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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore* ?7UC3 Nyssa Gafe City Journal Year, 39th Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, September 27, 1973 Frank Yraguen, District At torney Mr. Wynne P. Grier, fea tured speaker in the seminar, brings 40 years of experience in the collections field. He ad vises businessmen to "get all the information you can about a prospective debtor; have a simple, systematic follow-up process, be able to recognize a potential loss, and when pay ments are not made, do some thing about it." Every community in the Lo- were Snake River Valley has been contacted through their respective Chambers of Com merce to join with the others in this educational program de signed to focus on problems and needs they experience tn common. A similar but more local program two years ago was well received by 300 par ticipants. The sponsors ex pect to surpass that figure this year. ASC Livestock Feed Program Starts Oct. 1 Malheur County livestock pro ducers who wish to make ap plication to purchase govern ment-owned oats to supplement short feed supplies will be able to file applications al the Mal heur County ASCS office, 1252 S. W. 4th. Ave , Ontario, Ore gon, commencing October 1, 1973 Chairman Blaine Girvin of the Malheur County Committee reminds producers that each ap plicant must file a financial statement with the application. The financial statement, clearly showing assets and liabilities, will be treated confidentially. It will only be used by the State or county committee to esta blish the eligibility of the ap plicant to participate In the program. The Oregon State ASC C. mm I dee must determine the eitn’Tiility of any producer who has 500 or more animal units in his herd. Mr. Girvin stres sed that the Livestock Feed Program is intended to help producers who will be in ge nuine distress and lack rea sonable supplies of feed and fodder to winter their herds through. Producers who have adequate feed stocks or who usually purchase supplemental feed each winter but seekchea- per feed through the program will not be eligible. The program is available to producers who havesufferedab NEW HEAD MEN AT NYSSA'S AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PLANT, George Hobbs, left, factory superinten dent, and Gilbert Wells, Nyssa district manager. Hobbs recently replaced Jack Stewart as superintendent, and Wells took over as district manager when Ray Larson was trans ferred to the home office in Ogden. They report that beet harvest will get underway October 3 and the factory will start operation the next day, October 4. Applications are now being taken at the factory office for factory workers, with about 800 to be employed during the campaign which will run through January. normal shortagesol hay, rough age, or supplemental grain be cause of the severe drought si tuation this year. Producers determined ell- gibile to purchase oats from government stocks will be char ged a primary rate of $1.48 per hundredweight for the BLM NOMINATIONS amount required to maintain their foundation herd plus the DEADLINE FRIDAY normal livestock replacement carryover. Oats approved to Nominations for livestock re maintain livestock other than presentatives to the Advisory the foundation herd and normal Board will close Friday. Sep replacements will cost $1.97 tember 28. George R. Gurr, per hundredweight manager of the Vale BLM Dis Eligible producers must ob trict reminded district licen tain and pay by certified check sees this week. for a loading order for the fiats Incumbents whose terms are at the Malheur County ASCS expiring are Grady Romans, office. Ttie loading order Is Northern Resource Area pre surrendered to a designated cinct, Robert H. Skinner and grain handler by the producer Charles Maher, Central Re where he will receive the grain. source Area precinct. Nomina Producers who wish Io have the tions may t» made by ijuali- whole oats processed may do fted licensees In these twopre- so but must pay the handler all cincta. additional charges for convert Election will be district-wide ing, processing or bagging over in October, Gurr said. and above the cost of the whole oats. TVCC ENROLLMENT in Malheur County De nt inger Feed andSeedCo., at Vale, Ore NEARS 700 MARK gon has entered Into a handlers At the end of the first week agreement with ASCS to act as of registration for fall term, a distributi'Xi point for grain classes at Treasure Valley under the Livestock Feed Pro Community College,enrollment gram. Further program details in the regular collegiate pro are available at the Malheur gram is approaching 700. Ac County ASCS office. cording to figures released by the Office of Student Affairs, 411 full-time in-state students have registered and 75 full time out-of-state. Part-time students number 187. Presi dent Emery J. Skinner is sa tisfied with the first week turn mittee. "1 feel confident that Largest onion contest rules out. with this enrollment basis from are as follows: 1) Competitor must be a mem which to work, the college will ber ofeltherthe MalheurCounty achieve its 1973-74 projecti n ’ Onion Growers Association or he said. Registration continues this th* Southwest Idaho Onion Gro week for regular classes. In wers Association. 2) Onion must be grown in addition, Continuing Education, a commercial field on your farm. always a significant enrollment 3) Each grower is allowed one factor, begins registering to entry. He may change the entry night. at any time during the contest, 4) Entries may tie submitted anytime between September 25 and November 14. 5) Onions may be deliveredto either the Malheur Extension Odle*, the Canyon County Ex HOMEMAKING SKILLS CLASS tension Office or the Onion Mrs. Bev Montgomery, Can Promotion Committee’s Office yon County Home Extension in Parma. Agent is giving a series of 6) Onions will be stored in a classes on Homemaking skills dry, warm room and must be at the ParmaCommunitySchool sound at judging time. program. These classes meet on Thursday afternoon at4p.m. in the Parma High School. Since Mrs. Montgomery was unable to come last week, all classes will be moved forward one week. The new schedule will be: Sept. 27 - How to Beat Hie Food Penny Pinch. (k t. 4 - Spot Removal, Oct. 11 - Meat Substitutes, Oct. 18 - individual Home Accessories; Oct. 25 - Safety in the Home. There is no fee and anyone is welcome to attend any single class, or all of them. Onion Growers Association Hold Large Onion Contest The Idaho-Onion Promotion Committee is seeking the lar gest yellow sweet Spanish onion grown In this area again this year. The Onion Growers Asso ciations of Malheur County and Southwest Idaho are providing the prizes. The Onion Promotion Com mittee desires to use the lar gest anions in this area for pro motional purposes to help ad vertise that we grow the lar gest onions in the world: Four prizes will be awarded. They are First - $60.00, Se- cond - $25.00, Third - $10.00, and Fourth - $5.00. The onions will be judged on size, color, shape and sound ness. Judging will be done on November 15. All onions submitted, if they keep, will become the property of the Onion Promotion Com- THIS LARGE GOURD was raised by Chris Valdez in his garden, and measured 35 inches in circumference, and stood 17 inches tall. It weighs 10 1/2 pounds. Valdez said that he has grown gourds before in Colorado, but this Is the largest lie has ever seen. His wife was given the seed when she attended a meeting at Kah-Nee-Ta last spring. Gourds are used in Mexico for decorations, and to keep waler cool for drinking. 15< Per Copy NYSSA FFA CHAPTER SLAVE SALE BRINGS RECORD AMOUNT OF $1,496.50 Profit Protection Seminar At TVCC October 3 Business people from through out the Lower Snake River Vai - ley are invited to attend the ••Profit Protection Seminar", October 3, in the Weese Me morial Building on the Trea sure Valley Community Col lege Campus. The program will be staged twice, 8 30 • 1130 a.m., and again at 7:30 - 10: 30 p.m. in order that more peo ple may attend. Six topics comprise the stmi- nar agenda. They are 1. Accounts Receivable Ma nagement - Wynne P. Grier 2. Credit Card Fraud - Re presentatives of First National U. S. National and Western Banks. 3. Clerk/Customer Relations -Fred Norman 4. Checks - Local Banks and Police Agencies 5. Shoplifting Film - Small Business Administration 6. Laws Pertaining to Cri mes Against Businesses - Thunderegg Capital Amalgamated Sugar, Growers Okay Contract Terms for the 1974 sugar beet cootract have been rached by the Amalgamated Sugar Co. and representatives of beet gro wer associations. Beet growers in this area were informed of the action by letter from the company and the Nyssa-Nampa Beet Growers Association ear lier this week. The new contract which is the same as the 1973 contract was made in Burley, Idaho, on Sept. 14 and followed the Cost of Living Council’s action which allows the company to increase the price of sugar. Amalgamated, according to Gilbert Wells, Nyssa district manager, increased the price of sugar it sells by $1.41 per hun dred pounds (14 percent in crease) within 24 hours of the effective date of the Coun cil's amendment. The increase, he noted, will result in growers receiving an average increase of $2.25 a ton for beets. Along with the five percent increase in net returns the company hadalready repor ted for the 11-month period ending in August, the increase represents a price Improve ment which is better than any thing normally experienced by the sugar industry. The increase will have a small impact on the final pay ments growers receive for the 1972 crop aud the effect on the 1973 crop payments will be more greatly affected. According to the letter to growers, some crops have bad Increases higher than the 19 percent increase for sugar this year but (tie increase,is an im portant one to the industry. This year, for the fourthcon- secutive year, world sugar pro duction has been below consump tlon rates. Prospects for high net returns should continue as long as the market strengthcon- tinues, the letter says. Eastern Oregon Outdoorsmen Schedule Meeting October 1 County sportsmen will want day, October 1 at the Cairo to mark their calendars for School, which will feature a an Important and informative presentation by Marilyn Cripe, meeting scheduled immediately member of the Oregon Envi prior to the opening of the ge ronmental Council and a di rector of the Oregon Wildlife neral deer hunting season. The monthly meeting of the Federation, from Pendleton. Eastern Oregon Outdoorsmen The colorfulnarratedslidepro is scheduled for 8 p.m, Mon- gram calls for "backcountry” classification of selected areas of the national forest lands in northeastern Oregon and south eastern Washington. The im pressive slide program has al ready been shown in a number individual instruction to each of other northwest communities. Also slated for the meeting is person on the level of his ability. The fee for the 12 week course discussion of follow-up com mittee work concerning the is $30. club's drafted public assess re solution, growing out of the E.M.T. OFFERED IN PARMA E.O.O. meeting, held in Sep Emeigency Medical Training tember. Members of the Mal for the layman Is being offer<*d heur County Court have been in the ParmaCommundyScho J invited to the meeting to res program. Registration is still pond to the resolution or ques open for the 15 week course tions regai ding Hie court’s po which is being taught by Mr. Ron sition on public roads in the Seiber of Nyssa. county and how hunters are ad The class meets from 7 until vised to use them. 10 p.m. on Tuesday evenings. In addition, a report will be Some classes will tie field at the given in behalf of a delega Nyssa hospital, and the rest of tion of E.O.O. club members the classes meet al Parma High who made a presentation, in School. The class will study the Baker, to the Powder River most common emergencies the Sportsmen’s Club regarding ac layman will have to deal with, cess problems of interest to and what can be done before both clubs and outdoorsmen at trained help arrives. There is large. no fee, andanyadult is welcome. Among oilier Important bu siness to tie discussed at the E.O.O. October 1 meeting is progress with the club spon sored dog obedience training PREC classes lieing held at the Red MAX MIN DATE ti ace Barn on the fairgrounds at 7 68 Sept. 19 54 p.m. .21 70 Sept. 20 M All members are urged to trace Sept. 21 71 42 attend this meeting as well as 43 68 Sept. 22 any interested area sportsmen 50 72 Sept. 23 Interested in the club’s goals. .10 48 62 Sept. 24 Bring your family or a friend. 49 .28 64 Sept. 25 Refreshments will lie served. 38 Sept. 26 A door prize donated by Gam Owyhee Reservoir Storage 391,500 acre feet bles, of Nyssa will be given 9-26-73 452,430 acre feet away at the meeting. 9-26-72 Parma Community School Schedules Three Cl asses OIL PAINTING CLASS Tlie oil painting class met last Saturday for the first time, and decided upon a change of schedule. Tliey will now meet each Thursday afternoon from 2 35 until 5:35 p.m. in the Parma Junior High Science room. In structor Is Mr. Bill Roberts, art instructor at the College of Idaho. Mr. Roberts reports that there is still room for more people in Hie class. Beginning painters are welcome and lie will make every effort to give Maintenance people have been busy since the campaign ended last spring in getting the new boiler and bag house into operation. This new system will filter all smoke through cloth, one of the latest advancements in the air pollution field. Another new system in operation this year will be the radio communications system. All field men will be in contac t with the factory office at all times, and farmers who need help may talk directly to anybody through this new system. This will help with better communications throughout the Nyssa district, and will later tie in with the Nampa and Mountain Home districts. WEATHER Kay Brandi« Elected The Nyssa High School FFA Chapter Slave Sale Tuesday evening drew a record sale of $1,496.50 according to Deryl Leggett, chapter advisor. 53 members were auctioned off by Roger Baker and Guy Sparks, auctioneers, and drew an average price of $28.23. Each boy (and two girls for the first time) will work an eight-hour day for their purchasers, and the money will finance chapter activities for the year. Chap ter members and buyers en joyed a potluck dinner prepa red by the mothers prior to the auction in the school cafeteria. Senior members, buyers and price are: Carl Cleaver, MA W Market, $25; Wesley Clea ver, Jack Murphy, $30; Dennis Chamberlain, Bob Ure, $23; Kent Cleaver, Gate City Jour nal, $24, Randy Froerer, Owen Froerer, $24, Scott Goodell, Dessert Seed, $20; Frank Moore Bud Sappe, $29; Dean Sappe, Nyssa Co-op Supply $31; Pe ter Stephen, Don Beckstead, $25. and Dwayne Ulrey, Nyssa Merc, $28. — Juniors and their buyers are Gene Bair, Sjiarks A Baker, $52.50; David Blaylock, Harold Kurtz, $27.50; BruceCorn, Jer ry Huntley, $31; Craig Froe rer, Roy Bair, $35; Sam Hart- James Gardner New In Nyssa Vice-President of New general loan officer at First National Bank of Ore gon’s Nyssa branch is James Gardner, previously assigned to At a three-day meeting in the Union branch as operations Boise, Kay Brendle was elec officer, reported Manager Rod ted Vice-President of the Idaho George. Gardner replaces Bill Keeney Bowling Council. The Idaho Bow ling Council is composed of who recently transferred to the bowling proprietors, men and South Sixthstreet branch in Kla women bowlers and the Junior math Falls. bowling representatives. Friday's session included a A.J.B.C. coaches and instruc tors school, golf and howling tournament with the Bowling Council dinner meeting in the evening. Saturday’s session in cluded Jay Amyx, Mayor of Boise; Irma Boyd, WIBC field representative; Gordon Baker, ABC Field representative, John Howard AJBC Field Represen tative, Tom New, ABC tourna ment sanctions representative; Bud Howell, ABC Director. Saturday afternoon, there were workshops for the men and women bowlers, Saturday evening included Bill, Bunetta, A native of Huntington, Gard AMF Staff of Champions as guest speaker with the musical ner was graduated from high entertainment by Kimberleysof school there and later attended Treasure Valley Community Las Vegas. Hal Brendle, from Provo, College. He joined First National as Utah accompanied his mother to a management trainee in 1968 the dinner-dance. and has been operations offi Sunday morning the Idaho cer at the Union branch since State Women’s Directors meet ing was held at the Downtowner. INS. Gardner was chairman of the Kay Brendle serves as state Union Heart Fund and vice pre secretary for the Idaho Wo men’s Organization. Other of sident of the Commercial Club. ficers elected were John Con He also was active in the Ame rican Institute of Banking. way, Boise, President, PatRie- Jim is married to the former man, Boise, Secretary-Trea Mary Beth Tacke of Ontario, surer. and they have three sons, Rick Bill and Bert Purcell of Nyssa 9, Joe 8 and Dan 6. also attended the meetings. MAJOR KONRAD W TRAUTMAN, U.S. AIR FORCE, returned home last spring after serving five and one half years as a prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton". He is shown with his wife Angela, daughter Diane and son Konnte. Major Trautman soul this picture and a letter to Debbie Adams, thanking her for wearing his ItiW bracelet, and her letters. He said that he and others were able to hold on through all the suffering tiecause of ley, Mark Hartley, $45; Paul Kessler, C. R. Kessler, $28, Jim McCunne, Nyssa Co-op Supply, $27, JerryRobblns, Bob Holmes, $34, and Raymond Wi ley, Palmer Equipment, $26. Sophomores sold were Jeff Carroll, Bob Hutchinson, $34, Ross Durfee, Palmer Equip ment, $22.50; Leslie Linegar, Bill Wahlert, $27; Don Orm, Fiesta Farms, $22.50; Vir gil Osborn, Bill Wahlert, $24; Mike Parker, Rod Cowgill, $25; Matt Ure, Bob Ure, $26; Kip C indell, Bauman Equipment, $27.50. Freshmen slaves sold were Kurt Chamberlin, Bill Richesin, $22.50; Renee Lattin, Don Beck- stead, $45; Roger Campbell, Farmers Feed 4 Seed, $30; David Cleaver, Rieb’s Clover Farm, $24, Kevin Cleaver, Jo- hannesen-Adams Motors, $20; Bruce Cowgill, Rod Cowgill, $36; Steve Johnson, Stan Sis son, $23; Greg Moffis, Wil son’s Market, $22.50; Ken Mos ley, Mark Hartley, $20; Gary Sparks, Guy Sparks, $50; Stuart Stephen, Roger Baker,$25; Mike Stephen, Roger Baker, $25; Mike Ausman, BAM Equipment, $22; Johnny Frietag, Joe Frie- tag, $30; Bruce Goodell, Mark Hartley, $26, Barbara Holmes, Bracken's Dept. Store, $24, Lynn Kessler, C. R. Kessler, $30; Ron King, Bybee Farms, $24. Mike Kurtz, Jerry Han son, $24; Tim Meacham, Bill Wahlert, $26; Charles Pickett, Kenneth Pickett, $25; Preston Schulthies, Firestone Store, $22.50; Charles Sims, Char les Sims, $30; Bill Ulrey, Starlite Cafe, $29, Dirk Sappe, Roger Baker, $25; and Wil lard Draper, Mark Hartley, $22.50. Chapter Advisor Deryl Leg gett was purchased by the chap ter president, Bruce Corn, for $45. This is the teacher-pupil relationship in reverse, and hopefully Bruce will get his money’s worth. Nolan f-ield Named Insurance President Nolan M. Field, of Nolan Field-Waldo Co., was chosen 1973-74 president-elect of the Oregon Association of Insurance Agents, at the group’s annual convention last week (Sept. 12- 14) in Eugene. Field began his insurance career at the Flack A Bailey Agency of San Diego, Calif., and continued in the insurance business after moving to Ore gon in 1946. He established his own independent insurance agency in Ontario in 1962, with branch offices presently in Vale and Nyssa. First appointed to OAlA's board of directors in 1971, Field is currently chairman of the group’s membership com mittee, and serves on the OA1A data processing study and school insurance committees. He is a graduate of Purdue Uni versity’s Life Insurance Mar keting Institute. Field is a member of the Nyssa, Vale, and OntarioCham- bers of Commerce, anda mem ber of the Vale Lions Club. faith in their country, faith in the president, and faith in God, and the prayers and letters of those who wore their bracelets. A veteran of the air force since 1944, Major Trautman flew 20 combat missions in Korea in the early 50’s flying the F-84E. He was assigned to Korat Air Base,Thailand when his F-105 was struck by flak on his 62nd combat mission over North Vietnam. He ejected about 35 miles NW of Hanoi and was captured within 15 minutes on October 5, 1967. He was released on March 14, 1973.