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Nyssa Gate City Journal
67th Year 50th Istue
Nyssa, Oregon
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Thursday, December 13, 1973
Thunderegg Capital
Nyssa City Council
Opens Construction Bids
First National Rank of Ore of $177,475; and Lynnbrook
gon submitted the low bid for
Construction Inc. of Lynn
the purchase of $425,000 in
wood, Washington submitted
City of Nyssa Water Bonds
a bld of $191,100
at the regular meeting of the
Bids for the steel water
Nyssa City Council Tuesday
tank were then opened with
evening.
Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel
The effective interest rate
Company, Provo, Utah the
for the successful bid is
apparent low bidder at $261,-
5 0960 per cent. Other bids
650. Chicago Bridge andiron.
submitted were those of the
Salt Lake City, submitted a
United States National Bank
bid of $268,000
of Oregon, 5.2192 per cent;
All bids were taken under
and Blyth, Eastman, Dillon
advisement, and the consul
and Company of Portland,
ting engineers will study
with
an
interest rate of
the construction bids.
5.3705 per cent.
A special meeting of the
Mayor Bauman then asked
City Council will be held
for the opening of bids on
Friday, December 14 at 1
construction of the water
p.m. in the council chambers,
system improvement pro
and at that time the award
ject.
Roy Taylor and Mr.
ing of blds will be made on
Johnson of the firm of Cor
the bonds and construction!!
nell, Howland, Hayes and
everything is in order.
Merryfield and 11:11 Of Boise
City Manager Fred Koch
consulting engineers for the
said that it appeared the
project, were present for
total construction bids of
the opening.
$394,650 plus engineering,
Apparent low bidder was
site aquisition, and other
Van Dergrift, Inc., of Boise
expenses will be slightly
with a bid of $133,040. Paul
over the estimated $425,000
E. HughesConstructionCom-
estimated for the project,
pany of Tri-Cities, Wa
but well within reasonable
shington was next with a bld
limits.
School Board Renews
McPartland’s Contract
MAI.HEUR POTATO BARGAINING ASSOCIATION PRE-
sident Keith Tailman, Adrian, presided at the annual meet
ing of the Association held at the East Side Cafe Monday
evening. Dick Tensen, Nyssa, accountant for the associa
tion is shown giving the income and expenditures state
ment to the large crowd, and seated to his left at the
head table are Max Barlow, Vale, vice president and Mrs.
Barlow, and Ken Wettstein, Ontario, secretary-treasurer,
Christmas
Concert Slated
The Nyssa PTA is again
sponsoring the annualChnst-
mas Concert to be presented
Thursday evening, Decem
ber 20 at 8 p.m. in the school
cafeteria. Everyone is in
vited to attend and get into
the spirit of the holiday sea
son. There will be no ad-
mission charge.
The seasonal music will
be standard Christmas ca-
rols
and other familiar
Christmas songs and band
numbers.
The
musical
groups participating are the
High School Bands and the
High School Choirs under
the direction of Ralph Wer
ner, band director and Jeff
Samtierg, choir director.
Dates Set
For Bull Sale
A TRUCKLOAD OF BEET TAILINGS took to the ditch
early Monday morning and overturned in order to avoid
a head-on collision in the fog.
The accident occurred
south of Nyssa near Enterprise Avenue, and the truck be
longed to Townley Livestock of Vale.
Nursing Home Programs
Prepared ByTVCC Group
Treasure Valley Com
munity
College’s Social
Science department is pre
senting a Christmas gift this
year to residents of the area
nursing homes in th* form of
a program entitled, "The In
spiration of Christmas.”
Mrs. Betty Derig, writer and
instructor of western civili
zation at the college, has
arranged a slide show of mas
terpieces of art inspired by
th* nativity, with appr<g>riate
Christmas stories of cus
toms, legends, and symbols.
The presentation of the
Social Science department
is offered under the Office
Adrian Fire
Dept. Officers
New officers were elected
to tiie Adrian Rural Fire
Department for 1974. They
are as follows:
Chief - Don Hatch
Assist. Chief - Bob Webb
President - Dick Davis
Vice Pres. - Bill Van De
Water
Secretary - Stan Mills
Treasurer - Glenn Ward
of Continuing Education as
a community service. Mrs.
Derig will appear at the Mal
heur Memorial in Nyssa at
3 30 p.m., December 14, at
the Malheur Nursing Home in
Vale at 2 00 p.m , Decem
ber 20, at the Presbyterian
Nursing Home in Ontario,
10:00 a.m., December 21, at
the Casa Loma Nursing Home
in Payette, 7 00 p.m., De
cember 21, and at the Wei
ser Convalescent Center at
a time yet to be arranged
In addition to the Christ
mas program, the Social
Science department at Trea
sure Valley Community has
provided student volunteers
to some area nursing homes.
These students in the Ge
neral Sociology course com
bine community service with
practical experience in so
cial work. Students who have
been involved include San
dra Allen, Barbara Beck,
Rita Hubbell, Molly McCoy,
Harold Ward, Tony Andrews,
and Terry Erlebach. Accord
ing to Mrs. Launne Wrenn,
Department chairman, the
program will continue and
possibly be
expanded as
the Nursing Home Ombuds
man program is extended.
Sale dates of February
22 and 23 were confirmed at
a meeting of the Eastern
Oregon Hereford Breeders
Association late last week,
according to George W. Bain,
County Extension Agent.
New officers elected were-
President Jack Trail, Vice
President Kenneth Shaw, Se
cretary John Trail and Trea
surer Jesse Mills.
The Association will have
75 bulls for the sale in On
tario. These bulls will be
checked by a Veterinarian
and graded for quality at
1:00 p.m. on February 22.
The sale will be conducted
at LOO p.m. February 23 in
the heated sale arena at the
Malheur County Fairgounds.
This sale sponsored and
conducted by local bonafide
Hereford Breeders, has al
ways been a popular event
for beef cattle producers,
says Bam
Christmas Party
For Nursing Home
The
annual Christmas
party for the patients in the
Malheur Memorial Nursing
Home will be held in the
hospital’s recreation room
on Wednesday, December 19,
at 2:30 p.m.
Santa Claus will come to
visit and will give each per
son a personal Christmas
gift. The Nyssa Swing Choir
under the direction of Mr.
Sandberg, will sing seasonal
music.
This party is sponsored by
the Hospital Auxiliary and the
gifts weregatheredanddona-
ted by women’s groups of
churches and clubs in the
area.
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NYSSA CO-OP SUPPLY WILL UNVEIL it’s
new and modern building at a Grand Open
ing Friday and Saturday.
Ernie Metcalf,
manager, invites everyone in the Nyssa
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area to come in and visit their new faci
lity, a welcome addition to the Nyssa bu
siness district.
and Mrs. Wettstein.
Area representatives were elected during the meeting,
and they are Don Brewer, Adrian, Mel Ballantyne, Nyssa,
Max Barlow, Vale; and Hiro
Harold Trenkel, Ontario;
They and the holdover direc -
Kanyama, Oregon Slope,
tors will meet later this week to elect officers for the
coming year.
Oregon’s Anti-Litter Tops In Nation
Oregon’s continuing fight
to rid its highways of road
side litter was further re
cognized by a first place
award in a nationwide coo-
test sponsored by Keep Ame
rica Beautiful, Inc.
In announcing the award,
KAB said that the Oregon
State Highway Division, with
Texas and Michigan as run
ners-up, had been judged
“most successful” in meet
ing the litter-prevention cri
teria developed during the
past 20 years by the or
ganization.
KAB said the three high
way departments had em
phasized citizen education,
proper equipment and law
enforcement as major deter
rents to littering. This is
the first time this compe
tition has been sponsored by
the U. S. Department of
Transportation and KAB.
The award presentations
are to be made by a De
partment of Transportation
official during KAB's 20th
annual meeting in New York
City, December 6. Expected
to receive the award for Ore
gon is Edgar Grimes, Har-
nsburg, who has long been
active in Oregon's anti-lit
ter program and Miss Becky
De Vries, a 15-year old stu
dent at McNary High School
in Salem, who lives at 4075
Rivercrest Drive North, Sa
lem. They are at the ban
quet to receive other awards
presented to Oregon youth
groups by KAB.
"Selected by an independ
ent panel of judges, the win
ning highway department pro-
Farm Bureau Elects
New Officers For 1974
Waldron Johnson, a grain
and livestock farmer from
Yamhill, was elected Pre
sident of the Oregon Farm
Bureau Federation at the clo
sing session of their 1973
House of Delegates meeting
in Salem.
Other new Federation of
ficers are, Frank Setniker,
McMinnville, 1st Vice Pre
sident, Richard Renken, The
Dalles,
2nd Vice Presi
dent; and Floyd Hawkins
of Vale, 3rd Vice President.
Mary Petzel of Salem was re
elected as chairman of the
Utah Grower Succeeds
Holmes As President
A sugarbeet grower from
northern Utah has been na
med president of the na
tion’s largest sugarbeet gro
wer organization. S. Paul
Holmgren of Bear RiverCity
was elected today to succeed
Robert Holmes of Nyssa.
Holmgren was chosen by fel
low beet organization lea
ders meeting at the Scotts
bluff Ramada Inn. The elec
tion concluded business ses
sions of the twenty-eighth
annual convention which be
gan December 3.
Ron Kautz a Torrington,
Wyoming producer was elec
ted first vice president and
Henry "Hank"Schaffer from
Sterling, Colorado was na-
med to the second vice pre
sidency. Richard Blake was
re-elected executive vice-
president and Loe Johnson
was re-elected secretary
treasurer.
Holmgren, his wife Eliza
beth, farm 700 acres of ir
rigated land in the rich Bear
River Valley which lies along
the Wasatch Mountains. They
have five children, two boys
and three girls. Holmt,Tenis
working the land i. ne-
steaded by his paternal grand
father who was a contempo
rary of the “Golden Spike”
saga celebiating the join
ing of the continental rail
road. That historical event
happened near the Holmgren
place.
ASC Community
Committee Election Results
Results of the December
3rd election of ASC com
munity committeemen for
1974 were announced today
by Blaine Girvin, chairman
of the Malheur County Ag
ricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC)Commit-
tee.
Farmers elected to the
committees were:
ADRIAN COMMUNITY -
Richard Bennett. Chairman,
Bill Shenk, Vice-Chairman,
Kenneth Thomas, Regular
Member; Bill Reiman, 1st.
Alternate, LeRoy Sprague,
2nd. Alternate.
HARPER COMMUNITY -
Glenn Evins, Chairman, Ro
bert Sanders, Vice-Chalr-
DATE MAX
Dec. 5
43
Dec. 6
45
Dec. 7
49
Dec. 8
45
Dec. 9
34
Dec. 10 32
Dec. 11 37
Dec. 12
MIN
27
38
35
28
23
25
24
30
PR EC.
.25
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
12/10/73 418,000 Acre Feet
12/10/72 478,790 Acre Feet
grains recognized that litter
ing is a human behavioral
problem that can be corrected
only by changing individual
attitudes and habits,” Roger
Powers, executive vice pre
sident of KAB, said in making
the awards announcement. To
bring about those changes sue
cessfully, he added, requires
a continuing education pro
gram as well as the proper
hardware and strict enforce
ment of anti-littering laws.
man, Bob Knudson, Regular
Member, Waldo Bertalotto,
1st. Alternate, Tom Mooney,
2nd. Alternate
JORDAN VALLEY COM
MUNITY
Walter Baltzor,Chairman.
Oran Raburn, Vice-Chairman;
Fred R. Eiguren, Regular
Member; T. R. Carson, 1st.
Alternate, Charles Elwood,
2nd. Alternate
NYSSA COMMUNITY -
Tom Jayo,Chairman; Tom
Nishitani, Vice-Chairman,
Keith Langley, Regulai Mem
ber, Joe Dirksen, 1st. Al
ternate, David Pfeiler, 2nd.
Alternate.
ONTARIO COMMUNITY -
Sam Mori, Chairman; Ted
Hollopeter, Vice-Chairman;
Yasu
Teramura, Regular
Member, Louis M. Wettstein
1st. Alternate, R. Jack Nel
son, 2nd. Alternate.
PAYETTE—ORE. SLOPE
COMMUNITY -
Fred Head,Chairman, Paul
Saito, Vice-Chairman,Char
les Farley, Regular Member;
Dick Lee, 1st. Alternate,
Alvin Griffin,2nd. Alternate.
VALE
COMMUNITY -
Russell Fulleton, Chair
man, Dudley DeLong, Vice-
Chairman, Bob White, Re
gular Member, Jack Pres
sley, 1st. Alternate; Clif
ford Hawkes, 2nd. Alternate.
Oregon Farm Bureau women.
In other action, the dele
gates approved Gov. Tom Mc
Call’s suggestion to the fe
deral government that a 55
miles per hour blanket speed
limit be set for cars, tru
cks and buses. They oppo
sed the federal government’s
proposal of a 50 MPH limit
for passenger cars and 55
MPH for trucks and buses.
Farm Bureau also suppor
ted legislation providing for
the return of capital punish
ment to Oregon. They said
they would support a law
similar to that recentlypas-
sed in California, applying
to certain specified crimes.
In further action on reso
lutions, delegates:
Requested top priority in
the allocation of fuel and
energy for the production,
harvesting, processing and
distribution of food.
Urged that the use of DDT
be allowed in emergency ca
ses, as in the case of the
Tussock moth.
Supported supervised use
of chemical toxicants in the
control of predators and re
quested research to find new
methods of control.
The Nyssa School Board
met in regular session Mon
day evening, and in the main
order of business renewed
the contract of Superinten
dent W. L. Me Partland for
an additional three years.
McPartland came to Nyssa
in 1943 as Elementary Prin
cipal, and has been District
No. 26 Superintendent since
1958.
Board members discussed
ways to keep as many pro
grams going as possible af
ter notification of a 10% cut in
the December gasoline allot
ment. No definite program
restrictions have been de
cided ipon at this time.
A resolution was passed
for the use of Title I and
Title I-M federal funds in
the amount of $143, 252 for
the 1973-74 school year, and
the board authorized pur
chase of new sew ing machines
for the Home Economics De
partment.
The Budgetcommittee has
commenced negotiations with
the Consultationcommittees
of the faculty and non-certi-
fied help. Salary schedules
must be resolved before the
rest of the budget can be
prepared.
Dee Gamer is chairman
of the budget committee, Ge
rald Simantel is vice chair
man and Larry Saito, secre
tary.
Other members of
the committee are Joel Mit
chell, Rudy Longoria, Keith
Langley, Farrel Peterson
and Don Bullard. They join
the school board members in
making up the entire com
mittee, which includes Board
chairman
Don Engstrom,
Gene stunz. Bill Schilling,
Victor
Haburchak, Mark
Hartley, Van Ure and Si-
mantel.
Great Decisions 1974
Program Offered At TVCC
Great Decisions 1974, a
program developed by the Fo
reign Policy Association, will
be offered by Treasure Val
ley Community College win
ter term. Interested parties
w ill have the option of taking
the course for transfer col
lege credit or as a non
transcript adult program.
Those wishing credit will
register for PS205 Interna
tional Relations, pay stan
dard tuition, and do the extra
reading and course work re
quired by the instructor.
Non-transcnpt students will
pay $1.50 fees and will be
responsible
for only the
weekly discussion topics.
Great Decisions text mate
rials cost $3.00.
Great Decisions 1974 to
pics are:
1) Western Europe and the
UJ.:
What future for the
Atlantic Community?
2) President vs. Congress:
Diane Thomas
Competes for Title
Diane Thomas of Adrian
will compete Jan. 19-20 in
Portland for the title of Ore
gon Dairy Princess.
Preliminary plans for the
coronation were announced
this week by Ray Kozak, exe
cutive secretary of the Ore
gon Dairy Products Com
mission which has sponsored
the princess contest for 15
years.
Miss Thomas will compete
with 10 other contestants
from across the state for the
title and awards which in
clude a $400 education con
tinuance scholarship from
First National Bank of Ore
gon and a career training
scholarship from the Bassist
Finishing
and Modeling
School
The state title holder be
comes a part-timeemployee
of the Oregon Dairy Products
Commission
receiving a
salary and travel expenses
to cover promotional activi
ties during the year of her
reign.
Diane Thomas wascrown-
Malheur County Dairy Prin
cess last June at the close
of the local month long pro
motion of dairy products.
The event is managed locally
by the Malheur Dairy Wives.
U.S. SENATOR BOB PACKWOOD, right,
talks with State Representative Denny Jones
and ex-Senator Tony Yturri after a dinner
meeting Wednesday evening at the East
Side Cafe. Yturri, who is now a member of
the State Highway Commission, was mas-
How should foreign policy po
wers be shared?
3) Soviet-American De
tente: Where do we go from
here?
4) Cuba and the Panama
Canal
Zone: Time for a
Change in U. S. Policies?
5) The Energy Crisis: What
What Solutions?
Impact?
6) Israel and the Middle
East Conflict: Will Peace
Ever Prevail?
7) The People’s Repub-
lie of ChinaiToward a New
Society?
8) People! People!: How
Many Can the Earth Support?
Students will take up a
new topic weekly. The inten
ded result of this activity is
that students will learn more
about critical foreign policy
issues facing the country,
arrive at their own decisions
about these issues, and con
vey their views to the na
tions decision makers.
The class will meet Mon
days from 7:30 p.m. to 9:45
p.m., in room C-23 of the
Administration Building. The
first class meeting will be
the evening of January 7.
Further information is avai
lable from the instructor,
Larry Austin, at 889-6493.
Bank Debits
Up In October
Bank debits for the eight
reporting banks including
Harney A Malheur counties
were up in October, 1973,
compared to October 1972,
the University of Oregon Bu
reau of Business Research
has reported.
Debits for October 1973,
totaled $76,946,000. For Sep
tember, 1973, the total was
$65,002,000 and for October
1972, the total was$65,543,-
000.
Oregon with 426 banks re
porting, had a percentage
increase of 18.3 in October
1973, as compared withSep-
tember 1973, and a 45.4
percentage increase in Oc
tober 1973, compared with
October 1972.
Total bank debits for Oc
tober 1973, came to$9,780,-
826,000.
For September
1973, the total was $8,270,-
880,000 and for October 1972,
the total was$6,729,142,000.
ter of ceremonies for the event, attended
by over 200 people.
Packwood visited the Nyssa and Vale
schools that morning, had lunch at the Mal
heur Memorial Hospital Nursing Home, and
visited Ontario High School in the afternoon.