Ontario High School - Owaches Yearbook (Ontario, OR)

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Hub I954 The e m3j0r c company sent UUIZPS of the area 5,837 O , ' Sugar be ' ' 00 rn returns roelgrlis the Amalgam 3 leur C ated Su 3 Ounr 8 F f y farmers. 3CIOty in of Olle of th Nyssa, In Ontario's Livestock Commission auction yard covers four acres of ground just south of the city limits. The auction yard, largest in the coastal states, sells livestock for ranchers in a hundred mile r adius . In a recent year 815,000,000 business passed through the commission. Basis For A Successful Community Life

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Both of the banks in Ontario are transacting their business in new buildings. At nght Ted Sakano deposits savings at the tellers window 1n the U S National Bank On the left, an executive of the First National Bank works on the details of making loans. Businesses boom in Ontario--the business capital of Eastern Gregon and trade center of the Snake River Val ley. New enterprizes are continuously springing up, succeeding and advancing the prosperity of our com- munity. Banksp department storesp service stations and the many other trades offer an excel lent means of satisfying our needs and wants. Ontario's businessmen constantly go out of their way to aid the school, its proiects and activities, giving us a well co-ordi- nated community. One of the local department stores seems to be actu- ally overflowing as a guarantee against heavy pre- Christmas sales. llany Different Businesses Enable