Thursday, August 1, 1974
The Nyssa Oata City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Pago Five
NEWS FROM BIG BEND
1 • . .................... BY GOLDIE ROBERTS.......................
THESE ROCKHOlNDS WERE one of the first couples to
arrive for the ninth annual Thunderegg Davs Standing
beside their widely decorated camper are Earl and Ann
Kirehgatter of Phoenix, Arizona.
True rockhounds. this
couple has lived in their trailerhouse on the road for four
years hunting and digging across the country They've been
to every part of the country except New England
EVENTS AROUND ADRIAN
ADRIAN
Mrs
Robert
Long returned home Tuesday
from visiting her sister. Mr
and Mrs. Jim Coons in
Anchorage. Alaska
She
spent two weeks there and
was accompanied home by
her sister Mr*. Coons who Is
visiting relatives here
Sunday. Mrs Robert long,
Mrs Jim Coons. Mrs Bill
Looney and Mrs. l oons' two
grandsons. Jim Cavanaugh
of f agir and Dean Obendorf
of Anchorage had a family
picnu at the home of Mr and
Mrs Jim Rat nor in Emmett
Friday, Mrs Jim Rat nor
and Mildred Mullins of
Emmett. Jim Cavanaugh of
Eagle and [Jean Obendorf
and Mrs Hill Loonev were
dinner guests of Mrs Robert
Long
Mr
and Mrs. Frank
Hicandi spent last weekend
with her daughter Janice
Withers and family at Don
nelly. They also spent a night
with Mr and Mrs Myron
(iossard there in their new
trailer house
Mr
and Mrs. K
I.
Peterson were Friday eve
ning dinner guests of Mrs
Marie Moore
Esther Bennett and Betty
Samcr were July 21 callers of
Mrs. K. I Peterson
Mrs Mabie I'lcrcy. Mrs.
Margie Beams and Mrs Bill
loomb went to Boise Sunday
and visited the former’s
sister Mrs Mildred Graham
Beth and Diann Withers
of Donnells spent last week
with their grandparents. Mr
and Mrs frank Bnandi
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Home From Germany
The following article was
written by Carla Beck,
daughter of Mr and Mrs
Mel Beck, who returned
recently from a tnp to
Germany.
1 left Salt Lake City, June
II for Frankton. Germany. I
staved with the Werner Broo
family, family friends of the
Becks, at Ludwigshafen tn
southern Germany. Even
though I had taken a year of
German in high school, it was
difficult to understand the
German dialect they spoke in
Ludwigshafen.
During my four week stay
in Germans I visited a
German school The students
go to school four and one half
hours a day. every day except
on Sundays. There are no
extra curricular activities, but
a lot of homework
I also hiked through
forests, visited castles, at
tended ballets and movies
and visited my brother,
Richard, who lives at Kaiser
Slautern
The German people are
very generous and polite
Their diet consists mostly of
cakes, breads, potatoes and
«sausages They don't eat
much fruit or many ve
getables.
A few of the German
customs that I noticed is to
always shake hands upon
greeting and parting.
Everything is more expen
sive in Europe A quart of gas
costs around 89c and a
drivers license costs about
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It is seldom you see large
cars. If you do. they are
usually driven by Americans
The streets are very narrow
and in little villages they are
cobblestoned
On the sixth day of July we
went to France. We stayed at
the French Riviera and
visited Strassburg Lyon.
Nice. Monte Carlo and
Monaco. France was very hot
during the day but the nights
are quite cold.
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BIG BEND
Mr and Mrs
Varner Hopkins called on
Mrs Andy Hopkins in the
Caldwell Memorial Hospital
Sundav afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Don Roberts
attended graveside services
for Mrs. Mary McNeil at the
Cloverdale Cemetery near
Boise Mondav afternoon
Mrs, Delno Brock was a
luncheon guest of Mr and
Mrs Leroy Bennett Tuesday
Mr and Mrs. Ted Avery
attended a Greene family
reunion at Philips Lake last
Sunday.
Jollv Janes Club will meet
Wednesday August 7 at 1
o'clock for a picnic at the
home of Mrs Ernest Seuell
Mrs. Dy re Roberts will be
assistant hostess.
Mrs Rav Cartwright was
honored with a birthdav
dinner Sunday July 21
Guests were Marvin Hobbs
of Filer. Mrs Wilma Hobbs
and Jeff of Payette and
Wanda Gregg of Nampa,
whose birthday was the same
day Calling in the afternoon
was Mr
and Mrs. Ron
Cartwright and son and
Elbert Fretwell of Boise
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Newman of Homedale and
Mr and Mrs Mike Hastriter
and family of St. Louis.
Missouri called on Mr and
Mrs. Dick Davis Tuesday
evening
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
Wanker of Hill City, Kansas
visited Mr and Mrs. Noel
Tuppeny several days last
week
Mrs. Dy re Roberts called
on Mrs. Dora Skelton in
Roswell Thursday morning.
SUNSET
VALLEY
ACTIVITIES
BY MARTHA LORENSEN
SUNSET VALLEY
Mr
and Mrs. George Baxier of
Caldwell were Sunday after
noon visitors at the home of
Mr and Mrs Ora Newgen
Mrs. Elsie Tietsort of Boise
was a Sunday afternoon
dinner guest at the home of
Mr and Ms Ora Newgen
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Alexander and family at
tended the Nazarene Church
Camp Meeting held in
Nampa on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Alexander and family and
Mr and Mrs John Grottveit
of Nyssa were dinner guests
on Sunday at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Elvin Fogleman in
Nampa.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Alexander and family were
visitors Sunday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs
Jesse Windom of Nvssa.
Mrs Tim Holly. Katrina
and Shane, of John Day.
Oregon, arrived on Sunday
and are visiting at the home
of Mr and Mrs. Harley
Wilson
Mr
and Mrs. Jeaneal
Clark of St. Anthony. Idaho;
Mrs. George Wilson of
Caldwell and her nephew,
Ralph Armstrong of Nyssa
were Friday dinner guests at
the home of Mrs
John
Reffett.
Mr and Mrs. Joe Hobson.
Mr and Mrs, Harold Town-
ley and their two boys of
Bethanv. Oklahoma and Mrs.
E.J. Hobson enjoyed inner at
the Eastside tn Ontario on
Sunday. Mrs Townley is a
daughter of Mr and Mrs
Hobson.
Mrs Gary Nielson, David
and Lisa, were visitors on
Sundav at the home of Mrs
Nielson's mother. Mrs Dan
Jones in Emmett
Mr and Mrs. Lawrence
lair of Caldwell were dinner
guests on Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs lewis
Mitchell. Mr Lair is a cousin
of Mr. Mitchell.
Ruth Stephens was a
visitor Saturday evening at
the home of Mr and Mrs
Ken Lorensen
Mr. and Mrs Ben Wittv
and Carl. Charles Wittv. Nita
Spear and friend from Vale
visited the Jordan Craters
Saturdav,
Mr. and Mrs. Varner
Hopkins returned home Sa
turday evening from a
ten dav vacation in Califor
nia They visited Mrs Madge
L'llmann at San Francisco.
Mrs
Mildred Devers at
Salina and Mrs Bettv Regen
of Los Gatos, all sisters of
Mrs Hopkins and former
residents of Big Bend
The Lee Lovitt and Bob
Callahan families attended a
Callahani fanulv picnic at the
Caldwell Park last Sundav
Mr
and Mrs. Ernest
Seuell attended a birthdav
partv for Christv Seuell in
Nampa Sundav
Mr and Mrs Ted Avers
drove the Loop to McCall and
back Sundav.
Mr and Mrs Dy re Roberts
Mr and Mrs. Noel Tuppeny
and Mr and Mrs. John
Packwood attended the Se
nior Citizen dinner in Parma
Thursdas.
Mr
and Mrs. Charles
Witty attended the Tri
County Grange picnic held in
Whitmore Park near Unity
Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Don Roberts
attended a nohost dinner at
the CAI in Caldwell Saturdav
evening with several of his
highschool classmates
Mr and Mrs. Noel Tup
peny called on Mrs. Charlie
Hawk and Mr and Mrs Roy
Mead in Caldwell Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Dyre Roberts atten
ded the Happy Dozen Card
Club at the home of Mrs.
Dale Ashcraft in Nyssa
Friday afternoon. She was
one of the prizewinners
Mr. and Mrs. Brock
McCue of Osage City. Kan
sas came Tuesday to visit Mr.
and Mrs. Verl Bishop. Friday
the Bishops and McCues
went to Eugene and spend
the weekend with Gordon.
Edna and Ethel Kempe and
Mr and Mrs. Jack Culbert
son The McCues left Tues
day morning for their home.
CELEBRATING HER 85TH BIRTHDAY
was Hannah Burbank last Tucsdav She is
seated on the right next to her daughter.
Mars Marostica seated to the left, returned
from Parker. Arizona to attend her mother's
gathered to celebrate the
birthdav of Mrs Burbank
who will be 85 years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Hcnrv
Brown from La Punta.
California visited Mr. and
Mrs Richard Quinn
Mrs.
Brown is a sister of Richard
Quinn. Thev stayed about ten
da vs and left for home
Sundav
Mr and Mrs. Parley Feik
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Escreton. Nampa.
Idaho. Sunday afternoon, for
dinner.
Johnny Htggs called at the
Clyde Bowers home Mondav
afternoon He is spending the
summer on the KS and D
Ranch. He is from Sacra-
mento. California.
Major Vard Olsen and
family is moving to Honolulu.
Hawaii.
He has been
stationed at Mountain Home
birthdav parts Other guests were, standing
left to right: Mrs. Nellie Wahlert, party
hostess. Reba Mitchell. Alice Pulsipher, and
Ellen Richardson
Rural Routes Extended
A liberalization of rules
that will bring mail delivery
service for the first time to
more than 100.000 rural
families has been approved
by Postmaster General Klas
sen Postmaster Dail said
todav
The new rules will benefit
an estimated five families or
more served bv rural routes
for some time and is being
transferred to an Air Base
there, they will live eight
nulcs from Honolulu Their
home overlooks Pearl Harbor
Mrs Amy Stradlcy was a
guest of her sister Gertie
Smith in Nyssa for Sunday
dinner. Another sister. Cas
sie Goshert, of Boise. Idaho,
was also a guest.
out of the Nvssa Post Office.
Under previous
criteria.
Postmaster Dail said. "Rural
delivers extensions could be
made only if at least one
family benefited for every
seven-tenths of a mile a rural
carrier had to go to serve the
box and return to his normal
line of travel.”
"But the Postmaster Ge
neral has increased the ac
ceptable route variance to a
mile, thereby enabling us to
provide home delivery ser
vice lo manv additional
families.”
Postmaster Dail said. "The
rule change was a further
indication of the Postmaster
General’s deep concern that
w c pros ide good mail service
to all our customers.”
ARCADIA
ARCADIA • Karleen and
Darleen, twin daughters of
Mr and Mrs. Jim Carroll,
spent the weekend with their
grandparents. Mr and Mrs.
Henry Carroll.
Mike and Lynn McCradv
and family from Eugene and
Mr and Mrs. E.L. McCrady
were guests for dinner
Saturday evening, at the
home of Don and Connie
Bullard.
Mr and Mrs. Otis Bullard
visited Clyde and Madge
Long Sunday afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Howe
visited the Vern Atkins in
Vale Sunday afternoon. They
brought Craig Atkins back
with them. Craig is their
grandson and had been
visiting his paternal grand
parents for the past week.
Brenda and Barbie Bowers
stayed Thursday night with
their grandparents. Clyde
and Nell Bowers. They
returned home Friday.
Old friends, former Arca
dia residents, visited Clyde
and Nell Bowers. Sunday
afternoon They were Ho
ward and Marcella Sparks of
Minidoka. Idaho, who for
many years worked for Ira
Ure and lived on Gem
Avenue near the Owyhee
Ditch They still live and
work on the ranch called
Owvhee Farms that Ira Ure
started near
Minidoka
although it has other owners.
Thev were accompanied by
three of their children- their
married daughter. Roberta
and her baby son. a boy
fourteen and a ten-year-old
daughter Mrs Hannah Bur
bank was with them, and
Mars Marostica of Parker.
Arizona, a former Nvssa
resident Mrs Sparks and
Man are daughters of Mrs.
Burbank The families have
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