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Nyssa Gate City Journal
Volume LXVI
The Sugar City
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Thursday, April 20, 1972
RED CROSS BLOODMOBILE
Adrian PTA To
Discuss Parle Event
The events at Farragut State
Park in Idaho last year will be
discussed at the Adrian PTA
Thursday night, April 20, at
8 p.m. in the grade school cafe­
teria.
Stanley Crow, a Boise lawyer
and Chairman of Citizens Fact
Finding Committee on Farragut
will be speaking at the PTA
meeting.
The general public is wel­
come to attend.
School Board
Awards Bids
The Nyssa School Board
opened and awarded bids for
gasoline,
typewriters
and
school
bus at their regular
meeting last Monday.
Standard Oil Company of Cali­
fornia was low bidder for the
gasoline contract with a bid of
.2045 for regular gasoline.
Other bidders were Nyssa
Co-op Supply, .2120; Mobile
Oil Corporation, .2319; and
Shell Oil Company, .239.
Low bidder on the bus chas­
sis was Gentry Ford with a bid
of $4,298,00.
Other bidders
were Treasure Valley Motors,
Dodge, $4,334.56; Wilson Buick
Company, CMC, $4,494.00; Jo-
hannesen-Adams Motors, Chev­
rolet, $4,543.79; and Owyhee
Truck and Implement, Inter­
national, $4,930.00.
Low bidder on the 60-pas-
senger bus body was Superior
Sales with a bid of $3,880.25,
less trade-in $725.00. The only
other bidder was American Bus
Corporation for a Thomas body,
$4,612 with no trade-in.
IBM, Boise was awarded the
bid for five IBM electric type­
writers for the Typing Depart­
ment at $345 each.
bers of his (or her) family all
the blood they may need during
the next 12 months.
Unlike her usual role as the
"doer" and dynamo in the fa­
mily, the average women is
almost 4 to 1 behind the ave­
rage male in responding to ap­
peals for blood for the ill and
the injured, the co-chairmen
said.
It’s hard to believe that these
unequal statistics are caused by
fear in a woman who is not
afraid of child-birth and who
traditionally would fight lions
to protect her family.
It is equally unlikely that
women are unaware of the need
for blood and its tremendous
importance in surgery and in
treating certain illnesses.
Perhaps the busy schedule of
the modern housewife has
something to do with her in­
frequent appearances as a donor
at the blood center or blood-
mobile. But whatever the cause,
physicians have stated re­
peatedly that there is no phy­
siological reason why the aver­
age healthy woman can’t give
blood several times a year.
Recently the Kiplinger Letter
had this to say about giving
blood:
“There is a subtle value to
voluntary giving.
When you
donate a pint of blood you make
a very personal kind of chari­
table contribution. You are, in
a sense, giving a part of your­
self ... If this element of
personal giving is lost, not only
will medical care suffer, but
something of value will dis­
appear from
the American
character.”
The top photo shows the crusher at work. In the bottom photo
How about it, ladies? Why the loader is taking away four car bodies in one bundle, after
not make a date at the Red being crushed, and ready for shipment.
Cross to give your blood for
those who need it so desperately
next Wednesday?
BUDGET HEARING
MONDAY EVENING
The budget hearing for School
District No. 26 will be held
next Monday evening, April 24
at 8 p.m. in the Primary Build­
ing.
All interested persons are in­
vited to come and discuss the
proposed budget with the school
board and administration.
NYSSA PTA PLANS
PANEL DISCUSSION
The Nyssa PTA will meet
(tonight) Thursday, April 20
at 8 p.m. in the high school
cafeteria. The agenda includes
a panel discussion on "Youth
Problems and Challenges,” ac­
cording to Mrs. Mel Beck, pre­
sident. Guests on tiic panel will
be Fred Robinson, Malheur
County juvenile officer; Mrs.
Clint (Nita) Bellows, Justice
of Peace;
Skip Nakashima,
Boise Police Department, nar­
cotics division; and Alvin Al­
len, Nyssa Chief of Police. Ar­
rangements were made by Mrs.
Darwin Jensen.
Mrs. Beck said there will
be an art exhibit by the high
school and junior high art clas­
ses. The TVCC Omniphonic
singers will also ent?rtain with
several numbers.
The public is especially urged
to attend this interesting and
informative meeting that all
might be better informed and
ready to help our youth of today.
Firefighters
Begin Training
Extensive training of more
than 600 SRV fire fighters star­
ted Wednesday in preparation of
an anticipated six to seven
month fire season which en­
compasses the entire north and
southwestern portions of the
United States, George R. Gurr,
manager of the Vale District,
Bureau of Land Management,
said today.
Also expected to
participate are some 100people
as support, instructors and vi­
sitors.
This year’s training of the
widely-known SRV crews will
be held at Black Creek re­
servoir 12 miles south of Boise
on a semi-desert site. Deep
snow in the forested areas has
prevented this kind of training
location, Gurr said.
Intensive instruction of sa­
fety, aircraft operation, hard
line construction, dry mopup,
pumps, and chain saws will be
given under simulated fire con­
ditions and activities. Chain
saw instruction will be given
at Idaho City on U.S. Forest
Service Lands. Instructors are
personnel from the State of Ore­
gon Department of Forestry,ana
Region 6 of the U.S. Forest
Service.
The annual Spring Con­
cert will be this Friday,
April 21 at 8 p.m. in the
Multi-purpose Room. High
School BandandChoirs will
perform
several pieces
which earned them both the
top ratings at the Eastern
Oregon Music Festival. Ad
mission is FREE.
For a more dependable and
permanent improvement of our
supply situation, the manager
said that he has submitted to
the Council the proposition of
constructing a two million gal­
lon storage tank to be located
on airport hill which would per­
mit a leveling out of the de­
mands during the day. The 2.8
million gallons per day that
we use are produced during
twelve to thirteen hours during
the day, which means that we
have approximately 10 to 11
hours
of pumping capacity
lying idle.
Presently we are facing the
real limit as to our supply
during these hours of heavy
demand. We are investigating
the possibility of a grant of
federal tax dollars towards the
construction of such a storage
facility.
Koch said that "I would urge
all of our people to do the
heavy lawn irrigating during the
Approximately 40 old cars were crushed by the “Auto Disposal
Service, Inc.” at the Adrian county dump Friday, April 14
at the request of county commissioners.
The crew consists of owner-operator, Jolly W. Kile, Boise
Jack Brown, NewPlymouth, truck driver-loader assistant and
Frank Arnold, Boise, also an assistant.
The old car bodies are loaded into the crusher one at a
time, after the first body has been crushed it is left inside the
crusher and another body is loaded on top of the crushed
body, for a total of four car bodies and then removed and
placed aside ready for shipping. The cars are crushed under
346,000 pounds of pressure.
The only revenue from the crushing is what they sell the
scrap metal for, approximately $15 per ton of which they
pay $8 per ton for shipping. The crushed bodies are shipped
to Snitzer Steel Products in Portland where the scrap metal
is re-cycled and used for unlimited metal products.
The “car crusher" will move to Baker after finishing in
Malheur County. Kile said they had disposed of about 5,000 old
car bodies in the Boise area since the beginning of the year
until the first part of April. The car crusher operated in the
Ontario area approximately a year ago last January.
The company can do this kind of work for almost anyone
provided there is a considerable amount to be crushed. They
prefer to have at least 100 car bodies at one place if at all
possible.
Full Reservoirs Provide Old Fort Boise
Days In May
Excellent Water Year
"Whew,”
another
close
squeak for farmers living be­
low Owyhee reservoir! They
were living right, though as
cold freezing nights slowed
down run-off into Owyhee re­
servoir, and allowed a larger
"cushion” to be drawn down.
“Full reservoirs are pretty
nice to have and will give Mal­
heur farmers another excellent
water year,” said S. Duane
Town, Soil Conservation Ser­
vice District Conservationist.
Above average rainfall and
unusually warm temperatures
caused an abnormal amount of
snow melt during March.
Streamflow 3 to 6 times normal
for March.
As a result re­
servoir storage is excellent.
County Nurse,
Deputy Named
Inflow into Owyhee was the
greatest since 1910. The snow­
pack remains average to above
average on both the Owyhee
and Malheur drainages. Moun­
tain soils are nearly saturated
and streams will quickly re­
spond to any rainfall during
the
next several
months.
Streamflow during the April-
July period will be above ave­
rage.
CANDIDATES APPEAR
AT CHAMBER
The Nyssa Chamber of Com­
merce was host to four candi­
dates at their regular meeting
Wednesday noon at Brownie’s
Cafe.
The candidates were Anita
Bellows and Denny Jones, both
candidates for the Republican
nomination for State Represen­
tative, and County Judge Ellis
White, Incumbent, and Edison
Child, who is running for the
position.
All four candidates will be
on the Republican ballot in the
May 23 primary election.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Nelson was
appointed by the Malheur County
Court to succeed Mrs. Edna
Blaylock of Nyssa as Adminis­
trative Nurse in the Health De­
partment. Mrs. Blaylock re­
tired March 31. Mrs. Nelson
has been with the Health De­
partment since January of 1963.
From 1963 to 66 she was em­
ployed part time. In July 1966,
she became a full time member
Extremely cold nights in the
of the Health Department Nur­ past week will require replant­
sing staff. Her assignment was ing of 2,000 to 2,500 acres in
Ontario and the Oregon Slope. the Nyssa district, according
Mrs. Nelson is a graduate of to Ray Larson, Amalgamated
the Salt Lake General Hospital Sugar Company manager.
School of Nursing and of the
Warren Henninger, Malheur
University of Utah. She served County Extension Agent, said
as clinical supervisor
and that potao crops have not been
instructor of the Medical Di­ damaged, but the cold weather
sease Division at the Salt Lake may slow down onion growth.
General Hospital following gra­
Hardest hit in the area are
duation. She has had experience the fruit orchards in Payette
in office nursing and the On­ County.
Smudging has been
tario Clinic. Prior to her em­ required for several nights,
ployment with the Malheur and has been only moderately
County Health Department, she successful. Peach and cherry
spent 13 years asanobstretical crops have been hit severely,
nurse at Holy Rosary Hospital. as have some delicious apples,
She was a charter member and but orchardists are optimistic
the 1st president of the Mal­ that they will still have a crop
heur County Nurses Association If the weather moderates.
District 20. She is the wife of
R. Jack Nelson, and they live
at rural Ontario with their four
children.
Succeeding Mrs. Edith Knott
PREC
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as Office Deputy and Registrar DATE
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in the Malheur County Health April 12
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Department is Mrs. Sylvia Mc­ April 13
33
April 14
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Callum.
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Mrs. McCallum has been em­ April 15
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ployed in the Health Department April 16
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for the past two years as se­ April 17
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cretary of Home Health and the April 18
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
Migrant Project. She is the wife
of Wallace McCalhim of rural 4/19/72 705,350 Acre Feet
Vale, and they have two children. 4/19/71 698,400 Acre Feet
is a reminder that your blood is needed to
meet Nyssa’s quota of 150 pints Wednesday,
April 26 at the Eagles Hall.
The blood
drawing will be from 2 to 6 p.m.
Frank Farnum, Chairmanfor
“Old Fort Boise Days” to be
held Friday night May 12, and
Saturday, May 13, reports plans
are in progress to make it a
good observance.
Special emphasis is being
placed on the evening program
to be shown in the high school
gym. Several excellent num­
bers have already been secured.
Parma Jaycees will sponsor
a Barbecue at noon. This should
be a good attraction.
The "Old Fort Boise His­
torical Society” who is con­
ducting the festival greatly ap­
preciate Parma High’s parti­
cipation. The band and the girl’s
drill team will add much to the
parade.
Fred Faulks announced that
the 4-H Club will conduct a
Spring Fair on Saturday, May
13.
The Parma Riding Club will
conduct a show on Sunday, May
14.
early morning hours or the
late evening hours as much as
is possible.”
City Manager Fred Koch said
that “as we once again ap­
proach the summer season I
feel I must submit the follow­
ing to the people of Nyssa re­
garding our water supply situa­
tion.”
The total consumption during
the hot-dry weather is approxi­
mately 2.8 million gallons a day.
This is just about the extent of
our pumping capacity. During
the days when the demand is
this high our storage tanks
which are relatively small,
150,000 gallons, are practically
empty from about 10:30 in the
morning until 5:00 in the after­
noon. To relieve this situation
somewhat I would urge all
people who find it possible to
do the heavy irrigating of the
lawns during the earlier morn­
ing hours.
Ed Child In Race For
County Judge Position
Nyssa businessman and far­
mer, Edison Child, has thrown
his hat in the ring as a can­
didate for County Judge on the
Malheur County Court, and will
oppose Judge Ellis White in the
primary election May 23 on the
Republican ticket.
Child, a rancher and row crop
farmer on Enterprise Avenue
in Nyssa, is also the consig­
nee and distributor for Phil­
lips Petroleum in Nyssa.
Child said if he is success­
ful with his bid for the county
job, he will work full time at
that task. He already has made
arrangements to have his family
take over his businesses should
he be elected.
Child said "Our mission is
transition with a progressive
and efficient program adminis­
tered with integrity for all Mal­
heur County.”
Child came here in 1947 from
Roy, Utah. He had been a civi­
lian attached to the Air Corps
from 1939 to 1945. In the ser­
vice he was stationed in a
supervisory capacity at Hill
Air Force Base at Ogden, Utah
where he was also an instruc­
tor in government procedures
and administration.
Child has been active in local
community affairs. He was a
director of the Nyssa Chamber
of Commerce for three years.
He belonged to the Nyssa
Lions Club for several years
and he is the former vice-
president of the Malheur County
Farm Bureau.
Child was a director in the
Malheur County Labor Spon­
sors Association, a group re­
sponsible for labor camps in the
area.
Born in Devil’s Slide, Utah,
Child lived in and around Ogden
until 1947.
He started work in news­
papering, caddying, then worked
for his father trucking.
Child also worked for Ca­
lifornia Packing for si* years
and also worked for American
Packing as a shipping clerk.
Child has been in partner­
ship with the former Fred Levi
cattle feeding business.
His family has been school
teachers, merchants, construc­
tion and irrigation people, also
ranchers and farmers, ac­
cording to Child. In the im­
mediate family, beside his wife,
Marion, Child has five boys.
Son Edison Dee, a Utah State
University graduate, is a ranch
and farm consultant with a Reno,
Nevada company.
Andrew Julian, who also at­
tended Utah State, is a field
man for Amalgamated Sugar
Company.
Bruce Elwood is assisting
Child at home at the ranch.
He has attended TVCC for 1.5
years.
Fred G. Child will be gra-
duating from high school this
year.
Timothy Ralph, the youngest
son, is still attending Nyssa
schools.
Five Nyssa Girls Vie For Title
Beets Damaged
From Freeze
^WEATHER
Everett Heldt ic shown with 48 pint bottles,
representing the 6 gallons he has donated
to the Red Cross Blood Bank. This display
is in the lobby of the First National Bank, and
Number XVI
QU MANAGER OUTLINES
WATER SUPPLY PROBLEMS
IN NYSSA WEDNESDAY,
QUOTA IS 150 PINTS
The Red Cross Blood Mobile
drawing will be held next Wed­
nesday, April 26 at the Eagles
Hall from 2 to 6 p.m. Ethel
Lawrence and Ruth Allen are
again co-chairmen, and they
appeal to all healthy citizens
of Nyssa to make a contribu­
tion and help meet the quota of
150 pints.
The St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church women will be in
charge of the canteen for this
drawing, and Girl Scouts will
babysit after school hours.
Eagles and Lions Club mem­
bers will set up and take down
the tables and apparatus.
The co-chairmen state that it
is a surprising fact generous
Americans become shamefully
stingy when it comes to giving
blood.
Of approximately 100
million eligible persons, only
two to three percent are blood
donors.
As a group, women
are the least frequent donors,
accounting for only about 15
percent of all blood donations.
And, ominously, few young peo­
ple appear turned on by appeals
to donate.
The result is that hospitals
are 1.3 million pints a year
short of the 6.5 million pints
they’d prefer to obtain entirely
from volunteers. The shortage
is made up by buying blood.
Reluctance to donate blood
is difficult to understand. Under
most Red Cross and blood bank
plans, donation of a single pint
assures the donor and r>om-
Thunderegg Capital
These charming young ladies
will represent Nyssa in the Miss
Malheur County competition,
and are among 12 contestants
in the area.
They are from left Debra
Fangen, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Fangen; Pamela
Skeen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Skeen; Diane Haney, dau­
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Haney; Jan Pecora, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wilson; and
Julie Jensen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, Darwin Jensen.
All of the girls have chosen
singing as their talent except
Jan, whose talent will be danc­
ing. Judging will be based on 50
percent for talent, and 25 per­
cent each for charm and poise
in bathing suit and formal com­
petition.
The girls, mothers and hos­
tesses, attended a Preview
Party Sunday, April 18 at the
Women’s Club House in Ontario.
Nancy Skinner, Miss Malheur
County was mistress of cere­
monies and she and Debann
Gillies, Miss TVCC, spoke on
their personal experiences of
being contestants in pageants.
Maren Livington, Miss Idaho
of 1968, told of the benefits,
judging and other aspects of
the contest.
The pageant will be held at
the Ontario High School audi­
torium Friday, May 5. Other
contestants
include Connie
Jones, Ontario; Judy Coombs,
Unity; Julie Weymouth, On­
tario;
Sheryl Gordon, Ca­
lifornia;
Lorellyn Hansen,
Vale; Gloria Jaramillo, On­
tario; and Christine Magen, On­
tario.