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Page Two Thursday, January 11, 1973 Th« Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Nyssa Gate City Journal 112 Main Street DIRJCK NEDRY . . . . RUBEN LOPEZ . . . BETTY TALBOT . . . MARGARET NEDRY . RUTH KLIN KEN BERG LUCILLE CALLAHAN .Ethtor and Publisher . Production Manager Office Manager, News . . .Social, Circulation . . . .Production Staff . . . .Production Staff ■« Nyssa. Or «fa a *7*1J Pvhfahed (very Second Class postage paid at Nyssa, Oregon 97913, ander act of Congress of March 3, 1879 Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES Malheur County, Oregon, and Payette and Canyon Counties, Idaho, Ooe Year................ $5.00 Six Months............... $3.00 Elsewhere in the U.S.A. One Year.................. $6.00 Six Months................. $4.00 Greater Oregon League J • This happened two years in a row. Again this year the has- ketball team is great, but all of a sudden there is absUu- tely no chance of going, even if they win all their games. Nyssa High School was com- AVISORY BALLOT Yes No If Yes, will you approve the additional school district funds necessary for travel, meals and lodging? Yes No 2. If your vote is No, would you favor rejoining the Yes No Yes No Nam« Address This is strictly an advisory ballot to help the Nyssa School Board. Please sign and return to the Journal office. Anna Viola Whitman Mrs. Anna Viola Whitman, 72, a former resident of Nyssa passed away January 1, 1973 in Madras where she has re sided for the past six months. She was born February 7,1900. Her husband. Homer Hansen Whitman preceded her in death one year ago. After leaving Nyssa, Mrs. Whitman resided in Culver, Oregon since 1945. Her survivors are six sons, Donald D. Whitman. Culver, Ronald R. Whitman. Ketchikan. Alaska, Willard W. Whitman, Yakima. Wash.. Homer H. Whit man, Nampa. CecilC. Whitman, Seattle, Wash., and Lawrence L. Whitman, Salem, two bro thers, John Sproat. Eagle Mt, Calif., and Leland Sproat. Bls» Springs, Mo.; four sisters, Alice C arpenter and Inez Long, Warrensburg, Mo., Marie Evans, Knobooster, Mo., Ger aldine Stanbaur, Rockford, HL, 19 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Services were conducted Jan. 4, 1973 at the Assembly of God Church in Madras. Agnes Jahns Butler, 80. Ne» Plymouth, former resi dent of Big B-nd area, died Tuesday. January 2, 1973 at a Payette nursing home. She »as born August 18,1892 in Beav»rto»n. Ohio. She came to Idaho ui 1905. In 1910 she »as married to Frank Johns in Ros»ell. They homesteaded in the Big Bend country near Adrian. He preceded her in death. She »as a member of the Free Methodist Church, the Jolly Jane Club and the Auxi liary of the Veterans of World »ar I. She was married to Jun But ler in 1966. They have lived in Ne» Plymouth since that time. Services »ere Monday. Ja nuary 8. in the Lienkaemper Chapel in Nyssa. Interment followed in the Owyhee District Cemetery. Mauro Ortega Mauro Ortega, 67, long-time resident of Nyssa, died Man- day, January 1, 1973. at his home. He was born March 26, 1905, in Mexico. He had lived in the Nyssa area for 40 years. Graveside services were Friday. January 5, at the Nyssa Cemetery umfcr the direction of the Lieakaemper Chapel. Reverend Bob’s Column l“” the PAST n i » I The Nvssa-Adrian Minis-’ terial Association held their » • • • — • crop, according to Donald To|. monthly meeting today and 10 YEARS AGO mie, manager. harvest ............... • • The ice '*rvpj( voted to pay the outstanding s... y.,«, h» «~. “ “»»'»■ debts incurred bv the presen Kelly ting of The Messiah. They ap announced .is the Stork Ih-rby mera in the Nyaaa area have preciated the »ork of those »ho winner for 1963 at Malheur Me also stored Ice for next sum mers use. presented The Messiah The morial Hospital next All-Church Sing »111 be The baby, born at 2 07 a m. M. Claire Baldridge was here at The Pentecostal Church of January 2 »i«h Ur- L.A. Mould from Parma yesterday to ask 4, Jesus Christ on February ing as attending physician. Is that A H. Bovdell and W.F Mc- at 8 30 p.m the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Ling serve <« the nominatili John Marsh 406 King Avenue, committee of the Parma -Nyssa I-IXU-I-i Nvssa. Golf Club. Seven director* w111 e e * CRADLE ROLL elected Friday night in Miss Pamela Alexander, be daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parma, Golfer» from here win Alexander, »as installed hono attend. • • • red queen of Job's Daughters, Buck Jones, Columbia’s po- Bethel 33. on Decmber 27. Mr. and Mrs. John Henn«’, 1962, in the Mas nic Hall Roy pular western star, is doing nee Susan Hartley of Delta. Holmes, associate guardian more perhaps than any other Utah are the proud parents of Dresided «lur ing th«- ceremony. picture personality to fill to. a baby girl, born December 22, day’s crying need for more 1972. She was named Dee Anna action and less talk in our AGO 20 YEARS and weighed five-pounds ami screen entertainment. The la nine-ounces. She is the couple’s The need for funds to fittili test proof of this is to be found first child. infantile paralysis has never in White Eagle." the first big Maternal grantfciarents of the been greater than it is at the talking picture epic of the In- new arrival are Mr. and Mrs. present time because of the duns in the old west, current Mark Hartley of Nyssa. Pater worst polio epidemic in his at the 1 it»-rti Theatre in Nyssa. nal grandparents are Mr. and tory, Harold Henigs«« stated Mrs. Cutler Henrie of Delta. this seek During the epide 50 YEARS AGO Utah. Great-grindparents are mic last summer and fall. 52 Mr. and Mrs. Damon Savage What is promised to be tin- Malheur county residents. 42 and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hartley. of them children »ere treated big event of the seas«« is ttie Dee .Anna is the 20th great »¡th expenditures amounting to old time ball which the Vale grandchild of Damon Savages. $11.869.27 as of Dec 31 leaving l.odg« and Odd Fellow swill give She is the first grandchild of at the Vale dan« >• hall on the a deficit of $8.500. the Mark Hartleys and the first H«-nigson pointed out that one- evening of January 12. A bas grea. grandchild of the Sam half of the money from Mar« h ket social »ill 1»- held in c,«. Hartleys. of Dimes raised m the county nectlon »itti the dance at the remains here for care of local I «lg< hall. MALHEUR MEMORIAL The tall will begin with ttie patients and the other half goes HOSPITAL to the National Foundation for grand march at 8 o’clock which »111 be led by members of the research. tee Odd Fellows and Rebekah January 5 - Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cnll, Nyssa, boy. Appointment of W ilton Jack- Lodges in full regalia. Old time January 6 - Mr. and Mrs. son as chairman of a special dan««- music will be played, The re wlll be entertainment Walter Carlson, Nyssa, boy. March-of-Dimes dan« > t be January 7 - Mr. and Mrs. held later in the month, »as in thè lodg'- hall for ail who do noi care to dance. Each Robert Kersey, New Plym-xith, announce«! this week. e e • couple is r«-qu«-stcd by thè < om- girl. January 9 - Mr. and Mrs. Members of Nyssa chapters. mittee t<> brmg a basket far thè Frank Raney, Nyssa, boy. Future Farmers of America supper social. January 10 - Mr and Mrs. and Future Homemakers of Am Joe Allred. Vale, boy. erica, are taking an active part RUMMAGE SALE in the county Wide March -f- HOLY ROSARY HOSPITAL Dimes fund drive for the Na Th« United Mett«odist Chutch tional Foundation for Infantile »ill bold their regular rummage January 7 - Mr. and Mrs Paralysis. sal«- Friday. January 12 in tie George Carroll. Ontario, girl FFA members »ill man side church basement Many ar January 8 - Rev. and Mrs walk booths in a Block-of- ticles »ill be for sale at IOC Shinryo Sawada, Ontario, boy Dimes project tn an effort to each at the January 12 and 19 triple the amount of donations sale »ith many real bargains they collected a year ago. Treasure Valley in store. dee An almost unknown and over looked study by the church, is the study of the ministry of The Holy Spirit in the events lead- mg to and surrounding the birth of Christ. In the first two chapters at St. Luke, there are at least five references to people being, as the Amplified New Testa ment puts it, "filled with and controlled by The Holy Spirit." These persons are John, The Baptist, Mary, Elizabeth, Za charias and Simeon. Jotin, The Baptist was to be "filled »ith and controlled by The Holy Spirit" from the time of his conception. Mary was overshadowed by The Hut) Spirit." Elizabeth, wbew she heard the greeting of Mary, was In furtherance of th«- March- ‘ filled with and controlled by of-Dirties campaign being con The “ Holy Spirit." In this state Smoke Signals’- is the theme ducted this month, the Nyssa she received know 1-dp- from UNITED METHODIST Toastmasters Club has t»en Th“ Holy Spirit that Mary was of the January 11 meeting of designated the official spea With child by The Holy Spirit, Treasure Valley Toastmistress CHURCH NOTES ker’s bureau, according to Hal She knew who this child was Club, which will begin at 8 00 Henigs««, county March-of- p.m. at the Nyssa Library. for she called Mary, "The mo Sunday morning at II 00a m , Mrs. Art Yensen »ill give Dimes chairman ther of my Lord." She also Reverend Hoti s sermon trpic her presentation of ‘ Indians knew what the ministry of this will t»-, "Ttw Ministry of Th» child was to be. When John, of Idaho Today." Mrs. Leroy 30 YEARS AGO Holy Spirit in the birth of Jesu» The Baptist was presented at Shearer will be Toastmistress Mrs. Walter Thompson of Christ. and Mrs. Art Mortensen will The church potlucl CARD OF THANKS the Temple, Zacharias, who give her ice-breaker speech. Nyssa has been appointed chief piano««! for Sunday, January 14, was his father, was "filledwith of the block leaders service will be held on January 21 and controlled by The Holy Tabietopics Mistress, Mrs. for Nyssa. She »ill be as- instead of January 14. 1 wish to thank all my friends Spirit" and foretold what the Jerry Stone, is asking each sited by Miss Virginia Grimes who sent flowers and cards ministry of John, The Baptist member to give a prepared and Henry Hartley in selec while I was in the hospital. would be. ooe-minute speech on Indians, tion of sector leaders. Before the birth of Christ, which is the evening’s theme. Also the doctors and nurses The leaders hope that the Simeon had "The Holy Spirit Each member will be assigned who cared for me. blork plan of orgamzati«« for upon him" and knew that he —Mrs. Nellie Newtill to give a written evaluation of civilian »ar services may re would not die before be saw another member’s task perfor organized in Nyssa this month. the Messiah for "it had been mance during the meeting. The first activity of the local divinely revealed to him by Physicians Guests are welcome at the group will be the share the NAZARENE The Holy Spirit." When Christ meeting. Contact Jan Shell or meat" campaign and the s«-< ond and Surgeons was br«>ught to the temple, Si Adriana Kunkel. »ill be the teaching of the point CHURCH NOTES meon was "divinel) prompted" system of rationing. to come to the temple and The K. E. KERBY M.D. NAZARENE CHURCH Members of the Malheur Latin Assembly Holy Spirit revealed to him K. A DANFORD, M.D, SUNDAY: Surntoy School County »ar txard met last Physician» and Surgeon* classes for all ages, 9 45 a.m. which «me «jf the many children Sunday, church activities be Thursday toconsider farm pro Dial 372-2241 Morning Worship - 11 a.m. there, w -s The Messiah. duction goals, »hich had been Of course, one should hasten gin with Sunday School at 10 Family Hour - 6 p.m. with set up for 1943 in order to HOURS 9 to 12 noon 4. 2 to the teens and juniors meeting to add that all the events around a m., followed by worship ser meet national and mtemati«>nal 5 P M. - Monday through in the departments, adults will the birth of Christ were guided vice, 11 am. food for freed«,m requirements Sunday night service, 7 30 Friday, 10 to 12 Saturday. begin a study of "New Testa and directed by The Holy for the year. Spirit. The Holy Family were P m. ment Evangelism Tcxlay." Bible Study every Tuesday, Evening Gospel Hour-7 p.m. guided to the stable by The 40 YEARS AGO The shepherds 7 30 p.m. TUESDAY Young Women's Holy Spirit. MAULIXNG CLINIC Royal Rangers, every Tues found their way to the stable San Diego Fruit and Produce L. A. Maulding, M.D. Bible Study, 94 5 a.m at the Company, »inch produces peas home of Dianna Hull in Appi» also because The Holy Spirit day, 7 30 p.m. Charles E. Vanetti, M.D. Young people’s service, has stored 20,000 tons of river was guiding their steps. The Valley. Physicians and Surgeons every Thursday, 7 30 p m. Wise Men were led tn a star ice t"T shipping the 1933 pea WEDNESDAY: Mld-weekSe- Dial 372-2216 rvice time 7 30 i p.m. including placed there by The Holy Spirit HOURS 9 to 12 noon and Caravans, Teens, and Adult Bi- for that purj/jse. Joseph found 2 to 5 P.M., - Monday. his »ay into Egypt by night be Ble study. Tuesday, Thursday and Choir practice at 8 30 p.m. cause be »as led by The Holy Friday. 9 to 12 noon, Fellowship Hall work nights- Spirit and thus saved The Holy Wednesday and Saturday. Monday, Tuesday, and Thu rsrtay Child fr«>m death. Weight labs. "By appoint Yes, indeed!! The Holy Spirit The Ministerial Association ment only" Wednesday. met for their January meeting was active in the birth of Our at the Nazarene Church Tues Lord, in His ministry and in DAVID W. SARAZIN, M D. His resurrection. And He, The day morning. Physician and Surge«« Rev. and Mrs. Manley left Holy Spirit, is also active in HOURS 10 to 12 noon 4 for Eugene, Oregon Tues«lay ***■ Th* Church today, DEPARTMENT STORE 2 to 5 P.M. - Monday, afternoon due to the serious Tuesday, Wednesday, Fri NYSSA, OREGON illness of his niece. day. 10 to 12 Saturday. CHRISTIAN CHURCH Phones Office 372-3365 Residence 372-3173 SUNDAY Sunday School classes for all ages, 9 45 a.m. Optometrists Morning Worship, 11 a.m. Sunday evening, youth groups We Trem Men to Work A» DR. JOHN EASLY meet at the church, grades 4 387 S. W. 4th AVENUE LIVESTOCK through high school, 6 30 p.m. Ontario, Oregon MONDAY - CWF - Craft day BUYERS - Pilone - at the church Ontario . . . , 889-8017 WEDNESDAY - Choir prac If you have kome 11 vet toe k •xpet>enc« we will trem you tice, 7 p.m. to buy cattle »beep »nd DR. J. E. HEITZMAN Bible study, 8 p.m. hog» 7 North 2nd Street THURSDAY - Womens Bible For a local interview, write Nyssà ,« . . . 372-3747 study, 9 a.m. today with your background Friday - Good News Club, Include your complete ad- for children of all ages, 3 30 dre»» and phone numbei Veterinarians p.m. CATTLE BUYERS, INC. —Erledene Johnson, pastor TREASURE VALLEY 4420 Madnon ANIMAL HO6PITAL Kao»a» City. Me. 44111 Journal Classifieds Phone 372-2251 I W.-.-e I «III, ■"« A.,.., DR. B. E. ROBS Bring Resultsl Of/. Professional Directory APPLY NOW Greater Oregon League on a sub-district basis, staying in the Snake League? Mrs. Helen Pattee, 77, of Ne» Acres, near Parma died Tuesday night, January 2, 1973 at a Payette convalescent cen ter. She was born in Terre Haute , Indiana August 18. 1895. Her father homesteaded a farm in Colorado »ben she »as a small child. She gre» up in Utah and Colorado and married Rollie Frank Pattee. at RockSprings, Wyoming, in March, 1912. He »as a blacksmith by trade and they lived in various places in Colorado. Utah and Idaho. He died in 1952, at Grand Junc tion. Colorado. She moved t California soon after that and t: Parma in October. 1970. She »as a member of tbe Cburch of the Nazarene of Hayword, California. Survivors include a son. Bert Pattee of Parma, and five dau ghters. Helen Evans. Liver more, California, Irene Eaton, Anna Ena Forney and Edit’ May Robbins, all of Grand J unc tion an«! Leola Langston, Sa- lenas, California, 35 grand children and several great grandchildren. Two sons also preceded her in death. Services were conducted Friday, January 5 at the Schaf fer-Jensen Memvry Chapel it New Plymouth by the Rev. Ro bert W. Manl«-y of the Nyssa Church of the Nazarene. In terment was at Park View near New Plymouth. Agnes Johns Butl«r ijL OUT OF 3 Greater Oregon League? if possible? Helen Pattee Editor, the Journal At the present time teams of Nyssa High School are enjoi .ng the greatest success any teams in the histor» < the school. Nyssa fans have »aited and »atebedthrougt many wars of frustration hoping that the future »ould bring »innieg teams. The future arrived two years ago ar.d al! cif a suiien »inning bee am- a way of life and new »aves of excitement swept over the city. The highlight of this ne» era »as the basketball team going to ( The Nyssa School Board is again faced with a tough decision in regards to the high school competing in Oregon State Athletic competition, and its athletes being eligible for state cham pionships. ■ A delegation of interested sports fans and parents visited with the school board Monday evening at their regular meeting. peting in two leagues - The The fans mainly wanted to find out what the current status is, what if anything they could do, and »hat the school board plans Snake River Valley Conference and the Greater Oregon Lea to do. The SRV consisted of To review the situation, most of you know that in October, gue. 1971, the board made what we then referred to as an agonizing teams from Nyssa, Vale, Wei decision and voted to remain in the Snake River Valley league. ser, Payette. Vallivue, Emmett, This meant dropping out of the Greater Oregon League after and Bishop Kelly. The Grea the latter voted to require a full rotaid robin schedule in both ter Oregon league consisted of football and basketball instead of being in a sub-district of the Nyssa, Vale, Bums. Jahn Day, Madras, Prineville, Wahtooka, league as in past years. The result is that the football and basketball teams this and Milton-Freewater. Com year are not eligible, as they were in the past, to compete for peting in the Greater Oregon state honors should they produce a championship team. Mem League and placing second is bers of the wrestling team and track team are still eligible what gave Nyssa the right to this year, because the participants in the state toarnaments are go to the state playoffs. determined by district wrestling and track tournaments. What has created the new crisis, as we understand it, is The reason that they cannot that on February 8, the Greater Oregon League will vote on go this year is that the Grea a proposition that a school must compete in Greater Oregon ter Oregon league made some in all sports or compete in naoe. In other words, if this passes, demands that included playing no Nyssa athlete will be eligible for Oregon state competition a round robin schedule, or sim in any sport after this year unless we join the league. ply each team must play all the The Greater Oregon League is made up of Wahtonka, Prine other teams in the Greater ville, Vale, Burns, John Day, Madras, and Milton Freewater. Oregon. Nyssa had a choice to Previously the board felt that playing a complete round robin make, either go Greater Ore with schools that in some cases are 300 miles from Nyssa »as gon or SRV. We could no lon too high a price to pay when we were also members of a ger maintain a commitment to tight, competitive SRV league with all schools less than an both leagues. The Nyssa school hour away. beard decided it would be bet Another consideration was that we are charter members of ter to go SRV because of a the SRV, with long standing and historic rivalries among variety of reasons. This meant friends and neighbors. Our association with the SRV includes no State competition in foot all sports at varsity, junior varsity and junior high school ball and basketball because levels, as well as girls’ athletics, music, speech, and many Nyssa did not participate in the other inter-scholastic activities. Greater Oregcc round robin Now faced with a possible showdown, what should the board schedule. do'' What is the totnmunify wilting to do? What is best for For the current school year our kids, both athletically and educational! v" The board wants to know how the community thinks, and local teams will be able to if they will be backed based on the decision they must make. compete in wrestling, track and What the board would like to do, and has always favored, baseball. On February 8th the is to go back to sub-district where we play Vale, John Day Greater Oregon schools will and Burns. The two top teams in this district play the tw« meet and decide on a proposal top teams in the western part of the league for the right to that a school must compete in the Greater Oregon League in go to state. It now« looks like the board will have to decide either to go all sports or it will compete all the way Greater Oregon and drop SRV, or drop Greater in none. If it passes, as it Oregon and go all the way SRV. Either way has its drawbacks surely will, Nyssa will be iso and either way the board will make a decision that not every lated m that not joe athlete one will like. in any sport will have the op If it makes a decision to go Greater Oregon, the board must portunity to compete in state also presume that the voters of the school district will approve competition. an additional expenditure of upwards of $5,000 or better for Nyssa is now faced with ano transportation, meals, and overnight lodging. If the board decides to stay in SRV it must forfeit the chances ther decision. Should they re of any Nyssa athlete participating in an Oregon State champion main as they are now or should ship game or maten. In years such as this when we have out they drop the SRV and go into standing competitors there is a raw feeling among most the Greater Oregon where they sports fans that this isn’t right. There is also a feeling will be able to compete in among many that the Oregon School Activities Association state competition? That is a and the Greater Oregon League officials have no right to de question that you as a taxpayer mand this kind of a penalty on an institution that exists at tax and Nyssa fan should have a voice in answering. Nyssa High payer expense primarily to educate kids. We are printing a ballot on this page at the request of the School is presently full of fine school board, and ask that you fill it out and return it to the young athletes capable of car school superintendent’s office. Please sign it and mail or turn rying on a winning tradition. Do it in so that the board will have some indication of what the they deserve a chance to go to trustees of this district desire in the future of Nyssa High state? School competitive athletics. Nyssa High School needs your We will print any letters pro or con written in good faith help and support to get back into on this important subject, and further request that those of the Greater Oregon League. you who are interested attend any public meeting which might There will be a meeting of the be arranged, talk to school officials, and become informed on budget board on Monday, Ja this subject. We are printing a letter to the editor written nuary 22 to try and settle this by Glenn Walker, high school track coach, who does an ex issue. It would be appreciated cellent job of explaining the coach’s side of the subject. All if all those interested in Nyssa High School Athletics would be such letters are welcome. You can help our school board make a very important de there to let your voice be heard. cision. Please take the time to express your wishes. Glenn Walker 1. Do you favor joining the OBITUARIES LETTER TO THE EDITOR 372-2233 Ministerial Association News ANNOUNCING FAST 24 HR film developing for B&W, odacolor & Ektachrome All prints made on SILK-MATTE paper for that professional look!
