September 25. 1952.
FEMME PAGE
Mill City Churches
Plan Census Count
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Hospital Auxiliary
Holds Board Meet
The Mill City Ministerial association
At a board meeting of the Women’s
has planned a religious census of the Auxiliary of the Santiam Memorial
community, to be taken by representa hospital September 19 plans were
tives of the five co-operating churches made for the completion of the hos
starting. Monday, September 30.
pital sewing project and a blood donor
The city has been divided among recruiting program was organized,
the church groups as follows: The Two new board members were also
Assembly of God to cover the district elected.
north of the river and west of the | Mrs. A. I. Prugh, chairman of the
highway bridge; the Free Methodist blood bank committee, reported that
people to canvass the houses north of her group will start recruiting per
the river and east of the bridge; the sons to donate blood for the bank’s
Presbyterian group to visit the homes next stop in Stayton. The turnout the
south of the river to Evergreen street, last time the Bloodmobile was there
west of First avenue; the Community was disappointing and better commu
church canvassers to call on those nity participation is aimed at.
living south of the river and east of
December 1 has been set as the
First avenue, and the Christian church date for all sewing to be completed
to be responsible for covering the and returned, the sewing committee
territory from Evergreen street south announced. Making garments for
and from First avenue west.
hospital use has been a major under
A set-up meeting will be held in taking of the auxiliary.
the Christian church at 7 o’clock Mon
Elected to the board of directors
day evening for all canvassers prior were Mrs. Walter Hinrichs, Route 1,
to their undertaking the task, which Stayton, and Mrs. Clayton Baltimore,
it is hoped will be completed in two Mill City.
evenings of calling.
Present at the meeting were Mrs.
It is hoped that these visitors will
Kenneth Hanson, Mrs. Prugh, Mrs.
be welcomed and the information
Byron Shuck and Mrs. Sim Etzel, all
needed will be cheerfully volunteered.
of Stayton; Mrs. J. C. Kimmel, Mill
City; Mrs. Percy Hiatt,, Mri. Earl
Allen, both of Lyons; Mrs. John Teters
Mrs. Rose Haywood Hosts of
Mehama, and Mrs. John Frank of
Sublimity.
Gates Lucky Twelvers
Brownie and Giri
Scouts Organize
Detroit — Brownie Scout and Girl
Scout troops organized Wednesday
when three different groups held their
first fall meeting after school at 3:45.
Fourth grade Brownies met at the
school building with Mrs. Ellen Hum
phrey as leader. Mrs. Nancy Monroe
will assist with the troop when she
returns from her vacation.
Second and third grade Brownies are
taken by bus to the home of Mrs.
Betty Dean at the ranger station. Mrs.
Dean will be troop leader and her as
sistant will be Mrs. Annette Reed.
Girl scouts met at the school with
Mrs. Helen Baughn as leader.
Parents will be responsible for ar
ranging transportation home for the
girls.
Sponsoring groups for the scout
program are the American Legion
Auxiliary for the Girl scouts and the
Detroit Women’s Civic club for the
Brownies.
Understanding the
County Library
Gates Woman s Club Gates Girl Scouts
Honors Teachers
Camp ot Coos Bay
Gates—The reception honoring the
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Gates Girl Scout Troop 52 were the
teachers of the local schools, given 1 weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Victor
o JUNE ALLYSON, ARTHUR
by the Gates Woman's club was held Mills of Coos Bay and their daughter
2 KENNEDY, GARY MERRILL
in the recreatian rooms of the high Jean, and her Camp Fire Girls,
school Thursday evening, Sept. 18.
There were two cars full of girls. |
More than 60 parents and friends Mrs. Walter Thomas, and Mrs. Ed g
were present to greet the teachers.
Chance, leader and assistant each tak q
Feature at 5:30, 7:30 Sunday
Mrs. Robert Levon, chairman of the ing their car. The girls going along
program committee, presented Don on the trip were Ellen Chance, Rob
Miley, superintendent of the school, erta Chance, Juanita Thomas, Aloha g TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
who in turn introduced Mrs. Gwen Thomas, Donalee Oliver, Susan Gor
GEORGE MURPHY and
Schaer, principal of the grades. Mrs. dan, Sherry Shinner, Joan Hull, Louise
VIRGINIA GILMORE
Schaer introduced Mrs. A. T. Barn- Haun, and Billy Metsger. Two Boy
in
hardt, who has the first grade; Mrs. Scouts also accompanied the group,
Letha Bentley, second; Mrs. Janet Otis Chance and Walter Thomas.
Harold, fifth, and Mrs. Margie An
The girls accompanying Mrs. Thom
derson, sixth. Mrs. Schaer has the as in her car left the school at 3 o’clock
third and fourth grades.
Friday the 19th.
The second car,
THURSDAY ONLY
Members of the high school faculty driven by Mrs. Chance, left half an
presented by Mr. Miley were Mrs. beta hour later due to the blood mobile
BETTY HUTTON and
Dibblee and Dale Reynolds. Howard being late; and she was making a do
HOWARD KEEL
nation
before
leaving.
This
makes
Means was unable to be present. For
in
entertainment, Lt. Gale Carey, re her 14th pint.
While
at
the
coast,
the
troop
camped
cently returned from Okinawa, dis
played a number of colored pictures at Sunset state park; camping privi
of the island taken during his service leges there are restricted to Scout and
there, and gave interesting explana Camp Fire groups. Two girls with
In Technicolor
tions of each. Loren Swanson sang bad colds used the cabin, just above
two solos with Mrs. Don Miley at the the park, provided by the Camp Fire
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Girls.
piano.
Saturday the 20th the Mills gave
All Technicolor Show!
the group a crab dinner. The rest of
GEORGE MONTGOMERY
the time was spent at the beach.
in
Sunday the group accompanied the
Mill’s granddaughter to Sunday school.
This entitled their hostess to 14 plastic
— Plus —
fishes, the church was having a con
An intensification of effort on the test, and were giving one fish for each
PAUL HENRE1D
part of the International Woodworkers
in
new person a member brought to Sun S
of America-CIO to combat the world’s day school. When a member has ac i
two “greatest evils—Communism and quired 10 fish, they brought them
Fascism," was urged by A. F. Har
back to Sunday school and received a
tung, IWA president, in his opening
gift.
address before the union's 16th annual
The girls fixed dinner over a bon
Kid's Matinee—2 p.m. Saturday
convention in Portland, Sept. 15-19.
fire on the beach, and left for home o o
"Annie Get Your Gun"
He said political action by the union at 2 o’clock. They went up the coast o
can offset the efforts of the “Old to Walport to avoid the construction á
Doors open at 7:20 P.M.
Guard” republicans who “are chafing between Cottage Grove and Drain,
Complete show can be seen any
at the bit to return to power . . . where Mrs. Thomas got a rock punc
time up to 8:30
with plenty of money to spend in the ture in her tire. They visited the Sea
press, on the radio, billboards and Lion Caves, had a marshmallow roast 1
magazines. In the 1948 presidential at Devils Elbow state park; stopped i
election we were faced with the same for hamburgers in Albany and arrived
problem of getting the t^uth to the home about 11 o’clock Sunday night.
For Guaranteed Cleaning
people. We did it then; we can do
it now.”
it’s the
Some 400 delegates and alternates
Busy
Bee
’
4-H
Club
from nearly 300 locals in 26 of the
United States and three Canadian pro Elects New Officers
vinces heard Hartung say ex-President
Detroit—The sixth grade 4-H club,
“Hoover was the first Republican to
“
Busy
Bee", met Wednesday with ten
24-HOUR SERVICE
break the “Solid South’ when he was
elected, and then Hoover went on to members enrolled, including Gloria
Mill City
Evenson, Delores Gescher, Evelyn
break the nation.”
Clone« at 6 P.M.
He said he recently attended a large Harper, Martha Mason, Sally New,
meeting of southern Woodworkers and Susanne Moore, Violet Robinson,
reported “a marked improvement in Clydia Storey, Darlyene Storey and
the leaders of those unions.
They Lodelie Wallace.
Officers elected were Gloria Even-
have more poise and confidence in
son, president; Susanne Moore, vice
themselves.”
Don’t let coughing, wheezing, recurring at
of Bronchial Asthma ruin sleep and
He said this was progress, and urged president; Darlyene Storey, secretary; tacks
energy without trying MENDACO. which
Lodelle
Wallace,
news
reporter;
Sally
works thru the blood to reach bronchial
his listeners to take the union affilia
tubes and lungs. Usually helps nature quickly
tion “out of our pockets and place New, song leader; Delores Gescher remove thick, sticky mucus. Thus alleviata«
coughing and aids freer breathing and better
and
Evelyn
Harper,
cheer
leaders.
it in our hearts. There is no power
Bleep. Oet MENDACO from druggist. Batto«
Regular
meetings
will
be
held
faction or money back guaranteed. •
on earth greater than organized la
bor.”
In connection with this, he throughout the school year with Mrs.
Quality job printing at
praised the International Confedera Floy Storey as leader and Mrs.
The Mill City Enterprise
tion of Free Trade Unions, "banded Georgia New assisting.
together to resist oppression from
wherever it may raise its ugly head.”
Girl in White
Walk East on
Annie Get
Your Gun
Following is another in the series
prepared by the Education Committee
on Understanding the County Library,
Mrs. Flbyd Edwards, chairman. The
letter below is from Mrs. Joe Bohl of
the Knox Butte area:
Mrs. Floyd Edwards
Route 4, Albany, Ore.
Dear Mrs. Edwards.
May I compliment you and your
committee on your splendid educa
tional program “Understanding the
Mrs. Rose Haywood of Gates Lucky
County Library”. An excellent proj
Twelve Pinochle club produced a win Firemen Auxiliary Meet
ect, for so few residents of Linn county
ner, Thursday. Her lovely salad set
seem to realize the many advantages
the pace for Mrs. Margaret Clise.
For Business and Cards
of such a service which makes books
Mrs. Clise astounded her co-card-
The Mill City Firemen Auxiliary available to all; one might almost say,
sters by again wafting away the prize
held their regular meeting at the Fire “brought to your door”.
for high score—the second such per
hall Thursday night with Toots Blazek
formance in two successive weeks. Msr. and I.aVerne Knowles as hostesses.
Books have come to mean so much
Bertha Vanderhoff photo-finished with
to us that I wish all Linn county fam
After the business meeting was ilies might enjoy the hours of relaxa
the pinochle prize.
Mrs. Dorothy
Johnson sloughed in with the low held canasta and pinochle was played. tion and enjoyment they provide. For
A birthday gift was presented to years we, like hundreds of others, felt
prize.
Maude Flatman from the club. Angel we were too busy to read more than
food cake ar.d pineapple Bavarian was magazines. Then we moved to rural
served.
Albany and became so intrigued with
Members present were Elma Stew the historical background of the area
art, Mary Rada, Marge Ditter, Bar that we went to the library in search
bara Minten, Eva Agee, Pat Lempke, of more information about it.
Dolores Stewart, Toots Blazek, Bar
Oregon history proved so interest
bara Morris, LaVerne Knowles, Maude ing that we soon found ourselves set
Flatman, and Irene Podrabsky.
ting aside and anticipating time to
read, Each year we have read more
until last year’s record shows sixty
four books read aloud and ever so
many more borrowed to browse
through and to glean some valuable
bit of information.
k b
What do we read? Anything that
suits our fancy: Kon-Tiki (an expedi
I
tion drifting across the Pacific on a
BASSETT’S WELDING SHOP
I
raft); Out of This World (Lowell
Thomas’ Travels in Tibet); Pete
Phone
116
Phone 1141
French, Cattle King (ranching in east
Branch Store Lyons
Sweet Home, Philomath
ern Oregon); People of the Deer (an
Eskimo story); Sailing to Freedom
(Estonian refugees crossing the At
lantic in a sailboat); Venture to the
Interior (a story of Africa).
.And on the humorous side: The
Farmer Takes a Wife; Cheaper by each read his own book. Then we
the Dozen; Never Marry a Ranger; found ourselves reading enlightening
Neither Hay nor Grass. Among the or amusing bits to each other. So we
how-to-do-it books: The Art of Drift decided to read the entire book aloud.
wood Arrangement; Wild Flowers for I By doing this we get ever so much
Y'our Garden; Care and Training of j more out of what we read. Then too
Dogs.
we frequently find ourselves recalling
Last week’s selection included Far and discussing books we finished
Corner, Stewart Holbrook's new book months ago.
about the Northwest; Roses by Dean
This wide choice of books is indeed
Colins and the Portland Rose society, a luxury made possible only through
with lots of color plates; Stalking the use of a good library, for few of
I Birds with the Color Camera, which us could afford to own or give space to
would excite an interest in birds in so many. This wealth of good read
anyone; and Look at the Southwest.
ing matter is part of the American
The Look series of picture books are way of life and it is unfortunate that
| favorites, beautifully illustrated with so many Linn county residents do not
just enough description.
Browsing have access to a good local library.
through a book of this sort is an easy
I wish you and your committee
and satisfying way to travel. We call every success and sincerely hope that
it armchair travel—no traffic, no res- j ! through the effort being put forth
ervations, no expense and best of all1 County Library Service will be made
one can take a short trip while dinner available. Yours very truly,
is cooking.
MRS. JOE BOHL,
How do we read? Aloud. At first Sept. 9, 1952.
Route 2, Albany.
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