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Nyssa Gate City Journal. Nyssa. Oregon
Nyssa Gata City Journal
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Amnesty And MIA's
One of the first actions our new President has satd he will
take is some form of blanket pardon for military draft evaders
and deserters during the Vietnam war era. There is no
question that the President has the constitutional authority to
grant such a pardon, but 1 am deeply sorrowed that he has
chosen to take this course of action.
amneety to draft evader*, hat ha* not acted oa military
deserter*. |
At the present time, there are about 800 American military
men and women still listed as missing in action in Southeast
Asia. During the Vietnam War, 50,000 American men and
women lost their lives. 300.000 of our young people were
wounded, and about 3 million gave more than a year of their
lives to serve their country. My purpose now is not to argue
the benefits or faults in engaging in such a war. but to state
that blanket amnesty for those who ran from military duty is
an afront to those who served, and especially those who lost
so much.
And what of the 800 still listed as missing in action, our
MlAs? it is ironic that the anticipated blanket pardon by
President Carter will occur almost four years to the day after
the Paris Peace Accord was formally signed. As we all know,
that document did not merely promise release of captive
prisoners. It guaranteed that all parties, including North
Vietnam, would “help each other to get information about
those military personnel and foreign civilians of the parties
missing in action. The North Vietnamese have arbitrarily
disseminated available information about our MlAs at
sporadic intervals determined by no one but themselves. It
appears clear that Hanoi has more information about our
missing in action, and they will wait until they get their price
before releasing further information.
Since it appears Mr. Carter will go ahead with his blanket
amnesty for Vietnam draft evaders and deserters anyway,
many of us in the Senate are calling on him to also create a
special Presidential task force on MlAs and POWs. This
would be a tangible force for seeking out information about
those Americans never accounted for. 1 will still fight blanket
amnesty, but it appears that the least our new president can
do is to make every effort to help the families of those who
still have no word as to the fate of their loved ones.
One final consideration which all Americans should think
about is what this pardon would mean in the future. I doubt
one citizen among us wants another war, but what if we find
ourselves in another conflict? What if we must call on our
citizens to defend this country in our military forces? Will
those who are called upon to serve report for duty, or will they
run to Canada or desert to Sweden secure in the knowledge
that they will never be called to task for breaking the law.
We are a nation of laws. Right or wrong, those laws were
passed by those elected to represent the people. If we are to
have open defiance of our laws, and then grant pardons to
those who disobey, are we not undermining the basic
structure of our system of government?
I feel our courts are the proper place to decide whether
there are extenuating circumstances and whether some
individuals deserve leniency, but this should be done on a
case-by-case basis. Those who ran and refused to serve, and
those deserted were well aware that they were violating the
law.
Sea. J«*«« McClure [R] Idaho
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the
Adrian Lions Club for the
Braille watch and lighted
magnifier they gave Carlene.
She is real happy to be able to
tell the time without having
to ask someone. It means a
lot to her to be independent
and to be able to do things on
her own without having to
depend on someone else for
help.
We would like to also take
this opportunity to thank the
Adrian School and everyone
who has helped so much with
her education, including her
regular classroom teachers
and Braille teacher. We are
so thankful for the oppor
tunity to keep her at home
with the rest of the family
and feel that she is receiving
the best education available.
We are grateful for all the
help and cooperation we have
received from this com
munity.
The Jim Carroll family
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to express
our thanks and appreciation
to everyone for their sym
pathy, thoughtful deeds,
food, flowers, cards and
memorials.
Also, a special thanks to
Dr. K E. Kerby and Dr. K.
A. Dan ford and the nurses at
the Malheur Memorial Hos
pital for taking care of our
loved one.
James Malfoy
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Malfoy
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Bowns
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Cobum
and grandchildren.
OBITUARIES
Mary O. Merrill
Private family services for
Mary O’Brien Merrill. 57,
Adrian, who died of natural
causes Tuesday. January 25,
1977 at an Ontario hospital,
were conducted Wednesday
under the direction of the
Ontario Chapel of the Roses,
with cremation to follow at
Cloverdale Crematorium
She was bom August 1,
1919, at Lyle. Washington
She married Parley Merrill
July 28, 1956 at Portland. He
died in June, 1975. She
moved from Portland to
Adrian, where she had lived
for the past five years.
Surviving are a brother.
Ravmond A. Thompson, and
a sister. Mrs. Marion (Lola)
Van Osten. both Prineville.
Oregon
Memorials may be made to
a favorite charity.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Oscar Scha
fer would like to thank all of
those friends who have
assisted us in many ways
during this time of passing of
our loved one.
The Schafer family
LETTERS
W
THE EDITOR
Editor. The Journal:
May I present a tribute to
the memory of Oscar Schafer
of Adnan, who passed away a
week ago today?
We are newcomers to
Oregon, and lived in Adnan,
as a neighbor of the Schafers
fur a year and a half. (We are
on Route 3, Parma of Big
Bend. Oregon now).
It seemed to be the joy of
Oscar’s life to be doing for
others. He planted and kept a
large garden which was his
pride and joy. So very often
he came to our house with a
sack of delicious sweet corn,
an armful of Swiss chard, or
carrots, whatever was in
season. He brought us fish,
fresh from lake or stream,
sometimes pan-ready. His
wife is also a very thought
ful and generous person
sharing fruits and meats and
various things with us. Not
that we needed them espe
cially. or that they expected
anything in return, but that
they loved to share.
One particular time, we
had gone to California to see
our children and on our
return home our pickup
developed rear axel trouble
at McDermitt, on the border
of Nevada and Oregon.
McDermitt is about like
Adrian, in availability of car
parts, we were stranded, no
way to go anywhere and the
only way to get parts was by
Greyhound from Winne
mucca, Nev. which would
take 48 hours or more and the
price out of sight. In despera
tion we called Anna Long at
Adnan, who was the only
person we knew well enough
to call.
She was petrified at the
thought of coming all that
way alone, for us, but
promised she’d see what she
could do. Bless her heart, she
knew where to go. She asked
Oscar Schafer if he could
rescue a couple of stranded
people at McDermitt.
Did Oscar say, "No! I’m
busy, let George do it?” He
did not! He and Hazel got in
the car. dropping whatever
they were doing, and beaded
immediately for McDermitt.
They got there in due time
and we were soon on our way
home to get our car and parts
and return for our pickup.
They were reluctant to
accept even money for their
expenses. We reimbursed
them as well as they would
permit, but. such was our
neighbor, Oscar Schafer, and
at that time we knew him
only slightly. He became a
valued friend in the time
since then.
I couldn’t help wondering,
the day of his funeral as I saw
the many friends who came
out, in spite of bad roads and
dismal, nasty weather. What
stories each could probably
tell of various occasions when
Oscar had been as fine a
neighbor to them as he’s
been to us.
In loving memory,
Walter and Gladys
Bourdlaies,
Big Bend. Oregon.
Route 3, Parma. Idaho
83660
President James Carter
White House
Washington. D.C.
Dear President Carter:
You have now used your
high office to pardon draft
evaders. You have now
pardoned a group of people
who deliberately decided to
break the law, a group of
people who were not loyal to
our government. True, that
was was not a popular war,
mainly because it was run by
politicians and bureaucrats.
No war is ever popular when
you are not permitted to win
it.
Many of us did not like this
war with a no-win attitude,
but we still had to finance it
with our taxes. Now we
would like our money all
returned to us that we paid
to finance this war. This is
just as right and proper as
amnesty is to deserters.
Also now since your action,
it is all the vogue to break the
law and receive forgiveness,
we choose to quit paying
social security for ourselves
and our employees because
we do not like it and think it is
a poor investment. Also, we
choose to quit paying income
tax and quit collecting it for
you from our employees,
because we think you waste
too much of our money back
there in Washington.
OBITUARIES
Oscar F. Schafer
Service* for Oscar F.
Schafer. 76, of Adrian, who
died at his home of natural
cause*. Monday. January 17,
1977 were conducted Friday
at Lienkaemper Chapel in
Nyssa by the Rev. Robert
Ball of the Adrian Presby
terian Church. Graveside
services were at the Owyhee
Cemetery.
Mr. Schafer was bom
February 8, 1901, at Mus
coda, Wisconsin and as a
youth also lived in Montana
and Nez Perce, Idaho. In
1920 he moved with his
parents to a farm at Kingman
Kofony.
He worked as a miner and
logger
in Northern Idaho
before returning to Kingman
Kofony, where he married
Hazel Lenaghen in 1934. He
worked in construction on
the Owyhee Dam project and
purchased a farm near
Adrian in 1936. He retired
from fanning and moved to
Adrian in 1962.
During his farming career.
Mr. Schafer was a member of
the Oregon Farm Bureau and
the Grange and also served
as a 4-H dub leader.
Surviving are his wife,.
Hazel, Adrian; a son. Fred,
San Diego. Calif.; two sis
ters. Celia Knutson and
Mamie Hamilton, both of Nez
Perce, Idaho; and three
grandsons.
He was preceded in death
by three brothers and three
sisters.
Robert W. Forrester
Services for Robert W.
Forrester, 81, Emmett, who
died Sunday, January 23.
1977, at an Emmett hospital,
will be conducted at 10 a.m.
Thursday at Beatty-Potter
Chapel by the Rev. Harry L.
Granger. Emmett First Bap
tist Church. Interment will be
in Hillcrest Cemetery, Wei
ser.
He was born June 15,
1895, at Madisonville. Ten
nessee. He married Grace
Barr August 4, 1920, at
Madisonville. He moved to
Mesa in 1947 and to Emmett
in 1954. Mr. Forrester was a
member of the First Baptist
Church and a veteran of
WW1.
Surviving are his wife.
Emmett; five sons, Verne
and Kyle, both of Emmett,
John, Boulder City, Nevada,
Norman, Richland. Washing
ton, and Dale of Boise; three
daughters, Mrs. Lester (Mar
garet) Rolland, Nyssa, Mrs.
Ben (Mary Lee) Parks,
Emmett, and Mrs. Kenneth
(Elizabeth Anne) Wright,
Boise; two sisters, Mrs.
Charlie Large, Lenoir City,
Tennessee, and Mrs. Edwin
Mize, Plant City, Florida; 23
grandchildren and 13 great
grandchildren. He was pre
ceded in death by a son and a
grandson.
We await word from you
assuring us that you will
forgive us if we quit paying
social security and income
taxes, also we await the
return of our money. This
should not be too difficult for
you because those who
continue to pay are not going
to get killed or get their
bodies blown up like many of
the boys who went to war
while these buddies of yours
you are forgiving flew the
coop.
Yours truly,
D. A. Erickson
1131 S.W. 6th Ave.,
Ontario, Oregon 97914
»■OPEN TILL 6:00-1
3
Manry W. Block
"Sam " Cleveland
McConnell
Services for Samuel ’’Sam"
Cleveland McConnell, 83.
Nyssa, who died Saturday.
January 22. 1977 at Malheur
Memorial Hospital were con
ducted Tuesday at the United
Methodist Church. Nyssa, by
the Rev. James Monroe,
interment was in the Nyssa
Cemetery under the direction
of the Lienkaei.iper Chapel.
Nyssa.
Christian Church
News
Sunday, January 30 •
Sunday School. 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service. 11 a.m.
Young Peoples meeting 6
p.m.
Choir Practice 7 p.m.
Evening Service 7:30 p.m.
Monday Evening, January
31 - Church Potluck 6:30
p.m.
Gospel Light Group Sing
ers. 7:30 p.m. Everyone
invited.
Wednesday, February 2 •
Midweek Bible study and
prayer meeting at a home to
be announced.
Thursday, February 3 •
Women’s Bible Study at a
home to be announced, 9:30
a.m.
Friday, February 4 - Good
New* Club at the Pastor
Johnson home. 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 5 -
Youth Group Prayer Meeting
at the church 10 p.m.
Nazarene
Church News
Friday, January 28. Men's
Prayer Breakfast at the
Twilight Cafe. 6:30 a.m.
Sunday, January 38, Morn
ing Prayer at the Church. 7
a.m.
Christian Education Clas
ses. 9:45 a.m.
Children's Church, 11 a.m.
He was born April 11,
Morning Worship with
1893, in Nebraska. Mr.
sermon
by Pastor Russell,
McConnell was a veteran of
devoted to “A Message to
World War I. He married
our Youth.” 11 a.m.
Bessie M. Wilson in 1917 in
Choir Practice, 6:30 p.m.
Aurora. Nebraska, where
Evening of Singspiration,
they farmed for a short time.
the Good New* through
They moved to Alliance.
Gospel Music, "All-Request'
Nebraska and farmed there
night. 7:30 p.m.
until moving to Nyssa in
Tuesday, February 1, La
1936. He opened Maxie's
dies Bible Study at the home
Confection Shop on Main
of June Sloan, 9:30 a.m.
Street in Nyssa in 1937 and
Wednesday, February 2,
operated the shop for ap
Bible Study at the Nursing
proximately three year*. Sel
Home, 4 p.m.
ling the shop he then worked
Midweek service for Cara
for Amalgamated Sugar Com
van Children. Teens. Adults,
pany until he retired in April
7:30 p.m.
of 1959.
a e e
His wife, Bessie McCon
An
African
preverb: He
nell. preceded him in death
who forgive« end* the quarrel
April 11. 1975.
Surviving are a daughter.
Maxine Moore, Nampa; two
Conservative Baptist
granddaughters. Mr*. Char
Church News
les R. (Kay) Powell of
Scappose, Oregon, and Mrs
Suaday, January 30 •
Gary (Peggy) Mumford of
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Kuna, Idaho; and four great-
Morning Worship. 11 a.m.
granddaughters.
Sunday School apprecia
Memorials may be made to
tion dinner. 1:30 p.m.
the Nyssa United Methodist
Jail service, 2:30 p.m.
Church.
Evening Service. 7 p.m.
Hi-Time service. 8 p.m.
Monday, January 31 •
But Only One Mother
Bible Study with Ralph
In memory of her
Werner leading. 7:30 p.m.
February 1 birthday
Bible Study, with Pastor
Beattie leading, 8 p.m.
Most of all the other
Wednesday, February 2 •
beautiful things in life
Ladies Prayer meeting at
come by two* and
Lillian Zittercobs, 9:30 a.m.
threes, by dozens and
AWANA. 6:30 p.m.
hundreds. Plenty of
Bible Study and Prayer. 8
roses, stars, sunsets,
p.m.
rainbows, brothers, and
Choir practice, 8:30 p.m.
sisters, aunts and cou
Friday, February 4 -
sins, but only one
Men's Prayer meeting at
MOTHER in the whole
Bauman's Inc., 7 a.m.
world. Our Mother,
o e e
Mrs. Ralph E. Capper
This Sunday will be our
Greatly missed by her
Sunday School appreciation
families.
dinner. It will be a potluck at
the church at 1:30 p.m.
While coffee prices keep going up,
beautiful milk has remained a
consistent value. Next time you
take a break, make it a milk break.
Milk is fresh, economical, more
nutritious... just better
for you. That’s the
beauty of it!
H*R BLOCK
THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE
214 N. Main
372-3396
NO APPOINTMENT
NECESSABY».
THE GOSPELTTES, a gospel quartet from California will be
appearing at the Christian Church, Monday, January 31, at
7:30 p.m.
The public is invited to attend and hear this great gospel
quartet music.
St. Bridget Parish To
Celebrate Anniversary
St. Bridget parish. Nyssa
is preparing to celebrate it's
Silver
Anniversary.
The
theme of the commemoration
is “25 Days for 25 Years.”
The kickoff event is a
Parish Breakfast on Sunday,
January 30 at 9:15 a m. Thia
will be followed with Blessing
of Family Candles on Wed
nesday. February 2; Blessing
of Throat* on Thursday,
February 3; Home Movies-
Slides, Saturday, February
12; Solemn First Communion
on Sunday, February 13; a
month-long display of photo
graphs and newspaper clip
pings. The closing event will
be Former Pastors' Night
with a potluck supper at 6
p.m. on Sunday, February
20.
Park Avenue
Baptist Church
Sunday, January 30 - Sun.
day School for all ages. 10
a.m.
Worship Service in the
sanctuary with message by
Pastor Dale Mitchell.
Tuesday, February
1 .
Youth Group meets in church
basement. All young people
invited. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 2 -
Bible Study at Paul Penrod
home, 617 North 2nd Street.
7 p.m.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my
sincere thanks and apprecia
tion for the beautiful flowers,
many sympathy cards and
each kindness shown me
during the recent loss of my
husband. John “Doc" Long.
These expressions have been
deeply appreciated and will
long be remembered.
Bessie Long
St. Bridget
pariah was
formally organized in Oc
tober 1951 with Father
Rembert Ahles as first
pastor. For several year*
previously, local Catholic
people had been part of
Blessed Sacrament parish,
Ontario. In 1948, panshoner*
had built a basement church
on 3rd Street at Park
Avenue. This was used for
ten years until the present
brick structure was erected
in 1958 at 5th and Locust.
United Methodist
Church New«
The
United
Methodist
Church and the Rev. Jim
Monroe welcome you to all
church activities.
Sunday, January 3« •
Prayer Service 9 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service, Sermon
title. "You Can't Make
Bricks Without Straw.” by
Rev. James Monroe, 11 a.m.
UMYF will meet at the
bowling alley, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 2 •
Administration board. 8 p.m.
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH NOTES
Thursday, January 27 -
Confirmation instruction,
6:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 30 • Sun
day School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship service. 11 a.m.
Wedneaday, February 2 •
Choir rehearsal. 6:30 p.m.
Church council. 8 p.m.
Thursday, February 3 •
Confirmation instruction.
6:30 p.m.
• • •
Luke 4:16 • Tell* us that
Jesus attended worship regu
larly. If He felt a need for
regular worship, don't you
think we need a regular
worship life?
The Beautiful
Switch.
“If there’» a way
the new tax law
can save you
money,
well find it."
WEEK DAI SV A.M.-4 PM .
SAT W
Thursday, January 27, 1977
Milk, the Beautiful Food.
Dairy Farmers of Orepon