,” Hatfield said.
“Existing payment proce­
dures are too slow and pas­
sage of this bill would help
guarantee promt repayment,”
he said.
Carolers Sing
Downtown Thursday
The 4th, 5th and 6th grade
choir under the direction of
Gary Condon will carol in the
business district in downtown
Nyssa between the hours of
12:30 and 1:00 p.m. Thursday.
Malheur County ASC
Committee Members Named
Farmers recently named to
serve as the Agricultural Sta­
bilization and Conservation
(ASC) Malheur CountyCommit-
tee are: Blaine Girvin, Vale
community - Chairman; J. P.
Bunch Payette - Oregon Slope
community - Vice-Chairman;
and Elver E. Nielsen, Nyssa
community - Regular Member.
Effective date of this term of
office is January 1, 1972.
Mr. Girvin is serving his
second year of a three-year
term, Mr. Bunch is serving his
first year of athree-year term.
Alternates elected were Rus­
sell Fulleton, Vale community
and Charles Farley, Payette-
Oregon Slope community.
The 1972 election was held
at a county convention, Decem­
ber 15, 1971, at the Malheur
County ASCS Office, Ontario,
Oregon. Electors were farmers
chosen as convention delegates
at recent ASC community com-
mittee elections throughout the
county.
ASC county and community
farmer-committees
are
in
charge of local administration
of such national farm programs
as the Agricultural Conserva­
tion Program, the feed grain
program, the wheat program,
acreage allotments and mar­
keting quotas, the national wool
program, the sugar program,
commodity price-support loans
and storage facility loans.
The ASCS county office, at
1252 S. W. 4th. Ave., Ontario,
Oregon is headquarters for the
county committee, and serves
as the farmers’ local contact
for business connected with
participation in the programs
administered bythe commit­
tees.
These programs en­
courage conservation and in­
crease farm returns by/neans
of price supports and market
supply-management, as well as
by payments.
the four service academies.
These nominees will now com­
pete for the principal appoint­
ments by taking a College En­
trance Board examination and
a physical examination.
Among those nominated is
Lynn Hirai, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Recently
First Lt. James
George Hirai, Nyssa. Lynn was
A. Warren spoke to NHS senior
nominated for the Merchant Ma­
boys about Army ROTC and
rine Academy, Kings Point, New
the scholarships available to
York.
qualified students.
Congressman Ullman said
Mr. Duane Buchtel, guidance
that all applicants were con­
sidered on the basis of a com­ counselor has since received
a letter from Mr. Warren, in­
petitive Civil Service Commis­
forming him of changes that
sion examination andthe recom­
have taken place iri the program.
mendations of school officials.
Following is a list of the changes
1. Increase in total amount of
NYSSA AND ADRIAN scholarships awarded annually
from $5500 to $6500.
2. Increase in monthly tax-
ARTISTS DISPLAY
free allowancefrom$50to$100.
3. Increase in number of col­
Paintings by several Nyssa
and Adrian residents are on leges and universities partici­
display at the Nyssa Public pating in the Army ROTC pro­
Library. The paintings, done gram from 283 to 357.
4. A two-year program de­
this Fall by students in Treasure
Valley Community College’s signed for transfer students
Adult
Education
painting from a 2-year college to a
classes, are hanging in the 4-year college.
5. Scholarships pay full tuition,
meeting room at the Library and
George Moore will celebrate his 102nd birthday Friday,
will be on display until January for books and lab fees, plus
December
24.
He is a frequent visitor downtown, and often
$100
per
month.
1st. They may be seen at any
6. The deadline for submitting stops in at the Journal office where this picture was taken,
time during regular Library
is coonskin cap and all.
hours, when the meeting room scholarship applications
We wish George a Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas.
January 15, 1972.
is not otherwise in use.
Students Told
of Army ROTC
Happy 102nd Birthday !