Thursday, January 13, 1977
Nyssa Gate City Journal Nyssa, Omnon
Newell Heights Items
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MRS. ALICE WILSON happily celebrated her 91 at birthday
at the Nursing Hume Friday, January 7. Her "special day”
was spent in the company of her family and friends and
everyone enjoyed her beautiful birthday cake.
91 Years Makes
Lots of Memories
By Pat Savage
"I've always liked living in
Nyssa because everyone has
always been so nice and
friendly," were thoughts
expressed by Mrs. Alice
Wilson during her 91st
birthday. Friday, January 7,
1977.
Little did anyone know that
little Alice Voegelein when
she arrived into the world
during a raging blizzard on
the outskirts of Salem,
Richardson County, Neb
raska in 1886 would later
become part of the history of
Nyssa. Oregon. But she did,
and left her mark not only as
a teacher, wife and mother,
but as a businesswoman and
an involved citizen.
Alice started her education
in a small country school, but
shortly moved into Falls City,
Nebraska following the death
of her father. She graduated
from high school in (90S with
a great interest in mathe
matics and science. Upon her
graduation from North Cen
tral College in Naperville,
Illinois with a degree of
Bachelor of Philosophy this
eager young lady taught
mathematics and science in
the Lewiston Illinois High
St hool.
In 1911, Alice, her mother,
and her sister Belle, came to
Nyssa to visit her brother
Albert Voegelein who was
superintendent of Nyssa
schools. During this visit, a
lady teacher, a Miss Squires,
was unable to secure her
teachers certificate and the
school board offered her job
to Alice.
The next five years were
busy and kept Miss Voege
lein involved with her math
and science classes as well as
being basketball coach for
the girls basketball team.
It was during her teaching
career that romance found its
way into the life of Alice
Voegelein. She met young
Ernest Wilson when they
sang in the Methodist Church
choir. Following a wonderful
courtship, and visits to both
sets of parents, this couple
was married June 14. 1916 at
the home of Lila and Ray
Wilson in Ontario.
After a brief honeymoon to
Boise, the young couple set
up housekeeping in a house
NEWELL HEIGHTS ■ Mr
and Mrs. Jim Phifer, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Lee Hill and Terri
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Field and
Mr. and Mrs. Rod Price and
Kelsey surprised Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Price on their
27th wedding anniversary
Saturday evening, which was
held in the Rod Price home.
Mrs. Marie Moore was a
Sunday luncheon guest of
Mrs. Gladys Newbill.
Mrs. Marie Moore re
turned home Monday from a
two weeks visit with her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence H. Jacobson and
family at Chester, California
and her son, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Moore at Bend,
Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Simpson had a seventh
wedding anniversary dinner
fot their daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Marion fork of Vale,
Sunday. Other guests were
their children, Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Galyen and girls of
Ontario, Mrs. Ida Fenn and
Mrs. Ray Simpson.
W. C. Van De Water of
Caldwell called on Mrs. Dale
Witt Friday afternoon.
Danny and Randy Walker
were Saturday overnight
guests of Mrs. Carl Fenn.
Those from Newell Heights
attending the Rev. and Mrs.
Robert Ball’s open house at
Roswell Sunday afternoon
were Mrs. Marie Moore,
Mrs. Gladys Newbill and Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Sprague.
Mrs. Gladys Newbill and
Mrs. Anna Long and Mrs.
Mabie Piercy of Adrian
helped with the serving. Tea.
coffee and lime punch were
served with the cake which
was decorated with red roses.
Cookies and nuts were also
served. A nice crowd at
tended.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Call
report a telephone call from
their son Bryan who is at
Otheemua, Iowa where he is
in his LDS Mission. He
reported he is doing fine.
Steven and Marilyn Fenn
of Quincy, Washington are
leaving for their home
Monday after spending a
week here visiting their
grandmother Mrs. Carl Fenn
and other relatives.
Christmas dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Wenke
were their family, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Lawson of Ontario.
Kathy Katruska and Steve of
Ontario, Mike Wenke, of
Ontario. Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Brown, of Adrian.
at 201 Ehrgood. this was to
become the family home,
where Mrs. Wilson lived
until a short time ago when
she became a resident of the
Malheur Memorial Nursing
Home.
Their first son. Ernest
Calvin Jr. was born and
brought many new exper
iences to the new young
mother and father. Ernest
and his brother Barney
owned and operated a dry
goods store and he was a
busy young businessman
while the young Mrs. Wilson
contentedly accepted the
challenge of motherhood.
Two years later another son,
Robert was born, followed a
year later by their third son,
Lloyd.
The years to follow were
busy ones for Alice as she
watched her sons all grow to
manhood and graduate from
college. Robert and Lloyd
also served in the Army.
When the boys left for
college, her lifestyle changed
from other to store clerk. She
started working in Wilson
Brothers Department Store in
1938 and worked there until
1960.
She was active in Eastern
Star, holding all five stations
during her first five years of
chairman four times because
membership. She is now a
of the death of Glen McCoy.
charter member. She is listed
She signed both of her son's
as the first president of the
(Robert snd Lloyd) diplomas
Nyssa Eagles Auxiliary and
when they graduated from
during her term of office the
high school.
district convention was held
Yes. the years have passed
in Nyssa for the first time.
since Alice Wilson made her
Besides being active in
first appearance in Nyssa.
clubs, church, etc., Alice
She has seen many changes,
found time to nurture her
suffered the loss of friends,
hobby of flower gardening,
of her husband Ernest in
especially roses, and kept the
1960, her son Calvin and yet.
Wilson home filled with
she is cheerful and feels she
beautiful flowers and house
has lived a good life and put
plants. She was the proud
her years to good use. On
winner of many Malheur
Friday she was surrounded
County Fair awards for her
by her sons and daughter-
flowers.
in-laws and she has eleven
She also liked to do
grandchildren and ten great
different types of fancy work,
grandchildren and many
as embroidery, tatting, cro
friends. Lots of hard work,
cheting, drawn work and
first-hand experiecne. lose,
hand-drawn work. While in
laughter and some sadness
college she took water color
has gone into her ninety-one
painting and many of her
years but she probably
paintings adorned the walls
wouldn't change much if she
of the Wilson home.
could live it over again
In 1933. Mrs. Wilson was
because she etched her
elected to the Nyssa School
personal design on each day
Board. She served three
- days now full of golden
three-ycar terms and was
memories.
Mr. and Mrs. Klaas Laan
visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Hopman in Nyssa New Years
eve.
Mr and Mrs. Rex Walters
of Boise were New Years
evening dinner guests of her
brother Mr. and Mrs. Her
schel Thompson. They were
overnight guests and re
turned to Boise Sunday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fox and
Julie of Parma were New
Years evining dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Fox.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gehrke
were New Years eve guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Rhodes and family.
Sunday evening. Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Gehrke were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Rhodes celebrating Paul and
Elizabeth’s birthdays which
were Sunday and Mrs. Paul
Gehrke's birthday which is
on Monday. Ice cream and
cake were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ervin
and sons were New Years
dinner guests of their daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Radford and family in Adrian
It was also Roberts birthday.
New Years day dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Piercy were Mrs. Bill Toomb,
Mrs. Sue Ashcraft and Mrs.
Mabie Piercy.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Beck-
stead and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Lowtrip and children
of Eugene, Ed Prdsusney,
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mills
and family were New Years
dinner guests of Mrs. Freda
Astorica.
Kelly. Brenda and Mike
Connell returned home Sun
day from their holiday trip
to visit their father al
Jackpot. Nevada.
Mrs. Bill Toomb was a
Sunday dinner guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Myron Osborn.
Thursday, Mrs. Bill Toomb
called on Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Dixon in Nyssa.
Guests at a New Years eve
party at the Earl Kygar home
were Mr. and Mrs. Hank
Hay. Mr. and Mrs. Aovd
Rosenbaum. Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Bashaw, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Jenkins.and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter McConathy.
Mr. and Ms. Chuck Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Herington of
Adrian and Rusty Talbot
were New Years eve callers
in the Earl Kygar home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Rhodes and family were
Sunday luncheon guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Rolla Rhodes in
Roswell.
Elizabeth Rhodes is re
covering from Scarletina.
Mr. and Mrs. Cart Lee Hill
were coffee guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Phifer after church
Sunday.
New Years dinner guests
in the Earl Kygar home were
Mr. and Mrs. Walter McCo
nathy and Brenda. Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Jenkins and
family. Mr. and Mrs Charles
Culbertson, Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Culbertson. Cindy Gor
don and friend of Caldwell.
Kathy Gibson. Kathy Hay, La
Deana Talbot. Janeen Kygar.
Ronda. Dessie and Tonja
Duncan.
New Years eve. Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Phifer. Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Lee Hill and Mr.
and Mrs. F.ugcnc Dockter
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Price in Ridgeview.
Saturday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Phifer attended a
DAB Christmas party at the
Budd Kehne home in Cald
well.
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Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Freitag and family were
dinner guests of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Phifer. In
the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Phifer, Mrs. Freitag and
children went to the Perle
Davis 60th wedding anniver
sary party at Ridgeview.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kygar and
Janeen took Jay Kygar to
Boise to catch the plane to
Maryland Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Phifer
and Mrs. Bill Toomb of
Kingman Kolony attended
the open house for the Rev.
and Mrs. Robert Ball at Ros
well Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Brewer
report the birth of a son.
"Patrick” born in the Holy
Rosary Hospital at Ontario,
December 26, 1977. He
weighed saven-pounds and
four-ounces. Mrs. Brewer’s
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Don
McDonald of Port Angles,
Washington came December
30 and visited in the Brewer
home until January 3. Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Price joined
the group for New Year's
dinner at the Brewer home.
The Pollyanna Club met
Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Dorothy Fox. Due to the
condition of the roads there
were only five members
present. The next meeting
will be a coffee at the home of
Mrs. Evelyn Thompson for
Heart and March of Dimes.
The members are to bring
cookies for the event.
Mr. John Thiel and Paula
of Boise were Saturday
afternoon visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Fox.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Jenkins were Sunday dinner
guests at the Earl Kygar
home.
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Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Bowen of Payette and Mrs.
Mary Honey were New Years
dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Shaul of New
Plymouth.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
Seward were Thursday din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Knapp of Nyssa.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
Seward were Wednesday
dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Burton Smith at Ontario.
APPLE VALLEY ■ Mrs.
Merlin Carpenter of Spring
field. Missouri visited Tues
day -Friday with Mr. and
Mrs. Veri Bishop.
On Wednesday, Mr. and
Mrs. Verl Bishop entertained
with a family reunion dinner
for Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs.
Mamie Farver of Superior,
Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Hoffman of Portland;
Mr. and Mrs. Will Bishop of
Caldwell and Bill Bishop of
Roswell.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Mantel of Nyssa were Sunday
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Verl
Bishop.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Larson
and children were Sunday
evening after church guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
Seward.
Mrs. Dwight Seward. Mrs.
Verda Kellogg and Eunice
Gibson of Nampa were
Tuesday afternoon guests of
Miss Thelma Lee at Caldwell.
They were celebrating Birth
day anniversaries for all four
ladies.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sells
were guests January 6 of Mr.
and Mrs C. L. Hawkins of
Caldwell. It was the Haw
kins’ 59th wedding anniver
sary.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sells
visited January 2 with Mr.
and Mrs. Paul
Tuttle of
Notus.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Trupp
visited with Fred Knapp at
St. Lukes Hospital in Boise
on Monday afternoon. Mr.
Knapp had open heart
surgery recently.
Mrs. Ethel Nichols re
turned home last week from a
two weeks visit with her
sister at Greer, Idaho and her
brother George
Jones at
Pierce, 'daho. This was the
first time in 50 years they had
all been together for Christ
mas. She reports much better
weather conditions up there
than we had here during her
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. David Bay
entertained with a New Years
Eve party. Guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Edgar. Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Nichols and Dr.
and Mrs. K. E. Kirby.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Wagner
entertained for Sunday din
ner. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Muir
of Weiser, Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Scott and sons of Vale
and Mr. and Mrs. Reed
Wagner and family.
To Vie For State Title
Malheur County Dairy
Princess, Susan DeLong, 19,
of Vale, will compete as a
finalist in the annual Oregon
Dairy Princess contest Ja
nuary 22-24 at the Thunder
bird Motor Inn, Jantzen
Beach in Portland.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dudley DeLong, operators of
a 300-acre dairy farm, milk
ing 50 Holstein cows, Miss
DeLong has been a 4-H
member for the past ten
years. She has had a Grand
Champion cow, received a
national achievement award
for dairy, won the "Best
Dairy Exhibit” honor, and
been a Showmanship Cham
pion.
Twelve candidates will
compete in the state contest,
sponsored by the Oregon
Dairy Products Commission,
according to Ray Kozak,
Executive Secretary. The
coronation will take place at a
luncheon banquet on Monday
January 24. Miss Con
geniality. as well as first and
second alternatives, will also
be selected at the coronation
proceedings.
Finalists for the 1977 title
are: Martha Brink, Central
Ore.; Colleen Meier, Clacka
mas County; Nanette Tharp,
Linn-Benton Counties»Susan
DeLong. Malheur County;
Theresa Bielenberg, Marion
County; Elizabeth Callander,
Polk County; Patti Martin,
Thursday, January 13 .
OKK Club meets at Liz
Vandewall home 2 p.m.
Saturday, January IS •
United Methodist Church
rummage Sale, Church Base
ment during the afternoon.
Golden Age Rummage
Sale. 113 Green Avenue 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Merry Widows Club. Bla
nch Weeks home, potluck.
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 18 -
Eagles Auxiliary, Eagle*
Hall. 8 p.m.
Wednesday, January 19 -
Nyssa Golden Age club. 113
Green Avenue, potluck. 12
noon
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Rogue Valley; Patty Bohren,
Tillamook County; Erin Fry,
Washington County; and
Catherine Warner. Yamhill
County.
The new Oregon Dairy
Princess will receive a $400
educational scholarship from
First National Bank of Ore
gon. marking their eighth
year of participation in the
event. A $495 fashion and
career scholarship will also
be awarded from G lores
La Von ne Finishing Fashion
Modeling School.
During her reign, the title
holder will be involved in
state-wide dairy promotional
activities, receiving a salary
and travel expenses from
ODPC.
Susan DeLong
The Oregon Dairy Wives
will present a $150 scholar
ship to the outgoing 1976
Oregon Dairy Princess. Tina
Russell, 21, of Coquille.
Judges for this year's
event are: Roseburg News-
Review Women's and Food
Editor Betty Straughan, KO-
IN-TV News Anchorman
Mike Donahue and United
Air Lines Food Services
Manager Frank Kelly.
Finalists will begin the
weekend
activities with a
group orientation on Satur
day. They will interview with
judges throughout the week
end and a speech competition
is planned at the Sunday
night banquet. Monday’s
coronation ’uncheon is set for
12:30 p.m.
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