THE mill CITY ENTERPRISE _________________ December 82, 1949 over this road to learn first hand the
situation.
movement. We agreed that Elkhorn
Sincerely yours,
district would gain by such an act
AGNES C. BOOTH.
County School Superintendent.
However, we did not approve the use i
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of the Gates-Elkhorn road for any I
Dear Editor:
school transportation This we made Dear Editor:
I haven’t had an opportunity to be clear at that meeting
The county
We feel that it is absolutely neces
come acquainted with you but have court informed me at the time that sary to call attention to the voters
Always enjoyed The Enterprise and the said road needed much improve on the proposed consolidation of the
Appreciated the fine co-operation of ment and, also, there is the snow Elkhorn and Mill City schools prior
problem during the winter months. to the election.
that newspaper.
In the first place we find that the
Last week the paper ran a front This was reported to the community
page story on "Consolidation", rela group but, now, there seems to be Marion county court is opposed to
tive to Mill City school district and misunderstandings as to our thinking i wasting any funds on the Gates-Elk
horn road, as they deem it entirely
jUkhorn school district.
In August on the Gates-Elkhorn road.
A consolidation is in order but we unfeasible, and even though it were
Mr Walter Bell, a member of the
yural school district board from your hope the Gates Elkhorn road will not repaired to quite an extent it would
gone, and I attended a public meeting be considered as a transportation be still dangerous to operate a school
At Elkhorn relative to a consolidation route. Mr. Bell and I made the trip bus over the hill. In its present con-
dition the grade is up to 21% on the
north and up to 20% on the south
side of the hill.
In order to get
away from this the entire road would
have to be relocated at an estimated
cost of $50,000, which sum the coun
LET VS FIGURE YOUR ESTIMATES ON PULMBING
ty will not spend.
AND HEATING. NO JOB TOO LARGE AND NONE
Also when discussing the matter
TOO SMALL
with school authorities who look at
this from a common sense standpoint
Shop and Residence 4260 Macleay Rd. SALEM
Ph. 2-7390
and are not biased, we find that they
think we should consolidate with a
district through which the bus will
have to pass, due to not being able
to use the Gates hill. Also if we
transported pupils through other dis
tricts, we might find that our funds
were not approved as this would be
adding extra unnecessary expense to
the operation of the county school
system.
Also consider a small youngster
riding more miles each day than nec
essary and also consider that already
this year a motor vehicle could not
AUTOMATIC TOASTERS (Name Brands)
$15.95 Up
go over said hill.
WAFFLE IRONS
.... $7.45 Up
< Signed) G. D. MYERS,
MIXERS, G.E., Westinghouse Dormeyer, Osterett
$14.95 Vp
RAY SISCHO,
UNIVERSAL PERCVLATORS
Members of Board of Directors
$4.95 Up
ELECTRIC CLOCKS, G.E., Telechrone
of Elkhorn School.
Letters to the Editor
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times , C hristmas
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McEwan's Photo Shop
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Sales and Service
MILL CITY
Mr and Mrs Lester Hathaway are
having a family reunion Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swift and
family, and Mr. and Mrs Glen Hath
away and family, both of Enunett.
Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cooper
of Shevlin, Ore., Miss Nellie Hatha
way of Salem and Miss Leola Hatha- I
way of Klamath Falls.
The Bluebird Campfire group had
a Christmas party Monday afternoon
at the home of Mrs Vincent Palmer
Carols were sung and the girls fin- ,
ishe odthe gifts for their fathers. Re
freshments were served and fur
nished by Shereen Muir and Norma
Nelson
Several students home from col
leges throughout the country for the
Christmas vacation period are Kirk
Wirick, Northwest Christian college;
David Karr and Bill Mikkleson from
the University of Oregon; Jim Cooke
from the University of Southern Cal
ifornia; Bill Howe, Gordon Kaye,
Duane McFadden, Francis Cark, lis
ter Poole an Gene Walker from Ore
gon State college.
Visiting Mill City during the
Christmas vacation is Jim Poole from
Linfield college
Mrs W. W. Allen is expecting her
cousin, Miss Griffith of Salem for
dinner with her Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and De
lores are expected in Mill City for
the Christmas holidays to visit
friends and relatives. Mr. Smith is
the former superintendent of the Mill
City Public Schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Frisch and
family are expecting to spend some
of the holidays in Mill City. They
were former Mill City residents, Mr.
Frisch being manager of the Mill
City Retail Lumber Co. here.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kriever and
Betsy are spending Christmas with
Quality iob printing at the Enter Mrs. Kriever’s sister and family in
prise.
Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. George I^aird will
spend Christmas day at the home of
George's parents in Vernonia, Ore.
Prof, and Mrs. John Plambeck of
Corvallis are planning to spend the
holidays with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. John Plambeck. Already home
for the holidays is Miss Marie Plam
beck, their daughter of Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McClain drove
to Salem Tuesday afternoon to meet
their daughter who is spending the
holidays here.
Mr. -and Mrs. Abe Harris and
HAS MOVED
| family are having Christmas dinner
To the Building Next Door
to Jenkin’s Hardware
with Miss Daisy Hendricson.
BUSINESS HOURS CHANGED
Home for the Christmas holidays
to 10 till 5 ¡30 Fridays
with their parents, Mr and Mrs. Curt
Evenings by
Cline will be Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Special Appointment
Cline of Grandview, Wash and fam
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