Linn Co. Court
Appoints New
School Head
E. G. Arnold, Linn county judge,
revealed this week the Linn county
court’s appointment of William H.
Dolmyer as Linn county superinten
dent of schools to fill out the unex
pired term and vacancy left by the
death of the late J. M. Bennett in
the county school system.
Superintendent Dolmyer brings to '
his new position some 22 years of j
educational experience in grade and |
high schools in Oregon. Mr. Dolmyer
left the principalship of Albany’s
senior high school to take over the
county school superintendency.
He j
was principal of the Albany senior
high for two years and principal of
the Albany junior high for eight |
years.
Supt. W. H. Dolmyer taught in and
was principal of the grade schools
in Mitchell, Oakridge, West Fern, and
Marcola communities prior to his
principalship of the Albany high
schools.
Supt. Wm. H. Dolmyer received
his Master of Arts degree from the
University of Chicago in 1940. He
earned his Master of Education de
gree from Oregon state in June, 1950.
Superintendent Dolmyer serves as
Linn county superintendent of schools
until January, 1953. the expiration
date of the late J. M. Bennett’s term
of office.
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Vol. VI—No. 4»
MILL CITY. OREGON. THURSDAY.'NOVEMBER .10, 1950
. $2.50 a Year. 5c a Copy
December 11th Starts Off
Hospital Campaign Drive
The date for the opening dinner best of his or its ability, at the start
of the general campaign to raise of this campaign, to lay a strong
funds for Santiam Memorial Hospital foundation of memorials prior to the
has been changed from December 5th soliciting by the general organization
to Monday night. December 11th be for memberships and smaller amounts.
cause of the dedication of the new It is going to take a high standard
Stayton Union High School.
The of donations for memorials on the
opening dinner on December 11 th part of those who are able to do so.
will be attended by the members of
“If each person subscribes accord
the Advance Gifts committee and the ing to his ability we are certain that
Stayton area General Campaign or this new hospital will be built. This
ganization now being formed under problem belongs to every citizen,”
the leadership of R. L. Stewart. This observed Mr. Bell.
organization will add 60 additional
workers to the 30 volunteer workers
of the Advance Gifts committee.
The Canyon area hospital campaign
organization comprised of 40 volun
teer workers from groups at Idanha.
Detroit, Gates, Lyons and Mill City
will also attend according to J. C.
Kimmel, chairman of the Canyon
Area Division of the Santiam Mem The annual basketball Jamboree
of the Marion County B-league will
Marion Forks fish hatchery with its rectangular and circular fish growing ponds, up-to-date fish food prep orial Hospital campaign.
be held December 2 in the Willamette
"Whether
or
not
sufficient
money
aration room and refrigerated storage vaults tied to a constant supply of fresh water from Marion Creek in
university gymnasium in Salem.
is
raised
to
build
Santiam
Memorial
sures adequate facilities for growing tiny fish eggs into fish to delight the Oregon angler. The new Marion
By JEAN ROBERTS
Th« Jamboree will begin at 7:30.
Hospital depends upon the donations
Fork hatchery on the upper Santiam river above Idanha replaces the old one located on highway 222 near
During
the evening Detroit, Gates,
of
A number of elk hunters reported
memorials
by
those
who
can
give
Mehama.
(Photo Courtesy The Statesman) ,
larger amounts”, stated Walter Bell, Mill City, Sublimity, Jefferson, St.
a poor season, many who failed to
president Santiam Memorial Hospital. Paul, Gervais, Chemawa, Oregon
bag game in eastern Oregon are try
"Insofar as volunteer workers are School for the Deaf, and Salem Bible
ing the coast area.
concerned the campaign will be a I Academy will pair off into five teams.
With hunters more plentiful than
success; they are donating their time , Each team plays 10 minutes. Mill
elk in some areas, many sportsmen
and working for the protection of all (City meets the Oregon School for the
were forced to seek cover before a
who reside here. It is now a matter Deaf in the third game of the evening.
barrage of rifle fire on opening day.
The dedication time for the new [ of the prompt response of each per This Jamboree will be a preview of
Lee Kipling King, auditor and ac
Ray Branch reports hearing approxi
Stayton high school gymnasium ar- I son and organization giving to the all the basketball teams’in our league
mately 600 shots within two hours countant, reports that school district
rives Dec. 5 in the new gymnasium
I for this year.
on opening morning and witnessing a 129-J’s accounts were in the red $10,-
An assembly commemorating the
herd of elk 82 in all, completely eradi 497.83 on date June 30, 1950, the end 187th anniversary of the Gettysburg in Stayton.
Mill City has a good chance of
As part of the dedication cere
cated by 200 hunters who had spotted of the 1949-50 school year.
winning the cup this year for the
address was held by the Detroit high monies in the evening, Linfield col
them early.
Mr. King is a Portland certified | school students.
best rooting section. Mill City adults
lege will play the Page Wools of
will be asked to sit in the balcony
Claiming an elk is sometimes a public accountant and auditor who
The
assembly
program
with
Frankie
Salem,
and
Stayton
high
will
play
above the Mill City high rooting sec
risky process when hunters are plenti I was engaged by Linn county author 1 Payne presiding began with the flag
ful and rifles conspicuous. An un ities to make the official audit of the salute and singing of the national a non-league game with Mill City
Adell Hutchinson's loaded log truck tion.
high to initiate the new basketball
Tickets for adults may be obtained
identified man claims to have bagged county’s school district accounts.
and Southern Pacific train No. 731
anthem. Poems ‘‘When the frost is floor officially.
at the door for 50c. Students are 25c.
five elk but could not tag a one as
This year's audit finds district j on the pumpkin” and “Lincoln, the
The Tuesday night basketball game I collided at the E. S. Peterson private
other game hungry hunters claimed 129-J’s new building construction ac man of the hour” were recited by
road crossing two miles west of Mill
each one as it d*opp'id. One animal count responsible for the $10,497.83 Wanda Smedley and Dalphene Tucker. starts at 7 p.m. Tickets cost 75c City Wednesday morning.
each
for
an
adult.
*as claimed by a woman who strad I debt.
The collision occurred as Hutchin
The mixed Glee club sang the Thanks
________________
dled it and meaningly brandished
son's truck stalled oh the Peterson
giving hymn.
a 22.
crossing. The S. P. trainmen were
Events leading up to the Gettys
Hunters in eastern Oregon where
unable to discover the presence of the
burg
address
were
discussed
by
John
beef stock abound, are sometimes mis
Hutchinson truck in time to avoid
Davis,
after
which
Marla
Vickers
read
led by cattle tracks which closely
G. R. “Sparky” Ditter, proprietor
the
accident. Brush and trees on the
the four essays judged best by the
resemble elk. Ray Roberts and Ercill
curve of the tracks near the scene of Meander Inn in Mill City, esti
faculty
of
those
written
during
the
Wilson, were chagrined when in
of the accident obscured the vision mated today that some $450 in cash
week by the juniors and seniors for
Frank “Tex” Blazek, president of of the train engineer.
formed that likely looking tracks,
and merchandise was taken by thieves
Otis
J.
White,
superintendent
of
entry in the contest sponsored by the the local fire district, reported this
were made by Herefords. They were
from the Meander Inn Thanksgiving
No
one
was
injured
in
the
accident
Detroit school, took part in an XL broadcasting stations.
week that the Mill City Firemen in and only slight damage was done to night.
somewhat relieved when two Mill City i | the
Oregon
school
authority
aggregate
their
Sixth
Annual
Firemen's
Ben
KXL is sponsor of the contest in
men reported following a fresh track
Mr. Ditter indicated that a thor
meeting with federal officials Monday Oregon on the topic “Why every efit realized a profit similar to pre each of the front ends of the truck
all day and rounded a clump of brush i ¡and
ough investigation of the crime has
and
train.
Tuesday
of
last
week
in
the
Capi
American should know about the vious years.
only to encounter a docile cow with
been made and that the state police
I Gettysburg address.”
Essays read
Lacking final accounts from which
a bell dangling from her neck. Still tol building in Salem.
are now actively engaged in solving
The
Salem
meeting
was
an
effort
before the assembly were written by exact totals can be obtained, Mr.
another hunter, a farmer at home,
the case.
>
followed tracks to a fence to ascer J upon the part of three U. S. officials Marlene White, Marilyn Lovelace, Blazek estimated that some $1,500 Mrs. 0. White Monitors
The thieves entered the tavern by
tain whether the animal halted or to acquaint Oregon school authorities James White and Mary Gordon. Es was made by the Firemen in their
jimmying open the front door under
with new federal laws dealing with says for entries in the contest were Saturday night dance in the improved Deanha PTA Symposium
jumped.
the full glare of the overhead stoop
aid for schools where federal project sent in by all students from the class Mill City firehall.
Idanha — Jeff Boyer, president of light, Ditter revealed.
workers and their families make up and were not judged for that contest
the Deanha PTA opened the meeting
Cash from the till and shuffleboard,
a large portion of a community’s but merely for the assembly program.
of that organization, this week, in plus wrist watches, cigarettes, candy,
Mr. Hugh Jull Installed
populace.
the music room of the Detroit grade etc., made up the bulk of the loot
A skit by the American history Dr. W. J. Stone Reports
school.
class was presented by Leonard Over
taken Thanksgiving night. Even the
With Special Services
New equipment for the cafeteria, tavern's alarm clock was stolen.
holser, Marlene White, Bob Layman Fourteen Cases of Mumps
Mr. Glen E. Shelton, chairman of Elkhorn Electric Line
sick room and blackout curtains for
and David Bray.
The Gettysburg
Mr. Ditter disclosed that the loss
Dr. W. J. Stone, Marion county the auditorium were discussed as pos was not covered by insurance. As
the local Christian church ooard, an
address was recited by James White
nounced today that Mr. Hugh Jull Topic of Farmers Meet
and the assembly closed with the health officer, reports that during the sible ways of using PTA funds.
soon as the burglary was discovered,
will be formally installed during spe
The program chairman, Mrs. Otis local and state law enforcement of
group singing the “Battle Hymn of week of November 19-25 fourteen new
cases
of
mumps
and
four
cases
of
cial services as pastor of the E'irst
Elkhorn—The Mehama local of the the Republic”.
White, conducted a symposium, the ficers were called.
The program was
Christian church in Mill City Sunday Farmers Union held their regular also presented at an assembly in the poliomyelitis developed in the county. topic of which was "The Parents
Nine cases of mumps and one case Teachers Like and the Teachers Par
afternoon at 2:30 in the church.
meeting Friday evening Nov. 24th. grade school building.
of polio came to light in Salem. ents Like”. Those participating were
Mr. C. R. Freeman, minister of the Speakers of the evening were J. A.
Fifty-two percent of the physicians Charlene Hanan, Ray Overhalser,
Church of Christ in Stayton, is sched Brigman, assistant engineer, and Ben
gave reports on communicable dis Lorraine Sophy, Lillian Leach, Mil
uled to give the installation address, Little, manager of the Benton Lincoln Community Church Holds
eases.
Mr. Shelton revealed.
Electric Co-op.
They were accom
dred Ray, Russell Hoyt, James Gor
The remainder of the new cases don and Reba Snyder.
Mrs. Gordon Knox will sing a solo panied by George Zimmerman of Evangelistic Services
Dr. Stone reported as being from
as part of the afternoon’s service.
Aumsville.
Mrs. Bob Steele gave a classroom
Rev. Wayne W. Watkins, pastor
Albert Ring, 90. well known Can
The Gates church-people received
demonstration of reading including yon citizen, who died Monday, Nov.
The proposed electric line which of the Community church in Mil) City, outlying areas in Marion county.
a special invitation from local ehurch will serve the Elkhorn district was this week, revealed that evangelistic
the following students, Gae Palmer 28, was laid to rest Wednesday at 2
authorities to attend the installation the main topic of discussion. It is services are taking place each night,
ton, Marilee Hanan, Billy Shuford, p.m. in Fox Valley cemetery near
of Mr. Hugh Jull. The ceremonies hoped construction on this line will except Monday and Saturday nights, Timberwolves Play Ball
Penny Lue Dean, Sandra Kite and Lyons after funeral rites in the Wed
are open to the public.
Steven Storey. Mrs. Gordon Skid- dle funeral home in Stayton.
be started this winter.
at 8 p.m. in the church.
mor«, accompanied by Mrs. John
Evangelist Bob Roth and party are On Local Floor Dec. 8
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Mill City high school Timberwolves Hanan at the piano gave a violin se Ina Ring of Lyons; a daughter, Mrs.
conducting special musical and reli
lection.
gious sessions, under the sponsor- start basketball league play Friday
Relatives Receive Word
The membership totals 115 at pres Ralph Trask of Albany; Dean Trask
hsip of the local Community church. evening, December 8 on the local ent. M rs. Resnick's and Mrs. Leach’s of Portland: and two greatgrandchil
FRIDAY—
Of Lafe Day’s Decease
The Roth party came to this com court by challenging the basketball rooms tied in the membership con dren.
1.00 F meeting
Many Mill City friends of the late
munity during, and took part in team of the State School for the Deaf test and will be honored in a joint
Mill City TWA meeting last Friday
Relatives have received word of Thanksgiving day festivities. They in Salem.
Albert Ring attended the last rites
party
by
the
PTA.
SATURDAY—
the death of Lafe "Doc" Day who ate Thanksgiving dinner with the
Mill City also faces the Deaf School
Mrs. Hoyt's room won the attend held in Stayton.
was killed Nov. 23, Thanksgiving church congregation in the Mill City in play at the county-wide basketball
Public Dance at Fire hall.
ance
prise for the November meeting.
night in an automobile accident at IOOF hall.
Jamboree scheduled for this Satur
MONDAY—
Theme
for the December program
Forsyth,
Mont.
American Legion Auxiliary 2d Mon
Reverend and Mrs. Bell, pastors of day in the Willamette university gym is “Good Citizenship Begins in the
Day was born June 16, 1909 in the Calvary chapel in Salem, were nasium in Salem.
Boy Scouts 6:30 pm.
Home”.
Iowa. He lived in Montana and Mill honored guests of the Community
Lions club meeting
A DAUGHTER To Mr. and Mrs.
He visited church congregation's Thanksgiving
A F. A AM. No. 180 stated meet City at various times.
Edison
Vickers, Idanha, Nov. 23, at
Dr.
Ferguson
Announces
j here with relatives a year ago last day dinner get-together.
ing third Monday
Salem Memorial hospital.
'Stars In My Crown' Gets
April.
local Religious Crusade
A DAUGHTER To Mr. and Mrs.
TUESDAY—
Preview Next Tuesday
I Survivors include four children in
Wayne Fowler, Gates, Nov. 23, at
Dr.
David
J.
Ferguson,
minister
Lions Auxiliary 4th Tuesday
TWELVE GATES Pl TILS MAKE
The movie, “Stars in My Crown”, Salem Memorial hospital.
of the First Presbyterian church in
Women's club 8 pm. 1st. 3rd Tues I Montana. Alice 11, Teddy 9, Doris 7, HONOR ROLL THIS SESSION
and Jackie 5*x; two brothers Charley
A SON—To Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Mill City this week announced rep gets a preview showing next Tues
WEDNESDAY—
; Day and Howard Day. both of Mill
Students on the honor roll at the resentatives of the Christian Busi day afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Mill Carr. Mill City, Nov. 23, at Salem
Chamber of Commerce 8 p m
I City; three sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Van Gates high school for the first nine ness Women’s Organization of Port City Theatre for ministers of the General hoapital.
Altar Society meets 3rd Wed.
Buskirk of Dallas. Mrs. Alice Howe weeks are: 7th grade, Judith Ann land will come to Mill City and area local churches and other leaders of
A DAUGHTER To Mr and Mrs.
Mill City PTA meets 2nd Wed.
| of Mill City and Mrs. Dessie Ham- Baker; 8th grade, John Barnhardt, this Sunday, Dec. 3.
various community organizations ac larry Bangs. Mehama, Nov. 24, at
Santiam Eagles and auxiliary 8 pm I mond of McMinnville, also a number Darlene Cole and Patty Stewart;
Miss Ruth Eagle of Zillah, Wash., cording to an announcement made Salem General hospital.
at Detroit school building
of nieces and nephews including Mrs. freshmen, Athol Cline and Mervin
A DAUGHTER To Mr and Mrs.
Santiam Rebekah IM 1st and 3rd James Staley (Betty Class) of Bii- Haun; sophomores, Betty Tucker; and Miss Eva Mae Baugh of Cannon today by Robert Veness, Mill City Gunnar
Isaacson, Idanha, Nov. 24, at
Beach, Christian Business Women Theatre proprietor.
Wed at 8 pm
. lings, Mont., and Richard Class and juniors, Carolyn Bnejcha, Marlin i spokesmen, during the week, have
“Stars in My Crown" has won the Salem General hospital.
' Bill Howe of Mil) City.
Cole, Ix>rena Devine and Maxine (been conducting youth services and Parents’ magazine Gold Medal award
THURSDAY—
A SON—To Mr. and Mrs Fred
Theta Rho Club for Girls, meets 1st
Funeral services will be held at the Schoeder; seniors, LaV’etta Powelson. making visits upon young people in for excellence; carries the highest Anunsen, Mehama. Nov. 26, at Salem
and 3rd Thursdays
Mr. Don Miley, principal of the Mehama and area.
recommendation of the Protestant General hospital
Weddle funeral home at Stayton, on
Gates PTA 1st Thursday 8 p m.
A DAUGHTER To Mr. and Mrs.
The work these young women are Film commission; and was the “Pic
1 Saturday, Dee. 2, at 2 o'clock. Inter school announced that Athol Cline,
American Legion 2d and 4th Thun ment will be in the Fairview ceme freshman, was the only student in doing has inter-denominational co-op ture of the Month" of the Christian William Hayes, Mehama, Nov, 26, at
Salem Memorial hospital.
the high school with an all one card. eration, Dr. Ferguson indicated.
Garden chib fourth Thursday
Herald, Mr. Veness revealed.
tery.
Jamboree Sat.
In W.U. Gym
Elk Hunters Risk
lives in Tagging
District 129-J’s
Accounts in Red
Detroit High School Stayton High Gym
Dedication Dec. 5
Honors lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address
Adell Hutchinson
Log Truck Damaged
Otis White Learns
School Aid Plan
Tex’ Blazek Reports
$1500 Take in Dance
Meander Inn Loses
$450 To Burglars
Albert Ring Rites
Held in Stayton
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