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Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa Oregon P qq 9 Six Thursday, October 9. 1975 Annual City Report Events Around Adrien 11! 4d MEMBERS OF THE NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1950 present for a reunion August 9 and 10 (picture not available till now) were: Front row. L-R: Marilyn Ekanger Richesin. Leo Long. Angela Peterson Long. Charles Steffens, teacher; Audrey Stahl Shelden. teacher; W. L. McPartland. teacher, advisor. 7 and 8th grade principal; Margaret Engstrom, teacher; Joanne Irrigation Accounts Sage of Nu Acres ’y Weil, the Bicentennial Wagon Train has holed up in Fort Laramie, Wyoming for the winter and their Outrider. Arvin Goff, and his wife Rosie once more have their travel trailer parked at home on the farm in Nu Acres. Meantime, a wagon train from California has left a short time ago. bound for St. Joseph. Missouri, and a wagon train from Texas plans to leave In January to go directly to Philadelphia. Our Northwest wagon train will resume its journey in March, converge with the California train at St. Joseph, and the entouage will be barged across Missiouri to gether on the Missouri River. Thence to Philadelphia for July 4, 1976. Hopefully. Neighbor Goff win be there to bring back the story and a little of the glory! Visited Mrs. Alice Pulsi pher at the Nyssa Nursing home. She's kind of lone some for more old friends to drop in. she said. One good thing though, once that broken leg heals, it will be better than it was before the accident! Seems they took the kink out of it. or something. Mrs. Pulsipher is sllowed to go out for a ride now, she said. Sunday her daughter, Mrs. Gene Haggarty. took her over to visit her son, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Fry in Parma. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kenni- soo, with Jason and Nichol, their children, recently visi ted in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy HoAard for a few days. Mrs. Howard said “We sure had a fun time with our grandchil dren. Jason went wild over Grandpa's cows." Speaking of cows, a white hoistein was hit by a car on highway 95 at Echo early this D^nw Matheny Peirce, reunion chairman. Back row L-R; Donna Mundy Caputo. Ned Campbell. Ronald Lowe, Jeanive Grottveit Folgelman. James Stephens. C R. Kesler. Betty Bullard Boyack and Lawrence Olson. The returning class members donated $35 to the Nyssa High School Library as a memorial to Mrs. Harriet Brumbach. t morning, killed. It mashed tn the front of the car but the people weren't harmed. No one has claimed the cow, vet. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Evans just returned from a trip to John Day where ’hey stayed with their daughter-in-law and the children while their son. the Rev. Karl Evans, was in Portland. A Lay Witness mission at Sand Point, with Paul Loree as co-ordinator, was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Evans and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sager. Enroute home they visited overnight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bingaman at St. Maries. Mrs. Bingaman is Mrs. Evan's daughter. This week the Town and Country Garden Club is started on it’s and the Lion's Chib's special beautification project at the north entrance of town and some have prepared the ground, and. Tuesday if it doesn't rain too hard, we'll be planting shrubs. In Nyssa, that ia. Equitable Declares Cash Dividend The Board of Directors of Equitable Savings declared a third quarter cash dividend of 8c per share at their September 23 meeting in Yakima. Washington, accor ding to William E. Love, Chairman of the Board. This 8c per share dividend will be paid on October 24, 1975, to stockholders of record at the close of business of October 7, 1975. The dividend reaffirms the long-established policy of Equitable Savings to pay cash dividends on a quarterly basis to stockholders as earnings are generated. For Increased Power Idaho Power Company of gation in recent yean is Boise reported today that expected to continue in the future because experience farmers added more than has proved that it makes 97.660 horsepower of new electric pumps to its irriga more efficient use of water and cuts irrigating labor tion load in 1975 as they opened more desert land to costs. Of the new and supple productive farms and conver mental acres put under ted gravity systems to more efficient high-pressure sprink electric pumping this year, he noted, nearly 116,000 ling. acres are being watered with W. H. Hanes, general sprinklers. customer service manager, Another reason for Idaho said the fanners installed Power's growing irrigation 1,128 new pumps throughout load. Hanes said, is that the company's service area, some irrigators are conver- thus increasing the number ting to electric pumping from of supplies with energy to other fuels as they shrink in nearly 13.000 pumps totaling supply and rise in price. 962.885 horsepower. This year, foe example, the “The large increase in 6.500-acre Flying H project irrigation pumping again this south of Mountain Home year was largely responsible installed four electric pumps for Idaho Power's summer totaling 8.000 horsepower in peak load reaching a new its Snake River plant to record of 1,815.000 kilowatts replace pumps using natural early in July," he said. The record ex.-eeded the com 8« In addition, the project pany's 1974 summer peak by converted natural gas po- 58.000 ku wered relift and booster Hanes said that in 1974, pumps to electric pumps when area farmers installed totaling 6,100 horsepower. 871 new pumps totaling more Hanes, reporting on the than 108.340 horsepower. distribution of the additional Idaho Power supplied its cropland put under electric irrigation customers with pumping this year, said nearly 1.4 billion kilowatt- 58.817 new and supplemental hours of electricity for pum acres were located in the ping. company's southern division The additional pumps in headquartered at Twin Falls stalled this year, according to and 26.872 were located ia the company official, were the central division head used to supply water from quartered at Boise. rivers and d<ep wells for a Another 22,213 acres were total of 115,041- new and located in the eastern divi supplemental acres. sion based at Pocatello and Equal to 180 square miles the remaining 7,146 acres of cropland, they increased were in the western division the total irrigated with elec based at Payette. tricity supplied by Idaho Hanes also said that 832 of Power to more than 1.505.600 the farms putting new and acres. supplemental acres under Hanes also reorted that the electric pumping were owned utility already is receiving by individuals or family cor applications from irrigators porations. while 75 were for service to new pumps owned by corporations and they are installing for the the remaining 12 were 1976 crop season. leased. The company, which now is supplying energy to irrigate more than twice as many acres as it did ten years ago. has estimated that the use of electricity for pumping will increase from the nearly 1.4 billion kilowatt-hours in 1974 to some 2.3 billion kilowatt-hours in 1989. By 1989, according to Idaho Power forecasts, far mers will put an additional 372,000 acres of new land under electric pumping and convert another 105.000 ac res from gravity irrigation to sprinkling. Hanes said an increasing trend toward sprinkler irri- ÙP1RIT OF ADRIAN . Mr and Mrs. Carl Ronseld of Nampa were Sunday afternoon visitors of their daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Stephen and family in Adrian. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Mackey went to Boise Satur day and were accompanied home by her mother. Mrs. Florence Gowey who will visit in their home. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Mackey visited Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Free I Saturday after noon and their houseguests. Mr and Mrs. Martin Kiesow and son Jeff of Reedsport. Mrs. Dale Witt called on Mr and Mrs. Charles Bailey Sunday morning. Mrs. Mabie Piercy was a Sunday dinner guest of her son. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Piercy in Parma. In the afternoon they all went to Boise to see Mildred Graham Mr. and Mrs. Jim Raynor. Loraine Merritt and Grace Smith all of Emmett were Sunday dinner guests of the former's sister. Mrs. Anna Long. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Looney were also dinner guests. Mrs. Bill Looney and Mrs. Anna Long visited Irene Atherton in Ontario. Satur day afternoon. Mrs. Carl Begeman and Mrs. Dale Witt as co-hostess had a birthday dinner Sunday Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Van DeWater and son Kent of Caldwell. The dinner was in honor of Bill's birthday. Thursday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Begeman were Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Van DeWater, her brother and his wife. Mr and Mrs. Archie DeGroff of Lewiston, and his sister. Kathryn Armstrong of Van couver British Columbia. Mrs. Dale Witt visited Mrs. Gladys Ihoms Saturday afternoon. charge similiar to rent for use of equipment <m a quarterly basis. This "rental charge" is then used to pay for maintenance and new equipment which is budgeted Under this plan the City has already purchased the following equipment: back hoe, sweeper, park tractor, police car, 16 ton pickup truck, drill press and a mosquito fogger. Purchased equipment in cluded a rolotape measuring wheel. 2S-foot surveyor's rod. The City also purchased a 50'xl00' storage lot adja cent to the City shop and then funded a six foot protective fence around it. Sewer Plant The plant operator was sent to an Operators school for an Idaho State Operators Certification. An agreement was then worked out so that an Oregon State Class 111 certification was obtained by reciprocity. The three sludge drying beds were cleaned, deepened and enlarged while the unused holding pit was filled in to reclaim more useable land. Obtained CETA II funds to hire, train and pay for an assistant operator for a 15-month period at no cost to the City. The plant laboratory was improved to the extent the City now provides tests for several other cities which is now a source of additional revenue. This Is the third of a four part annual City Report submitted to the City Council on progress dunng fiscal year 1974-1975 Significant of the City's effort to keep up with rising costs was an indepth review of the City's franchises. A study of franchise fees charged by other Oregon cities was a prelude to Council's selection of a new fee rate. The City raised its* franchise rate to 3% on telephone, electric utility and natural gas in as much as the City had not increased it's revenue on these items since 1956 Equipment ■ Shop During this period the City set up a rental-purchase plan to insure that money would be available to purchase replacement vehicles when needed. Under this plan each vehicle was assigned an estimated life expectancy with rental charges made to coincide with the expected life. Departments pay this October 3, Mr and Mrs Gene Asmussen. Fruitland, a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baker. Payette, a boy. Mr and Mrs. Eric Hutchin' son. New Plymouth, a girl. October 3, Mr. and Mrs. John Moore. Nyssa, a boy. Mr and Mrs. Dan Gross. Payette, a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brewer. Ontario, a boy. October 6, Mr. and Mrs Neil Goodfellow. Payette, a girl. October 7, Mr. and Mrs Brace Throne. Ontario, a J Recreation Council voted to name the park complex at the Swim ming Pool “Lion's Park" and approved 100x100 foot tot park area at northeast corner of Lion's Park. An overall inspection of the pool found great deteriora tion of both the buiding and the pool surfacing. The heater and boiler units were torn down, cleaned and repaired to enable the sea sonal use with minimum interruptions. Numerous tiles were also replaced along lip of overflow gutter. Tennis court re-fenced with 8* chainltnk fence at South Park and the band stand was re-roofed and all playground equipment was painted bright colors. Basketball standards were moved to new location and new door added to the equipment shed to increase use potential. Horseshoe pits completed and second annual tourna ment conducted with two leagues competing for tro phies. Constructed baseball back stop in north park, completed sprinkler system, and pain ted playground equipment there as part of park renovation projects (•■seton Realigned existing west road and continued to haul fill dirt to raise east corner Southeastern plot of ceme tery underground spnnkler system was completed as programmed and Veteran's Organization poured cement to align gravestones as a project. Chai ul ink fence installed I e P, • I Al Iowas »3.95 per sheet 4* X •' $ß95 « Sheetrock gal. 4’ X 7’ Mheet Reg. »11.55 0«|. ys » ■ Thick and creamy to cover in one coat! • CW* »• m «W«. • M 1 ' lUv <o* I n Ceiling Tile . T». »IMtOIAIIIl' *•" F»»nt •W kù N i M qt. White »4.35 qf. (9' X 12' room S19.44) Helps Make Mouse Painting •s » * a Ì ( spred ¡P899 |f ■ f I house \ paint,, ¿Sfl’ 18c.. Counter Top A One-Weekend Job! Fire Department—Phone 503-372-2220 Oregon Highway Patrol—Phone 503-889-6468 •Formica Type Reg. » »12.95 gal. minimises surface imperfections AsLswAs 20C er - ' Flat finish H. ft. Durable; resists rough weather conditions Hundreds of colors to suit every taste Paint tools dean up in warm, soapy water Pro-Finished Bath- Roon Vanities ADRIAN MERCANTILE 24“ Wide George A Lola Cartwright GIFTS A GIFT WRAPPING GROCERIES—DRY GOODS-HOUSEWARES SOUVENUM > Mu— 172.2727 1227“ . meui Yarn A Georgia Parker LUMBER-PAINT-REPAIRS HUNTING A FISHING SUPPLIES IRRIGATION SUPPLIES— DRY GOODS Pistol Range Donated labor used to level approximately 100' x 120' plot below cemetery to be used for weapon's training. Used tires and old telephone poles are being utilised to raise and hold embankment. II Adrian Business Directory PARKER LUMBER & HARDWARE new gate poets having a brick facade approximately five feet tall and installed walk-in gate. Excavated irrigation hold ing pond to increase sire by 150% and installed wooden headgate and realigned Irri gation piping to Improve appearance of cemetery. STUNZ LUMBER CO Ontario Now Plymouth