Pago Two Nyssa Gate City Journal DIRICK NEDRY.......................................Editor and Publisher RUBEN LOPEZ.......................................Production Manager BETTY TALBOT.................................. Office Manager, News MARGARET NEDRY................................. Social, Circulation RUTH KLINKENBERG.................................. Production Staff LUCILLE CALLAHAN...................................Production Staff Thursday, October 26, I97j The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon OBITI ARIES 1 utters Nora W. Vest Nora W. Vest, 89, died Thurs­ day, October 19, 1972, at the Malheur Memorial Hospital. She was born April 7, 1883, in Denver, Colorado. She had lived in the Nyssa area for 41 years. Her husband. Grover Vest, proceeded her in death. She is survived by a nephew, Lester Weeber. Mountain View, California, two nieces, Mrs. R. F. Pall, Marager and Mrs.Cur­ tis Jones, Caldwell. Services were conducted, Tuesday, October 24, at the Nyssa cemetery by the Rev. Robert Manley, pastor of the Nazarene Church of Nyssa. Ser­ vices were under the direction of the Lienkaemper Chapel. li òi tm CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST CHURCH SATURDAY: Junior High and High School youth go to Middle­ ton for Halloween Party. SUNDAY: Sunday School at 9 45 a.m. Be sure to come early enough to register to vote! Morning service at 11 a.m. Message, "What Will I Give th«’ Master’.*’ Part 4 based on Luk« 6 46-49. Evening service at 6 p.m. Message, "Tradition vs. the Word of God" based on Mat­ thew 151-20. MONDAY Progressive Sup­ per for adults. Meet at th«« church at 6 30 p.m. to travel together to the first home. TUESDAY W omen’s rally at New Plymouth at 9:30a.m. Miss Melba Means, returned mis­ sionary, will be the speaker. Take a sack lunch. WEDNESDAY Midweek ser­ vice ot Bible study and prayer at 7 30 p.m. Faith Lutheran's 25th Anniversary To Be Held Sunday, October 29 Preparations are being made to observe the 25th anniver­ sary of Faith Lutheran Church on Sunday, October 29. As with all anniversaries, it is a tune to look at the past as well as to the future. The history ofthischurchbe- gan on Palm Sunday, March 30, 1947 when the first service was held at the Veteran's Housing Administration building then Io cated on South Third and King Avenue with an attendance of 20 members. This building was to be their church home until June when evening servh es were held at the Episcopal Church until plans could be completed for their own church building. Pastor Roland G. Wnest was the first pastor. Lots at the corner of I’ark and NorthFlfthStreet wen pur chased and on October 7, 1948 the old Christian Church building »as purchased and mo­ ved to the present location, Th« first service to I»' held III this church was Thanksgiving Day. 1948 Plans for remodeling the church began with the front addition being built. Pastor Wuest was succeeded by Pastor Sherwin Schmidt. When Pastor Schmidt left, the Lutheran Church was without a pastor for almost a year. PUtOr John I . Bi u til VU installed on July I, 1951 This (Hie 1 Illi. I Uth. i an W a-. I ■ ■ joy a pastor (or the next ele­ ven years and with it came Editor, The Journal Editor, the Journal: The Nyssa PTA is sponsoring It may be political suicide, a Halloween Spaghetti dinner but I’m not a politician, I Pvbliihad (very Thursday at Nytta. Ora«an 97913 and Carnival October 28 from want you to know that I'm 5 p.m. to 9 p.m at the High opposed to Ballot Measure Second Class postage paid at Nyssa, Oregon 97913, School. There will be many Number Nine and I'll vote under act ot Congress of March 3, 1879 games for all ages and a spook against it on November 7th. alley. We are having this around I will vote against this mea- SUBSCRIPTION RATES Halloween time to have good sure =—Oregon for several reasons. entertainment for the family to Among them is the fact that its MN Malheur County, Oregon, I ■ MB Publishers attend and to help keep the young supporters have not been en­ and Payette and Canyon people off the streets. We want tirely ■ et ■! Association truthful about it. I Counties, Idaho, everyone to come and have a believe all voters in Malheur good time at the dinner and County should take the same NATIONAL NEWSPAPER One Year................. $5,00 carnival. Approximately a third position because they have been UMtùYiW----------- Six Months............... $3.00 of the child's life is spent in told only half the truth about Elsewhere in the U.S.A. school. Parents should always that proposed constitutional One Year.................. $6.00 attend the school functions in amendment. Six .Months..................$4.00 which their children partici- Glen S. Adams You have heard many of the pate, if at all possible, and confusing pro-and-con argu­ Services for Glen S. Adams, many others. The PTA is in- 68, former resident of Nyssa, terested in helping tobridge the ments on the subject. It’s hard to know what one should believe. who died Friday, October 20, gap between the school and the But there are other factors 1972, in Pendleton. Services home. We wish more parents about that measure which its Two weeks from today (Tuesday) is the general election, and were held Wednesday, October it is hard to remember when there seemed to be so little interest. 25, at the Lienkaemper Chapel would take time to come to supporters have failed to tell SPECIAL NOTICE An elec­ our PTA meetings and meet you. Particularly in the presidential race. Polls indicate that in Nyssa. Interment was at the more often with their child’s tion eve prayer meeting will be One critical point contained President Nixon is ahead about "O'! to 30 over Senator Mc­ Nyssa cemetery. teachers. Parents who are in Ballot Measure Nine would held beginning at 8 p.m. on Govern, but we know that gap will close to about 55' to 45? by He was born September 17, knowledgeable about and intere­ make it virtually impossible to November 4. The purpose of election day. The curious thing is, though, that we have failed 1904, in Gandy, Nebraska. He sted in the subjects their chil­ ever again pass a school dis­ the meeting »ill be to pray for to talk to anyone who admits he will vote for Senator McGovern. married Norma Snow in Neb­ dren are studying may also in­ trict bond issue in the State God’s power to make the elec­ This is the first election in memory where we couldn’t get an raska in 1938. crease family ties. Parents who of Oregon. Furthermore, it tion a successful contribution election argument, let alone a bet. He worked for the railroad respect the school are likely to completely eliminates any op­ to the democratic way of go­ Things have heated up locally, with seemingly good races in Nebraska until 1946 when he have children who will respect portunity for the state’s com­ vernment. between Denny Jones and Tim Gallagher for State Repre­ and his family moved to Ontario You are always welcome at sentative from this district, and between Oscar Bratton and where he operated a grocery the authority of the school. We munity colleges to get capi­ this back-to-the-Bible church. hope this coming year all pa ­ tal construction monies from Robert Pierce for County Assessor. store. He also operated a gro­ —Arthur W. Coats, jiastor. Ballot Measure No. 9 has all the interest among the ballot cery store in Nyssa. He later rents will take more interest local taxpayers. Let me quote from the pro­ measures in this area. Proposed and strongly supported by purchased a ranch at Vale and in PTA and come out and learn RUMMAGE SALE the Farm Bureau, it seems to have drawn opposition from almost lived there until 1962 when he more about their shcool, chil­ posed constitutional amendment every other group. School financing has become the whipping moved to Pendleton where he dren, and community. Thank itself. In Paragraph 2, Section 7, Article 8, it says: “If ap­ boy, but those who feel oppressed by property taxes should operated an outdoor surplus you. St. Paul's Episcopal Church Yours truly, proved BY A MAJORITY OF will sponsor a Rummage sale NAZARENE come up with an acceptable alternate. store, until he retired in Ja­ Ruth Beck, President of THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE Thursday through Saturday, Oc­ If the election is dead, how about that world senes? Perhaps nuary of 1972. Nyssa PTA CHURCH NOTES DISTRICT, a taxing unit opera­ tober 26, 27 and 28, in the the last two weeks have been baseball's finest. Starting with He is survived by his wife, ting a common or union high Church basement 5th and Bo­ the five game playoff for the American League pennant, five Norma, Pendleton; two dau­ school may levy an ad valorem wer. SUNDAY Sunday School, 9 4r. games to decide the National League champions, then seven ghters, Mrs. Kay Bergam, Ri­ Editor, the Journal: games in the series, and every game except one a thriller. chland, Washington and Mrs. Anyone wishing to donate a.m. follow« d with special choir HOLLOWE’EN RESOLUTION tax against property for the pur­ pose of paying bonded indebted­ rummage may do so by bring­ numbers by the Young People For two weeks fellows like Catfish Hunter, Blue Moon Odom, Joyce McEntee, Brighton, Co­ WHEREAS, our children are Gene Tenance, Pete Rose and Johnny Bench have pre-empted lorado; one sister, Mrs. Beulah beginning to express fears about ness or the interest thereon ing it to the church during sale directed by Gary Condon. or for the purpose of paying hours. Morning Worship, 11 a.m. guys like Johnny Unitas, Fran Tarkenton and Joe Namath. Kelley, North Platte, Nebraska, the possiblity of receiving capital construction costs as Evening Gospel Hour, 7 p in. What’s the name of that team up in W isconsin, the Green seven grandchildren and four harmful Hallowe’en treats: defined by law.” TUESDAY - Young Women’s Packrats, or something like that? Too bad the seasons have great-grandchildren. Measure No. Nine which have WHEREAS, the local incidence That language requires a not been revealed to the public Bible Study, 9 45 a.m. at the to overlap so badly. of harmful objects or materials "yes” vote by the majority of and I think the voters have a home of Mrs. Dwight Seward. And how about the opening of pheasant season? Can anyone being placed in Hallowe'en Juan P. Ybarra all registered voters rather right to know everything about WEDNESDAY - Nov. 1, Mis­ remember any nicer weather, more hunters, and fewer phea­ treats is increasing; WHERE­ sants' We talked to hunters from all over Oregon Saturday, Juan Primitivo Y'barra, 23, AS, some children from rural than by those who may vote in such an Issue before they de­ sionary study, 7 30 p.m. with If 49? of cide its fate. lesson review by Mrs. Joe and they seemed to enjoy tramping around in the beet fields, Nyssa, died Sunday, October areas are brought into strange the bond election. talking about how their dogs did this and that, and the pheasants 22, 1972 in Nyssa of natural neighborhoods for Hallowe'en the registered voters turned All of us hate the high pro­ Hobson. out to approve funds for a new perty taxes and all of,us will Caravans for children 4 years were incidental We can testify that the fairways were never causes. treats, and town children are school and they voted unani­ continue to work toward some through 6th grade, also devo­ greener, the greens never smoother, and even a few putts He was born October 10, increasing the distance of their for Teens. dropped. 1949, in Eagle Pass, Texas. visits to include streets and mously in favor of the issue, relief. Those are reasons we tional service • • e The fact is that this is a wonderful country. And if elections, He had been employed by the neighbors other than their own, it would fail because of the lan­ are very hesitant in coming out guage contained in Ballot Mea­ against a measure which is About twenty young people world senes, football games, hunting, fishing, golf, and other Nyssa Sugar factory. WHEREAS, the larger numbers diversions don’t interest you, there’s still a lot of crops to He is survived by his pa­ of children, in some areas up­ sure Nine, Check with your supposed to bring us a new, were present forth« nu.»ionan harvest and things to button down before winter sets in. rents, Mr. and Mrs. Primitivo wards to tw hundred, c r«at«s local school official* and they’ll brighter future. However. I study on Italy last Wedne t»v Speaking of winter, Saturday night is the end of Daylight C. Ybarra, Nyssa, and two sis- a hardship for some of our snow you that special elections, urge all citizens to shake the night and enjoyed the special Savings Time and we can quit work in the dark. Then the cows ters, Mrs. Gloria Lucero, An- elderly or ill citizens, W HERE­ even budget elections, never fear and intimidating threat, by Italian dinner planned by lr> n« can get back on a regular schedule and we can hole in until ton Chico, New Mexico, and AS, this is a growing statewide attract a sensational 50? voter fully and openly discussing Bal­ Hobson, supervisor ofthe Ham­ spring. lot Measure No. Nine before we lin Chapter, assisted by Mrs. Connie Ybarra, Portland. problem; THEREFORE, be it turn out. Manley, Miss Ruth Incidentally, don’t forget to go to Nyssa’s Homecoming In addition, 1’11 vote against see it in front of us next month. Robert Services were conducted at resolved that the Oregon Cong­ football game with Kuna Friday night. We think the Bulldogs 2 p.m., Wednesday at the Lien- ress of Parents and Teachers, Ballot Measure Nine because Let’s find out what else might Steinhaus, and Miss Ruth Fra- are the best ever! kaemper Chapel and at 2 p.m. through education and publicity it threatens the closure of our be hidden in the language of denburg. The Golden Hour Missionary measure, Thursday, (today) at the chapel in the schools, community, and schools .... poses a serious this controverisal Chapter m. • ts t tu.-t.i !:. question of whether we can then make our decisions. with interment in Nyssa. various news media, encourage: My position will cost votes day) at the home of Mrs. Robert parents to limit their children’s maintain local control . . . and trick-or-treating to the night may eventually cost even more but that’s the cost of trying Martin. By W.L. McPartland Thought for th»« week "No CARD OF THANKS of October 31st, parents to limit to provide educational opportu­ to be an honest, non-politician. Now, let’s get on with the man can find life's highest good their children’s Hallowe’en nities for our children. Ballot Measure No. 9 to be taxes that would be able to ob­ Being a farmer and a tax­ job ot talking about this and without spending time worship­ voted on in the General Election tain an affirmative vote. We take this opportunity to visits only to people who are payer, I cannot vote for an issue any other public issue that may ing God, working (or Him, and Personally 1 believe that pro­ thank our friends and relatives known to eachtrick-or-treater; November 7 would eliminate the which, in the end, may result be bothering us. Let’s not walking in fellowship with Him." property taxes for operational perty should not be the major for the many acts of kindness parents to accompany their in a hodge-podge of new re­ —Rev. Robert W. Manley, trick-or-treater; children to make a mistake. source of school operating bud ­ expenses of elementary, se­ expressed in word and deed, venue measures that may cost pastor I would like the supporters condary and community col­ gets. However, it seems to me following the death of our loved visit only in their immediate neighborhood, or generally, not me more than what I’m already of this measure tocome out with if any semblance of local con­ one. leges. paying. a full explanation of why they Latin Assembly of The measure as proposed trol is to remain, then property —Mrs. Ola Chard and family more than twenty to thirty There are too many un­ have failed to admit all there homes; parents to check their does not provide or suggest any should be a source of revenue. God Church children’s treats immediately answered questions about this is to know about Ballot Measure replacement revenue sources of For example, Nyssa’s opera­ measure. Until all aspects of No. Nine. ST. PAUL ’ S upon their return home and I think they have ting budget is over $200 less Sunday, church activities be­ approximately $772 million. while the children can remem­ this issue are admitted, dis­ some questions to answer and gin with Sunday School at 10 First, a review of taa sources than the state average. cussed and answered, I will HALLOWEEN PARTY ber from whom the treats were I, for one, would like to hear a m., followed by worship ser­ Should the people of Nyssa be of revenue to replace the pro­ received, and children not to continue to maintain the flatus from them. vice, 11 a.m perty tax is necessary The required to pay more for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church eat any treats until the treats quo, out of fear of getting some­ I think they owe that to me, Sunday night service, 7 30 personal income tax, sales tax, schools just because the State will be having a Halloween pot­ thing worse. not as a candidate in this year’s p m. excise tax, and business tax are average is approximately $870. luck and with a Halloween party have been approved by their pa­ I may be stupid for sticking rents. And be it also RESOL­ election, but as a voter. the major sources. If the mea­ A uniform state teachers’ sa­ to follow for the children, Sun­ Bible Study every Tuesday, my neck out on such a hot issue, Oscar B. Bratton 7 30 p.m. sure passes, the legislature will lary with the determination day, October 29 at the church VED that each local Parent- and I may be the only local Teacher Association promote Independent Candidate, meet and develop a tax package. being made at Salem is not in at 5:30 p.m. Royal Rangers, every Tues­ citizen who has mustered Malheur County Assessor day. 7 30 p.m. The proposed new taxes would the best interest of local con­ Everyone is cordially invited organized Hallowe’en fun in enough guts to do so, but there their own areas and/or schools; Route #1, Box 363 be referred to the people for a trol. Young people’s service, to attend. and be it further RESOI VED are these aspects about Ballot Ontario, Oregon 97914 I believe a realistic look at vote of acceptance. every Thursday, 7 30 p m. that the OREGON CONGRESS I doubt very much if a yes our state tax program is in OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS But, are you as an UNITED METHODIST vote on $772 million could be order. inform the public through the obtained by the beginning of the individual taxpayer going to be CHURCH NOTES news media of their program school year. A crisis such as better off if the utilties and and of the fact that with fewer the closure of schools would large industries are taken off Sunday School for all ages probably be necessary in order lhe ,ax ro*p by a drastic mea- each Sunday morning, 9:30a.m. homes being visited, any indi­ vidual giving a harmful treat to get a combination of new sure such as ballot Title No. 9? Morning Worship at 11 a.m. will more readily be identified ¿¿¿s' Bible Study, Galations 2 - and apprehended. Youth group meets in Church Tom McCall, Governor basement with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Russell, 7:30 p.m. —Adopted at State Convention Performance ... leadership .... responsibility .... Monday morning - men meet for prayer breakfast at Brow­ experience .... ability. These words all nies, 7 a.m. CARD OF THANKS An Interesting lime of Year SUPERINTENDENT'S CORNER growth in membership ng: church Improvements, izu.gffi jacent to the church »ere pur- chased in 1959 and a new ¡a/ sonage was built and dedicate« on September 25, I960 • Pastor John A. Milbrath ac­ cepted a call to 1 «•|iaafl^ Oregon, he was succ«»^ Pastor Orville Jacob»:® »¡¡J remained almost fjy( wart'' until he accepted a call loDc^i* Shores, Washington. The congregation has no, been served the past year by Pastor William R. Lewis came from Bethany I utherW*» Church in Spokan, Washington The little church which in ' moved onto a lot cleared f sagebrush lias undergone nu--" merous changes during the past ' 25 years. No longer doe, <• occupy a lot surrounded by ■ ■agebrush. Homes, lawns trees now surround it. Its in-” terior has had a face lifting ' with carpeting, wood panelling, ’ light oak jiews replacing the ' ___________________ Gene Rose, Malheur County Chairman