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jk a ■ ) University of Oregon Library Eugene, ore. Ore. 97UOJ 97L03 tugerw, • Nyssa Gate City JóUrnal Volume LXVI The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon The Sugar City Thunderegg Capital Thursday, July 6, 1972 NYSSA NAZARENE CHURCH CELEBRATES 35th YEAR, PLANS NEW BUILDING Nyssa Nazarenes and their friends will celebrate the 35th anniversary of local church history next Sunday and mark the beginning of a new building on their property on Good Avenue. The new building is a fellow ship hall to be constructed on lots recently acquired next to the parsonage. This addition has been in the discussion and plan ning stage for a number of years. The building will pro vide facilities for recreational and fellowship activities, as well as additional room for educational ministries. To be constructed with mostly volunteer labor, the 60’ by 60’ structure will enclose a multi purpose room 40’ by 60’, with the rest divided into entrance, kitchen, meeting room, rest rooms and storage. A carport and covered patio area will replace the present garage. Trees have been cleared from the property andconstruction is set to begin immediately. The 4 garage will be moved later. Thirty-five years ago next week, the Church of the Na zarene in Nyssa was organized with 16 charter members, of which Roy Wild remains as the only member currently active in the local church. Nevins Fights Hard Battle Charles Nevins, 18, a May graduate of Nyssa High School, is facing the toughest fight of his life in St. Luke’s Hospital, Boise where he is under treatment for leukemia. The former high school ath letic standout in wrestling and football is suffering from acute lympho cystic leukemia, ac cording to his mother, Mrs. Gene Peirce. Charles was in apparent good health until May of this year, when he started feeling badly and doctors dis covered that he had contrac ted the dreaded disease. He is now reacting favorably to medi cation, but the treatments do wear him down. Rev. Vern Martin was the first pastor of the church and the congregation met for about a year in the American Legion Hall. An abandoned theater buil ding was later used until the congregation constructed a building at Sixth and Main Streets. A building was later built by the members of the church at the present location at Fifth and Good Avenue, and dedicated completely free of debt in January, 1943. Under the leadership of the Rev. Robert Jackson, an ad dition and complete remodel ing was undertaken in 1955 so that the present building dates from that time. The parsonage was completed in 1950. Pastors serving the church have been: Vern Martin, 1937- 1943; E. J. Wilson, 1943—1950; Glen Abla, 1950—1952; Robert Jackson, 1952—1960; Omar Barnhouse, 1960—1962; John Bullock, 1963—1966; Jack Jamison, 1966—1967; Robert Manley, 1967 to the present. For the church year just completed, reports show that the membership stands at 113, the average weekly attendance in the Sunday School at 123, and that the church raised for all purpose^, about $30,000, 12% which was given for world mission programs. Depart mental leadership is provided by Mrs. Jan Wilson, Sunday School; Mrs. Arlene Seward, Missionary; and Keith Langley, Youth. Sunday’s services will fea ture some guest participation, with Sunday School beginning at 9:45, the worship hour about 15 minutes early at 10:45, and a brief inauguration ceremony outdoors marking the beginning of the new building. A fellow ship dinner is scheduled for 12:45 at the south city park, and the evening service will be’at its regular time of 7:00 o’clock. Friends in the com munity are invited to share the activités of the day and all the regular services at the church. CONDON AF BASE OFFERED FOR SALE The days in the hospital are long and depressing away from his wife, Ramona, and his family and friends. Charles would like to hear from his friends, and cards or letters may be mailed to St. Luke’s Hospital, Room 278, Boise. He is allowed some visitors for short periods. His mother told the Journal that Charles has a good ap petite, and loves little things like cookies, fruit, candy, etc. Games, books, magazines or puzzles would help pass the long days, she said. His friends in Nyssa hope that Charles can put up the same winning fight that he showed so often on the wrestling mats at Nyssa High School. The General Services Ad ministration announced today that it is offering for sale the former Condon Air Force Sta tion, located at Condon, Oregon. The facility, which consists of approximately 59 58 acres of land, 27 single family re sidences with garages, and 41 other buildings adaptable for a variety of uses, is being offered as one unit. Credit terms are available. Roy N. Vernstrom, Regional Administrator of General Ser vices Administration’s Pacific Northwest Region, said the pro perty is being offered by sealed bid sale (No. 10DR-359) with opening scheduled for August 1, 1972, at 11-.00 a.m., in the Business Service Center, Room 1009, Federal Office Building, Seattle, Washington 98104. Bid forms and information concerning this sale may be obtained by contacting General Services Administration, Pro perty Management and Disposal Service (10DR), Auburn, Wash ington 98002, telephone Area Code 206/TE 3-6500, Ext. 265. Bid forms are also available at Room 1009, Federal Office Building, 909 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104, tele phone Area Code206/442-5556. NYSSA NITE RODEO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 26IH ANNUAL 4 After a lot of extra after hours work the Nyssa Rodeo Board, a group of volunteers interested in the local rodeo, are just about ready to “open the gate and let 'em buck”, Ron Rookstool, chairman of the Board announced. The 26th Annual Nyssa Nite Rodeo will be this Friday and Saturday, July 7 and 8, with showtime starting at 8:15 p.m. each evening. The Rodeo Board expects a large sign-up for the competive events which are approved by the Idaho Rodeo Association. The books opened July 5 at 8 a.m. to receive entries and will run till noon Thursday (today) at the Farmer’s Insu rance office on Main Street. Henry Dixon, Jr. of Star, Idaho will furnish the stock for the rodeo and promises some good ones. He also provides the clownsandannouncer. Patty and Chuck Blalock who will also have a new helper will keep things lively between events. Zeb Bell of Twin Falls is the announcer. QUEEN TO REIGN The present Church of the Nazarene stands on the corner of Fifth and Good Avenue, with the parsonage shown at right. The model of the new Fellowship building which will be inaugurated Sunday is shown in the smaller picture. It will be built on lots just to the east of the parsonage and will consist of a 40 by 60 foot multipurpose room, kitchen, meet ing room, restrooms and storage. Sunday marks the 35th anniversary of the Nazarene Church in Nyssa, and the start of a new building program. Major Junius Tanner Completes Command Course FT. LEAVENWORTH, KAN — Army Major Junius I. Tanner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rollo G. Tanner, Route 2, Nyssa, re cently completed the regular course at the U. S. Army Com mand and General Staff Col lege, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. General William B. Rosson, Commander in Chief of the U. S. Army, Pacific, was the gra duations speaker for the Class Port of Entry Center Opens A formal opening for the port of entry-information center on Interstate Highway 80N, east of Ontario, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and members of the State High- way Division. The $651,000 rest-informa tion area was built with 92 per cent federal funds and eight per cent Oregon funds. It includes an information center with standard travel informa tion, mileage, road and weather conditions, plus promotion of Oregon and its offerings to the business and recreational traf fic; plus restrooms, parking lot and picnic tables. The center was opened to traffic early in June. McKenzie Pass Open For Season of 1,268 U. S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Officers and 95 Allied Officers. Major Tanner entered the Army in 1959 and was last sta tioned at Ft. Wolters, Texas. He holds the Bronze Star Medal; the Meritorious Service Medal; sixty-three Awards of the Air Medal, one for Valor; the Purple Heart; and the Vietnamese Gal lantry Cross. A 1954 graduate of Nyssa High School, Maj. Tanner received a B.S. Degree in 1959 from Ore gon State University at Corval lis. His wife, Lynda, was with him at the Fort. The 10-month course at the Army’s Senior Tactical School prepares the students for duty as Principal General Staff Of ficers with the Army in the field from Division through Army Group, and at Field Army Support and Theater Army Sup port Commands. The College’s primary ob jective is to prepare selected officers for duty in the field during wartime. Emphasis is on the Art of Command. The Col lege also prepares students to perform equally well in such varied Duties as Operational Research and Formulation of Military Doctrine. The McKenzie Highway (ORE 242) Pass, one of Oregon’s more scenic routes, was opened to traffic at 8 a.m. (June 28), following its annual winter clo sure because of heavy snow, it was announced today by Tom Edwards, state highway en- gineer. The route was closed last November 1 because of the heavy snow at that time, As the route is primarily a scenic one with no through traffic, no Library Shows effort is made to keep it open. Dimmick Paintings Highway officials said there was Displaying brush oil paint still a great deal of snow on either side of the highway, ings at the Nyssa Public Li brary during the month of July particularly at the summit. is Mrs. Neil (Patience) Dim mick. Titles of her artwork are “Turtledoves”, Portrait of an Owl”, “Flowers” and “Dim- mick’s Home”. Also included in the display are paintings of local scenes: “ThreeFingers”, “Mitchell Butte” and “Big Creek Idaho”. Mrs. Dimmick went to school in Washington and attendedW'a- shington State University. Ex- cept for her last year in high school, the artist has never studied art and did not take up painting again until the win ter of 1971 when she studied under Roger Baker of Adrian in a ten-week course. Mrs. Dim mick has also worked with pas tels and water colors. The artist and her husband reside in Sunset Valley where they have lived since 1930. They have two children, The blaze reportedly started when sparks six grandchildren and one from a small trash fire jumped into the dry great-grandchild. Mrs. Dim- grass and burned over several acres before mick’s works may be viewed being extinguished. during regular library summer hours. Firemen Battle Brush Blaze Nyssa volunteer firemen are shown fighting a blaze last Thursday afternoon on property south of Thompson Avenue. Nyssa Co-op fertilizer plant can be seen through the smoke in the background. Number XVII 1 I Bureau of Reclamation Names Central Snake Head Commissioner of Reclama tion Ellis L. Armstrong has approved the appointment of Mr. Robert J. Brown as Supe rintendent of the Central Snake Projects Office, in Boise, it was announced today by Reg ional Director E.F. Sullivan. Mr. Brown assumes the post ,;’t vacant by the recent re tirement of Mr. D.W. Apple gate. Brown comes to his new position from that of Irrigation Management Specialist in the Division of Water and Land Operations in the Regional Of fice, Boise. Brown, a graduate in the field of agriculture from Brig ham Young University, began his Federal career in 1948 as a Soil Scientist on the Central Utah Project and progressed through various positions of increasing responsibility with the Bureau of Reclamation in He transferred to the Utah. Left Wednesday Ferdinand© Chirici, Nyssa’s AFS Student tor the past year, left Wednesday, July 5, for a week’s tour of the United States, before returning to Italy. He will spend two flays in Albany, Oregon, where he will meet with forty-four other exchange students. From Albany they will fly to a com munity near New York City. He will leave New York July 12 and arrive in Florence, Italy on July 13. Sharlene Kido hosted a fare well party for Ferdi on June 24, and the Owen Foerer family had a party July 4 before he left. Ferdi’s host family for the past year was the Darwin Jen sen family. Region 1 headquarters in Boise in January 1969. The Central Snake Projects Office has administrative jur isdiction over the Boise, Owy hee, Vale, Burnt River, and Baker Projects in southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon. These projects embrace 11 re servoirs, with a total capacity of 3,135,000 acre-feet, and supply water to approximately 530,000 acres of highly pro ductive irrigated farm land. These projects also include three hydroelectric generating plants with a combined name plate capacity of 36,500 kilo watts. MARCIA TOPLIFF ON DEAN'S LIST Three hundred sixty-two stu dents were listed on Pacific University’s Dean’s List for Spring Semester, 1972, accord ing to Mrs. Gloria Wulf, re gistrar. Included is Marcia Topliff, Adrian HighSchool gra duate. Students enrolled in 12 or more hours of classes who re ceive a 3.25 grade point ave rage with no D's or F's are re cognized on the Dean’s List. The grade point average is fi gured ona4.0basis. The names of those students receiving a perfect 4.0 average were re leased earlier. Pacific University is a four year, co-educational institution founded in 1849. Some 25 de grees are offered byitsCollege of Arts and Sciences,College of Optometry, School of Music and Graduate School. Cindy Sawyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darell Sawyer of Gambel Island will reign as queen over this year’s rodeo. Her court consists of Princess Ramona Plaza, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Plaza of Ontario and Princess Jackie Mewhinney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Maupin of Parma. Those who sponsored the queen’s contest furnishing engraved belt buckles and cash to help pay for their costumes were Howard’s Texaco, Nyssa Machine & Welding, Oregon Concrete and Genty Ford. Tack & Togs helped the girls with their outfits and furnished the Queen’s crown. Center Director Speaks To Chamber Larry Silveira, director of the Nyssa Service Center, Depart ment of Human Resources, was speaker at the regular meeting of the Nyssa Chamber of Com merce Wednesday noon at Brownie’s Cafe. He told the group that seven persons have been hired to date, and plans are being readied for open house at the center on July 17. The center will be located at the American Legion Hall, and will be officially open for business on July 18. The public is invited to attend the open house on the 17th, with brief ceremonies at 1 p m. and visitations the rest of the afternoon. PRE-RODEO EVENTS Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. there will be novice barrel racing for beginning barrel ra cers. Participants must be 15 and under to compete. Entry fees are only $2. The top six contestants will then com pete for prizes Saturday eve ning during the regular rodeo performance. The Nyssa High School Rodeo Association, newly formed this year has worked real hard in preparation of the parade which will form at the River Park at 7 p.m. and start on it’s route at 7:30 p.m. proceeding up Main Street to 7th Street, south to King Avenue, and then to the rodeo grounds. Some of the riding clubs who will ride in the parade are the Canyon County and Malheur County Sherrif Posses; TheCity Dudes, Cactus Riders of On tario and the Comancheros of Nyssa, all 4-HClubs. Thisyear prizes will be awarded the best riding group, the best outfitted and dressed individual, the old est and youngest (oldest must either be horseback or in a horse drawn vehicle and the youngest must lie able to sit on a horse alone). Please be sure to sign up at the park prior to the parade to be eligible. The Outdoorsman, Wilson Warehouse Market, Kassman Chevron, Meekers Used Cars & Simpson Garage and the Stam- peder Motel are sponsoring the awards in the parade. Since the Nyssa High School Rodeo kids have a high school rodeo this weekend in Burns,, Don Bowers will be in charge of the parade. RODEO COM PETITION Competition in the seven main events is in saddle bronc rid ing, bareback riding, calf rop ing, team roping, twill riding, bulldogging and liarrel racing, and Saturday evening the finalists in the novice barrel racing. FEATURED ATTRACTION The Eh-Capa Riders of Boise who appeared at the Nyssa Nite Rodeo two years ago (when it rained a lot of folks out) will appear again this year. This group of youngsters ranging in age 8 to 20 ride with only a tack rein as equipment on their horses. Wayne Stears is their advisor. To see this group per form is well worth the price of the rodeo tickets in them selves which will be the same as last year, $2.00 for adults, $1.00 for students ages 12 through high school, and child ren under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by adults. CARNIVAL ON GROUNDS The Arcway Show which was at the Vale rodeo will be set up on the rodeo grounds with rides and attractions for the whole family. DANCE EACH NIGHT Following the rodeo each eve ning and starting at 10 p.m. will be a dance held at the old gym in Nyssa located near the Y. Music will be by the “Sun downers” featuringJim Barnes. The Nyssa Rodeo Board cor dially invite everyone to attend the 26th Annua) Nyssa Nite Ro deo. ssa Nite Rodeo Royalty WEATHER MAX MIN DATE 94 June 28 55 95 60 June 29 93 62 June 30 88 61 July 1 88 58 July 2 86 58 July 3 92 52 July 4 July 5 51 Owyhee Reservoir Storage Feet 7/5/72 664,030 Acre Feet 7/5/71 687,040 Acre Queen Cindy Sawyer, Nyssa, will preside over the Nyssa Nite Rodeo Friday andSatur- day evenings with her princesses, Jackie Mewhinney, Homedale, left, and Ramona Plaza, Ontario. The girls are shown in their new brown Western jump suits, with green hats and gloves. Tack* N Togs, Ontario, were most helpful in outfitting the girls, and presented Cindy the tiara.
