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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1950)
how it was upheld in the United 3—THE MILI < ITY ENTERPRISE States and other countries. July 4th, Independence Day, was at some of the stores in the vicinity, (Continued from Page 1) just like any other day. for the most before we proceeded enroute to Salt equipment and uniforms were sold. part, since fireworks are banned un Lake City, where we visited the Mor In another adjoining tent, were two der Pennsylvania state law. Part of mon Tabernacle, and listened to sev television sets that were running all our troop worked as arena officials eral numbers played on the famous day and practically all night. The that day. (Arena official, another ' staying. When we told him. he could favorite show on the TV was the name for stage hand.) That night tabernacle organ, which has 10 000 wrestling matches. Everyone would was one of the most interesting times i Temple grounds, busses took us out howl with delight when one of the of the whole Jamboree, for me. at | to the Utah state capitol building grapplers would throw the other out least. Not only did I get to shake We then went out to the Great Salt of the ring or kick him in the face. General Ike's hand, (although a friend Lake, where we swam in water which Just a little way from our section of mine got his picture taken with is 28% salt and mineral. FAMILY STYLE MEALS On our was the Texas sections. All day the Ike) but I was an Arena Official trip out to the lake, we were told not I nder New Management boys from Texas would wear their which entitled me and the rest of our to try diving into the lake, because ten-gallon straw hats, and their hand- troop to have very choice seats back three boys had tried diving down tooled pressed paper holsters, with stage That night 8 000 boys parti- eight feet into it, and all three broke their .45 calibre cap pistols, pretend cipated in pageant on scouting activ their necks. to shoot each other. Either that or ities going good deeds, and saving About this time all of us were get LICENSED snap their bullwhips out in the fields. fair damsels in distress. ting anxious to get home, although Most of the boys brought a lot of Included in the night’s festivities I don’t think anyone suffered too homed toads with them as trading was a huge fir^’orks display which much from homesickness during the material, and some of the toads got was licensed by the state More than trip. loose somehow sowhen anyone walked $5.000 was spent in the course of an At San Francisco, we took a ferry past those sections, they would al hour and a half with many moving ride from Oakland across the bay. to Il per month and up ways watch the ground closely in displays and colored scenes. Follow the Bay city, where we took several Also serving Gates and I.yona hopes of picking up a free horned ing this beautiful sight, the Scouts rides on the scenic cable cars. toad. were dismissed to their respective Some of the boys in our troop had MILL CITY The Arena shows were some of the camp sites. a meal in a Chinese restaurant, but DISPOSAL SERVICE The night of July sixth, when we the majority of us were financially highlights of the camp. The Jam PHONE 2352 boree was opened June 30th with had gotten all ready to leave the unable, so we had a hamburger in LEONARD HERMAN speeches by many outstanding people ' camp, there was another program stead. —one of which was President Harry which was mainly a closing ceremony. Thanksgiving is some time off yet. but the governors of Oregon and The next morning everyone got up Washington are already talking about turkeys. The fate of that large S. Truman! Following President Immediately after we got on the very early, and got all ready to get fellow pictured above depends on the actions of people using Oregon Truman’s address, a large pageant train headed for New York, we got off the train. So everyone just sat forests. Should Oregon have more man-caused forest fires than Wash was put on depicting the history of as well settled as possible and went around impatiently waiting. Then it ington, he will grace the table of Washington’s governor. Arthur B. Valley Forge. One of the scenes to bed. Waking up just a few min got worse when those characters from Langlie. However, should the users of Washington’s forests cause the portrayed George Washington kneal- utes out of Manhattan, we dressed Eugene and Klamath Falls got off, greater number of fires, a turkey dubbed ‘‘Chief No Fire’’ will leave ing in prayer, which was part of the quickly and were all set for the trip because we too were very eager to the Okanogan country for a Thanksgiving date in Salem beneath the to the Hotel Governor Clinton, be get home. Jamboree emblem. Finally we arrived in fork of Oregon’s Governor McKay. Shown presenting the 17% pound On Sunday morning, services were fore setting out for a ferry ride out Salem, and you might have thought .broad-breasted bronze turkey tom ’’Sir Keep Oregon Green" to the Ore provided so the boys could go to the to the Statue of Liberty, where sev that half the people in Oregon had gon governor is Loren Johnson, Scappoose turkey raiser. Both turkeys should tip the scales at 40 pounds by Thanksgiving. The score in the church of their own choice, and on eral of us went all the way to the a boy on that train. As soon as the unique contest was Oregon 201 fires, Washington 389 fires on July 1. Sunday evening, a convocation was top of her crown. Soon our troop train stopped sufficiently, all the held, showing how religious freedom was on our way back to the hotel to boys remaining jumped off of the was barred in certain countries, and rest a bit and eat dinner before split train and started telling his folks and ting up. some going to see a radio girl friends, etc., all about his trip. Quality iob printing at the Enter broadcast at Radio City, and others You might have noticed in last going to see their first major league week’s issue of the Enterprise that I prise. baseball game at Yankee Stadium. mentioned scrambled eggs several The Yankees won over the Bosox times. I think that out of the 24 that night, 5 to 2. Six of the seven days we were gone on this trip, at runs scored in that game were home least 12 of them we had scrambled runs with a man < n first base. Pre- eggs for breakfast, and then we had ceding the game was a home-run fried eggs most of the rest of the hitting contest. Being a fan of Joe time. We were all egged out! DiMaggio, I could see why Ted Wil liams could hit more homers than DiMaggio, at least in Yankee Stad ium. since it is only a distance of 367 feet to the right field fence, while to the left field fence it is a distance FREE ESTIMATES — LICENSED ELECTRICIANS “Keep Oregon Green’* <•' * of 406 feet, thereby favoring left- 7» • | handed hitters. After the ball game was over, we BUSINESS PHONE — SALEM 3-5561 that wanted to, went to see the fam- HOME PHONE — SALEM ".’HOO | ous Times Square at night, when all i A Friendly Place of the sign board« are ,up We i then journeyed a disttance of about •> i 12 blocks to our hotel. Speaking To While Away KEN PRATT, Mgr. Electrical Dept. 3455 D Street, SALEM about hotels, while W’e were there, SPECIAL SERVICE TO MILLS one of the many friendly people we Your Idle Hours w met there asked us where we were Following the tour of the | pipes. i hardly believe us. and said. ‘‘Howja get in there ? Gee. that's a ritzy It’s Smart! It’s New! place. Ya gotta dress snazzy in the I morning, dress at noon, and dress at night. Howja get in there?" We i finally satisfied him by telling him Where Friends Meet that It was all arranged by the Boy , Scouts of America. On Highway 222, Linn County Side After a good night's rest, we went GATES MILL CITY out to Coney Island, where I got my George ’Sparky’ Ditter Tony Ziebert first glimpse of the Atlantic Ocean, ON HIWAY 222, GOOD LOCATION and went on some of the rides, which, GOOD ESTABLISHED TRADE incidentally are priced much lower than out here in the west. After a very enjoyable time in the world’s largest city, we boarded a j APPROXIMATELY $3,000 NEEDED TO HANDLE train bound for Niagara Falls, then on to Detroit, where we were the STOCK AND INVENTORY guests of the Ford Motor company j Everyone was packed on a bus. we \ <»r ’Siw"' «Fis» — >"Z-"®* V-fl or * "Six** .hr alena stejai mat out lik» like ri/i no ! went out to Greenfield Village, where | other lowjiriced car. let you can we visited the Ford Museum with the own a A -fl for hundred* les. than DON SMITH, Phone 198« most "Siiea"—a Ford "Six" for largest collection of antique cars in ' Tc even lew». OR CONTACT C. J. DALZELLE the world. Following a tour of the museum and the grounds, we were , presented with a box lunch by the | Ford Motor company, which included ' ■*!l Phone 3-767« SALEM a model Ford about eight inches long. 1 Box ,W5, SALEM, OBE. Soon we were on our way to the big . city park, where we went swimming i Next stop Chicago! /W At Chicago, we were the guests of j Ford’» 35Sr easier-acting King-Size honor at Tommy Bartlett’s radio show Brake« uae car momentum to help j "Welcome Travelers" and saw the vou stop. I ike Ford’s extra-rugged I Chicago Plain tai lum. which , 'Lifeguard** Body, they give you T I; I very interesting the kind of protection you d expect 1 - only of costhr-t cars. \nd for added After our short stay in Chicago, safety and comfort, there’s the low j we had a couple of days of solid Zs and level "Mid Ship" Ride—you’re 'travel before we got to Denver, and cradled between the wheels. we made the most of it since we *3 i hadn't had too much of an opportun ity to selep, we usually got to our destination early in the morning. We had very little time in Denver, ’N so we just walked around and looked Turkey for McKay? 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