Page Two
Thursday, January 11, 1973
Th« Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Nyssa Gate City Journal
112 Main Street
DIRJCK NEDRY . . . .
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MARGARET NEDRY .
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.Ethtor and Publisher
. Production Manager
Office Manager, News
. . .Social, Circulation
. . . .Production Staff
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■« Nyssa. Or «fa a *7*1J
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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.
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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
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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
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