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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1951)
Lighted Play Visualized By Sportsmen In answer to the ever present prob- tm of providing recreational facilities for giving communities a represent ative group of citizens gathered, dis cussed and decided regarding a lighted playing field on the Mill City grade school grounds. Russell Kelly, long an active sup porter of civic projects and himself a sports fan, realizes the convenience of a lighted play field centralized in the canyon, and champions the cause of securing a lighted play field in Mill City. Darkness Handicaps Though under consideration for »one time, a lighted play field has not become a reality because of the lack of formal action. Last year the softball league, that fired so much enthusiasm among community ^sports fans, found itself severely’ handicap ped because of lack of daylight time for the playing of softball games. Mill City will long remember the components of the Mill City softball league. Engineers, Teamsters, Fire men, Kellys, Swingsters and Grave yarders and the color and action gen erated by their good-fellowship sports activity on the Mill City grade school school softball field last spring and summer. Believing that past support of soft- uall play warrants its encouragement, Russell and Carl Kelly; Don Gessner, labor representative: Burton Bor- .ughs, Mill City high school athletic coach; Don Sheythe, Ramon Roberts, and William Shuey, 129-J school board members; Sue Mikkelson, Mill City high school student body representa tive; Burnett Cole, Lee Knowles and George Stewart, firemen representa tives; Frank Dell and Jim Nolan, Teamster representatives; Glen V. Sorensen, Mill City Chamber of Com merce representative; Bob Hill and H. E. Bodenmiller sat down for a parley on the feasibility of obtaining an 80-light field lighting system, cost- .ng roughly $2,800, for installation immediately. Kelly Opens Planning Russell Kelly opened the discussion of the problem of funds for the nec essary play-field lighting equipment. The main object of lights is the ex tension of recreation time to night time and the enabling of both sports men and fans a more thorough en- (Continued on Page 8) T he MILL CITY ENTERPRISE ON THE SCENIC NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY — GATEWAY TO THE HEART OF NATURE’S EMPIRE Vol. VII—No. 11 MILL CITY. OREGON. Till RSDAY, M \Rt H 15, 1951 $2.50 a Year. | ()(• a C< Community Boundry Lines Melt As Citizens Parley EY\ ♦ &ijs o X L / \\ a 7 ri The Volunteers are part of YOU Their Service Is FOR You . . . Canyon-Wide Promotion Inspires Mutual Assistance Action Canyon development-minded, forward-looking, and cit izen representatives of the Santiam communities swung lustily into a campaign for mutual understanding on for mation of a Santiam Chamber of Commerce when they convened in the Mill City fire hall Friday evening. Harmony of thought to the effect that a Santiam Cham ber of Commerce is necessary immediately exerted itself soon after Glen V. Sorensen, Mill City Chamber of Com merce president, extended a welcome and challenge to i Mill City’s guests and then turned the business part of the evening over to the as- Third Lions Show ' sembly. Sorensen asserted, "When it comes i to developing the North Santiam Can- I yon and promoting the Canyon's gen- : eral welfare, there can be no such I thing as city boundry lines. Spurred by this democratic motive, busy men ■ are working to obtain a chamber of commerce to champion the cause of ¡those who live in the North Santiam I Valley and Canyon area.” Whirls Members As the deadline for sign-ups for a spot on the third annual amateur show nears, the tension and frenzy of putting on a gala performance con sumes the time and energy of the Santiam Lions Club in Mill City. Countless hours are spent in giving countless services by the The mammoth task of casting and promoting amateurs and professional thousands of you, men and women, who volunteer! Where are talent keeps Jim O'Leary of the Mill these volunteers trained? How are they trained? In Red Cross Teague Elected Head City Variety store hopping these days. chapters all over America experts are on hand to give this useful George Steffy, chairman of the Mill For the convenience of applicants de ' City delegation, opened the meeting siring an audition and a place on the training. From these training courses volunteers come pouring i by a few appropriate remarks and Lions club amateur and talent show out . . . well schooled in the mission they have chosen to fulfill; i called for nominations for a chairman Thursday, March 29, in the Mill City ready at a moment’s notice to serve freely and gladly where the for those gathered for organizational theatre, O'Leary has set up applica purposes. Gene Teague of Stayton tion headquarters in the Mill City need is greatest. was n~minat*d and elected chairman Variety store. .of th •* Not content with problems talent Nurses’ aides in crowded, understaffed hospitals! ore formal and amateurs O’Leary, from all in 9 opening of the discussion of a plan dications, has boosted himself to. the First-aid certified men and women for accidents of organization, advanced the idea status of champion ticket seller for and emergency illness. 1 that a survey of the Santiam Canyon the third annual Lions amateur ahow. ' «hnv'd lg> made immediately and the,Some 56% of the tickets b”ve already Field workers who follow the trail of disaster with data placed in concrete form for easy (been sold and salon are movin g at a food, supplies, shelter! distribution to the captains of in- fast pace Lions Club members report, Many excellent amateur and talent dustry. Their names and services are legion! L. H. Wright of Stay ton was made acts already have been booked Lion there is o»»> still » a secretary of the Friday evening ean- O’Leary reports, but w »..«>.«> 1 yon-wide conclave. The minutes taken need for a good variety of acts which Toward the training of these thousands of YOU . . . GIVE Anton “Tony" Moravec Jr., 42, of by Secretary Wright indicate the can- can give that added punch to this Stayton departed this world Wednes yon communities’ spokesmen closely year’s presentation of the Lions club, generously, freely . . . their merciful service is for YOU. day afternoon as the result of a fatal followed the idea that co-operation Auditions are being held each Mon- skull fracture suffered when a piece between the citizens of the canyon (lay for those who have put their name of wood was driven into his head 'communities was a "must” proposi- on the dotted line for a crack at the by the mill machinery at the Freres- tion. Each spokesman pledged such prizes and acclaim of the Third An- Frank mill near Mill City on Jan jnual ’’ Lions Club ‘ Amateur Show I co-operation. ’ ‘ ‘ ~ in the ” uary 19, 1951. Mill City Theatre March 29. Real Hospital Tact Aired Tony lingered in the twilight of (showmanship is the objective of those The Mill City delegation tossed in (holding auditions and okaying appli- death in the Deaconess hospital in various plans and outlines of organ- i ants. There is no entry fee. Salem until he was taken to Provi 1 ization of a Santiam Chamber of dence hospital in Portland for brain An elegant door prize awaits a Commerce. The concensus of opin lucky ticket stub holder. surgery. In Portland relatives were Leroy Warner Addresses ion favored the set-up of the San- | given little assurance that Tony would tiam Chamber of Commerce on the regain his normal health or retain the Mill City Gardeners basis of individual membership oreath of life. Friends gave blood much on the order of the Santiam for Tony, but to no avail. Leroy Warner, soil conservation Memorial hospital organization. specialist at Oregon State college, is For the information of the vast World War II veterans are offered The Mill City high school student Following the airing of pertinent scheduled as guest speaker at the number of friends of Tony Moravec first chance to purchase 20 full-time body seeks permission these days in Mill City and area, last rites will farm units in the Columbia Basin regular monthly meeting, tonight of among Mill City citizens for taking plans and suggestions of the canyon be held in the Weddle funeral home irrigation project 60 miles south of the Mill City Garden club, in the home away those odds and ends of scrap delegations. Chairman Teague ap- j The first allotment of funds from chapel in Stayton, Saturday, March Grand Coulee dam near Ephrata, of Mrs. Elsie Potter at 8 p.m. metal that have been troubling house pointed a committee and charged its federal appropriations to public membership with the responsibility schools was received Wednesday, 17 at 2 p.m. Rev. Nick N. Neufelt Wash., the Oregon department of Vet Mr. Warner has been asked to dis- holds. of drawing up a formal document March 14, by the Gates school dis- will officiate. for cuss soil preparation in general This hunt for scrap metal is in- erans’ Affairs reported today. Those who mourn greatest the death i Veterans must apply by April 13 the home yard with emphasis on spired by the desire upon the part which reflected and embodied th« trict. Principal Don Miley revealed agreed upon plans and suggestions this week. of Anton Moravec are his widow, to the Bureau of Reclamation, in shrubs, flowers and the lawn. He will of the members of the student body (Continued on Page 8) Application for federal funds was be accompanied by Mr. K. W. Priest Frances; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Ephrata. for lights for the athletic field at the Application forms are completed by school board directors of the Linn county extension service. Mill City grade school, Mill City high Moravec Sr., of Mill City; brothers avtilable from the Oregon veterans’ and officials during the past three Ed of Oregon City and Frank of ¡department at State Library building, Members of the Garden club are school athletic coach Burton Boroughs months. The funds allotted are part Salem and a sister, Mrs. C. E. Wilson , Salem, and 415 SW 11th avenue, fortunate in having Mr. Warner as announced today. of those available from an appropria of Oregon City. Indicia that these young people Portland; from local county veterans’ guest speaker and are extending an tion made by congress for aid to pub Interment will be at Lone Oak service officers; or from the bureau’s invitation to all interested home gar mean business is shown by the fact lic‘schools in areas affected by fed office at Ephrata. deners who may desire to attend to that they have contacted businessmen cemetery. eral activities. in Portland who provide trucking fa- The farms range in size from 29 day's open meeting. Those assembled in the cozy r Mill Gates qualified for this type of to 143 irrigable acres, and all but one Mrs. Elmer Shaw, publicity chair cilities for gathering up and hauling City fire hall club for the initial meet i are priced from $411 to $1,868. One man for the club, reports that the away the scrap metal solicited by the ing this week on the advancement of federal assistance because of the con struction work being carried on at . unit is listed at $6,486 because it is cook book being assembled by the student body. the cause of lights for the Mill City the Detroit dam. MONDAY— Funds raised by way of the gather 1 partially improved, having a three- club is progressing and that those Explorer Scouts Legion ball 7:30 p. : room house, a barn with accommoda having recipes they desire included ing in of the donated scrap metal go grade school athletic field could not fail but notice the vast improvement Lions club meeting. tions for six cows and four horses in this publication should contact a into the athletic field lighting fund. A F. AM. No. 180 stated meet ¡and some hay storage, and a good club member as soon as possible or This effort upon the part of the stu of this portion of the Mil) City Lre District 129-J Submits hall. ing third Monday. well for domestic water supply. bring their recipes to the next Garden dent body of Mill City is their con- < Joint projects engaged in by the Fiscal Year’s Budget O.E.S. meeting. 2d Monday month. tribution to the community-wide en The reclamation bureau says the Club meeting in the Potter home. go-getting Mill City firemen have : land “is characterized by gently un TUESDAY— Hostess for the evening will be deavor among public spirited citizens raised the funds for the materials Citizens of School District 129-J, Chamber of Commerce 2 A 4 noon dulating relief with occasional drain- Frances Dolezal, Hattie Fenc) and Sue for the obtaining of added recreational which have been used in changing the during the budget meeting on the fis facilities for the Canyon. 1 ageways,” and that “textures range Greene. luncheon. cal year’s budget in the Mill City high Those desiring that bothersome Mil) City fire hall into an asset worthy school auditorium Tuesday evening, 'from loamy sands to sandy loams.” Lions Auxiliary 4th Tuesday of any community. scrap meta) hauled away should make Most of the farm units are con- Women’s club 8 p.m. 1st. 3rd Tues learned that the $44,000 bond issue known their wishes to Burton Bor- I As is true in regard to the other voted several months ago is now bear | sidered adapted to diversified farm- WEDNESDAY— St. Patrick's Day Card improvements in the Mill City fire oughs at the Mill City high school •ing and for the production of hay and ing fruit. Santiam Eagles and auxiliary 8 p.m. {pasture. Two of the units are rated immediately. High school students hall, so also it ia true in regard to The Tuesday budget meeting re- Party This Saturday at Mill City fire hall. the firemen center ’ s changed appear promise they will turn your scrap suitable for production of row crops suited in discussion and a vote favor- Santiam Rebekah 166—1st and 3rd ance that Fireman D. L. Beebe of «uch as potatoes, sugar beets and St. Patrick’s Day Card party in the metal into a lighted athletic field. able towards submission of the school Wed. at 8 p.m. Mill City donated much of the actual Mil) City IOOF hall, Saturday night, truck crops. district’s budget to the Rural School construction work performed in bring Altar Society meets 3rd Wed. To qualify, a vet-ran must have at March 17, is in the final stages of District Board in Albany for its action. Mill City PTA meets 2nd Wed. 'least $4.000 in assets, be in good completion. Mrs. George LeHaie re Engineers Seek Go-ahead ing about the changed condition. Because of legal technicalities aris City council first Wed. 7:30 p.m. Beebe deserves and should get rec ing as a result of the consolidation health, have had a minimum of two ported today after a last minute con THURSDAY— ognition for his civic-minded attitude election held quite some time ago be years of farming experience, and must ference with her committee chair On Exhumation Project as should also Fire Chief Arlo Tuers, tween Elkhorn and Mill City school Theta Rho Club for Girls, meets 1st I intend to farm as an occupation. He men. The Army Corps of Engineers this who gathered together much of the districts,, the fate of the $44,000 bond must also have five character refer- and 3rd Thursdays. Placards up in public places and Gates PTA 1st Thursday 8 p.m. lences. displayed in the business houses in week sought permission of the Fed material that has gone and is going issue for school rooms and improve American Legion 2d and 4th Thurs Mill City, Gates, Lyons, Stayton, Me eral Lands Division for exhumation into the fire hall improvements. Bur ments hung in the balance. hama, Sublimity, etc., assure citizens work near Detroit in regard to an old nette Cole instigated the club. Garden dub fourth Thursday The current Oregon legislature con that Mill City intends recreation on burial site in the area slated for Firemen Auxiliary meets 3d Thurs As the weeks pass and as members sidered and passed an act correcting flooding by the Detroit dam reservoir. of the Canyon community become in the crippling circumstances and paved St. Patrick’s day. FRIDAY— Door prizes, card prizes and re The Engineers were told by a De creasingly aware of the transforma the way for work on the new grade 1.0 O F meeting A DAUGHTER—To Mr and Mrs Mill City TW’A meeting last Friday Earl Hellemn of Lyons, March 13, at freshments go along with each ticket troit octogenarian that some of the tion that has been wraught in the school additions in the near future. purchasable from St. Catherine’s Al bodies were buried before the turn Mill City fire hall, there will develop Bids on the Mill City grade school Salem General hospital. SATURDAY— A SON—To Mr. and Mrs. Eldred tar Society membership-or at the of the century, Bert C. Boylan, chief a deeper appreciation for the efforts rooms are now being submitted by St. Patrick’s Card Party, IOOF hall B. Miller. Lyons, March 9, at Salem door of the Mill City IOOF hall this of the Federal Lands Division, de of the Mill City firemen Mill City contractors for future consideration Eagles St. Patrick's Dance, fire hall General hospital. Saturday night at 8 p.m. partment of justice for Oregon, stated. citizens believe. by the school board. Anton Moravec, Jr. Rites On Saturday " YOUR RED CROSS CIPEROS ON YON Veterans Have Farm Priority Campaign Solicits Your Scrap Metal Gates School Gets First Part of Aid Firemen’s Club Has New Look’ Coming Events . . . A «usi Arrived