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Thursday, May 17, 197J The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Page Four MALHEUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL A Report To The People Gale Christensen, Administrator ONTARIO-NYSSA PROGRAM LEADERS from the Malheur County Child Development Centers are shown with Miss Sophia Rael, Washington, D. C., holding blindfold which was used as part of communication demon stration. Others are, from left, Theresa Corn, Christina Mejia and Mary Thiel. Miss Rael was in Oregon for Migrant and Indian Coalition board meeting and program per sonnel training sessions. At the board meet ing, Neal Venturacci, Ontario, long active on the board, was elected secretary to fill the vacancy created by resignation of Roy Uranga. VALE SECRETARY REPRESENTS COUNTY Mrs. Maxine Ryan of Vale will represent the Malheur Cou nty Legal Secretaries Associa tion on May 18-20, when legal secretaries from all over the state of Oregon will meet at the Black Angus Inn of Eugene, for the Ninth Annual Meeting and Educational Seminar of the Oregon Association of Legal Secretaries. The Lane County Association will be hostess for this event, with Mrs. Helen Ed wards acting as chairman and Mrs. Rosalie Nicholas in charge of reservations. Mrs. Helen Scott of Roseburg, state president, will preside at the business sessions, and her agenda includes annual re ports of officers and chairmen, election of officers for the com ing year and presentation of the scholarship award. Highlight of the convention banquet will be the announcement of the Oregon Legal Secretary of the Year. The Oregon Association of Legal Secretaries is comprised of the members of 20 legal sec retaries associations through out the state of Oregon, and it is affiliated with the National Association of Legal Secre taries (International), a pro fessional association dedicated to serving legal secretaries, attorneys, courts and the ge neral public. WEDDING BELLS It was with both pleasure and regret that the Valley Singletons said goodbye to Margie Kent of Vale and Dale Teigs of Nampa who married May 4. Dick Olive and Dixie Venstain stood for the happy couple. A recep tion is to be announced later. Claud Willson Enjoys Letters Claud Willson, a former long time resident of Nyssa would appreciate hearing from friends in Nyssa. His daughter and son, Claudena Nicolls, now of Meri dian, recently moved back in her home area from Auburn, Wash ington and Mr. and Mrs. Don Willson of Little Salmon, Idaho visited us at the Journal office Monday morning. Mr. Willson has been se- riously ill in the hospital and is now out of the hospital and feeling better. He does miss his hometown and would like to hear from his friends. His address is Oak Lane Rest Home, 727 S. W. Rogue River Avenue, Grants Pass, Oregon 97526. On January 30, 1948 ata spe cial meeting of the board of di rectors at the city hall, final selection was made for the dis trict memorial hospital After serious consideration of all possible sites, the board selec ted six acres of land located on the Luther Fife property west of Nyssa on Alberta Avenue. This is where your hospital now stands. A contract to build the Malheur Memorial Hospital was awarded to Leslie W. Stoker of Nyssa on September 16, 1948 for the sum of $249,258.88. The corner stone was laid on No vember 11, 1948. The Hospital was built in 1949. On Novem ber 6, 1949, open house was held to tour the new hospital. A special invitation was ex tended to the public to visit the hospital from 2 to 4 p.m. ANK Garden Club Francis Focht and Marion Cheldelin were co-hostesses for 16 members of the ANK Garden Club on May 8 at the Adam Focht residence in Nyssa. After a L30 dessert, President Francis Focht called the meet ing to order. After a short bu siness meeting, Gertrude John son of Parma presented a pro gram of a taped lecture by Le roy Augustine. The lecture was on the po pulation explosion. Augustine was the head of the department of bio-physics at Michigan State University and worked for the Atomic Energy Commission until his tragic death He is the author of the book “Come, Let Us Play God” which tells of the population explosion and control. The magnitude of the problem is presented through statistics on the basis of a 2$ yearly increase which will result in a doubled population in the world w ithin 35 years. Ready to remodel ? re ready to help Registering for the tour were 1,192 persons. Also in November of 1949, It was announced that an additional drive for $100,000 would be ne cessary because of increa sed construction costs, to equip the hospital and funds to start the operation of the hospital. Fred Bracken was elected general chairman for the money raising campaign. The slogan this time was "Open the Doors of our Hospital." Jacob Fischer was the president of the hos pital association at this time. On December 22, 1949, it was announced that the $100,000 had been raised. On April 6, 1950. John G. O’Toole of Mt Shasta. Cali fornia was appointed by the board of directors of the Mal heur Memorial Hospital asso ciation as administrator of the hospital. During the summer of 1950, the Hospital Auxiliary was busy sewing on hospital supplies. Some were working at the high school on sewing, while others were doing sewing in their tomes. VISITOR INSPECTION AT WOR1 I)W|1.D- life Safari has become a favorite pasthme for one or two dromedaries at the W inston, Oregon reserve. This month's adoption of extended hours for summer, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m <biiv, has increased numbers LEGION NEWS TOWNESVACATION IN SOUTHERN STATES The American Legion Auxi- liarys of Adrian, Vale, Ontario and Nyssa will hold a meeting. May 22. Mary Larsen, state president will be here for this Day camp for Girl Scouts meeting. There will also be a planned and Brownies will be held June 4, 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 potluck dinner at this meeting which will be at the Eagles Hall p.m. Registration and planning for at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mas 22. The American Legion Auxi activities will be June 4 at the liary was the receipients of old gymnasium. Permission slips will be sent the National Citation awards home with th« girls and must be rather than the American Le back to their leaders before May gion as reported OB page 0M f the Journal last week. The Ame 24. rican Legion Auxiliary recei A Court of Awards honor ved three National Citations. ing 80 Girl Scouts from Adrian and Nyssa was held Tuesday, ORDER oil May 8 In the Nyssa School Cafetorium Awards earned dur EASTERN I ing the past year were presen ted. STAR J Girls flying up into a higher level of Scouting were re The Stardusters OES met at ceived Into their new troops. Each of the Nyssa adults in the home of Beatrice Gross- Scout programs presented Mrs. nicle Monday May 14. New officers for the coming Bill Wahlert with a carnation as year were elected as follows a "thank you” upon her retire ment as Neighborhoodchairman. President, Kathleen Wheeler; Secretary, Beatrice Gross- Open House May 18 nickle, Treasurer, Vera Pau lus, Publicity, Louise Wer For Scott Gillettes's nle k. There will be u open bouse Installation of officers will held Friday evening from 8 to be held June 4 at the regular 10 p.m. at the L.D.S. Owyhee meeting of Golden Rule Chap Ward honoring Mr. and Mrs. ter *131 at Masonic Hall. Scott Gillette, who were re Stardusters will recess until cently married. Mrs. Gillette fall or a called meeting. is the former Alene Simpson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al fred Simpson. All friends are invited to attend. JACL Banquet To Honor Grads The 28th Annual Snake River Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)Graduation Ban quet for the area high school graduates will be Tuesday, May 22. The banquet will be held at the Eastside Cafe in On tario at 7 p.m. Those wishing to attend, please contact Dixie Isen (880- 9200) or Midori Kondo (889- 6651) as soon as possible for reservations. This year the JACL is for tunate in having Mr. Earl Mc- Collun of the Treasure Valley Community College as guest speaker. of visitors to the park niali 43.(X» people have passed through the gates since March 1. Oregon residents are taking ad- vantage of weekday discounts of a dollar off for adults and 50 cents off for children this month -lib. excluding Memorial Dav Mt. and Mrs. Herman Towne returned recently from a month's vacation. They traveled over 8,000 mi les down through the Southern States and up into Maryland and Washington I). C. Some of the highlights of their trip was a tour through the Capital .it Washington D.C. a Visit to the Kennedy space Center and Disney Land in Flo rida. Ill Kentucky they wer» guests of a cousin, Mr. and Mrs. Roas Vandusen, touring several Southern Mansions while there. The) also visited the French Quarters in New Or leans. In Denver, Colorado they visited sever al cousins. On their trip they viewed the flooded land of the Missouri River. RUMMAGE SALE FOR HANDICAPPED Th.- Treasure Valley Asso 5 00 p.m each day with items ciation for Handicapped and Re priced from 1(K to $1 00 u>d tarded Children, Inc. will spon all the proceeds will I«’us-din sor a benefit rummage sale establishing a recreation cni May 24, 25, and26at the former ter and sheltered workshop for mentally and physically Bluebird Cafe In Payette The ttw sale hours will be 9 30 a m. to hand!« apgied of th«- area The Malh>-ur County Home Extension tour l«-ft Ontario by bus Monday, May 7. They went to KTVB Television Station in Boise and were present for “Today In Idaho" from II 30 a.m. to 12 noon. Th«>y then visi ted Eddy's Bakery, toured the Mountain States Tumor Insti tute where they saw cobalt ma chines andexplanationofltsu.se. Their next »top was the Boise Historic Museum, tton the Art Section of the Boise College and they visited the Boise Cascade Building The grmp took their dinner, but enjoyed an afternoon snarl at a restaurant near the mu seum. An interesting and en joyable day for all KINDERGARTEN TO PRESENT PROGRAM Mrs. Mark Muncur's J»< k and Jill Kindergarten will pre sent their spring program Wed- ni sday, May 23 at 2 pm. at 411 S. 8th Street Visitors are welcome. ADJUSTO-GATE The Gate That Fits ADJUSTO - CATE ! Ut* h re Jim Kile, loan officer, checks garage remodeling. It’s spring time to take action on those home improvement plans you’ve talked about all winter, Like redecorating the kitchen - adding colorful new appliances, an enlarged eating area, new counter tops. Or maybe you’d like to build a garage - or spruce up a party room. Improvements made to your property usually add value far beyond your ini- tial investment, making most any home im- provement well worth the money. That’s why at First National we make loans readily available for all kinds of building or re modeling projects. You can have something new to live with and increase your property value, too. Jim Kile, loan officer at our Nyssa branch, will be glad to discuss home improvement financing with you. Helping our custo mers improve their way of living is just one of many services offered by First National Bank of Oregon. Stop by our Nyssa branch soon. Owyhee Garden Club The Ow yhee Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Mary Hatt May 11 with Mrs. Doris Chapin as co-hostess. There were 13 members and one guest present. Plans were made for the County Fair booth. The State Flower Club convention will be held in Salem June 17-20. Plans for the Memorial Day flower sale to be held May 26 at the M A W parking lot were discussed. Waldo Co INSURANCE AGENCIES OF INSURANCE Priced from $24.00 for a 5 foot gate 4 feet high to $66.00 for a 20 foot gate 5 feet high. Prices include hinges. Any gate length may be made from five feet to 20 feet by using the right combination of adjusto gate sections. Gates are made in four feet and five feet high sections for your needs constructed of steel tubing and welded at all intersections outside diameter of upright posts is 2 3/16” bars are I 3/4" O.D on hinge end and I 1/2” O.D. on latch end Adjusto gates are made of steel tubing selected to give maximum strength with minimum weight. Hinge end of gate may be hung on hinges^ and latch end is then telescoped into hinge end to desired length and locked with lock screws for a perfect fit. INCLUDING FARM NYSSA BRANCH FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON Aik Andy Anderton or Max Long about these new gates adjustable up to 20 feet. Nolan Field AIL TYPES WeH like to get to know you. Il Vs Vale Ontario Ny ssa 37 2 3)62 Farmers Feed & Seed Nyssa, Oregon 372-2201 a : ■ J ; / « « « Í -
