University of Oregon
Litp-ary
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JOURNAL
NYSSA
71st Year 16th Issue
Th« Sugar City
Thund«r«gg Capital
Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, April 21,1977
AdrianBudget Approved,
Voters Elect Directors
Results of the elections
Tuesday showed a relatively
light vote, and only a few
positions were contested.
Town
Crier 4 .(*
By Pat Savage
The Walkathon is over but
it was vine of the most
successful, with Nyssa hav
ing 225 walkers and pledges
amounting to over $5,000 and
Adrian entered 43 walkers
and pledges of over $1,000.
The winners will be announ
ced next week, but I though it
was interesting that me
oldest female walker was
Edna DeHaven, 65, who
walked 18 miles and the
oldest male, was Tim Lacey.
J8. who walked 24 miles. Tim
walked for Willis Shaw.
Frozen Express of Boise and
he had pledges amounting to
$288. The youngest walker
was five year old Samuel
Valero, and bless his heart,
he walked all 24 miles.
Anyway, there were walkers
of all ages, boys and girls,
men and women all with only
one goal in mind--to help
someone else thru the March
of Dimes. Many thanks to all
who walked and all who
pledged because your gene
rosity will certainly pay off.
• • •
Poppy Day in Nyssa will be
Saturday, May 14. The
American Legion Auxiliary
reports that wearing a poppy
on Poppy Day, will honor the
more than one-half million
Americans who died, and
nearly one million wounded
during the two World Wars,
the Korean War and the Viet
Nam conflict.
- ...
The American legion Pop
py program began in 1919.
Through this program over
$300,000 is paid annually to
needy and disabled veterans
or their families. Won’t you
plan on buying a poppy on
POPPY DAY?
• • •
There have been some
reports of mail box vandalism
and lest anyone should
forget, this is a federal
offense. The mail box be
longs to the homeowner, but
what is in the mail box is
federal property. Persons
apprehended for this act of
mail vandalism will be
prosecuted or in simple
words, don’t mess around
with other people’s mail as it
mav land you in jail.
• • •
According to Marci Robin
son there will be a dance at
the Malheur Memorial Nurs
ing Home Friday. April 29.
This is for the residents and
their families and the public
is invited to attend. Carl and
Sylvia Roth will provide the
music and dancing will be
from 7 to 9 p.m. Refresh
ments will be served. Marci
said she attended one of
these dances in Vale and the
residents there really enjoyed
themselves, even the ones
who didn't dance enjoyed the
music and the company.
County Clerk Bob Morcom
released these unofficial fi
gures gathered from the
various polling places.
In the Malheur Memorial
Hospital District incumbent
F.yerett Hcldt was reelected
with 269 votes, and Barbara
Sarazin was elected to the
board with 228 votes. Also
running was Jim Monroe who
received 169 votes, and
Harold Kurtz received 53
write-in votes.
John Messick defeated
incumbent Gerald Simantcl
for Nyssa school board
director by a narrow margin,
125 to 111.
Adrian school voters ap
proved the budget with 174
Yes votes to 109 No. and
reelected Elver Nielsen to the
board. He defeated challen
ger J. Golden Draper 157 to
112.
Adrain voters also appro
ved a straw ballot vote. 162
yes to 121 No. and Superin
tendent Robert Heppner said
that on the basis of these
results, a public kindergarten
will be established for Adrian
pre-schoolers.
Hutchinson to
Head TVCC
Foundation
Cal Hutchinson, manager
of Stunz Lumber Company,
has been elected chairman of
the Treasure Valley Com
munity College Foundation
for 1977-78. Hutchinson re
places Thomas F. Pence.
Gary Clark, manager of U. S.
National Bank of Oregon.
Ontario, will serve as vice-
chairman. the spot occupied
by the late Howard Matthews
Earl Blackaby. Jr., has been
re-elected secretary-trea
surer.
During the past ten years,
the Foundation has provided
approximately $50,000 in
scholarships for TVCC stu
dents. This year, more than
$7,500 has been awarded to
deserving students.
Although the Foundation's
work has been in student
scholarships, as assets grow,
there may be expansion into
other areas such as library
acquisitions, building, or
endowment of academic
chairs.
The Foundation will hold
its annual dinner May 2. An
extensive list of area resi
dents interested in education
has been invited.
WEATHER^
Date
Max.
Min.
59
April 13
43
April 14
58
35
29
April 15
70
April 16
70
33
59
27
April 17
April 18
61
35
59
April 19
36
29
April 20
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
4-2Ö-77 507,850 Acre Feet
4-20-76 691.230 Acre Feet
Sugar Beet Growers
Receive Spring Payment
Sugarbeet growers in Ida
ho, Oregon, and Utah re
ceived checks last week
amounting to about $4
million from The Amalga
mated Sugar Company for
beets grown during 1976.
Here is the district-by-
district, breakdown of the
pavment: Nyssa-Nampa dis
tricts. $2.610.(XX); Mini-Cas
sia and Twin Falls districts,
$l,025.(XX>; Elwyhee district.
$250.000; and Utah district.
$100.000.
The payment, the third
made for the 1976 crop,
brings the total received by
local growers to slightly over
$51.6 million. The company's
final payment for 1976
sugarbeets will be made in
October, according to agri
culture vice president Larry
Corry.
In making this spring
pavment. Corry explained
that growers are now in the
process of planting beet seed
for the 1977 crop. Approxi
mately 65 percent of the crop
has already been planted.
Contracted acres for 1977.
however, will be significantly
below the 134.000 acres of
last year.
Corry attributes the de
cline in acreage mainly to the
drought now affecting the
intermountain region and
northwest.
Corry did, however, ex
press confidence in the
ability of the sugarbeet to
withstand the effects of the
drought as successfully as
any crop available to farmers
in this area. "Research." he
said, “has shown that beets
can grow quite well with
about half of the water used
during plentiful water ycars-
the secret is to establish a
good stand early in the
spring, to do a thorough job
of weed control all season
long, and to monitor the use
of existing water to avoid
run-off and waste."
15'per Copy
New Building NamedlnHonorOf
Retiring School Superintendent
CHAIRMAN BILL SCHILLING, left, of the
Nyssa School Board is shown presenting the
bronze table to retiring School Superinten
dent W. L. McPartland. The tablet will be
erected on the new elementary multi-purpose
building
designating
the
building
McPARTLAND HALL.
Women's Tourney Supported
By Nyssa-Parma Merchants
It seems like every time an
organization needs help, they
always go to the team
merchants for help. Well this
time without the merchants
we could not have had such a
successful Women’s City
Tournament.
We would like to extend
our thanks and gratitude to
the merchants of Nyssa and
Parma for making our Wo
men’s City Tournament such
a fun and successful one.
The following merchants
donated prizes and named
are those who received these
prizes: AA W Root Beer •
Arrowhead Team; Steer Inn
- Alley Cats Team: MAW
Market - Nyssa Electric
Team; Fort Boise Inn. Parma
-PAH butchering Team;
White Satin Sugar Co -
Stunz Lumber and The
Olympic Team; The Olympic
Club • Judy Hiatt; Wilsons
Dept. ■ Dusty Bennett; Kids
Close • Pam Phieler; Gam
bles • Beth Glenn; Zim
mermans - Anita Peutz; P
A H Butchering, Wilder -
Bonna Clary; Nyssa Co-op •
Paulette Rieman; Eastside
Market - Karen Burress;
Parma Cleaners - Deloris
Hawks; Terry Dept., Parma •
Donna Bay. Bobbi Graves.
Rhonda Mackey; Idaho First
National Bank of Parma -
Aileen Holmes; First Security
Bank of Parma - Beverly
Morrison; Paulus Jewelry -
Barbara Hittie; Parma Fur
niture, Parma • Mary Wal
lace; Riebs Market ■ Jesnie
Jr. High Names 87
Honor Students
Eighty-seven honor stu
dents were named on the 3rd
Quarter honor roll at the
Nyssa Junior High School.
They are:
Seventh Grade
Alisa Allen, Robyn Anken-
man. Jolene Atagi. Nikki
Bair. Mark Bauman. Laura
Buchtel, Traci Burbank, An
drew Castro. Derral Draper.
Tony Drydale. Susana Esco
bedo. Patsy Estrada. Sharie
Field. Chris Fonda. Susanne
Glauner. Vicki Guerra.
Renate Hansen. Kim Jack-
son. Sheila Johnson. Kathy
Kesler. Lisa Kuhlman. Todd
Langley. Lili Longoria. Vir
ginia Lopez. Rodney Main.
Wayne
Mitchell. Kenny
Moore. Julie Peabody. Ron
nie Robinson. Vincent Rosen
field. Lisa Sarazin. Teresa
Savage.
Janice Simpson. Leslie
Sparks. Brian Taylor. April
Teague, Trina Thiel. Becky
Tyner. Eddie Udlinck. Lupe
Vasquez, Don Williams. Ge
neve
Williams,
Johnny
Ybanez.
Eighth Gradei
Oralia Alcoser. Lupe Al
maraz. Mark Ballantyne. Joy
Ballou. Brenda Bradbury.
Alan Bullard. Sharon Dail.
Brigctta Drydale. Kathy Eck
ley. Richard Espinoza. Carlos
Galindo. Amy Glenn.
Lisa Guerra. Sandra Harris
Rilev Hatch. Sheila Jovce,
Landon Lane. Leslie Lane.
Jim Looney. Devina Lowe,
Charles Main. Melanie Mar
tin. Christopher Mastas,
John McCune.
Perry McPeak, Terri Mor
rison. Ayde Mosqueda. Na
than Mower, Fred Palmer.
Toni Petterson. Candy Prit
chett. Gigi Saito. Kris Savage
Steve Schoeneman. Cathy
Seuell. Charles Shell.
Angie Stam. Jeanne Sword
Tiena Tensen. Jan Townsend
Janie Vielma. Julene Wag
staff. Mike Wood, Trudy
Wvnn.
Yokum; Brackens Dept ■ Al
ice Vanderwall; Rons Shell -
Virginia Bybee; Greens Je
welry • Rhonda Mackey;
The Merc • Edie Stutheit;
White Satin Sugar - Betty
Clarich, Nellie Pounds; Bro
wnies Cafe - Shirley Jones.
Beth Glenn; Alendas Beauty
Salon. Parma - Barbara Hittie
Roberta Schappert; BAM
Equip - June Sloan, Alita
Richter; Twilight Cafe - Che
ryl Watkins. Pam Hiatt.
Stella Ross; Coast to Coast •
.Nellie Pounds; Michaels Phar
macy - Donna Warren. Bet
ty Jones; Farmers Feed A
Seed -Stella Morris.
The following merchants
prizes were passed out at the
tournament. Rays Food Fair;
MAW Market. Nyssa; Emery
Realestate. Parma; U. S.
National Bank of Oregon;
First National Bank of Ore
gon; Mels Husky. Sugar
Bowl, Nyssa Electric and
Michaels Pharmacy.
The above gifts will be
passed out at the Women’s
Annual Association meeting
atentative date May 11.
Everyone will be notified for
sure on the time and day.
Please come and receive your
prize for your^reat bowling.
Thanks again merchants
for pulling us thru -without
you we would not have our
leagues and tournament.
A special thanks to Gate
City Journal for being our
biggest suporters throughout
the whole year.
Nyssa Women s Bowling
Association.
Walter L. McPartland.
soon to retire as Nyssa's
school superintendent, was
honored by his past and
present school colleagues at a
retirement dinner Saturday
evening.
Highlight of the evening
was presentation by Chair
man Bill Schilling of the
Nyssa
School Board of a
Proclamation and bronze
tablet designating the new
elementary multi-purpose
building as McPartland Hall.
The dinner was held in the
new cafeteria, with a special
committee and cafeteria per
sonnel putting on the ban
quet dinner, and arranging
the decoraticuis and special
effects.
Two former Nyssa superin
tendents. Henry Hartley and
R. V. Wilson, and their
wives, were among the more
than 300 guests who assem
bled to pay tribute to
McPartland and his family.
All five children, including
Barbara (Mrs. William Frie
sen). Portland; Kathleen
(Mrs. David Gallo). Chico.
California; Dick, Portland;
Linda, Nyssa; and Pam,
Eugene; were present to help
honor their father. A brother,
Neiland McPartland and wife
Vivian of Worden. Washing
ton; and sister Mary jane and
her husband, Albert Malone
of Vale, were also present.
The program was in the
form of a Dean Martin roast,
and Dorothy Nolen acted as
mistress of ceremonies. The
roasters included Henry Har
tley; Mel Calhoun, represent
PR0CLAMAT10N
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the Board of
Directors of School District 26 met at special session on March
14, 1977, at which time Don Bullard, Mark Hartley, Keith
Langley. Adriana Kunkel, Bill Schilling. Gerald Simantel and
Gene Stunz, being all of the Directors, were present and upon
a motion duly made, seconded, and carried with a unanimous
vote, it was, resolved as follows:
WHEREAS. Walter L. McPartland has served in the public
school systems in Malheur County for nearly 40 years as a
teacher, elementary principal, and superintendent, and since
1958. has served as Superintendent of the Nyssa Schools,
having held that position longer than any other person; and
WHEREAS. Walter L. McPartland intends to retire and
has resigned as Superintendent effective July 1, 1977; and
WHEREAS, during his tenure as Superintendent he has
been the driving force for the pursuit of excellence in
education for every youngster in the community of Nyssa and
as a result of his leadership the youth of this community have
lived and learned together in harmony, regardless of their
economic, racial, or other status; and
WHEREAS, his efforts have now culminated in the
planning and construction of some of the finest school
buildings in the state of Oregon, and among them is the
elementary multi-purpose building for which he worked for
many years so that th« younger students in the system might
have a place where they could participate in special activities,
group instruction, music, arts, crafts, games, and sports,
not the least of which is tumbling; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of his long and faithful service
to the youth of this community, it is appropriate that School
District 26 officially recognize and make a lasting memorial in
his honor.
NOW. THEREFORE. IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED, that
effective on April 16, 1977, which is the date of a special
program honoring Walter L. McPartland. the elementary
multi-purpose building shall be, from that date on, forever,
named and referred to by all persons, as “McPARTLAND
HALL."
FURTHER, that an appropriate bronze tablet bearing the
following inscription shall be permanently affixed to
M c P artland hall :
M c P artland hall
DEDICATED APRIL 16. 1977
IN HONOR OF
W alter l . M c P artland
SUPERINTENDENT OF NYSSA
SCHOOLS FROM 1958 TO 1977
and that when the bronze tablet is set in place in
McPARTLAND HALL the students of Nyssa High School are
requested to make an appropriate photograph of the bronze
tablet, have the photograph placed in a frame made by their
woodworking class and appropriately presented to Walter L.
McPartland.
Dated this 14th day of March, 1977.
/a/ Bill Schilling, Chairman of the Board of Directors
ing the high school teachers;
Merildean Robbins, classi
fied employees; Mike Irons,
Ontario superintendent;
Lupe Lopez, aides; Dennis
Savage, junior high teachers;
Gene Stunz
and Mark
Hartley, school board; Elaine
Nelson, elementary teachers;
Gene Chester, representing
the principals; and Dirick
Nedry, the business com
munity. Each of the roasters
kidded McPartland good-
naturedly on some phase of
their association with him.
A quartet consisting of Don
Bates, Duane Buchtel. Steve
Howe and Ralph Werner
sang several numbers during
the evening, and Verne Shell
presented McPartland with a
CB radio on behalf of those
attending.
A group of retired teachers
sang a parody on "He'D do it
His Way.”
Several out-of-town guests
were present at the dinner,
including Mr. and Mrs.
Carlos Buckner. McMinn
ville; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Jenkins and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Bowen. Hermiston: Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Poulsen and
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Herrod,
Malheur IED; Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Cammon and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Barnes.
Vale;
Larry Larson. Ontario, of the
Migrant Program; and for
mer board members Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Wycoff. Wal
lowa and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Larson. Nampa; and Frances
Bates, a retired teacher who
now lives in Boise.
The committee in charge of
the evening's festivities in
cluded Clarice .Poor. Mary
Sallee. Dale Schraufnagel.
Verne Shell, Betty Oft.
Dorothy Bivins and Virgil
Krause.
School Crossing
Signal Approved
A pedestrian crossing sig
nal has been approved at the
intersection of the Ontario-
Adrian highways in Nyssa to
serve school children, most of
whom have to cross the
highway at that location,
according to a letter received
by Superintendent W. L.
McPartland.
The signal will be actuated
by the pedestrian, and will be
installed by the State of
Oregon at an estimated cost
of $13.200. The state re
quests that the school district
continue crossing guards
after the signal is installed
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
TIME STARTS APRIL 24.
Set your clocks ahead
one hour Saturday night
tflrian To
llarr Concert
The Adrian band and choir
will present a Celebrating
Spring Concert April 26 at
7:30 p.m. at the Adrian high
School Gym.
Featured will be district
solo and ensemble partici
pants who received superior
ratings. Everyone is welcome
to attend.
WHAT IS NYSSA? To most ot us it is a
small town on the Snake River. It has terrific
farm land and is > great place to live.
But (an vou imagine living in Nyssa when
there were less than HX) residents’ When
then was no Owxhee Irrigation Protect, no
Owyhee Dam' At that time if you lived
farther north than I lirgood
Avenue or
farther south than Recce Avenue, you
delinitch lived 'in lhe country!'
Nyssa will soon have the opening
performance in our new amliiorium and what
more ippropriate theme than the history of
Nyssa'.’ The performance will include singing,
dancing, dramatic readings and touches of
Cornells. One original song and an original
poem both written by Nyssa students will be
featured. ’What is Nyssa’’ will include
students from kindergarten through seniors
in high school. Also taking part will be
community members and various community
groups.
What is Nyssa’’ will run for three
consecutive nights
Ihursdas.
May 5th;
Friday. May 6th; and Saturday. May 7th.
There will be no admission fee to see the
pageant; however, you must have a ticket to
get in. There will be separate tickets for each
night. Only those having Thursday tickets
will be admitted for the Thursday
performance. You will not be admitted on
Friday if you have a Thursday ticket. You will
soon be able to pick up your tickets from a
bixith downtown under the direction of the
Senior Citizens.
Photo Courtesy of Bob Thompson