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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1951)
March 29. 1951 Mill City Hi-Liies Charles Comfort Bv LELA KELLY Teen Talk by the The athletic field light campaign Views Emporium is again resuming operations, with B—THE MILL ( ITY ENTERPRISE ■BOEatnnnnaooocianiinHnnaHnHn MILL CITY DISPOSAL SERVICE Garbage, ashes, trimmings, etc. weekly pickups $1.50 per month. Kanyon Rids By GARY PETERSON I bet all of my readers missed me Phone 2325 something awful last week, although Leonard Herman it is more likely that they just emitted •ntmmnnoc o < afiKABfiHUBPa» a relieved sigh and finished reading the paper. I also imagine that some of the readers of this (Ha!) column are quite angry with me at present. NEW 1951 WILLYS Seems I didn’t get the dirt written STATION WAGONS in time for the deadline, and it was announced that we were to plant a Pickups, Panels lily upon party proceedings for Satur day night since it would interfere Jeeps with Easter celebrations. Next week, 2 and I Wheel Drive they tell me, will find the Teen-agers traveling to the distant city of ah Immediate Delivery yes, Gates. This will meet with the ELSNER MOTOR CO. approval of some of the Mill City girls who are currently just simply 352 N. High Salem, Ore, drooling over the (sigh) Gates guys. The club was invited up to help make a shambles of the high school gym at the usual time, 7:30 p.m. for today... Transportation will be furnished for those requireing it. Those wish ing transportation should be at the , Fire hall no later than 8 p.m. Satur- | day night cyclbne-tamers will be Mrs. “Man is not Haun and Mrs. Völkel, the “Howdy i Stranger” committee will include Jim the creature i Carey and Pat Davidson. of circumstances. The Mill City and Gates boards of Circumstances education must be commended for the use of their schools for the club. The are the creatures i Teen-Canteen has not held a meeting of man,” at the Fire hall since March 10th, — .Disraeli the St. Patrick’s day meeting held in the Mill City high school recreation For .room, which was donated by the Mill moderate City school board. Gates has given 1 the club the use of their gymnasium refreshment... for our Saturday night festivities. Also light hauling. r 0LvXi'p|4 Bill Jul), senior at the Eastern Mon- ' tana college of Education in Billings, I Mont., was an Easter weekend visitor I at the home of his parents, the H. E. .lull's. He has just completed two weeks training at the Seattle, Wash., ' naval reserve training school. Attention! Dancing Classes AT THE MILL CITY FIRE HALL BEGINNING Saturday, April 7th Ballroom Dancing $15.00 for 15 weeks Course for 7th and Sth Graders $18.75 for 15 weeks Course Tap Dancing CLASS SCHEDULE: 4-year olds to come at 10:00 5 and 6 year olds to come at 11:00 7 to 10 year olds to come at 1:00 10 to 15 year olds to come at 2:00 A.M. Saturday A.M. Saturday I’.M. Saturday P.M. Saturday Make Your Reservations How! NAME Age Address PLEASE FILL OUT and Send Above Coupon with Check to: PAUL ARMSTRONG. Care of Mrs. James Barton Box 177, Mill City, or Telephone 1981 Term Payable in Advance two different fund-raising methods being used. The boys of the high school have been collecting scrap metal for the past two weeks, mostly cast iron, copper aluminum, etc. It would be appreciated if anyone who has some old engine blocks, radi ators, or other scrap metal would call Mr. Boroughs at Mill City high school, it will be picked up. Another phase of the fund-raising is the sale of season tickets for both softball and football. Either ducat goes for five bucks, or both for $7.50. Price includes almost thirty softball games and four home games of foot ball. Just twenty-two cents a game _____ ..................... | .. if you buy both. If ........ the ............. ticket sale js a gucce!is> wo,fc can begin on the lights this June. If someone does not (al) at your hotnei you can stop any (|f the hjgh school students and buy ()ucatg fronl them. For the past few days, the tennis court has been a meeting place for teen-age tennis "stars” as bright, sunny days bless us. The Gates and Mill City high school baseball teams have been playing a series of practice games on the Mill City high school field. Thus far the Timberwolves have won both games, the first, a four inning tilt, by a score of 1 to 0, and a seven-inning game by a score of 6 to 5. Batteries for Gates: Wimp Crites, Marlin Cole and Earl Henness; for Mill City: Baltimore, Ward, Chase, and Peter- son. Detroit’s high school team came to Mill City for a practice session Wednesday after school and played a four inning tilt which ended with the Timberwolves on top, five to nothing. Detroit had had only one practice session this season as the snow has just melted off the field up there. The baseball game schedule for Mill City high during the 1951 season is as follows: March 23—Mill City at Gates. March 30—Jefferson at Mill City. April 6—Mill City at Sublimity. April 13—Chemawa at Mill City. April 20—Gervais at Mill City. April 27—St. Paul at Mill City. May 4—Mill City at Detroit. The Timberwolves first baseball game of the season will be played at Mill City on March 30 with Jeffer son as visitors. The game with Gates will be played later in the season. MILL CITY Visiting at the Frank Jackson home Easter were Mr. and Mrs. Delmar W . Thompson and baby son of Canyon ville; Mr. and Mrs. Art Walters and Larry and Edgar Walters of Eugene; and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hadan of Mohler. Easter guests at the Christian church parsonage were Mr. and Mrs. Max Spaulding of Portland. They are former residents of Joliet, Mont. Charles Comfort of the Capital Press of Salem dropped in the Enter prise office today having just come from a visit with Santiam Sam at The Emporium. Comfort commented, “With car penters and painters busy, and people up and down the canyon bringing things in, The Emporium is rapidly taking on a busy atmosphere. The Glen V. Sorensen, local attorney, first Grand Opening Auction isn’t today was suddenly called away to going to be far away—so Sam says— the home of his parents, Mr. and looks good! Mrs. V. C. Sorensen, in Lyle, Wash. “Something different! Santiam Sorensen received notice informing Sam has named the flight of steps him that his father has suffered a leading from the street to the ramp heart attack. entering The Emporium. On the Mr. and Mrs. Don Goode and family seven steps, ‘The Flight of F’ancy’. I spent Easter in Mill City at the home Don't Borrow—Subscribe Today! to second floor will be gayly painted of Mr. Ed Bertram. buckets of cut flowers — a pleasant ■ sight for our increasing tourists to see as they come in. This depart ment of The Emporium will handi also potted plants, and cater to flowei A DIME NOWADAYS IS ) needs for special occasions, also cor YOU WON’T HAVE ANY A DOLLAR WITH THE ó sages. THING DEDUCTED FOR TAXES DEDUCTED/ '' 1 i “On the ramp this Sunday Santiam THE EXTRA SERVICES Sam will have a shoe-shine stand in operation, and the richest man in the canyon will shine the shoes of the first 10 customers. You’ll be able to buy the Oregonian there too. RICHFIELD SERVICE “ ‘Our Business is on the Upgrade’ is more than a slogan, with Sam. GIVES YOl’R CAR. The tourists are already starting. The Sunday before Easter, all day SEE US FOR OIL AND people took The Flight of Fancy to the second floor, to see and buy a GASOLINE NEEDS. ‘Treasure for a Trifle’. “A feature of The Emporium will WE CARRY be canyon-made articles of which there are many. Sam is interested RICHFIELD in having everyone who makes any PETROLEUM EXCLUSIVELY. thing to contact him immediately. They’re coming in! “As we were about to leave after our visit, Sam picked up an old violin (he took it in on a deal) tuned it, and tossed off the lilting strains of Men delsohn's Spring Song, and it was snowing outside! Never knew he could play a fiddle—I’ve heard him sing and play his uke. ‘Furniture for a Song’—that's Sam. The guy I really has something—and can he TUNE-UPS, BRAKES, LUBRICATION ever sell the canyon to tourists! No wonder they call him Santiam Sam. WE GIVE UNITED TRADING STAMPS "More power to you, Sam, and the best of luck in whatever you do—and whatever that is, I know it will be good, good for the canyon—and you. er cw/swtf sez. Bruce’s BRUCES Richfield Service MILL CITY, ORE. North Santiam (Continued from Page 1) L. H. Wright, and Gene Teague. ! Stayton. Directors will meet monthly and active members semi-annually. Elec- . tions will be held in March with a new director elected and one retiring from each community each year. Eighteen , members will constitute a quorum in ¡board meetings. The board will meet Wednesday, April 4, to elect officers. Dues were set at $5 each for active and associate memberships. Of the approximate 75 present at the meet ing, more than half paid their dues. Robert Veness, Mill City theatre 1 owner, was the first. At the close of the evening women of the grange served coffee which which had been donated by Merrill Brassfield of Lyons, and Ken Golliet of Mehama, A resolution, thanking the merchants, the women the grange for use of their passed. L. H. Wright of Stayton ing secretary. When you are in the lobby of the Mill City Theatre note the sign tell ing where there is free refreshments waiting for you. ATTENTION! WE HAVE PURCHASED THE EQUIPMENT AND BUSINESS OF THE Santiam Ready Mix Co. AND SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE. i These progressive home makers are waiting for a won derful home appliance that assures better living. They’ve invested in better eating at greater savings .. . savings in work, time and food costs. Soon they'll be proud owners of a Deepfreeze Home Freezer —the world’s first and finest home freezer! HERE'S WHY YOU'RE WAITING... HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW! Demand for the Deepfreeze Home Freezer has beer, so great that there is a short delay in deliveries. 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