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ihurtday, January 18, 1973 The Nysia Oat« City Journal, Ny»a, Oregon f-------------- ------------------------- • • OB 40 YEARS AGO °UT OF 1_______ THE PAST 10 YEARS AGO One of the functions of the superIntendency is to advise the school board and the com munity of various things that need to be done to keep our schools abreast of the edu cational practices as they de velop throughout the country. At the time of the big in crease in elementary pupils, when the so called "war babies” enrolled, we had to meet this increase by the construction of the new elementary building. Now they are beginning to cause overcrowding in the high school. We have converted the storage rooms under the bal conies into satisfactory class rooms. The little theater has been used the ;«st two years tor a classroom. The agricultural department consists of a large classroom and shop. The amount of space for wurk is about one- third as large as it should be. A. this time one small class room serves the biology depart ment. Experiments must be conducted on the window sills. The school board Monday evening studied plans for re modeling the present vocational agriculture classroom and shop into a biology classroom, labo ratory and other facilities. The board adopted tentative plans for a new vocational agricul ture building to be located north of the bus garage on the school campus. Ventilation in the existing classrooms is unsatisfactory. SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE OPENS 20 YEARS AGO After an unprecedented period of time in which no births were reported at Malhuer Memorial Hospital the winner of the 1953 Nyssa Baby Derby arrived on the scene at 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9. He was Master Dallas Glen Fredrick- sen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Fredricksen of Nyssa Route 2. » • • Besting its previous record of 259 pints of blood, the Nyssa Blood Hank committee headed by Hal Henigson, is boasting a new high mark in the drawing of 301 pints of blood during the visit of the Boise Regional Bloodmoblle unit here, and Boise failed to rise to the chal lenge. With 371 persons reporting to the bloodmoblle, 70 were turned down. Mrs. Ray Huff man had the honor of being No. 301 donor. 30 YEARS AGO Information on procedure, fi nances and educational features of the proposed consolidation of school districts 26 and 39 has been provided the boards of the two grade school dis tricts and Union High School district No 5 by Henry Hartley, superintendent of the Nyssa schools. • • • Grade school children of Nyssa are doing their part in the war effort by buying bonds and stamps and aiding in metal drives. A recent check on the pupils of the grade school showed that the children have con tributed $2857.45 in war bonds and war saving stamps to help Uncle Sam win the war, ac cording topnncipal Owen Price. The children collected hundreds of pounds of copper and brass in their last drive. The Ontario Branch Office of the Social Security Adminis tration was opened officially Friday afternoon with special ceremonies to mark the occa sion. (aitarlo Mayor Leonard Cates J. B. Giezentanner, local cut Hie ribtwai following an in theater manager, will give a vocation by the Rev. Warren special matinee Friday after Sapp and rema rks by Guy Sham - noon for the grade school child l«ugti, district manager from ren. Each child taking a pound Boise and a statement by the of copper or brass to the school- mayor on the importance of the house will be admitted free of office. charge. Shambaugh saidtt* office will serve Payette, Washington and Adams Counties in Idaho and New Eeteran» Given Malheur and Harney Counties Employment Advice in Oregon. The new office Is located The Department of Defense at 2024 S. W. 4th Avenue, (Ai held a series of "Job Infor ta 11 mation Fair»’’ at United States military bases in Asia in September. Industry and company rep resentatives advised on career op|>ortunitiea. and the skills, education and training neces sary to acquire civilian jobs Among the companies and organizations participating were: the American Hotel A Mote) Association. American Bankers Association; Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph Company; Cummins Engine Company ; the National Asso “Sure you ran quote me. ciation for the Advancement Ju«t don’t UM- my name or of Colored People ; General Motors Corporation ; Good- anythin* I »aid." year Tire and Rubber Com pany. Humble Oil and Refin ing Company; The Interna tional Association of Chiefs of Police; J. C. Penney Com pany; Metropolitan Life In surance Company: National Association of Homebuilders ; The Train Company; United Parcel Service; Westing house; Xerox Corporation; and the National Institute of 372-2233 Health. My Neighbors Gate City Journal Ralph Boden of Nyssa, Sopho more in engineering at Oregon State College, Corvallis, re cently won first prize in ex temporaneous speaking con test sponsored by Delta Sigma Rho, national honor society in forensics, and last week was selected to take part in the state pea'-e oratorical contest at Linfield Coll« i" in M< Mini, Ville. • • • “Everybody produce* Farnham Sills and Bud Lackey ■ omelhing - good. bad or were in town from their mine at e scum -*. John Day Monday and made the first shipment of ore from a new pocket. Ninety pounds of rock was shipped to th« assay plant at Salt Lake City, where tests as to its value will be made. Sills is taking the ore out with a dragline. Lackey has been making wages at the mine for the past year. 50 YEARS AGO Fire, originating from an un known cause, destroyed the stamp mill at the famous Rain bow mine in Mormon Basin in the northern part of Malheur County last Saturday night and caused a loss of $10,000 to the owners of the property. The Rainbow mine is the big gest and most productive of the old mines in the famous gold district of Malheur County in the early days. A resident of Malheur City stated several months ago that this mine pro duced $50,000 a month in gold for 18 years. Frank Yeoman and L. P. Peterson of Vale, who have been working at the mine for some time, are in town this week with the story of the fire. Theme of 1973 Fair Meeting in regular session, the Malheur County Fair Board discussed a number of plans for the 1973 AnnualCountyFair. Gordon Capps, Chairman, said that while entertainm-nt plans have not been completed they promise to provide a pro gram of equal interest to that of last year. Several minor changes will need to be made m the grand stand area to accommodate the spectators and provide for more enjoyable listening and view ing. Capps stated that a general theme of "Transportation” has been selected and that the theme motto will be '‘Malheur’s Win . I- of Progress.” This theme will emphasize the role of transportation in the develop ment of Malheur County. From the wagon and freight trains, to the modern day means cf transport, crops and live stock from this extremely fer tile area have been shipped to markets all over the world. He said it is hoped that an early announcement of the theme will encourage the various organi zations and clubs to plan ex hibits with this in mind. Additional plantings will be made this spring on the gounds, and Capps said that while it may be several years before there is much shade this is a beginning to make the gounds more attractive as well as com fortable. This work will be done under the direction of Pete De Boer and a class in horticul ture and landscaping from Treasure Valley Community College. Capps observed that volunteer assistance of this kind is much appreciated by the Board. He also commented that among improvem nts on the grounds this winter are heating units in the Mam Exhibit Hall and Girvin Hall, and an addi tional room on the caretaker’s house. TWO LARGE TABLES OF LADIES* SHOES SIZES 5 TO 10 VALUES M0w $11” s12” NOW 4’7 S BRACKEN'S DEPARTMENT STORE • • 7^<f ¿to' IN THE HEART OF THUNDEREGG MALL NYSSA, OREGON Golden Eagle Passports Available Soon Golden Eagle Passports and free Golden Age Passports for 1973 will be available at the Nation’s postoffices as »ell as other outlets for the recreation minded public, according to a Joint announcement from the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture. Both passports, which have been ordered and will soon be available in the Nyssa post office, will cover annual en trance fees to some 75 national recreation areas administered passport must be applied for by Interior's National ParkSer- in person, and proof of age will vice and Agriculture’s Forest be required. Service. Further details on passport The Golden Age Passport, in privileges, locations of desi addition, will provide a 50 per gnated area where they will be cent discount on special re valid, and distribution outlets creation user fees at facili will be announced. ties provided by the Federal The return of the Golden agencies, including camp Eagle, which has come to sym grounds. Recipients of the bolize annual national recrea Golden Age Passports must be tion area entrance permits, was 62 vears of age or older. The authorized by Public Law 92- Pago Throe 347, signed on July 11, 1972. The Bureau of Outdoor Re creation was directed to coor dinate the program for Interior, but will not distribute the pass ports. No Golden Eagle Passports were issued in 1972 since the new Act became effective after the 1972 recreation season was well underway. Entrance and user fees col lected in 1972 and 1973 can be made available for ^appro priation to the collecting agen cies for any authorized out door recreation purpose.
