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» Thursdaay, January 8, /976 OUT OF THE PAST r 10 YEARS AGO Joni Lynn Lowe was winner of the Nyssa Stork Derby. Joni Lynn arrived at 6 09 p.m. on New Year's Day, with Dr. David Sarazin as attending physician. She weighed seven-pounds, four- ounce*. The family resides in Parma and Joni Lynn joins a brother, Richard 14, and a sister. Diana. 12. Her grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cash of Apple Valley and Mrs. Mabel Lowe of Twin Falls. "To know WUda. was to love her." is typical of remarks heard as friends learned of the untimely death of Mrs. Warren Farmer on the afternoon of New Year's Day 1966. Mrs. Farmer, 43-year-old mother of seven, succumbed at Malheur Memorial Hospi tal following a stroke. Nyssa Gate City Journal. Nyssa, Oregon community when she arrived at Malheur Memorial Hos pital. Sunday night at 8:12. The five-pound, two-ounce mis* i* the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hall of Ontario Height*. • • • CpI. Larry Neely arrived home Friday following hi* discharge from the Army. During hi* tour of duty, he spent IS month* in Korea. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C N. Neely. JO YEARS AGO After more than three year* in Army Service. T/4 Ray Huffman of Nyssa saw hi* infant son for the first time last week when he returned home from a ve teran* hospital at Phoenix. Arizona. Mr and Mrs. Huffman and three year old son. will go to Phoenix about January IS and will remain there until Mr. Huffman is released, probably in June. They will then return to Nyssa to make their home. Huffman, serving in the Army for three years, nine months, saw service in Africa and Europe. • • • Letters have been sent to all residents of Nyssa and vicinity this week by the committee arranging the campaign to raise money for construction of the proposed Malheur Memorial Hospital to be established in Nyssa. The committee said that "To perpetuate the memory of those who have made the supreme sacrifice in this past war. and to do it in a way • hat it i* believed would please those who now lie buried in foreign soils, by making available service to their families, friends and neighbors, the project of constructing and operating a modern hospital in this area has been proposed. Page Three 40 YEARS AGO Adrian—Work started this week on the new school grounds where a grade school will be constructed early in 1936. The fund* for the fixing up of the school grounds are WPA relief money and the money that will build the schoolhouse is PWA and district money. • • • Adrian—Snow fall in and around Adrian is greater this year than it has been for several year*. At present a total of about <••••• rnche» has fallen since Thursday night. Much of this has melted this week, due to the sudden change of temperature. 50 years ago Fred Powell shot a monster wild goose Wednesday while hunting a few miles below town and is anticipating some fine "eats" at hi* New Years dinner. The bird weighed eight pound* when dressed and was fat a* butter. • • • R. E. Weant. local dealer, has estimated that between four and five thousand Christmas turkeys have left Vale since the opening of the holiday market early this month. Most of them were hauled in trucks to Payette and from there consigned to eastern markets. The last two weeks, the turkeys have been purchased for local trade. Six dollars per turkey is a low average price for the entire month's business and many of the birds brought as high as $7 and $8 It might be roughly esti mated that turkeys valued at $30,000 have left Vale for the holiday market. • • • Issues for 60 year* ago are still missing from our files 20 YEARS AGO Tiny little Sandra Hall won the honor of being named Miss 1956" for the Nyssa The Circuit Writer When I was in college, at my blessed alma mater. The University of Puget Sound (rah! rah!), I was (old of an unique creature known as the geoduck. or gweduc. At first. I didn't believe a word I was hearing, feeling that as an "out-of-towner". I was being "put-on". Imagine, a clam one foot across, with a neck sometimes three feet long, that can dig faater than a steamshovel I Baloney!!! I was a dyed-in-the-wool skep tic, until one day. a date of mine, she was very tough- dug one up for dinner. Since that time, and I still get indigestion thinking about it, I have never run across another such phenomena that was unbelieveable - until 1 came to Nyssa. "A what?" I said, flatlan der that I was,.. "A thunderegg!!!" ans we red my friend for the fifth time. "Now let me see if I've got this straight" I knew I did. but it sounded fishy, or. in light of my past experience, clammy. "A thunderegg is a ruck, right’ (So far so good I) And this big rock has a little rock inside it. right? (Well, my friend noted that wasn’t quite it. but close enough for now ) And you dig for them, right? (All this poppycock about how you used to pick 'em up off the ground wasn't going to fool me!) And if you don't have time to dig, you can buy 'em, right? (Once a year it seems some musical United Methodiet Church New» The United Methodist Chi» rch and the Rev. Jim Monroe welcome* you to all church activities. Friday, Jaaaary 9 • Bible Study, Fern Adams home. 9:30 a m. Saturday, Jaaaary 18 • Open house for all friend* of the Church. Hosted by the Ore-Ida Cabinet. Bishop Jack Tuell. presiding. 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saaday, Jaaaary 11 • Prayer Service at the church. 9 a.m. Sunday School. 9:30 a.m. Worship Service Message. "If I Should Die Before I Livel", by guest preacher, the Rev. Carl Mason, Covered Dish Fellowship Dinner. Bring a covered dish and your fellowship, 12:15 p.m. Monday, Jaaaary 12 • NO ADMINISTRATION BOARD Tuesday, January 13 - Bi ble Study Fellowship at the Eavns'. 12 noon. Don't forget Jaaaary 16-17 Is our 24-heur Prayer Vigil. All are Invited to participate. OWYHEE COMMUNITY CHURCH A Seminar on God's Family Plan is to be presented at the Owyhee Community Church, under the leadership of Gene American Missionary Fellow ship. The date is Friday, January 9 through noon Sunday, January 11. • * • Friday, January 9 - God's Family Plan, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 10 - Man's Spiritual Call and Woman's Call at Home. 9 to 10:30 a.m.; God's Call to Young People, 7 to 7:45 p.m.; God's Call to Fathers, Wo men's Responsibility in the Church. 7:45 to 9:15 p.m. Sunday, January 10 • A Husband's Call, Women with Unsaved Husband*. II a.m.; God's Power for the Family, II to 12 noon. Potluck dinner to follow the morning service. Pastor Ma- xom Invites everyone to avail themselves of these special meetings. by tbu lev. J festival is held to celebrate these thing*—even I'm not enough of a flatlander to be sucked in on that onef) And after you buy these thun dering egg*, you crack them open, right? (Well sort of. my friend said.) And, "my voice was getting a bit loud, "after driving around, digging, and even paying out good money for them, and then going to the trouble of busting them open, if you are real lucky, there's nothing in them???? Boy I You must think I was bom yesterdaylll" "Well, look.” My friend was giving up on trying to fool me. "Someday I'll just have to show you. Let's forget it and go get some thing to eat." "Great! What'll we have?’ "I'll take you downtown and get you a Ihunderegg Sandwich! 11” That's where the conver sation ended. Now, I'm the first to admit that the wonders God has created are beautiful and sometime* hard to fully appreciate. In fad. the miracle of life, itself, is a hard thing to explain. But. an empty, rockles* rock that you eat in a sandwich? Come on....... Friday, Jamsary 9 - Owy hee Garden Club, meet at Mr*. Wyatt Smith home. 2 pm Satazday, January 10 • U- nited Methodist Church O- pen-house. All invited, hos ted by Ore-Ida Cabinet at the Nyssa Church. 4 to 5:30 p.m. den Rule Chapter *131, Practice for officer*. Masonic Hail. 6 p.m. Messday, Jamaary 12 - Job'* Daughter* Luncheon Card Party. Bridge and Pinochle,this is in place of the one cancelled due to bad roads, Masonic Hall. 1 p.m. Past Master* meeting, Twilight Cafe. 7 p.m. Starduster*. Sadie Metcalf home, Adrian Blvd., 8 p.m. Golden Rule Lodge *147 AF AAM . Masonic Hall. 8 p.m. Tueaday, January 13 - Yellow Rose Rebekah Lodge *202. IOOF Hall. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jaaaary 14 • Nyssa Senior Citizen*. Club house on Bower. Potluck. 10:30 a.m. Job's Daughter*. Bethel *33. Masonic Hall. 7:30 p.m. Ihursdai. January IS • OKK Club will meet at Liz Vandewall home. 2 p.m. VFW Post No 2697, Nyssa Eagles Hall. 8 p.m. TBERTHS J Malheur Memorial December 31, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Chamberlain. Nyssa, girl. January I, Mr. and Mr*. Mike Lopez, Nyssa, boy. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blair, Burn*, boy. JUICY SWEET NAVEL ORANGES Holy Rosary Hospital December 30. Mr. and Mr*. Bruce Hilt. Weiser, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Allen. Ontario boy. Mr. and Mr*. Palmer. Boise, girl. December 31. Mr. and Mr*. J. Fritz. Nyssa, girl. Mr. and Mr*. Jim Hysell. Vale. boy. January I. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Musgrove. Vale, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Bryant, Ontario, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hart, New Plymouth, girl. January 3. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Brandon. Payette girl. January 6, Mr. and Mrs. Mike F.mmon*. Ontario, girl. BANANAS S’ NO. 1 RUSSETT - POTATOES OT
