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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1950)
» FOX VALLEY The power shortage was an incon February 2. 1950 venience to Mrs. Ercill Wilson, who has a cast on both arms as the result Circus Party is Fun for Youngsters BY JEAN ROBERTS Mr. and Mrs. L C. Humphreys and of a coasting party last week, as she A new cold front ushered in by a had to sit for several hours in the family have moved to Myrtle Creek foot or more of snow hit the Mehama dark, unable to turn on a flashlight Oregon, last week. Mrs. Humphreys Panel discussions directed at the area Friday sending school children or pick up the telephone, until help and three daughters went Sunday problems of both the weekly and ■currying home in the cold with came. evening, with a friend from Mill City daily publishing fields are featured electricity cut off and many homes A new inside stairway was put in , who is foreman of the work where on the agenda of the February 17— as well as schools without light or the Mehama community church en Mr. Humphreys is employed with a 18 Oregon conference meeting on the University of Oregon campus, an heat. abling the primary class to get to highway construction company at nounced conference president Jack The Humph Public food lockers were padlocked their room without going outside as J Canyonville, Oregon. f reys family are living in Myrtle Travis, editor and publisher of the at Gollietts store to prevent temp they previously did. Hood River Daily Sun. erature from rising during the seven Marie Basl was a weekend guest or Creek as no living quarters were Editors and publishers from 109 available at Canyonville. A family hour period when the current failed Susie Teeters. Oregon weekly newspapers and 22 with temperatures fluctuating only A number of Mehama young folks by the name of Pederson have leased daily newspapers have been invited 6 degrees during that time reported missed the Stayton school bus Mon the Humphreys home in Fox Valley for this 31st annual Oregon Press • and are partially moved in. The Ken Golliet owner. day morning because of a new driver same folks operate the Rainbow Conference, which will hear Marquis A power line up the Little North who was unaquainted with all the | Childs, noted columnist, as the Allen Fork was sagging perilously close to stopping places. Several parents Hotel in Mill City. They have two Memorial lecturer. the road barely leaving room for however responded to the occasion by children who will attend the Marilinn «university faculty members, reprw public school. traffic to detour around it. ■ getting out their cars for transpor i senatives of the state's newspapers, Ladies Aid met in the Women’s tation. Among those taking a car The Hugh Johnston’s had quite an I and outstanding men in the news A circus party for youngsters or teenagers, with refreshments club house last Friday with nine load were Raymond Branch, Horace addition to their livestock Tuesday paper field and related fields will served buffet style, is one of the easiest and most successful of all January 24 when their milk goat women braving the snow to attend. McCarley and Mr. Bilyeu. 1 participate in the two-day program party patterns. Mounted cutouts of circus animals and clowns make Gussy brought them triplet kids. Embroidering with a sewing machine The next home extension meeting which tentatively includes panel dis gay table decorations and circus eats means lots of hot dogs, popcorn, animal crackers and sparkling lemonade. which was to be demonstrated at this will be Friday 4th which will be an ¡The goat family are all doing well cussions, forums, meetings of special The lemonade can be prepared in a jiffy with the new Real Gold time was postponed until a later date all day meeting at the club house. but the Johnstons are pondering over groups, business session, and the concentrated lemonade base that comes in convenient small-sized cans, due to bad weather. Making draperies will be the project the milk situation. Three baby annual banquet. and all you have to do is add water. Packed by the citrus growers 1 demonstrated by Anne Berghotz and goats will take quite a lot of milk themselves and homogenized to give you dependable fresh fruit flavor and they have a little boy who needs without any of the bother of squeezing and straining, canned lemonade | everyone is instructed to bring and small son joined him later and base is economical, too, because there’s no waste. Just pour a small yard of drapery and lining material the goat milk too. i they spent sometime with their can of Real Gold lemonade base into a quart bottle or pitcher, add ice, The local telephone lines are slowly and sewing accessories. Also a | grandmother and other relatives in fill to the brim with water and serve. For Guaranteed Cleaning favorite recipe. Meeting will start getting back to normal after 25 days Missouri, and are now visiting rela. at 10:30 a.m. with pot luck lunch at layoff due to the heavy wind and | tives in Los Angeles. it’s the Don’t learn traffic laws by acci Peaches are preserved in other I noon. At the last meeting of the unit snowfall, all but side lines are re Henry Anderson was a Wednesday dent. places besides beauty parlors. ' Lil Wolfkill was elected vice chair- paired. Some patrons off the high- caller at the Jack Johnstons. way are still repairing their own ' man to fill a vacancy left by Eliza Alex Bodeker worked on the local beth Castle, who moved to Klamath lines and during the repairing, the j telephone lines Wednesday. The main lines have been grounded at lines were broken by the weight of Falls. 24-HOUR SERVICE intervals. However if more stormy heavy snow and only close neighbors In 1835 a French chemist. C. Thil- weather does not cause more line j were able to talk over their phones. Mill City orier, produced solid carbon dioxide, trouble, everyone should be able to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Limbeck the “dry ice” of today. use their telephone again soon. were Stayton visitors Saturday eve- The Albert Julians had a phone , ning. messege Tuesday evening from their Richard Douglas is making his son Glenn Julian who was in Los home with the Petersons who live at Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs. the L. C. Humphrey’s place. Rich- I' m 1 Our Mail Order Service and Order I Glenn Julian are enroute home after ard is attending the Mari-Linn grade That Winter Game TODAY! being in the East for sometime. school. Glenn is driving a new Ford home Monday night of this week was from Detorit, Michigan foreman in Serving a full meal for lowest possible cost. SALEM'S ORIGINAL the coldest night of this winter Eugene, Oregon. He told his father I weather. Thermometer readings they had enjoyed good weather so far were from 6 below zero to 2 above, and planned to leave California with with around 12 degrees warmer in a day or two for home. Glenn i Tuesday night. FRIED CHICKEN attended a convention for Ford deal FRENCH FRIED PRAWNS ers in Detroit, Michigan. His wife Don't Borrow. Subscribe! CHINESE NOODLES HOME MADE CHILI MEHAMA Press Conference Slated in Eujrene NU-METHOD Hobby Supplies and Games of All Kinds C'Z?/ Has A Big Project - - So Have We - ■ Damsite Special Menu Toy 6* Hobby Shop Also Serving VIV’S Steak House “WHERE DAM WORKERS DINE” IRIS HOLGATE — Under New Management — DAVE PORTER y 0 'N Chevrolet O\vners---this is the oppor tunity you ve been waiting for. So take advantage of it while you can Don't put off those needed repairs any longer. We have made it pos sible for you to take care of this necessary work by paying a small amount each month. We are running a SPECIAL PRICE on motor repairs on Chevrolets only. 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