Thursday, July 31, 1975
Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Out Of
The Past
10 YEARS AGO
Mi*a Margaret Zamora,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
M C. Zamora of Route 1.
Ny»*a. ha* been awarded a
SI50 Malheur
Memorial
nursing scholarship. Mia*
Zamora ia a I9b5 graduate of
Adrian High School and has
been accepted to study at St.
Alphonsus School of Nursing
in Boise.
• a a
A family reunion and
golden wedding receptam.
honoring Mr. and Mrs.
James Montague, will be
held Saturday, August 7,
1965. in Nyssa Community
Hall at Second Street and
Ehrgood Avenue.
20 YEARS AGO
Elder James Frank Skeen,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Skeen. Nyssa, who is now
serving a* a missionary in the
Eastern States Missam of the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, has been
selected to appear in the
1*
14th annual performance of
America's foremost religious
pageant, "America’s Wit
ness for Christ." It will be
presented at the Hill Cum-
orah. in Palmyra. New York,
on August II. 12 and 13.
• • •
With the bulk of their early
reds still lying in the fields
undug. potato grower* and
shippers turned to Washing
ton this week in an effort to
Conservative Baptist
Church News
Sunday Servicaa
Sunday school classes for
all ages adult classes taught
by larry Bauman; High
School by Ralph and Patricia
Werner; Doug Pfeiler, Su
perintendent.
Morning
Worship - Spe
cial music and Pastor Don
Beattie speaking, II a.m.
Evening Services, 7 p.m.
Youth time, 9 p.m.
Wednesday - Bible study
and prayer. 8 p.m.
Welfare Investigative
Unit Reports Savings
Public Welfare's Invest!
B«' ive Unit reported a projec
ted savings of $313,586 for
May and June of 1975 due to
their "estra efforts" to
complete investigation*, ac
cording to Nick Peet. Public
Welfare Division adminis
trator.
Some 558 investigations
were reported in the month*
of May and June and tM
investigations were com
pleted Of those completed.
34 were referred to local
District Attorneys for cri
minal prosecution
A savings of $285,866 is
projected due to either the
closing of ineligible welfare
grants or a reduction in the
size of grants for reasons
disclosed through the in
vestigation«. Another $27,-
720 in overpayments is also
eapected to be recovered.
"Prior to May, the Investi
gations Unit had been re
ceiving more requests than
they could fill." said Peet
"Now. even though the
number of investigation re
quests have continued at the
same rate, the staff has been
completing more investiga
tion* than have been reques
ted enabling them to sub
stantially reduce their back
log of case»," he continued.
"It should be noted how
few investigation* are re
quired in comparison to
welfare's caseload of over
150.000 Oregonians," he
said.
New Fall Styles Have
I
arrived !
secure passage of a swift
national program to bolster
the farmer income.
The grower* and shipper*
addressed Secretary of Agri
culture Benson with a plea
for aid, possibly under
Section 32. after an impas
sioned meeting of about 40
growers and shippers, held in
Brownie's Cafe last Monday.
30 YEARS AGO
Oliver Freel. AMMH 3/c.
left last week for San Diego
for further duty after spend
ing a 30-day leave with hi*
parent*. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Freel of Adrian.
A visit of Malheur County
newspaper publishers to the
prisoner of war camp at
Nyssa last week revealed that
the prisoners are adequately
fed with clean, wholesome
f<xxl and have satisfactory
living quarters.
40 YEARS AGO
The Nyssa and Adrian
troops of Bov Scouts returned
Monday evening from a
week's camping trip held
under the pines at Warm
Lake in Idaho. There werc-
nine scouts from Nyssa and
nine from Adrian attending
the camp; the Nyssa boys
being in charge of Leo
Hollenberg and Adrian boys
having John Holly as their
scout-master.
No accidents hapjx-ned to
mar the pleasure of the trip
and scouting leaders say that
serious accident* are unlikely
al Warm Lake, due to the
way the camp is conducted
and the location. Both the
bovs and leaders are well
pleased and feel that con
siderable good has been
accomplished during the
week.
• • •
Two of Nyssa’s most
popular young people were
united in marriage on Sun
Page Three
day. July 19, when Thus. S.
Newby and Miss Ruby
Minton were made husband
and wife The ceremony was
performed at high noon at the
Methodist parsonage in Pay
ette. Rev. Hall officiating
Both contracting parties
have grow n from childhood in
this community and have a
host of friends who will wish
them a pleasant voyage over
the matrimonial sea. Mr.
Newby has accepted a
lucrative position with Mor
rison-Knudson. Boise con
tractors. and will be employ
ed during the summer and
fall near Meacham, at the
summit of the Blue Moun
tains on a railroad contract.
HELLO
WORLD!
Mr and Mr*. Mike Sillonis
of Adrian are happy to
announce the birth of a
bouncing baby boy. Young
Anthony Michael, weighing
in at seven-pounds and
nine-ounces, arrived Thurs
day, July 17, 1975 at Malheur
Memorial Hospital He joins
two sisters and a brother at
home.
Proud grandparents are
Mrs. Muri Burns, Nyssa and
Mr. and Mrs.
Agustin
Sillonis of Adrian.
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Clark
son of Nyssa, proudly an
nounce the birth of their
daughter. Sonya Kay. The
young mis* arrived Friday.
July 18. 1975 at Malheur
Memorial Hospital in Nyssa
She tipped the scales at
seven-pounds and seven
ounce*. She is the couple's
first child.
Beaming grandparents are
Mr and Mrs. Carl Clarkson
of Nyssa and Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Mahan of Ontario
Proud great-grandparents
are Mr and Mrs. W. A.
Mahan of Ava. Missouri and
Mrs. Nellie Odle of Baker