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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97U03 X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal 31s 66th Year, 48th Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, November 30, 1972 noon before Christmas to visit with the young ones. W. L. Me Partland is ge neral chairman for the sun- per. Assisting him will be Dale Adams and George Pat terson in charge of ordering the food. Ray Rankin and com mittee will fry the pancakes; Harvey Wilmot, Marty John son and committee will pre pare the sausage, Jack Pitts, Victor Haburchak and commit tee will fry the eggs, Dale Adams will make the coffee and Dirick Nedry and crew will serve the coffee and wait on tables. Don Young was in charge of ticket distribution, and Ernie Metcalf was in charge of procuring and preparing the grills. City crews have decorated Main Street, and the garlands of lights and lighted candy canes make "Candy Cane Lane" a very attractive sight on these pre-Chrlstmas evenings. Nyssa stores are well-stoc ked, windows gayly decorated, and the local merchants are again prepared to meet the needs of every Christmas shopper. Forest Service Moves To Acquire Hells Canyon Land Forest Service Chief John R. McGuire has approved a request from two Forest Ser- vice Regions that prime lands along the Snake River besought through the government’s right of eminent domain. The Forest Service will seek BEVI E nip loyer Recrives Honor Ten years of service with the Bureau of I .and Management by Mrs. Lorena Uriarte were recognized during a recent staff meeting when she was presented with a ten-year service pin. Making the presentation was Vale District BLM Manager George R. Gurr. the lands through a recom mendation to the Secretary of Agriculture and Department of Justice to take the lands and provid«* for just compensation. The action followed failure to obtain the lands through ne gotiations which were based on an independent appraisal. Regional Forester Theo dore A. Schlapfer, Portland, and Rvgtonal Forester Steve Ytirich, Missoula, said land owners have been willing to sell the riverfront lands along the Oregon and Idaho border, but not at the appraised price. In stead, some small, key par cels have been sold to pri vate parties at a higher price. To prevent loss to the public of the scarce river frontage, th«* Forest Service asked to go th»* eminent domain route, with concurrence of members of the Congressional delegations from Oregon and Idaho. Amicable negotiations based on updated appraisals will b«* carried out after landowne.-s are notified of the intent to take the matter to court. If negotiations fail, the courts would decide what is just com pensation to present owners. Two of the owners are Lemaiu Bud Wilson, former Nyssans. TRAFFIC VOLUME SHOWS INCREASE MRS. LORENA URIARTE Mr». Uriarte began her BLM service in September 1962 as a switchboard operator,»position she held until May 1969 when she was promoted to Clerical As sistant, Personnel. Mrs. Uriarte has lived all her life in the Vale area. She is the mother of two pre-school children, Sammy and Tony. Her husband, Sam, is employed by Gentry Ford. In her off duty hours she spends some time at her hobbles of bowling, cards, fishing and camping. Traffic volume on most ■•I Oregon's highways showed an increase in vehicular traffic in July, 1972, compared to July of 1971, according to the monthly report compiled by the Oregon State Highway Division. A summary of traffic re corder data for rural and urban state highways showed an in crease of 6.7 percent in vehi cular traffic in July, 1972,com pared to July of 1971. The first seven months of 1972 showed an increase of 8.2 percent in vehicular traffic compared to the first seven months of 1971. IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE AND BREATH. The Christ mas Seal Breathmoblle and the 1972 Christmas Seal Cam paign were launched last week by the Oregon Tuberculosis Taxes Paid By Oregon Veterans The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs paid $30,- 211,887 in 1972-73 taxes No vember 15 on the properties of 53,789 war veterans who have State farm and home loans, H. C. Saalfeld, director, said to day. Last year’s tax payment was $27,029,667 on 49,120 pro perties. The veteran's average tax payment this year was $561, a 2 percent increase over the $550 he paid last year and 9.5 percent above his 1970 pay ment of $512. In Malheur County, veterans (>aid $281,882 in taxes this year, against $230,790 in 1971-72. In only two counties--Grant and Josephine--were the taxes down from a year ago. The borrower pays his taxes monthly to the State veterans’ department along with his loan repayment. The department in turn pays the tax collector, and does it by November 15, to earn the veteran a three percent dis count. The discount this year saved the veterans $934,388. College scholarships totaling $111,000 will be at stake Tues day (Dec. 5) when high school seniors here and throughout the country join in the written know ledge and attitude examination of the 1973 Betty Crocker Search for American Home makers of Tomorrow. This year, for the first time in the lfk-year history of the educa tional program, boys are eli- gible to participate. Scores on the 50-minute test will form the basis for se- lection of a Homemaker of To morrow here. This studenl will receive a specially designed award from General Mills, sponsor of the Betty Crocker Search, and will, together with all other school winners, re main in the running for state and national honors. State Homemakers of To- morrow -- one from each state and the District of Co lumbia — will IN awarded $1,500 for scholarships. To be chosen in judging centering on HEREFORD BREEDERS performance in the written ex amination, they will also earn MEET DEC. 8 for their schools a 20-volume Planning their Spring Sale reference work, "The Annals will be the primary Hem of of America,” from Encyclopa Britannica Educational business at the annual fall din edia Second-ranking ner meeting of the Eastern Corporation. participants in each state will Oregon Hereford Breeder’s receive $500 college grants. Association to be held at the Late next April, the 51 State Palomino Cafe in Ontario on Homemakers of Tomorrow, December 8, at 8 00 p.m. ac each accompanied by a faculty cording to George Bain, As sociation secretary. All indications are that the annual bull sale will be held at the Malheur County Fair grounds, February 23 and 24, Bain says. Normally the Association Once known as the "West sale includes 75-80 polled and Point of the West" and now one horned Herefords consigned by of only 33 U. S. universities Valley Hereford Breeders. that offers officer training in This has been one of the popu all branches of the armed ser lar bull ftiles in the area says vices, 104-year-old Oregon Eldon Ross, Association Pre State University is marking its aident, with good quality bulls 100th year of military train ready for spring turnout. ing. Over the century, some 50,000 male students--and a handful of women--have taken military training at OSU. Nearly 5,500 have been commissioned as officers along with receiv ing diplomas in their regular academic schools. Th«* only western university that has commissioned mire, OSU officials note, is th»* Uni versity of California with its network of campuses. Military training was a "must" for Land-Grant col- transforming the street at night into Candy Cane Lane. and Respiratory Disease Association. The mobile health education unit provides Oregonians with informational displays and a free breathing test, aimed at preventing respiratory diseases. High School Seniors Vie For Betty Crocker Awards adviser, will gather in Washing ton, D.C., for an expense-paid educational tour of the capital city and Colonial Williamsburg, Va. Personal observation and interviews during the tour will be added factors in the selec tion, from the state winners, of the 1973 Betty Crocker All- American Homemaker of To- ■owrow and three runners-up. Scholarships of the four national winners will be increased to $5,000, $4,000, $3,000 and $2,- 000. A $1,000 Nutrition Scholar ship, instituted in last year’s Betty Crocker Search, will be part of the program again this year. Recipient of this award will be the participatingstudent who is planning a college major in nutrition or a related field, ranks among the highest in his or her state on the total Search examination and, from these meeting these two criteria, ac - chieves the top score on the test’s nutrition items. About nine million students have en rolled in the Betty Crocker Search since its beginning in the 1954-55 school year. With this year’s grants, total scho larships awarded will exceed $2 million. The Search examination is prepared and graded by Science Research Associates, Chicago, which is also responsible for all judging and selection of win ners. OSU Marks 100th Y ear Of Military Courses WEATHER CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS were pul up on Main Street by city crews last week, Ten Cents SUGARBEET PRODUCERS TO HOLD NATIONAL MEET IN BILLINGS NEXT WEEK SANTA COMES TO TOWN FRIDAY, FREE PANCAKE SUPPER FOR ALL Preparations are complete for the kick-off of the Christ mas season by the Merchants Promotion Committee of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce. Friday evening, December 1 is the big night, with Nyssa merchants again expressing their appreciation tocustomers of this area with a big, free pancake feed served at the high school cafetorium, Pancakes, sausages, fried eggs, coffee and milk will be served by chamber members and the public is invited. Family tic kets art* available at all Nyssa participating businesses, with th«* dinner served from 5 30 to 8 p.m. Musicians from the high school will play and sing dur ing the early part of the din ner, with music und)*r the di rection of Don Neufeld and sing ing under th«* direction of Gary Condon. Then the eagerlyawai- M . v>*nt I n 0 m iitti*- Mka will be the appearance of Santa Claus abr>ut 7 p.m. He will be present to visit with th«* children and pass out candy canes. Santa will also apfx-ar downtown each Saturday after- Thunderegg Capital leges, such as OSU, when they were established in the 186O's. The federal legislation that pro vided land grants to foster and finance these ‘'people’s col leges” specified that military tactics was to be included in the offerings alongwith"scien tific andclassical studies-agri- culture and the mechanic arts.’1 Courses To Be Offered At TVCC A number of courses which may be of interest to farmers and cattlemen will be offered by the Treasure Valley Com munity College Agriculture De partment through the Office of Continuing Education during the late fall and winter of this school year. Soils and Fertilizers exa mines the principles of the che mical and physical properties of soil management and plant nutrition and of crop nutrition from organic and commercial sources. The course, offered two places, will begin in Unity, November 27 at 7.00p.m., at the high school, and December 5 at 7:30 p.m., on the Treasure Valley Community College cam- pus. Sugarbeet grower represen tatives and their wives from ten western states will meet in Billings, December 5, for the three day annual convention of the National Sugarbeet Growers Federation. 300 delegates are present for work sessions which will conclude December 7. According to Ishmael "Babe” Yost, of Billings, president of the Federation, growers will be considering world-wide pro blems confronting the sugar industry and especially those facing western states sugar beet producers. Yost said the keynote ad dress by Congressman John Melcher, (D) of Montana, on the morning of December 6 will provide growers an in sight into the present attitudes of the 93rd urban orientedCon- gress towardproducers of food stuffs. Addresses by J. W. Ta- tem, president of the Sugar As sociation, Inc., of New York; David Carter, of the U.S. Beet Sugar Association, Washington D. C., and Nicholos Kominos, public relations director of the U. S. Cane Sugar Refiners, Wa shington, D. C., will highlight the afternoon program. B & M To Hold Open House "Farming Frontiers ’73,” a film program devoted to the business of farming, will be presented Saturday, December 9, at the B i M Equipment Company, Nyssa, beginning at 11 a.m., it was announced today by Les Burbank, the John Deere dealer in this area. The program includes “Fur- row-on-Film” subjects which show the latest research and developments !n farm ing. These films show new farming tech niques which could affect the way area farmers operate to day and in the years to come. Also included will be motion pictures showing new John Deere Sound-Idea Tractors and farm equipment being intro duced for 1973. A 14-piece John Deere socket wrench set and a "His ’n Hers” sweater set will be given away as door prizes Burbank said. He also said lunch will be ser ved. Another, Pest Control, is pri marily for people in the pest control business who want to Boardman Mayor prepare for the Oregon and Idaho Applicator and Operator Heads Oregon Cities examinations. It will meet 9:00 Mayor Dewey W. West, Jr., a.m. to 4 00 p.m. eachday from Boardman, was elected presi December 11 through 15 in the Agricultural Lab on campus. dent of the League of Oregon Cities at the conclusion of the A practical course, Feed and League’s 47th annual convention Ration Formulation, will be this week in Portland. More than helpful to those engaged in the 1600 persons attended the Lea nutrition and feeding of live- gue’s three-day session. stock. It will begin at 7:30 West succeeds Portland City p.m., December 7, in the col- Commissioner Francis J. lege Agriculture Lab. Ivancie as president of the state Reproduction and Artificial wide organization of cities. Mayor-Elect D. LonnJacobs Insemination will be offered beginning January 4 from 7:00 of Medford was elected vice to 10 00 p.m., in room N—1 president of the League, and Ro of the Technical Lab Building. bert S. Moore, city manager, Harold Danner of Nampa will be Salem, was re-elected League treasurer. the instructor. Re-elected to the League’s Those interested in any of 12-member executive com- the classes described should mittee were Lloyd E. Ander- contact either the Treasure son, commissioner ot public Valley Community College De works, Portland, Mayor H.B. partment of Continuing Educa "Bard” Johnson, Baker, and tion or Bill Murphy in the Agri Tom R. Wilhams, councilman. culture Department. Eugene. On December 7, delegates will hear a report from Joseph D. Phelan, executive vice pre sident of the National Council of Agricultural Employers, Wa shington, D. C. A general business meeting is slated for the remainder of the second day of the convention. Wind-up session on the final day, December 8--centers on a wage and price hearing that will bring together representa tives from sugarbeet growers groups and spokesmen from the United States Department of Agriculture. Members of N.S.G.F. produce sugarbeets in Washington, Ore gon, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, and part of North Da kota. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holmes will attend from Nyssa He is president of the Nyssa-Nampa Sugarbeet Growers Association and 2nd vice president of the National Sugarbeet Growers Federation. Declares Dividend The Board of Directors ot The Amalgamated Sugar Com pany today declared a regular dividend on its common stock of 40 cents per share. Board Chairman Marriner S. Eccles announced. The dividend is payable Feb- reary 1, 1973 to stockholders of record on January 19, 1973. China Expert To S|>eak Professionally, Dr. Rotun A. Drews is a sociologist. And, apparently, a good one for he heads the department of Socio logy and Anthropology of highly rated Lewis and Clark College. He also is an expert on so cial developments in China. DR. ROBIN A. DREWS Recently he has been con- centrating his studies and re search on current changes in the actions of people as in dividuals as they go to make up a nation, with particular emphasis on the Chinese in mainland China. This will be the basis for his discussion when he is guest of members of the Knife 4 Fork club at their meeting at the East Side Cafe, Ontario, the evening of December 5. And military training remai ned a “must" at OSU for all physically fit men until 1962. Now it is optional and about 5- 10 percent of the males enroll in the streamlined, scholar ship-helped program. In the beginning, military in struction was mostly drill, re cords reveal. Lectures on army organization and operation were included and guard duty nam ing and target practice were early additions. Essays on mi litary subjects were once re quired and two early presidents of the university--both Civil War veterans--gave the mili tary instruction themselves. PR El MIN MAX DATE 24 11 Nov. 22 Graduates were prepared to 20 37 Nov. 23 become "officers of the volun 21 Nov. 24 44 teer force" in the event of 21 Nov. 25 41 .10 war but they were not formally 33 Nov. 26 50 .05 commissioned by the federal 28 45 Nov. 27 government on a significant 38 30 Nov. 28 scale until the National Defense 31 Nov. 29 Act of 1917 established ROTC Owyhee Reservoir Storage Officer Training 11/27/72 469,610 Acre Feet (Reserve 11/27/71 493,390 Acre Feet Corps). THE NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL BASKFTBAl I team starts the 1972-73seasonagainst Parma Friday night there, and against Vale Saturday night at home. Pictured above, from left kneeling, are Dick Corn, manager, Lee Ollisoo, Phil Klin kenberg, John Tensen, Ken Stewart, Jerry Wilson, Jeff Abe, trainer, and Jim Bass, manager. Standing, head coach Gerald Talbot, Mark Haney, Frank Moore, Jeff Marquez, Nico Hopman, Geren Manley, Pat Ross, and assi stant coach Max Brittingham. Rod Lewis was not present for the picture.