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Nyssa Gaio City Journal
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Published Every Thursday at Nyssa, Oregon 97913
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Thursday, July 6, 1972
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NYSSA NITE RODEO
The 26th annual Nyssa Nite Rodeo is all set for Friday and
Saturday evenings at the rodeo grounds, and all indications
point to one of the best rodeos ever staged in Nyssa.
This will mark the second year that the Nyssa Rodeo Board
has sponsored the program, and their experience and increased
know-how should make for an outstanding show. Sponsored
for many years by different groups in the community, last
year they all got together to form the rodeo board which
promises to give permanence and continuity to this always
interesting and exciting event.
Brought back by popular request this year are the Eh-Capa
Riders of Boise.
This group of young riders are one of the
truly talented riding groups in the Northwest, and perform
their intricate maneuvers without benefit of saddles or bridles.
They performed here two years ago, but a sudden thunder
shower midway through the Friday night show cleared the
grandstands for awhile, and many (including us) didn’t return
for the remainder of the show. Those who did, and those who
saw these riders the following evening, had nothing but praise
for their horsemanship.
Rodeos are a way of life to many in our western towns, and
it is fitting that we here on the route of the Old Oregon Trail
help to continue this tradition. Vale just completed their rodeo
over the 4th, Weiser held their Hell’s Canyon Rodeo a few
weeks ago, the famous Nampa Stampede is scheduled later in
the month, and throughout the area rodeos will be a popular
entertainment feature from now through fair time.
This area has contributed a fair share of the big time
rodeo performers, including Dean Oliver, Harry Charters, and
many more.
We now have a few young fellows in Nyssa who
participate actively in rodeos. And this year for the first time
a rodeo club was formed in the high school, with nine of its
members competing this weekend for the high school champion­
ships in Burns.
The Nyssa Nite Rodeo is sanctioned and approved by the
Idaho Rodeo Association, and attracts some of the better cow­
boys in this area. The stock will be furnished by Harry Dixon, Jr.
of Star, and he is reported to have outstanding rodeo stock.
Rodeo queen this year will be Nyssa High School sophomore
Cindy Sawyer, daughter of the Darrell Sawyers, and her prin­
cesses are Jackie Mewhinney of Homedale and Ramona Plaza
of Ontario. The fact that ten girls tried out for these honors,
and that they were judged by experienced rodeo judges, speaks
Well not only for their beauty, but their horsemanship.
It takes a lot of hard work to stage an event of this kind. We
can best show our appreciation by turning out either Friday or
Saturday nights to enjoy a traditional and truly Western event.
SUNDAY:
Bible school for all ages
at 9:45 a.m. with two classes
for adults. Junior high through
college will combine for a spe­
cial study with Breakaway team.
Morning service at 11 a.m.
Message, "Judging and Dis-
cerning.” Based on Matthew
7:1-29.
A team of high school and
college youth from Scott Me­
morial Baptist Church of San
Diego will conduct a special
study and training session for
the youth of the church here
in preparation for what they
call "Breakaway.” This Brea­
kaway” program is designed to
help local youth reach their
generation with the gospel of
Christ. The study session will
begin after lunch at the church.
Evening service at 8 p.m.
This service will be conducted
by the Breakaway team with
special music, testimonies and
a message by one of the team
members.
A "Catacombs Communion”
for the Breakaway team and
local youth will be conducted
at a location to be announced
by Pastor Coats at the evening
service.
MONDAY THROUGH THURS­
DAY:
Daytime study and training
sessions with the Breakaway
team.
Evening "Breakaway Pro­
grams” conducted at the church
with recreation, skits, singing
and refreshments combined for
spiritual development. Invita­
tions to the programs will be
distributed each day. Watch for
team members and ask for an
invitation.
WEDNESDAY:
Midweek service of family
Bible study and prayer.
You are always welcome at
this back-to-the-Bible church.
Latin Assembly
of God Church
Sunday, church activities be­
gin with Sunday School at 10
a.m., followed by worship ser­
vice, 11 a.m.
Sunday night service, 7:30
p.m.
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Bible Study every Tuesday,
7: 30 p.m.
Royal Rangers, every Tues­
day, 7:30 p.m.
Young
people’s service,
every Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
A friendly church with a
friendly smile.
--Rev. David Martinez, Pastor.
^OBITUARIES
Home Builders
Must Register
David Lee Patterson
As of July 1, Oregon home
builders, home remodelers and
subcontractors must be re­
gistered with the State, reminds
Ralph Rogers, coordinator,
Oregon State University exten­
sion housing education pro­
gram.
The registration requirement
was passed by the 1971 Ore­
gon Legislature, which also es­
tablished a Builders Board to
administer the law. With the
new law, Oregon joins 33 other
states which have similar re­
gulations.
"Facts on the New Oregon
Builder and Subcontractor Re­
gistration Law” is the title of
a new circular just published
by the OSU Extension Service in
cooperation with the Oregon
Builders Board in an effort to
help explain the new re­
gulations.
The folder explains who must
register, why registration is
important, and gives examples
of specialty subcontractors who
must be registered. Copies of
the folder are available from
County Extension Offices.
Registration forms, applica­
tion blanks and additional in­
formation about the law may be
obtained by contacting the Buil­
ders Board, State Department of
Commerce, 204 Commerce
Building, Salem 97310, or from
Department of Commerce field
offices in Coos Bay, Eugene,
Medford, Pendleton, or Port­
land, Rogers explains.
Yuk i S. Sato
Graveside services for David
Lee Patterson, 22, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Patterson of
Nyssa, whodiedWednesdayJune
28 in Forest Grove, Ore., fol­
lowing a long illness, were
held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July
1, at the Nyssa Cemetery. The
Rev. Armand Larive of Cove,
Oregon officiated under the
direction of the High Funeral
Chapel, Vale.
Services for Yuki S. Sato, 71,
Ontario, who died Friday, June
30, as a result of a car-ped­
estrian accident, were conduc­
ted Monday, July 3 at the Com­
munity Methodist Church in On­
tario by the Rev. Mas Kawa-
shima. Interment was at Ever­
green under the direction of the
Bertelson-Lienkaemper
Me­
morial Chapel.
Mrs. Sato was born Jan. 25,
1901, in Fukushima, Yoshida,
Ken, Japan. She came to the
United States and Ontario in
1921 and became a citizen of the
Unites States in 1950. Her hus­
band, Roy Sato, died August
31, 1956, in Ontario.
She was a member of the
Community Methodist Church,
the Issei WSCS and the Shigin
In addition to his parents he Club.
is survived by a sister, Bar­
She is survived by a son,
bara Patterson at home; and a
brother
Dean Patterson of r John M. Sato, Los Angeles;
daughters,
Mrs. Isam
four
Banks, Ore.
The family suggests me- (Mary) Ishida, Pasadena,Calif.,
morials be given to the Heart Mrs. Glen (Maxine) Morioka,
Morgan Hill, Calif., Mrs. Ben
Fund.
(Lolo) Hanada, Seattle, and Mrs.
Stan (Rose Ann) Bybee, Ontario;
Erma J. Rookstool
a brother, Keichi Suzuki, Ja­
pan; two sisters, Ojin Suzuki,
Services for Erma J. Rook­ Japan, and Soyo Watanabe, Hilo,
stool, 42, Route 6, Caldwell, Hawaii; 17 grandchildren and a
who died of natural causesJune great-grandchild.
29 at a Caldwell hospital were
conducted July 3 at
Dakan Johanna Skinner
chapel by the Rev. Roland Scha-
Services for Johanna Skinner,
leger, Grace Lutheran Church.
82, Box 216, Jordan Valley,
Interment followed at Canyon
Oregon who died June 30 at a
Hill
She was born April 5, 1930, Caldwell hospital was conduc­
in Delta, Colorado. She moved ted July 3 at Dakan Chapel by
to Nampa in 1936 and gradua­ the Rev. Roy Thompson, Port­
ted from Parma High School land. Interment followed atCan-
in 1948. She married Robert yon Hill.
She was born November 14,
Rookstool on December 8,1950,
at Winnemucca, Nevada. They 1889, in Scotland and attended
have made their home in Cald­ school there. She came to the
well since 1951 where she was United States in 1909 to visit
a member of the Grace Lu­ her uncles in the John Day
theran Church. She had worked country of Oregon. She taught
for Mountain State Bell dur­ school in Riverside, Oregon,
Westfall, Oregon, Bully Creek,
ing the past 16 years.
Survivors beside her husband Oregon, Warm Springs, Oregon
include two daughters, Carol and Jordan Valley. She married
Jean and Loree Rookstool, Kirt Skinner in the Westmin­
Caldwell; four brothers, Ches­ ster Presbyterian Church in
ter Eason, Union, Oregon,Cur­ Portland on October 16, 1917.
They lived on a ranch in Jor­
tis Eason, Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
Wallace
Eason, Springfield, dan Valley during their mar­
Missouri, and Samuel Eason, ried years and observed their
Spokane; three sisters, Violet 50th anniversary in 1967. She
Etter, Eldorado, Kansas,.Eu­ returned to teaching during
nice Long. Colville. Washing-., World War II and taught the
ton and Naomia Freed, Federal community’s children at her
Way, Washington and her pa­ ranch home.
She was a charter member
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Joy Eason,
of the Malheur County Cow
Addy, Washington.
Belles and was active in com­
munity affairs and was an ac­
tive supporter of the Jordan
Valley Community Methodist
Church. She was named "Mo­
ther of the Year” by the Mal­
heur County Extension Clubs.
Survivors besides her hus­
band include four sons, Robert
H. Skinner, Jordan Valley, Kirk
Skinner, Houston, Texas, Dan
Skinner, Jordan Valley, and
John Skinner, Salem, Oregon;
two daughters, Mrs. Christine
William Moore, Vale, and Jo­
hanna Owens, Sherwood, Ore.,
and 19 grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by a son,
William Skinner.
The
family suggests me­
morials to the Oregon Heart
Fund.
He was born on August 3,
1949, at Portola, Calif, and
attended schools in Boise and
Vale. He graduated from Vale
Union High School in 1967. He
entered Eastern OregonCollege
in La Grande and the Oregon
College of Education at Mon­
mouth, Ore.
Marie A. Richards
J
Marie Argenta Richards, 74,
New Plymouth, died at an On­
tario hospital Thursday, June
29.
She was born April 15, 1898,
at Fullerton, Nebraska. She had
lived at Fullerton until 1914,
when she moved with her family
to Eastern Wyoming. In 1933,
she returned to Nebraska and
lived there until 1941, when she
came to New Plymouth where
she has since resided. She was
a member of the First Baptist
Church.
She is survived by four bro­
thers, Harold Richards. Tucson,
Arizona, Keith Richards, New-
Plymouth,
Vern Richards,
Nyssa and Cecil Richards, Ba-
SEVENTH DAY
CHRISTIANS
Services every Sabbath, 56
Main Street, Nyssa.
Saturday - Sabbath Lesson
10 a.m.
Morning 1 Worship
11 a.m.
Mid-week service, Tuesday
’
7:30 p.m.
Every one welcome, Lloyd
and Bernice Pounds.
Missionary
Baptist Church
Sunday School, classes for
all ages 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship, 11 a.m.
(Special music each Sunday)
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Sunday evening, BTC, 7 p.m.
Song Service, 7:30 p.m.
Bible
Message by Pastor
Smith, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Bible study, 8
p.m.
Choir practice, 8:30 p.m.
Everyone welcome to any or
all services.
—Dearl Smith, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sunday School, classes for
all ages 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship Service, 11
a.m.
Tuesday, (during the summer
months) CYF for Jr. High and
High School youth, 6:30 p.m.
Jesus’ Followers, 5th and
6th graders, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Choir practice,
7 p.m.; Bible study, 8 p.m.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all of our
friends for the cards and other
kind expressions of sympathy
extended to us at the time of
the loss of our loved one.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ben­
nett and family, Mr. and Mrs.
C.J. Kniefel and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Bud Robins and fa­
mily and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Dotson
ker, Oregon and several nieces
and nephews.
Services were conducted
Monday, July 3 at the New
Plymouth Shaffer-Jensen Me­
mory Chapel by the Rev. Hay­
den Abel, pastor of the First
Baptist Church. Interment was
at Park View.
WELCOME
TO
NYSSA NITE RODEO
JULY 7 & 8, 1972
HAVE FUN
ANO
COME BACK SOON!
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NYSSA, OREGON
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Editor, The Journal:
Eleven months ago at this
time of year I was making the
best of my vacation on the bor­
der of the Mediterranean Sea,
waiting with the spirit of a
Christian to be fed to the lions,
and for the beginning of
the school year. America was
only an occassional thought that
brought anger and frustration,
since after being granted a
scholarship, I would not be
placed due to lack of families.
But on one of those days when
past and future seem crystali-
zed in the slow flow of time,
the magic of that precarious
balance was broken by the ring
of the telephone. As a result
of that call (it was my mother
that informed me that a family
had been found). A few hours
later I was back in Florence
frantic in the attempt to meet
a deadline of five days and
leave for the UnitedStates, with
the required documents, visa
and other red tape, junk. My
destination Nyssa, and so much
I didn't know what to expect.
I arrived in Boise two days
after getting on and off jets and
arriving with my hours com­
pletely messed up and there I
met the Jensens. The day after
I was in school, and I didn’t
know if Nyssa was real, or
just a crazy dream. So fast and
suddenly had things happened
that I did not know what was
going on and I was so shocked
I can only recall confusion from
that period. Pretty soon home­
sickness came, and that was
the first time I could realize
what a beautiful family I had
gotten into.
The Jensens did everything
in their power, and evermore
they showed much affection and
love for me that my homesick­
ness did not last long and did
not suffer anymore that year. 1
think that was the worst part
of the year, but the most chal­
lenging and for the first time
I really had to face problems
by myself. This assuredly was
one of the most interesting
parts of the experience, be­
cause it gives an insight into
yourself and forms your chara­
cter and makes you proud and
confident of your possibilities.
School especially was new for
me, the more relaxed attitude
between kids and teachers, the
games, dances. There were 400
new friends just waiting for a
chance to meet me. Also 1
started liking the community
and its people after the shock,
when I found out how small it
was compared to my people’s
hometown. I soon liked being
the center of attention and see­
ing how everybody was trying
to be friendly and kind to me.
At the beginning I had failed
to realize that I was here mostly
for giving and not taking. This
is also something that is part
of “AFS Spirit” that you don’t
get automatically being an ex­
change student, but gradually
as you proceed in the experience
eager to open yourself to what­
ever comes along, and not to
get stuck on small problems.
By this time I started getting,
around with other exchange stu­
dents of the area, first for
AFS night in Nyssa and then
for programs and speeches in
Boise, Baker, Caldwell, etc.
All of this was really a blast.
It is hard to describe what you
feel when you have been close
with other kids that are shar­
ing your same experience, a
handful of boys and girls from
all the corners of the world with
whom you share ideals and
hopes. You really feel like you
are out of the world, a world
so much more yours because
you know that those you’re shar­
ing it with are like you no
matter where they live.
So program by program I
also learned what sportsman­
ship means and I found myself
going on stage with my guitar
in front of 2,000 kids. I re-,
member the nervousness of the
first times, and the confidence
that took its place later, and
everymore the flattering auto­
graph signing sessions after­
wards. It will be hard to get.
back to normality, that is re­
lative enorminity.
All this happened about three
months ago and I had already
absorbed the American cultures
and ways of life to the point
that I had a hard time speaking
on the telephone to my folks
in Italy. Even now that I am
about to go back 1 can’t help A
being a little apprehensive about
my place back in Italy, in an
environment although familiar
is now different for me and full
of “if’s”, most of which I
thought full of excessive think­
ing.
I know that I will have trea­
sures to take back with me;
a message of understanding
that I think that I have learned
well and that I will share with
all the people I meet. And you
don’t know how important a part
of this message (you that are
reading this letter).
Yes, you along with all the
other people that make up this
fantastic community of Nyssil,
and this country, and also my
fantastic family, the Jensens,
that have got to be the nicest,
most beautiful people on this
side of the world. I leave be­
hind with regrets many dear,
friends, but to them as to you
all that are not less dear to
me, I can say besides the most
deeply felt "Thank You” is
"Arrevederci”
—Sincerely,
Ferdinando Chirici
Sidewalk Sale To
Be Held At St. Paul’s
The
St.
Paul Episcopal
Church will be holding a side­
walk sale Thursday and Friday,
July 6 and 7 from 9 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. at the Church located
at 5th and Bower Street.
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