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Pag« Four Thursday, December 14, 1972 The Nyxia Goto City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Adrian Garden Club (Candlelight Ceremony I nites Janine Never—Denzel Weeks Red roses and green chry santhemums decorated the candlelight wedding ceremony at the Nyssa Conservative Bap tist Church uniting in marriage Janine Meyer and Denzel Weeks. The November 25 cere mony was solemnized by the Rev. Arthur Coats. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan G. Meyer of Nyssa and the bridegroom is the son at Mrs. .Albert P. Heldt of Nyssa and the late William S. Weeks. Given in marriage by her fa ther. the bride wore a self-de signed gown of white delustred satin, featuring an empire waist, bishop sleeves, and cha pel-length tram. A lace flower design enhanced the skirt front and was also carried out in the tram. Lace and pearls edged the veil which was held by a Juliet cap. She also wore a guld necklace, a gift irom the zro««. and earned a bouquet of red roses. Mrs. Bruce Sarazin was the matron-of-booor for the cere mony. She wore an empire sty led gown of nile green pol yester crepe and carried a Christmas Meeting single lang-stemmed red rose. The bridesmaids were Cora Meyer and Kay Abe. They both wore empire-styled gowns of moss green polyester crepe and each also carried a long stemmed red rose. The flower girl «as Suzie Page. Jeff Wieneke was best man, and ushering the 125 guests were Larry Meyer and Jerry Willis. Jerry Page was ring bearer. He and Suxie Page were also candlelighters for the ceremony. Mrs. Larry Bauman provided organ music and Larry Bauman was soloist. For the wedding the bride’s mother wore a two-piece suit of pastel pink. The polyester crepe -utfit was highlighted by silver threads throughout the jacket. The groom’s mother chose a two-piece suit of plum wool double-knit. The outfit was accented by lavender and silver trim. Both mothers wore cor sages at white roses. A reception at the church followed the wedding ceremony. Assisting with the serving were Mrs. Clarence Page. Mrs. Bruce Hunt. Mrs. James Wil- BRACKEN'S DEPT. STORE The Adrian Garden Club met Monday afternoon. December 11 with Mrs. Varner Hopkins in Big Bend. Eleven women at tended. Mrs. Ernest Seuell brought the pretty Christmas tree, made of sagebrush and decorated nicely. A bountiful dinner was served at 1 p.m. Mrs. Varner Hopkins read the Christmas story from the Bible, of the birth of Jesus and Mrs. Marie Moore said the Grace. Each member brought a home made table decoration which was numbered and placed under the tree, numbers were drawn, and each drew a de coration for their Christmas table. Mrs. Boyce Van De Water, president, conducted the busi ness meeting. Mrs. KJ. Pe terson gave the minutes and treasurers report. The group repeated the "Garttiers Pra yer'*. Roll call was What 1 Learned From My Garden.’’ Some answers given were "I learned bow to plant bulbs”, “1 learned more about flo wers”, and "I learned bow to bend my back'*. The meeting was turned over to the nomi nating committee. Election of officers followed, returning Mrs. Boyce Van De Water as president and Mrs. Varner Hop kins, vice president. Mrs. Edvtbe Prosser, secretary treasurer and Mrs. George De Haven program chairman. Two Christmas cards were signed by the members to send to members who are laiabie to attend the meetings. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Gert ye Jones in Adrian. For roll call each member will bring two suggestions for future roll calls, also any program suggestions would be apprecia ted by the program chairman. lis, Mrs. Plais Johnson, and Mrs. Chester Robertson. Mrs. □avid Elie was in charge at the guest took. The new Mrs. Weeks chose a three-piece moss green suit as her traveling outfit when she and her husband left for their wedding trip through Ne vada and California. The newlyweds are both 1368 graduates of Nyssa HighSchool. The bride is a graduate of Ore-, gon College of Education. Her husband has graduated from Eastern Oregon College and is presently employed by the Southeast Oregon Council of Governments in Vale, where the couple is making their home. R&^Hometown News Call 372-2233 Mrs. J. Elwood Flinders re turned home December 3 after visiting Mr and Mrs. Richard Johnson and family and their new baby in Denver for nine days. Mrs. Flinders also visited Andrea and her mother, Mrs. Lorin Saunders, who are stay ing with the Johnsons while Andrea undergoes radium treatments at the Denver Chil dren’s Hospital Andrea is re ported improving. The office staff. held men and agricultural department of the Amalgamated Sugar Company held their annual Christmas dinner at the Eastside Cafe in Ontario. M<»dav, December 11. Approximately 40 employees attended. » GRANGE NEWS «e OREGON TRAIL GRANGE Houseguests Saturday and Sun day at the Bernard Frosts were Mr and Mrs. Harry Frost of Meridian Sundat afternoon cal lers were Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner of New Plymouth. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Vance Clark of Kearns, Utah and Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Clark of Salt Lake City, were guests of Mrs. William C. Brown last week. They were here for the funeral services of W. C. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Clark and VanceC lark left Sunday morning for home. a • • Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cleaver were Sunday evening visitors at the home of Mrs. OrmaClea ver. Mrs. BrianCleaver visited Saturday and Sundav with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Chapman in Meridian while Brian was on reserve duty in Boise. • • e Bill Bowman of Boise was a weekend guest at the home of Mr and Mrs. Emil Stuns. He was here to attend the Nyssa wrestling tournament. FIREMEN HOLD CHRISTMAS PARTY The Nyssa volunteer firemen held their annual Christmas party and dance Saturday night at the firemen's hall, starting at 7 p.m. Approximately 30 couples attended the event. Eastern Star members pre pared and served the dinner. Historical Society Meets Tonight The Historical Society will ifeert TUirsdav. (today)Decem ber 14 at • p.m. la the Weese Memorial Building at Treasure Valley Community College. Chris Moore will be the spea ker with the subject being the Paiute Indians. C D F F ■ it t Es Approximately 60 Oregon Trail Grange members, their families and friends met at 7 p.m., Thursday evening, De cember 7, for a Christmas party. Following the turkey dinner, a program was presented by Marguerite Moss. A welcome to guests was given by Over seer Harold Kurtz in the ab sence of Master Ernie Met calf «ho was awav on business. The program was opened with the singing of Christmas carols by all. Sandra and Debbie Sis- MR and Valerie Girvin, ac companied by Mrs. Harold Sis son, set the holiday mood by singing "Jingle Bells.” They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sisson. Bngetta. Tanya and Tina Drydale pleased the audience by smguig. We Wish You A Merry Christmas." YoungJeroldDry dale brought a serious note by reading his original thoughts on the meaning of Christmas. The Duane Drycfales are the parents of these young enter tainers. Members of theCWAClubtiad been requested to put on part of the program and they re sponded by enacting a skit en titled, "A Christmas Program in anOldTimeCountrySchool." Members of ttie cast included Miss Stephen (Mrs. James)who is hoping to make a good im pression with her first Christ mas program. "Children** in the fifth grade were Sadie and Violet, sixth grade, Thelma and Orma, seventh grade. Mildred and Tom, eighth grade, Harold and Lois, One little girl, Orma, was late because she had to ride her horse three miles in a snow storm. Lois was absent. Each pupil practised bowing and say ing his ptecw. It was too cold to go outside for recess, so they decorated their tree. Thev were wishing Santa Claus could come early and he did. He had a bag full of toys and after the dose of th* skit, be gave a gift to each of the 17 children who were present. Santa probably should remain anonymous, but someone was heard to call him Junior. Santa also led the march past the gift table where each per son received a gift. The next regular meeting will be held Thursday evening, De cember 21, 8 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Price will be hosts for the evening. All grange members are urged to attend. daughters ACTIVITIES Jobs Daughters of Bethel «33 held their regular meeting De cember 7 at the Masonic Hall, with Honored Queen Susan Duvis presiding Plans were discus sed for the Mystery Father’s dinner to be held December 17 at 1 p.m. There was an election of of ficers. those elected were Ca rol Nelson, honored queen Mar- cu Myers, senior princess. Shell) Munn, junior princess, Miriam Kunkle, guide and De ana Piercy, marshall Appointive officers will be announced at the next meeting December 14. Practice for installatn«i De cember 17 at 8 p.m. at the Ma sonic Hall, will be held Wed nesday, December 13 after school and Saturday morning, December 16 at 10 a m. LEGION AUXILIARY The American Legion Auxi liary Nvssa Vmt »79 and past presidents wish to express their thanks to everyone who con tributed to the Christmas cookie project. One hundred and fifty- one bags were packed for the Veterans’ Hospital in Boise. Refreshments were served, following the cookie packaging, by hostess Fllen Richardson. The next meeting of Past Pre sidents will be held at the home of Verna Tobler, January 8. This win be a Christmas party with an exchange of gifts. Samba Group Meets Mrs. Tom Fldredge was hos tess December 8 for members of the Samba club. Mrs. Bert Lienkamper woo high honors with Mrs Fred Guthrie taking second high. CWA GRANGE The Christmas party for the Oregon Trail Grange Women’s Activity Committee was held Tuesday, December 5, at the home of Jansie Stam. A short business meeting followed the ham dinner and plans for the work book for 1973 were discussed. The theme for the year is ’ Happiness is.." A gift exchange was the main feature of the af ernoon. The next meet ju - will be held Tuesday, January 2, 2 p.m., at the home of Laura Ward with Polly Holub as co-hostess. All Grange women are welcome and Women Receive More From Social Security Under present law, benefit amounts for both men and women are based on average earnings, but average earnings are figured up to age 62 for women and up to age 65 for men. "Both men and women can strike out some years of low earnings, but because of the different ages used, it works out that men must use three more years of earnings than women do in figuring the ave rage yearly earnings on which the monthly benefit-rate is based." Peckham said. Under the new law, men who reach 62 in 1973 will be able to drop an additional year of low earnings, men reaching 62 in 1974 will drop an additional two years, and men reaching 62 in 1975 will drop an addi tional three years. Also, reduced benefits will now be provided for nondisab led widowers at age 60, as is now the cas«> for widows. "So in 1975, at least in thes«* respects, men and women will be just alike," Peckham said. More informant« about this and other matters pertaining to social security can be obtained by telephoning, writing or c<m- tacting your nearest social se curity office. Th«* social seen rity office in Ontario is located at 2024 S W 4th Avenue. It is open Monday thru Friday fra« 8 30 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. The tel», phone number la 889-3146. You generally hear nowadaa about women lacking <*qmiZ with men--but it's been th» other way around tn figurfe benefits under social aecurihj according to Robert Pecktiais Social Security Branch Maj ger in Ontario. Foi example,” Peckifl said. "A woman at 65 who fl always earned the maximfl amount that could be credifl for social security would ¿et about $268 a month If abe r»- tires now. But a man--who u the same age and has «-xaetty the same earnings--would m onb $259.” The new social security law will eliminate that differ«-«» over the next three years, h| said. f \\ ork Incentive :i Program (x>ach^ SECRETARIES MEET Futura Chapter members of the* National Secretaries Asso ciation (International) held then Novemoer meeting at the Lear ning Center on the Treasure Valley Community College campus. Three guests were pre sent Marllvn Buztardand Betty Eccles from Ontario and Mrs. Bethel Marshall, CPS. from Boise who is vice president of the l’tah-Idaho Division. NSA. Mrs. Marshall discussed the plans to date for the division meeting to be held ui Ontario in May. The Ways and Means Com mittee has been very success ful in selling the tote bags pur chased as a fund raising pro ject. The committee held a Tupperware party on November 30 at the home of Mrs Fred J“nsen. A Christmas party will tv- held at the home of Mrs Ha rold Wright in Ontario on Thursday evening. December 14, at 8 00 p.m. Members will bring a favorite holiday snack. »nd there will be a gift exchange AGNES ORDONEZ non Work Incentive at the Salem Fmployment sum office, enrolled in ttw program at Ontario, 3, 1969. She became an reach worker for the Experimental and Hon project working nut of Ontario offl<•« Stu was minat- d from WIN in May, 1970 When th« E A D project was phased out June 30. 1971, Mrs. Ordonez transferredtoherpre sent job in Salem. Sb«' supports four chlldietiy girls 10 and 9 and boys, ’ and 12. She is a native of Colorado and raiM-d in Nyssa where she gratkiated from high sch.nl nr 1959. Her parents are Mr and Mrs. Chris VlldrX of Nyssa. During her first year tn the WIN program, she worked as a Welfare Aid«* in the Malts ur County Welfare Office CHRISTMAS PARTY Evenings Dec. 16 to 23 Sunday. December 17th 1:00 ’til 5:00 p.m FREE FREE LADIES FASHIONABLE SCARF FREE PARKING FRONT-SIDE-REAR SCARF FREE F27 770 THESE SCARFS ARE LUXURIOUS, COLORFUL IN SOLID COLORS, DRAMATIC FASHION ACCESSORY 28 ” SQUARE - NYLON GEORGETTE To EVERY WOMAN, BETWEEN THE AGES I OF 16 AND 105 YEARS, WHO ENTERS OUR STORE AND SIGNS OUR GUEST BOOK . . . SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17th 1 TO 5 P.M. BRACKCNS DEPARTMENT STORE NYSSA, OREGON 4 A AFS DAYS IN BOISE LADIES FASHIONABLE **’ *>* The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers will bold their Christ mas party at the home of Mrs. S.P. Bybee Monday, December 18, at 1 p.m. There will be a potluck dinner and a Christ mas gift exchange. The lesson will be on "Early Utah Piooeers," presented by Mrs. Melvin Ballantyne. 2 Î? Christian Rodríguez, AFS student at Nyssa High school, and his sister Patsy Wilson, attended AFS Days in Boise, December 3-6. While there they stayed with students from Capital High School. On Sun day evening, December 3, a get- acquainted party was heldwhere the students met '*ach other and planned an assembly . Monday began by presenting the assem bly, a type of variety show with talks about countries, sing ing, and even a game of soccer, at Boise High School. A tour of Boise High and Boise State Col lege followed. Monday evening was spent at the YMCA at a swimming party with pizza and cokes after wards. Tuesday was spent giv ing the assembiy at Borah High School, a tour of Borah, and a visit to the state house where the students met Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus and Lieutenant Governor Jack Murphy who gave a talk about United States government. Tuesday evening there was a no-host dinner at North’s Chuck Wagon with in terested parents from the three large Boise High School dis tricts. The assembly was pre sented again. The assembly was given for the fourth and last time WeOiesday morningatCa- pital High School. All students returned home Wediesday afternoon. 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