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The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Major Construction Up
In Eastern Oregon
Major construction in Oregon
and Southwest Washington sho
wed a 67 per cent increase in
latest monthly totals of contract
awards, including work worth
$5.8 million from Eastern Ore
gon.
Nine counties were included
in the statistics compiled for
Oregon’s Eastern half where
Umatilla County was the most
active with $4.5 million in con
tracts, according to the Asso
ciated General Contractors.
Harney and Wallowa Counties
each contributed just under
$600,000 each.
A total of $71 million in con
tracts was awarded in the re
gion during April, according to
Paul Emerick, president of the
Associated General Contrac
tors in Oregon and Southwest
Washington.
Figures in the survey were
compiled by the contractors
research center from contracts
issued on large buildings, high
ways, utilities and similar big
or heavy construction projects.
Environment oriented work
showed the biggest percentage
gain. Utilities work, paced by
sewerage projects, was up
nearly four times with total
contracts of $15.7 million.
For the first four months of
1972, heavy construction in
creased nearly 50 percent
throughout Oregon and the six
counties of Southwest Washing
ton contiguous to it along the
Columbia River. Of the total
contracts for $216 million is-
sued on heavv construction
since the first of the year, a
total of nearly $7.6 million has
come from projects in the nine
counties grouped as Eastern
Oregon in the contractors fi
gures.
BRIDGE ACTIVITIES
The Happy Dozen Card Club
met Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Luit Stam in Newell Heights.
Guest players were Mrs. Mary
Hatt and Mrs. Doris Caster of
Owyhee Corners. Prize win
ners were Bernice Toomb, Gol
die Roberts, Gnetty Piercy and
Agnes Ashcraft.
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Hosting a bridge party, June
29 was Mrs. Joe Maughn. Win
ning high was Mrs. Kay Brendle
and Mrs. Harry Miner, second
high. The next bridge game will
be July 13 at the home of Mrs.
Harry Miner.
Thursday, July 6, Ì972
My Neighbors
“Hire A V eteran" Contest
Open To Students
Top winners of a national
poster contest for high school
students (in grades 9-12) will
share $3,000 in scholarships in
addition to a trip to the Nation’s
Capitol.
The poster contest with the
theme “Hire a Veteran” is
sponsored by the Veterans Ad
ministration for all high school
students in public, private and
parochial schools. The poster
size must be 17 X 22 inches;
there are no other restrictions.
Scholarships of $1,500;
$1,000; and $500 are offered to
the three national winners. C. J.
Griesmeyer, Director of the
VA Regional Office in Portland,
announced that additional prizes
of U.S. Savings Bonds will be
given to area and state level
winners in Oregon.
Students are urged to work
on their posters during sum
mer vacation. The contest must
get underway promptly when
schools open after the sum
mer vacation so that the na
tional victors can be in Wash
ington, D.C. on Veterans Day,
October 23. Griesmeyer stated
that the three top winners are
to be VIP’s at the annual Ve-
State Fair Premium
Books Now Available
Premium books for all di
visions of the 1972 Oregon State
Fair are in the mail and avail
able now, according to Fair
Manager Robert L. Stevens.
The Big One ‘72, August 26
through September 4 in Salem,
is themed to feature “A Better
Environment Through Fores
try”. Special classes and aw
ards will be found throughout
.. and we'll probably get the Fair with the forestry
in to see the doctor that theme, such as cake and table
decorating, cut flower arrange
much •ooner...”
terans Day national observance ments, garden displays, Christ
at ArlingtonN'ationalCemetery. mas trees, crafts, etc.
The premium book, bible of
the Fair, lists all prize classi
fications, competitive divisions,
rules governing exhibits and
general Fair information.
There are separate books for:
Agriculutre and Horticulture;
Art; Crafts and Hobbies; Flori
culture; 4-H; FFA; Home Eco
nomics; Horse Show; Livestock;
Photography; and Pigeons, Rab
bits and Cavies. Persons de
siring the books should contact
the State Fair Entry Office,
Salem, Oregon 97310, or call
(503) 378-4668.
Job Corps Makes
Assignments
f
More than 500 Job Corps
slots have been made available
to youths age 16 to 22, who
need further training to be
available for job opportunities,
according to State Employment
Division Administrator Ross
Morgan.
“Most assignments will be
to the AngellConservationCen-
ter at Yachats, now exclusively
assigned to Oregon residents,”
he said.
New opportunities for train
ing in skilled trades are avai
lable. Those who qualify will
be paid while preparing for such
fields as auto mechanics, build
ing maintenance, carpentry,
painting, food service, welding,
and heavy equipment operation.
Courses will range in length
from four months to two years,
average stay being from six to
seven months. Trainees earn
$30 to $50 per month and an
additional $50 per month is
held in trust for them as a re
adjustment allowance. Other
benefits include full board and
lodging, clothing, medical
dental services.
Full athletic programs
recreational
facilities
available at all Job Corps Cen
ters. Basic and remedial edu
cation is programmed, on an
individual basis, to the trainees
own pace.
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Savings Bonds
Sales Soar
Savings Bonds sales in the
State of Oregon continue to
show increasing strength. State
Chairman Thomas Prideaux an
nounced today that the state’s
sales for May were $4,004,577,
the fourth month that the state’s
sales have exceeded the $4
mtllion mark.
While revealing the United
States Treasury figures, Pride
aux pointed with pride to the
fact that at this accelerated
rate, Oregon would exceed its
budgeted quota by $8 million.
In light of the fact that Ore
gon led the nation last year in
percentage of goal attained and
was assigned a huge increase in
quota, the sales figures are
most gratifying.
Prideaux feels that the sti
mulated activity in Savings
Bonds sales must be attributed
to public awareness of the in
vestment value of bonds. At
the new 5 1/2 percent interest
rate if held to maturity of 5
years and 10 months, coupled
with an exemption from state
and local taxes, Savings Bonds
are an attractive package.
# The May sales raised Ore
gon’s
year-to-date sales to
$21,170,982 or 53% of the annual
goal of $39,900,000.
Nationally, the sale of $546
million of Series E bonds es
tablished a 27-year record for
any May and pushed the cash
value of bonds outstanding over
the $56 billion mark for the
first time in history.
County chairman Jim Leslie
said that sales in MalheurCoun-
ty to date are $166,191, or
66% of the goal.
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