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70th y«ar 22nd Issue
The Sugar City
Nyssa, Oregon
Thursday, May 27, 1976
Thunderegg Capital
15* Per Copy
Malheur County Voters Elect
New Circuit Judge, Defeat Levy
By Pal Savage
School finished its last day
today, and is over for the
summer amid cries of 'hur­
rah' and loud sighs of
release. Summer is time for
fun and sun, but rather
imagine we parents will be
listening to "Mom. what is
there for me to do?” in about
three weeks. Ah youth!
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I am glad to see the Oregon
State Highway crew is finally
repairing that leaky spot
under the underpass. Have
heard many complaints about
why doesn't the city take care
of this. This isn't the city's
responsibility, but the states'
as this is a state highway.
Also the maintance under the
underpass as well as the
walkways are the states' res­
ponsibility.
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Didn't you think gradua­
tion ceremonies Thursday
evening were nice? 1 did. I
especially liked the combina­
tion of the valedictorian and
salutalorian speeches. They
added a bit of humor, but
were to the point. Even with
the completion of the new
auditorium, which would be
available in case of bad
weather, it seems nice to
think that outdoor gradua­
tions could become tradi­
tional. I might add, that this
class conducted themselves
with the honor and dignity
that behooves a Senior Class
and certainly should make
the community proud of
them.
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When answering a fire call
the other evening. Nyssa
firemen heard the remark.
"There are too mans firemen
answering calls, especially
when it is a small fire. It's
costing the city too much
montv " in order to clarify
this
these men all volun
teer their services and
receive no pay. The fire chief
receives a small amount per
month, but this is a flat fee.
These men give of their time,
and efforts, and they meet
the first Monday of every
month and practice every
Monday night. These volun­
teers deserve our thanks and
our consideration as they are
most necessary. In this day
and age if we can get that
type of service for nothing,
we've really got something
going for us. every one of us!
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Don't forget to fly
flags Memorial Day
attend Memorial Day
vices if you are home
weekend!
your
and
Ser­
this
Potato Committee
NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL
graduates stand in the sunset
of a beautiful day as they
received their diplomas last
Thursday evening on the
football field.
This was the second out­
door graduation since the
loss of the gymnasium, and
new facilities will be com­
pleted and available before
the graduation of another
class.
At right. School Board
Chairman Mark Hartley pre
sents a graduate with hei
diploma, assisted by Super
intendent W L. McPartlan«
behind podium, and Coun
selor Duane Buchtel at left.
Science Students
Leave For Coast
Twenty-three members of
the Nyssa High School
Science club will be leaving
Saturday, May 29, for an
eight-day field trip to the
Oregon Cont and San
Francisco.
Scheduled visits for the
group include slops at the
Oregon Institute of Marine
Biology. OSU’s Manne Scie­
nce Center. Humbolt State
University. California Aca­
demy of Science. Abbott
Laboratories at Moffett Field,
Lawrence Hall of Science at
University of California (Bet
keley). Also students will be
sightseeing in San Francisco.
Coos Bay and Lake Tahoe.
Adults accompanying the
group include Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Thompson, Mr and
Mrs. Dennis Savage and
Miss Mary Omberg and Miss
Joleen Reece.
OSU Graduation
On June 9
Meets Friday
The first meeting of the
Idaho A Eastern Oregon
Potato Committee for the
Year beginning June t, 1976
will be held at the Eastside
Cafe. Ontario. Oregon. Fri­
day at 1:30 pm
The agenda for the meet­
ing will go according to the
items listed on the attached
schedule.
The meeting is being
called in Ontario at this early
date in order that regulations
can be recommended early
enough to allow processing in
Washington D.C., in order to
have regulations established
for the beginning of ship­
ments of the early crop.
Over 8,000 Malheur Cou­
No. 4 - Authorizes Vehicle
nty voters went to the polls
Tax for Mass Transit Use,
Tuesday, and followed the
1493 Yes. 6019 No.
trend in neighboring Idaho
rather than Oregon in picking
Malheur County Levy
their national choices.
$95,950 outside the 6%
Malheur Republicans gave
Limitation. 1531 Yes. 5523
Ronald Reagan 2898 votes to
No.
1147 for President Ford,
Non-Partisan Ballot
although the president was
Judge of the Supreme
the party 's choice in Oregon.
Court, Position No. 2. Firley
Idaho Senator Frank Church
A. Field 2851. Berkely Lent
received 1767 votes. Jimmy
4178.
Carter had 965. and G«>vernor
Judge of the Court of
Jerry Brown of California was
Appeals. Position No. 1,
third tn Malheur County with
Steve P. Chez 754, Lee
253 write-in votes on the
Johnson 2148. Henry Kane
Democratic ballot.
1393. Roben A Lucas 2289.
In the non-partisan ballots
Judge of the Court of
District Attorney Frank Yra-
Appeals, Position No. 3, R.
guen soundly beat Circuit
W. Kitson 2757, Herbert M
Judge Jeff Dorroh by a nearly
Schwab 3828.
3 to 1 margin, and voters
Judge of the Court of
turned down Malheur County
appeals. Position No. 4.
levy by about the same
William S. Fort 2950. Wil-
margin.
liam L. Richardson 3476.
Don Engstrom received the
Judge of the Circuit Court.
most votes for Justice of the
Ninth Judicial District, Jeff
Peace, Nyssa District, with
D. Dorroh 2195. Frank
848. He and incumbent
Yraguen 5911.
Judge E. Otis Smith, who
Justice of the Peace. Nyssa
received 595 votes, will
District. Everett B. Ballou
campaign for that position in
354, Don R. Engstrom 848.
November Everett Ballou
E. Otis Smith 595.
was third with 354 votes.
Democrat!«- Ballot
County Clerk Bob Morcom
President of the U. S.,
said that about 300 absentee
Birch Bayh 3, Jimmy Carter
ballots have not been figured
965. Frank Church 1767,
in the complete but unofficial
Fred Harris 7, Hubert H.
returns, as follows:
Humphrey 107, Henry M.
Measure« Ballot
Jackson 38. Edward M.
No. 1 - Expands Veterans
Kennedy 137. Ellen McCor­
Home-Farm Loan Eligibility.
mick 44. Morris Udall 51.
6071 Yes. 1854 No.
George Wallace 112. and
No. 2 - Discipline of Jud­
Jerry Brown 253.
ges. 7044 Yes. 791 No.
Representative in Con­
No. 3 - Housing Bonds.
gress. 2nd District. Al
2957 Yes. 4515 No.
Ullman 2951.
Oregon State University is
especled to confer a record
number of degrees at its
107th commencement June
6.
Registrar Wallace E. Gibbs
expects the number of
degrees will be between
3.500 and 3.600 A record
3.498 degrees were awarded
in |9M
The number dropped to
3.480 in 1974 ami to 3.400
last year when the total
number of degrees awarded
by OSU over the past 106
years passed the 75.000
mark.
The annual graduation
ceremony is scheduled at 2
p.m. in Gill Coliseum.
Republican Ballot
President of the U. S..
Gerald Ford 1147, Ronald
Reagan 2898.
Representative in Con­
gress. 2nd District. Terry L.
Hicks. 821. Cecil R Kariker
942. Thomas H. Mercer 1489
Secretary of State, John P.
Kelting 2464. Norma Paulus
1036.
State Treasurer. Irvin
Mann 761. Clay Myers 2481
and John Smets 428.
Attorney General. Stan
Bunn 578, James W. Durham
1565. William Jolley 999, and
Lyndon Wilson 352.
State Senator, 13th District
Robert F. Smith 3549.
State Representative. 60th
District. Denny Jones 3329.
County Commisskmer,
Leon D. Sheets 935, N. A.
"Nick” Toole 1725.
County Assessor. Oscar B.
Bratton 2526.
County
Treasurer. Jean
“Pat” Bond 3334.
Arcadia Landmark Still
Serves Ted Frahm Family
American Legion Will Honor
War Dead At Nyssa Cemetery
The American Legion will
pay tribute with full military
honors to the War Dead.
Monday. May 31. at II a.m.
at the Nyssa Cemetery. The
main address will be given by
Senator Robert F. Smith of
Burns.
The services will be as
follows:
Welcoming address by
Legion Commander Gary
Cleaver.
Prayer by Carl Lassiter.
Legion Chaplain.
Address by Senator Smith.
Placing of wreath by the
American Legion Auxiliary.
A gun salute by the firing
squad.
Taps by buglers Mike
Parker, Bruce Corn and
Roger Blaylock.
The Memorial will begin
Sunday evening when the
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American Legion will place
flags on each of the 155
graves of war veterans. The
Auxiliary will place a wreath
upon each grave.
Monday, Memorial Day. at
sunrise the National Flag will
be flow n at half mast to show
that the entire nation mourns
its dead. At noon the flag is
returned to full staff, signify­
ing new hope for the future
and for the living.
The finals of the Malheur
County Spelling Contest were
held at the Vale Middle
School on Thursday. May 20.
with thirteen (13) students
from the various school
districts in the County
participating.
In the Elementary Section
(Grades 1-6) the winner was
Christian "Chris" Bohm of
Jordan Valley with Sharon
lida of Ontario (Cairo Ele­
mentary) placing second and
Kathy Pavne of Vale third.
The winner of the Eighth
Grade Section was Maxine
Henderson of Ontario Junior
High. Natalie Mower of
Nyssa placed second and Jim
Wilkins of Vale was the third
place winner.
For the Eleventh Grade
Section, the winner was
Dawn Davis of Ontario Senior
High with Sue Hiatt of Vale
Union High placing second.
The three first place
winners will now go to Salem
to compete in the State finals
which will be held during the
State Fair this summer.
Much i'-t rest and enthu­
siasm h’s ocen generated for
the contest and it is hoped to
make it an annual event in
Malheur County.
Deadline Nears To
Order Fiddlers Tickets
Amalgamated
Declares Dividend
At its regularly scheduled
meeting May 20. the Board of
Directors of The Amalga­
mated Sugar Company de-
darcil common stock divi­
dend No. 145 amounting to
75c per share on stock
payable on August I, 19^6 to
stockholders of record on
July 16. 1976
beams over the playing floor visible at left,
This same procedure will
take place in 22 U.S. Military
Cemeteries in foreign coun­
tries as well as in all
cemeteries in the United
States, according to Le­
gionnaire Joe Maughn.
Following the services at
the cemetery, a short service
will be held at the River Park
where a wreath will be
floated on the Snake River
honoring all veterans lost at
sea.
Malheur County Spelling
Winners Announced
J’.ine 7, is the deadline for
ordering tickets by mail for
the National Oldtime Fid­
dlers' Contest in Weiser.
June 22-26.
Lois Lee. ticket chairman.
TRUSS-JOIST BEAMS are being installed
in the new gym. with the huge laminated
Secretary of State, Al
Densmore 693, Dick Groener
253, Phil McAimond 431,
Blaine Whipple 1001. and
Caroline Wilkins 73.
State Treasurer. Mel Gor­
don 939, Marvin J. Hollings­
worth 1015. and Jewel A.
Lansing 1042.
Attorney General, James
A. Redden 1857, Don Willner
1197.
County Commissioner, La­
wren King. 2543
County Assessor. Floyd J.
Holton 2791.
County Sheriff, Robert G.
Ingram, 3275.
Lhe announcement was
made by Chairman of the
Board ami President A. E.
Benning.
said that from experience it
has been learned that it is
necessary to have ten to
twelve days to process mail
orders, correct occasional
errors anil misunderstan­
dings. That is the reason for a
June 7 deadline.
After that date, tickets may
be purchase«! at the Chamber
of Commerce office in Weiser
on Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons.
May Hiatt
Wins Hog
May Hiatt of Nyssa was
winner of the hog given by
Les Schwab Tire Center,
according to Clyde McClung,
manager Mrs. Hiatt won
with a guess of 200 pounds
for the hog.
By Neil Bowers
About three and a half
miles north of Nyssa is a very
interesting land mark of the
Arcadia community and pro­
bably. one of the first homes
ever built in the valley. It is
the home of Ted and Bonnie
Frahm and their family and
has been since 1932.
The original builder is lost
in the murky past. I have
talked to every "old timer"
in the Arcadia community
and around. They all say the
same, "It was there when we
came, and it was new. then.”
Mrs. Frahm says it was
built in 1863. If so, it must
have been built by some one
from the south with dreams
of a cattle empire. I talked to
Earl J. Blackaby—the house
was there in his memory. In
the book, "The Gambler’s
Wife" by Melinda Jenkins—
a former owner-she tells of
buying it from Mrs. Charlie
Emison, wife of C. R.
Emison Robert Kiesel has a
transcript of a trial in 1926. in
which C. R Emison testi­
fied as to his father owning
land at the location and of
himself riding all over this
land and also the K.S. and D.
lands in 1881. He doesn't
mention the house. Mr.
Laneghan, father of Bob
Laneghan of Boise and Mrs.
Oscar Shafer, told his family
of his young days as a
cowboy, for the Bill Ross and
the 7-UP Smith cattle spreads
He rode all over this part of
the country. He said that this
place was owned by a woman
and was a road house for
travelers to stop and rest or
stay. There was a half mile of
property between the K.S.
and D. and the house.
The house has been much
larger than it is now. It has
fourteen rooms at present.
Several rooms have been buit
on to the original. At one
time an addition was built on
to the east side, that served
as a kitchen and upstairs
sleeping rooms. It had an
outside stairs to the upstairs.
Another addition was a
saddlery or “tack room",
very essential to the early
ranch. Both of these have
been removed by Frahms and
sit outside the yard. Both are
kept up in go«xl condition.
The house is of Victorian
architecture, with porches
and balconies and bay
windows that reach to the
roof. The edges of the roof
are trimmed with scalloped
cornices and little turrets
with tiny balconies on the
corners. The roof has many
gables. The outbuildings are
also trimmed at the roof edge
but with less,detail.
Beside the front door, is a
small window, with a pattern
many old quilts are made
like. The front porch is small
with carved posts and rail­
ings that match the balconies
above. The front hall has a
20-foot ceiling. A stairway
goes to the second floor. The
stairway is mahogony with
hand carved newell posts and
railings. There is a landing at
the bottom and also about
halfway up. The upper pan of
the house has a ballroom
which opens onto the balcony.
There are several rooms
upstairs. Every room in the
house has a ten foot ceiling
and all the doors have
transoms. Transoms were
one answer to air circula­
tion through the house in
early days. Also in the entry
hall are two windows in the
upper part of the outside
wall—they seem rather out of
context with the test of the
house.
Mrs. Frahm says every
board in the house is straight
and without knots. Even the
large dimensional lumber
used for stringers and fra­
ming. Although built long
ago. before’Ytisulation, the
house is warm, and also, cool
in summer, without benefit of
air conditioning. A . coal
furnace heats it now.
Quite the most colorful
people.
who have lived in
the house were the Jenkins.
He was a gambler by
profession, known as "Klon­
dike" due to many years
spent in the gold fields of
Alaska. They came back with
a bundle of money and he
bought this place about 1900.
She had started buying and
racing horses. They had an
oval track on the place south
of the house and he had a
fancy cupola built on the top
of the house, so he could
watch the boys training the
horses. It was decorated with
stained glass. When Frahms
moved there, it had been torn
off by C«x>ney Bowers.
Wainscoting has been used
throughout the house as was
the "decor" at the turn of the
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