Thursday, October 21, 1976
Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
OUT OF
THE PAST
10 YEARS AGO
Four FFA youths from the
Nyssa and Adrian chapters
were among those attending
the recent National Future
Farmers of America conven
tion in Kansas City. Mo
From the Nyssa school
were Gary Moss and Karl
Smith, whose parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Rommell Moss
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Smith all of Route 2 Nyssa.
Adrian High School stu
dents attending were Jim
Brewer and Barry Fujishin,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Brewer of Route 1, Nyssa
and the Sam Fujishins of
Ridgeview area, Route I,
Homedale.
• • •
Robbins, Dick Cooper, Don
and Alan Cleaver, emerged
at winner in the Snake River
District contest held at
Halfway and sponsored by
the Baker Soil Conservation
service.
20 YEARS AGO
Alan Lee Fahrenbruch of
Nyssa has been named Io
membership in the Oregon
State College Chapter of Phi
Eta Sigma, national honorary
scholastic fraternity.
Membership is restricted
to men students who make
outstanding grades during
their freshmen year.
Fahrenbruch is a sopho
more majoring in engineer
ing His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. John Fahrenbruch of
Route 1.
• •
Malheur county health
officer, Dr. Grant Hughe*
issued a reminder to parents
this week that all children
who are due for their third
Salk polio vaccination should
report to their family physi
cians for this final shot as
soon as possible.
30 YEARS AGO
The housing project which
has been built by the federal
government with the assist
ance of the city on King
Avenue is expected to be
ready for occupancy next
week.
The six apartment houses
will provide living quarters
for 24 families. The houses,
which are furnished,
are
prefabricated
buildings
moved by the government
from Vancouver. Washing
ton. Total cost was approxi
mately $36.(XX).
The houses will be oc-
cupied by families of war
veterans. When the housing
emergency is declared over,
the government will turn the
building over to the city.
Page Three
40 YEARS AGO
A grisley, yet interesting
discovery was made Tuesday
at the Wyait Smith farm
seven miles southwest of
Nyssa, when the skeleton of a
man was uncovered. Accord
ing to doctors, the skelton
was that of a middle aged
Indian man. of big frame and
likely buried from 75 to 100
years ago.
The discovery was made
accidentally when Mr. Smith
dug a ditch, approximately
four feel deep, around the
The Nyssa FFA soil judg
ing team, comprised of Craig
By Lyn Dohner
Went to the hills again last
where they stayed to visit
week. Made us a Tire-pit and
their grandson and family,
spent a lot of time keeping
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph White.
the Tire going and keeping
Coming home, the Evans'
warm. Little critters, high in
stopped at Goose Creek for a
the pines, chattered scold-
little fishing. They were
ingly a* us for disturbing
gone, in all. two weeks.
their quarters, invading their
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell
territory.
Sutton and family had a
At night we slept in the
thrilling trip last Saturday in
back of the truck, each
their Jeep when they fol
longing for that good, roomy,
lowed Mann's Creek to the
warm bed at home, where
top of the mountain.
chill breeze* don't sneak in
Seems the Jeep didn't
under your chin, and where
really have room to sit on the
the dogs stay happily in their
mountain to park, and kind of
basket. Still, it was so teetered. Darrell had to take
beautiful, the
lake so a shovel and dig out a spot for
spectacular, could stay for it. and at times both wheels
ever.
on one side left the ground. It
Home again, and three
was too narrow to turn and
days' newspapers waiting to go back down, but they
be read, and magazines and couldn't go further, so
mail. Hot baths. TV. and ye Darrell managed to turn back
faithful furnace, and a anyhow.
kitchen whose pots and pans
Mrs. Sutton said the
don't all have black, smokey scenery was worth the
bottoms. Nice. May not go danger and roughness of the
back until spring.
trip.
Oh, noticed The Argus
Observer that Robert S.
Thornfeldt has a new build
ing going up built of logs.
Says. “It's the first building
ADRIAN • Mr. and Mrs.
of it* type to be installed in
this area. The closest is Jim King of Ontario were
Boise." Beg to differ with weekend guests of Mr. and
Mr*. G. E. Mackey.
him. Our Gary Fischer, next
Mrs. Alice Davis of Cald
door, is building hi* new
home of logs, the same kind, well was a Sunday dinner
guest of Mr. and Mr*. G. E.
the same way. And hi* is up
to the top and the roof is Mackey. She is an aunt of
going on right now! So. Mrs. Mackeys.
Richard Helton and daugh
would say his is the first.
Gary is doing his own ter Erica of Boise visited his
construction, with the help of grandmother. Mr*. Minnie
one man. having first hid the Mackey Saturday afternoon.
daylight basement built by a He is leaving next week after
re-enlisting into the Army.
contractor. He smashed his
Mary Looney of the Col
thumb with the hammer last
lege
of Idaho spent the
night so that may slow him
weekend with her parents,
down for an hour or so.
Gary and Jan plan to have Mr. and Mrs. Bill Looney.
Sunday dinner guests in
a real farm, with animals and
chickens, the works. To start the home of Mr. and Mrs.
with they bought a little Bill Looney were. Mr. and
nanny goat and named her Mrs. Cliff Looney and boys of
Bambi. They also got a tall Ontario; Mr. David Looney of
horse named Shorty, and two Eugene; Mary Looney of
Anna
big
white geese who Caldwell and Mrs.
Long.
disappeared shortly after
Bob Parker and son Tracy
arrving. Maybe they set out
Paul
to go back to the farm of Dave of La Grande and
Peterson
also
of
La
Grande
Breeding in Parma, their
spent the weekend with the
former one.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ballard formers parents. Mr. and
of Post Falls. Idaho, visited in Mr*. Vem Parker and went
the area last week for a few deer hunting. They got their
days. They stayed with Mr. limits and returned home
and Mrs. Sherman Keck and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Payne
visited their other family
and
children of Nampa were
members. Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Evans and Miss Janice Sunday dinner guests of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Vem
Evans while here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cooper Parker.
Sunday afternoon guests of
and their son Richard, from
Kennewick. Washington visi Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Freel.
ted Mr. and Mrs. David were Mr. and Mrs. Keven
Maine and Mrs. Cooper's Rountree and son Ontario;
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Omar Mrs. Lynnctte Cornncsser
and two children of Ontario
Maine recently.
and
Mr. and Mrs. Monty
A Lay Witness meeting at
the United Methodist church Freel.
Mr. and Mr*. Ray Drown
in Snohomish. Washington
was the object of a lovely trip of Nyssa were Friday evening
taken by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil caller« of her sister. Mrs. Sue
Ashcraft.
Evans last week.
Mrs. Mabie Piercy. Mrs.
On the way up they visited
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cairns at Sue Ashcraft and Mrs. Hazel
Schafer attended the Bible
Hermiston. Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Bingaman al St. Maries, Study at the home of Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ballard Anna Long Wednesday. Mrs.
at Post Falls, and Mr. and Alida Van DeWater of Big
Mrs. Thomas Evans at Spirit Bend is the teacher.
Lake.
The Ballards accompanied Journal Classified«
them from their home on up
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to Marysville. Washington
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TO RE-ELECT
LOTIS SMITH
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
QUALIFIED by 12 yean in the office
QUALIFIED by ten yean aa District Attorney
QUALIFIED by 23 yean pnctlce In Malheur County
QUALIFIED by being fair and considerate to ail.
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brow of a sandy hill. Mr,
Smith hesitated about inves
tigating further without offi
cial sanction and notified
authorities.
Buried with the Indian was
a very interesting collection
of arrow heads, skinning
knives and other relics. It is
believed the Indian was likely
a high chief, due to the
quantity and quality of the
weapons and tools buried
with him.
50 YEARS AGO
Walter Lowe of Harney
County sold to the Baker
Hide and Fur Co. 175 coyote
pelts, his catch for the month
of September. Lowe has been
trapping for the last 10 years
and has an average of 500
coyotes trapped every sea
son. each season covering a
period of catching 35 coyotes
in a single day. John Simpson
is the county's next best
trapper. He takes about 400
coyotes for evey four months.
Government trappers have
been sent into Harney county
to beat Lowes record, but all
have failed. There are more
coyote trappers in Harney
county than any other place
in the United States.