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Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa. Oregon
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Nyssa Gata City Journal
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Some Bicentennial Ideas
The Nyssa Bicentennial Committee is soliciting ideas for
the observance of our nation's 200th birthday
Most
communities in this state and throughout the nation are
making plans, and most appropriately so. A good, strong dose
of super-patriotism would help a lot in this anniversary year.
There are several encouraging signs already. The Gannett
Newspapers announced Monday that they are going to
accentuate the positive, and feature more of the good things
that go on in this country. The national news media, it seems,
has been obsessed with over-emphasizing our faults.
There are some very good things happening in this
Bicentennial year, particularly on television. Channel 4 has
been featunng patriotic senes, and those we have seen are
very good. Tuesday night we watched the first of the Adams
Family Chronicle, and seeing John. Samuel. Abigail and the
family in living color certainly refreshes our memories of
American History.
We have some ideas that we think would be appropriate for
this Bicentennial year in Nyssa. If you have some thoughts on
this subject, by all means let the committee know of them.
Ideas are no good, though, unless a dedicated group can put
them into practice. A good example is the fine job that the
garden club. Lions and city did on the beautification project
on our north city limits.
Idea No. 1: A Nyssa girl. Evelyn Bailey, has joined the
wagon train and is going on to Valley Forge. You read about it
in last week's Journal, and we think it is important. If Evelyn
has enough spunk to take on a task like this, the least we in
Nyssa could do is help a little financially. We pledge our
support, and have contacted some organizations with like
interests. We should get something going here soon.
Idea No. 2: By the end of this year Nyssa will have one of
the finest auditoriums in the country. A Bicentennial Organ in
this fine, new structure would be something the community
could provide, and at no extreme cost. A local group has just
finished assembling an organ for their church, and there will
be more on that later.
We have found out that a theater console organ kit is under
$5.000. and there are individuals who have the know-how to
put it together. An organ would be something that the
community could enjoy almoat indefinitely, and it would be
fine for instructing our young school musicians.
Idea No. 3: Tennis courts. Many have talked about more
courts over the years, but we have never got into gear. This
would be a good year for the school board to build two courts
on the school grounds, and another two courts could be built
in the North Park with community effort. Tennis is a
wonderful sport that can be played by all. and courts could be
provided with a good, concerted effort.
Just a few ideas, let the Bicentennial committee know what
YOU think.
FFA Award Winners
Five Nyssa FFA members
placed first in Snake River
District Farm Proficiency
Award competition Saturday,
December 17 at Baker. The
winners were as follows: Ken
Moslev - Swine Production;
Bruce Corn ■ Crop Produc
tion; Mike Parker - Place
ment in Agriculture Produc
tion; Pat Sims - Home and
Farm Improvement;
and
Ross Durfee - Agriculture
Sales and/or Service. Ross
Durfee's SOEP (Supervised
Occupational Experience
Program) record book was
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also judged first in the
District. All will receive
special District awards at the
State FFA Convention to be
held in Bend March 21-24
where they will enter State
finals competition.
Also three Nyssa FFA
members. Mike Parker. Les
lie Linegar. and Charles Sims
have qualified to apply for
the State Farmer Degree
They were interviewed by
the six state FFA officers at
Ontario High School Wed
nesday. January 21.
The Light
Touch
By Ernie Metcalf
Citizen to poll taker: “When I have an opinion, you'll
see it on my bumper sticker.”
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In your search for the pot of gold at the end of the
rainbow, better stop and pick up some of the silver
along the way.
• • •
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you
look a mess.
• • •
When a teenage driver honks, the one thing you can be
certain it means is that he has a horn.
• • •
If you want your kid to follow in your footsteps, you’ve
probably forgotten a few you took.
• • •
Follow the footsteps to Nyssa Co-op Supply for a
thorough lube job for trouble free car performance.
Nyssa Co-op
Supply
18 N. 2nd Myssa, Oregon 372-2254
Chamber of Commerce
Nyssa. Oregon
Gentlemen:
We would appreciate infor
mation regarding your Au
gust Thunderegg Days. We
were able to attend this year,
and were very impressed
with the show, the field trips,
and with your community.
The waitresses in the cafes
were most friendly and
helpful about the show. Mr.
Emil Wohlcke loaned a rock
hammer to a woman and two
small boys. then, because
they would not be returning
to Nyssa, asked me to return
the hammer to an elderly
gentleman in a straw hat at
the rock show Where else
would a $10.00 rock hammer
be entrusted to perfect
strangers! He wanted those
little boys to experience the
thrill of finding a nice rock.
We thought so much of
your community and of your
show that we would like to
publicize the 1976 show to
our Lockheed Rock Club.
Could you please send me the
dates for the August 1976
show?
Thank you very much.
Sincerely.
Mrs. B. Boulton
8743 Lemona Ave.,
Sepulveda. Calif. 91343
P.S. Do you have information
available of sources for maps
of rock hunting areas in
Oregon, or of books on the
subject?
Malheur
Tattler
Bingo at Malheur Memo
rial Nursing home was
enjoyed last Thursday by
approximately half of the
residents. More fun was had
due to seven visitors and
helpers.
Most of the players were
able to win prizes. Winners
were Mmes. Emma Wimp.
Moki Saito. Nellie Newbill,
Bartholemew. Connie Na
kamoto. Mary Wallington.
Elizabeth Clayton. Olive Gra
ham. Emma Daudt. Minnie
Umburger. Leo Hatfield and
Cliff Main
Prizes chosen were beads,
broaches, greeting cards,
handkerchiefs, playing cards
and pens.
• • •
Residents celebrating birth-
day anniversaries this month
are Connie Nakamoto. Ja
nuary 20. Emma Wimp.
January 22; Nellie Newbill,
January 30. Happy Birthday.
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The Malheur Memorial
Hospital visitation schedule
is as follows:
Assembly of God Church,
the Rev. Mike Bashor,
chaplain from January 26 to
February 1 with nursing
home services Sunday, Feb
ruary 1.
OBITUARIES
Marian Flippence
Services for Marian D.
Flippence, 61, Nyssa, who
died Monday. January 19.
1976 in a Vale nursing home,
will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Friday at the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Nvssa Stake, by BishogGary
V. Thompson. Interment will
be in the Nyssa Cemetery.
She was born May I, 1914,
in Bountiful. Utah. She was
married to Wallace Flippence
June 15. 1940. in Salt Lake
City. She was a member of
the LDS Church.
She is survived by her
husband in Nyssa; a son.
Larry Flippence. Nampa; a
daughter. Mrs.
Bonnie
Scoggs, Caldwell; a foster
son. Danny Padella, Parma;
two sisters, Mrs. Chris
Poulsen. Salt Lake City, and
Mrs. Ruth Willard. Nevada;
two brothers, Arthur Gard
ner. Salt Lake City, and
Elmer Gardner. Sacramento.
Calif.; and three grand
children.
Memorials may be made to
the Mountain States Tumor
Institute in Boise.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to say
thanks to all our friends and
neighbors for cards and
flowers. A special thank you
to Dr. David Sarazin and the
nursing staff at Malheur
Memorial Hospital for their
excellent care of our Dear
One.
Mrs. Aura Lee Vinsonha-
ler, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
Vinsonhaler, DeLos Vinson-
haler family, Arthur Vinson
haler family and Blanche
Brown family.
Thursday, January 22, 1976
Myrtle Burningham
Services for Myrtle Bur
ningham. 8J. Bountiful, Utah
who died Saturday. January
10. 1976, in a Bountiful
nursing home were held
Tuesday. January 13 at the
LDS Second Ward by Bishop
Ingram. Interment was at
Wasatch Lawns. Salt Lake
City. Utah by the Lindquist
Mortuary.
She was born in Kaysville.
Weber County. Utah, the
daughter of Byran Lee and
Mary Ella Baker Bybee. She
was a member of the LDS
Church. She married Arthur
Rov Burningham, April I,
1914 in the Salt Lake LDS
Temple. He preceded her in
death. April 6. 1973.
Surviving are her son. Carl
Burningham. Nyssa; two
brothers. Sherman Bybee,
Nyssa, and D. O. Bybee,
Grandview; four sisters. Mrs.
Stella Moss and Mrs. Leda
Ray. both of Nyssa; Mrs.
Russell (Ruby) Jordon. Na
mpa and Mrs. Leonard
(Nora) Howes. Adrian; five
grandchildren, one of which
is Chipper Bumingham. Ny
ssa; 14 great grandchildren.
E. Beatrice Brown
Services for E. Beatrice
“Bea" Brown. 62. Route 1,
Payette, who died Saturday.
January 17, 1976 at an
Ontario hospital, were con
ducted Tuesday at Bertelson
Lienkaemper Chapel. Ontario
by the Revs. Ron Eldridge of
the First Christian Church,
Ontario, and Ron W. Hansen
of the Treasure Valley Chris
tian Church. Caldwell. Inter
ment was in Canyon Hill
Cemetery, Caldwell.
She was born February 18.
1913. in Lebanon. Kansas.
She was reared and educated
in Kansas and moved to
Caldwell in 1935 She lived in
Caldwell until 1948. when
she moved to Nyssa. She
moved to Weiser in 195.1 and
to Ontario in I960. She was
employed by the Idaho First
National Bank in Weiser and
Payette. She married S.
Frank N. "Spin” Brown.
December 17, 1934,. in
Smtths Center. Kansas.
Surviving are her husband.
Payette; a son. William
"Bill.” Payette; a daughter.
Mrs. Glenn (Patti) Johnson.
Pilot Rock, Oregon; three
sisters. Mrs. Steve (Mabel)
Price, Smiths Center, Kansas
Mrs. Howard (Audrey) Royce
Lebanon. Kansas, and Mrs.
Joellis (Mildred) Parker.
Kearney. Nebraska; and six
grandchildren.
Memorials may be made (o
Holy Rosary Hospital. On
tario.
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Dorothy I. Knapp
Services for Dorothy Irene
Knapp, 75. Parma, who died
Monday. January 12. 1976, in
a Phoenix, Arizona hospital,
were conducted Friday at
Roawell Baptist Church by
Robenh Obenchain. and Pas
tor Irving Frank. Interment
was in Roswell under the
direction of Dakan Chapel.
Caldwell.
She was born November
16. 1900. She moved to
Nampa with her parents as a
child and married Richard
Knapp. September 12, 1921,
in Caidwell. They lived in the
Treasure Valley where they
farmed, and later moved to
Phoenix.
She was a member of
WTCU. and the Roswell
Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband.
Parma; two daughters. Mrs.
Grace Clucas. Parma, and
Lola Tinker. Sturgion, Mis
souri; three sons. Richard E.,
Vale. Ray. Parma, and
Ernest. U. S. Air Force,
Korea; three sisters, Edith
Tobeck. Spokane. Wash..
Ruby Sassaman. and Flo
rence Miles, both Boise; two
brothers. Pat. Hermiston.
Oregon and Orville Miles,
Portland; 28 grandchildren
and 21 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
a brother.
Memorials may be made
to the Roswell Baptist Church
Mission Program.
Roger Howes
Services for Roger Howes.
37, Oakland. California, who
died Wednesday, January 7,
1976 in an apartment house
fire were conducted Saturday
in Oakland. Calif. Interment
was at Roy. Utah.
He was born August 13,
1938 in Roy, Utah. He was a
member of the LDS Church
He graduated from the
Adrian High School.
Surviving are his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Howes
of Adrian. Oregon.
Verda M. Nichols
Services for Verda M
Nichols. 84. Nampa, who
died Sunday morning. Ja
nuary 18. 1976 in a Caldwell
hospital, will be conducted at
10:30 a.m. Thursday at
Stevensville. Montana with
interment
to follow there.
Arrangements were made by
Flahiff Funeral Chapel.
Surviving are four sons.
Norris. Helena. Mont., Gor
don. Boise. Vernon. Las
Vegas. Nev., and Rex. Parma
Idaho; a daughter. Lucille
Cushnie. Hawi, Hawaii; th
ree brothers. Harrv Drew.
Missoula. Mont.. William
Drew. Stevensville, and Nor
Walter W. Freeman man Drew. Butte. Mont.; a
sister Mabel St. John,
Graveside services for Wai Hamilton. Mont; 10 grand
ter W. Freeman. 76, Mesa. children and three great
Arizona, who died Friday. grandchildren. She was pre
January 9, 1976, in Phoenix, ceded in death by a brother
were conducted Friday in and a sister.
Wheatland, Colorado. Pri
Memorials may be given to
vate services and cremation the Heart Fund.
were held in Phoenix.
Mr. Freeman was bom
September 2, 1899. In Ale
BusinoM Directory
xandra. Minn, and served
with the Navy during World
Fire Depi.-563-372-2220
War I. He moved to
St. Police, 503-889-6468
Wyoming after being dis
AMIAN
charged and married Lucy
Martins. July 2, 1927. He
worked for sugar companies
in Wyoming. Colorado and
California, and moved to
Nyssa in 1937 to work for
Amalgamated Sugar Co. He
left the firm in 1943 and
started a propane gas dis
tributorship and machine
shop. He retired in 1948 and
lived in Parma until moving
to Mesa in 1966.
He was a member of the
Methodist Chuch; Golden
Rule Lodge No. 147, AF&AM
Nyssa; Mount Olive Chapter
No. 52. OES. Parma, of
which he was a past worthy
patron; worthy grandpatron
of the OES in 1957-58. and
served many years on the
board of governors of the
Shrine Hospital for Crippled
Children, Salt Lake City.
His wife is his only
survivor.
Memorials may be given to
the ESTARL fund of the
grand chapter of OES.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our
friends and neighbors for the
lovely cards, gifts and many
kindnesses shown Harold
during his stay at the
Caldwell Hospital and upon
his return home. We most
deeply
appreciate your
thoughtfulness.
Doris and Harold Castor of
Owyhee Junction
Adrian Mercantile
Phone 372-2727
or 724-6131
Adrian Oil Company
Phone 372-2877
or 724-6130
Bea's Beautv Bar
Phone 372-2653
Callahan Repair Service
Wrecker Service
Phone 372-3213
Ross Corn
Phone Nyssa 372-2383
Or (503) 724-6164
f reel Brothers Trucking
Commodity & Livestock
Phone 372-2736
Martin’s Market
* Adrian Supply
Phone 372-2722
Mirage Cafe 6 lounge
Live music Sat. night
Phone 372-2338
Parker Lumber A Hrdwre,
Phone 372-3422
or 724-6174
Stephen Plumbing
Oregon A Idaho licensed
Phone 503-372-2783
Van DeWater Leveling
Phone 372 2562
Webb Service Garage
Phone 372-2464
THE INNER LIGHT, gospel singing group,
will be appearing at the United Methodist
Church in Fruitland. Sunday, January 25 at 7
p.m.
Members are from left. Dan Bright. Doyal
and Gwen Snyder. Shirley Farley. Ralph
Pearson and Don Hammond.
Bible Missionary
Church Directory
To Hold
Revival Services
United Methodist
Church News
The United Methodist Chu
rch and the Rev. Jim Monroe
welcomes you to all church
activities.
Friday, January 23 - Bible
Study at Fern Adams home.
9:30 a.m.
Sunday, January 25 - Pra
yer Service at the church. 9
a.m.
Sunday School. 9:J0 a.m.
Worship Service will be a
special worship message by
the Gideons.
Monday, January 26 - Uni
ted Methodist Men will meet,
every man from 10 to 100
years of age is invited There
will be a special film program
in the church parlor. 7 p.m.
Friday, January 36 - Bible
Study at Fern Adams home.
9:30 a m.
Saturday, January 31 • Li
turgist Workshop for all Jr.
and Sr. High School youth In
the church parlor, 10 a.m. to
12 noon.
AEA Meets
The Adrian Education As
sociation met Monday, Janu
ary 19 to discuss and vote on
the 1976-77 calendar.
Jim Phelps. Patti Price and
Joe Witty were appointed to
the budget committee. The
1976-77 nominating commit
tee members are pending.
Grievance procedures were
outlined by Don Shore as
shown on tapes and hand
outs.
Nazarene
Church Newt
Thursday, January 22,
Golden Hour Missionary
Chapter meets with Mrs.
Kenneth Saunders. 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, January 24,
Snow party for the Pairs and
Spares S.S. class-meet at
1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jaauarv 25, 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. 11
a.m.
Choir practice. 6:45 p.m.
Evening Gospel Hour with
L. Wesley Johnsqn from NNC
as speaker. 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 27, La
dies Bible Study will meet
with Mrs. Sharon Pitta. 9:30
a.m.
W.du.sday, January 28,
Bible Study in the Nursing
home. 4 p.m.
Midweek service for Cara
vans,
Teens, and Adults.
7:30 p.m.
• ea
' *Temptetloa conquered la
Christlaa character strong
lhened."
Sr. I'.ititenn
To Hold Party
The Nyssa Senior Citizens
will have a pinochle party at
their clubhouse on Bower
Avenue on Saturday, January
24 at 7-30 p.m. Everyone is
welcome.
Revival Services are now in
progress at the Nyssa Bible
Missionary Church located
730 N. 2nd Street, with
services each night at 7:45
p.m.. January 21-25.
The Rev Bobby Davis of
Cucamonga. California is the
evangelist. Rev Davis is just
21 years old. He was
converted a little over a year
ago while serving in the
United States Navy, and
shortly thereafter felt the call
of God to preach the gospel
We invite you to come and
hear this fiery young man
proclaim the power of Christ
to deliver from sin.
D. N. Hayford, pastor
Park Avenue
Baptist Church
Everyone is welcome to
attend services at this Bible
teaching church.
Sunday Services
Sunday
school classes for all ages. 10
a.m.
Warship Sarrica • in the
Sanctuary with the message
by Past« Dale Mitchell. II
a.m.
Evenlag Service ■ Mes
sage and fellowship. 7:J0
p.m.
Wednesday EveMng - Bl
ble Study and prayer at the
church with choir practice
afterward, 7:30 p.m.
Youth meeting. 7:30 p.m.
A friendly smile, a warm
handshake and the words of
the Lord await you at Park
Avenue Baptist Church, on
the comer of North Third
Street and Park Avenue.
The Birch Log
Our Leftist Senate
by John F. McMazusa
Hrlmimt, MatmhutrUt - late last October,
the Senate Commerce Committee voted down
the nomination of brewing executive Joeeph
Coon for a seat on the 16 member board of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting A spokes
man for the dissenting Senators gave the rea
sons Mr Coors had funded a television news
syndicate which was in his own words "an
alternative to the liberal bias" of existing news
syndicates, and. further, he had acknowledged
making a contribution to The John Birch So
ciety Senator John Pastore (D.-R.I.) voted
against Mr Coon because, he said, such actions
demonstrated "animosity toward the Eastern
establishment."
A seat on the board of the federal Corpora
tion for Public Broadcasting is hardly a criti
cally sensitive post Ordinarily a nomination of
such relative unimportance receivee little notice
and earns rubber-stamp approval But not so in
the case of the conservative Mr Coors. He
became the focal point of Senate vindictiveness,
in spite of the fact that he was eminently
qualified for the post, wax an exemplary citizen
with no trace of misconduct on his record, and
was absolutely correct about "liberal biaa" in
the existing media
Attorney General Levi
A few months prior to the labelling of Mr.
Coors as unacceptable, the full Senate con
firmed by voice vote the nomination of Edward
H Levi as Attorney General of the United
States. The treatment accorded Mr. Levi while
being considered for thia infinitely more im
portant post turned out to be remarkably differ
ent from what the Senators gave Mr. Coors.
Without doubt, the difference stemmed from
the fact that Mr. Levi's ties to the Left are both
numerous and undeniable
For instance, Edward Levi admita that ho
became an active member of the National Law
yers Guild "in 1936." (The organisation was
actually begun in February 1937 Was ho a
charter member'’) He further admitted that he
retained his membership during the World War
II years while holding down a federal piaition
The National lawyers Guild, as many people
know, is nothing less than the foremost legal
arm of the Communiat Party in our country
Committees of both Houses of Congress have
repeatedly pointed out the subversive nature of
thia group In response to such efforts. Mr Levi
joined with an array of known Communists and
fellow travelers in calling for the abolition of one
of those Congressional committees
In 1966. while he was Dean of the University
of Chicago's Law Sohool. Edward Levi super
vised a Ford Foundation project that secretly
"bugged the deliberations of trial juries The
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee inves
tigated this serious invasion of jury privacy and
turned up evidence showing Mr Levi’s links to
numerous other Communists and Communist
fronters One such individual was Communist
sapionage agent Norman Bursler, who Mr Levi
admitted had received his assistance in securing
a key poet at the University
What Goos OnT
The Senate's winking at serious leftist con
nections and its simultaneous rejection of patri
otic Americana are not a new phenomenon, but
one that has been evident for years and one
that has helped to speed our nation down the
road toward leftist tyranny
As Attorney General, Mr Levi has curtailed
the domestic intelligence activities of the F B l
and thrown his considerable weight behind
moves to deny Americans the right to keep and
bear arms Both of these goals have long been
sought by the enemies of America Mr Lavi is
also credited with arranging for the selection of
hie long lime friend. John Paul Stevens, as the
newest Justice of the Supreme Court We won
der if Mr Stevens' speedy confirmation by the
Senate is an indication of the kind of attitude he
will bring to the court
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