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Page Two Nyssa Gata City Journal DIRICK NEDRY............... RUBEN LOPEZ. ............. PAT SAVAGE..................... MARGARET NEDRY .... RUTH KLINKENBERG.. LUCILLE CALLAHAN . .... Editor and Publisher .... Production Manager . .Office Manager. News .......... Social. Circulation ............. Production Staff ............. Production Staff PubHshad Every TWroday at Nyaaa, Orogen 97913 Second class postage paid at Nyssa. Oregon 97913 under act of Congress of March 3. 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Malheur County. Oregon, and Payette and Canyon Counties. Idaho; One Year...................$ 6.00 Two Years.................$11.00 Elsewhere in the U.S.A. One Year $ 7.00 Two Years................. $13.00 Boise Beats Bond Issue Boise citizens turned down another needed area-wide facility Tuesday, when they failed to pass a bond issue to finance a Performing Arts Center. This points out two facts. One. a two-thirds majority requirement is a miserable restriction to live with; and. two, some Boise citizens have not yet learned their responsibility as residents of a hub city. Normally what other cities do is none of our business, and what we in Nyssa do is nobody else's business. Hub cities, on the other hand, have the responsibility of leadership and the need to provide facilities for a vast territory which goes far beyond their city limits. s Not too many years ago state capitals, and to a lesser extent county seats, regulated the commerce and culture of the surrounding area. With better transportation and communication, hub cities became the focal point of an area. State boundaries have little to do with it anymore, and Boise is the hub of a wheel that extends nonh to Riggins, east to Twin Fails, south to Winnemucca and west to Baker. Likewise. Spokane is the hub of the vast Inland Empire that extends into British Columbia. Western Montana. Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington. Salt Lake City to our east and Portland to our west occupy the same positions as does Seattle, and it is only a coincidence that Salt Lake City and Boise are capital «ties. What Boise does is of extreme importance to us. and to every community in Treasure Valley. That's why Malheur County is on Mountain Time, and not on Pacific Time with the rest of Oregon. Boise, then, has the responsibility of providing the facilities that the smaller cities of the Treasure Valley cannot provide. And that doesn't mean that we are free loaders, for we in turn provide the people and the dollars to help make these facilities self-supporting. Seldom can you go to Bogus Basin, or meet a plane at the Boise airport, or see a game at Bronco Stadium, without seeing friends from Nyssa. Ontario, Payette or Parma doing the same thing. We lived at Coeur d'Alene when the Coliseum was built in Spokane. The very first year we saw Ed Sullivan, the Ice Capades. hockey and basketball games. So did people from Wenatchee. Washington; Kalispell, Montana; Creston. B.C.; and Lewiston. Idaho. These people all dropped a bundle in restaurants, stores, and for overnight facilities; and the Coliseum has never cost Spokane taxpayers a dime. Boise will be a great city some day. Besides being a hub city and a capital city, it has the natural advantages of outdoor recreation at its city limits. The greatest asset of all. though, are the citizens of Treasure Valley which it must support, but also draw on. We would hope that Boise leaders will get together, decide on a proper multi-use facility for recreational and cultural purposes, agree on a proper location, and sell it to their citizens. Every time they turn down an issue of this kind, they lose, but so do all of us who live within 200 miles of Boise. They only have the legal and bonding authority to provide these facilities, but they also have the assurance that we who form the spokes of that hub will support and help pay it off. Let’s hope that Velma Morrison, Boise civic leaders, and the progressive citizens of Boise don't get discouraged, and will continue to work towards providing us with needed facilities. Idaho Power Adds 9, tit Customers Idaho Power Company said Wednesday more than 9.000 new general business cus tomers were added to its system in the last 12 months and that its increase in average home use of elec tricity was the second-largest of 141 major U.S. utilities. W H. Hanes, general customer service manager, also reported that total use by the company's residential customers alone increased by 14% in the first nine months of this year and said: "This is fresh evidence that growth in customers and use, as well as in the trend toward electricity from oil and natural gas for heating and processing, is a fact of life for Idaho Power and that we must prepare to supply customer requirements as they continue to increase." Hanes said that though some area residents have "Good intentions" about conserving energy and Idaho Power actively encourages "wise use" of electricity, any actual conservation is being offset by the growth in customers and average use “by a wide margin." Idaho Power records show service was extended to9.123 new customers in the 12 months ending in September —the largest number added in any similar period since February. 1973. The additional connections boosted the total of general business users supplied by the company to 205,039 residential, commercial, in dustrial. irrigation and street Thursday, November 6, 1975 Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon lighting customers at the end of September. Nearly 7,460 of the new customers were residential. 1,151 were small commercial. 509 were irrigation and the remainder were large com mercial. Hanes said the company's residential customers increa sed their average annual use by 941 kilowatt-hours (kwh) to a total 12,805 kwh during the 12 months ending last July, thus giving Idaho Power the second-largest gain of 141 major utilities. He said the period was the latest for which comparative fi gures are available. The first-ranking company had an increase of 996 kwh to a total 8,194 kwh and the mean increase for all the companies was 135 kwh to a total 8,096. In the first nine months of 1975, according to Hanes, Idaho Power’s residential customers used a total of more than 1.6 billion kwh of electricity. "That is an increase of more than 203.6 million kwh, or 14.1%. over the same period a year ago,” he said. Use by the company's small commercial customers increased by nearly 9%, while large commercial cus tomers were supplied with 7.6% more electricity than in the first nine months of 1974. Hanes said that a major factor in the continuing increase in use was electric heating, both new installa tions and conversions from other systems. LETTER TO EDITOR Editor. The Journal: The Honorable Al Ullman House Office BuilJing Washington. D. C. 2OSI5 Dear Sir Please protect us from too much government. We have too many agencies of govern ment now. The cost is terrible. Our budget never gets balanced. This causes the inflation which is a tax to us. We do not need a new “Agency For Consumer Pro tection." Please vote against H R 7575. If it passes please vote to sustain the President's pro mised veto. If you can't agree with the above please be fair to business and vote to remove the labor exemption. Small business cannot handle the paper work that will be required by this new agency. Yours truly. Dellin A. Erickson 1131 S.W. bth Ave. Ontario. Oregon 97914. Editor. The Journal: We at Southern Oregon State College are planning a series of reunions in obser vance of Ashland's Centen nial. our Nation's Bicenten nial Celebration, and SOSC's Golden Jubilee. For this, we need the names, home addresses, and class years of anyone who has ever attended SOSC in Ashland, from 1926 up to the present. One need not be a graduate to be an Alumni Association Member, as many of our students had to transfer to other colleges in our formative years to obtain degrees. We will appreciate it if you will use this letter in your newspaper and thereby per form a valuable service for us and for your readers as well. Replies should be sent to the Alumni Office. Southern Ore gon State College. Ashland. Oregon 97520. Thank you so much for your attention in this matter and for past services to our college. Sincerely yours. Hugh G. Simpson Alumni Director Christian Church Bazaar The Christian Church will hold its annual dinner and bazaar Friday. November 24 in the church basement. Many lovely gifts will be available and baked food will also be on sale. Dinner will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The menu consists of roast beef, salad, rolls and homemade pie. The cost is $2.75 for adults and $1 for pre-school children. Bazaar items will be on sale from II a.m. to 4 p.m. i Church Directory Nazarene Church News Thursday, Neseasber 6, Prayer and Fasting group meet at the Church at 12 NOON. Sunday, November 9, Mor ning Prayer at the Church. 7 a.m. Christian Education Clas ses, 9:45 a.m. Children's church, 11 a.m. Worship Service with mes sage by Pastor Russell, II a.m. Choir practice. 6:30 p.m. Evening Gospel Hour, 7:30 p.m. Junior Choir will present their Gospel Concert "Fin ders-Keepers" at the Vale Church of the Nazarene, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 11, Ladies Bible Study at the home of Mrs. June Sloan, 9:30 a m. Wednesday. November 12 Bible Study in the Nursing Home. 3:30 a.m. Caravans for boys and girls; Teen Meeting; Prayer and Bible Study. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Nev. 11*13, Annual District Pastor's Conclave to be held at Sun Valley. "A different World can never be brought about by Indlf ferent Christiana." FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES Thursday, November 6 - Confirmation Class, 6:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study at the parsonage. 8 p.m. Saturday, November 8 • Educational Skill Shop at Faith Lutheran Church. Cald well. 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, November 9 • Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Wedneoday, November 12 Choir Rehearsal. 6:30 p.m. SOS If you have beca bereaved, there to a message far yea hi “Corinthians IS, aad Revote* tfon 21." Card of Thanks r The family of Frank Munn would like to express their gratitude to all our friends and neighbors for their acts of kindness, their donation of money and food, also for the lovely flowers. A special thanks to Dr. David Sarazin and also to the mothers who substituted for teachers the day of the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Munn and family Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Munn Pe99Y United Methodist Church Nows The United Methodist Church and the Rev. Jim Monroe welcomes you to all Church activities. Thursday, November 6 • Banner Covenant Group. 4 p.m. United Methodist Men's Officers Meeting. 7:.IO p.m. Friday, November 7 * Bi ble Study at Fern Adams home. 9:30 a m. Saturday, November 8 • Christian Education Work shop by Chris Buffington, at the Church. 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Sunday, November 9 • Prayer Service at the Church 9 a.m. Sunday School. 9:30 a.m. Worship Service with mes sage "Mother, May IT" by the Rev. Monroe. 10:50 a.m. Fellowship Moments will follow the service. Monday, Hi imbn 10 - Administrative Board, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Novamhir II * Sermon Study Group. 3 p.m. Christian Education Meet ing, 4 p.m. Wodnosday, November 12 Open Sharing Covenant Gr oup. 7:30 p.m. United Methodist Youth Fellowship in Youth Room, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 22 * United Women's Bazaar at the Church 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Pastor’s Hours* 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Tuesday thru Friday. Phone 372-2245. LDS Slate Conference Quarterly Conference for the Nyssa Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be this Saturday and Sunday. No vember 8 and 9. Saturday nights Priesthood meeting will be for all Priesthood members in lea dership capacity and will start at 8 p.m. The general Conference session for al) members will convene at 10 a.m. at the Nyssa Stake Center in Nyssa, with Presi dent Melvin R. Nielsen presiding at both meetings. Youth of the Stake are also reminded of the dance to be held in the Ontario Cultural Hall at 8:30 to 11:30 p m., Saturday, November 8. Music will be provided by the Don Weathermon Stereo Dance System. More About Forced Busing Pasadena's Fundamental Schools What is now happening in Pasadena, Cali fornia, demonstrates that forced busing is only the beginning of more federal control. As a re sult of a federal court order, Pasadena began forced busing five years ago. Now. federal pow er is being used to dictate not only which school a child shall attend but also what he shall be taught when he gets there. Two years ago, in a move which ought to be copied nationwide, the elected Pasadena School Board converted one of its school districts to what is called a "fundamental" school In a complete turnabout from rampant permissive nee* and experimentation, the fundamental school stresses phonics, penmanship, spelling, arithmetic, and diacipline. In addition, stu dents begin each day with character-building sessions which include training in pride, po liteness, respect, patriotism, and morality. Enrollment at the fundamental school has A To Attend Convention Conant Graveside services for Peggy Ann Conant. 37. rural Nyssa, who died Wednesday. October 29. 1975 will be conducted at 10:30 a.m.. Thursday at the Nyssa Cemetery. She was born in Corona. California. April 19. 1938. Surviving are her husband. Claude Leon Conant of Nyssa: a son. Claude Conant Jr. of Nyssa, and a slater, Mrs. Lucy Roshal. Corona. Official delegates of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, led by the Rev. Letitia Croom will attend the annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon to be held at Florence Miller Services for Florence M. Miller. 65. rural Parma, who died Sunday. November 2. 1975 at Grangeville, were conducted Wednesday at the Lienkaemper Chapel by the Rev. Carl Lassiter. Interment was in Parma. She was born February 16. 1910. in Dextor. Kansas. She married Clyde L. Miller. September II. 1927, in Winfield. Kansas. She is survived by her husband of Parma; three sons. Clarence A. Miller of Laguna Niguel. Calif.. Geo rge F. Miller of Huntington. Oregon and Carl L. Miller of Boise; a daughter. Betty Lou Miller of White Bird; a brother. Herbert Radcliff of Yucca Valley. Calif.; seven grandchildren and three gre at-grandchildren. A son. Ray Miller, pre ceded her in death. Dale Dewey Word has been received of the death of Dale Dewey of Quincy. Washington, who died Wednesday. November 5, 1975 in a Quincy Hospital. Funeral services will be held at Quincy. Friday. November 7. Mr Dewey was a former Nyssa resident and employee of Ideal Gas He is survived by his wife at 213 J. Street S.W. Quincy and two sons. A hill obituary will be printed later. Malheur Tattler Hospital visitation sche dule at Malheur Memorial Hospital la as follows: Lutheran Church. Rev. Walt Schmidt, November 10 to 16 with Nursing Home services. Sunday. Nov. 16. Latin Assembly of God Church, Rev. Tony Mal donado, November 17 to 23 with Nursing Homes ser vices. Sunday. November 23. United Methodist Church. Rev. James Monroe. Novem ber 24 to 30 with Nursing Home Services Sunday. Nov. 30. persons to the General Convention and the diocesan council and standing commit tees. Representing St. Paul's Episcopal Church will be the Senior Warden, David Sara zin; elected delegate Barbara Sarazin; and clergy delegate Warren Sapp, While St. Paul's represen tatives are attending the Diocesan Festival Eucharist in The Dalles, the Rev Ray W Schaumburg will be celebrant at the 11 a.m. Eucharist here in Nyssa. Father Schaumburg, who lives in Nampa, is a priest in the diocese of Idaho. Golden ,4ger» To Sell Boll» Rev. Ray Schaumburg St. Paul's Church. The Dalles, on November 7-9. 1975. Celebrations and wor ship of the convention, as well as the business sessions, will be held by the Bishop, the Rt Rev William B Spofford, and special guest of the gathering will be the Bishop of Spokane, the Rt Rev. John Wyatt. Matters for decision con fronting the convention include memorials to the General Convention of the Church, meeting in Minne sola in 1976, dealing with the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate; changes in worship forms; goals and directions of the diocese; and election of Charity Ball ♦ To Be Nov. 15 Advance tickets are now on sale for Ontario's 7th annual Hospital Charity Ball which will be held at the Elk’s Lodge in Ontario. Saturday, November 15. Music for dancing will be by the "Five Soft Sails" from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. with breakfast being served at 11:30 p.m. There will be no tickets sold at the door. For advance tickets contact Pat Looney, ticket chairman. 889-6569 or Pat Burnham, auxiliary pre sident. 889-8581. The tickets will be a $12.50 donation per couple. This annual event is sponsored by the Elk's Auxiliary and the proceeds will be added to existing funds to help towards the purchase of needed cancer detecting equipment for Holy Rosary Hospital. The Nyssa Golden Age Club is holding a special sale Friday. November 7, and Saturday. November 8. at 113 Green Avenue from 10 a m. to 5 p.m. The special feature will be "Dolls for Christmas" and many other items will be available Everyone is wel come to come and browse. The Golden Agers would also like to remind everyone that they have discontinued their rummage sale until April of next year. They wish to thank all persons in the community that supported the program this past season Boyd Wilson Suffers Attack Boyd Wilson, owner of Wilson's Buick, suffered a heart attack Monday morning He is recooperating at Holy Rosary Hospital in Qntario and at the present time, no visitors are allowed. REBEKAHS MEET Yellow Rose Rebekah Lo dge 4202 met October 28 at the IOOF Hall with Noble Grand Emily Clapp presiding. Twentv members answered roll call. Officers were elected for 1976 as follows: Helen Pittz. noble grand; Vina Fox, vice-grand; Louise Wernick, secretary; Wilma Ostrom, treasurer; Kathleen Wheeler good of order chairman Entertainment was a Hal loween game. Winners were Merle Johnson. Wilma Os trom, Emilv Clapp and Louise Wernick. Ail received treats as did all members. Hostesses for the evening were Verna Martin and Blanche Weeks DEMONSTRATION The Birch Log by John F. Mciiaiuu Belmont. Marrachutett» — Anyone who watches a television documentary about the many problems associated with busing of school children is certain to be reminded that buses are used everywhere in our nation and not just in cities where trouble has developed The im plication. of course, is that opposition to bus ing is really a form of latent racism Such a blanket inference la both a downright lie and a monstrous insult The vast majority of those who oppose busing to satisfy federal court-ordered integration schemes have every right to object to the use of their children in sociological experiments And that right exists even if many of these dis traught parents find themselves unable to express themselves about it to smart reporters and slick television interviewers What these parents object to is ¡orce, not riding a bus. As one parent in Boston did express it: "If I choose to bus my child to a distant school, that's one thing. But if the government tells me 1 must, then something is wrong " st. Paul's Delegates OBITUARIES always been voluntary And the necessity for busing across town to obtain this "old-fash ioned” style of education in no way diminishes enthusiasm for the program on the part of parents of all races So successful was the in novation that a waiting list of 1500 (K through 12) quickly arose Other districts were con verted to meet the demand Enter The Federal Courts Obviously, however, voluntary integration is more than federal authorities can stand Be cause of forced busing. Pasadena's schools had been lasing 1200 or more students each year Since the advent of the fundamental schoola. the system had regained over 600 youngsters — many of whom still faced busing in order to get to whatever style school they choose. But when the school board began the conver sion of yet another school to the fundamental concept in September of thia year. Federal District Judge Manuel Heal decreed a halt. His stated reason for doing so was to insure that the five-year old busing plan, originally ordered by him, would not be skirted Federal Power Must Be Curbed It cannot be stressed too heavily that Pasa dena's parents had voluntarily accepted busing in order to obtan a traditional style of edu cation for their children In the newest funda mental school, approximately fifty white kindergarten students were already being bused into a predominantly black neighborhood. A survey of the current situation in Pasadena leads to a number of inescapable conclusions: (I) Control of schoola and children — not in tegration — ia the goal of forced buaing. (2) Parents who object to forced buaing do not do ao for racial reasons (3) Fundamental educa tion — not permissive experimentation — ia the overwhelming choice of parenta. 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