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Th« Nyala Gat« City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Hometown News Call 372-2233 Dinner guests of Mr and Mrs. W.W. Foster and France soun dly were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore and Darlene Allen. Frances Foster showed slides and talked at the Bible Way Church in Caldwell Sundav eve ning. • • • Patrick Eastman was a guest of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Eastman Sunday and Monday,leaving for his home in Rend Tuesday. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Owen Gann had as Easter Sunday dinner guests Jim Beck, on spring break Mr. and Mrs. Walt Looney and from Brigtiam Young University boys and Mrs. Leona Reeves. in Provo, Utah was an over In the aftrnoon the children night guest Saturday of his pa enjoyed an Easter egg hunt. • • * rents Mr. and Mrs. Mel Beck and Carla. Mr. and Mrs. James Favorell • • • of Parma entertained her par Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carter vi ents Mr. and Mrs. Jim Griffin sited Monday through Friday of and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Haile last week with their daughter and family of Parma for Easter Mr. and Mrs. Bob Quick and Sunday dinner. • ♦ • two sons in Eugene. • ♦ • Sunday overnight guests of Easter dinner guests of Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Griffin were and Mrs. Elvin Ballou wen Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Betterton of and Mrs. Mark Howell, Sr.,and Jerome, Idaho. ooo Mr. and Mrs. Mark Howell, Jr. and family all of Wilder. Faster dinner guests of Mr. • • ♦ and Mrs. Jim Grunke was her Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. mother, Mrs. William Lipscomb Melvin Crocker and Mr. and of Nampa, Jim's grandfather, Mrs. Ronnie Walenciak were Elmer Grunke of the Malheur Mr. and Mrs. perry Crocker Nursing Home, Paul LaCroix of and boys and Mr. and Mrs. Parma and Mr and Mrs. Bill Buster Talbot. Morrison and children. 0 Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Buster Talbot andMr.and Mrs. Melvin Crocker enjoyed a buffet dinner at PollardsCafe in Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Talbot visited earlier in the evening with the Talbots. • « • ladeana Coleman and I*at Kropp of Ontario and M r and Mrs. Earl Kygar and Jay visi ted Sunday morning with the Buster Talbot’s. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Dick Butcher and family, Mrs. Betty Maro- stica and Christine enjoyed the Easter weekend at Bully Creek. It was so nice they enjoyed their Easter dinner out- aide. • • • Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Bybee’s grandchildren Doug and Shawn Bybee of Brigtiam C ity, Utah spent from Thursday through Sunday with their gramma rents as did a granddaughter Tammie Bybee of Nyssa. Along with the grandchildren, Mr and Mrs. Owen Froerer and family and Mrs. Roma Alvord and Detibie were Easter Sunday dinner guests of the Bybees. • • • Mrs. Donna Glenn hosted a bridal shower April 11 for Susan Chamberlain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Chamberlain. Approximately 25 guests at tended the shower. Games were played wtth Mrs. Tom Drydale and Mrs. Don Brown prizewin ners. The bride-elect received many lovely gifts. • • ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Donald Byers of Corvallis spent the Faster weekend with his father, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Byers. Dinner guests Sunday along with Donald and his wife were Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Byers and boys of On tario, Mr. and Mrs. RickySom- mars of Notus, John Sommars and children, Judy and Ronald of Caldwell, Vera Pickett of Middleton and Ethel Laye of Nyssa. • • * Mrs. Houston Wilson and a fro nd. Mrs. Young of Boise are attending a Regional Bridge Journarnent in Salt Lake City from Wednesday through Sun dav of this week. « • • Mrs. A.L. Heldt's son, Mr. tnd Mrs. James Heldt and fa- filly of Renton, Washington ar rived Thursday to visit Mrs. Heldt over the Easier Holidays. Sunday they all went to the home Of Mrs. Janies Heldt’s parents th* Andy Hoeme’s of Payette foi dinner. 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Harold- sen spent several days last week with their daugtder, Mr. and Mrs. Orlee Sipes in Homedale. APRIL 3, 1913, Gate City Jour nal - ADRIAN NEW NAME OF TOWN ON SNAKE - The name ot the new town of Riverview on the Nyssa-Buhl south side water 12 miles from grade road, Nyssa, has been changed to the shorter and less euphoneous name of Adrian, according to R. McCreary, owner of the townsite, who was a business visitor in Nyssa Monday. Se veral other towns along the line having names very similar, the railroad company asked that the change be made in order to avoid confusion. There are 73 acres in the townsite, which Mr. McCreary is now engaged in leveling and otherwise putting in shape for the population that is to follow. o OUT OF THE PAST 10 YEARS AGO April 24, 1913, Gate City Jour nal - POWER LINE WILL BF EXTEN DED TO ADRIAN - The first car of 40-foot poles is being unloaded this week for exten sion of the Idaho-Oregon Light and power Co.’s line from the Kingman Kolony pump station to Adrian. Several pumping st- tlons in the vicinity ot Adrian will be supplied with motive power from this extension. I of O Dorms Filling Fast An unexpected increase in Mr. and Mrs. Elwm Harold- demand for dormitory rooms sen and family of Eagle spent for next fall at the Univer Saturday and Sunday with his sity of Oregon has suddenly parents. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben pushed the Housing Office into ilaroldsen. The Elwm Harold- a "seller’s market.” With Spring Term barely at sen’s and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Drinkall of Nampa mid-term, fewer than 500 spa were Easter Sundav dinner ces remain unreserved for Fall :■ ns of 1973. guests also. Students who want to live in ooo the dormitories are advised Mrs. Tom Johnson returned to get their reservations m as Tuesday from Quincy, Wash., soon as possible. The total where she visited her daughter available space in the Univer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray sity dormitories is 2,459. Re servations tad been made for mond Graham. OOO 2,035 of these by April 19. All single rooms lave been Mrs. Frank Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Morgan were reserved and a waiting list has Easter dinner guests of Dr. been established for this type and Mrs. Clayton Morgan and of accommodation. family in Boise. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hicks Mrs. Leona Reeves has re- visited Mr. and Mrs. Willis tuined from a trip to Quincy, Wa.h.. where she visited re- W iley in Castleford, Idaho, Sa turday. While there, the Wileys latlves had also as guests, Mrs. Vir • o o Mrs. Tom Johnson had Easter ginia Z inn and her daughters. dinner with her granddaughter, In honor of Mrs. Hick’s birth Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Rossman day anniversary, thegroupwent to Jackpot, Nevada, Saturday and family in Boise. evening where they enjoyed Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Eldredge seeing Arthur Duncan of the were Easter Sunday dinner Lawrence Welk Show and the “ lests of her sister, Mr and Matys Bros., a comedy and guests Mrs. Bill Carpenter of Payette. song team. After spending the night with the Wileys, the Hicks, • • • Mrs. Wayne (Kathy) Oliver Wileys and Zinns met Mr. and visited over the F aster weekend Mrs. Dave Ried and children with tier parents. Mr. and Mrs. and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cash at Harry McGinley and Colleen. Bruno Dunes for a family Eas ter picnic Sunday. They all en OOO Jack Bowen of Hermiston and joyed the day together before to their respective five memtiers of his golf team retur ■ spent Friday night with the homes. o -1 Did You Know • Harry McGinley’s while here • • • at a golf tournament. Guests tiie past week at the • • • home of Mr. and Mrs. J. El Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Man wood Flinders were Mr. and ning and family of Notus were Moe Parker, Clinton Utah, Mr. dinner guests Sunday of her and Mrs. Marvin Wilson and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis family. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Riggs. Tlie group observed Arvel L. Child, Quincy, Wash.; Easter Sunday and also obser Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Olsen, Pe ved Mrs. Mannings birthday terson, Utah. All were here anniversary. to attend the funeral services of • • • Andrea Saunders, granddaughter of the Flinders. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sant were • • • in Provo, Utah from Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Glade Williams Sunday. While there they at- returned to their home in Salem tended Gary’s brother Scott Monday afternoon after spend Sant's marriage, They also ing the Faster weekend visiting enjoyed visiting with Gary's in the homes of Mrs. Alyce sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lee Me of Denver and Mrs. Goa yer. Joseph Avirett of Troy, Ala., and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sant of s< .< 111. The Sant’s reported that on their trip they and their relatives encountered heavy snowstorms. Of the approximately 1400 migrant laborers recruited by the Amalgamated Sugar Com pany to tie used in beet thinning operations, 900 have arrived in the county. Approximately 300 are in the Nyssa labor camp with the other 600 being divided among the labor camps at Adrian, Vale and Ontario. Most ot the migrants are un employed at the present time and the 500 yet to arrive will probably be here before there is work for all. • • • Ray Larson will be valedic torian, Kathleen Loe will tie salutatoriun, Verna Greenlee will tie historian, Bob Eldredge will read the class will and Helm Sallee will give the class phrophecy. Connection with the well on the ■ hooi grounds and the dril ling of a new well on Third Street IS expected to give the city of Nyssa an adequate wa ter supply, according to water superintendent Claude Willson. i 5 ’ 40 YEARS AGO The J.A. Terteling Company of Boise has completed the construction of the first link of the North canal on the Owy hee irrigation project, a section 4.6 miles in length between Tunnel Canyon and the Owyhee 20 YEARS AGO River which cost approxi Miss Ruth Herrman, Nyssa mately $133,430. High School junior, has been The ditch is 24 feet wide at selected to represent Nyssa in the bottom and as much as the annual Girl’s State pro 150 feet across where it makes gram, sponsored by the a deep cut along a chalk-like American Legion Auxiliary at hill between Snively and the Salem June 8-14. Owyhee River. It will carry • • • 1190 second feet of water for First model home ever to the entire Mitchell Butte be exhibited in Nyssa drew vision. an estimated 1,700 persons du Tete Terteling has had two ring a two-day open house pro shovels at work during the past gram over the weekend, accor several months. His crew made ding to Harold Brendle who their headquarters atShea Tun conducted the open house. nel Camp, the scene of much Some 1,500 persons from all activity until the completion of points in the Valley kept a the Shea tunnels in 1932. Ter steady stream moving through teling sublet the concrete work the house on Sunday. An ad in his contract to John Klug, ditional 200 viewed the model whose work is also nearing home Monday. completion. The home was constructed Shea camp will soon be de by C.K. Olson, Nyssa contrac serted as the small Shea crew tor. which has been supplying gra vel for the lining of Magoffin 30 YEARS AGO tunnel will be leaving soon. The Rev M.H. Greenlee of the Magoffin will complete tunnel Methodist church will deliver lining this spring. the sermon at the baccaleau- reate services to be held for the graduating class in the gym nasium May 2 at 8 p.m. Roy Hirai of Nyssa is in Washington DJ ,C. this week as representative of Malheur County Potato Growers Asso- elation. THE NEW NYSSA CO-OPSUPPLY BUILD- ing walls art- rapidly reaching their intended height Devere Nelson, center, and ere* Mr. and Mrs. Otis E. Smith spent Easter Sunday with a niece Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Bal- lentyne of Caldwell. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stringer had her parents Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Ward of Ontario and Mr. and Mrs. Bob McKinney and Timmie for dinner on Easter Sunday. e e a Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wahlert went on a business trip to Klamath Falls and Portland the first part of last week. On the trip they visited their children, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wahlert in Corvallis. Ray Wahlert in Port land and Mary Lee in Eugene. * * • Dinner guests Easter Sunday of Mrs. Harold Brendle were her father, H.L. Petersons and her sons, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brendle and Hal Brendle of Eas tern Oregon College. • * • Mrs. Raul (Hermila) Ramirez of Farmington, New Mexico vi sited for ten days with her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Lopez and Raul. She also visited in the homes of her nephews and their fa milies, Mr. and Mrs. Noe Lo pez and Mr. and Mrs. Rolando : i- z She was taken to Ontario, Payette, Weiser and Boise on shopping trips. Mr. and Mrs. Noe Lopez and children took Mrs. Ramirez and Mrs. Jesus '.opez to dinner at the Casa Jaramillo in On tario. Mrs. Ramirez enjoyed the countryside and friendly peo ple. She hopes to return very soon. She left for her home on April 17. • ♦ 0 are laying the final blocks on the south wall of the new building which will soon by a $100,000 addition to Nyssa’s business district. 50 YEARS AGO The first post office inspec tor ever known to visit Ad- rian, came Saturday with the mail carrier, and reported things in the Adrian post of- fice in good condition. D.T. Holly is laving his Ford overhauled, the work being done by himself and Clarence Elliott in the Adrian garage. Strawberry season is almost upon us and am I happy about that! Strawberries are loaded with vitamin C and are lower in sugar than most fruits. The recipe I'm suggesting this week calls for frozen straw berries. Do you have some in your freezer? STRAWBERRY CAKE Homemakers* Four Set For Monday, May 7 Mr. and Mrs. Noe Lopez and children, accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Chavez spent Easter Sundav in the home of their daughter and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Vai San- tlllanes of Boise. Other guests in the Santil- lanes' home were Mr. and Mrs. Gary Tennant and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lucero, Jr. and family, all of Mountain home. Mrs. Tennant (nee, Frances Santlllanes) is a granddaughter and niece of the Nyssa visitors, while Lucero is their grandson and nephew. After a lovely dinner, all spent a pleasant afternoon vi siting and playing lawn games. There was also an Easter egg hunt for the children. An educational tour for home the "You and Cancer” meet makers to points of interest in ing held in Ontario last fall. Other points of interest will the Boise area is being planned for Monday, May 7, according include KTVB TelevisionStudio to Helen Conner, Malheur for a behind the scenes look at County Extension Home Econo television. At Eddie’s Bakery those mist. All interested home makers are invited to take part taking part will see men and ma in the tour which is beingarran- chines making 2,000 loaves of ged by the Home Economics Ex bread an hour. Mrs. Mary Sanders is an ar tension Advisory Committee. Arrangements have been made tist with thread, yarn and fa to charter a bus from Ontario bric. The tour will include a stop to Boise. Those wishing to take at her interesting studio. Final stop will be at the New- part in the tour should pre register at the Extension Of World Headquarters of Boise fice by April 30. The fee for the Cascade Corporation. There bus and insurance is $3.00. participants will see indoor Highlight of the day’s acti gardens, delightful color sche and unique electronic vities will be a visit to the mes Mountain States Tumor In equipment. For further information call stitute. This will be of special interest to women who attended the Extension Office 889-9129. 1 - 10 1/2 oz. package frozen strawberries 1 package strawberry gelatin 3/4 cup boiling water 2 tablespoons strawberry juice 1 - lb. 2 oz. package white cake mix 3/4 cup corn oil 4 eggs Thaw strawberries and place in a strainer. Dissolve straw berry gelatin in boiling water. When cool, add 2 tablespoons of the strawberry juice. Pour cake mix into large bowl of electric mixer. Add corn oil and gelatin Beat until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, bea ting 4 minutes in all. Pour into a 9x12x2 bakingpan and bake 35 to 40 minutes at 350 degrees. While hot, prick cake with fork and pour a mix ture of strawberries, 1/2 cup juice and 1/2 cup powdered sugar over cake. Serve with whipped cream and whole strawberries. They cook quickly. Tomatoes blend well with zucchini, so say the Italians. Zucchini also blends with corn, and topped with grated sharp cheese, makes a great casserole. ZUCCHINL-CORN BAKE 6 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions 4 cups fresh or frozen kernel corn (about 8 medium ears) 4 cups sliced Zucchini (2 me dium. sliced 1/4 inch) 1 tablespoon finely chopped par sley 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper I cup sharp cheese, grated Paprika Into a skillet place and melt butter, saute onions, corn and zucchini until tender. (Cover while cooking, stirring occa sionally) Add parsley, salt and pepper. Pour into a 2 quart casserole and sprinkle with cheese and paprika. Bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Serves six. Do you cook Zucchini often or is it one of the vegetables you pass up at the fresh ve getable counter in the market. They’re good, served simply with salt and pepper and butter. ACHIEVEMENT DAY FRIDAY, APRIL 27 Friday, April 27 has been set as the date for the Annual Home maker's Achievement Day. Featured speaker is Mrs. Joan Bergy, who is with the Food and Drug Administration, Seattle Office. She is known throughout the Northwest and is well versed in such subjects as food additives, nutrient la beling and many other topics of interest to the consumer. The days activities are being planned by the Extension Ad visory Committee. Mrs. Ro bert Peterson serves as chair man of this group. The meeting will be held at the Eastside Cafe from 9 30 a.m. to 3 00p.m. Tic kets should be obtained from Extension Study Group Chair man or the Extension Office by Monday April 23. Mrs. Thelma Clark of Ox- bow, Oregon will install new Study Group Officers. Mrs. Witty of Adrian will show slides of points of in- terest in Oregon. A' horal group from Vale Union High School will entertain. All homemakers are invited to take part in the days ac tivities. Those attending are also urged to bring exampit s of their original needlework and art for display. In 17th century England, i pound of sugar cost 14 chicken* GAS AIR CONDITIONING? HAPNT THOUGHT ABOUTIT1 IT’S NEVER TCX) EARLY TO INSTALL GAS AIR CONDITIONING! I-vs I his is the time ot veai to piepaie foi the sweltering hot days ot summer W hen the days liecome longei and hotter, people will lie ordering air conditioning equipment foi their homes and businesses Orders will multiply, mil you < an la- sure some |>eople w ill lie forced to wait. 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