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Nyssa Gate City Journal. Nyssa, Oregon
GRANGE
NEWS
Oragom Trail Grange
A memorial service was
observed by members of
Oregon Trail Orange Thurs­
day evening. May 20. Chap­
lain Orma Cleaver was
assisted by Clara Price.
Stations were decorated with
white lilacs, snowballs, and
red peonies All members
joined in the closing prayer
and song.
Master Harold Kurtz re­
minded members of the State
Orange meeting June 14 at
The Dalles and urged mem­
bers to attend if possible.
Preferential election for State
Grange officers is completed
subject to confirmation by
delegates to State Grange.
Refreshments were served
by Mr. and Mrs. Eric Boenig
to 16 members. The next
regular meeting will be held
Thursday evening. June 1,
8:30 p.m. Members are
urged to attend.
Bullards Observe Anniversary
The "Open House" cele­
bration held for Otis and
Pearl Bullard on their 55th
Wedding Anniversary, was a
great success. It was given by
their children. Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Jensen of Boise, Mr.
and Mrs. George Bovack of
Mendian and Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Bullard of the Arca­
dia district. A beautiful
bouquet of dark red roses and
yellow chrysanthemums was
a gift from all of Pearl's
brothers and sisters. Cake
and punch were served
Marla Dail of Boise served
the cake.
Out-of-town guests were: a
niece. Mrs. Ray Wilder of
Meridian; Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Lindley and Mrs. Ross
Boy ack. both of Meridian;
Virginia Smart and Miss
Marla Dail both of Boise; and
a cousin of Otis'. Mr. and
Mrs Aaggie Pederson from
Vancouver, Washington. As
a special surprise. Pearl's
sister Mary and husband
PINOCHLE PARTY
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M*v Wilma Ostrom enter­
tained the Wednesday After­
noon. Pinochle Club at her
home last week. Guests for
the afternoon were Mrs.
Anna Mqcostica. Mrs. Owen
Gann and Mrs. Nina Lowe.
Mrs. Lowe’took high honors.
Mrs. Orma Cleaver and Mrs.
Hazel Pound* were traveling
and Mrs. Marantica was low.
Phillip of Huntington Beach.
California showed up in the
line at the reception. They
were accompanied by their
daughter. Jeanne Bushanan
of Sacramento, California.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaggie Peder­
son spent the weekend with
the Bullards.
There were about 96
people at the reception.
Among the guests were many
local people, some of whom
were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Bird of Ontario; Louise
Brown and daughter Wilma;
Mr. and Mrs. Parley Feik,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Drydale;
Mrs. Fay Corn; George
Moeller; Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Robbins and Hazel Herrman
Mrs. Golda Roper and
daughter. Doris Greenhaw.
Kerby Named
To SOC
Foundation
Steve Kerby, an insurance
executive in Medford, has
been named as a trustee of
the Southern Oregon College
Foundation. He is the son of
Dr. and Mrs Ken Kerby.
Nyssa, and a graduate of
SOC
The purpose of the Foun­
dation is to solicit, manage,
and distribute various assets
for the well-being of Sou­
thern Oregon State College.
Haneys Host
(¿rods Party
Mrs. Ethel Mary Rhodes
and her son. John Beckham
returned recently from a trip
to Pilot Rock and Milton
Freewater where they visited
friends. They also spent four
days at Wallowa lake before
returning to Nvssa.
•' •
Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Towne and their sister-in-
law, Mrs. Helen Towne of
Meridian were Sunday din­
ner guests at the home of
Herman's brother and sister
in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Towne in Boise.
• • •
Weekend guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben Haroldsen were their
son and daughter-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Elwvn Haroldsen
and family of Eagle. Sunday
dinner guests of the Harold-
sens were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Drinkall of Nampa. Sunday
afternoon callers were Reu­
ben's nephew. Richard Hat­
ton and son.
• • •
Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Judy Favorel and daughter
Zoann and her friend of
Parma took Mrs. Jim Griffin
to Ontario. Mrs. Ashford
Fields of Notus called on her
sister and
brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Griffin on
Sunday afternoon.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Haney
hosted a graduation party at
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
their home following the
Eastman enjoyed the week­
Nyssa High School gradua­
end in Ashland at the home
tion services Thursday eve­
of their son and daughter-in-
ning.
law. Mr. and Mrs. Michael
The party was given in
Eastman and family.
honor of their daughter,
• • •
Joyce Haney and their
Mr.
and
Mrs. Frank Byers
nephew. Larry Haney. Larry
went to Donnelly last Friday
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
and visited at the home of
Dale Haney of Nyssa.
their daughter and son-in-law
Joyce will be attending
Pastor and Mrs. Jim Farmer
Montana Institute of The
and family and at the home
Bible this fall in Lewistown.
of their son and daughter-in-
Montana
Larry plans to
law, Mr. and Mrs. John
attend college at Eastern
Sommars and family They
Oregon State College in La
were joined for the weekend
Grande where he will major
family gathering by Mr. and
in pre-med.
Mrs. Pete Grant of Lewiston;
Those in attendance for the
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jones of
occasion were: Mr. and Mrs.
Marysville, Idaho; Mr. and
Don. Watson. Cambridge.
Mrs. Mike Bethel and family
Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. Ray
and Mr. and Mrs. Rod
Bdrghr. Cindy. Lesa. Matt
Scheffelbein and son of
apd Brenda of Ontario; Mr.
Middleton; Mrs. Sharon Fu-
and Mrs. Paul Penrod. Mr.
que of Caldwell and Mr. and
and Mrs. Jess Haney, Mr.
Mrs. Lawrence Noel and
and Mrs. Harold Dail, Mrs.
Amy Stradley. Pastor and familv of Nyssa.
• • •
Mrs. Fred Moxom. and
Sharon and Janet Dail all of
The Harold Dails attended
Nyssa; Gene Watson of the open house at the Otis
Nampa; Roger and Barbara
Bullard home, honoring their
55th wedding anniversary.
Haney. Annie Jayo, Mike
• •
Parker and Becky Mathews
Mrs. Harold Dail and
all of Nyssa.
The guests enjoyed re­ Sharon attended the piano
freshments of cake, punch, recital of Alice Nishitani,
Sunday, Sharon played a
coffee, peanuts and mints.
number.
Ann ivernn rien
May 28 • Mr. and
Virgil Krause.
June 1 - Mr. and
Boyd Haney, Mr. and
Mark Eastwood.
June 2 - Mr. and
Neill Mathews. Mr. and
Robert Zeingenbein
Mrs.
Talbots Enjoy
Hawaiian Trip
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Waynard
Talbot of rural Nyssa retur­
ned recently from a trip to
Mrs.
Hawaii. They joined their son
Mrs.
and daughter-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Talbot and
children of 5andy. Utah in
Sait Lake City and they all
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They stayed on Oahu
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houseguests at the home of
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their niece and husband, Mr.
208-724-6131
and Mrs. John Nolen. They
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Adrian Oil Company
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joyable and they are looking
forward to returning next
year. Some of the highlights
were the airplane ride and
the Polynesian Center and
Callahan Repair Service
the pageant held there.
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Enroute home from Salt
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Lake City, Mr. and Mrs.
Talbot visited relatives in
Roas C orn
Lewiston and visited her
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sister and brother-in-law,
208-724-6164
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith in
Idaho Falls.
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MAIL ORDERS PILLED
Thursday, May 27, 1976
Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Crisp, former Nyssa resi­
dents. now living in Athol.
Idaho visited friends in this
area last week and were
houseguests of Mrs. Dorothy
Nolen.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. David Beers
returned Sunday following a
ten day vacation. They
visited their daughter. Mr.
and Mrs. Merril Firestone
and grandsons, in Vancou­
ver. Washington. They then
traveled to Tacoma. Wash­
ington where they visited
Mrs. Beers' sister, and two
nephews. They returned
home via Washington, visit­
ing other friends Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Waud in Royal City,
Washington and also former
Nyssa resident. Mrs. Elsie
Smith of Othello. Washing-
ton.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Flanary. Shawn, Lynette and
Preston of Meridian and Mrs.
Bill Nicholson and Julie Hoff
were visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Savage
Thursday evening, following
graduation services for the
Nvssa High School class of
1976.
• •
Mrs. Mel Beck spent two
weeks recently in Sandy,'
Utah taking care of hef
grandchildren while their pa
rents. Mr. and Mrs. Clark
Strinham. nee Barbar Beck,
spent two weeks vacationing
in Hawaii. She then flew to
Pullman. Washington where
she was met by her husband.
Mel Beck and they spent
three davs at Moscow, Idaho
mending his University of
Idaho class reunion. They
also attended the graduation
exercises there They went to
Missoula. Montana then on
down the Lewis-Clark High­
way to Grangeville and
home.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. George
Rookstool of Vancouver. Wa­
shington. Mrs. Chris Rook­
stool. Caldwell, and Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Toll from
Anchorage, Alaska were Sun
day visitors of Mrs Virginia
Rookstool.
• • •
Mr and Mrs. Tom Kouns
of Porterville. California have
been houseguests of their son
and daughter-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Kouns and
family for nine days. They
were here to attend gradua­
tion ceremonies for their
grandson. John, who gra­
duated from Nyssa High
School, Sunday evening.
Other company for the
weekend was their daughter.
Susan Kouns and Jay Thom­
pson of Salem, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Kouns from Cald­
well also attended the gra­
duation.
Garden Club
Finishes Project
Ladies of the Town and
Country Garden Club re-
ceived a helping hand from
the J & J Tree Topping A
Landscaping service. They
delivered and placed the final
touches to the garden plot at
the North entrance of town.
Mr. Chadwick of the Oregon
Concrete Company delivered
the final gravel on the
triangle. The three large
stars were painted white as
were the four-foot numerals
1776. In a few days the
garden plot will be a-bloom
with red, white, and blue
petunias and salvia. Later on
other flowers will bloom in
their season.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolland
Laurence donated the much-
needed mulch for the garden.
This will conserve water.
The ladies wish to thank all
those who willingly donated
their time, services, and
materials. A bad traffic
hazard has been eliminated,
and all that is needed now is
an adequate sprinkling sys-
EAGLES
AUXILIARY
The ladies of the Eagles
Auxiliary 42134 held their
regular meeting at the Eagles
Hall on Tuesday. May 18.
A joint installation of Aerie
and Auxiliary officers was
held on Saturday, May 22 at
the Eagles Hall. A dance
followed with music fur­
nished by the "Soft Sails.”
The next meeting will be
held Tuesday, June I at the
Eagles Hall at 8 p.m. All
members are urged to please
attend so a new year book can
be assembled.
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TUT MALHEUR COUNTY COUNCIL on
AR’nR recently honored all their volunteers
during a "Volunteer's Day" celebration
Among those honored with certificates
include back row, left to right: Nora Graham.
wh
Erma Sparks, Lester Gates and Verda
Steinke In front are Ralph and Louise
Thompson Mary Clark, not pictured, also
received a certificate. See story.
Volunteers Honored For
Many Services To Elderly
The Malheur County coun­
cil on Aging sponsored a
"Volunteer's Day” to honor
all volunteers in Malheur
County at the Ontario Senior
Citizens Center last Friday.
Volunteers who were ho­
nored by a presentation of
certificates from Mike Burg­
win were Mary Clark. On­
tario, Senior Hot Meals-Pro-
gram; Lester Gates. Ontario,
escort services; Nora Graham
Nyssa "Friendly Visitors";
Ross Osburn, Ontario. Hot
Meals Program; Erma Spa
rks, Nyssa, escort services;
Verda Steinke. Nyssa, tele
phone reassurance and Ralph
and Lucille Thompson. On­
tario. who have helped in the
Hot-Meals Program and ot
her needed services.
Recognized for delivering
meals to home bound senior
citizens were Meals-on whe­
els volunteers from the
following churches including
the First Methodist Church,
the Christian Church the
episcopal Church and the
Presbyterian Church.
New volunteers recognized
were Vera Perrigo. Ontario,
escort and Dial-A-Friend;
Minnie Harris. Ontario. Dial
A Friend and Sophia Higley,
Vale. Dial A Friend
Special entertainment was
performed by the Ontario
Recreation Department's da­
nce group, the "Rockettea”,
consisting of Debbie Jones.
Susan Appleton. Lisa Red­
mond. I inda Wagner, Nancy
and Teresa Meeker. Sandi
Leavitt and Elizabeth Roberts
The final part of the enter
tainment was provided by
Clint Bellows who sang.
Accompanying him on the
piano was Sally Seiler Many
old songs were sung by the
whole group.
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Arcadia Landmark
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century. Also, the woodwork
around the doors and win­
dows was very wide with
decorative corners. Most of
the wainscoting is still there
and all of the wixidwork
The Jenkins lived there till
about 1914, when, it is said,
he lost the place to Mrs. Earl
F. Cranston in a game of
cards. At least, such is the
story.
Several local people re­
member the Jenkins. Gertie
Smith, of Nyssa, remembers
a white polar bear rug that
was on the living room floor.
Another well-known Ny-
ssan, who lived in the house,
was Mary McConnell. At the
time, she told me about it,
she still had the antique
furnishings that they had in
that house. Her husband was
« sheepman
In 1924, Mr. Cranston
rented the ranch to Harvey
Kindall. The family lived
there till 1930.
Mr. Cranston passed away
and the place went to his son
Walter. He sold it to the
Frahms, who moved there in
1932.
You may think from this
report that the house is a
show place. Actually, it is the
ARCADIA ■ Mr and Mrs.
Doycl Carroll and daughter
Doyelene. of Mountain Home
Idaho visited the Henry
ranch. Considerable land has
Carrolls over the weekend.
been added to the place since
Mr
and Mrs. Jimmy
they took possession, but the
Carroll, Mary and Becky of
character of the place re­
Sunset Valley visited the
mains the same There is a
Henry Carrolls on Sunday.
flock of sheep, a herd of milk
Mr. and Mrs. Orville
cows, several peafowl, chic­
Carroll from Bend. Oregon
kens. a sow and pigs, various
were visitors at the Carroll
barns, sheds, shops, the old
home over the weekend. He
tack room painted red. dogs
came to a meeting of the
of various breeds, and a very
Grizzly Bear organization at
large herd of beef cattle,
Ontario. He is manager of the
which lends the flavor of the
old west, especially, at Grizzly Bear in Bend.
Mrs. Bob Epling (Ruth
branding time
There are several hired Carroll! of Gresham came
men, some of whom board Thursday, for a visit with her
parents. Mr and Mrs Henry
and room at the house Mrs
Frahm cooks for all the men. < arroll. Her husband came
who eat at least the noon Saturday evening. He is
meal with them. She does all assistant manager of the
her own work, plus being a Grizzly Bear in Gresham.
typical farm wife, who can Oregon They went back to
run for parts, or take over their home Sunday,
Mrs. Esther Stephens was
wherever needed.
Mrs. Frahm says she is not a guest in the Carroll home,
ready to turn the house into a Sunday.
Don Bowers and son Mark
museum piece-it is still a very
pleasant, living home-just visited the Clyde Bowers
Sunday evening
mellows with age
Frahm's home. It is the
center of life on a working
Silly Sewers
We are working on our
projects and are about to
finish them. When we finish
them we will either make
another project or start
cooking.
We sre finding out it is fun
to wear the things we make.
Shelley Hill served refresh
ments.
Angie Sillonis. reporter
Schiremans
Host Brunch I
Eastern Stars were guests
of the W. E. Schiremans at a
brunch Saturday morning in
their garden.
The Rev. Tish Croom was a
special guest and out-of-state
guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Paul House of Quincy,
Wash., and,Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Green of^purley, Idaho.
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