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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1949)
HANGAR DANCE HELD About seventy guests from Silver- ton, Albany, Lyons, Gates and Mill City enjoyed a dance at the Davis airport Saturday night in the han gar. The orchestra consisted of a pianist, violinist and two accordlah- lsts. Short speeches, were made during the evening by Byron Davis, Charles Wolverton, Ted Galbreath and Mrs. Art Kerr, the only flying grand mother in the canyon. | A specialty dance was given by Byron Davis, "Benny” Bennett. Food and drinks were served dur- Ing the evening. j Grange Installs New Officials Christmas Dance Unemployment On Held By Students Increase Here 10— TILE MIIJ. CITY ENTERPRISE FISH HATCHERY NEARS COMPLETION Dnembei ii 1949 WILLIAM BAYLESS NAME NEW BABY DAUGHTER Della Lucille is the name selected for the bouncing eight pound baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bayless of Mill City. The girl was born Sunday, December 18, at the Memorial hospital in Salem. It is re ported that both baby and mother are doing fine. The Marion Forks fish hatchery is A noticeable rise in unemployment A formal dance, following the Santiam Valley grange held an fast nearing completion. The build- in Marion County from an estimated open meeting with installations of theme of Christmas, was held in the ings have had the roofs completed officers highlighting the evening, high school auditorium in Mill City 3750 at the close of October to an 1 and the inside finishing is now being j Friday, December 16 Officers of for the high school student body Sat estimated 5000 at the close of No the Scio grange were also installed at urday night, sponsored by the GhTs vember was brought about largely completed. The ponds are being piped by the Athletic association. by layoffs in the canning industry, the same meeting More than 70 students danced to William H Baillie, district Oregon Meyers Plumbing company, of Bell- Bertha Beck, state grange secre ’. The plumbing com- Employment Service manager, I ingham, Wash. tary, was installing officer, with Alta music from records, provided by _ State - - * -* I rsnnll pany in is also In laying a large pipeline Decorations reported. Bodeker, marshall; Bea Hiatt, em- some of the sponsors. Plus the cannery workers, how- to carry water to the hatchery bulld- buildings. blem bearer and Wilson Stevens, re- depicted the beautiful, "Night Before Painters are putting on the finish houses. Electricians are Christmas”, poem and song, with ever, was a sizeable group of sales *n& and galla bearer. ing coats, working through storms to and service workers, and some em nearing completion of installation of New officers installed were Mas- colorful illustrations and picturesque ployees of other industries. Unem- lines and lighting fixtures in the finish the work soon. ters: Tony Moravec, Lyons; Walter sign posters. claims filed | Jim Anderson, local student, read ployment insurance Rice, Scio; Overseer: Matt Biever, Don’t Borrow, Subscribe! Lyons; Earl Miller, Scio; Lecturer: the poem, "The Night Before Christ- through the Salem office rose sharp Celene Taylor, Lyons; Cecelia Rollier. j mas’ during intermission. The pop- ly from 1738 at the beginning of the Scio; Steward: Giles Wagner, Lyons; ular song, "That Lucky Ol’ Sun" was month to 2771 at the close. A total Charles White, Scio; Ass't. Steward: sung by Mr. W. L. Krause, former 1 of 489 workers were referred to jobs Frank Basl, Lyons; A. L. Seaman, Mill City high school teacher, and during November as compared to 543 It’s the time to give gifts, to for- i Scio; Chaplin: Albert Julian, Lyons; now music and band instructor in the during the preceding month. get enemities, to remember friends What has developed during the and loved ones. Why? Because this Addie Nichols, Scio; Treasurer: Anna Aumsville and Turner districts. last 60 to 90 days has made available day we celebrate the 1049th anniver B. Julian, Lyons; J. W. Nichols, Scio; I many well qualified men who have sary of the day God gave the gift of Gatekeeper: Jake Myers, Lyons; Roy His only begotten son to redeem fal Dunkin, Scio; Ceres: Blanche Wag not been idle for many months. This len man from death. The day the ner, Lyons; Evelyn Roner, Sci6; condition is called to the attention "Angels sang: Glory to God in the of employers, home owners and oth- ¡Flora: Melvina Franklin, Lyons; Lula highest, and on earth peace, good Mr. and Mrs. Delos Hoeye and chil j ers so that advantage may be taken Fox, Scio; Lady Assistant Steward: will toward men.” Luke 2:14. Since the prophecy in that song Bertha Basl, Lyons; Rose Zielinski, dren of Corvallis are expected for the of this opportunity to secure skilled May every gleaming & has not yet been fulfilled we can be Scio; Executive Committee; Lloyd holidays at the home of her mother, men for such temporary or repair Mrs. Edith Mason. Also Miss Isabel jobs that have been postponed be sure it will be for God’s promises are Sletto, Elmer Taylor, Wilson Stevens. true. I Cor. 15:22. Mason of Salem will be home for the cause good men were scarce, Mr. candle add light "As in Adam ALL die so in Christ Lyons; W. J. Kelly, Elmer Donlcht, , holidays. Baillie said. A total of 175 carpen shall ALL be made Alive.” So we B. I. Arnold, Scio. Christmas dinner guests at the ters, 25 electricians, 35 painters, 10 know there shall come a time when to Your Christmas Joy! Guests were also present from there will be a resurrection of ALL Stayton. Other distinguished guests Hills will be her uncle, H. R. Brown plumbers and many other skilled and the dead and a restoration of men to of Lyons, and Mr. and Mrs. Brother j semi-skilled men were avaiable for all that was lost when Adam sinned. included Master of State grange, full or part-time work as the month Morton Tompkins and Mrs. Tomp ton. Acts 3:19. Mrs. W. W. Allen will have a closed. kins. and State lecturer Beulah It is expected that except for a More. Following the meeting a buffet supper Christmas evening for Christmas party was held with a gift -Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kelly and family, flurry of demand in retail trades for 168 N Commercial Salem exchange and treats for everyone. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mason, Mr. and sales and service people to meet the Mrs. Vernon Todd and children. Later holiday market in December a fur A pot-luck supper was served at the they will all go to the home of Mr. ther rise in unemployment is ahead. close of the evening. and Mrs. Russell Kelly for their No abrupt change is anticipated, Christmas tree. THY WORD however, until adverse weather Jack Colburn plans to attend his drives logging crews out of the Jk high school class re-union at Harris- woods and makes construction work _—i____ burg during the Christmas holidays. difficult. A 50 per cent increase in LISTEN FOR Lincoln Wolverton is to undergo an unemployment from the 5000 now es L FREE BOOK OFFEft eye operation next Thursday morn timated for the two counties is not Ixfct. f'fNEP-*1 Fe-NtWîi’i’i” ing at the Salem General hospital. J impossible. Farm demand will start LARGE again about the first of March which Tune In HEX each Sunday at CITIZENSHIP GRANTED CHOICE TREES 11:16 A.M. will mark the beginning of general A resident of Gates, Mrs. Vivienne | seasonal demand for all industries. «4.00 , World Wide Broadcast 3:00 P.M. 1st and 3rd Sunday each month Madeleine Hanson, formerly of Can Agricultural Demand Low. Meg. 19.7 Meters WRl I 15:35 — _--------- ada, has been granted citizenship pa and Agriculture in the Polk - Marion WRUX—17.75 Meg. 16.8 Meters pers by Marion county Circuit Court | area entered the season of lowest X Are some, this day mourning the Judge George Duncan. A group of labor demand during November. Ex A Group of loved and lost ones who will be 11 candidates will be feted with a cept for the pulling of root crops Your Choice absent from the home this year? dinner Saturday at the Salem YMCA, j and the late harvest of nuts and at $1.50 Then please tune In to Frank and where the class had a course of in vegetables the work of 1949 has been Ernest as in above advertisement and let them point such ones to the struction in citizenship from C. A. pretty well completed. Plowing and Mem Christmas only comfort for the mourning heart Kreils. Hearings were taken by planting for next year was contin as given in God's word, the Bible. Arthur Kellogg, naturalization ex ued after starting earlier in the fall Any Size to Order aminer from Portland. Activity in the construction indus- ; try held up well during the month. Anticipated slowdowns did not ma- | terialize due largely to favorable weather. Road, highway, bridge, dam and city street and sewer work con We have enlarged our Record Dept, for Christmas tinued during the month and assisted the building industry in keeping and have taken on Columbia Records with one qualified construction workers busy. of the largest list of stars in the business While the 1948 figuers may not be I reached in building construction, it Yes, we have the new 7” LI’ records in stock, too. | should be noted that permits for We specialize in Westerns with such stars as: i dwellings will be materially higher this year than last. ‘•MLLE TRAIN” by GENE AUTRY Employment in the logging and “SATURDAY NITE BOOGIE” by AL DEXTER lumbering industries held up unex •’SLIPPING AROUND” by Fl.OYD I II IMAN pectedly during November with very “ROOM FULL OF ROSES” by geo . M organ "ALL I W ANT FOR CHRISTMAS” MARY KAY TRIO little let-down from the s e a s o n’s “SMILING WITH A BROKEN HEART” BOB ARCTIER high. Good weather and favorable "ALL RIGHT LOUIE DROP THAT GUN” , market conditions have contributed ARTHUR «.ODFREY to a generally optimistic outlook in “BE HONEST WITH ME” ROY ACT I 1 “SHAME ON vol " MADE. COOLEY these industries. Jlt’a (ihristmaH MILL CITY Toy & Hobby Shop CHRISTMAS TREES DICK’S SHOE SERVICE RECORDS! Give Records for Xmas! School Officer lliieliing A JH ititi *•* ihristnui5 > mb Jlunikiity IJuu fur mnir patronale burinq the past IJcar Dave Epps Furniture Co (Continued from Page 1) verse over roller-coaster roads and flimsy bridges, which were washed away’ during small stream floods last spring. Improvements of the area, with ad dition of several summer homes, and summer and winter recreational fa cilities provided by the Elkhorn area warrant better road conditions over i the hump. it was reported, Citizens are reminded that voting I will take place in the local high i school. \NI> MANI POP! I-AR NUMBERS BY DORIS DAY — DINAH SHORE — FRANK SINATRA KATE SMITH — DOROTHY SHAY — FRANKIE CARLE Stiffler’s Radio & Appliance Co. Phone 902 Sales and Service < OMMl NITY <111 R< II TO HOLD DINNER The Community church is planning a Christmas program for Sunday evening. December 25. with treats for the children in attendance. The pub lie is invited to attend. Monday at 1 p m. a dinner for the families of the church with turkey and all the trimmings, will be held in the high school kitchen. A visit ing hour will be held following the dinner. At Ellicott's Rock on the border of North Carolina, you can rest your hand so it touches North Carolina South Carolina, and Georgia at once People cause most forest fires A mile of veneer for plywood was peeled from one Dougles fir log — eight feet thick New York led the nation in paper and papetUiard production In 194« Oregon led the nation in lumber production in 194« Forest fire* each year destroy enough pulp site trees to produce 3.. 250 000 tons of newsprint —enough to supply every newspaper in the V S for one year Joyous Christmos to Each and You' OLESON’S