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Nyssa Gate City Journal
67th Year, 17th l«tu*
The Sugar City
Nyssa, Oregon
Thur» day, April 26, 1973
SUMMER TROUT SEASON
SET TO GO OPENING DAY
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Oregon’s
army of trout
fishermen
will take to the
out-of-dohrs In full force Sa
turday, April 28, the date that
marks the opening of the 1373
trout angling season. At dawn
on that day all lowland lakes
and most streams in the state
beeome available to anglers,
as do some of the higher lakes
and impoundments in the moun
tains.
Anglers are reminded that
coast streams remain off li
mits to trout fishing until May
26, as do the high lakes in the
Cascade, Paulina, and Siski
you mountains. There are nu
merous exceptions to the high
lake regulations and, if anglers
have any doubts, full particu
lars are found In the 1373 rule
book. Regulations booklets are
available at all license dea
lers.
If weather cooperates, trout
fishermen should enjoy fine
success in almost any water
selected Individual success will
depend on the skill and per
sistence of the angler. Trout
have wintered very well, ac
cording to fishery biologists
who have eomph ted sampling on
many of the more popular fish
ing waters. Additionally, most
fishing streams and many lakes
are stocked with cab liable-si •
zed trout, increasing substan
tially the angler's chance for
success.
Southeastern Oregon anglers
will
find that most
of tb<
streams at higher elevations
will be accessable for the open
ing. However, the streams may
be high and turbid because of
run-off
This will probably
make trout somewhat difficult
to catch. Because of the run
off none of the streams in Mal
heur or Harney Counties have
been stocked with legal trout
for the opening, but they will
be stocked just as soon as
the waters receed.
Both Krumbo and Malheur
Reservoirs are expected to pro
vide excellent catches of large
rainbow. Population inventories
show that the bulk of the trout
are in the 10 to 16 inch class.
Boat anglers using bait or trol
ling are expected to have the
best rt nil'.. 'i > ||r,w jacket Lake
should provide fair angling as
it has been stocked with 6,000
legal rainbow trout.
Anglers are reminded that
there
are two changes in
the trout bag limit this year. The
daily trout bag limit remains at
10 trout. M only $ of tto- •
fish can be 12 im hes or over
in length. There is also, a spe
cial trout bag limit of 5 trout
per day or 10 fish in posses
sion. or in 7 consecutive days
in the streams of the Steens,
Trout Creek. Whitehorse, and
Oregon Canyon Mountains. This
regulation also applies to Fish
and
Wildhorse
Lakes.
In
Krumbo Reservoir. Jumper and
Mann Lak* the regular 10 fish
bag limit applies.
THE Y’Rf OFF—AND RUNNING, at the annual NyssaChamber
of Commerce Laster Fgg hunt Saturday afternoon in South City
Park.
At right, three year »1«! Sheila Harris, daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Arthur Harris, brought her Easter basket and is waiting
for the siren to blow starting the hunt.
The chamber Imugtii the eggs, they were colored by Mrs.
Don Neufeld's FHA girls, hidden by ttie boy scouts, and the
lu' ky eggs w< re redeemed bv Nyssa merchants.
RETIRED NYSSA MAN SLAIN
WHILE TOURING IN SOUTH
Clarence Niccum, a retired
Nyssa farmer was stabbed to
death last Wednesday, April 18
on a bus near Raleigh, North
Carolina.
Mr. Niccum, 76-
years old was stabbed by a man
who said to him, "1 know you.
You are the devil. My Lord
Jesus Christ told me to kill
you." Police reported that af
ter making the statement he
pulled a pocket knife and be
gan stabbing Mr. Niccum while
keeping away approximately 30
passengers who witnessed the
act. It wa.- also reported that
no conversation had passed be
tween the two prior to the
stabbing and they were not sea
ted in the same area of the bus.
Mr. Niccum was on one of
the Greyhound bus tours, tra
veling anywhere in (I m - United
States fo( $149.50. lie had rid
den the bus into Idaho and
To \ it»it IxHldoil
Carolyn Ward of Adrian, a
senior in English at Eastern
Oregon College, has been ac
cepted at the University of
London to jiarticipate in a sum
mer seminar, "English Lite
rature and Culture since 1917,”
from July 9 to August 17.
Ttie seminar, which is de
signed for students who have a
background knowledge of the
period and have graduated ill
English, will cover the wri
tings of such major English
writers as T. S. Eliot. W. B.
Yeats, James Joyce. D. II. La
wrence, Virginia Woolf. Dy
lan Thomas and Samuel Bec
kett.
The seminar will in
volve lectures and small group
discussions and frequent visits
to a variety of places in and
near London of historic and
literary significance. Theatre
performances, including a Sha
kespearean play at Stratford-
upon-Avon, will also tie offered
the students.
Miss Wardwill graduate from
EOC on June 2 and is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Ward, Adrian.
WEITHER
NYSSA NOT ONLY HAS TH! BEST RURAL ROAIB IN THE
state, but now they are ttie liest marked. Ttie State Highway
Department has completed installing Intel section signs through
out the Nyssa Road District. The signs are green, with white
letters, and mounted on white poles.
Ten Cents
BOMB THREAT FORCES
EVACUATION OF PATIENTS
AT MALHEUR MEMORIAL
Adriun Legion-Lions Sponsor
Berlie Ä Price Io Boys State
Dennis' parents are Mr. and
Mrs. I Javid Beebe of the rural
Homedale area. Dennis has been
active in 4-H. as well as school
activities. He has been a 4-H
member and president for seven
years. In FFA he has attended
State
FFA conference two
years, treasurer of FFA Ju
nior year and secretary elect
for ttie coming year. He recei
ved the State Farm Degree his
Junior year. He Is a member
of Pep Club and Hand, Stagv
Band, Hi-Y, Student Council,
Thespians
and Lettermans.
Treasurer of Lettermans, ju
nior year and vice president
BENNE Hl I Bi
elect. He lias served as Fresh
man class president, junior
class vice president, president
of Band, his sophomore year
and Student Body Sgt. at Arms.
In sports be was very active
in football, baseball, basket
ball and track. This past year
he coached ttie Giris Powder
Puff Football games.
Larry, son ot ttie Kenneth
Prices of rural Adrian is also
very sports-minded, playing
football and basketball and be
ing
baseball manager
his
freshman year. He is a mem
ber of Hi-Y being president his
junior year Pep Club, serving
as Sgt. at Arms his junior
LARRY PRICE
year. Thespians being in the
Tlw Adrian American Legion plays "Lil Aimer" and "Okla
chose Dennis Beetie of Adrian homa", member of the band
High School to attend Boys and choir all of his high school
State at Oregon College of i du years and jiarticipating in the
ration in Monmouth June 10 Stage and Pep Band. In choir
thru 16. Larry Price of Adrian he belongs to ttie SW’IC Honor
High School will also tie atten Choir. He also tickings to the
ding. sponsored by the Adrian National Association of Rudi-
mental Drummers. He repre
Lions Club.
Both boys have outstanding sented tus school when they
qualities of leadership, sports marched in the Cherry Blossom
manship, citizenship and sclio- Festival in Washington D.C.
He has been a member of 4-H
lastlc
achievements to have
earned the honor of represent for six years and belonged to
ing Adrian at Bovs State. Boys FFA for three years receiv
State Is a plan for training in ing the Star Green Hand Ills
the functional aspects of clti- sophomore year and State Far
zenship. Its purpose is to teach mer Ids junior year. He atten
the youtli of today constructive ded State FFA Conventions his
attitudes toward ttie American junior year and is chapter elect
president for the coming year,
form of government.
Thunderegg Capital
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April 20
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April 21
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April 22
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April 23
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April 24
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Api il 25
Owyheer Reservoir Sic trage
4/25/73 714,740 Acre Feet
4/25 72 696,510 Acre Feet
Oklahoma where he spent two
weeks visiting numerous cou
sins. He then went to Michigan
City, Indiana to visit a daugh
ter.
When Mr. Niccum wasstab-
bed, he was enroute to Florida
and had planned on going from
there to Haiti, and then home by
way ot Southern California and
the Oregon Coast.
Billy Fisher, 35, of Raleigh
was arrested and charged with
Nicum’s murder. He had pre
vented a doctor on ttie bus from
ministering to the dying man
and with knife in hand told the
t>us driver to ' keep driving."
Eventually three of the pas
sengers were reported to have
subdued him. Fisher had been
a patient at Dorthea Dix Men
tal Hospital in Raleigh on two
occasions,
according
to a
spokesman for ttie NC Depart
ment of Mental Health.
Mr Niccum moved to Nyssa
in 1937 and homesteaded 100
acres, raised two sons andfour
daughters. He had recently re
tired and moved into a home in
Nyssa People <xi his block will
remember him as shoveling
snow ar i>und the complete bloc k,
not for pay, but just because he
liked to do things for others.
Mt. Niccum wrote a column
for the Journal, first as a cor-
respondent for Cow Hollow
starting in March of 1938. La
ter it became known as "Ttie
Happy Farmer” column. His
news was more than just ttie
usual items on neighborhood
activities, he included humor
and observations on the im
provements being mack' in the
newly homesteaded area. To
quote one item written early
in the spring, "Every farmer
in Cow Hollow is as busy as
an old hen with a brood of
chickens, getting ready for their
spring crops." Through this
column, he became to be known
to many as "Happy” instead
of by his given name, and thus
tie truly was.
Malheui Memorial Hospital including a new-born baby, and
received a bomb threat Tues 35 patients in the nursing home
Three of the patients
day, causing the evacuation of wing.
were removed to Holy Rosary
52 JXltieiltS.
Gale Christensen, hospital Hospital in Ontario during the
administrator, said that a male emergency, and one remained at
called the hospital at 12:45p.m. Holy Rosary. Four other pa
He told the receptionist,
A tients were discharged to their
bomb has been planted and is homes.
Chief Allen said that power
set to go off at 4 p.m."
Chustensen said ttiat hospi and fuel to ttie buildings were
tal personnel had been work cut off, as an emergency mea
Police, firemen, power
ing with police and fire de sure.
partments on a disaster drill, company officials and hospital
and his immediate thought was personnel, including off-duty
that this was a drill. After people, were on duty through
checking with Ron Seiber, lab out ttie afternoon.
After making all preparations
and X-ray technician at the
hospital, who coordinates the and removing the critical pa
disaster plans with city per tients to Ontario by Ontario
sonnel. it was determined that and Payette ambulances, with
this was not a drill. He then the Nyssa ambulance standing
contacted Chief <>t Police Alvin by here, all nursing home and
patients were eva
Allen, who came immediately hospital
cuated at 3:40p.m. All records,
and directed ttie search.
Chief Allen and jjolice de drugs and money were placed
partment officers tlien con in safekeeping, and all jx rsons
ducted a thorough search of the including hospital personnel
buildings, with Hie help of fire were out of the building at 3:55
department and Idaho Power p.m., Christensen said. Pa
personnel. The search of tlie tients were taken to tlie parking
building was completed by 2:10 lot during the evacuation, twit
p.m. and then a search was made tlie nearby I.DS Church liad
on the grounds, which included been made available, and would
air vents andcrawl holes under have been used had the weather
not lieen so nice and warm.
neath the building.
At 4: lGChief Allen,Christen
At the time of the threat there
were 17 patients in the hospital, sen, Mrs. Margaret Bennett,di
rector of nurses. andSeiber en
tered the liuilding and cliecked
for any indic ation of smoke or
fire. They were satisfied ttiat
everything was in order, they
The annual Treasure Valley sounded the all c lear, and within
Community College Rodeo is 7 minutes all patients were back
scheduled
for
the Sham inside the building.
Chief Allen said that investi
rock Arena in Vale. May 11,
12, and 13. Mel Wilson, TVCC gation of tlie threat is con
Rodeo Club advisor expects as tinuing. This was tlie second
many as 17 colleges and uni bomb threat in Malheur County
versity teams and about 300 in the past year, with Holy
Rosary
receiving a similar
earnings in the months before participants from Oregon, Idaho
threat last summer.
you reach age 72 will be used and Washington to compete in
to figure what benefits are due this Northwest Regional Rodeo. LOAN COMMITTEE
Winners in Vale qualify for
you for those months. Before,
earnings for the entire year competition in the National In COMPLETES WORK
you reached age 72 were counted. tercollegiate Rodeo which will
A Nurses Loan Fund Com
In adHttlon, starting in L973, be held during the summer m mitter, set up
finer Mal
Bozeman,
Montana.
full benefits can be paid for any
heur Memorial Hospital was
Candy
Kramer
of
Ontario
month in which an employee’s
completed, disbanded last week
wages are not more than $175 was selected in recent balloting after 23 years of activity.
— or he did not perform sub as TVCC Rodeo Queen. She is
The committee was organized
stantial
services
in self 20 years old and the daughter m 1950 after it became evident
of
John
Kramer
and
a
former
employment.
Previously, the
queen of the Nyssa Nite Rodeo. that there was a great shortage
monthly limit was $140.
of nurses, and its purjios. was
Another feature of the new She is a soptiomore PE major to encourage young people to
at
the
college.
law assures that the earnings
Joining her in the court will enter training as a nurse, or in
exemption for people getting
be
Debbie Botner of Ontario some related field. Fight girls
social security payments will go
were given scholarships of$ 150
up automatically in future years and Janet DeVeny of Riggins,
each to enter the nursing pro
Idaho.
Debbie
is
the
19
year
as earnings levels increase.
fession
The first year there can be an old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kay Brendle, wtio has lieen
T. J. Botner and a sophomore
increase of $1975.
the < ommittee < liairtnan sinc e
More information about this in general studies. Janet is a
its early years, said ttiat the
and other matters pertaining to 20-vear old sophomore also in need no longer exists for these
general
studies.
Her
parents
social security can be obtained
loans because of government
by calling, visiting or writing are Mr. and Mrs. Bill DeVeny
help and other scholarships, so
your
nearest office.
The of Riggins.
Tickets are $1.50 for adults the committee voted to clistiancl
Ontario Social Security office
and $1.00 for students 6 years and a tolane e of $15 in the
1 1 <a(. d at 2044 S.W. 4tti Al.
savings account will !»■ turned
This office is open from 8 30 and over. They may tie purr ba
over to tie Malheur Memorial
a.m. to 4 30 p.m., Monday thru sed from memtiers of the TVCC
Hospital Auxiliary along with
Friday. The telephone number Rodl ( Dll'. and tto Vale High
School Rodeo Club, or at the any outstanding notes. In ad
is 503-889-3146.
dition toMrs. Brendle, c ommit
gate.
Action will begin at 7 00p.m. tee members hi recent years
TVCC FOUNDATION
Friday evening. Saturday and have lieen Marjorie Eastman,
MEETING MAY 7
Sunday competition starts at seer* tary, and Ma vim Maxfield,
Otis Smith and W.L. M< Part
The Treasure Valley Com 1 00 p.m.
land.
munity College Foundation, a
The original committee con
private, non-profit corporation
sisted if Kay Peterson (Brendle)
which works to improve edu
and
Ken Renstrom from the
cation at Treasure Valley Com
Chamber of Commerce, Gene
munity College and educational
Stunz and Warren Farmer,
opportunity for students of the
The Adrian American Legion Nyssa Lions Club, Bernard
area, will have its annual din
ner the evening of May 7 in will tie holding a pancake feed Frost and Stan Keefer, Eagle’s
this Saturday, April 28 from Lodge, Edith Wilson and Mai-
the Weese Building.
jorie Eastman from the Hospi
The foundation, which pro 5 30 to 8 p.m.
Everyone is invited to come tal Auxiliary, Dennis Patch,
vides in excess of $3000 in
scholarships each year, will to this pancake feed which will high school principal, and John
Hospital Adminis
host a numtier f alumni and be at the Adrian Grade School O’Toole,
trator.
guests as well as represen building this year
TVCC Rodeo
Plans Readied
Earnings Under Social
Security Are Increased
People who are working while
getting social security benefits
can earn up to $2100 without
losing any benefits, according
to Robert Peckham, social se
curity branch manager in On-
rtario.
"The more you earn, the
higher your total income will
be," Peckham said, "Underthe
new social security law, social
security payments will be re
duced by $1 for every $2 ear
ned over $2100 in a year.
Previously,
monthly pay
ments were reduced by $1 in
benefits for every $2 earned
between $1680 and $2880 in a
year---and by $1 for every$1
earned over $2880.
"People 72 and over will con
tinue to get their full social
security benefits regardless of
earnings," Pecham said. Under
the new law, people under age 72
can earn as much as $2100 in
a year and get their full social
security benefits.
Only your
City Street
Levy Passes
Only a handful of voters tur
ned out Monday to approve the
Ctty of Nyssa street main
tenance levy for another five-
year period. This $13,000 an
nual levy has been in effect
for the past ten years, and is
a dedicated fund for street work
only.
City manager, Fred Koch said
that the unofficial vote was 57
YFS, 21 NO for a total of 78
who came to the polls out of a
total registration of over 1100
eligible voll rs.
For Election
Polling places for May 1, 1973 Special Election for Oregon
in Malheur County are as follows:
ADRIAN.................... .......................... AMERICAN LEGION HAL I
APPLEGATE . . . . ................................... DISTRICT BUILDING
ARCADIA................... ....................................... ARCADIA. SCHOOL
BIG BEND................ . . . .AMERICAN LEGION HALI , ADRIAN
BROGAN .................... ...................................................... ABSENTEE
BUTTE ........................ ............................................ CAIRO SCHOOL
CAIRO.......................... .....................BOULEVARD. GRANGE HALL
EAST GRANGE .... ...................................VALE. GRANGE HALL
FAIR......................... ........................................................ ARMORY
COMMUNITY HALL
HARPER....................... ..........................
IRONSIDE................. ................................................... ABSENTEE
JAMIESON ................. ........................... WILLOWCREEK SCHOO1
JONES........................... .......................................................ABSENTEE
JORDAN VALLEY . . . .................VALI EY GROCERY A SUPPLY
MCDl RMITT .... ..................................................... ABSENTEE
NORTH VALE............ ..............................COUNTY COURTHOUSE
NYSSA, 1................ .................... NYSSA..LIBRARY 4TH 4. MAIN
NYSSA, 2................ .............................................. EAG1.1 S HAI I
NYSSA, 3..................... .......... ST. BRIGETS CATHOLIC CHURCH
ONTARIO, 1 . . . ....................................................... ARMORY
ONTARIO, 2............... ......................... LIBRARY (PUBLIC ROOM)
ONTARIO. 3 .............. .................................... EPISCOPALCHURCH
ONTARIO, 4 .............. .................................... LINDBERG. SCHOOL
ONTARIO, 5 . . . . .............................................AIKEN. SCHOOL
ONTARIO, 6 . . . ........................................................ ARMORY
ONTARIO 7 ............... TRASURE VALLEY SCHOOL ADM. BLDG.
ONTARIO, 8 . . . . ............................................. AIKEN. SCHOOL
............................. OREGON TRAIL HAI L
OWYHEI .
RIDGEVIEW .
..................................................... ABSENTEE
.............................................GRANGE. HALL
ROMI . . . .
...................................JEFFERSON. SCHOOl
SNA Kt RIVER.
SOI 111 VAI I .
............................... COUNTY COURTHOUSE
................................ OREGON TRAIL HALL
SUNSET . . . .
............................. COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Wl I ■ ¡R UN ¡I
PRECINGI I
.................................VALI GRANGE HALI
Adrian Legion
Pancake Fred
tatives of the college and th<
Treasure Valley Community
College board of education.
DRIVERS LICENSE
EXAMS FRIDAY
Oregon
Drivers
License
exams will l>e given in Nyssa
at ttu NyssaCity Library Meet
ing Room, Friday, April 27, be-
tween
tin hours ot 9 a m.
to 4 p.m.
Pleas. plan, when possible to
file lour application at least 45
minutes m advance if sc heduled
closing hours if you wish to
complete your examination on
the same dav.
Park May 7
Come to the great Pop Con
cert, Thursdav, May 3 at 7
p.m. in the City Park. There
will Is music on the popular
and folk Singing vein. The mu
sic department featured will
be, the Nyssa High School Con
cert Choir, Pre|> Choir, and
Concert Band. Also there will
t>e some Community Group
Singing w itli guitars, melódicas,
pianos and other Instruments.
OREGON STATE TREASURERJAMES RFDDEN made several
appearances in Malheur County Tuesday, the purpose of his
visit to explain the tax bill which will tie subject to approval at
a special election next Tuesday, Mai 1.
He is shown here as he addressed the Ontario l ions Club
members and guests Tuesday noon.
Redden said that he
personally fevored the Governor’s Tax Plan, twit tie was in
terested in explaining and answering all questions as factually
as possible, so that people could make up their own minds.
Nyssa Lions met with the (kitario group at the East Side
Cafe so that they could hear the State Treasurer.